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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
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heroine serves to introduce the theory that heridity is of greater weight at all times than training, which we see veri fled in the poor girl as her lover saw at the last-"the incarnation of shining and passionate repentance-a creature in the death grip of a gild fear, now driven into folly-now into sin-the tortured plaything of the Mafa.'
 Into the Night is a note of sanity sounded years afterwards, upon text which stirred southern traditions and southern fears as scarcely anything else has done
 When I had finished reading Into the Night I had an intense desire to talk to Miss Greene about her book and nothing daunted, my enthusiastic spirits carried me at once to her. I found her most gracious and kindly disposed to discuss her book with me, although with a modi- cum of reluctance for she is extremely modest about her work.
 "I just had to talk to you about your book, Miss Greene" l said as she bade me be seated, flor l am intensely interested in it, and would like so much to know some things about 1t more intimately"
 You are very kind and I appreciate your interest" was the quick reply. .I suppose you want to how how much of my story is fact, and how much fiction?" she laughingly asked
 Exactly, l replied.
 Then 1 shall have to tell you that when l decided to write the story" said Miss Greene, T went to New Orleans and studied the situation thoroughly. It is a rather difficult subject in way, but I have tried to treat it in a thoughtful manner. l had the most remarkable ex- periences when 1 was looking for what we call atmosphere. For instance, you remember the scene in the Italian quarter with Francisco, the dead man? We'll I stood at his bedside, an experience which was remarkable, and which held my at- tention wonderfully. until thought of yellow fever and all that sorts of things and sneaked away, hurriedly And then my nocturnal prowls, as I call them, along the river front brought many un- usual settlements that I shall never for get. Then there is Vendetta alley, where more murders have been committed than anywhere else in the United States. Oh, you see had rare experiences in gather ing my data"
 And was the massacre really as ter rible as the picture in the book?" I inquired. wide-eyed and interested
 Absolutely was the quick rejoinder Tt is a photographic description of the scenes enacted in New Orleans. You will perhaps be interested to know that when l got ready to write my book wrote to one of the men in the mob and asked his opinion of it. His letter was as explosive as pack of Fourth of July firecrackers. and he strongly advised against it. And do you know what I am going to do? Return his letter in copy of my book'
 And say, I told you so'-or what is better, let him see the success your book Is bound to have" I suggested.
 Then, too, l had an interesting ex- perience when I called on the chief of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Royal Ancestors While You
 Wait.

From the New York Press.
 Mrs. Albert l.. Richardson of London stands ready to provide for any Ameri- can young woman a fine line of blue blood ancestors. She has done the trick for Katherine Elkins, who has been in- formally informed that the Elkins blood has that of Charlemagne and the kings of Italy mixed in it. So it seems there is now no obstacle to the marriage of the American girl to the Duke of the Abruzzi, for the requirements of regal lineage has been met. Mrs. Richardson gives as her authority the Heralds col lege of England. She delved into the re- cords of the college in the British museum and came forth with this timely discov- cry. The trouble, however, is that we all are descended from kings if the clews are followed far enough back At least, the Heralds college guarantees that much. and it is really cold comfort that is held out to Miss Elkns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Edward Everett Hale's Five
 Rules for a Long Life.

1. Rule both mind and body with an iron hold You are master.
 g. For the body, enough good sleep, enough good food, enough good exercise.
 8. For the mind, regular work; work Tn the line of your genius and stop when you are tired.
 f. After you are 40 you may, if you are not fool, choose your own rules, your own medicine and your own food. But you will find that the more you are in the open air and the more you are with other people, the better you will succeed. You will also find that there is nothing gained by breeding over failure.
 1, 2, 3, 4, (and always). The great cen tral statement of life and history in this matter is: He made himself of no repu- tation and took upon himself the form of a servant wherefore God has highly ex- alted him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
The "Little Lady. {"

It is refinement that keeps a girl neat and dainty in her person. Fine clothes cannot help her in the smallest degree to act or look like lady
 No girl can hope to be a lady unless she is modest in manner and conversa- ton. Boldness, loudness and behavior that makes fher conspicuous at once stamp a girl as being ill-bred.
 It seems needless to add that true lady shows the same kindliness to all classes. She has not one set of man ners for the high and another for the lowly. In all places and to all people she is courteous and gentle.
 It is not necessary to have money and live in fine house in order to be lady, but it is necessary to be refined modest, and gentle in your manner to all classes. To make distinctions be- tween rich and poor is to be snob and no snob> can be a gentlewoman or gentleman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
A Clever Scheme.

