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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Music and Colors

From the New York Tribune.
 MT. De Koven's theory. which he Is going to try out upon an audience at the New Amsterdam theatre in the near fti- ture, is that there is a curious combina- tion of music and colors that has never been tried--not this side of the days of properly worked out, will run the emo- tions up and down in the scale as they have never been run before.
 It seems that our eye and ear have a relationship that up to the present we have never suspected, suspicious as we are now about these scientific things. Their relationship is such that when tho ear hears a musical sound the eye sess a color. Don't argue now: listen. Dl your eyes never see things that were n5t there, and perhaps for reasons less bead tiful than the hearing of. say a violinTJ
 Mir. De Koven claims that the color oi 4 sees depends on the tone quality of thei sound Each instrument has it's color The sound of drum is blue, thatsof trumpet red, etc.
 Now with the addition of the well known fact that our spirits are influenced by colors, we are almost ready to begin the orgy--that is, the emotion matinee. Of course, there Is no doubt is there, about the influence of colors over spirits7 Is there any one who does not prefer a blue and gold day to gray and brown one? Or Is there any one who, having joyfully ordered brown Boston beans, does not suffer a sharp fall of spirits when he is brought pale New York one. No, there Is no argument in the air about the brotherhood of spirits and colors
 The composer, who partly in a scientific and partly in a Columbus-like spirit is going to make this cold-blooded raid on our delicate sensitiveness, has written special piece of music with which to make the experiment. It Is called "The Crim- son Tulip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Mademoiselle Frou Frou

Many of the smartest afternoon frocks have girdles and sashes of velvet and satin.
 Brilliantly colored small flowers, ar- ranged in clusters, wreathe many or the prettiest hats.
 Grays predominate in tailored frocks this spring, with blue and plum serge closely following.
 Panniers are oftenest seen in soft ma terials, chiffon and tulle or crepe, but ap- pear in taffeta also.
 A stylish tailored blouse of white linen E oftened fastened down the front with white crystal buttons.
 Ruches worn at the neck are gaining popularity every day. They are worn to match every gown.
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about getting the new gown she had on.
 T saved for it out of the household money" she said. q suppose that's why everybody is telling you that you look so thin.'
 I heard a man say once that when he saved money.
 Then" he went on, things happened and I soon became one of the editorial writers, and now I'm in debt. Then used to save half of what I made, no matter how poor the living. Nov l spend more than half again as much as I make. Then the baked beans and brown bread tasted lots better and were not half as indgestible as the foolish food l guzzle at the club and in down town restau- rants"
 In the Magazine Article there is a let ter from the wife of HundredDollar- a-Month" man.
 ''We have found" she writes" that the only way to arrange money matters ule of how the money is spent. Discus sions and disagreements are not to our taste, and so when we first married we thrashed the thing out and have adhered to our plans ever since My husband is more generous than most husbands, l be- lieve. He divides his salary between us, and with my half I pay for the food and my own clothes Everything else he pays for. We divide our income as fol- lows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
How to Tell a Woman's Age

A Parisian gourmet believes he has found an infallible method for getting at a womans age. Watch her at dinner.
 If she goes through every course, chat ting all the time, and is equal to an Ice after dessert, not to mention chocolate and crystalized fruits, she is still in her teens If she makes a good start with the hors doeuvres, does well with the caviare, salmon and such delicacies but shows no interest In the rest of the meal, she is between 20 and 30 and married, When she declines every other kind of game, but takes some pheasant, she has passed 90, but has not yet reached &. After 35 she dotes on every kind of game. the more highly favored the better. If at the end of dinner she takes cheese, showing special partiality for the odor- ous Carnembert, then, says the Parisian observer, there can be no manner of doubt about it. she Is a woman of un- certain age.-Toronto Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
What Women Want

