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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

The souvenir girl unrolled pictures
yf delightful continental tour and
delirious auto trips and resplendent
notel dining rooms until you got diz-
zy In the cerebrum, weak on eti-
quette, and mad on the everlasting
presumption Of girl who has been
somewhere.
Some OF the girls from the home
town who didn't like to be over
, shadowed nor have their Importance
diluted nor their manners eclipsed
felt like going on the warpath The
Travelled ones travel lore tfnged with
too much l-am-it-ness, sort of nibbled
at their nerves. Still they were too
polite to get anywhere beyond the
mere mental warpath which consists
In sitting quiet and looking charmed
and delighted and nodding applause
or appreciation for the, twentieth
time.
The souvenir girl knew so much
and said so much that was question
able, that she paralyzed the others"
comprehension.
On the way home Que girl said she
was a regular Miss Baron Munchau-
sen. and there was more words than
sense, anyhow. Another girl said
'ideliver me from lady Ananias who
makes things out of whole CLOTH
But friend number FIVE. who was
quiet all evening, capped the climax
for the real sore. In fact, she slim
mered all the while, being to sincere
to bubble over with hypocricy. She
had spied n grotosquo bit of yellow
nt tCtI xp1tt tpI Il,
cate OF piece which one adored
Jack had received from ain unnamed
friend. awful roveationl Unques-
tlonable proof! Jack was a villaini
How she dared to look me in the face,
Friend number five went sullenly
home to hear herself think, and
planned vendettas1i ~ such9 as grand
Icinch parties, from which this, charm
er. would be absolutely iexel eluded. ,ion,,
The next day,another of the girls, in
the home town came, saw, and wasn't
conquered by the souvenir girl.
though she was considerably i'm
pressed by her romantic experiences
with an incognitoi count, who gave
her q little jade. elephant from his
watch fob for a souvenir. In fact, so
impressed that she thought a Euro
pean trip would do her good, too.
She went home and stirred up the
family. .e ..s,, 800
She pointed out It's general , penu-
Frio1sness' and willingness to fossilize
In a stale midland town, and letting
Iali the main opportunities OF educh-
tion+ssuch as going to Europe sec
ond class-go to waste. -0hNi.Qlls
In the meantime the souvenir girl
received another guest. Not one, of
the girls In the home town, but a bris-
Ting sort OF bachelor maid, who had
been doing things In the northwest,
and who was proud OF being single in
stead OF married, and who could hand
out clarified thought in capsule form.
When the talkative one began to
string facts and fancles about all the
little knicknacks that reposed on her
shelves and In her bandboxes, and
duly arrived at the story OF the count.
the bachelor maid became talkative
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
Bathing Children.

When bathing children, especially
those OF nervous temperament, they
often become chilled and fretfhl be-
fore the bath is over. Battle frat
down to the elbows and -nearlysto the
waistline, and then dry quickly and
thoroughly rubbing the .ahouldefs
and back briskly with little bath
towel before continuing. Thetlowsr
part OF the little body is kept warm
as the child sits In the water, and
when the bath is over the drying IL
finished In just moment aud the
small person has been warm and tco;r-
Portable throughout the entire pro-
cess, Try 1t yourself and ao4 how
comfortable you may be in spite OF
rapidly cooling water and a coldbath-
room. f AfT
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
Ycpr Shoes.

Discussing the toischievous practice
Of the shoemaker's devices for maxi
Ing the foot appear smaller than Il
really is, it was, recently stated that
the foot should be as long as the nj ma,
or chief bone of the forearm-that is
from the small head OF the bone to
be seen at the wrist to the point of
the elbow should be the length of the
foot. Where the forearm is too short,
the foot will be found to be also too
short. Where this Is too long, the
foot will be too long. Most people
are surprised that the foot should be
as long as the forearm, and are in-
clined to dispute the fact till they
have proved 1t by experiment; but an
experiment will easily show that a
straight line drawn from one point to
another will appear a great deal
longer than the same space filled by
a line divided into curves.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
PARISIAN
GOODS

Handbags are shown to match cos
tunes. being formed OF the same fab
ric and color. Fabric bags, in other
words are to have the upper hand this
spring, sometimes combined with
leather, the leather forming a skele-
ton through which the fabric shows.
The new bags are large and have
long cord handles Many are
trimmed with fringes and tasels.
Crochet cord ornamentations, en-
broidery, braiding and cordings are
seen on metal cloths, antique bro
cades and printed and plain linens
colored rat tail cord Is combined
with shades OF linen to match, for
wear with lingerie dresses.
Plain. leather belts are fashionable
especially In black aud white Black
patent leather is also combined with
bright red. blue, purple and yellow,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

tical tucks running up and down the
triangular sections.
1t may be scalloped. with a button
holed edge and a fat coin spot In the
middle OF each scallop This Is espe-
cially good for petticoats OF flannel OF
other heavy fabrics.
II may. finally, be only a plain lit
tie hemstitched rufne, demure but
seryiceable. and extremely easy to
make.
SO look well TO the petticoat ruf-
fe: 1t has It's possibilities. and moth
ing Is too small to engage the atten-
tion ofAthe conscientious needlewon-
an
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
nefects of Fipnre.

