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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10
BY MAUD WALKER.

- OMMY PARKER lived In large
II Eastern city where boys and men,
in the mad rush of the street and
~ of business, seemed prone to forget
their earlier home-tr training. and
each was bent on looking out for that
great person, self" And Tommy, only
a recent citizen of the city, was often
much astonished. and annoyed, too, at the
treatment of old people on the streets and
In street cars by the younger generation.
He could not get accustomed to seeing a
strong young man sitting In a street car
while an old woman hung to a strap. In
fact. Tommy would never remain seated
while woman-young or old, plain or Of
elegant appearance-stood clinging to
strap, but would rise and touch his hat
politely to the unseated lady and offer
to her his seat
Gallant Tommy" and some of them
laughed at him for his very polite man
ners. you'll soon lose your country town
gallantry in the city," declared one young
fellow who worked in the Office where
Tommy had employment Every man
here is for himself, and when he isn't
well, he's ridden over roughshod by the
other fellows who haven't any more man
ners than the law inforces. And the law
says nothing about a man or boy being
obliged to surrender his car seat to
woman-just on account of her sex. There
are women who never work, and who
shop about town till the stores are closed,
then get aboard ear-after a day of
what might be called idle pastime-and
expect some tired man or boy to rise
and give her his seat. l say, there's only
one law In city, the law of self-preser
walton. Get seat for number one ana
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and take forty winks. All, and she had
forgotten Nellies request to be called
when the guests arrived. And after tell
ing the boys to go play on the porch,
she had betaken herself to the Grown
ups Land of Snooze. But now she re-
membered, and, laughing, said: What a
joke on Nelliel She's asleep, and her
party is going on. Let the guests be
seated at table, and when she comes
down she will be surprised to see them
there"
So Mamma seated the four little guests
at table, and Grandmamma went up
stairs and walked Nellie. "Oh, have they
come asked Nellie, jumping off the bed.
run down, Baby" said Grandmamma.
Its about time for the party"
And when Nellie ran into the dining
room and beheld her guests chatting
away at the table, she jumped up and
down, clapping her hands, why, you're
all here. And l was fast asleep"
Yes, we're having the party all to
ourselves cried Billy. "And IL you
hadn't come just now we would have
eaten up all the goodies! You are n
great one-giving party and going fast
asleep while the folks are coming!'
And they all laughed heartily at Nell
lies expense, and she laughed loudest
Of all. And after she was seated at
table she told her dream about the noun
tains of sandwiches and lakes of Ice
cream.
''Well, If that's the wav you dream"
said Freddie, II don't blame you for
going to sleep while you have a party.
Invite us next time to your Dream Land,
will your
And then the party began In earnest,
and oh, such fun they did have. And
when it was over Nellie's papa came
home, and Nellie, sitting on his lap, told
him all about it-even to her having
been called from the Land Of Nod to
Join her own party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10
Interesting Points About Berlin.