A Harlem mother has struck upon plan which adds greatly to the general good humor of the household over which she presides, and there are three girls and a boy in school. At dinner every night each member of the little circle must tell the funniest incident in his or her per- sonal experiences of the day. Tried as e.n experiment. the idea has been made permanent, and it provides a barrel of fun every "A hours. It also has increased the powers of observation of every mem- Der of the family, and now the plan finds a natural development in a scrapbook in which the pick of the crop of stories is jotted down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
English Kings.

First William the Norman, then William
 his son, Henry, Stephen and Henry, then Richard
 and John, Next Henry the Third, Edwards Gen,
 Two and Three, Again after Richard three Henrys we see. Two Edwards, Third Richard. if rightly I
 guess: Two Henrys. Sixth Edward, Queens Mary
 and Bess. Then James the Scot, then Charles whom
 they slew Again followed Cromwell, another
 Charles, too. Then James called the Second ascended
 the throne, And William and Mary together came on: Till Anne, George Four and Fourth Will
 liam all past, God sent us Victoria, the youngest and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Skin Astringent.

Always in taking a bath the face should be separately treated.
 Do not use water for it. save when rain boiled or distilled can be secured.
 A cleansing substitute is far better. and frequently more efficacious in removing soil
 Camphor water is excellent and so nex- pensive as to make it possible for almost every one.
 Camphor water lotion comes under the head of astringent tonic washes, and no family should be without it.
 It is made from one-fourth ounce of powdered borax, one-half ounce of glycer- in and a pint of camphor water.
 When the skin is very oily glycerin may be omitted. In either case the lotion is left to dry on the skin and may be used freely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Particular About Shade.

The enormous difficulties of color ter anthology are Illustrated by customers "exact statement of her reuuirements'' in a large Deansgate establishment the other day. Something in blue taffeta silk. please. don't want anything as dark as navy blue nor anything as light as Cambridge blue but something darker than Eton blue and vet little off from an electric blue and hardly a sky blue more like robins egg blue. and yet not quite so light. but not an indigo blue
 but something like this new tint I think they call morning glory blue. which Is something like A turquoise blue. and yet not quite so light as that and yet not so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Toast to College Boys.

Here's to the friends we've loved the
 best, e. The songs we've sung and the lips we've
 pressed.
 The ankle neat, and the figure trim, And the bubbles that dance OCT the
 sparkling brim; To maidens dark and maidens fair The Eternal Feminine everywhere; And the face that floats in a mystic haze Through all the dreams of our college
 days. Anonymous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Fall Time in the Country.

Frank L. stanton in the Atlanta Consti- tuition.
 Fall time in the country,
 Amt it out O sight! Happy days in frosty ways, And fiddles goin' right Joy is at the gate there Come to make a call Take your places, fellers, An swing your sWeethearts all Fall time in the country, Sunshine in your soul; Great old world to live in, So let the music roll; Jest the finest country
 A feller ever knew: An heaven itself seems smilin' Like your sweetheart smiles on you Forget the toll of summer: The fruits of it we reap; Happiness is with us,
 Every rosy pledge to keep; Ain't you glad you're livin'? Whistle on the way; The world is maxim merry, An it's hats off an hooray,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
A Bachelor Says That

When a girl gets her first proposal she has already told how she has hundred A woman can get heap of happiness out of thinking how happy she could be if she were appreciated.
 After eating onions a girl should inn mediately sit down and peruse some work of fiction that is calculated to take her breath away.
 Any woman can take a hint--if disguised as beauty hint
 Love is blind, but after marriage man is apt to take an occasional eye-opener
 A wise man has no secrets from his wife-because he hasn't any wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

