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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Couldn't Come Back

Servant girls must all look pretty much alike to men," said the woman with the twinkly eyes "At least they dc to my husband.
 T had been without one for nearly two weeks, and couldn't seem to con- vince my husband of the difficulty of getting one worth having. Finally he got very cross about it one evening, and, picking up the paper, he pointed to the Situations Wanted column and an nounced that here were scores of girls advertising for places. I'll get one for you this very evening, he announced.
 He copied off several addresses and went out. Did he come back with one? Indeed, he did, in about half an hour. And who do you think he had in tow?
 That impudent Della. the. girl I dis charged two weeks ago. Of course he hadn't recognized her, and she came in as impudent as you please, with all her bundles, prepared to stay. But you can gamble she didn't. And my husband has decided to leave those matters to me ir the future" .4.
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cube root of vacutin1-the net product of nothing. A mere circle with the perl phery eliminated. That's all.''
 You entertained for her?' inquired Miss Caroline, adjusting her knitting and toasting her tiny little feet before the fire.
 That and other things. I didn't mind the entertaining so much" sighed Nancy, but it was the other things. Shopping for instance"
 Didn't she have any clothes, knowing she was going to be your guest for sev- eral weeks?'' asked Miss Caroline.
 ''Oh, she had loads of clothes-two trunks full," was the reply. But she lives in a small country town and she is mad on the subject of shopping. She likes to make up her mind about things she is about to buy. Her mind is always in a state of being made up.' She adores shops and makes for them on all occa- sions, like beaver for water
 "Really?" said Miss Caroline. And what did your visitor buy, pray, at this season of the year?"
 Nancy began to laugh hysterically.
 "A shirt waist marked down from S3 to $19s which was worth about 50 cents, replied Nancy. And fur hat and @ pair of crocheted slippers"
 Couldn't she have found any of those things in the little town she lives imp was the next inquiry.
 That's the joke--the tragedy, I mean, of it all," laughed Nancy. Tt seems that she merely stopped over in Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Politeness In the Home

'It seems to me-" said the cynical girl, in group that was discussing mar riage, that love Is not so much needed in the ordinary marriage as downright ordinary politness.'
 Her statement may be somewhat over drawn, for where love did not exist, po- lteness would be forced and unnatural. At any rate. the wife who has the in- terest of herself and her home at heart will alweys maintain her dignity in the home and thus make the love and re- spect of her husband doubly sure.
 During his counting days a man Is a perfect Sir Walter Raleigh, spreading his coat for every imaginary mud puddle, but his veneer soon drops off from him in great patches.
 It is the wifes province to prevent this from happening from the very start.
 Little things like neglecting to pull out chair when the wife sits down to table should not be overlooked for one instant: also smoking without asking permission and failing to ask to be excused from the table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
A Dissertation On People Who Has Visited Me-
  "chums'Another represibe 

livery letters, business letters. family let ters, letters to suitors, letters to chums, letters, letters, letters, all the time.
 Then another girl who came to visit me-" Nancy said, "got on my nerves so I thought I should die. She sat on the edge of chair from morning until night, waiting for long distance telephone call that never came. She nearly drove me crazy. had another visitor who wouldn't drink coffee, tea or milk; who didn't like to read who never by any manner of means took nap in the day time. l was foolish enough to invite her to visit me for a month and I would have been a total wreck when she left if it hadn been for a grand scheme hit upon.' What did your ingenious brain de- vise?" Miss Caroline asked.
 "I made my brother fall in love with her. said Nancy delightedly. That's the simplest way to entertain woman, young or old, no matter what her pecu- Iiarities are. They got married at the end of six months, and now I visit her instead of having her to visit me-
 But suppose all your visitors mar ried?, suggested Miss Caroline.
 "A married woman who has time enough to leave her family for a long visit" replied Nancy, lis too foolish and silly and can be amused with any old thing"
 Miss Caroline sniffed her approval and Nancy said:
 i've had just one model visitor of all the many who have invaded my domain. She had the happy faculty, of effacins herself whenever was busy. When needed her she was always on hand smil- ing and cheerful. She gave me always the sense of feeling that just to be with ne was entertainment enough. Her whole time was spent in trying to see how much pleasure she could give me. There's s a void about the house for weeks after this charming girl leaves. and we always welcome her when she comes back for visit Even the cat rrejoices when she sees her happy face.'
 q have heard of a few visitors like that said Miss Caroline.
 "But their mail isn't often sent in my care," sighed Nancy.
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religion, now that she is gone"
 But think how she enjoyed it, sug- gested Miss Caroline.
 Enjoyed nothing" said Nancy, rather vehemently. ..She came to me fresh, pretty looking girl, and left looking like an old haggard woman. But she's just one of a dozen types of girls who have visited me. I have had more awful ex- periences with visitors than anybody in the world. If I ever write book it's title will be People Who Have Visited Me-
 One girl" continued Nancy, 'who wis., ited me once, began to write letters the moment she arrived, and I couldn't get her away from the writing desk long enough eto keep an engagement with man. woman or child. She had perfect mania for letter writing. She wrote special de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Household Hints For 1911

