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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
SOME REASONS WHY
MARRIAGES ARE FEW

The root Of the evil lies In the home
life and begins at the cradle. The
parents Of the present day are to
blame for the evils which beset young
men and women. Were the children
brought up with the fear ana lovs of
God In their hearts; trained from in
fancy In the way OF righteous living
and to look upon women as Something
to be respected and cared for; to marry
at an early age, instead OF finding
their pleasures at the gaming table or
the bar OF the corner saloon; to take
their mothers and sasters out occas-
sfonally instead Of running from house
to dance hall WITT q different girl
every week; II the men should choose
some profession and stick TO 1t. In.
stead Of being Jack OF all tradea"
until they reach an age when no pro-
fession claims them-such, say, are
the conditions which are responsible
for the few marriages which takes
place In city like ours. Says q writer
In The New York World.
Why II Is that the South boasts of
its beautiful women and chivairous
men? There women down there know
how to bring their boys up In the way
in which the Master said they should
20. A Southern man knows how to
treat woman. One feels that delicacy
Of sentiment which the Southern man
invariably installs, and the tendency is
to make the woman all the more a wo-
man and twice adorable. 1t sweetens
her nature and brings out the best
there Is within her until for very
shame she would do no wrong
Jewish women protect their daugh-
tiers and keep them In the home nest
until the male bird comes along and
steals them away to nest Of their
own. There are more marriages among
the Jews than any other people In this
city. for the home life Is such az to
bring about such conditions. Even In
small country towns there is more mar.
rying than in our big city. The coun-
try swain feels the call of q home life
at an early age, when his ideas are
fresh and his soul untarnished, and he
is proud to lead to the altar the young
belle of his choice; but In this Sodom
and Gomorrah no woman 10 good
enough for even the scrawniest man.
Man seems to have formed his own
opinion Of women in general; they
seem to have thrown us all into q
great scale and we all seem to be want
ing. The only thing for US all to DO IL
to make the best Of present conditions
and IL amp Of us ever get chance to
marry q man that IL even halfway
dencet. why then. IL will be mp to us 70
bring our children up In the way In
which they should 80 and the coming
generation VIII have no cause 70 COM
plain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
METHODS BY WHICH
WINNING WAYS OF
CONSTANT QUEST or

When they married. friends shower
cd congratulations upon their appar-
entity felicitous choice. Yet after q
few years OF married life we see these
same men losing ell their brilliant
prospects and sinking to the dead level
Of mediocrity or else becoming dissi-
pated wrecks.
We ask ourselves the question, why.
and the answer frequently il. because
they have married women entirely un-
suited to them.
Women too selfish or too little brain
to adapt themselves to meet the needs
OF their life mates
Unless women feel that they can
give up some of their ego, and are con-
tent to merge themselves into the
broader married life II is q much hap
pier fate for them to remain single.
Many Of these wives think they love
their husbands, too. yet they continu-
ally allow other interests to absorb
most OF their thoughts. One can make
q passion OF society or music or art or
even religion. 30 az to make the hus-
band at Into a secondary place.
One OF the most brilliant physicians
ever knew. one. too. who was on the
threshold of success. had all his pros.
poets blighted By marrying q wife with
q society craze. She had evidently
married with the Intention Of using
the husbands social position a. her
passport. For lille she had great
wealth, she was not more than two
generations from the people, while he
came Of distinguished lineage. For
her all his magic touch OF healing and
diagnostic skill counted as naught.
When at night he returned from
some particularly difficult case with
every tired nerve aching and calling
out for rest. II was to find his wife be-
decked for some gaudy function In
sisting upon his accompanying her.
Excuses and protestations were OF no
avail and to brace himself sufficiently
to go the pace. he began to use stimu-
lants.
At first, In limited measure. but
gradually the habit grew. until today
he 10 more of beast than q man. Gone.
are all his brilliant prospects. q case
where marriage marred the man.
I know another instance where
musician with the genius touch Is fast
sliding into the drunkard's path be-
cause he married woman who did not
appreciate his great gift, suflaciently TO
make her husband her hrst object IN
life.
Instead she allowed other family ties
to usurp that point OF affection. TO.
day there 10 q broken up home ana an
artist lost to an admiring world.
/ could multiply instance upon IN
stance of q like kind. but I'm sure
every one else Is also familiar
with living exemplincations, that mar
rage makes or mars the man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Don't you be gone long

