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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Cynthia Westoxer Alden

There was girl in New York named Rachel
 When 15 months old Rachel went blind because of an attack of measles which was not properly looked after.
 Her parents were poor, and the city took charge of the blind baby. sending her to Randalls island.
 They said the girl was idiotic. And along with 72 other blind babies, nearly all of whom were eatalogued as weak-mnded, Rachael had a place. But
 There was a woman.
 Her name? Cynthia Westover Alden, founder of the International Sunshine so- ciety.
 Although she was no doctor, Mrs. Alden got the notion into her head that Rachel was not idiotic.
 She got permission to take the blind little girl away.
 And then Mrs. Alden provided wise teachers for Richel. who sought always to wake up her mind.
 You see, Rachel, being blind, had never exercised her muscles very much. She was usually tied in a chair lest she hurt herself. And she had never used her senses more than necessary.
 It was slow work at first, but Mrs. Alden persevered.
 That was seven years ago.
 You should see Rachel now. She plays the piano beautifully. She reads every- thing she can get her fingers on. She converses intelliSently In short, she is as bright blind girl as you could wish to know.
 And since that time the Sunshine so- ciety has taken S2 blind babies from the institution, only one of whom turned out to be an Idiot.
 Think of it.
 For years those blind babies had been considered idiots merely because nobody took the trouble to find out
 And because nobody cared most of them grew up to be imbeciles.
 You know the first chapter of John be- gins, "There was a man sent from God whose name was John"
 Well, one of the first chapters of Mercy begins
 There was a woman sent from God whose name was Alden"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Heart To Heart Talks
sy EDWIN A. ME

him was the greatest thing in the world. Answering, he said in substance;
 'The most wonderful thing is prayer the fact that mortals may make a close connection with the spiritual world"
 Is it not so?
 II one may by means of some mys- terious telephone call up and talk with spiritual personalities, is it not won derful-incomparably more wonderful than any wireless telegraph?
 Not that every mumbled ritual or yer bal recital is a prayer. Most of them are not. Some of them are little less than blasphemy. The poet says that
 Prayer is the souls sincere desire
 Unuttered or expressed.
 The cry of the publican, "Go be mer- ciful to me. sinner,a was a prayer, while the verbose recital of the Pharisee was merely a public rehearsal.
 Tyndall prayer tests?
 Say what you will. is 1t not natural that in a crisis the human spirit should cali up it's kin?
 Simply because your spiritual terminal facilities may be poor how do you know that Alonzo Cummings message was not heard at the other end of the tele- phone?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Say goodbye to your corns the very first time you use T I z. You will never know you have corn, bunion or cal- lous, or sweaty, tired, swollen. aching feet any more. It's just wonderful the way the pain vanishes Rub the corn hammer it with your fist if you wish no more pain after T z than if there had never been a blemish on your feet Doesn't that sound good to you? Doesn't it? Then read this.
 ssThc cOrns on either of my toes were as large as the tablets you make to cure them. To-day there is no sign of cOrns on either foot and no soreness. It's an up-tO-date GOdsend.-Sam. A. Hoover, Progress, N. o.
 Just use TIZ. It's not like anything else for the purpose you ever heard of. It's the only foot remedy ever made which acts on the principle of drawing out all the poisonous exudations which cause sore feet Powders and oth CT remedies merely clog up the pores. T I 2 cleans them out and keeps them clean. It works right off. You will feel better the very first time it's used. Use it a week and you can forget you ever had sore feet. There is nothing on earth that can compare with it. TIZ is for sale at all druggists, 2b cents per box, ol direct, if you wish, from Walter Luthel Dodas & Co.,. Chicago. ILL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

and celery thickened with stewed hahts and Iivuhs of meadow lahks chopped fine?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
In BOyland