One thousand of our fair-minded, square dealing, path finding women faced the national committee in Washington this spring to demand of the men, descendants of Revolutionary ancestors, the right as taxpaying citizens to vote in national af- fairs. says Anita Dunbar Hunt, editor of Dress, in the May issue of the magazine
 Typical of coming generations were the spokeswomen chosen to represent their cause. Dr. Anna Shaw, that tried veteran in the defence of the woman's upward fight toward freedom; Jane Ad- dams of Hull House, the type of great American Womanhood, acknowledged by all the world as power for true wom- aniness; and Leonora O'Reilly, who holds in her hands the hearts of all women in the factories. having come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Er 'oman can't do nothin' silly jes' so long as CT man is in luv with her, an she can't do nothin' sensible after he stops bein'. Naw'ml


 ness and exclusiveness. Unlike the real colonial it has a tip which makes the vamp, and. therefore, the whole shoe, ap- pear just that much shorter The tongue, one of the hall marks of the colonial. is missing and the buckle Is slightly smaller than on the last mentioned shoe and fits so closely as to be almost a part of the vamp itself.
 This description may give the Idea that the English pump is a walking shoe, pure and simple, but it's real sphere of usefulness is much wider It makes a graceful evening shoe wnen made up in white buckslSin or patent leather. with a silver or ieweled buckle cleaning in the artificial light. It comes in soft tan feathers also the buckle in this case being of leather to match the shoe
 As for buckles. they are snch a feature of milady's spring and summer "shoon" and they deserve a little chapter all to themselves Many are of gun metal in artistic designs, but the solid silver buckle lords it over all competitors and the man who is looking for something pret- ty to give his lady love for her next birth day will not go far amss if he presents her with a Dar of these ornaments for her shoes There are also quite a num- Der of different designs in cut-steel buckles and an exceptionallv pretty con- ceit is of oxldized silver with tiny steel points inlaid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Doonside

drank to Burns a draught of bonny
 Doom, And as the water touched my lips, be-
 hold. It seemed a scroll before mine eyes un-
 rolled As from the cloudy battlements of Noon. Mortal" wondering, read, though
 man so soon Departs to his dark chamber in the mold. The seed of his life's work grows never
 old. If it unto the nations yield a boon. So fares the singer of these banks and
 braes; So springs and twines his soul about
 mans dream. That still he seems to live, to be not far, To be a part of nature-like his lays. And like the mavis here, and like this
 stream, And like the ageess glory of a starr
 -C. G. Blanden in Chicago Post.
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 bomb he has recourse to an ordinary knife. In almost all political assassina- tions one of these three has been used.
 The only exception was Luccheni, the anarchist who so bruta1ly killed the un- fortunate Empress of Austria at Geneva. His weapon was file fixed in a wooden handle and ground to a keen point. This was afterward destroyed by the Swiss authorities.
 As diabolical specimen of murderous ingenuity as ever was discovered by the police was found n the possession of a Chinaman who had been working in laundry in New Orleans and who was be- lieved to have intended using it upon his employer.
 It was a tiny stiletto. with a handre about as thick as a carpenters pencil and a blade four inches long, of glass, pointed as keenly as a needle. A tiny groove had been filed around the blade close to the hilt. Suppose it was driven into a mans body it would be certain to break off at the groove and leave three inches of glass deep in his flesh. What Is more the puncture would be so tiny that 1t would probably close at once and show no mark, not even a single drop of blood
 A blind elderly woman who was found dead on the kitchen floor offher house in Manchester had been stabbed with corn knife, which was found on the floor bee side her. The murderer was never caught. And surgeons lancet was the weapon used by the maniac who in the year 1900 stabbed noIfewer than 80 people in the streets of Kiel, and before he was at last arrested caused a panic worse than that produced by the infamous Jack the Ripper,
 Perhaps the strangest weapon ever used for killing was an umbrella. Tn October. 1908. a man named Ernest Smith was found dead In Chswick High street. He had punctured wound in the eye which had reached his brain. and which the doc- tors agreed had undoubtedly been caused by the steel ferrule of an umbrella.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
$8000 as a Reward for Car ing for Elderly Traveller

