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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16

her fance, she knows he cares for her
more than for anyone else in the world.
But yet she seems to lose sight of the
fact that he is working hard for her
now, and probably denying himself to
give her little pleasures. 1t is not mean
ness on his part which prevents him from
spending money over her, but the knowl-
edge that he is saving out of his small
store to make her happy when she is his
wife. have known girls who are discon-
tented with a modest engagement ring
because 1t is not good enough to show
their friends What a small and petty
reason this What matter the ring when
the heart that is pure gold is given with
it, Love should be greater than this,
and such paltry speculation as to the
price Of gifts should never enter into a
girls calculation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
How to Choose Your Wedding
Day.

All modern women scorn superstition,
but there is usually some old-fashioned
nurse or relative in the bridal house
who will see to it that the heldames OF
fate are appeased.
Tbev will maneuver so that to the Sc
lection of the wedding day an uneven
date will be chosen, not multiple of
seven, and not the unlucky 10.
In addition to this they will remem-
Der that Mondays for health, Tuesday $
for wealth, Wednesdays the best day or
all while Thursdays for crosses and
Friday for losses, and Saturday no luck
at ALL
The bride must wear a yellow garter,
but this is for the benefit of her brides
maids In her apparel there must pc
something old and something new,
something borrowed and something
blue; but there should be neither green
nor yellow visible, because the former is
forsaken and the latter forsworn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
Things That Attract Men.

A bright girl writes and asks if l
will tell her what are some of the prin-
cipal qualities in girls which most at
tract men. | think the word attract
is not correctly used by my correspond
end, if she will allow me to say so,
for often the things in a girl that at
tract men are possessions of doubtful
value in any maiden
What attracts a man is one thing;
what will hold him and command his
respect is another.
A girls smile, for example, attracts
man. but an even temper retains him.
Intelligence attracts a man. but strength
OF heart rather than of brain is what
he desires.
A pretty gown attracts a man; the
knowledge that 1t was inexpensive de-
lights him.
The girl who does little things for 9TH
ers attracts a man; he will do great
things to please her.
A knowledge of how, when, and where
to be little stately attracts man:
an appreciation of the folly of frivolity
wins his respect.
A smart little tongue may attract n
man, but Difference to his opinions gains
his affections.
Kindness in won1en-not their beauteous
looks-will win his heart.
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ers wrought with a handiwork well nigh
divine.
From the ante beilum Blount, when
bellies and beaux hirted and ogled. talked
and promenaded with grace, to the more
recent summers when the same scene
has been transferred to younger genera
tons of glittering, laughing men and
women, there has been a charm about
the old haunts which age cannot wither
nor custom stale.
lover the mountains first" cries Bet
tina, and off we start.
As we pass a little wooded dell, perched
high up on the topmost limb of tree
is a row of little feathered things
and some one calls out:
What are they?'
"Roosters," answers the mere man of
the party.
"Oh," I exclaimed, mot hen in sight
] should call that Bachelor Quarters,
wouldn't your"
Probably in Difference to the bachelor
owner of all this lovely country round
about, eh?" suggested Bettina.
And ON we go with our big knotty.
hickory sticks doing Alpine duty, as we
climb the rocky paths that lead us on
ward.
Occasionally the sight of great, black
snake crosses our pathway and the fem
mine element of the party regales IT.
self with loud shrieks and screams, while
the men show their pluck and bravery by
staying the creeping monster Cor pre-
tend to) ard presto! we are off once
morei =
The trail leads to the dairy farm, where
hundreds of the bovine tribe are assem-
bled and some one of the city cousins
insists upon being shown the "buttermilk
cow"
But Bettina, never to be outdone, rises
to remark to the sturdy old dairyman
that
THAT little O. bitty over in the corner
q the fence is the very cunningest little
calfet."
To which his royal highness replies in
ursne tones:
"Beggin' yo' pardon. Miss, but faint a
calf1let-he's a bullet" at which we all
shrek uproariously.
and now for the steepest climb of
all' shouts some one. as we begin our
ascent of the tallest mountain, directly
TO the front of the hotel.
I'm afraid" excaims Bettina, as the
road grows sleeper and sleeper, and it
is harder and harder to ascend, that I'm
not a mountain climber after all. l be-
1ieve that the rocking chair, high-heel
silk-stoolking variety is the one to which
I belong"
For shamev' comes the ejaculation from
half a dozen different voices, and abashed
Bettina renews her courage and on
we go.
The surrounding atmosphere has sweet
perfume of honeysuckle and wild las
mine, occasionally there is the chirp of
Bob White to his mate; the croak Of a
frog or the witch's meedy of the trees
and the winds signing and singing into
inhnitude.
We climbed and climbed and eventual
" we reach a narrow woodland path
which seems to lead into nowhere or else
to some eagles aerie suspended from the
misty cloudland.
But afar we catch the glimpse of
chimney stack. and we hear the bark of
dog. and we know we are approaching
our destination; for we have journeyed
hither to pay our respects to one of Ala
bama's most cultured and intellectual
women-Miss Mary Gordon Duffee-poet,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
The Month of May.
PAUL WEST.

