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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

ambling up Second avenue or Twentieth street-and looking with appealing eyes from under huge hats that belle any seri- ous attitude toward life. Hats that came from the jokesmiths trimmed. perhaps with gardenias or foxes heads, but which nevertheless turn all the pretty ladies at this hour of the day into de licious little things to be laughed at.
 Birmingham has few hours so full of light and color and music and beauty as the hours from to in the afternoon.
 Then at 6 o'clock one leaves 1t all for the certain peace of dear delightful place called-home.
 This has been dubbed "The Children s Hour"
 What is it Longfellow says about: Between the dusk and the darkness"
 1t is such a beautiful hour; when we want to rest from all the outside world; when a candle or even the prettiest lamp light would spoil everything. We want only the shadows and the peace of the fire light and the softness of beauti- fully modulated plano, on which to play one's favorites, '"Traumerei," 'Warum," :" ..Lieberstraumme' and those lovely things from "Boheme."
 oh! the picture In the fire light.
 The cat may still be there at the fire side: but she isn't asleep now; she is wide awake and wondering upon the pos sibilties and the impossibilities of life.
 And the ashes-ashes a day old now seems fuller of the grave things of life, than the irresponsible young ire of the morning.
 5 Oh! delicious hour; retrospecting upon things past and done with and what the morrow may bring.
 And when the day iA over and the din- ner is feast of the past, somehow dur ing the last hours of the day you sort or get back to that old fire again. It Is very appealing. It sort of justifies you for not going to bed at sensible hour It is so companionable and-silent!
 fire is such sociable thing; to go off and leave 1t is like leaving little child to go to- bed alone-in the dark.
 And with the dying logs the fire puts forth its witchery; this is the best hour of the day or night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
Woven Bungalow Rugs

All over the country rag carpet rugs are being used for bungalow floor cover ing, and nothing could be more appro- priate. A number of handsome floor rugs were woven from two colors of cut rags, white cotton dyed for the purpose. One color was a delft blue. the other . blue-grcen. They were mottled in hit- and-miss pattern and blocked into squares with white chain.
 Of course one can purchase the coarse- ly woven bungalow rugs in dull colors to use with mission fCrniture the knock about porch furniture, cheap, light in color and weight is generally considered the best to have. with iron folding couches for beds, which can be spread out at night, making full width bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
My Native Land

By John Boyle O'Reilly- a& It chanced to me upon time to sail Across the southern ocean to and fro; And landing at fair isles, by stream and
 vale .tf Of sensuous blessing did We ofttimes so. And months of dreamy joys. like joys
 In sleep,
 Or like a clear, calm stream o'er messy
 stone,
 Unnoted passed our hearts and with
 voiceless sweep,
 And left us yearning still for lands
 unknown. -s And when we found one-for 'tis soon to
 find, In thousand -ised Cathay another isle F or one short noon its treasures filled
 the mind, 4s4. And then again we yearned. and ceased
 to smile 4 nr And so it was. from isle to isle we Like wanton bees or boys on flowers or And when that all was tasted, then at last We thirsted still for draughts instead of sips. 8eei . learned from this lhere is no southern land n4
 Can fill with love the hearts Of north
 ern men. tt- Sick minds change; but. when in health
 they stand
 Meath foreign skies, their love flies
 home again. And thus with me it was: the yearnins
 turned
 From laden airs of cinnamon away. And stretched far westward, while the full heart burned.
 With love for Ireland, looking for
 Cathay. 44. .s My first dear love, all dearer for thy
 grief.
 My land, that has no peer in all the sea For verdure, vale, or river, flower or
 leaf
 It first to no man else, thou'rt first
 to me.
 New loves may come with duties. but the
 first
 Is deepest yet--the mothers breath and
 smiles: Like that kind face and breast where
 was nursed. Is my poor land. the Niobe of isles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
St. Patrick's First Appear
 ance

