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perance has struck the younger set. and walters are now disgruntled at the numer- ous soft drinks offered at some of the best clubs.
 Barley water seems to be the favorite beverage to the exclusion of champagne, which had invariably formed an adjunct to luncheons and dinners. Even plain water hitherto tabooed, is frequently drunk. At smart house parties the same moderation is noticeable. Only one wom- an out of 20 thinks of drinking wine, while the majority of the girls are abso- lutely teetotalers.
 At most dinners scarcely half the guests taste wine. the majority being satisfied with mineral waters. At private New Years dinner for & dozen guests only two bottles of champagne were drunk The question is whether the temperance wave is merely temporary or permanent.
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Monday morning, in a perfectly good hu- nor, and going to the breakfast table receives shock that nearly puts them to bed. by seeing pile of envelopes at their plate as high as a mountain, and in each left hand corner reads the name of a well known merchant of whom they have bought Christmas goods
 Isn't it fearful?' remarked feelingly. "Of course one might as well take ones medicine and so we begin to open them even to the account which has been rum ming, for six consecutive months"
 '"They are the real surprises" said Nancy furiously'' The first thing that meets the astonished eyes is something like this e.5
 October 15, six pairs of silk stockings, $12.
 You rage and tear your hair and hate the persons that you gave them to for a birthday present and wish they were dead as well as yourself. You remember distinctly the case of enlargement of the heart you suffered with the day you bought them-indeed, when the 1st of January seemed as far away as Mars or the North Pole and as little likely ever to come any nearer. Now you know they are worn out-in threads and tatters- and you realize that 7s-cent near-silk stockings, would have looked just as well and served the purpose equally well''
 But think of the valuable lesson you have learned from such an experience" I suggested.
 Experience is really of no ethical value," sighed Nancy. "It is only con- dition bespeaking our mistakes. Because next on the list you promaptly see silk scarf itemized. It cost $5 and was bought in September when you started away for little trip and you bitterly regret now that you ever heard of that trip. And then you see looming up be- fore you that lace waist that you bought at a marked down sale. It had been $39. 75 and you got it for $299s. Certainly that 98 cents must be a mistake and you im- mediately run a pencil through it with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
The New Year In the Home

With merrymaking and good wishes the New Year is ushered in. Hearts touched with Christmas cheer respond to the evidence of fellowship or affection, voiced in the ringing words, "A Happy New Year, It is the season of hope and of promise-and, too, of memories and the lessons that come with them.
 The New Year celebration in the home has a special meaning-an intimate mean ing To no one does this meaning come with greater force than to the wife and mother Like the husband and father and like the children, she has had out
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A Handy Gift

,Among my Christmas gifts" said woman who travels much, "was an cleo trio iron. I expect to take a great deal of comfort from 1t. Not only will 1t serve a purpose for pressing any small articles that I myself may care to launder in my Journeys, but with this iron in my trunk, shall be able to press out many garment that is only slightly wrinkled. In time past have had to send the gar- ments out for this work to be done Often lingerie waist needs but little pressing to make 1t thoroughly respect able and fresh looking. and the same is true of skirts" ss
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the intention of asking the bookkeeper tomorrow about it. And so on through
 the list and stop and think if during the | remainder of the year you are to be as
 miserable as you are at that particular
 moment you wish that the coffee you
 are drinking might be hemlock tea and the buckwheat cakes, toadstools, for life | is only delusion and snare and you
 hope you will be a long time dead and
 have some peace"
 Surely it is not an suspicious way to
 begin the New Year" I said sympathet- ically, and that is why I am telling | sometimes fail In the best regulated cases.''
 That sounds very well,'' sighed Nan cy, but the bills must be paid just the same and so after you have carefully gone over them with the shop men the
 next day and found to your disgust that every cent is correct you make out a
 check and quietly, but surely, date it 1910, instead of 1911. and then you are 1 afraid to tamper with it because a check | seems a very serious thing and any lib- critics you might take with it would land you in the penitentiary.'
 Surely the first of the year is a time to try mems souls-and women's, too"
 said. And while all these things you
 have related are true as gospel, there is
 one thing that exasperates me beyond
 the power of words, and that is to walk
 down the principal streets and look In
 the shop windows and find, for instance,
 the replica of a wrap you bought before the holidays. for $50. ostentatiously dis
 played and marked down to $3O'
 That infuriates me to the boiling point,'' declared Nancy" and I can't talk about this sort of thing any longer.
 realize that every friend meet though is just as depressed and low spirited as am. and the air of depression is over every one. I think the person who can
 be absolutely happy on New Years day
 deserves a Carnegie medal and 57 varie- ties Of artistic calendars"
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New Year Buying

