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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
THE VACATION HABIT.

KIT DON'T see" grumbled Lysander
John Appleton, helping his
daughter on the train. why
you can't be content with putting a
cinder in your eye, and staying at
home"
But other girls take trips every
summer, and Daysey Mayme has to do
as other girls do. The other girls also
have to do as other girls do. making
an endless chain no fathers protests
can break
Daysey Mayme had practiced for her
trip by sleeping for three weeks on
the pantry shelf For this reason she
awoke refreshed after a night in her
berth. and fastened to the dressing
room, every muscle trimmed for the
fray.
Reaching the dressing room. she
hung a skirt on every nail and spread
out her toilet articles so that they
covered all the available space in
front of the mirror
other women burst in the door-fve.
six. seven. nine of them-but Daysey
Mayme frightened her straight front and
pinned on her back curls with equa-
nimity They tried to get a peep at
the mirror. but she brushed them aside
like so many flies
They struggled to get near the wash
bowl, but Daysey Mayme pushed them
out of her way to give her finger nails
another dip, humming a gay tune all
the while.
They grumbled. which prompted
Daysey Mayme to experiment with five
shades of pink powder on her ears.
looking critically in the glass at each
effect.
One woman dared remove one of
Daysey Mayme's skirts from one of the
five hooks Daysey MaymeN smilingly
threw the womans skirt on the floor
and replaced her own.
When every curl was in place, every
braid pinned on at just the right
angle, and she had finished with her
powder can and fastened the last hook
to her dress. she collected her toilet
articles and slowly walked out, leav-
ing seventeen women Tuning at the
delay
Monopoly of the dressing room is
one of the ways woman has for
showing she is Great Traveller. :"
unused Daysey Mayme.
She was enjoying the reflection that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27

tor told me to go to hospital. | did
not like that idea very well, so, when
saw your advertisement in a paper, |
wrote to you for advice, and have done as
you told me. have taken Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Liver Pills, and now have my health.
If sick and ailing women would only
know enough to take your medicine, they
would get relief. Mrs. BENZ. H. STAINS
Berry, Route 6, Box IS, Upper Sandusky,
Ohio.
If you have mysterious pains, irregu-
larity, backache, extreme nervousness,
inflammation, liberation or displace-
ment, don't wait too long, but try Lydia
E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound now.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham S
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has been the standard remedy
for female ills, and such unquestionable
testimony as the above proves the value
of this famous remedy and should give
every one confidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
TO-DAY S INsTALLMENT.

1T won't be for long. Bess," he mad
WHISPERED to the child in parting. Keep
your courage up-~your granddad's look
ing after YOU.
Since the departure of the child and
+he loneliness which had descended on the
shop and its upper rooms, that old habit
Of the lonely. Of speaking aloud, had re-
turned to Jex 1t displayed itself in
many only half-coherent ordinations
and mutterlngs this morning. as he sat
huddled up in a heap reading with an
absorbed interest the columns devoted to
the Remington case in his daily paper.
The press had taken UP the Remington
case.
why. It was difficult 10 say, seeing that
public opinion at the trial had been so
notably against Rimington Perhaps be-
cause Of that very reason-perhaps for
the sheer sport Of championing lost
cause Most probably, however, because
those acute brains which juggle with the
things of life and death and the destinies
Of nations had foreseen the capital which
might be made out of a woman's broken
heart-out OF that last scene in court and
those words which had not been spoken by
the woman who was known to have loved
Rimington.
Untold Evidence.
Evidence was being held back - Some
one was silent who ought to have spoken"
That was the burden of the accusation
against the prosecution which the great
paper that had espoused Rimington's
cause hammered daily into the minds Of
Its hundreds Of thousands Of readers. It
called him the legal martyr. and the
phrase stuck Rimington. the Legal Mar
tyr-very little else was discussed at sub
I. -. IL, .,fA 80
fees the tide. which had been strong
against the condemned man, began TO
turn. The free and enlightened Briton
is enormously Influenced by his feminine
belongings, and so far as the women of
England were concerned the tide in favor
Of Remington. and the agitation for the
Intervention OF the home secretary in his
favor was IN full flood.
"Itn be a reprieve, Leah" Jex said,
shifting the paper he held with his open
hand.
He sat staring at the rusty stove. where
the Goals were glowing now to red heat,
and their light was rot brighter than the
sudden glow in his eyes; their heat not
greater than the heat Of the hatred that
burned IN his heart.
II Rimington, the man condemned to be
hanged for the murder of the money
lender in Tempest street, were reprieved.
that would give him. Samuel Jex, time to
perfect the work he had IN hand. other
wise, with the sands of life running out
with every moment. 1t would not be pos
sible-at least not possible In time to save
innocent blod.
Samuel Jex stood up sharply so sharply
and abruptly as TO dislodge the cat crouch
ing on his shoulders. Usually so nimbe-
footed, taken by surprise. it fell. striking
the floor sideways and uttering one OF a
cats rare cries of pain. The old man did
not, vonchsafe It a glance Instead, he
raised his hand above him with a fiercely
dramatic gesture
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
Up-to-Date Jokes