few minutes. Don't you be gone long
will your
No.
See that you don't
Thia dear friends. II one reasot
why 90 many marriages are dead
tiat nsxls and failure. It IL why .,
many unknown dead bodies OF men arr
found floating IN our rivers. 1t u
why suicide and wife murder are OF
the increase. II lis why SO man,
great strong, able-bodied men becom,
victims to nervous prostration. It h
why there are 30 many mysterious dis
appearances among married men. Z
is why our insane asylums are over
crowded. It Is why there are so man,
grass widows 1t is why so man,
men say no. kindly but firmly, whei
the new woman proposes to them. Z
Is why. alas! that SO many honest. no
ble-hearted men who have started on
on their marriage career. full OF hopt
and happiness and enthusiasm, becom
worn and broken by the way. and fin
ally land In the penitentiary."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
DO ROUND-FACED GIRLS
MAKE BEST WIVES

That cruel person. the scientist, says
The st. Louis Globe Democrat, has
been saying horrid things about the
round-face woman. He says she is
to deceit, that she IL false, and tickle.
He AYERS that when the round-face
is surrounded by q frame OF curling
hair it's owner 10 more than ever i'm
possible, because to all her other faults
she adds capriciousness. He warns all
young men against making round
faced girls their wives.
For Intellect, for loyalty, for stead
fastness of character he recommends
that person. scorned by all beauty low
ers the hatchot-faced woman.
Students OF human nature other
than scientists, who are qualified to
express their opinions. have been dis
cussing the merits and dement's Of tho
round-faced woman. A famous lady
phrenologist states that the round
faced woman, with the vital tempera-
ment and the bright smile. is the type
that attracts men. The reason Is that
men assume that such woman is low
ing and docile In q great degree they
are right.
That sort OF woman has a nose a
little sunken at the middle Of the
bridge, wide at the nostrils and in
clined to turn up: That Is the gentle,
yielding nose. II Is the nose that al
ways marrtes.
But IL there were more equality of
gifts the marriage would be more like
ly to be happy For instance, take the
marriage of Carlyle. Mrs Carlyle
married him expecting to help him In
his work. She was not permitted to-
and the result was unhapptness.
An artist OF repute. whose speciality
is the drawing of women's faces, f0-
Vors the square faced woman. Not
that her face should be literally
square, but that II follows those lnes
rather than q circle or oval.
The Greeks had such faces. and
their characters had strength as well
as beauty. Strong lines Indicate strong
character.
Besides. the round faced woman -
more ant to be deceitful than is the
sduare-faced one. Her tendency is 10
move along the lines OF least resist,
ance. and II that line happens to be q
lie-well, she lies.
This latter view falls 10 tho ground
when we consider the opinion of o
medical man whose professional expert
ence would give him dsaner insight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
OF INTEREST To-
THE GENTLE SEX

The village of Froissy, near Paris.
furnishes arguments for the suffrag lst
cause In that nearly all the important
posts are filed by women. Passen-
gers alighting at the railway station
are met by q woman, who 10 station
master, while her husband 10 only q
guard. A BARRIERS shop bears the mo-
forth shave her customers only on
Tuesdays and Fridays, as she has un-
dertsken other word" AT the postofice
the local telegraph messenger and
postman. Mime. Lesobre. IL met. Shs
walks on an average Of twenty mifss
q day. The municipal drummer 10 q
woman In her Goth year.--Tit-Bits
The most interesting picture Of
Queen Alexandra that has been given to
the public In many years shows her NJ
fresh and shapely as girl Of Is. II
has been repeatedly whispered that
Alexandra enamels her face, but hero
Is irrefutable evidence OF girlishnsss In
figure. The photograph easily might
pass for q girl still In ner teens. and
the face, the clearest detail OF all,
surely seems to deny the reports Of
enamelling. Alexandra Is one woman
at least. who seems to have found the
secret of youth. and for ten years she
has been a grandmother. This pho
tograph shows her with her favorite
dogs, two toy King Charles spanieis,
and q Chinese chowchow. These use
less little spaniels frst were made pop
ular by the Queen, and she favors them
now when they no longer are fad.
Since Alexandra. 9 short time ago. made
n pet OF chowchow, these dogs have
become popular all over England
Washington Post.
Mrs. Hester Cordrey, better known
at Aunt Hester" who Is living in
this town at the age of liz. no doubt
10 the oldest woman in this section Of
the country. Very few persons have
better health than she. not having
known q days sickness until short
time ago. She says the worst pain she
ever experienced is the toothache.
which she has been suffering with for
the past month. but she had the tooth
drawn yesterday. II being the only
tooth she has lost. Mrs. Cordrey was
born about nine miles east Of Delnar.
on February ~, i7s7. She was tire
wealthy farmer. When IL years old
her mother died. leaving her and her
father to run the farm. as all her sis
tiers, numbering twelve, had been mar
ried early, and her two brothers were
In the army of the War of 1912, from
which they came out without Injury. In
speaking of her younger days, Aunt
Hester said the other day: when I was
a little girl used TO go out and work
on the farm like the men. Many days
have ploughed all day and come to
the barn after dark and done the milk
ing. which consisted OF seven cows.
There were only two OF the boys and
father, and in those days It was no dis
grace for a girl to work. 10 we used to
help out and save hiring extra labor.
Laws, man, II a girl now was 20 80 out
and plant corn or cut wheat she would
be looked at like a slave. but those
days they were praised up for being in
dustrious. II girls OF these years would
do more work and think less Of their
parlor, they would be more healthy
and live longer."--Philadeiph Record
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
Wfae and otherwlse.