If you happen to be born on sunny
day in May wouldn't you like TO know
something about this month?
The name May comes from the Latin
Maius. In Greek mythology Maia was
supposed to be the daughter of Atlas
and the mother of Mercury, May was
the fifth month of the Gregoran year,
and it was called by the Anglo-Saxons
-'three-moolee monath." meaning the
three milk month, as their cows were
lnilked three times a day at this season.
Mays zodiacal sign is Gemini the Twins.
1t is said that a person born in this
month will be impulsive and emotional,
liable to extremes of judgment, and will
have a, variable temper. Foresight, en-
ergy ambition will follow ones pathway
I'm life, and pessimism will be a no
tieeable characteristic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
Mysterious Figures.

Put down the number of your living
brothers.
Double this number.
Add three
MultiLly the result by FIVE.
Add the number Of living sisters
Multiply the result by 10.
IS Add number of dead sisters and
brothers.
Substract $50 from the result.
The right hand figure will be the num-
Der of deaths
The middle figure will be the number of
living sisters.
The left hand figure will be the number
of living brothers
Strange freak of figures, isn't it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
Speeding to Dreamland Town


There's a touring car on four small
wheels.
It is going to Dreamland Town.
The chauffeur mild is your mother, child,
BY her side you must cuddle down.
You must close your eyes; there's golden
dust
On the road to Dreamland Town. !.
The sandmen ride and glide aside
Policemen they in brown. .....
We are going fast in our touring car,
We are nearing Dreamland Town.
And the hand you feel will turn the
wheel
And run Thea bogies down.
A speed law, dear, for our big, big car
We are entering Dreamland Town,
And the tiny wheels meath your little
heels
Are slowly running down.
WALTER BEVERLY CRANE.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
The Rainbow Smile.

What charm there is in a smile! Many
women have lost the art We have
smiled SO much and so often to order
from a sense of duty, that now the
charming spontaneity of the act has en-
tirely disappeared.
The rainbow smile belongs to poetry.
"With a smile on her lip and a tear in
her eye" says Scott. This brings to
mind the sort of heroine he loved
brave, tender, sympathetic and exquisite.
Sweeter than all is the smile of SYM
pathy A word is said, meaning grasped,
a shade of feeling understood, and In
stantly comes the answering glow. Often
it sows the seeds of love.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
What s in a Name.

Mabel-Worthy of being loved; amiable
Minna, Minnie-One rich in love.
Margaret-A pearl.
Mary-May mean one exalted, a lady
star bitterness o. the sea, or a tear
Nora-Honor.
Naomi-Consolation
Ophelia-The loving, beloved. friendly.
Pauline-The little, the simple.
Phoebe-Bright, pure.
Pandra-The all-gifted.
Rosa-A rose.
Rosa bel-Beautiful rose.
Rosalie-Dear as roses.
Rosalind-Gentle Rosa.
Ruth-The fruitful.
Selina-The lustrous.
Susan-A lily. lily-white.
Sara, Sarah-A lady. princess.
sibyl-A sharer of divine counsel.
Stella-A star.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
What Dreams Mean.