Many defects OF the figure are
caused by bad postures. Learn to
stand tall, let your muscles hold you
up Hold the head high and you will
soon acquire n queenly bearing, re-
gardless of height Those whose work
tends to bring the shoulders forward
and cramp the chest must counteract
this tendency by conscious effort un-
I'll proper positions both when sitting
and walking become an established
habit.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
Some Uses for Lemons.

A teaspoonful Of lemon Juice in
small cup OF black coffee will drive
away an attack Of bilious headache,
A little lemon Juice rubbed on the
face, arms, and neck at night Will not
only whiten but soften the s'tin.
A paste made OF magnesia ana
lemon Juice applied to the face and
hands when lying down for fifteen
minutes will bleach the skin beauti-
fully
Hot lemon Juice and sugar Cor hot
iemonade) for cough has rarely
been known to fall OF giving relief.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
Sage Tea.

To make sage tea use an iron pot
and make a strong tea of garden sage
by boiling slowly for five or six hours.
Strain through cheesecloth, bottle and
cork tightly, DO not make more than
quart at one time, as 1t will only
keep about ten days Brush the tea
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
The Shampoo.

The woman who does her own
shampooing Will find nothing more
satisfactory than the egg shampoo.
II leaves the hair soft and smooth
and is strengthening to the hair fol-
licles. as the yolk contains iron and
sulphur.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

well into the hair once daily, Once
week saturate all the hair with It
and dry thoroughly This will grad
ually darken gray hair and is a per-
fectly safe preparation. II would be
well to massage the scalp few min
utes after using the tea.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
For Dandruf.

made by combining sixty grains OF
resorcin. one dram OF ether one dram
OF olive oil and six ounces OF alcohol.
Friction into the scalp every night
and shampoo the hair with melted
soap or eggs every week.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
Skin Lotion.

An excellent lotion for the skin, to
take away the drawn feeling, Is made
from: Cologne. one dram: fresh
lemon Juice, one dram; elderiower
water, one ounce. The face can he
wiped with this every day or even
twice a day.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

The new belts have deep points run
ming from the front toward the back.
and almost encircling the figure. Sim
pie metal buckles are used with these
belts, principally in dull silver and
gun metal, to go with the black and
white fr
Many of the new buckles initiate
the buttoned effect, really fastening
by slasp, but seeming to do so by
means OF buttons and buttonholes.
Other buckles are seen In translucent
colored enamel.
Metal belts have come back with
the bolero, closely fitting and hang
ing rather low at one side.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
To Iron Quickly.

In ironing children's dresses, pet
ticoats, or tucked yokes iron garment
on wrong side. You will have no
trouble with the tucks turning up
and Will iron In one-half the time.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

fuse those with opened shells. since.
the oysters are dead. The some Is
true of clans. vjshiv
r, Enual9
The oven door should be shut as
gently as possible. Muchbe OF the
neavy cake and bread is the result OF
It's being banged in closing. .,.st n
When ironing starched garment
and part of 1t becomes dry d. not
dampen with water. but with cloth
wet with n little cold starch, This
VIII Keep all parts of the garment OF
equal stiffness.
The white of an egg beaten in lem
on juice and slightly sweetened is
simple remedy for hoarseness. The
mixture should be slowly dissolved
In the mouth before swallowing.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

Buy large covered or felt frame
cheap, raise the crown by adding two
inches of buckram, and trim.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
KEROSENE Cleans Sinka.