The devil has offered many a woman
diamond tiara instead of halo.
To be on the right side In politics
merely means to be on the inside.
No. Cordelia. kissing isn't Away
what 1t ia amaekei up TO be.
Most people have too much of onl
thing and too little of another.
Swapping compliments Is q good dea
like swapping green goods.
Our follies give the doctors a chanei
to make experiments at our expense
The wife of shiftless man Away
has an excuse for him. He mean
well.
How women love to tempt men. ant
then abuse them for being tempted
A successful man Is one who car
make more money than his wife car
spend.
Occasionally the world loves lover
but more often 1t sympathizes Will
him.
It isn't always a sure test Il
measure q mans Importance by hii
chest expansion.
A girl seldom gives her heart to ;
man until 1t has been broken thre'
or four times.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
THE HUSBANDS VACATION,
BEST AWAY FROM HOME

To some this may seem rank hearesy
but at the risk OF being considered
heterodox. will say that vacation
taken By husband aud wife and child
rem, altogether. is really no vacation.
Especially when people are moderately
circumstanced and have to continue
their piRching, and economizing even
while on pleasure bent.
Now. for instance. take the clerk or
bookkeeper who has been at one steady
grind for a year. To him the thought
of going off alone and leaving his fami-
~ seems rank selfishnesa Yet II no
could only see correctly he would find
that the wisest thing to do.
In the first place business houses
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
WHEN A WOMAN Is
WORN TO A THREAD

IL there any woman in the world
who has not made use of the protest
against overwork and worry and IA
tiGue in no way more satisfactorily ex-
pressed than by the phrase Il am worn
to a thread?' II there Ia she is. tn
deed. blessed. But the average house.
keeper, It seems, must answer that
question in the negative, judging from
her. own experience and that OF her
friends
The average woman Of the present day
Is more or less inclined to be worn
to a thread" Is isn't because her condt-
ton 10 more frail than that OF her
grandm other. nor IL 1t because she IL
compelled to work harder than her an
cestors did. 1t is simply q case of her
placing every enterprise in which she
is interested far above all considera-
ton of health. II one may be allowed
to make use OF the idiomatic express
sion. she truly runs everything into
the ground" In her home. in social
affairs and even In her sleep. she
strives to do everything In the shortest
time possible and take up another en-
terprise before the present one Is COM
pleted. It apparently never occurs to
her to keep a reserve fund OF strength
and health and to conserve her abtli-
ties and her ambitions. She is ALWAYS
living up to and beyond her capital.
physical and mental.
If woman were only an unsmash-
able machine 1t would not be necessary
to watch out for the reserve fund.
But she isn't. 1t is only when the sud
den break down comes that she Is con-
scious OF the foolishness of souandar-
ing her vitality.
The systematic taking OF rest and
the conservation of ones strength Is
not a dif1cult thing II one only goes
about It determinedly. 1t does not
take much time each day to rest min
ute or two. 1t Is only common sense
to stop work, even the most urgent
when one feels that the strain Ia he
coming uncomfortable. But few women
seem to realize this truth.
1t ought to be obvious that a woman
cannot attend to her household duties
and enjoy her pleasure unless she be
strong. Success in any line IL very
rarely attained when II ls case Of
the spirit is willing but the flesh
weak" Notwithstanding the few sue
cessful examples in history.
1t Is not until the reserve fund ~
gone and the health broken that the
average woman Of the present day -
willing to look to the preservation Of
that fund. To play foolhardy tricks
with ones health Is an experiment that
must be paid for bit by bit, To store
up health and vigor in ones youth II
the only safe way OF providing for 3
large reserve fund OF good health In
later years. The number of young PEG
pie nowadays who are utterly obliviouS
to this necessity is surprising.
The child who eats candy and pickles
and what not in between meals; who
refuses to wear rubbers and carry an
umbrella; who SeizeS every opportunity
to wear one pinafore In preference tn
another simply because 1t Is pretty
rather than warm. is piling up debt
that II Will take her years to cancel
The woman who ruShes hither and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
WOMEN TRAVELLERS NEED
SAFETY JEWELRY POCKETS