Throat-To dream that your throat is
sore is a sign of JOY.
Throne-To dream you are ascending d
throne means that you will realize your
greatest wish. 1t also signifies great dis
tinotion.
Tune-If you dream you hear someone
playing musical instrument out of tune
it is a sign that IL you cultivate your
musical tastes, you will shine as a musi-
clan in the near future
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
The May Marriage Supersti-
ton.

All the other months of the year are
more popular as marriage month than
the month of May. According to the
oracles-
Married in the month of May
You will surely rue the day"
And another reveals that
married when bees Ger May blossoms
fit
Strangers around your board will sit"
Still another verse rhymes like this:
married in May and kirl1ed in green
Both bride and groom won't lang be
seem
If one should happen to chose wedding
day in May, be sure to avoid the I'd, 4th
eth 18th, 10Th, 10Th and 23d. as those are
said to be fearfully unlueky, especially
the It'll, 18th and 2Oth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
Engaged Girls.

Engaged girls are curious creatures.
They are at the same moment raised on
a level with the angels in their lovers
eyes, while they puzzle exceedingly with
the spirit of commercialism with which
they contemplate certain things.
A man, If he is the right" sort of man,
gives of his best to the girl whom he
seeks to have his wife; but how often
have I seen 1.-The little rift within the
Lutte in which was presumably a happy
engagement, because a woman does not
realize this. She is sad because her lover
does not spend money on her Her
friends may have better time, expen-
sve presents, dinners and theatre-going,
while she has nothing of the kind
OF course, she will tell you she loves
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
The Man a Girl Likes.

You couldn't get a girl to confess it,
but the man she most adnires is often
He whose ideas never coincide with
her own.
He who tells her point blank that he
hates TO see powder on her face.
He who never says that some other
girl looks pretty.
He who always appears interested when
she airs her little tribulations.
He who does not overlook a slight or
forgive a f1asty word too quickly.
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unimpeachable she says, but usually
of great similarity. Therefore, the dis
tinguishing touch must be given by orig
inal effects in decorations and lighting.
Another very important consideration"
she laughngly adds, rs to separate hus-
bands and wives sufficiently The candel-
abra and flowers should be arranged with
this desirable object in view. 1t stands
to reason two persons who see each other
all the time will talk more brilliantly II
temporarily separated. By my method
the usual topics of children and servants
are entirely eliminated from the CONVEX
sation. Even at those Objectionable and
one-sided affairs known as stag dinners
great attention is given to LIE lighting
arrangement"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
Look After the Lips.

Not onlX should the lips be well shaped,
but they should have a fine rosy color
not the red of carmine but the red of
health. They should be full, soft, pliabio
tissue and with expression. For the lips
tell of the disposition and character
The bad-tempered woman has vixenish
lips The stingy woman has lips that
are thin and cling to her teeth. The
couuettish woman has saucy lips. ami
the "dewy' lips belong to the golden
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
The May Birthstone.

The emerald is the birth stone for those
born in the month Of May. 1t signifies
Immortality. This is the verse which
tells of the emerald's charm:
''Who first beholds the light of day
In springs sweet howery month of May,
And wears an emerald all her life,
Shall be loved and happy wife,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
The Worst Dressed Peer in
England.

The Duke of Argyle, who is the King's
brother-in-law, boasts that he is the
worst dressed peer in England
He made the statement Saturday when
opening the tailors' exposition, and after
uttering the above toast, added: I'm
here merely as horrible example,
The duke, however, is not the worst
dressed peer in England; there are others.
Even the Duke of Marlborough has been
seen wearing a silk hat with sack
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16

coat in Piccadilly than which there is no
worse sartorial crime in England.
Lord James of Hereford always wears
his trousers too short and baggy at the
knees.
Lord Morley always looks as if he wore
secondhand suits.
\ T,ord Wilverhamptons clothes, Judged
by their appearance, DO not cost more
than SO a suit.
The Duke of Norfolk, the richest peer
in England, always wears shabby clothes,
trousers bagged at the knees ana the ell
bows of his coat shiny.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
The Woman Who Helps.