A man in Wilmington, Del, whose bus mess compelled him to travel about the country frequently, was making trip to Philadelphia some years ago. On the train was an elderly man who had sud- denly become seriously Ill.
 The Wilmington man was the first to go to the strangers assistance.
 It was more than 10 years after the in- cident had occurred and 1t had quite passed from the Wilmington mans mem ory that he received word from law yers fin Philadelphia that he had been left $S000 by the will of a very old gentle man who had recently died in that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Age has its attractions no less than youth in more serene and quieter life. But it is this very life of rest without sufficient exercise that brings with it those disorders that arise from in- activity. Chief of these are chronic, persistent constipation.
 Most elderly people are troubled in this way with accompanying symptoms of belching, drowsiness after eating. headaches and general lassitude. Ere quently there is difficulty in digesting even light food Much mental trouble ensues, as 1t is hard to find 8 suitable remedy. First of all the advice may be given that elderly people should not use salts. cathartic pills or powders. waters or any or the more violent purgatlves. is mild laxative tonic. one that Is pleasant to take and yet acts without griping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Shop Talk

The shoes of the summer are dream As one shoe dealer expressed 1t: Never since shoes were made has such art been displayed in designing them."
 Most attractive of all perhaps to the girl whose main object in life is to appear deintily shod is the English pump. It is really a half-high colonial, every line of this trig little shoe standing for smart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Here and There

Yaseline has quite a number of domes- tin i,ees When the brasses are cleaned it is little extra work to rub them over with ? ee q and polish with soft duster; but this will save much work ultimately. as. after this treatment, they will not readily tarnish.
 Fat in any form should never be given to the sick, because 1t is in large globules, and therefore difficult to digest. Cream Is in small globues, and therefore easier to digest than fats. But skim milk is the best food for children and invallds. Milk s~'ven 10 the very sick should always be diluted.
 When ironing blouses or dresses with large buttons sewn on it will be found a much easier task if the work Is done on several thicknesses of blankets or towels. Turn the garment button side down and press on the wrong side The buttons sink into the soft padding. leaving a smooth surface for the iron to polish.
 Table cloths, as every housekeeper knows, have a disagreeable habit of get ting something spilled on. them, particu- farly after the table has been set. The best way to treat such refractory cloths is to place a bowl under the spot and pour boiling water upon it. Then place dry napkin over the spot and iron 1t dry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Criminal Courts as Held by
 Grows

Many animals and birds have their courts of justice as well as men. A beaver that is lazy and will not work is sentenced to banIshment. driven out from the colony and left severely alone Crows, jackdaws and starlings are known to hold formal courts martial for the trial of of lenders against bird law. They have been seen to assemble. sometimes in very large numbers. as if they had been summoned for the occasion.
 These trials often last for several days. Some of the birds perch dejectedly with dropping heads; others are grave and silent, while. still others are noisily gar rulous. The trial ends with certain number of birds rushing at one or more of their fellows and deliberately killing him. Then the whole assembage dis perses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
The Psychology of Clothes

We are all of us prone to judge by ex- ternals, our early training in copyboolk maxirns withstanding, says Harrison Fisher in Dress.
 Erneline hay have a lovely disposition, hut that cannot hide the fact that there ore fnots in her shoestrings. and though Beatrice sings like an angel her gown fastens most untidily. Emelines friends rnight be almost as sweet tempered as she is if her boots were not enough to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
The Perfect Laxative
 For Elderly People

quirements, and has In addition tonic properties that strengthen the stomach, liver and bowels. is Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, which thousands of elderly peo- pie use, to the exclusion of all other remedies. Trustworthy people like Mrs. Comstock, 1420 Baronne St.. New Orleans, La, and J. B. Martin, Summit, Miss, say they take 1t at regular inter- vals and in that way not only main-l tain general good health. but that they have not in years felt as good as they do now. You will do well to always have a bottle of it in the house. It is good for all the family.
 Anyone wishing to make a trial of this remedy before buying it in the reg ular way of druggist at fifty cents or one dollar a large bottle (family size)l can have a sample bottle sent to the home free of charge by simply address- ing pr. w. B. Caldwell, 405 Washing ton St.. Monticello. III. Your name ana address on a postal card will do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
One Way of Dressing a Wife
Euccnss.