TT has been said that prussia was
born of a cannon ball as an eagle is
born Of an egg" and a writer in tell
ing us of Berlin, has this to say:
Indeed, it would be hard to find
another German city with so few old
buildings as Berlin, and so little atmos-
phere. A Strassburg cathedral, a market
place out of Danzig, a row of Hildesheim
houses, or a Bresau Rathaus, would be
as out of place here as in an arsenal.
Most of Berlin architecture has as much
color as n squadron of battleships In war
paint, and the little glamour to be found
here is almost as well hidden as a pearl
in a pile of oyster shells. The city fairly
bristles with weapons and militaney. Its
statues, when not of mounted warriors
with swords, or of standing warriors with
spears, tend toward such subjects as
Samson plying the jawbone Of an ass.
or hounds rendlng a stag. Painting, too,
has been drafted into service, and one
sees so many military pictures in the pub
lie buildings that even the absurd por-
trait by Pesne of Frederick the Great,
in the Palais, is a relief to the eye"
Granting that the above writer has
viewed Berlin in her truest aspect, one
will also find much variety there, and
hooks and corners and avenues. both
beautiful and artistic. Inter den Linden
is the widest street in Europe-excepting
one perhaps, and it has become celebrated
in song and story. Indeed, Inter den
Linden has charm from one end TO the
other, and anyone residing in Berlin
over a fortnight becomes as enamored
-,.ftI tie ,Iaue
ing points as the sons of the city.
And the arts hold their own against
the military in Berlin, the opera being
under the personal supervision of EN-
peror William himself. He attends to
the smallest detail of production, dis
playing the deepest understanding of
music in every branch.
The Berlin opera house was built by
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She advised me not to do SO, but over
rated my endurance and strength l hnd
l am not as young as l was few years
ago. Old age counts, my dear boy" And
the old lady sighed as she chatted to
Tommy, who had taken her arm and
was walking down the street with her.
But presently the old lady became very
much interested In knowing who Tommy
was and about his plan In life Tommy,
in the most straightforward manner pos
sible, told her all about himself, and of
his widowed mother and his two younger
sisters In the Middle West. ''You see,
am now the man OF the FAMILY" he ex-
planned with a boyish pride and sense of
responsibility, land l am trying to get
on here as fast as l can so that l may
bring mamma and my sisters here 70
live with me. My elder sister has great
talent for music, and l am anxious for
her to have the advantages of city teach
ers. She'll do something big some day.
I predict
"And so will you. my boy" said the
old lady fervently. at takes a fine,
brave boy these days to show such at
tention to an old woman as you have
shown to me this evening. And l want
you to give me your address, also that
of your mother, for I feel sure she Is a
splendid woman. And l want to write
her about your courtesy to me-"
Tommy felt flush of pride at the old
lady's words. Eyes, maam," he said, my
mother is a splendid woman, and I am
only following out her training when l
am courteous to my elders. My mother
may be very poor in this worlds goods.
but she's rich in virtues and nobleness."
"Ah, here we are at my door," said
the old lady. And now l must thank
YOU thousand times for having seen me
so safely home. / would be most happy
to own such a gallant grandson as you
are, my boy. And-won't you come to
see me in the near future-after your
work In the office is done for the day -?
l shall introduce you to my daughter and
her husband. They live with me, you
see. And we shall want you to dine
with us frequently of Sundays
Tommy was overjoyed at receiving such
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10

~ ABLY, would you like to have lit
* tie tea party this afternoon" 1t
IA was Nellie's mamma who asked the
III ~ question, and Baby" was Nellie.
You see, Nellie was the only child
in the household to which she belonged,
and her papa and mamma and grandpapa
and grandmamma could not realize that
Nellie was quite a big girl now, and no
longer baby. Why, she was five years
old and you know when a little girl is
that age she's not a baby by any means
(But isn't it very, very hard to make the
papas and mammas and grandpapas anu
grandmammas know when Baby becomes
Big little GRID
Nellie looked up from her dolly when
her mamma asked her If she would like
a tea party that afternoon, and said:
"Oh. thank you, Mamma, I should just
love to have one. May I invite Cousin
Billy and Freddie and my little chums,
Katherine and Flora?"
Eyes, Baby, you may invite whoever
YOU choose" consented Nellie's mamma.
But perhaps you'd better limit the num-
Der to five or six as the time for prepare
ton is SO short. Later on we'll give
nice big party for you,-on your birth
day, which comes on the fifteenth OF
June Then We'll have a picnic In the
woods Won't that be lovelyr"
Nellie clapped her hands In glee. "a
picnic, Mamma! Oh how l wish the IF
tenth of June would come next week
or maybe this week"
Mamma laughed and kissed her baby"
Then she said: while Granny and l pre-
pare the luncheon for the party this aft
ernoon, you may invite your cousins Billy
and Freddie and your chums Katherine
and Flora
IAN right, Mamma" said Nellie, and
she ran into the broad hall and jumped up
on stool under the telephone. give me
one, three, nine. Central, she called to
Central" Then in another half minute
she was saying: Hello, is this Aunt
Grace's? Well, l want to speak with
Cousin Freddie and Cousin Billy, please.
OF course, Aunt Grace had Billy answer
the phone at once, and he cried out so
loudly that even Nellie's mamma could
hear him, and she was in the library.
'.Wil Fred an me come to a tea party
at your house at three2 Well, l guess
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10