As | dozed a robin sang
 Ii was the first robin of the spring, and while it sang my dreams drlitea 10 halcyon days II was summer in boyland.
 The sky was almost white-not the white of pallor but of radiance. Clouds and sky seemed one. And lazy breeze fresh and sweet brushed the cheek of boy.
 Summer was in the lads soul. Upon his stomach, full extended, by limpid. woodsy stream lay the little man. And overhcad the trees whispered to him their message-a secret now, alas, for- eotten
 And
 Cousin to the boy, stump tailed dog nosed and frisked and choked among the | powders. signaling thus to the lad, who, though he did not turn his head, knew all the doings of the dog And the dog knew that the boy knew | Freckles were on the face of the boy, | and upon an upturned dusty heel a stone | bruise swelled And anon upon the back | of his neck the dog stealthily licked the boy.
 A change comes over the spirit of my dream. And the drowsy summer suns it. self away And here are Jack, the preachers boy, and "Toady" Jones anu l Skinny" and Billy, the butchers boy, | and
 l Dear heaven, they are most all deadl But back there in my dream in the | olden, golden days of the gang there's
 not feer but would fight for you or | lie for you.
 And there is no treachery, and no one | is a hypocrite. And there is neither labor
 TOT envy only freedom and equality and
 content
 And two hats full of apples,
 Again the dream changes and a drowsY 1 kid is ordered to the trunde bed under the caves And a sweet face is bending | over him, then the soft cooings at the
 doveeot under the barn rafters and l Soul of me
 Jaded and worn by the complexities of | adult existence, how simple and stancn
 and true seem the days of boyland,
 And, tired and sated, how the chirp of
 the robin wakes with sick vividness a day
 that is almost dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
Little Willie Again

From Harpers Weekly.
 Pal came little Willie's voice from the darkness of the nursery.
 Pa gave bad imitation of a snore. He was tired and did not wish to be disturbed.
 Pal" came the little voice again
 What is it. Willie?' replied his father, sleepily.
 rum in here; l want to ast you supmin." said the little voice.
 So pa rose up from his down and putting on his bath robe and slippers, marched into the nursery.
 Well. what is it now?" he asked. Say, pa." said little Willie," if you was to feed the COW on soap would she give shaving cream?"
 Can Get New Job
 Just as soon as Mir Brandeis completes his task of showing the railroads how to save $1,000.000 a day we would like to engage him to show newspaper man how to live within his income.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

A change comes over the spirit of my dream And the drowsy summer suns it. self away. And here are Jack, the preachers boy, and "Toady" Jones anu Skinny and Billy, the butchers boy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

Freckles were on the face of the boy, and upon an upturned dusty heel stone bruise sweled And anon upon the back of his neck the dog stealthily licked the Ios
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02
.o,. u.as in tha lad,s soul

summer was in the lads soul.
 Upon his stomach full extended, by limpid, woodsy stream lay the little man And overhead the trees whispered to him their message-a secret now, alas, Tor gotten,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

committee of Baltimore and Wash : ington Catholic clergy and laymen, with Auxiliary Bishop Corrigan of Bai- timore at it's head and the Hon. Charles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

As | dozed a robin sang.
 It was the first robin of the spring and while it sang my dreams drfted to halcyon days
 Ii was summer in boyland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-02

" ESTERDAY l heard a sermon
 against discontent. have writ 4 ten of the blessings of content
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

pony models and the practicability
of the full lengths. The compare
lively few three-quarter fur garments
designed for next winter follow close
ly the general outlines OF the longer
wraps. The fronts are slightly cut
away and the right one fastens far
over the left hip, the collars are broad
and low rolling, the sleeves long.
straight and OF medium width and
the entire garment is scanty and
clinging in effect, so as to be in line
with present styles in gowns,
Despite warnings that the kimonc
sleeve is shortly to be taboo, many
Of the best grade of three-quarter
and full length coats have arm-cov-
erings Of this Oriental character, and
to prevent possibility of the tearing
away OF the skin beneath the arm, a
three cornered gore is set in, This
affords entire freedom of movement
without destroying the cut-in-one ef-
feet.
Tie magnificent chinchilia even
ing coat worn by Consucla,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

