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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Eleven Hundred Diseases.

A German physician who has a bent
for statistics is responsible for the state
ment that the human frame is liable to
100 diseases. If he is correct one can
but marvel at how few of these ailments
the average person manages to contract
during a lifetime.
The eye alone is subject to no less
than 4S different and distinct affections.
Considering its apparent vulnerability to
contagion, it escapes with great good
luck, but in reality it is not as exposed
as at first thought would seem. The eye
lids are automatic in their protection Of
the eyeball and the first instinct is to
snap shut when a blow is directed to-
ward them Incidentally they "oil" the
eye and keep its surface free from dust,
ETC.
1t is for the good of the human race
that the practice of medicine has
changed during the last 25 years. For
merly there was a specific remedy for
each disease and the poor patient was
almost drugged to death. Nowadays ply
sicians recognize that healing is a mat
ter of restoring normal conditions and
more attention is given to favorable in
fluences of mind and surroundings and
less to medicine.
The German doctors figures arc
rather appalling but the daily progress
of the science of health and healing is
rapidly reducing the number of danger
Gus diseases and ultimately may elimi-
nate them. Study and experiment have
marched far Tuberculosis, the white
plague, will be fought to a standstill
within few years, the average STANDARD
of health and strength will be raised and
the average duration of life will be pro-
longed.
Thus medicine wins greater victories
in the science of prevention than it ever
won in the science of healing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Miss Elkins' TrousseaG

Following the persistent rumors OF MISS
Elkins' approaching marriage to the Due
d'Abruzzi, Il New York paper claims TO
have located the trousseau in course OF
wonderful construction in a famed Fifth
avenue establishment.
Included in this collection of a princess
wardrobe are a wedding gown of white
satin, a court gown studded with pearls,
a number of travelling dresses, and no
fewer than two boudoir gowns OF rare
Italian lace.
From the establishment it was learned
that the laces supplied for Miss Elllins
were especially matched to suit tho
periods which her wonderful wardrobe
represents, says the New York Amer
lean.
The empire and directoire styles and
revival of the famous Eugene lift are
the distinguishing characteristics OF MISS
Elkins' trousseau. The extensive prep
arations of the bridal suits, the fame or
which has travel abroad and is already
calculated to arouse the envy of prin-
cess, have been under way for months.
The result is that Miss Elllins will have
the most costly and beautiful trousseau
ever designed for a princess or mil
lionaire's daughter.
1t will be a feature of the bridal suit
that every stitch of the lingerie is trimmed
with real lace. The design of every gown
is in empire from the ivory satin court
gown fashioned after the style made
famous by Empress Eugene to the two
boudoir gowns not yet completed
The Princess Margherita, who prides
herself on her pearls, will marvel at the
trimming of priceless seed pearls which,
it is rumored, will adorn the court gown.
The wedding gown, classic in its sim
plicity, will be made of old satin. The
point lace is Josephine design, to be in
keeping with the period which the cos
tune represents.
The Eugene lift" is a fashion which
is the result of a caprice of the famous
French beauty. Eugene had every gown
designed with a little train in front as
well as in back which occasioned the ne
cessity of lifting the gown that whirled
in eddying folds of silk about her feet as
she walked.
Direetoire afternoon toilets, morning
robes, automobile coats, and marvelously
planned gowns, anticipating every social
event from the presentation at court to
the smallest function of the year, are
being completed.
As to the title, it is already bestowed
upon Miss EIkins by the employees of the
company making the trousseau, who
speak of the trousseau as belonging to
Nine la Prineesse." The future bride
of the Due d'Abruzzl, in her pearls and
laces bids fair to outshine the Princess
Margherita, who as the Pearl of the
Savoie has the distinction of owning the
rarest collection of laces and pearls in
Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
The Importance of the
Dictionary.