If fish Is dipped in milk and then In flour of cracked crumbs, 1t will brown quite as we'll as if first dipped in egg.
 Cream and butter should be eaten free ly by those who do not eat much meat as they furnish fats for the system.
 After almonds are blanched and but tered, they may easily be Drowned by shaking them over fire in corn pop per.
 If a teaspoon full of water Is added to each egg used for dipping coquettes it will prevent the egg from becoming stringy.
 Never leave foodstuffs of any kind ir cardboard boxes, as thew will not only gather moisture, but will attract insects
 The careful housewife never throws away a bit of bacon fat. She uses it for frying fish or potatoes to good ad- vantage
 Minced chicken, to which a generous amount of moyonnaise has been added makes a delicious filling for a sandwich
 Nuts are excellent as substitute for meat but should be eaten at mealtime They are more digestible with a little salt.
 E A paste made of emery powder and olive oil is excellent for polishing steel
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are bourgeois, so I am selecting their new homes with the greatest care. Fancy what would happen to one if pair of overalls were hung up in itl Consider the anguish it would endure if 1t had to care for nothing but gingham aprons and calico frocks Those wardrobes have sheltered brocades and velvets and satins, and 1t does seem shame at the ignominy of common clothes"
 The coat Is but the guinea's stamp.
 The mans the gowd for a that she reminded me.
 Not to a wardrobe" she. returned quickly. But, say; do you know of any one who wishes an able-bodted ward robe of excellent ancestry, antique, beau- toful and without defect. The clawfoot of one needs repairing, but will have that done.
 Sell them? I should not dare. It would break their hearts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
The Quickest, Simplest Cough Cure Easily and CheapIy Made at Home. Saves You S2.
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This recipe makes a pint of cough .gyrup-enough to last family long tfme. You couldn't buy as much or as good cough syrup for $2.50.
 Simple as 1t Is. 1t gives almost fn- ntant relief and usually stops the most obstinate cough in "A hours. This Is partly due to the fact that it Is slightly laxative, stim dates the appetite and has an excellent tonic effect. It Is pleasant to take-children like 1t. An Excellent remedy. too. for whooping cough, sore lungs. asthma. throat
 Mix one pint of granulated sugar with K pint of warm water, and stir for minutes. Put 2h ounces of Pinex (fifty certs' worth) in a pint bottle Snd add the Sugar Syrup. It keeps per fectly. Take a teaspoonful every one Two or three hours
 Pine is one of the oldest and best knoWn remedial agents for the throat Sncinbranes. Pinex is the most valu- abie concentrated compound of Nor Way white pine extract, and is rich in Gtliaiool and all the other natural heal Yne elements. Other preparations will nof work in this formula
 The prompt results from this recipe have endeared it to thousands of house. wives in the United States and Canada which explains why the plan has been initiated often, but never successfully
 A guaranty of absolute satisfaction Shis } recipe. Your druggist has Pinea Or will get 1t for you. If not, send tQ Ghe Pinsx O.. Ft Wayns. Ind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
My Creed For 1911