yes. Wen be there half an hour before
three. oh, won't we have fun? What
are you going to have to eat? l hope
Gramma bakes a cream cake. An, oh,
Nellie, have some-Hello. there, Central,
don't get on the wire!-Hello, is that
you, Nellie?"
Eyes, Billy, 1t is on the WIRE" came
Nellie's reply. what is it you want?"
"Dill pickles and chicken sandwiches"
called out Billy. Then, having expressed
his wants, Billy had nothing more to say
except "good-by," and rang off.
Then Nellie called up Katherine and
Flora and the latter answered the phone,
after the housemaid told her it was Miss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10

IT'S the spring advances every normal
H child feels a desire to dig and
y plant" 1t is the call of Mother
Earth to us to help her to produce food
for mankind. April is the month-in
temperate climes-when the plowman and
the gardener may be seen turning up the
sod and preparing for another years
yielding And everywhere the children
are as busy as little bees assisting with
hoe and rake. Every night on the farm
or in the country village great bonfires
light up the sky, and afford the young
sters all sorts of amusement. And 1t
is the little band of youngsters that
rakes the brush from garden and lawn
preparatory for the bonfire, for they are
clearing their garden spots of last years
rubbish.
All children love to lay out flower beds,
but few girls care for vegetable garden
ing, a labor which boys turn to as the
flower turns to the sun. A boy may feel
pride In his flower garden, but he takes
more real pleasure in his vegetable gar
den, for there he sees the family's food
in preparation. He works with will.
for there is to be the reward of life
as his gain. But on his flower. garden
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few minutes after Nellie went to
the Land of Nod Billy and Freddie ar
rived; but Granny told them to amuse
themselves on the back porch till time
for the party. So they played with Ro-
yer, the old doggie, and Pearline, the
snow-white kitten. And they did not
mind If their little hostess did not come
to greet them on their arrival.
At quarter of came Flora, carrying
a tiny basket, which she was to fill with
goodies for her naughty sister, Rather
Inc. (And how sorry Katherine was that
she had been so naughty that she was
forbidden to attend little Nellie's party,
and she solemnly promised herself that
never, never again would she behave in
an ugly manner. And we hope she will
keep her vow, too.)
Flora Joined Billy and Freddie on the
porch and had game of Jump and
run with Rover and Pearline, and, like
the boys, she did not mind Nellie's not
welcoming her.
At precisely o'clock Nellie's mamma
had everything on the table, and went
to the back porch to call the guests and
hostess in. Not seeing Nellie, she asked
why, where is Baby?"
ave don't know" said Billy. 1--WE
haven't seen her since we came"
'And neither have l seen Nellie" said
Flora. Mamma looked surprised and
went into the hall and called out very
loudly: Baby, where are your Don't you
know your company is here?"
But getting no reply to her call, the
mamma became bit uneasy. why,
where can Baby be?" she asked, with
some concern. Just at the moment old
Grandmamma came down the stairs, rub
bling sleep from her eyes. She, too, had
been taking an afternoon nap, lying on
a couch In the sitting room up stairs
When she saw that her daughter was
looking for Baby" she recollected hay
ing told the little one to lie on her bed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10

he looks with an artistic eye only. "a
thing of beauty is a Joy forever" is at
old and wise saying. And SO 1t Is witt
a beautiful flower garden. Even thu
plainest little lawn about poor cottag,
may be made to bloom and attract thu,
eye of the passerby. A little work, /,
little seed, little water, good dea
Of sunshine and air, and your plain lit
tie yard about your poor cottage-whicl
hitherto had been so uninviting-will b.
a glory to all who look upon it. Ever
child should do his and her best to maxi
the home surroundings attractive, ant
well-kept flower garden Is one Of thu
strongest factors al this direction. Thi
lawn-or yard-should be covered will
carpet of green and here and Their
artistically laid out flower beds shout
give color and fragrance to the spot. Ant
If there be a porch or a veranda on thu
house it is most happy to cover 1t will
luxuriant vines. Hardy creepers an,
climbing roses are always satisfying. Blu
the common old fashioned honeysucklI
or morning glory planted near to thu
porch's edge, is sight well-worth be
holding, and the fragrance from the for
mer is "a Joy forever
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10
ZIGZAG PUZZLE.