Success.
 wrote a poem to Lily's eyes That's now my wife's fall hat; Another one to Cora's smile
 A dress she made of that. My wife is named Maria Ann
 I'm fond of her. O, yesi But can't turn out a verse to her That's suitable for dress. Now. as she has a need for clothes, For stockings, hats and shoes, She quite agrees with me that there Is not much time to lose. bo down I sit and write all day To Maud's and Fanny's curls; And that's the way dress my wife On verse to other girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
Summer Muffs for Evening
 Dress

One of the chief innovations of the sea- son is that large muffs will be carried in the hands for the evenings and long echarpes will drape' the shoulders, says Lucie writing from Paris Tailor mades will be Oriental in line-that is to say. they will have long straight fronts and the feet will be prettily draped with flowing folds like those we are so used to in the costumes of the Orentals-- Dress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
The Age-Herald's Cuisine

FROZEN STRAWBERRIES. One quart strawberries. Juice of two onions.
 One pound of sugar.
 One quart of water.
 Add the sugar and lemon juice to tn berries. stand aside. one hour. Mash tn berries. add the water, stir until the sugs is thoroughly dissolved, and freeze slowl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

workers.
 These women. like the Spartan women of old are fighting to preserve our na- tional integrity, our national yigor and to demand the national right of every wom- an to aid in the production of the best type of manhood and womanhoed. De- manding a voice in the council of the nation, not as men, cumulative and mas terful, but as peace makers and sym pathizers conscious that the nation needs the lowering. breeding tenderness of the child bearer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
DOLLY GETS BUSY WITH THE MAGAZINES AND THEIR DISCUSSION OF THE FAMILY INCOME
 
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Magazine Editors dearly love statistics.
 Especially are the statistics about the wife's share in the income and the wise management of the -engrossing.
 Maybe the Editors sense that the man agement of money makes 8 universal ap- peal no matter whether the wife tn the case shares equally in disbursing the earnings of her husband. or whether she has to manage along, somehow on as lit tie or as much as she can pick from him.
 Most of us recall with sympathetic un- derstanding the heroine of one of Kate Douglass Wiggin's stoise-, who managed her finances after the fashion that makes the first appeal to the feminine intellect
 She divided her earnings into three parts; one of these she put into the cracked sugar bowl in the cupboard; the second went into her powder box, and the third reposed gently in an old cigar box on her dresser.
 q can't understand" she plaintively complained "why my scheme doesn't work. divided the money Into three lots and each is for special thing. But I'm always having to borrow the butter money that ought to come from the sugar bowl in the cupboard, from the cigar box fund that put aslue to pay for the coal and my clothes, And then when there's not enough I have to get the deficit out of the powder box on the |dresser. and even then I face the melan- choly situation-there's no money in any thing. In spite of it's being arranged be- forehand it doesn't go a bit further"
 Where is the woman who hasn't robbed Peter to pay Paul, and then had them both after her fairly screaming for more money?
 In current issue of "Woman's Mag azine" is a wonderful "Symposium' Of Prize Letters" from Housewives" tell ing how the family income is divided and what seems to be the wisest individ- ual scheme in apportioning out the same.
 The letter that leads is from a woman whose husband makes s1S00 year They own their home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
A Sunday Thought