Now that the holiday rush is over." said a practical woman, 'T shall look for a sweater. Everything, almost, is. re-. duced after Christmas, and sweaters are no exception. You see, one of these use- full articles will do me service the rest of the winter and answer quite as we'll next summer when I am in the moun- tains. I have, for some years, followed the plan of buying a sweater about this time and have always saved money by so doing"
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Acknowledging Gifts

''This year am having my small son and daughter acknowledge their own Christmas gifts,' said sensible mother. Tt is bit difficult. I admit, for they are but seven and nine, but am con- vinced that the experience is a good one Tor them and will go a long way toward establishing habit which will be most in after life. I give all the as- sistance necessary, but I like to have them express their thanks in their own
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Dolly's New Year Greetings

Again wish you 8 happy New Year. Again I send to every one of you. read CTS and writers, the wish that the com ing year, upon whose threshhold we now stand. may bring you the peace" that if you have that peace in your hearts the things you need will be given you.
 This day Father Time gives us new books in which to record the deeds and aspirations of anVtlier year. We begin q new one aud put behind us the book that
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An Unexpected Attention

q was gladdened at Christmas times said a dressmaker. Among my gifts I received a package addressed in a hand not at all familiar to me. Imagine my surprise on opening 1t to find one of the daintiest pincushions imaginable from one of my customers She had noticed, per- haps, how dependent I am upon my belt pincushicn and carried that thought home with her. When the holidays were at hand she made me one quite on tho same pattern as my own and sent 1t to me with the seasons greetings"
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side activities during the 12 months past, but, standing, as she does, at the center of the family life, all else naturally is subordinated in her mind to the familys interests. She knows in a way that no one but herself can appreciate what the year has brought to the members of the home circle, and in the making of plans and the furthering of ambitions her province is as individual as 1t Is i'm portant.
 This sounds a bit old-fashioned, to be sure, but nevertheless 1t is as true now as it was in any previous year of grace
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we have just close That book may be plotted with tears, scorched with heart burning and jealousy, stained with deceit and even blackened with treachery. for we are none of us perfect. We have this book to begin anew. and if things were bad last year let's make them better. Life is mountain to climb or descend. Which are we trying to do? God reads the intention not the apparent result.
 Behind the dim unknown
 'Standeth God within the shadow
 Keeping watch above his own.'' And as surely as we try to do right just so sure We may be that in the end we will do right.
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cessitate further narrowing of under wear to conform to the new lines.
 Among novelties in buttons, pendants in imitation of jewels and small black and red buttons are offered. r Mole and seal and imitation seal are excellent flat and pliable furs for trim mings and are very fashionable.
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The Age-Herald's New Years $
 Cuisine
NIT STUFFED TOMATOES.

NUT STUFFED TOMATOES.
 To cupful of bread crumbs add two heaping tablespoonfuls of melted butter and a teaspoonful of chopped onion. and season the mixture well with pepper and salt.
 Select solid tomatoes, cut off the top and scoop out all the pulp. Fill the to- mato shells with the nut and bread mix ture, sprinkle buttered crumbs on top and bake for 20 minutes.
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childish way, and I am sure the recipients of those notes will value them far be- yond any that I might write in their stead"
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New Years Resolutions

London clubdom is in the grip of the New Years resolutions. A wave of tenn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01
The First New Year Shop Talk

The 'Housekeeper's Friend" fills long felt yart.S.1t is made of. heavy tin. .en- 'ameleQ 1y 6lus and Hhltes aud has the natne of every Kitchen necessity painted
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A New Years Wish