This zigzag puzzle contains nine words
of five letters each. If the words are
rightly guessed and written one below
another, their zigzag letters, beginning
with the upper left-hand letter and ending
with the lower left-hand letter. will spell
a certain kind of storm We often have In
the summertime. The cross-words are I:
/. Something belonging to birds 2. A
small bottle. 3. Part of a track over
which a train runs. 4. To hasten. 8.
That which the Indians used to follow.
6. That which a river does. 7. To toss.
g. Rage. o. a menace to safety.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10
OIL ON THE WATERS.

~ HE expression pouring oil on the
n waters" Is often heard, and it lis done
W by many a captain of wave-beaten
ship He stitches up three or four bags.
These are filled, first with okum and then
with oil, which is formed of equal parts
of fish oil and kerosene.
Then the bags are. tied at the top and
pricked all over the sides with a large
sail needle, which permits the oil to
exude. They are hung from the boat
davits to drip their contents into the rag
ing waters. The effect is almost magical
on the water. When the waves strike a
patch of oil on the water they subside
into a smooth. round swell and the ship
rides over them Ike a cork.
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a cordial invitation to visit the dear oil,
lady, to whom he had quite lost hi
heart, and promised to come on the fol
lowing Sunday afternoon. Then, bidding
her goodnight, he hurried toward thi
school as fast as he could. He WAS
few minutes late, but was excused b.
the teacher when he explained the rea
son of his hardness.
On the next Saturday, and Will
Tommy was planning on the pleasur
of the following afternoon, a specia
delivery letter was brought to him. Thi
landlady looked at him questioningly 70
he did not seem important enough in he
eyes to be the recipient of a special de
livery letter. But Tommy bowed her on
gracefully and opened the letter. which
ran as follows:
Mr. Thomas Parker:
Dear Mr.. Parker Il have taken thu
liberty of looking into your life land tina
of your dear family, and find you yer!
deserving boy. And / also find you
mother is most worthy woman, deserv
ing of the noble son who is now thu
head of her household" And 1 am pre-
pared to see you through your school an,
relieve you of the burden of the offici
work while you are fitting yourself II
your chosen profession. Ever since thu
night on which you SO kindly offered MI
your protection-the protection of a fin
young man of II to an old lady of CO.
l have wished that you might becom
my grandson. And now we have fount
the way - with my dear daughter
assistance. We shall lay the Who'll,
plan before you tomorrow when YOU com
to dine with US, and 1t Is one which /
fine boy like you cannot disapprove of
Till tomorrow afternoon, and with tn
best wishes for your welfare l am
Most gratefully yours,
"GRANDMAMMA" AGNES CLARK.
Tommy stood spellbound for a moment
"Ah, the dear, good old lady," he sal,
at last. And she wants me for he
grandson! How strange. for l have beer
wishing she were my dear old grand
mother. Well, how everything works gu
to make me happy! l only hope l de
serve it''
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Nellie" who was wishing to speak with
her. Yes, Flora would be awfully glad to
attend the tea party. but Katherine could
not come for she had been very naughty
that morning and Mamma had forbidden
her to go out all afternoon But maybe
Mamma wouldn't object to her-Flora-
carrying home some goodies to Katherine.
And, of course, Nellie was very sorry
that Katherine should have been so
naughty on the very day Of her tea party.
But since she had gone and acted ugly"
why, she'd have to be punished, of course,
although Nellie was certainly very sorry
about it.
So the party was all arranged for Billy
and Freddie and Flora and Nellie. Four
made nice party. too. to sit round
Nellie's little tea table. Five made 1t a
bit crowded, and six made it very much
crowded, SO much SO that they stuck
their elbows into each others ribs.
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liacs that looked like purple plumes. Then
round the table were placed four blue
china plates. Silver knives and FORKS
and spoons lay beside the plates, and In
side the plates were folded paper napkins
In the middle of the table-close to the
vase of liacs--was placed the silver boat
for the thin sandwiches. Also, near II
was a basket of dainty fruit.
Precisely at half-past two Nellie was
dressed for the party, but her eyes were
heavy, for she had not had her afternoon
nap. why not lie down on Grannys
big bed and have 40 winksT' asked
Grandmamma of Nellie, seeing that the
little girl was ''nappy."
IL will, Grandmamma," said Nellie
"And when my company comes you may
wake me up" So she got onto Granny's
big soft bed and was soon fast asleep,
dreaming Of mountains of chicken sand
witches and lakes Of ice-cream.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10
F3 OURpUZZLE
CHARADE.
49,