A sailors life is a hard one said
the steamers captain. 1T is not SO
hard as it used to be before the COM
ing of steam" he said, but it is still
fearfuIy hard. for all that. In fact, |
heard of but one man who had a de-
cent excuse for going to sea"
And who was he, captain?" asked
the passenger.
Noah the captain answered. For
if the old fellow had remained on
shore he would have been drowned
A lady had a rather dissipated hus-
band and one evening she said to a
friend Il wish ! knew where George
wasi"
The friend a professors wife, said
primy
Il presume. dear you mean YOU wish
you know where he isl"
no, I don't, said the lady Il know
where he is. He is upstairs in bed with
bloodshot eyes and a terrific headache.
| want to know where he was!'
salesman Now, here. madam is a
piece of goods that speaks for itself.
customer Gnterrupting) Then sun
pose YOU keep quiet moment and
give II chance
a lodger said to his landlady Il as
sure you, madam. ! am so much liked
that ! never left lodging but my
Iandlady shed tears
perhaps" said she, you always
went away without paying
There's Dorsett nov Would you
call him a patient man -
All depends
"On what2"
whether he's hshin or waitin' for
his supper"
Heclller Ito orator)-Hi euv-nor. do
YOU support early closing
Crator-Ce Certainly l do. my friend
Heckier- Then shut UP
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27

Miss Hazel Dawn, the original "Pink
Lady, and member of Florenz Zieg
fields coterie Of famous beauties,
is shown here in various poses
that aptly serve to show the
value Of a pretty smile.
woman needs to grow to be middle
aged with those deep lines al the
lower corners of the mouth. Those
lines come because one is too severe
or has worked too much, or even been
little cross when with a well-de-
veloped sense of humor and a little
will power one could have turned
those self same dropping corners up
ward
Not Worth While.
Have you ever caught a glimpse Of
yourself suddenly when you were
walking by deep in thought and looked
up to see your reflection in the shops
mirror? Have you realized SOW severe,
cross and anxious you looked? Do you
know that because you couldn't match
a sample of ribbon your face took on
the annoyed expression of an elderly
cross grained prime minister?
Is 1t worth while to make ugly lines
in ones face just for trivial things, as
we women are constantly doing?
The dressmaker disappointed us, and
we frown a whole day. Now, by de-
veloping a sense of humor you learn
that it is the nature of dressmakers
to disappoint, and you avoid this trial
by ordering your frock a long time in
advance.
A sense of humor does a great deal
toward helping one to be charitable
to ones neighbor and l think that
charitableness and kindness are re-
Elected in the face sooner than any
other thoughts.
The skin may be disfigured with
scars and marks, but if the spirit be-
hind the face is kindly one people
are bound to see a certain beauty
striving to express itself.
When I said I believed in sense of
humor as a particular beautifier l also
added that I always did my hair plain
You will seldom find a girl with real
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
Do You Know.