The woman you can't help liking is the
one who is always ready to help you in
any way she can. She is CHEEKY and
practical.
She never throws disdainful cold water
over your most cherished dreams. But
she enters into all your plans as If they
were her own, brings to them the same
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16

era of youth. Pale pink lips are ex-
tremely trying to the complexion, but
friction with dash of cologne will help
to improve them.
Blue lips denote heart trouble and the
lack of regular circulation. They must
be treated from within. Anemia is in
dictated by cooress lips, and iron tonic
should be taken and a generous diet m
dulged in until the blood becomes a
healty, natural color
In no case bite the lips. as it ruins
their appearance and becomes a fixed
bad habit. The lips can be artifically
redeemed with alcohol or lemon juice
which has been turned over rose petals,
but nothing is as satisfactory as the cum
ming red of nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16

enthusiasm, the same careful considera-
ton as you do yourself
Nothing is too much trouble for her.
She checks your unwise impulses and en-
courages your wise ones. She does not
fiatter you to court popularity, but gives
your judicious praise to spur you on
to do your best
And when all is done she joins in
your triumph, or sorrows with you over
your defeat, with rare single heartedness.
And she never says, Il told you SOP
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
Eve q to Date.

A brand new shaped bonnet Is one
that seems to be all crown and no
brim, and looks for all the world like
a waste basket fastened on ones head.
Colored linens are all the rage and
are modfshly tailored in various styles.
Plumes are only rivaled by flowers
and fruit, as a la mode hat trimmings.
Jet chains are among the seasons
novelties with lockets of the same.
Although white is always popular
this summer will be noted as season
of color.
Colored linen waists to match the
cloth skirt are seen frequently on
smartly gowned women.
A trellis work of beads is Used as a
trimming on some of the chic frocks.
Ivory tips are seen on the newest
parasols and it is rather effective with
the pompadour patterns.
Cordury skirts. in all the new shades,
are shown for the modish who expects
to do mountain climbing this sum-
mer.8
Wreaths and garlands of woodland
flowers are among the garnitures for
chapeauX.
The long drectoire handle is much
approved on parasols.
Charlotte Corday hats are seen a
great deal this season, and the laces
Of tu1a oh
distinctly pretty and becoming.
Net will not only be used this sum
mer for yokes and sleeves, but frocks
are fashioned out of 1t in the prettiest
styles.
Gold fringe is still much used on
sashes, scarfs and tunic draperies.
Soutache braid is so popular that
even the daintiest lingerie waists en-
ploy it as trimming.
-
Nothing is more popular than the old
fashioned foulard for this spring, and
the patterns come in multitudious va
riety.
Big metal buttons are used for sum-
mer gowns, and when jeweled, they
make an unusually pretty modish
trimming.
No couture is quite up-to-date unless
| it is ornamented some way either with
bows, aigrettes. flowers, in fact every
| thing and anything is seen.
! Even in summer gowns the Frenchy
touch OF black Is used and gives the
: distinctly smart air that is so much de-
sired.
! Shell ornaments are in great vogue
/ for the hair, and they come in many
! fancy designs.
! The princess gown of last year Is
strictly "in it, SO to speak. again this
season, and with the addition of long
sleeves and a Dutch neck it is quite a
| la mode.
/ Lace fischus will undoubtedly be very
. popular before the summer is spent, as
the Paris ateliers are showing them
/ on many frocks.
Embroidered linen turnovers and
, Dutch collars of Irish crochet, are al
most a uniform with fashionable peo-
Z pie this season.
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Ideas on Dining.