May 1911 it's blessings send. And joy every step attend; And may. the New Year bring to thee Thy hearts desire--what'er 1t bel ,s Each sunny day. each starry might Bring thee full measure of delightl If all tho thoughts think were seeds, If every wish wish were deeds,' "i 2 . Thy path a garden then would be, And every wish flower for thee!
 Martha Bell Henderson.
 -s-
 Thoughts For the New Year. God give thee health. prosperity and the greatest of all blessings-contentmen Let us wipe out the past. trust in the future and rejoice in the slorious Now.
 THE OLD YEAR, z ~ Laughter and kisses-here's the end. wiser end could scarcely be- You, our lover and our friend, Old Year. And so the world and we Throw smiles and kisses as you wend And speed you nerrily.
 MEN ALL FIND He who knows, and knows he knows, He iss wise-follow him. He who knows, and knows not he knows. He Is asleep-wake him. He who knows not and knows not he
 knows not, ','- ''f s He issa fool-shun him.
 He who knows not, and knows he knows
 not, ,,s f4
 He is D child-teach him. ,-
 Arabian Proverb Be sure you give men the best of your wares, though they be poor enough: and the gods will help you to lay by better store for the future.-Henry D. Thoreau. Discontent is want of se1f-reliance; 1t is inflrmity of will.-Emerson. My New Years Mademoiselle
 Frou4Fron,
 Jabots are susually in p1eated apron style though the cascade and one-sided frill varieties are much seen also. A smart riding habit Is made of khaki. trimmed with leather. and leather vest matches the stin sailor of tan.
 Y Y N 5srlS z :. .is Y. " !, ~ siss| x The narrow skirs now h demand ne. ia.
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Thoughts For the New Year.

God give thee health. prosperity and the greatest of all blessings-contentmen
 Let us wipe out the past. trust in the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-11
WIZ INHZzNkZLM

Washington, Jan, 11--An announce
ment that will interest the sporting
world in general and those interested
in sprinting in particular Is one to
the effect that Nat Cartmell. the for
mer crack sprlnter of the University
of Pennsylvania, who turned profess
sional while abroad last season, will
again compete in England next sea-
son.
His chief opponent for honors will
be Donaldson, the great South Afri-
can. who beat Reggie Walker in
what was at the time called "the
worlds professional 100 yard dash
championship" This event took place
In South Africa.
English running enthusiasts are
looking forward to meeting of the
pair with great expectancy 1t is
well known that Cartmell is better
at 220 yards than he Is at 100, but
he has always brought his great re-
sources 10 the fore when he was run
ming against a man who was faster
than he by comparative times.
Donaldson has made the wonderful
~ fast time of . 5-S seconds for the
| 100 yards, which is faster than Cart
nell has ever done but those who
know Cartmell are confident that he
will beat the South African despite his
/ fast time
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-11
LEARN BASE BALL
BY CORRESPONDENCE

Chicago. Jan. 1.-THE secret of
becoming great baseball player is
solved. All the budding young play
er has to do is to sign up for a course
of lessons in the correspondence
school of baseball.
Johnny Evcrs, famous second base
man Of the Cubs, is discovcrer, pro-
prietor and chief professor of the new
wrinkle i'm the educational world.
The idea occurred to Evers when
he received offers from Annapolis,
Yale and Williams asking that he
coach their baseball teams this spring.
johnny studied the matter over and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-11
COL. ROOSEVELT
HAS A BUSY DAY
At Boston And He Speaks
His Mind on Conserva-
tion.
By UnIted Press Wire.

Boston, Jan. 1i.-Colonel Roosevelt
mad busy day mapped out for him
here today and referred all inter-
viewers to his speech before the Har-
ward forestry school and the repre-
"entatives of the Massachusetts, lum-
ber trade last night.
"lf we in the United States, in this
generation of swollen prosperity. en-
JOY by eating up everything our chill
dren and the nation for thirty years
to come ought to have" said the coll
onel in his speech, then we show our
7elvcs mighty poor set of citizens,
and do not deserve to take any rank
among the great nations"
Roosevelt paid a tribute to Pinchot
Newell and Graves the former two OF
whom he declared called his attention
to the necessity for conservation and
the forestry schools.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-11
FOUR PROBLEMS
TO Be DEBATED
By National Civic Fedora
tion Which Opens Tomor-
row-Will Result in Uni
form Laws For u. s.
BY United l.rcs= -yiro.