Dampen a rag in coal oil and rub
the sink with 1t and then follow It
up with dry cloth. ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07
Removing Paint Snecks

Moisten baking soda with water TO
paste and apply to the .,aint spot.
When dry rub off both paste and
speck.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

A clean brick represents an excel
lent makeshift stand for, fatiron.
Brick retains heat better than the
perforated metal rests which are
usually employed for the purpose.
When selecting she'll oysters. re-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

Potato water IS excellent for clean
Ing mud stains from nearly any Kind
of cloth or garment.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-07

herself. Also frank without being Of
fensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12

recognition of bellegerency would compel this country to treat Diaz and Madero alike. Trade relations will certainly be re-established at Juarez even if belligerency be not accorded to Madero because he lacks seaports and a well-equipped government in stable capital. All this kind of business was, gone through with in the days of the Confectionery. In it's early days it was recognized as a belligerent by Great Britain and other European governments, although complete recognition was never granted. From the very start it had fully equipped government in Ala bama's stable capitol with plenty Of seaports at it's command. Madero lacks all these things and the chances are that he will at present be denied belligerent rights by President Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12
Auditor Simpsons Report

After all the deficit of the city is not unduly heavy. It foots up $583,- 900. If from that sum be taken the cash on hand, $143,000, and also the new $300000 temporary loan we have but $140,000 as the deficit on April 10. The temporary loan has been paid, but the money used to pay it was in reality the proceeds of an- other loan, so that the deficit on April 10 was about s440,000. This amount will be considerably reduced by various efforts on the part of the commissioners. and it is but fair to put the actual deficit on April 10 less cash in the treasury at about SS50.- 900.
 This raises the question whether ia view of the economy of the com missioners it W5n be necessary to in crease the bonded debt of the city which already aggregates Sz.seo 900. It may he that a temporary loan can be made to serve the city in lleu ef bond lssue. This IS 8 question that will bs decided when Auditor Slrnp- sons fuU report Is lad before the commissioners
 All in ali the consolidated city Is in pretty good ooasstsoz- Nearly . dozen municipalities had been spend ing money RarasAly preparatory to annexation and absorption and the fear had been expressed that the Greater City would find itself em- barassed by a network of debts apd obligations This has not prove1 to be the case. Many ely is in se- verer financial straits than Birming- ham. Graft b.rBeen eliminated here, and a business government inaugu- rrS.5d, and the chances are altogether good that by or before October 1 this city will stand solid and secure with expenditures well within receipts. IL would be glorious indeed if this could be brought about without resort to a bond issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12
THE ART OF HLUSTR ATING
. New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 A great many laymen wonder why il- illustrators SO frequently fail to interpret the ideas of the writer. This matter Is the subject of even more grievous com plaint on the part of the novelists who suffer from artistic incompetence. One of these, in fact, once revenged himself in an essay entitled "Can Artists Reas- on?"
 Artists do not, as a rule, enjoy reading the manuscript which they are to illus trate-nor can we altogether blame them. It frequently happens, too, that the nov elist sketches his characters so fimsily that the illustrator is quite at sea in re- gard to what the novelist has in his minds eye. Quite often, too, the illus equipment as to be unable to express his own ideas, to say nothing of the au- thor's.
 Another thing that contributes to the general disaffection is the practice, com mon among illustrators who have not learned to draw-there are more of these than is generally known-of deliberately stealing figures and scenes from the work of their more accomplished contempora- ries. They will take background from one picture man in evening clothes from another handsome woman from another and blend them together cleverly enough to deceive the average layman and a great many art directors as we'll There should be a law against this as there is against other forms of piracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12
POLICEMAN's HAPPIER LOT

From the New York World.
 Alderman Finley's desire to get back on the police force is hardly consistent with the Gilbertian idea of a policeman's lot The change involves the sacrifice of $2C00 year for $14O0, but buying tickets and helping people in distress offsets the difference, and what Is there in being an alderman when you can get nothing for your constituents except through a politician? Pounding the sidewalks isn't so bad when you come to think what all Ialderman has to put up with.''
 Taking one consideration with another it is conceivable that a policeman mas enjoy the happier lot He at least stands
 for something in the community He has an identity and possesses definite powers
 He can regulate traffic where Aldermen cannot even fix the rate of taxicab fares
 Most citizens know the policeman on the beat and exchange friendly greetings with him. But who has kind word fol an alderman? The city could exist with. out the whole chamber, Nut it could never dispense with the police.
 Alderman Finley is a philosopher. Btu as respects his return to the force after his term expires. can he count on tn, willingness of his constituents to give uT representative who has shown that ht
 possesses such common sensef
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12
Our remedie $ oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribc to Heaven.
 -AIi's Well That Ends Well.
Alabama's Farm Demonstrators