Warnings against frost are SEN, j..
by the United States Weathor R"rs ~
to farmers and orchardists. and !.
estimated that ten million don...
worth of property has been saved ;,
the result of one such forecast
Exclusive of twenty year. old voss,,.
Great Britain has SIS battlesbips ~.
many SO. France q. and Japan Il
During the last seven years The fam
ing population of New South Wales h.
increased by 1000 people.
For the twelve months ending M,
81 last, 317,46O,537 pounds of tea vs,.
imported into London.
Sir Philip Sassoon. twenty four wear,
of age, is the youngest Member Of Par.
lament in England
Scotland lost over 5000 Of her popp.
lat1on during April last by the drain
of emigration.
Sheep could be purchased in England
for fourpence apiece during the twelfth
century.
Up to 1880 only about a dozen varie.
ties OF sweet peas were in cultivation
Torture was abolished in Scotland ia
1890 fifty years later than in England
Paraffin can be produced by the dis.
tillation of coal, also from Irish peat
Beet sugar to total Of 14,OO00N
tons is produced every year
Hats were first made in the YEA
1906.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27

sense Of humor and a good looking
glass who will make a ridiculous
object of herself by displaying hair
dressers' goods bought by the pound
and insecurity attached to her hair.
If nature has been very stingy with
you and only given you couple of
hairs, | think any woman is justified
in experimenting the deficiency but
have seen so many girls with really
nice hair cover up their own tresses
with importations from China, where
the coarse long hair comes from, that
wonder if they have any idea how
ridiculous they look.
For stage purposes it is often neces-
sary to wear artificial hair. because the
efforts on the stage have to be heavier
and stronger than In real life. That
is why one is forced to paint and make
up because the strong electric light
makes even the healthiest complexion
look CHASTITY. A few soft natural curs
on the forehead wouldn't be seen from
the back row of the orchestra, SO
heavier artificial curls are often used
but the girl who thinks that she is
identifying herself by adopting these
articles and bringing them into the
light of day is very much mistaken
She shows that she lacks a sense of
proportion and sense of humor. The
latter saves one from many a foolish
mistake which the seeker after beauty
is likely to make
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
BY Frances L. Gar5tde

she had demonstrated her evno.
as a traveller when newsboy cam =,
along. an
4 belong to seventeen re.o..
clubs. nine uplift societies and Say ST.,
teen literary organizations. qba w., ,ol'
and all this intellectual pursnit 'I -
left its mark on my counteparoo 10 "a
WIN recognize my intellectuality !
asking me to buy some very deem 49,
book" she said, watching him 5 .s1
down the aisle. o'i
The newsboy reached her.
paused He took a look at her =,
he handed her Beyond Pardon 'i :
Bertha M. Clay!
Then Daysey Mayme tainted
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
YOUNG WIFE
SAVED FROM
HOSPITAL
Tells How Sick She Was Anc
What Saved Her From
An Operation.
Upper Sandusky, Ohio. "Three years
ago / was married and went to house

Keeping. l was not
fe elm G well and
could hardly drag G
myself along. l had
such tired feelings,
my back ached, my
sides ached, l had
bladder trouble aw-
fully bad, and / could
not eat or sleep. had
headaches, too, and
became almost a ner-
VOus wreck. Nv doc
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27

Modern progress hasn't forgotten the
woman at the tub.
Fels-Naptha proves that.
Time was when medicine wasn't con-
sidered good unless it was strong enough
or tasted bad enough half to choke the
patient.
Some folks who don't know about
that new way of washing think that wash
day must be day of seething suds, scald-
ing water, perspiration and general misery.
But Fels-Naptha is converting these
people who have been tied to the not
good-enough method,
You see there is way to wash
clothes summer or winter in cool or luke
w4Hm water, a way that saves your
strength, your time and your temper, and
preserves the garments from the ruinous,
Understanding boiler
That way is the FelS-Naptha way.
Look for the red and green wrapper.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27

Betty Lumsden stood at the window OF
the drawing room at the Croft and looked
out over the ruined garden.
From whore she stood she could catch
a glimpse OF the river, leaden- looking and
turgid under the gray sky The trees
which In summer hid 1t from the windows
were as leafless as in November These
last weeks had wrought sad havoc In the
country and riverside gardens Three
weeks OF alternating rain and high, fierce
winds-sometimes to Betty, waiting alone
here In the house by the river, ii had
seemed as though the very heavens wept
at the sight Of the injustice her silence
had condoned.
To Be Continued in Next Issue.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27