Mrs Hermann Oelrchs, who unques
tionably is one of New York's leading
hostesses, says the success of a dinner
depends greatly on two things-the at
mosphere and the lights. "At most up
to-date dinners she food and wines are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
A Thinning Diet.

The woman who would train down
should not starve herself; she should eat
plenty of the right kind of food. Most
people are fat because they overeat fat
making foods.
Here is a diet list that, faithfully per-
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Country


It didn't take me very long to respond
to the call of my friend Bettina of,
Come, my corinna! Come, let's go
a-Maying!9
First" said I, my work must be
done before 1 can go, and"
oh, put away your work and come
with me to commune with nature. The
woods are calling us and we must go
Can such delights be in the trees
And open fields, and we not see it?
Come Well abroad and let's obey
The proclamation made for May,
And sin no more as we've done by stay
ing;
But, my Corinna, come-let's go a-May-
ing"
Just give me time" said I, impressed
both with Bettina's enthusiasm and her
poetry but do you think we can go
a-Maying with the thermometer almost at
zero? There won't be any flowers to go
a-Aaying for I'm afraid, and
What do you say TO a-Maying round
about the hills and woods of historic old
Blount?"
Perfectly enchanting, said I, the most
easily persuaded of all people in the
world. Besides, I dearly love old Blount.
Will all oI It's picturesque beauty ana
rural environment. The tender appealing
note of Herriek or Dante Gabriel Rosetti
rings in my ears already, and we will
take my Garden Treasury of Songs and
Lyrics and read and quote, or do you
prefer the Yirgilian Eclogues?'
What ] most prefer responded Bet
tina, lis to gather flowers on some messy
bank and roam the hills about, climbing
Ger mountains and dale, until we are sat
,4sI
and her beautiful surroundings
All right l said, I'll be ready; you
may count on me!'
When we arrived at Blount we found
that we were not the only people in the
world to whom the woods were a-calling
and no sooner had we deposited our lug
gage than our party of two was aug
mented to several times the number, each
as eager and as anxious to shake the
dust of the city off their feet for a few
hours as ourselves.
And whittier shall we go?" said I, i'm
patient for the start.
It know a bank where the wild thyme
blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet
grows;
Quite over-canopied with luscious wood
bine
With sweet musk roses and with eglan-
tine%
Quoted Bettna. Lets away"
Imagine the day when we started our
pilgrimage. Cool and scented, harmonized
with birds and jeweled with flowers: and
this the beautiful turquoise sky and the
glorious green tints of the trees and
shrubs; crown all with health, youth.
to-. ! 7
and who could do aught but laugh with
the sunshine?
There is no place half so lovely and
picturesque in its way as Bount, and
half of Alabama will agree with me
when I say it is a part and parcel of
Gods own country. Poets have sung of
IT, painters have pictured it, and far more
countless hundreds have loved and enjoyed
II. 1t is one of natures beautiful bow
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Door Billiken To Be Dethroned.

Billiken. it would seem, is entirely de-
throned, and in the place of, this happy
looking little figure is the equally happy
looking statuette of the new President.
prosperity Bill is the name it bears
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-05-16
The Flower for May.

The flower associated with the month
of May is the hawthorn, and it signifies
hope.
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Autograph Verses.

I've turned these pages DER and Ger
To see what others have written before,
And in this quiet little spot III plant
The sweet forget me-not'
Last in your album, last in your thought,
First to be remembered, last to be for
got
If scribbling in albums remembrance in
sures,
With the greatest of pleasure I'll scrib-
BILE in yours.
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The arms are folded over the breast as
though in perfect content. while the smile
extends across the whole face.
The attitude IS much the same as that
adopted by Bflliken so that the change
is not noticeable at first sight.
May Day Verse for the Chill
dren.
From "The Ghildren's Book of Verses"
is the following:
May brings floeks of pretty lambs
Skipping by their fieeey dams"
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Lace hschus will undoubtedly be very
popular before the summer is spent, as
the Paris ateliers are showing them
on many frocks.