Some one once upon time asked one
of Mark Twains characters about a GER
tain book to which he replied, "Oh, it's
like the dictionary-a very good book
but it lacks plot"
True, plot is lacking but there is much
more besides plot and the dictionary
is worth neutrality-suspicious. at least.
Another has observed that there is no
collection so valuable as a collection
of adjectives."
To have and to be able to use effect
lively a large vocabulary Is a most de-
sirable attainment-provided, of course,
one has ideas to express. To use the
right word in the right place and to
distinguish the nice shades of meaning
is as much an art as the clever mixing of
colors is to the painter. But, like the
painters art, 1t, perhaps, never can be
realized in absolute perfection.
All this was brought to my notice re-
Gently by clever editorial in pop
ular western newspaper which is worth
reproducing. In substance it is to the eff
feet that at would seem that when
young ladies speak of Front De Boeuf as
fierce allude to Rebecca as real grand
and to the Princess Rowena as 'awfully
sweet the time has come for teaching
better English in the schools.
1T Is truly sad to be disillusioned by
the blue-eyed little person in the street
car, as she confides to her chum that
them new hats are the limit or to be
awakened from a reverie at Mrs. Bor-
malack's excellent table by the infor-
nation that the prunes are elegant.
"At a matinee one would expect to
hear the leading lady praised lat least
a dozen times during the first acD as
perfectly lovely and the soubrette as
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Fat Women and Belts.

II you are fat, study your belts.
A tapering line from back to front
will make a generous waist look fairly
slender.
The stout girl should cultivate mar
rowness. subdued eolors or monotones.
and stiffness in her treatment of the
waist line
A shaped leather belt, provided it
can be kept from slipping up, is the
best kind for making slender waist
when you have it not.
Some of the new leather belts taper
until they become discretely narrow
in front and are found in all sorts of
supple skins in charming dull tones
of blue, red, green, brown and purple.
Quite as good a choice is the MORE
betting.
Choose the plain colors rather than
the fetching ones in different colors,
and be sure to have it narrow.
Anyone inclined to stoutness should
fight shy OF the allwhite belt. White
always seems to add to the size of
the figure, while black has a directly
opposite effect
Gradually there is being evidenced a
desire to lengthen the space between
waist and armhole, and this is a
fashion which will noticeably tend to
decrease the apparent size of the waist.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Every Day a Life.

Let every dawn of morning be to you
as the beginning of life. and every set
ting sun be to you as it's close-then let
every one of these short lives leave it's
sure record of some kindly thing done
for others-some goodly strength or
knowledge gained for yourself; SO. from
day to day, and strength to strength, you
shall build up, indeed, by art, by thought.
and by Just WILL an Ecclesia, of which 1t
shall not be said, See what manner of
stones are here but See what manner
of men, -Ruskin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Dreams and Moods.


Don't dream! There are more precious
hours wasted in day dreams than any
of us would care to think about If we
counted them
The queer thing about day dreams is
that so few of them ever amount to
anything. The dreamer is only SENT
conscious when building his air castles
so as a rule they have no practical
foundation
If you have a particular piece of work
to do get it done. Don't wait for the
mood to strike you.
While you are at work keep your mind
on what you are doing and do not let 1t
wander off to what you would like to be
doing Only by keeping your mind on
what you are doing now can you bring
1t fresh and keen to the things you like
doing best when the time for doing
them comes. Thinking too much even
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08

be worn in Paris for another season
sometimes.
To be sure, this does not condemn the
big hat this side of the water to a hope
less destiny of passe fashion. Large hats
still will be worn in all the fashionable
American cities this winter, although
there is no doubt that the tiny turban
is considered a little more ultra"
But it is word of warming for the
early spring hat. the midwinter hat, the
Easter bonnet. To parody Kipling shame
lessly:
There are nine and sixty ways
TO trim Paris hats these days
And every single one of them is-small.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
MISERY FROM UPSET STOMACH
AND DYSPEPSIA WILL VANISH

case now and eat one Triangule after
your next meal. They are harmless and
taste like candy, though each contains
power sufficient to digest and prepare
food you eat; besides, it makes you
go to the table with hearty, healthy
appetite; but, what will please you most
is that you will feel that your stomach
and intestines are clean and fresh, and
you will not need to resort to laxatives
or liver pills for biliousness or consti-
patton.
This city will have many Diapepsin
cranks as some people will call them.
but you will be cranky about this splen-
did stomach prescription, too, II you
ever have indigestion or gastritis or any
other stomach misery. and eat just ono
Triangule of Diapepst
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Swinburne's Prize Poem.