The supernatural value of our actions tt any time depends upon the degree of pur union with God at the time of per- forming them.--Faber.
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DoLLY-ETTES

them cross. No less would the songs of Beatrice stir more hearts without the distractions of gaping hooks and missing buttons Externals do count however broad we may think our views to be.
 It is a common observation that a man gets an impression of a thing as a whole. If he notices any detail it Is apt to be sign that something is wrong. Careless ness, however, in the dress of either men or women, is usually betrayed by details.
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There are many women and men who manage to live on less than hundred dollars a month. and live well, too.
 There's one thing about the kind of women who mana ges such things thought they are too busy solving their domestic problems to rush into print in magazines with such stuff. and they probably could write much more sensible article than many who do on such subjects.
 Most Prize Letters" touching upon such things are mildly amusing, but they are seldom convincing
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This leaves the husband but 500 for his personal expenses during the year.
 Now the problem that presents itself just here Is this:
 Can a man manage lunches. cigars, car fare, toba cco and an occasional glass of beer on 800 a year?
 The lady ia the case does not even say she will allow him to manage that amount but we take it for granted that she allows him something, although she says:
 "The rest (presumablv the seN) l look upon as in trust and always feel that I must make it produce the hest results for my family as well as myself
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amusements and whatever happens to turn up, and things have a way of turn ing up with surprising frequency"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
DOLLY-ETTES

The heatrica manager isn't the only who spends his money to make a show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

Another Prize Honsewife'' writes:
 q do not believe it is in human nature to be as careful of another persons money as it is of vour own-not even vour own hushands.'
 "Nfv huSharS Is lawver.' she goes on to say. ''practicirg In New Work citv. and Q s in the case of most professional men. his salary is not fixed I; avera ees. how ever. about s5NA0 wear. Our household consists of three children. a~ed r. K and [. and two servants. As mv husband and do not believe in discussing monev matters he gives me an allowance as large as he can afford and leaves the rest 70 my good iudVment I keep my own hank account and paw all the bills It is te nv irte~est tn make the money eos as far as possible
 Nc-,- t@ins that should have been the n-s-a '~tt~- do~'. vou?
 It Is reasonable, rational, sane and just
 ,-~e'--n -~,d Nraric- Fairfav's play. ssThe Taiker" vou --''i ~r--- ,--',--- the young wife explained to her husband
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Wouldn't you just hate to be married to lady who managed your affairs like that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16

This leaves me s3 a month, and s6.50 of my husbands share is left. This we call the emergency fund. It must cover an occasional doctors bill. dentists bill
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'sThe Taiker." voi ~-',i ~,---7---'s--, the young wife explained to her husband
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It is Pure, Harmless
Money Back # NOs Entireiy Piea5ed.

The soft, velvety
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 Purified by a new process. Prevents
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-14
TO DELIVER PARCELS
Rural Route Carriers Will
Start New Plan in County
After July LIST.
BENEFIT FOR The FARMERS

Beginning July l every rural mail
carrier, in Kenosha county will begin
the delivery of mail parcels, hereto
fore exempted from delivery, under
new parcel post ruling which has
just been made by the postmaster
general.
At present, the parcels post will af
feet only the rural routes, but should
the experiment prove a success in the
country routes, the city deliveries will
be added later. Under the present
system, all fourth class matter, weigh,
ing less than eleven pounds will be
delivered on the rural routes.
The maximum cost for the delivery
of a sixteen pound package will be %
cents There is no difference made in
the distance which package is com
PEELED to be carried by the govern
ment, and in this way the rate charg
ed by the express companies will be
much higher in many cases, than the
cost of mailing.
According to the rules, beginning
July 1, 1912, and continuing until June
30, 1914, the postmaster at the start
ing point of the rural route shall re
ceive and deliver to the carriers or
rural routes all packages not prohibit
ed in the mails and that carriers shall
pick up along The route such packages
as will come under this rule.
Postage shall be paid at the rate 0.
l cent for each two ounces or less,
cents for more than two ounces, and
the scale is graduated for packages
weighing more than 1our ounces.
The maximum charge under the grad
uate scale for any parcal over the par
eel post route, will be % cents, much
lower than the rates charged by the
express companies Under present
conditions, Uncle Sam carries parcels
through the mails for foreign coun
tries at much lower cost than to his
own citizens.