Duchess of Marlborough, has for
several years been well known to
fashion writers on both sides of the
Atlantic, for even an Anglo-Amcrican
duchess cannot afford to promptly
discard a fur garment Of great cost.
Whether or not this fashion is d.
rectly traceable to the daughter of
the house of Vanderbilt, certain it is
that chinchila evening coats and
wraps and mantles are to be the
grande chic of the winter The gar
mcnts Of this beautiful gray fur
mostly have the Oriental sleeves, the
straight, narrow back and fronts and
immensely wide self collars. In this
respect they differ from the white fur
evening coats OF real or imitation err
mine or Australian opossum, for the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

majority OF these are trimmed with
pure white fox.
Taupe and black utility coats of
moleskin, sealskin, broadtail, Persian
and baby lamb, lynx and fox show
many plays upon the shawl or cape
collar which is square, rounded or
sharply pointed at the back and
reaches quit, to the belt line, has
fchu or rever fronts and is decorated
with applications OF black velvet,
strappings OF satin or hand embrod-
cries in silk. Venisc and the heavier
ecclesiastical laces are also used on
both black and white evening wraps
but only if there is sufficient guam
tity of it to trim the wide sleeves and
the lower edge and to face the fronts
from throat to feet.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

Broadly speaking, 50 long as the
furs are black, they are fashionable,
but there are degrees of fashion just
as there are of caste and consequently
the prospective purchaser of a fur
set, neckpiece, muff or merely a hat
band, should select the pelt carefully
Nearly every woman knows-or II
she does not know it there is no
better time to gain the information
than now-that the pelt OF a young
animal will wear much longer than
will the pelt of mature beast and
that the age is to be approxlmated
bv the thickness of the hair There
fore. il is the part of wisdom, when
sbopping. to blow into any OF the
long haired pelts, whether naturally
black or artiiically colored, that are
70 be fashionable during the coming
winter. For a separate mutt, lynx
or fox are especially smart and the
best models are those Of the saddle
and pillow type, although many large
round Granny muffs will undoubt-
edlv be carried because they are OF
shape which never wholly goes out
Of favor and the only difference from
season to season is in their size
proadtail, Persian lamb, baby lamb
Astrachan and caracul are again to be
popular pelts for separate NUTS ana
willie Russian ponyskin has been so
cheap of late winters that it has been
suspected Of having been grown on
the carcass of the American calf, in
tie finer qualities it is a really beau
,.iul pelt and makes up into a ser
viceable muff for hard wear No
matter what sort OF a muff is carried,
it must be large but not abnormally
huge, and it should not be ovcrIaden
with heads and tails as such attempts
at ornamentation tend to destroy the
outline of the prescribed pillow, bar
rel or saddle shape and detract from
its smartness. Bright-hued soft silks
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

head and tail Of the animal which
contributes the coat.
Most graceful of all the new models
in fur sets is one often developed in
Hudson Bay seal or moeskin. The
neckpiece is two and a half yard
long, twenty-inch wide shawl with
gathered ends confined with hand
some ornaments Of silk braid and q
single tassel of silk. Similar braiding
and tasses trim the uniquely shaped
muff which is plated, balloon bag
fashion, into a three inch wide top
band.
Two entire skins Of black lynx
make a fetching looking scarf with
long fat front tabs finished with a
tail and two paws, and back section
formed OF two crossed over heads.
In Arctic fox, American bleached fox
Polar bear and white coney are fur
evening sets that are certain to be
greatly in demand by young girls.
The best model in these sets has a
stole, long, broad and curved to the
back of the neck, tapering toward the
waist, then widening into head-tipped
ends and a moderately sized barrel
muff lined with white panne velvet
and outside decoration consisting Of
one head and two tiny tails.
Broadtail, moleskin, sable, seal,
lynx, mink and chinchilla bands are
to be extensively used as trimmings
for all manner OF high-crowned and
bonnet shapes in headgear Occas-
ionally an entire crown will be made
of any pelt like seal, mole or broad
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