This years Nobel prize, It is under
stood, will be awarded to the author
of this:
The wind is as iron that rings,
The foam heads loosen and flee;
1t swells and welters and swings,
The pulse of the tide of the sea.
And up on the yellow cliff
The long corn fliekers and shakes;
Push, for the wind holds stiff,
And the gunwale dips and rakes.
Good hap to the fresh fierce weather,
The culver and beat of the sea!
While three men hold together
The Kingdoms are less by three.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Their Favorites.

Cakes for the farmer-hoe cakes.
Cakes for the gossip-spce.
Puffs for the advertiser
For the newly married-rice.
The cake for the grocer-pound cake.
Angel cake for the good;
Layer cake for the geologist,
Johnny cake for the dude
Marble cake for the sculptor,
Gems are the jewelers. joy;
Batter cakes for the pugilist,
And any old cake for the boy.
Boston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR CURED
A Lady VIII Send Free to any Suf.
ferer the Secret which
Cured Her.

Since a child l was distressed and hui
inflated by an unwelcome growth of hair
on my face and arms. tried all the de-
pilatories, powders, liquids, creams and
other rub-on preparations | ever heard of,
only to make it worse. For weeks | suf-
fered the electric needle without being rid
of my blemish. l spent a great deal of
money on various things in vain, until
friend recommended a simple preparation
which succeeded where all else failed.
This simple remedy enabled me perma-
nently to find entire relief from all trace of
unwelcome hair, and forever end my EN-,
barrassment 1t is simple, safe, sure, and
can be used privately at home, without
fear of pain or blemish. 1t makes the cleo
trio needle entirely unnecessary
/ will tell in detail full particulars to en-
able any other sufferer to achieve the same
happy results as 1 did privately at home.
All l ask is two cent stamp for reply,
Address CAROLINE OSGoOD, s51 ]
Vaughan Bldg. Providence. r. l.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Birthday Omen.

Who first comes to this world below
With drear Noyember's fog and snow
Should prize the topazs amber hue
Emblem of friends and lovers true
Everywhere the latest fad for the well
groomed woman seems to be the taking
to her heart and the sprinkling about her
person of her birthstone, which for NO
vember is the lovely topaz. Recently
beautiful woman l know has grained
beholders by her adherence to the soft
hued gem, token Of her birth month. Her
latest frocks are symphonies in this love-
~ shades and as nature has given her
glorious brown eyes, the color scheme OF
every costume is perfect 1t is carried
out even to the topaz hatpins in her hatS'
A fashionable shop In our midst boasts
an entire counter to topaz ornaments for
November" and tempting, indeed, are the
variations of the beautiful color exposed
to view. If more women realized how be-
coming just a particular shade of topaz
is to the skin. it is probable the husbands
who pay bills would turn yellow with
jealousy, quite different in tint to the
November birthstone
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08

II what you just ate is souring on your
stomach or lies like lump of lead.
refusing to digest, or you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food or have
q feeling Of dizziness, heartburn, full
ness, nausea, bad tast in mouth and
stomach headache-this Is indigestion.
A full case of Papes Diapepsin costs
only so cents and will thoroughly cure
the worst cases Of dyspepsia. and leave
sufficient about the house in case some
one else in the family may suffer from
stomach trouble or Indigestion.
Ask your pharmacist to show you the
formula plainly printed on these 50-cent
cases. then you will understand why
despeptio trouble of all kinds must go,
and why they usually relieve sour stom-
Rch or Indigestion in five minutes. Get
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Monocles for Women.