The first appearance of St. Patrick in Ireland was In the year 379 A. D., when, as a lad of IS, named Succat, he was taken there by King Mall with many other captives from Armorica, as the
 northwest district of France was then called. In the Confessio (Book of
 Armagh, Patrick tells us his father own
 ed a farm at Bonavem Taberniae, and
 that there he was taken by Mall. Tho Hyman of Fiacc states that Patrick was born at Nemthur, but the exact loca- tion of these places has not been de- termined. Nemthur Is understood by many Irish scholars to mean the pres ent Dumbarton on the Firth of Clyde. Some writers have projected. the idea that Boulogne-sur-Mer Is meant by Bona vem Taberniae-but this Is not supported by tradition on the subject.
 Patrick tells us his father was Calphur- nus, a decurio, and his mother Conchessa, a near relative of Martin, Bishop of Tours. Succat, or Patrick, as he was aft erward called, was sold as a slave to one Milcho, by whom for the next seven years he was employed herding cattle on the sides of Mt. Mis- in County An | trim. Being the son o1 Roman-though only 16-Succat must have to some de- gree come under the influence of the new religion that was even then beginning
  empire. So we are not surprised to find this account of his life In the Confessio T used to remain in the woods. too, and on the mountains. and would rise for prayer before daylight. in the midst of snow and ice and rain, and felt no in jury from 1t, because the spirit was fervent within me-
 All through this tract St. Patrick speaks of having been brought into captivity be- cause he with others had not kept the commandments, and had not obeyed the priests. We learn from these references that his experiences as a slave in a strange land were bitter and trying; but under such vicissitudes his spiritual na- ture grew. fitting him for the great task he was to undertake later on for this same country. Seven years of such wearying work must have seemed d long time. We can picture him like Feilich, the bonds-boy of Crimall Ruadh. meas uring up to the coveted mark on the wall until he should have attained mans height and could escape from his cap tivity.
 In his honor the 17th of March is cele- brated the world over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
St. Patrick's Day in the
 Shops
SUPERFULOUS HAIR
Should Never Be Removed With Pol sonous, Tasty Compounds Because They Are Dangerous and In-
 crease the Growth

The preparations above referred to are invariably in the form of creamy pastes. These are easily recognized by their pale, grayish- -greenish color. to remain until they are dry. These contain Sulphide of Barium, an insolu- able chemical which cannot be dis
 solved. therefore cannot be absorbed by the skin. The very fact that you are told to leave these pasty compounds on the skin until they dry. and cake and
 itive that they. are not absorbed. If they are why do they still remain on
 the skin? The most they can possibly do is to remove the surface hair. which
 in consequence will reappear stronger and thicker after each removal.
 There Is only one logical and scien- tiffc way to remove hair and that Is by means. of a liquid containing soluable
 ingredients which can be absorbed by the skin. De Miracle. known all the
 World over as the only real super preparation. It is easily and quickly absorbed and after you have used 1t you will note there is nothing left on
 the skin. It leaves the skin free from irritation, and what is more to the point. ftSis absolutely non-poisonous,
 therefore 1t will not produce eczema or blood poisoning. Remember. no matttsr what ciaims cnisnno are maae mastv to the
 pound or so-called liquid cure" ever did Eor eyer will destroy a single hair fOots ana we can prove IL.
 The extravagant claims recently made by interruptions manufacturers
 of hair removers in transitional adver- fisements unquestionably justify phy- eicians in cautioning the public against
 the use of this class of depilatories
 How many people have been enticed
 into using these dangerous prepara- :
 tions with consequent injury to them
 selves cannot be estimated. but only
 guessed at. therefore beware of fake free, advertisers and others. who by wording of their advertisements try to give the impression that newspapers and other reputable publications en- dorse their worthless preparations. Don't be deceived by them De Miracle Is the only preparation which is so De Miracle is sold at all good stores Including Collier Drug Company. E No honest dealer will offer you . substitute on which he makes more We will send you 52-page booklet containing full information concerning this remarkable treatment. as well as testimonials of prominent physicians, nals and the principal magazines and pewspapers. You should read this booklet before you try anything. Write to the De Miracle Chemical Co, Dept. iZ7, 1905 Park Ave, New York, simply saving you want this booklet. and 1t will be mailed. sealed. at once NOte-An readers of this paper who gre afflicted with superfluous hair erowths are strongly advised tn write for infOrmat1on c0ncerninG this WOn- aerful method which i3 endorsed the 1, world over by eminent authorities, who have made lifelong study of this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
Selecting Becoming Colors