Farm agents have been placed in 65 of the Alabama counties, the two neglected counties being sumter and Pickens. How it happens that these two excellent blackbelt counties have no farm agents is not explained. The state agricultural board has placed farm agent in each of the other coun- ties of the state.
 The state appropriates to this work s25, ,000, and Uncle Sam and John D. Rockefeller do the rest. The result IS that competent farm demonstrator is set at work in each county and he is paid enough to enable him to give to the county his entire time-from $75 Go $100 a month. It is his duty to go among the farmers of his county to induce as many as he pos sibly can to adopt the methods of the federal department of agriculture in the preparation of the soil and the cultivation of the crops.
 Commissioner of Agriculture Kolb announces that demonstrators will be appointed in Pickens and Sumter ,o-....s~. l,lACyCseven active an dcom- petent home canvassers will certainly be able to induce many farmers to accept modern methods of farming These methods lead with considerable certainty to larger crops and more prosperity among. the .fs-~ers of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12

From the Washington Herald.
 Kansas City has decreed that hereafter women with tamheurines or collection banks must keep out Of saloons in that city. AS nowadays. only Salvation Army women invade public places. the order Of the Kansas City police chief is mainly directed st that organization. The req son is altruisiic The board of public
 welfare of Kansas City has become sat sssas that the women thus employed frequently gre ''insulted.s This may or may no1 be so. But when that wise and honorable body says further that the funds thus gathered seldom are accounted for" we fail to follow it's reasoning. If that is 50. Kansas City. to her shame be II recorded. is quite different from any ether city in the land.
 A Salvation Army woman rarely If ever is made the object of jest or insult sn any place she may visit. Quite the reverse. She is universally respected, often to a degree that really is surprising, considering the publicity .ps-!r1sr work and the varied chefacter of the people with whom she Comes in contact.
 AS for .ne failure to account for the fund.- So gathered, such a thing may have now and then. If so. 1t is the exception and not the rule Those who give do not expect to receive an ac- that would not be charity it would be commercialism. But the work of the Salvation Army speaks for itself, even at Kansas City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
General Trade Conditions

Business conditions throughout the country generally are better than I pre- dieted they would be few months ago, said Jacob H. Atwater of Boston.
 The finances of the country are in e healthy state, and the only thing that has kept business from being brisk this spring has been the uncertainty of the outcome of the attitude of the govern ment to the trusts. It may be that some of the trusts need curbing, but in a general way I believe in corporate cap ital; and, to my mind, the rapid ex- pansion of the business interests in the United states during the past 15 years has been due largely to the enterprise of the so-called trusts.
 'The quiet that prevails In manufact- uring centers just now will. I believe, give place to activity within few weeks If the crops turn out as well as they promise today we will have marked pros- perity throughout the summer and fall.
 T have spent several weeks in the west this spring, and I think It safe to say that that section of the country was never so prosperous as now. The south is also very prosperous, and with a revival of industrial business this coun- try will make new high records in all lines of commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12
Madero's Great Victory

Diaz's favorite officer, Colonel Navarro, has surrendered to the in surrectos, and Juarez is in their pos session, and it has been declared the provisional capital of the republic of Mexico. This event will inspire the insurrectos throughout the 21 states of Mexico to greater efforts, and it will approximately embarrass the Diaz government.
 Madero will now insist at Wash ington upon recognition of his bel ligerency. He certainly is in control of Juarez, an important port of en- try in Mexico, to say nothing of Agua Prieta and Naco, both of which ports are now in his hands. He certainly Is provisional president in de facte control of three ports on the border
 The United States is supposed tc have 10000 soldiers on the Texas bor. der to give aid and comfort to the Diaz government by withholding from Madero supplies and ammunition while letting train loads of both go through to the Diaz government. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-12
River Improvement Convention

Secretary Cox of the Mobile Basin and Tennessee River Improvement as- sociation, which is to be convened ill Birmingham on May 2S, reports that over 800 letters have come to hand, thus evincing a great public interest ing the coming convention. The con- vention will discuss deep water at Mobile and the improvement of the Coosa, Warrior, Tombigbee and Mo- bile rivers, together with a like im- provement of the Tennessee river.
 The entire waterway situation of the chief river state of the union will be laid before the convention by some of the best speakers in this state and from the neighborhood of Rome, Ga. The Mobile delegation will be made up of men who know what the rivers of the state are capable of, and every town on the states numer- ous rivers should be we'll represented in the convention of May 23. Gov ernor O'Neal has consented to de- liver the opening address at the con- vention, and Lieutenant Governor Seed will also be present and will speak.
 Let every river town organize at once. The convention will be inc voice of the state concerning the rivers that penetrate almost every one of the ST counties. Those rivers should to the last available inch be made available. They should be opened to at least slackwater naviga- tion. This must be done before the state can attain to it's highest devel- opment.