New York, Jan. IA national
legislative program which will result
in uniform laws for the United states
on all of the subjects in which the
public is vtally interested is plan
ned by the National Civic Fedora.
tion. Mllionaires and laborer lead
crs from every section began arriv-
ing here today to participate in the
eleventh annual meeting of the feder-
alton which opens tomorrow.
Four big problems are to be dis
cussed:
Regulation of corporations and COM
binations;
cipal utilities;
Compensation for Industrial acci-
dents;
Arbitration and conciliatlon.
The chief fight is expected to come
on the question of the regulation Of
trusts.
Many of the most prominent OF the
members are in favor of endorsing
the Taft plan for pcrmissive federal
Incorporation which would bring the
trusts under jurisdiction of the fed.
eral government.
There is large minority, however,
which believes that to do so would
be violation of the basic principle
of states rights.
The question of the regulation of
railroads and public service corpora
tions will also be the subject OF
acrimonious debate.
The question of worl<ingmen's com
rensation will be disposed of by the
endorsement of the bill prepared by
the special committee which has been
considering this problem. This bill
contains the best portions of the
English and German laws on this
subject and it is expected the fedora
iIon will strongly urge AL of the
states to enact it into law.
The Canadian antitrust law. which
Provides that upon the application Of
six citizdns who icompBin against
corporation a judge may order thai
q commission of three shall be ap-
pointed, one by the corporation com
planned of, another by the citizens
and third by the two thus select
Cd, which shall investigate. The mat
ter will he discussed at great length
ly Samuel Untermeyer and others.
This law provides that the recon-
mendation of such a committee shall
fe accepted 10y the corporation af-
fccted within ten days. or result in a
penalty of $1,000 day.
Compulsory arbitration of labor dis
putes affecting public service cor
Iorations will also he advocated and
the question of extending the Erd-
| man act, under which most railroad
labor disputes are now settled, tc
include telephone, telegraph and ex-
press companies will also be consid-
cred.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-11
George Weidemaier.
BASEBALL PLAYERS
NOT WHITE RATS"

BY CniiCd Press Wire.
Chicago, Jan. 1i-l}ascball players
may soon find the stage door of a
theatre "closcd door so far as
they are concerned. The phenomenal
success of Christy Mathewson,
"Chicf' Myers Joe Tinker, Jimmy
Callahan. Doc White and other fol-
lowers of the national pastimc +
the cause for the cry for the re-
moval of the diamond stars from the
glare of the footlights.
Men and women who earn their liv-
ing on the stage believe their bread,
butter, wine and Holsters will be
taken away, If the baseball player
danger" is not removed, AS "A result
the "White Rats" theatrical or
ganization will within the next thirty
days raise it's initiation fee from $40
to 800 with the understanding that
baseball players VIII bc barred for
over.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-11
SOMETHING new
TO BRAG ABOUT
Cleveland Sends Twenty
five More Prisoners to
The Pen This Year Than
Any Other Ohio City.
BY United Press wire.

Columbus, o.. Jan. 11.-Cleveland
led In sending prisoners to the Ohio
penitentlary last year, according to
the prison report which has been
made public, Columbus and Cincinnati
came next while the other counties
are about evenly divided.
The Forest City sent 10S men to
Warden Jones hostelry during the
year which Is twenty-five more than
either Columbus or Cincinnati rail
roaded" both having seventy-three to
their credit.
Toledo ranked fourth with ffIS-
two prisoners sent while Akron sent
up twenty-five convicts.
Five of the counties were not rep
resented in the lpenitentiary circles
last year, among them being Adams
county of which the prison officials
are still hopeful because of Judge
Blair's recent activities. The other
counties not represented were Carroll,
Logan, Monroe and Vinton.
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HEREDITARY
Continued from Page One.