''I wonder why it is,'' said an observant woman, that women with sallow com pleXions seemingly have liking for ecru.
 I have seen this spring many woman whether young or old, without a particle of color to their complexion, wearing not only an ecru gown, but hat with as lit- tie color, seemingly, as possible. I do not think 1t Is because pongee and linen in the natural color are so fashionable that they wear them: it is simply because they do not apprecin te how much better they would look in something else. Those same women would look not orly well. hut, some of them, positively radiant, If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

I remember seeing once in some opera I've forgotten just what-"The Ballet of the Hours"
 Have you ever seen it t?'
 It is well worth the price of admis- sion, whatever the opera 1t happens to be introduced in and in thinking about it recently, 1t brought to bear upon me that several hours have individually quite as marked as certain human beings.
 There on the stage you may see these little bits of time pieces in fluffy ballet skirts doing a thistledown dance, disap- bearing into the misty background, which is quite the same trick that every day hours use In our every day life.
 That's the beginning of the day-that Is for some of us
 For instance, from [ to o'clock in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
St. .Patrick's Day Sugges-
 tionS

St. Patrick's day will be next Friday. Many a festivity Is being planned in hon or of Ireland's patron saint. There are few holidays of the year that suggest such effective table decorations as the seventhteenth day nf March
 In selecting favors, whether for dinner, luncheon or a game of cards, the choice is a wide one. Representations of the jaunting car, the shilelah or the fasci- mating top hat associated with the merry son of Erin may be used in a dozen diff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
Lights for Decoration on St.
 Patrick's Day

A charming innovation in table lights is small cluster of flowers made of delicately tinted green glass, tiny elec- tric light bulb being concealed in the center of the flower The flower rests on a pedestal in which the battery Is con- cealed, a few leaves or ferns completely hiding 1t. The lights will burn several hours. and the batteries may be replaced at small cost. While not quite as soft as dandle light. the little electrics are very pretty and dainty. at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
St. Patrick's Day

 From the Florida Times Union. I know it's coming
 St. Patrick's day; sa Green Is the earth -e And warm and gay, Three cheers and toasts, Too great to count; St. Patricks day,
 Don't add the amount. I know It's coming, St. Patrick's day; The girls are wearing Green on their way. The bands are playing, 'Tis Tara's day; The golden harp rings And green holds sway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
The Age-Herald's 1911
 Cuisine
ST. PATRICK,s DAY ICE.

Pistacho ice cream is the proper thing for St. Patrick's day. It Is simply made.
 Take a cupful of pistacho nuts and quar- ter of a cup of almonds, blanched,
 chopped and pounded to a paste. The ps- tachio nuts and almonds may be run
 through the food chopper, the finest knife
 being used. Add the nuts to ice cream. If deeper green coloring is desired, use spinach or other vegetable coloring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

desired height of the hat. Cut brim to fit, giving it little curl by bending gent ly over a lead pencil. Cover the rim with green paper and glue into place on the crown. Then cover the crown, slipping a piece of round cardboard inside for top. These hats will answer for bonbons or ramekins. Large hats similarly formed, are excellent for centerpieces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

ferent ways and each year finds some clever new adaptation of them.
 The juantng cars, for example, may be used for bonbons, while the hat has all sorts of possibilities. These hats may be easily made at home. Take an ordinary mail tube, and cut from it pieces the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

| only they were properly dressed. Just put them in a costume of blue or soft rose pink, for instance, and see the dif-
 ference. Why I believe that they would
 hardly know themselves. Pure white, too.
 would be infinitely more becoming than anything bordering on cream. f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
A Sunday Thought

Find the place where God wants you, and when you have found it. burn to the socket.-Hastings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Footstools in different shapes, covered with Japanese art mating, In green tints are novel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Luncheon sets of tan linen, the, edges scalloped with green are effective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Mission screens, threefold and panelled with green burlap, are lovely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Tapestry table covers, with green cen- ters and Persian colors, are seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
Mademoiselle Frou-Frou