tail, that Is thin enough to drape
Solely for evenings, ernine and chin
chilla bands and crowns will be in
great demand, but there are likely
to be very few entire hats or caps
entirely OF fur unless they are in
tended for use with a shooting, golf
ing or motoring outfit.
A few short coats are to be worn
with very dressy costumes of black
velvet or champagne broadcloth and
these, OF course, will be Of fancy cut,
scarcely thirty inches long-they are
designed for show rather than for
protection from cold-anl be clabor-
ately trimmed with embroid-
cred chiffon or satin scarfs and
iewel-set metallic buttons Of cxcep-
tionally large size. Some of these
broadtail, mink and chinchilla short
coats are elaborated with heavy silk
or chenille embroidery applied di-
rectly upon the pclt and one novel
effect is acquired by using alternately
a square OF fur and a square OF fancy
material with a solid pattern brought
out in beads and embroidery. In the
Hudson seal and taupe skins striped,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

and satin, veiled with chiffon Of q
somber shade line the newest muffs
and are revealed to the casual OBJ
server in the puffings which extend
beyond the fur edge, Among the
more expensive furs like sable, mink,
seal skin and erminc, there are seen
muf Innings of chiffon velvet or OF
contrasting fine fur.
Bright colors are also employed as
Innings for fur neckpieces and in these
may be found an infinite variety OF
throat protectors ranging in size from
the tiny cravat which fits into the v
Of the coat collar to the cape-peler-
Inc which extends to the waist at
the back, to the knees in front and
protects the upper portion OF the
body with the exception OF the arms.
Natural mink, French coney, blended
muskrat, Persian and baby lamb, mar
mot, cross, tipped, blue and silver
fox, opossum, Alaska bear, Hudson
Bay sable, cayote and the different
grades OF caracul and Russian pony
are made up into three yard scarIS,
shawl and sailor collars and the fiat,
waist length stoles which never go
absolutely out OF date. Some OF these
neckpieces are reversible as in the
case of the scarfs Of ermine with
moleskin. sealskin or mink and OF
sable with a short-haired pelt. Deep
fringe sometimes finishes the more
elaborate scarfs, and these look we'll
with afternoon costumes worn on
formal occasions, but for practical
service, there are no better trimmings
for such pieces OF neckwear than the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

No. 5107-IIigh-grade black Mesa
line Silk, wide Satin Shawl Collar.
Edged with silk fringe, long loose panel
back with fringe end, high waist line,
lace yoke and collar-$37.60.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17
Dresses

Street, Home, Office, Reception and
Party Dresses.
The sergcs in white, navy, coronation,
tan and red for street and office wear,
are now shown in a great VARIETY Of
styles.
Price range. $1,000 to $3.50.
Velvet and mcssainc for street or af-
ternoon and chiffon and net for party
or reception, can now be found here in
fair assortment.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-17

No. 231-Made of soft tri-colorcd
fancy mixed cloth with semi-fitting
back, inlaid collar and cuffs of silkvel.
vet. Three-button silk fastening
$32 so.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
sarIv Combines and Corners.

"Engrossing" was al ofense punish
able in England By 6ne and imprison.
ment, and the laws against it struck at
those-caled "engrossers" who plan
ned to gain control over necessities.
such as grain or foodstuffs in consid-
cradle quantities. either By purchase or
otherwise. with the intention OF raising
prices The statute book holds quite
series OF enactments designed to pre-.
vent anything in the nature OF what
we know as corner" or combine.
"Resrating" was a criminal ofense.
and so was "forestalling." The former
consisted of buying and selling the
same day In the same market or near
Il, and the latter implied the purchase
Of merchandise on the way to market
or before the hour at which the market
commenced with the intention OF sell
ing at profit, while it was also fore
stalnns' to circulate rumors calculated
to raise the prices Of commodities.
Though these laws have fallen into
6esuetude. they were IN force in our
gaDdfathers' time.-LonGon Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
He Let Her Sleep.

