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Mademoiselle Frou-Frou

The deep collar, either square or point.
ed, is still worn. 1t in many cases reache,
to the waist line at the back.
The same line that is used for mems
shirts Is now the thing for collars and
cuffs pm silk and satin coat suits.
uWo-toned wells are very smart, so also
are striped wells with plain borders. Still
others have Oriental borders in Persian
and cashmere patterns.
Braids, beads and buttons are all tc
be used in the decoration of blouses
while tiny vests of tucked chiffon or mel
give an air of smartness to many of Tho
more elaborate blouses.
Thick cordings continue to play a CON
spicuous part in trimmings. Some of tn.
best gowns have the heavy cord girdle:
ana all the edges outlined with cord.
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costumes, but the tailored lingerie hat,
even though the name be a paradox, is q
fact and one that has all the qualities that
make for long and useful career.
A stunning one in all white has the
baby irish stretched over a frame of fine
hemp braid. There is slight roll eff
the face on the left side, smashed against
which is dashing bow of white gros-
grain. A smaller shape Is lined with
black velvet and has pert black velvet
wings on the side as the only trimming.
The covering is fine embroidery relieved
with touches of val.
Almost all the poke effects-and you
would be surprised what a hold this
small, snug little type of hat has upon
the feminine fancy just at pressnt-are
fiuffy with pleating and rufflings at val.
put on circularly. as is the straw on a
braided hate Many OF them arc made
over pink, Il deeper, more, vivid pink than
has been used for some time. and ceru-
lean blue and other pastel shades CLEAN
through the lace on others. A cluster of
tight little roses or tiny buckle made Of
rosebuds and forget-me-nots Is often used
as an effective extra bit of trimming.
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A Safety Device

The housewife who has had to choose
between a good maid with dizzy head
or uncleaned windows on the outside will
welcome new mop for Just such pur-
poses 1t is provided with handle, in
which it works at right angles and can
be manipulated on the outside of win
dow without putting as much as hand
over the sash.
1t may be harder to get the exact
amount of polish produced by perchins
perilousN on narrow ledge. but with
practice glass can be kept clear without
risk to the cleaner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
Things Worth Knowing

That prunes soaked and chopped make
nice addition to fruit cake.
That In sick rooms a few drops of ses-
sence of peppermint makes a pleasant dis
infectant.
That anyone suffering from 'chilblains
may find relief by painting the affected
places with iodine.
That an agreeable change from an or
binary bread pudding is made by adding
sections of tart apples.
That when pen fails to shed Ink prop
erly it can sometimes be made to do good
service by thrusting 1t into a cork.
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tees of one of our large institutions, which
by Its charter requires all of its officers
to possess the degree of Bachelor of Arts
(even that of B. 8. not being accepted
find that the aforesaid b. AS when con-
flonted by the severe mental effort of
writing necessary reports, cannot spell.
The fault cannot be entirely that of the
English language. Fifty years ago the
case was different. as is proved by the
survivors from that primitive period.
Your grandmother-if you are lucky
enough to have one-may not know the
difference between subjective>and the OBJ
jeetive, but she can spell.
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Rose Aylmer

All, what avails the sceptered race,
All, what the form divine,
What every virtue every grace?
Rose Aylmer, all were thine.
Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes
May weep, but never see,
A night of memories and signs !.
| consecrate to thee.
Walter Savage Lander.
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Stenographer Promoted

Musings of a philosophic stenographer
employed by the Illinois Central railroad,
jotted down on his notebook, came to the
attention of the officers of the system
and neat card bearing the epgrams so
discovered have been sent to each stem
ographer In the service. The girl is Miss
Helen Lee Brooks, who since the discov-
cry has been promoted TO secretary of the
division superintendent at Nation Ill.
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Tattoo Marks

From the European Edition of the Herald
With few exceptions all persons disfig-
ured by tattoo marks regret that thew
ever allowed to be traced on their skin
designs which are considered as indelibls
stigmata and are only too glad to SUBJ
nit to any acceptable process which may
get rid of them.
One such method is described by DR..
Tranchant in lie Caducee. 1t will remove
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spite of the gay crowds and the cheer
full music that evening.
TITS this way" said she. I'm full of
vague unrest. / suppose The man /
was talking to was all very nice, but
I don't know him we'll enough to sit
quiet and l hate to listen to music |
love with man I don't like, even II he
is my best friends own dear suffer.
Now. If | were back home---in Birming-
ham-Id be out at the Country Club
sitting on the beautiful deliciously
cool porch. Thered probably be a lot
of people there. but there would be
peace and quietness and not this rest-
less tide of humanity. There would be
some men whom you know we'll enough
not to have to exert yourself to talk
to- We'd sit and watch the sun go
down and enjoy the twilight enfolding
about us-the gray shadows across the
lake, shot with ieweled lights from the
horizon in the distance. and we'd have
| a wonderfully good dinner and the
tables would be placed out on tho ter
race in the. moonlight and JOY and
happiness Would be ours"
/ We'll. it was You who wanted a
mingham isn't the Country Club"
| No. she drawled Birmingham is
very many things. The Country club
is only one of the numerous pleasures
we left behind us. There is E2st Lake
Park, for instance. and West Lake that
one can motor to, Just below Bessemer
and there's Corey, where you can stop
at a tiny little hotel and get the lovely
| best sort of supper and
| No. Polly didn't want to go to bed.
She wasn't sleepy and she wanted to
talk about Birmingham.
| 1t was the evening of the fourth
| day when she said:
do you remember the auto trip we
took to Mentone and stopped and had
dinenr at that quaint looking hosiery
at that little country town on the
way. Tt was loads of fun and the best
part of II was that we went with peo-
pie we liked, and they were lots of
fun"
And do you remember the even
ing we motorcd mp to Springville in
the moonlight and what wonderful
experience 1t was? Nancy reminded.
1t was all incoherent-and the two
- l..
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lampblack.
1t consists in rubbing the skin energet-
ically until thin layer of epidermis has
been removed and then applying to the
skin a paste made of qucklime, hydrated
when required for use, and to which ut the
moment of hydration there Is added q
tablespoonful of pulverized phosphorus,
the whole being stirred until we'll mixed.
The tattooed part is coated with this
paste. A dry dressing is then made,
which is removed two days afterward.
The scrust which will have formed is al
lowed to dry freely exposed to the air,
and after time 1t becomes detached OF
its own accord. The process occupies
about 10 days. A second application Is
then made. A third is rarely necessary
Tattoo marks treated in this manner
disappear completely without leaving the
slightest scar.
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rooms. but you viii never again have your
clothing in the arm-pits soaking wet from
perspiration. or have them get stiff. fade,
and have tho colors run, If you use the
new marvel, PERSPI-NO.
You can go to a dance, to the theatre.
concert. or any social affair. feeling sure
that you Will never be Inundated or be in
perfect misery because Of arm-pit perspi-
ration. PERSPI-NO is a powder, simple
formula, absolutely safe for anybody. Try
1t once; you'll be convinced and surprised.
You apply it with the pad which is packed
with every box sold. PERSPI-NO is a
wonder. You'll say so after using it once.
Satisfaction or money refunded.
PIERS PI-NO is for sale at your drug
gist'sat CSC a box. or sent direct, on receipt
OF price, by the Perspo Co, Nl5 Lincoln
~
For sale and recommended in Bir
Uingham by
COLLIER DRUG COMPANY.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
The Lost Art of Spelling