tOltlnueu from rage Ollc.
commonly used medicines contain a
solution Of arsenic ana that the symp-
toms of lead poisoning, such as
Schenk showed, might come from
other sources, or possibly from one
dose of lead.
Prosecutor Handlan said he was
prepared To meet the evidence of
arsenic In the rich packers medicine.
lie insists that he has direct evidence
against Mrs Schenk, showing whore
and how she got the poison She 4"
charged with administering to her
husband.
Handlan has the detective nurse,
Mrs, Klein, to put on the stand if he
needs her. The prosecutor has clear
ly indicated his desire to fight shy
of hired detective testimony, 1t was
Mrs. Klein, the state says. who agreed
to help Mrs. Schenk give the husband
the fatal "black pin"
O'Brien only once put his finger on
the family conspiracy" stop. Thai
was when, i'm his examination of
Hupp, he tried to show that Albert
Schenk was at his brothers home.
Hupp could not remember of having
seen Albert the arch-conapirator''-
from the defense's prospective.
A feature of the ss-examination
'3' Mrs Schenk's repeated coach
ing" of her lawyers,
At is evident that the defense is sim
ply feeling its way" O'Brien's ques-
tions are cautiously put and suggest
ramihcatlons, 1t is certain that Dr.
Hupp win be recalled.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-11
Second Week.

SccOnu week.
Monday, Feb. 6-Address in after
noon by Governor Pennewill of Della
ware. Subject, "The Farmer as
Statesman"
Tuesday, Feb. 7--Opening of Ma.
tional Rural Life conference. Vital
problems in agriculture will be dis
cussed. Meetings and conferences will
be of interest to everyone. Plan to
attend and participate in discussions.
Great mass meeting in forenoon. DR..
l.. III. Bailey, dean and director of the
New York Agricultural college of
Cornell university, ex-chairman Of
the Roosevelt Country Life commls-
sion, chairman. Commercial CO.
operation in the Rural Community"
will be the topic. In the afternoon
Dr. Bailey will deliver an address on
the same subject.
Wednesday, Feb. S.-Address by A.
u. Roberts, international secretary of
the County Work department of the
Y. NJ. G. A. DIR. Warren II. Wilson,
superintendent of the Church and
Country Life Board of Home Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian church, will
speak on "The Country Church and
Community" Afternoon: Addresses
by Willet NJ. Hays, assistant secretary
OF agriculture; Prof. A. b. Graham,
of Ohio State university; and Miss
Mabel Carney, Of Cheney, Washing
ton, bearing on the problems. of the
rural school,
Thursday. Feb. 9.-Kenyon l.. But
terheld, president of Massachusetts,
Agricultural college, and an ex-mem-
ber of the Roosevelt Country Life
commission. chairman of mass meet
ing in morning. Social Cooperation
in the Rural Community" will be dis
cussed. Mr.. Butterheld will deliver
an address on the same subject I'm the
afternoon.
Friday Feb. 10-"Co-operatio Be-
tween Producer and Consumer" will
be the topic. Prominent economists
and representatives from the cooper
ative organizations of all sections of
the country will join in the discus
sions
Saturday. Feb. 11--States' Day
Program of interest to representatives
of every state and every country Ex-
hibits will remain intact until mid
night.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-11
OBITUARY.

Miss Matte Rogers, was born
January 22 1860: died January 1O,10l1
She was married to Mr.. Joseph
Hines March 81 1888, To this union
two children were born, ROLAND and
Marguerite who with the husband
are left to mourn their loss. She
also leaves two brothers. John Rogers
of Caledonia and Tom Rogers of Up
per Sandusky and one sister, Mrs
Marguerite Fell of Decatur, Illinois,
She has been a faitnfm member OF
the Methodist church for a good
many years. The funeral services will
be held at the home Thursday af-
sternoon at one o'ciock, conducted
by Rev Endington. She was mem
Der Of the Eastern Stars which win
have charge of the funeral services.