To do my work as best I may, Rising to meet each dawning day, With honest faith in human love And sincere trust in One above, To keep my health. To live; To see to it I grow and gain and give; Never to look behind me for an hour. To wait in weakness and to walk in
 power; But always fronting forward to the
 light, 4s Always facing onward. upward to the
 right To face what come of woe or grief, With courage won of my belief That what is sent for my good If born with patient hardihood Never to fail in charity. Nor kindly given sympathy; Never to look for gloomy things, But for all that will pleasure bring. To always look on the sunny side of
 life, Even tho the scene be one of toll and
 strife.
 Likewise to keep smiling face, As 1t will help to win life's race; "A So when at last my race Is run, I may hear the Master say, Duty well
 done.'
 J. Mitchal Mcconnell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
In Which Month Shall
 Marry?

The lucky and unlucky months in whic to begin matrimonial career are SC forth in the appended verses: Marry when the year is new, Always loving, kind and true. When February birds do mate, You may wed, nor dread your fate If you wed when March winds blow, Joy and sorrow both you'll know Marry in April when you can, Joy for maiden and for man. Marry in the month of May,
 You will surely rue the day
 Marry when June roses blow,
 Over land and sea you'll go.
 Those who in July do wed, Must labor always for their bread. Whoever wed In August be, Many a change are sure to see. Marry in September's shrine. Your living will be rich and fine. If in October you do marry, Love will come, but riches tarry If you wed in bleak November, Only joy will come, remember. When December snows fall fast, Marry, and true love will last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

I'm nothing but a frazzle," sighed Nancy as she fell back in her chair.
 My dear" Miss Caroline mildly be- gan, you are burning the candle at both ends. What with society, and charity and suffrage''-
 'It"s none of those things" Nancy gasped. It's a visitor that I've had since before Christmas. She's gone now. Hip. Hip! Hoorayl I'm just back from the station and I'm the happiest woman in the world. Congratulate me- I've been so unhappy that you could have pulled me through the empty part of a spool of thread. I'm a shadow-a ghostl Pm re- duced to just tired feeling I am the
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ham (staid two weeks and a half on the stop-over) to get herself ready to go on to New York. If shed only have stopped at those things I wouldn't have minded so much, but my dear lady, she nosed around the shops all the time between the hours we weren't going to parties. looking for bargains-things she didn't want and had no use for It's mania she has that causes her to do such things. It meant for me to pay for lunch for her four days out of each week, when a per- ' >etly good lunch was waiting at home for us. In between times she insisted upon innumerable chocolate sodas" and I am bankrupt as well as bereft of my
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rag.
 The English coffee sets, which arc shown in the "Cross'' design are among the prettiest novelties seen in the shops since the holidays.
 Furs of all kinds and descriptions aFO on the marked down. list in the shops. The prices are marvelously low and the goods marvelously attractive.
 Chiffons, crepe de chimes, "charmense.' marquisettes, and messalines are on the "after-the-holidays, bargain counter. The clever woman who dresses in moth ing-a-year," will take advantage of the reduced prices in these materials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

that 1t would be just as simple a matter to get the Cathedral into a fourth-story
 T should like to keep them, if only as evidence of the past glories of a fam fly once rich and great. The sort of wardrobes we own are as respectable as coat of arms, and much more useful, and now have to board them out with people whose only claim to such aristo- cratic articles Is that they own an en- tire house.
 "I know those wardrobes will have their feelings hurt if their surroundings
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or lowest classes of humanity" the will

or lowest classes of humanity" the will stipulates.
 Since the establishment of the prizes the original sum has been added to by other philianthropists until the income is large enough to award annual sums of substantial value. No awards were made for number of years, because during the revolution the convention dis approved and voted against them. Dur ing Napoleons reign the money was given into the hands of the academy, which had been restored, and here it has been every since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Homes For Old Wardrobes

''I am trying to find homes for sew eral large. influential mahogany ward robes, said a young woman yesterday "They are exceedingly respectable and 'well-behaved wardrobes-handsome, too. They have been for so many years in our family that I feel as if I were try ing to board out my grandmother when I ask people to give them house room.
 why am I doing 1t? Why, because we are moving into an apartment and yes. suppose you would understand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Acquiring Charm