T HAVE been asked to give my par
ticular secret for beauty to the
readers of this paper
I don't believe that l have any es-
pecial formula for beauty. but if l were
to sum up in a word the quality which
to me Is the greatest heautifier of the
human face, | should call it happiness.
Happiness expresses itself in laugh
ter, and to me the laughing face is the
prettiest of all.
have always cultivated a sense of
humor and done my hair up in a sim
pie way, and whatever good looks i
have, have been enhanced by both
characteristics
l have seen many girls who ought to
be pretty. and whose natural express
sion was glum and depressed, or who
had overtopped their small faces with
masses of false hair, bandeaux and or
naments until they were anything but
attractive.
think your face expresses your hab-
itual and characteristic train of
thought. You can't have a disagree
able unlovely disposition and expect to
iooh IKE LliIlau RuSSell, VINO IS just dis
amiable as she looks to be. on the
ether hand, even if you haven't classic
features and a Cupid's bow mouth, if
you radiate good humor and affection
those qualities will shine in your face
and no matter what kind of a complex
ion you have or how straight your hair
may be, some people in the world are
bound TO think you are a dear, and a
few viii think you beautiful to look at
SO my advice to the girl who wants to
be beautiful is to laugh and be merry
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
The Gates of Silence
By Meta Ssmmin5, Author Of "HHsAed Up"

Lord. forbear TO strike" he said aloud
Hold Thy hand fer yet little tIms
| longer"
His hands fell to his side suddenly, his
rigid body relaxed. and he stood in an at
| titude of listening. They were shouting
| newspapers in the street.-the first edition
of the afternoon papers damp from the
| press He noticed that there had been q
Renaissance lately OF that forbidden
| raucous shouting of newsboys
Shutting through the shop, ne opened
the door and, standing on the step, list
ened
"Acshun by the ome Secretary"
| The roaring voice died away; silence
settled down on the deserted street;
silence that was presently broken by a
steady tread OF distant footsteps, that
sound which here had always the strange
| effects as of an echo heard from some far
off thoroughfare. Wrapping his plaid
about him, Jex stepped onto the pavement
and looked down the street man was
coming toward him. almost before he saw
him, It seemed to Jex that he had known
who the walker was--Paui sake.
SAKE had newspaper In his hand The
still damp, pink sheets were tossed and
crushed by the wind that had striven to
wrest them from his hard when he had
opened It at the corner of the street.
| His face was pallid with the ugly gray
pallor Of the olive skinned.
For once Samuel Jex forgot to vouch-
safe his usual servile greeting to his mas
ter
so they've reprieved him?" he said,
and the very tone OF his voice was
changed.
Paul SAKE looked up. The eyes of the
two men met, and, just for an instant,
the evil souls OF them looked out at each
other through their unveiled eyes
SAKE was the first to recover himself.
He crumpled the paper into a ball and
| flung 1t into the street, where the wind
pounoed on its new plaything and sent 1t
hurting before 1t around the corner.
Mr.. Rimington, you mean, presume ?"
SAKE asked. Il suppose one dare hardly
call II q reprieve-but there's to be a
| legal delay OF some sort, l understand.
| But II it's to be ompassed there will be
a reprieve-I have been working to that
end night and day"
| "AhP' Samuel Jex turned to lead the
way into the shop. You were always
generous gentleman, sir" he said and
as he spoke his nose came down too far
! over his pale lips, and his tufted eye
brows raised themselves under the alb
| surd smoking cap, so that he looked like
some ugly laughing satyr come to life,
masquerading in this wilderness of streets
in an embroidered smoking cap and a
| check plaid shawl
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27
A Great Tonic.