poAce-the one who followed in the foot steps of the murdered Hennessy," re- called Miss Greene. q might have been called the Yelled Lady as I presented myself at his office, where I was treated with the greatest consideration Lines and lines of people were seated against the wall, but I was told that the chief always waited on ladies first, and so my turn quickly came He advised me to let the Maia alone in New Orleans. Up in Alabama he said, it is all right-but New Orleans-Never."
 "Those were terrible times and I guess the very mention of such tragedies made even the chief shudder," I said.
 Yes" replied Miss Greene. Every one there felt that way about it. and yet from the highest to the lowest of the people in the mob-and you know they were representative-tod me if they had it all to go over again they would be- have exactly as they did. It is an in teresting fact that when the grand jury was called upon to indict the men in the mob they refused because they said that would have to indict the whole of New Orleans parish. So much in defense of the representatives of it..
 "Of course, 1t would be unnatural to read your book" I said, with an eye single to the Mafia incidents, so I must ask how you felt about your heroine. Did you become attached to her in deline- ating her character, or how did you feel?''
 "I was really attached to her in spite of her weakness, of birth and heridity," said Miss Greene. q couldn't help feel ing sorry for her, that she had no place anywhere"
 i've always imagined it would be so hard to know how to get rid of a per tIrn hot T cot <.,,frr,
 Not at all.'' replied Miss Greene "Her tragic and. unfortunate end was fore destined. She couldn't have done any, thing else but what she did at the last poor little thing with her exotic racial instincts--over which training seemed never to have an atom of effect''
 Which remainds me of what Miss Beatrice Harreden said of her heroine in that delightful book of hers Ships that Pass in the Night. when some one asked her why she allowed her heroine to be run over and killed. she said it was the only logical thing for her to do."
 You know my book has been heralded as a telling picture Of inordnate pride of race" said Miss Greene, which is rather amusing. because our pride of race is the standard and anything short of that is not to be mentioned"
 "The subject was a most interesting one to me-" continued Miss Greene. 'and the "reminiscences I had recalled in years to come of the time when I was gathering material for my book will always form an interesting chapter in my life.
 And the best of it all is you are successful authoress." I said as arose to make my adiuex. "If you will permit my humble opinion. will say that aside from it's primal. compelling fascination your book is composed of a happy gift of language, very unusual theme and mystery and reticence in it's tragic de- nouement, which cannot fail to please"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Woman's Best Age.

After all has been said pro and con the fact remains that when one speaks os the attractiveness of women. one really means the attractiveness of woman
 Not so long ago woman was considered most attractive between the ages of Is and 20. Many heroines of classical fiction are mere children.
 But the modern man prefers something more sophisticated than >16 Almost all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Dolly's Dialogues.

THE GILMAN" They parted mid tears and sighs At the end of a summers affair. He said with tears In his eyes: T can never be happy or care" She said: Tn all my life
 1 have never cared so truly" And he went home to his wife, And she to her husband unruly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
The Age -Herald's Cook Book.
BAKED sTUFFED PEPPERS.

BAKED STUFFED PEPPERS.
 Select sweet green bell peppers, cut stem ends almost round and take out seeds. Chop fine three medium-sized firm ripe tomatoes, also small quantity of cold beef lamb. add bread crumbs, chopped onion, chopped parsley and salt and pepper. Turn into a saucepan with little olive oil. and let it heat through. Stuff peppers with mixture and put on tops. Stand upright in a baking pan and pour a cupf1l of water around them Bake about 20 minutes and serve hot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

eepted ideas of beauty can compare with the women's hats, for which fabu- lous prices are paid. They are great in size and grotesque in shape and must have been originated by some one whose endeavor 1t was to make the wearer's identity matter of doubt. To the decor atlons in the way of fruit gigantic in form, hatpins have now been added which are as startling as they are in- appropriate. These have large heads in the form of crabs, lizards, frogs and squirming snakes. An attractive exhibit In the museums of the future will be one of these hats; basket covered all over with giant cherries, peaches and other fruits, among which bronze and painted reptiles will be seen to nestle. Children will look at the thing. but will doubt the truth of the label on the case, which will bear the legend, Fashionable hat -1909' "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Bangs Are Coming Back.

European Letter of William Allen White,
 in the Tmporia (Kans.) Gazette.
 The serious-minded readers of the Ga- zette should skip this paragraph Yet it records an important fact: Bangs are coming back into fashion-at least they are trying to come back. We first mo- ticed them early in April in Italy, and they have been creeping out longer and longer through Germany and Holland. until in France they are definitely "out- - And they are mortal ugly. Young people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

who do not know how bangs look should consult the family photograph album of the sos and see how mother and Aunt Elm looked. But it will do no good. If bangs are comming back they will come back, and it will do no good for men to make an outcry. If the women decide to have bangs they will have them. and they'll add leg of mutton sleeves, bustles, hoops and poke bonnets if the men say much In this connection it should be stated that new style of dress has appeared in Europe. It is kind of com promise between kimono and a shift, so planned to suggest by it's Mother Hub bard effect everything that the tight fitting of last year tried to show. These new ones are indecent. Doubtless they will have an unprecedented vogue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Overlooked.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 The man who has just married his stepmother is the most cheerful optimist in the world.-Philadelphi Inquirer
 Indeed? And what have you to say of the man who married his mother-in- law?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
The Propaganda Spreads.