Some years ago a Swansea veSsei
was caught in terrible gale. The
captain had his wife on board. and
when the wind was still rising he told
her to 20 down below and sleep. for
all was well. He remained on the
bridge till the mate came Up ord said:
"We've done all we cal. Hadn't you
better tell the chaps to get oot the
boats:''
"Yes. yes. my lad. if you think So.
said the captain. who knew the only
choice left was whether to so down
with the ship or in small! boat. which
couldn't live ten seconds in that sea.
The engineers came up with the news
that the fires were all out. Very
we'll, my lads" said the captain quiet
"; save yourselves if sou can.
Wont you fetch the wife on der6.
SIR" asked one of the men.
No" was the cain reply; "!et her
sleep. poor old girl. I am going down
to hare a smoke" And. smoking by
the bedside OF his sleeping wife. be
went down With the ship.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
ModeM Maps,

There are Egyptian maps dating
from 400 B. c.. but in spite OF this
long history it has been astonishinsly
difficult to make progress in charts
until very recent times. Errors are
perpetuated; truth is forgotten; ad-
vance IS slow. as late as 1900 charts
Of the Alaskan coast issued By the
United States were said to be thirty
miles wrong. and nearly all CONNER
cial map makers still l,present noun
tain chains as caterpillars. and the
fringe Of the shore IS adorned with
blue vavy frill. AS for railroad maps
the less said the better, the great rail
road map Of the northern belt OF the
United States adorning the walls OF
the Broad street Pennsylvania station
in Philadelphia being distorted east
and west, north and south and other
wise, its accuracy il large part not
being over 80 per cent, yet it is more
than usually good railroad nsp.-EE-
gineering Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
When The World Was Drunk.

Nowhere in all the world today can
be found rs many confirmed drunk
ards as there We're among the Thra-
clans. the Iberians. the Celts or the
Scythians The man who didn't get
drunk every day or two WAS regarded
as queer. The Greeks were moderate
drinkers until they began to copy the
luxury of the Persian feasts. The Ro-
mans initiated the Greeks. Then the
whole world went on 4 mad drunk It
was satur1alia. Caligula owes his
niche in the hall Of fame TO the drunk
en- banQGets with which he made even
Rome marvel The excesses made
fashionable by such potentatcs as Lu-
cullus. Nero. Verres. TiberiuS. Caligu-
Ia. Vitellius and Domitian really began
in the days Of Pompe;i. and they mark
the beginning Of the eci of the repub-
Hc.-.,rgoGaut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
How a Great SURGEON Died.

While Bichat, the famous surgeon
was dying Of typhoid fever he turned
TO an old colleague who was sitting
beside his bed and said to him:
My friend am lost, but it is some
consolation to know that my case is
very curious. During the last few
days ! have noticed some odd symp-
toms, and am studying them care
fully
"Oh. you may recover yet" said the
friend
THAT is impossible" replied Bichat,
ard if it were not for one thing 7
would be quite willing to die
What is that?" asked the friend
Il am exceedingly: sorry" answered
Eichat. that shall "ot have an op-
portunity to perform IN autopsy on
myself after my death, for I know
that would make some wonderful
scientific discovery"
An hour later be was dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Ei-st AiS.

Speaking o! tho necessity Tor wide
spread education in first aid to tie
injured. tie ST. Louis Times says:
Perhaps it will not be taken amiss
if we call attention to the obvious fact
that nine-tenths Of all the trouble in
the world is due to ignorance of GER
tain simple things. It might even be
said safely that al mishaps Of what
ever fundamental, physical and spirit
ual-are due to . want Of experience
and training. Accidents Of thou
sand varieties, from drowning to the
taking Of dose from the wrong bot
tie, are in 4 majority Of cases fatal
simply because there was not present
some one who knew what to do. In
juries which almost tear the body to
pieces are curable if the man Of train
ing and experience is at hand. The
simplest injuries often prove fatal
when they are not properly attended
to, when the injured person does not
get the benefit of q little simple help"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Shekels and Half Sheke!s.

The early Biblical references to
pieces Of silver Go not in the original
convey the idea of coins. but of
weights, shekels The Mosaic ''obla
ton to Cod was half shekel. and
the shekel is explained by ,!osephus
as equal to four Athenian drachmae OF
the value Of about 5o!s cents in Ameri
can money. The first Jewish coinage
under authority WAS, it is believed.
struck by Simon. the Maccabce. about
the year 40 3. c.. 1t consisted Of
sne!iels and half shekels. This Coin
age had its value signiGed upon it.
"Shekel Israel" in Samaritan charac-
ters