Cut steel is fashionable for trimmings, buttons, beads, as a metalized net, etc. Little top hats or caps of fur are mak- ing great "headway" in all the fashion able world.
 All the new coats are straight in line. just ample enough to cover the new scant costumes.
 Entire bodices are of a net or lattice work of beads or of metallized net, pat termed with beads.
 Buckles are principally long. deep ovals and squares, longer than the belt and curved inward.
 Flat, long scarfs are yards long and quite wide, and are usually trimmed with bands of fur or marabout.
 St. Patrick's Day in the
 Shops
 Pagoda shaped parasols, with the ends of the ribs turned up like a flower and finished with little gilt ball are seen in all shades of green.
 Summer portieres for cottage use are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

shown in yellow scrim with green stripes and green fringe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

why, no woman alive could help but feel the keen, vitality of charmed life at this hour No one wants to loiter in shops, turning the leaves of a Harrison Fishers, a Gibson's, a Henry Hutts, or Q Clarence Underwoods s Book of Pretty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Cut steel is fashionable for trimmings, buttons, beads, as a metalized net, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Little top hats or caps of fur are mak- ing great "headway" in all the fashion able world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

All the new coats are straight in line, just ample enough to cover the new scant costumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Entire bodices are of net or lattice work of beads or of metallized net, pat termed with beads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Buckles are principally long, deep ovals and squares. longer than the belt and curved inward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

Then come the hours of II and 12. which are nice. respectable virtuous hours--for shopping and attending to business-hoth horrid bores. and then comes another of those eating hours!' srs1
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-22

Charles Nsgel. secretary OF com.
merce and labor. says the Irish race
has. In addition to Its sentiment and
romance. . lot OF philosophy as ono
Of tn characteristics.
The best illustration I ever heard
Of this" he explained 10 dinner
party one evening. was the case OF
poor Irishman who had been given
. fine. juicy piece OF steak. Being a
religious man, he placed the steak in
front OF him. and there. In the shade
OF the trees surrounding HIS benefac-
tors house. he folded his hands.
closed his eyes. and gave thanks 10
heaven for the meal. When he was
In the altitude Of prayer. a dog rushed
up and captured the steak. Pat
looked around in time 10 SEQ the food
disappearing over the hill.
Thank heaven. he exclaimed.
again closing his eyes. he left me- my
appetite" THE Sunday Magazine.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-22
Many Inquiries are Left Unfinished

among persons who are particularly
interested In this subject.
The Democrats of the house have
laid out enough investigation work to
keep many committees busy until mid
summer next year. The Democratic
leaders intimate that 1t is their inten-
ton to keep up the investigation busi-
ness until the next session of con-
gress gets out of the way of the ma
tional convention of the political par
ties.
The inquiries into the affairs Of the
steel trust and the sugar trust haze
attracted wide attention. and have de-
veloped valuable information-infor-
nation to which not only congress II
entitled. but which the people ought
to possess. These two major investi-
cations have, 1t Is said. only begun
Each of the inquiries is to continue
for months. The committees will get
down to work again in the fall, and
II they continue to find pay dirt
they will continue their researches far
into the session that Is to begin In
December. The Democrats. 1t is said,
plan to investigate other trusts during
the next session
The standing committees of the
house on expenditures in the several
executive departments expect to re-
sumo business when the regular SEES
sion opens.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-22
THREE cAULIFL0WER HINTS
How the Vegetable 10 Prepared With
Tomato and White Sauce and
In Salad.