Olive Fremstad. the famous grand opera
star has distracted New York with her
monocle. so it Is rumored.
According to this "first-on- the-Ameri-
can-stage Salome." monoeles for women
are all the go abroad. SO much nicer
than staring at people through lorg-
nettes," said madame as she shifted the
glass from one eye to the other
Oh! these clever opera stars Madame
Fremstad understands the art of judic-
ious advertising almost as well as fascin-
ating Mary Garden!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08

II left to popular vote, most of us
would prefer more "taffy" and less cpl
"taffy."
Prescription for the debutante:
Compound syrup of Policy, viii OF.
Tincture of gush, xii OF.
Elixir of schemes, XIV OF.
Concentrated extract of man killer,
xiii OF.
Take a teaspoonful every Is minutes
until feeling of having conquered the
world the flesh and the devil is pro-
duced. SPOONEY, M. d.
IL, 8, 'OS.
The synical old bachelor observes
that when it comes to love letters
gu and II are not in it with tx and V"
Once upon a time "Gay Lothario"
set out upon journey to see his Lady
Love-" When the time of his depart
ure was at hand he wired the young
woman in question in the following
poetical manner:
If fate Is kind
And the trains on time
I'll see you tomorrow night
At nine.
He started-so did the train-the
usual story-a delay of many hours. OF
course the wires couldn't convey the
thoughts in the young mans mind, nor
the words he said-which weren't all
Sunday school," so the following mes
sage, which reached the girl was brief
ly told:
Darn fate,
Trains late.
Lady Clara We're de We're,
If you would win great renown
And be the talk of all the town,
Why you must wear a new sheath
gown.
The spinsters reflection:
1t would seem that the happiness of
most married people depends upon the
people they haven't married.
It's trying to keep up to concert
pitch" all the time that makes so many
women always out of tune.
The letter that never came:
In little southern city,
In soft, sweet. southern cline,
Lives a lonely old bachelor
Who is thinking all the time
That perchance some little message
Will soon come floating by,
But the little brides whisper,
Maybe so, but bye and bye
.
What is the natter" asks Mr. Billy
Goat of Mrs. Billy.
why I ate a Directoire dress
found out In the back yard this morn
ing and 1t doesn't set we'll" answers
Mrs. Goat.
Mary had a little lamb,
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hunting costume was fawn eolored and
that when one of the hunters spied
deer they would call out 'Mabelle, is
that your three times before daring to
shoot. I imagine If that were true the
deer would have been far out of range Of
any gun before the hunter could shoot"
Mrs Corey refused to say what success
the hunting party met with in bagging
wild game. ooh, no, I will not dare
tell you what we killed." she said; you
see it might and then again it might not
get us into trouble. You know 1t is
against the law TO kill deer out there
until after November g.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Appreciation Should Be a
Stimulant.

Appreciation should be a stimulant not
a sedative Do not let yourself be spoiled
by words of praise is the advice of
one who knows. If people tell you that
you have talent do not conclude that
1t will not be necessary for you to work
any longer. We do not think much of
goods which fade when exposed to the
sunshine. There is a fatal lack in the
character which is spoiled instead of in
spired, by appreciation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Mothers in Proverbs.