! The more you put into yourself the more you will bring to yourself, this is the law! Fill your mind with intelligence, your soul with love, your body with health and you attract love, friendship
 success. Some people are spiritually mag netic others intellectually, others physi- oally so. What kind do you prefer? The price must be paid for all strong will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
A 1911 Story

Grace Duffie Boylan.
 When I am good my gramma says,
 A-lookin' 'bove her glasses, so: Flow much like our folks, Mary, dear, That little son of yours does growi'' Put when I'm bad she shakes her head An says: My dear, I never saw "A child so much like any man
 As that boy there is like his pa!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
NourishinE a Hope

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Did that young man in Nevada send you a Christmas present?'
 "No, but I noticed that mail car on one of those western roads was totally destroyed by fire last Friday night-and 1t was filled with Christmas gifts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
The Age-Herald's Cruisine For
 1911

Take a quart of apricots-the canned or dried fruit will answer-and sstew
 until very soft; just befort taking from the stove, add a cup full of sugar. Press the fruit through seive and to the pulp add the whits of three eggs beaten very stiff, and half bax of gelatine soaked in half a cup of cold water. Beat all very hard. pour into a mold, and when stiff, and half box of geatine soaked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

Mademoiselle Frou-Frou, of
 1911
 Automobile and evening wraps show ~ both the peasant and the raglan sleeves. Metal buttons, like metal passemente- Ties, are largely Byzantine in effect.
 Lace bows are conspicuous in millin- cry, both black and white and ribbon being used a great deal. Tailored stocks are of foulard, figured, with plain linen or lace turnover collars. Mole and seal and imitation seal are excellent flat and plabie furs for trim mings and are very fashionable.
 Jabots are usually in pleated apron style, though the cascade and one-sided frill varieties are. much seen also. smart riding habit is made of khaki, trimmed with leather, and leather vest - matches the stiff sailor of tan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
Heroism Liberally Rewarded

Among the most interesting and use- full prizes in the world are the Montyon prizes of money which are offered for French academy in Paris. The money was left in 17S3 by the will of Baron de .lMontyon, a member Qf the Kings gov- srnmsnt just heiQre EEancR rsyolu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
New Year Bells

How oft poetic frenzy swells, And tells of joyous Christmas bells
 That ring out gladstone din; How oft the door-bell ringing stills My heart; it meaneth Christmas bills Ring out; am not in.
 Anonymous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

MANY lingering suesthas asked her hosiess. WI How did you make that DELICIOUS
 sauce" or-"What is the secret ol that WONDERFUL drsssins?''. and were surprised to learn that behind the whole dlnnss, every. thing from salads to meats and delicate pastries; tho secret Hes In usiuf wssson snowdrift on.
 Il you use the Wesson Snowdill Oil Cook Book. you can avail yourself of the choicest re- cipes known. with the assurance that whaievsr you serve will have the distinction of superiority and # will make your lunchsons tho envy q your quests.
 a Wesson Snowdriit Oil is absolutely pure and purely vegetable IL is 1903 cooking value. odor- less and lasteless. IL will cook anything thor. ouehly. without permsstns the article with grease. I, is unspprosehed iof making sauess. dress ings. etc.
 Beware oi imposition when you ak Tor Wes. son Snowdrih Oil. Call Tor the original, refined product. and insIsi upon your choice. Sold by the leading dealss In your town. and made by The Southern Cotton Oil Co.,,
 New yesh, savssash, New ories.s, Chicago e1 d yon' oi COOK S % BOOK ii Ii. supply is es. M hausted write our Aflanh Once. giving deaiefs ..,r name, and we viii send the book free vh inter. ntt sssas tes,inesy oilsadiag Wouea's Clubs. ses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15
A Sunday Thought

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.-Carlye.
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ton, and Is awarded to a certain num-
 Der of the worthy poor. "Of the middle
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Automobile and evening wraps show both the peasant and the raglan sleeves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

Metal buttons, like metal passemente- Ties, are largely Byzantine in effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

Tailored stocks are of foulard, figured, with plain linen or lace turnover collars.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-09-23
WAYMAN CHAPEL A. ME-.
CHURCH.
912 N. Franklin ST.
Rev. H. E. Stewart, Pastor. Resi-
denoe 1852 y. Clark st. Phone
Diversey SI97.