Laughter is the greatest tonic in the
world and the greatest natural beauti-
fer ! am always glad to hear the au-
dience laugh, not only because I know
that they appreciate the work Of tile
actors on the stage, but because it is 80
good for them Worry makes one old
laughter rejuvenates.
Laughing is just as good an exercise
as deep breathing, and youH never find
person with a hearty ringing laugh
constantly laughing at something or
other. who hasn't pretty good pair OF
lungs. II you want 10 be pretty, be an
optimist.
If you want to be stage success, be
an optimist and if you want to succeed
In the career of home maker be a
double dyed optimist and cultivate a
laugh
We can't all he Mark Tapleys. but a
good many of us can cultivate his OPP
timstic point of view That is certain
~ one thing Tie stage win do for you. A
stage career is full OF ups and downs
of worries and petty irritations. no
matter how successful one may be
Now, If one is going to be tempera
mental and let everything worry one,
when the curtain rings UP in the even
ing there is no vitality left with which
to give a good performance for which
the audience has paid admission
So the actress by aud by begins Il
take things more easily and neither
one night stands nor bad food and poo,
lodging on the road can ruffle her spir-
its She refuses to be annoyed. and if
She 8 upset or nervous She is sufficient
OF an actress in every day life not "a
show it, hut to assume the happy ex-
preston for which she is celebrated
and which is one Of her business assets
Women who laugh great deal stay
young longer than those whose faces
are sad. severe or even merely earnest
The severe expression tends To length
en- the face. and it always pulls the
corners of the mouth down THESE
long lines are the lines of TRACED,
and ase The mouth that tugns up Is
tthe mouth of youth ana comedy II
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Business Activity Continues

q have been engaged in business for nearly 25 years and in all that time have never known quite so much com mercial prosperity as we have had in the past six months" said Jacob M. Whart- ley of Chicago.
 "As was often remarked during the re- cent presidential campaign, for the first time since the war prosperity started up and got in full swing in the face of na- tionaI political agitation. It was generally felt that this business activity would con- tinue for some time. A few pessimistss said that the election of a democrat would mean a slump, but we have had nc slump and we are not going to have any-certainly in the immediate future. And who say this am not democrat.
 Revision of the tariff may retard cer- tain lines of business temporarily, but am optimistic enough to think that 1918 will be as good year as this has been. With good crops next year I believe this country will see the continuance of a solid boon.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01
Water Contracts in the Courts

The city commission has revoked all contracts with the Birmingham Waterworks company. This revoca- tion is part of great legal battle between the city and the waterworks company-a battle that is to be fought out in the federal courts, and no one need anticipate speedy decision, es- pecially if the litigation is to be car ried to the United States supreme court.
 The first step in this litigation to test the city's rights and the water company's rights takes the form of an injunction against the city. The waterworks company seeks this in- junction in order to prevent an. en- forcement of the Weatherly water rates which are claimed to be con fiscatory by the one side and denied by the other
 The casual reader who is not com pelled to listen to lawyers pro and con as Judge Grubb is will not be apt to follow the legal phases of the great fight. The final legal results are all that the average reader is concerned with, and it is safe to say
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01
AbOuf Persons

R. B. Evins of Greensboro, legal adviser of the ONeal administration, passed through Birmingham yesterday.
 I. L. Andrews and John H. Peach, at torneys of Sheffield. spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 W. A. Bigson of Littleton. superin- tendent of convicts of the Pratt Consoli- dated company, Is in the city.
 Grover c. Waite of Easonvile, owner of one of the finest dairy farms in Alabama. is registered at the Morris.
 F. F, Kolb, commissioner of agrieui- ture, is registered at the Morris hotel
 Judge John Eyster of Decatur, one Of the most popular men of the state, is on business in Birmingham.
 John W. Worthington of Sheffield had business in Birmingham yesterday.
 NJ. T. Ormond of Tuscaloosa, solicitor of the sixth district, is spending a few days in Birmingham
 Tom l.. Long of Jasper an applicant for the position Of marshal of the northern district of Alabama, is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-01
Sunday Concerts

''The large attendance at the musicale at the Jefferson theatre last Sunday gave evidence of increasing interest in high class music" said an old concert -goer.
 "The Sunday musicales last season were largely attended by season ticket holde $, but last Sunday the box office receipts for admission to the balcony and gallery were POO per cent larger, I am told, than they were at the most popular attraction of 19l1-l2. While some persons may have scruples about attending Sunday concerts the majority of music lovers here, as in other cities. look upon artistic music as not only educational and refining but az something closely related to religion. It is an incontrovertible fact that the people who make up the audiences at Sunday concerts are notably decorous. Social service workers in New York, Chicago and other large cities are now more than c, CT promoting Sunday concerts for the poor. Music and morals will always go hand in hand.
 .'Revertins to the Sunday musicales in Birmingham there has been some criti- cism, 1t is said. of the reduction of the