Practically every country has proverbs
about mothers Here are a few of the
most beautiful and lesser known ones:
"a mothers love is new every day"
Better lose a rich father than a poor
mother" "A fathers love is only knee
deep, but a mothers reaches to the
heart" These three are German.
The Hindus POLITICALLY say: Mother
mine, ever mine, whether L be rich or
poor"
From the Italians we have: "Mother
He who has one calls her; he who has
none misses her."
The Bohemians say: "a mothers hand
is soft even when it strikes"
Mother means martyr is Russian.
A striking one comes from the Swiss:
1T is easier for a mother to keep seven
children than for seven children to keep
a mother. Selected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08

Alexander.
The Weshman is called Taffy, this
being the Welsh pronunciation of DaVy,
meaning. OIL course David, the patron
saint of Wales.
The Americans are generally called
Yankees. This is supposed to be mis-
pronunciation by the Indians Of the word
English They called it "Yenghees. Our
American cousins are also designated by
the name of Uncle Sam. This, as it VIII
easily be seen, is only name to represent
the United States (U. 81
We call our French neighbors Froggies
which comes from their curious Ito u.s.
fancy for eating frogs.
Hans (for Germany and Mynheer tfor
Holand) explain themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Some "Good Mornings. y

Once upon a time heard story about
poet-a visionary, aesthetic, dreamer,
who was quite cast down. One morning
a friend met him and asked after his
health. and this Is what he said
why do people persist in saying Good
morning. when the spirit Of good morn
Ing is not there? Why not give blow?
Then one could offer some resistance to
this morning salutation from people who
care not whether the morning is good to
you or not who only want to thrust
themselves upon you. Better, far, 81
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Peanut Roast

Mix two cups soft. fine bread crumbs
with one cup nuts chopped fine. You
can use any kind of nuts, but heap the
measure before chopping and after
ward save out two level tablespoonfuls
for the sauce; then take one teaspoon
pepper, little nutmeg or ginger, melt
one-fourth cup of butter in one-half
cup of water and pour slowly over
one beaten egg; mix with the dry in
gradients, pat into shape of loaf and
put into buttered pan. Bake in moder-
ate oven three fourths of an hour.
basting with a little butter in hot
water.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Why the Kettle Sings.

Do you know why kettle Sings when
the water is boiling?
It's like this: When the water begins to
get hot little bubbles form at the bot
tom Of the kettle and rise toward the
top until they burst.
At first they burst only a little way
from the bottom, but as the water gets
hotter and hotter they rise higher and
higher.
At last when the water is boiling, they
burst right on the surface-hundreds of
them one right after another-and 1t is
the noise Of their continuous burstin &
which makes the sound we call Sing
ing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08

work of months. No political situation
anywhere. at its worst, is so trying, SO
difficult, so intricate as the politics in a
new country where liberty means doing
as each individual pleases To go through
this atmosphere successfully-or unsuc-
cessfully, for that matter--is to come out
with an education that few mistresses of
the White House can hope to secure. To
come out of the experiences with the love
and respect of the colonial population, or
of the mixture of oriental and occidental
combined establishes a knowledge of Sit
uations and conditions that will make
Washington social life an easy problem.
With her husbands influence and en-
couragement a charming daughter who
will soon make her debut, and two inter-
esting sons, the environments which will
accompany Mrs. Taft to the White House
is most pleasing and attractive, and the
homage due a woman of her striking per-
sonality will be Loyalty and cheerfully ac-
corded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
Origin of Mechanics.

The Englishman calls himself John Bull,
thinking it denotes his strong and OBJ
stinate traits. The Irishman is called
Pat, or Paddy, which is short for Pat
rick the patron saint for Ireland.
We call our Scotch neighbor Sandy, a
contraction of Alexander. or perhaps
"Sawny," an abbreviation of 'Alisaun-
der" as the Scotch used to pronounce
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
A Verse for the Week.

Just where you stand in the conflict
There is your place;
Just where you think you are useless
Hide not your face;
God placed you there for purpose.
Whate'er it be,
Think He has chosen you for 1t,
Work loyaly.
Home Notes.
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about a great happiness takes the
edge" off it.
The best time for day dreams is after
you have gone to bed and are just ready
to drift off into dreamand.
And so the song goes
Dreaming, dreaming,
Dreaming of hours that have gone
to rest
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Dolly's Dialogues.

If left to popular vote, most of us
would prefer more "taffy' and less cpl
"taffy."