From Life. To the little brown hen said the big red
 rooster: You don't lay eggs as often as you
 uster." And the little brown hen said: "No, you
 bet. I'd have you to know I'm a suffra-
 gettei"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

young women are more or less attractive, for unfortunate indeed is the woman who has no charm or fresh, rosy cheeks and glossy hair between the ages of IS and IS.
 For the average woman who lives to enjoy life and to make others happy, 23 is the ideal age. She is in the first flush of having just arrived. The full beauty of her womanhood has been real ized from the slim promises of her girl hood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Marriage a la Mode.

Sing a song of motors.
 Going down the road. "What is all the troube?' Why that's marriage a la mode'' But can't the Cooper stop them? The chauffeur, can't he be bribed?" ''Of course not; he's the bridegroom, And the millionaire's daughter u
 bride.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

dark quite as this aqua-marine blue, nor so light as baby blue. Now, if you have anything in the shade I have described. please show it to me- The intelligent assistant unrolled a length of cloth with the remark: This is the shade of blue you require, madam. It is called Lon don milk'i'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
My Lady Modish.

Gradually new fashions are being tried out and put in their places for mondaine or the more conservative, for the coming season. Each week and in fact each day some new point under consideration is settled and the puryeyors are overcoming the tantalzng and interesting period of change.
 First of all has been settled the Tanagra effect of the past, which will not be seen in the future. as the more ample, full effects. in trimmings, draperies, will undoubtedly be popular
 Indications point to positive rage for black and white, and unless all signs fail, this season will be redoent with this Frenchy combination
 The white lace veil, which had its pre- mier this summer, bid fair to be the most becoming novelty of the fall season.
 Ears of wheat. large lilies and immense cabochons of all sorts of materials, will form the trimmings for the nobbiest of the winter chapeaux.
 Top coats of moire for early fall wear are in the shops charmingly fashioned
 The newest combs for the hair go all the way round, and make the side comb unnecessary.
 Dog collars of black velvet are em- broidered in tiny rose buds, and flowers or sprays of foliage.
 Black tucked chiffon yoke and sleeves in gowns of heavier material are find ing great popularity among fashionable couturieres.
 The ankle strap for pumps, which came into vogue in. the early spring, is still seen on the best slippers of the fall.
 Laces and nets embroidered in the metallic shades, well as jet, will face many of the large hats this season.
 Two-toned cheviots are much seen in the best tailored gowns of the season.
 Silk cord in mammoth size is to be used in all colors for braiding cloth gowns for winter year.
 Cut jet hatpins rival the hatpin of brilliants so popular in the spring.
 Beaded purses are seen to a great ex- tent in the shops beautifully mounted in gilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
Queer Fashions.

A New York letter in Hamburg paper contains this paragraph under the head line"Queer Fashions" 'Nothing in the way of boldness and disregard of the &C.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
An Ideal Bungalow.

After dreaming of the ideal bungalow snd then viewing the apologies for such structures that are scattered along our coasts it is delightful to hear of the summer home at the Japanese ambas-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

Of all sad words that poet ere penned The saddest are these; She's a has,
 been.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
A Royal Debutante.

In few weeks Princess Luise Victoria, only daughter of the German Emperor,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

will make her formal appearance in court and enter on all the social activity which belongs to her position. She will find lit- tie novelty however, as she has been permitted to enjoy herself fully in a va riety of ways for the last two years. She Is seen frequently in theatres and con- cert halls, always in fashionable attire, and drives almost daily in the Thiergar- ten. She has her own circle of friends, the majority much older than herself. She rides with daring, and takes fences and all kinds of obstacles with more dash than her brothers. More than once the whisper has gone around Berlin that Luise Victoria is a spoiled child" As an only daughter, her wish has been the will of her parents, with the result that at r she is not new to the simple pleas ures of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
EXIT BASEBALL

Now is the time when grandma-mas Defunct need not expect to grow, For office boys need no excuse.
 The baseballs season Der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26

TO COLLEGE-MISS GRUNDY. Daughter of Mrs. Grundy Arrived on Monday. Looked over on Tuesday. Introduced on Wednesday, Stood "exams." on Thursday 'Kerflunked" on Friday, Found out pas bank account on Saturday, Enrolled on Sunday, Cordially received was the daughter Of our friend Mrs. Grundy.
 Was MT Stingy very much distressed about his wifes death?" "I should say so The next Sunday he cried so hard at church that he didn't see the collection plate as 1t passed him"