Safety pockets for jewels and none!
are a necessity for the woman travel
Ing.
Frequently they are made to belt o.
the waist under the blouse: sometime
to be fastened to the garter under TIN
knee. and sometimes to be strappe,
around the neck.
Good ones are made of channels skis
securely Tapped. pinned and buttoned
some dainty ones are made OF em
broidered linen. lined with channels t,
make them secure.
Other patterns of safety pocket,
have bands around the waist. Will
the pocket is attached with a band t
the belt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
FANCIES

have a habit Of extending vacation
periods to the employers at short no.
tice. The time. usually two weeks, nies
20 fast that while q man 10 waiting Ter
his family to get ready two or thrss
days Of the precious time have already
dipped away.
! Again women can make their work
easier 10 summer time II they so choose
Many hot dishes that require lo9g
cooking can be dispensed with and the
homework can be greatly simplined.
In addition to this woman can wear
loose clothing around the house and
they are not keyed up to the nervous
rack OF trying to work to hold q job.
the responsibility Of bringing home
the money every Saturday night IL not
LOT them. even IL they do have the
.weignty work Of stretching the cash
sumcientlysto make IL 70 around. For
many woman 1ust the change Of hav-
Ing the husband away two weeks will
give welcome vacation. She no long
er mas 70 get up before day to prepare
early breakfast. also she can dispcns Q
with the late dinner. having q iitti~
cold supper instsAd.
All these meals can be made an light
as possible. Days can be spent with
the children at the park. ana pm aure
Q sensible wife will enjoy her home va :
cation. IL she once mado the expert
mont DotteI tnen TOT the whole fami-
~ to go piiing into cramped quarters
in the height OF the summer season.
whom everything IL most expensive.
The husband has to take his vaca
ton at the allotted time, but the wife
and children can go later on. when re-
sorts are not 50 crowded. and rates no.
so extravagant. And then II IL good
for two people to have q short separa-
tlon, no matter how much they protest
otherwise.
Much matrimonial friction IL caused
bytired nerves and a feeling Of ding oil
to pieces and frequently this Is caus-
ed only by too constant association,
Now perhaps some people may cali inv
attention to the old saw. "out Of sight.
out OF mind"
But as an answer, Just for the sake
OF argument there 10 also another equal
ly old adage, Absence makes the heart
grow fonder."-Exchange.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
JAPANESE PROVERBS

We must not break the bough of
the tree that has sheltered us.
AS hunger 10 durable by eating. so
10 ignorance by study.
The superior woman exalts her hus-
band; the inferior degrades him.
The whispered word flies thousand
miles.
Furnish no provender for your enc
miles,.
For each unseeing eye there is one
that sees clearly.
However. long the river flows, at
last 1t will reach the open sea.
Unless you start, you will never ar
rive.
To know Is easy. to practice, din1-
cult.
The police are safe from others.
look to yourself.
Humility is q great castle OF de-
Tense.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-05
SOME ADVICE ON
THE WOMAN TO MARRY