My first is a dog
Without pedigree,
And when you have found 1t
You'll readily see
That what l have said
About him is true,
And at a dog show
He'll take no ribbon blue.
My second does grow
On my first, you see,
And when you have found 1t
You will believe me
That when they're together
In country or town
They form just pne word
Which means to "eut down."
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ADDITIONS.

l. Add a popular bottled drink to a
weapon and get boys toy.
Q Add a clear, coloress liquid to a
discharge pipe or tube and get a violent
whirlwind at sea-
g. Add that which is used by printers
to a novelist and get machine.
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ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES

CHARA DE-BrdndD-tc
ZJGZAG PUZZLE - Sunrise Cross
,oords 1. Sink. 2. Burn. 3. Lent. A.
Burr. 5. Fit 6. Isle. Z. Eels
DTAGONAL-Spedr. CroSs-Dords I.
Smoke Q. APPLE 3. Fleet. 4. Bleak 8.
Smear.
CITY ADDITIONS - 1. Canton. q
IDrer-pooL g. Hamburg. 4. Wdr-sdto.
REBUS-AprH showers make Nay foto-
eYs groto.
Arizona republican., 1910-07-02
WORK MISS MINER is DOING.
Girls Sent to the Night Court Know
and Rely on Her.

! "A woman in New York has pene
! trated the underworld" says a write
| in the American Magazine. "She has
! gone into evil houses, she lives witt
streetWalkers, she glides like a gooC
| spirit through the mockery and glare Oi
the night court, the police respect hel
and the magistrates lower their voices
vixen she is near.
She has sent. to prison some of the
men who live on women, men who try
to kill and sometimes do kill the cir
who bertays them; yet no attempt has
ever been made nher life.
Time was when a girl arrested for
the first time and brought up before
the magistrate in the night court was
released back to the street Such girls
have no true friends or any safe shell
ter. The street gets them again.
But since February, 1903, the first
offenders are allowed to so TO a quiet
house on West Tenth street on pro-
baton. They may stay day, a week.
a month, year. They are taught 4
trade, they work and play, they are
given employment when they leave, but
best of all, they find a human being
who has love-f6r them. This explains
why one thir1t~of 800 girls who have
been inmates OF Naverley House have
been permanently reformed, a remark
ably high percentage.
The worker of these miracles is
Maude E. Miner. She got her
NJ A. degree at Columbia in 1906.
largely through her efforts the
city may yet have a house of
detention for young girls waiting for
trial instead of the jails where they
are herded with hardened criminals.
she is naturally a woman of the
greatest faith in human nature. She
has no false pride in making sacrifices,
for out of these she gets the realest
joy. Her girls love her. At Christmas
a girl who could not call wrote her.
These were the closing words: My
Christmas present to you is a very
good girls love-
"Maude Miner is only % years old,
but she bears some of the marks of
great struggle. Her hair is already
turning gray"
Arizona republican., 1910-07-02

Miss Antique-So he actually said ne
considered me very witty?
Miss Caustique-Not exactly. He said
he could hardly keep from laughing
every time he saw you.