Wayman will begin the new Con-
ference year Sunday, Sept. oath, at
which time the pastor will preach
at II a. m, and Evangelist Brown
will preach at 3 p. m. The pastor
again at p. m.
The First Quarterly meeting will
take place Sunday, October LIST. This
will be the first in the new year, and
the Presiding Elder. T. Reeves,
hopes to make this a grand affair
The pastor and members have ar
ranged for a house to house canvass
on the North Side, and it is expect
ed to reach every home.
Ofhcers and membership reception
will be given at the church We'd
nesday night, September 9th.
Love Feast Friday night, Sept. %.
The telephone number given above
is new phone number. Persons de-
string DR. H. E. Stewart. please call
Diversey 1897.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-09-23

The Hackley Free Voice Culture
Glass closed last Monday evening
Many of the members were moved to
tears. at the thought that It was
their last meeting. Madame Hackley
promised to return to Chicago for a
period next spring if any OF her pres
ent plans failed to carry.
The class will attend the musical
festival at Institutional Church on
Monday evening instead Of gathering
for another lesson.
Madame Hackley has expressed her
regret that she did not organize a
chorus for her retiring recital, after
witnessing the remarkable enthusi-
asm and hearing the beautiful tone
work of the class.
Madame Hackley has this week re-
ceived letters asking for vocal teach
ers for Colored Schools. one in
Georgia, one in North Carolina one
in Alabama, one in Kentucky. She
has been compelled to answer that
she has no one to recommend
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-09-23

On Thursday. October 18th, Colum-
bus Day. at Schorling's Park, 59th and
Wentworth ave-, lila Vincent. the
Black Panther, who has easily floor
ed every giant who has attempted to
stand up before him on the stage Of
the Pekin Theater and Jack Peterson
the Danish Demon, viii engage in a
fair and square wrestling bout, for
the benefit of the Dearborn Center
Day Nursery. which is run In connec-
ton with the Institutional Church,
1925 Dearborn St, and the AFFAIR prom
ises to be the greatest sporting event
Of the season and no fake
See announcement in another col
umn of this paper.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1911-09-23
USE OF ODD LENGTHS.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 16-The
investigation carried on last year by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
cooperating with humber manufsc-
turers in the South, to determine the
saving that can be effected by using
odd lengths of lumber as well as
even, has begun to bear fruit. That
investigation showed that a material
saving was practicable. and at a re-
cent meeting Of a southern lumber
manufacturers association the fact
was brought out that a beginning has
been made in putting the new plan
into practice, and that an increase
in the sale Of odd lengths is antici-
pated for the near future.
It was formerly the custom, and
generally is so still, to sell lumber in
even lengths only. Waste resulted
from cutting of the ends of odd
lengths to make them even. A con-
siderable percentage of a saw mills
output is defective. That is, boards
have had knots, decayed spots, or
split ends, and the defective parts
are cut out To make an even length
Of what remains, it is often necessary
to cut OF a foot of good wood with
the bad, and it is wasted. The prac-
tioe of marketing odd lengths as well
as even is meant to lessen this waste.
The sale of odd lengths Of lumber
will frequently lessen waste in the
woods; for example, a log may be
cut fifteen feet long which, following
the old custom, would be cut only
fourteen, and the extra foot would
be left in the woods
The introduction of odd lengths
meets with opposition from many
builders who are preJudiced in favor
Of even lengths simply because they
have never used any other kind.
Nevertheless. there are many places
in which odd lengths are more eco
nomical than even ones-for instance,
where nine-foot studding is used.
Following former custom, the ends
must be cut from even lengths to
make the timbers fit. Some manu-
facturers of flooring successfully sell
odd and even lengths, thus lessening
waste in the woods, at the mill, and
in the construction of buildings.