A lecturer inquired dramatically:
Can any one in this room tell me OF
perfect mann" There was a dead
silence. HAS any one" he continued
heard OF a perfect woman7" Then
says DR.. M. C. Peters in The Wash
fnGton Star, a patient-looking little
woman rose up in the back OF the
house and said: There was one. I've
often heard OF her, but she is dead
now. she was my husbands first
wife"
BE prepared for imperfections. Man
are you looking for an angel? How
would you look alongside OF an an
gel7
when real life comes to the best
and happiest pat-. with its trouble and
its care. the tower OF romance will
fall. leaving us in the mud-hut OF
everyday reality.
Man and woman are like the two
shells of an oyster-they were made
for each other.
A crusty old bachelor, hearing thai
his friend had gone blind. said: Lee
him marry. and If that does not opeT
his eyes, nothing else will' But thai
eneer has been confuted by the ex-
perience OF many blind scholars. like
Hood, famous authority on bees, and
Fawcett, political economist at Cam.
postmaster general. whose highly quail
flied wives were eyes indeed to theil
husbands
whether a man shall be made Of
xnarred in marriage depends altogeth
ST upon his choice.
Wordsworth paints the woman yov
want:
4 creature not too bright or good
FOR human natures daily food;
The reason firm, the temperate will.
Endurance. foresight strength and
skill:
A perfect woman nobly planned.
To warn, to comfort and command,
And yet a spirit still and bright.
with something OF an angel light.
Don't marry for beauty alone. A
beautiful woman may please the eye
but q good woman will hold the heart
The highest style OF beauty fount
IN the human form 10 animated ant
lighted up by the intelligence with
Love is the great beautifier of this
face However shaggy the brows, OBJ
lique the eyes. longitudinal the nos'
and struggling the mouth. II is pos
stble for even such a woman to pos
sess. an inward beauty which perishei
NOT, which will flash out in the eye
glow in the face. tune the voice anC
Wreathe the countenance in charms
the beauty which is only surface deeI
Is likely to prove as evanescent as tbs
passing cloud
We do not say that there may MOI
be some legitimate aids to natura
forces, but lasting beauty Of face OIL
person must come from within. Th'
best way to beautify the face is tC
Improve the disposition, to set behint
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-21

new cars. and 1t must be provided be-
fore 1t can be expended. Incidentally,
1t may be remarked that all of the huge
sums which will be employed in the man
ner described will buy something OF full
par value We are in an era OF greater
honesty in the administration of railroad
affairs than ever before.
There never has been time or less
graft In construction and the purchase
of supplies and equipment. The banking
interests. which have the handling of
railroad securities, are still hoggish. but
less SO than in the past, when the urgent
needs Of railroads was greater possibly
than now. The days of pioneering are
over in that field Of activity.
One explanation for the underlying
strength in stocks Of many of the south
ern railroads Is found In the olnciai re-
ports Of the movement of cotton. Ac-
cordinig to the governpent ngures ex-
ports of cotton for October were record
breaking in value, amounting 10 nearly
SIS, 900. 900. which 10 better by B,ooo'ooo than
that Of any prsvsous. month on n. or.t 10
months Of the year. $S7B, 10000. represents
immense tonnage not only In the staple
itself but in collateral lines ana IN gen
eral commerce. The south IL most GER
tainly entering upon period OF extra
ordinary development and Dresperity.
The southern stock to which attention
seems Il ~ 49, xenak AaGnaAN esrAnnA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-21

are citing the business and personal pc
culiarities OF the deceased to show that
frauds and corruption on the scale that
has been proved against the company
would not have been carried on without
his knowledge and encouragement.
1t is a nauseating and unwholesome
piece of business from any angle you
wish to view It, The market effect OF
the recent disclosures has not been any
where near as decided as might have
been expected, The stock Is very widely
distributed and the belief prevails that
the honest earnings of the corporation
will insure a continuance of dividends in
definitely. Tho trust has splendid man
ufActuring and selling organization and
10 q practical monopoly.
IN the shadow of schemes for huge
financing by railroad systems the prop
osition Of the Big Four to put out a
$4,000 900 bond issue almost escaped at
tention. The Missouri Pacific is launch
ing a plan for $175,00.0O0 in bonds; the
Atlantic Coast Line $500. 900, 900 and the
New York Central and Pennsylvania are
candidates for new capital running up
into hundreds of millions. Hardly a road
in the country but what is or will be
having its hand out for more money
Fortunately. it will not all be wanted
at once.
The drag upon the public purse will
extend all through next year and the
year following. Enormous sums Of money
win be spent on new track. new rails and