Cauiifiower, Tomato Sauce.-Botl .
fresh cauliflower. then drain 1t care
fully. Sprinkle with white pepper and
place on hot dish Pour over 1t a
cupful OF tomato sauce. sprinkle with
fried bread crumbs. add a squeeze of
lemon juice, dash of pepper. a small
bit Of butter, and a quarter of a pound
of grated cheese Place In oven until
hot and serve.
cauIlfiower Saiad.-Soak head of
caulifiower in cold water. break into
water for thirty minutes Keep 1t per-
fectly white; If 1t boils too long 1t will
lose it's color When done lift care
fully and stand aside to cool. At
serving time arrange 1t In a salad
bowl, sprinkle with chopped parsley
and a tablespoonful of onion juice and
pour French dressing over ALL
cauliflower. White sauce.-Careful-
~ wash your cauliflower and boil un-
til tender in water with salt and one
half tablespoonful butter. When done
lay in a rather deep dish. Pour over
II a white sauce made as follows:
Rub one-eighth pound of butter with
one level tablespoonful of -four. a
dash Of salt and pepper and about
one-half cupful OF warm water. Set
on stove and cook until well mixed.
but don't let it boil. Remove and add
1uice of one-half lemon. little chop
ped parsley and little grated nut
meg
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-22
Plans for the Canal Fortifications

TIBRALTAR may be robbed of the
" distinction of being the most I'M
pregnable fortress in the world IL the
plans of the fertilization board in the
Panama canal zone are adopted. AS
preliminary. looking toward this end.
the war department has ordered the
16-inch gun now stored at Sandy Hook
proving ground to the canal zone.
Although the gun was constructed ten
years ago. no more powerful weapon
has been produced in the world. It's
range Is beyond 16 miles and it's pro-
jectiles. aero-torpedoes, weigh 2.40O
pounds. and could easily destroy a
battleship before 1t reached a point
near enough to do damage to the canal
locks or other portions of the water
way Later on more guns of this cal
iber will be placed there.
Super-dreadnaughts. according to the
calculations of ordinance experts, can
be sunk easily by the 16-inch gun at
distances of 16 miles from the mouth
of the canal This Is not the limit of
the range of the great gun, but 1t Is
about as far as hits" can be maze,
even with the aid OF range finders.
fcations
The projectile of the gun Is virtually
an aero-torpedo. 1t will weigh 400
pounds and win carry about $50 pounds
of high explosives. There is not the
least doubt that even at an extreme
range of Is or Is miles the projectile
will penetrate the heaviest armor plate
on the largest battleship. After the
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-22

projectile has passed through the
armor plate the $50 pounds of high ex-
plosives which 1t contains will be dis
charged. The defamation would create
miniature earthquake and destroy a
city.
In eQuipping the Panama fortifiR-
tons with the most powerful gun in
existence the board of Notifications
has a well defined plan in view. There
is no doubt in the opinion of military
authorities that with 14-inch guns
coast defenses are more than an equal
to battleships with guns of the same
caliber.
What Is sought by the war depart
ment and the joint board Is to equip
the Notifications with such powerful
guns that the enemy's feet can be
kept SO far from the canal that 1t
cannot drop shells or projectiles into
the waterway. A large proJectile fred
OVER the Notifications dropped into
one of the locks or dams might close
up the canal for year or so. The
forces on the canal must not only keep
the enemy from reducing the fortifica-
lions but from doing damage to the
waterway.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-09-22

"ASHINGTON.-R there has
w been distinct revival here of In
terest in banking and currency legisla-
tion- There are at least three reasons
Tor this. which may be enumerated as
follows:
l. The announcement that an organ
ization to be known as the National
Citizens league Is being formed to adj
Focste some sort OF federal reserve as
ISOLATION.
z The organization In New York
city Of the National City company.
with capital stock of $40, zoo, 900, as an
adjunct OF the National City bank. and
Tor the purpose of acquiring and hold
ing stock in other banks.
j. The movement on the part of the
insurgeht Republicans in the senate,
and supported by some of the Demo
Gratis. to compel the national monetary
commission to close its affairs and re-
port to congress not later than JAN
uary /, 1912.
The activities mentioned would In
dictate that banking and currency leg
fslation will become live topic In the
autumn, and probably will receive
much attention at the next long SEES
sion OF congress 1t is not believed.
however. there will be any legislation
soon. The prevailing view is that 1t
will take congress several years to de-
eide what 1t wishes to do about the
creation of a national reserve asso-
citation
1t Is evident that the conservative