The rising and even the risen genera
lions cannot spell. Our school children
cannot spell. our college graduates can
not SPELL The dean of a postgraduate
department of one of our universities
complained few years ago that the men
who came before him to qualify to study
= profession could not spell. The trus-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04
TWO GIRLS FIND OUT THAT BIRMINGHAM
is MORE FUN THAN A SUMMER RESORT
in
a

If you are planning a summer trip, an
outing pray don't let anything that
may be related in this little story keep
you at home.
This only happens to be the way Nancy
and Polly, two of my friends, feel about
all summer resorts as compared to Biz
mingham.
They wanted change and decided on
a certain popular board walk place be-
cause Nancy liked the shops there and
besides she declared II was such good
place to study human nature.
As for myself, l think a summer re-
sort is the last place on the face of the
earth to see human beings.
At the dipping hour you don't even
see them as they REALLY are even in
their bathing suits.
The hotel was recommended to the two
girls as a very nice one
They were told that the table was ex-
cellent.
How about the food on it?" asked Pol
ly, facetiously, in an attempt to be cheer
full and gay.
Wen go down, anyway and see," said
| Nancy, trying to throw some real enthu-
siasm into her voice. "A change is al
ways helpful and one either comes home
| glad she went or-sorry.
'Of course there We're some people
| there that Nancy and Polly knew, but
they weren't much more than casual ac-
quaintances.
IT don't feel that | know them well
enough" said Polly the first morning, 1t,
tell them that ! loathe Auction. After
we've eaten breakfast | feel it in my
bones that we've GOT to play"
They played until lunch time.
IL do not like said Polly later, ''the
light that lies in womans eyes when she's
winning at Auction. 1t reminds me OF
the CLEAN I once saw in the eyes of a
tiger, that had bitten off the ear Of his
keeper Some one explained that it was
the lust for blood. I do not like that
look in a woman's eyes when she rakes
in her winnings at cards"
Its worse when she loses,' Nancy
observed Its tragedy>when she can t
afford it,
what woman can ever afford to lose
at cards?" asked Polly. None of us
would ever play, If We were not sure in
the beginning that we'd win."
Polly yawned In the face of the
T.
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Shop Talk

Fluffy shadow lace and baby Irish.
these are the delectable things most of
the lingerie hats are made OF. UniFe
their ancestors, these chapeaus are not in
tended to be worn merely with dressy
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all their good times were mixed up he'll
ter-sk elter. pell-mell.
Nancy being the most philosophical of
the two, and having spent her perfectly
good money for the trip" said coaxingy.
after a bit
THE sights we see here tho are really
| wonderful. A regular Kaleidoscope of
people and human beings and their an
ties
POOH" Polly blew away the suggestion
as lightly as If 1t were thistledown.
lone doesn't have to bother about see
ing the real throng these days. There
are moving picture shows in Birmingham
where you can see all of this and more,
for five cents in that many minutes. |
don't like to look at moving pictures
much myself but they don't last long
and you can always get away from them.
while here-well If that person who
wears the lace waist and the long blue
earrings and the peroxide curls doesn' t
leave-I just can't stand it minute long
err
Polly took the subject up next morning
at breakfast
Don't you just hate all these idle,
| frivolous, foolish women, sitting~about on
/ the porches, gossping and talking and
|
makes my head ache to see them dressed
| up like peacocks and strutting up and
down to be admired. I'm tired of the
whole thing. | hate the dancing at night
and silly men asking me If 1t isn't great
change being up here from dirty, hot,
mussy. old birmingham and got so mad
last night, / nearly died; when one of
them asked me If 1t was true that people
just dropped dead fro mthe heat, walk
ing along the streets in my town."
I'll tell you what let's do suggested
Nancy. automatically. Lets wire that
we are coming home Saturday.
why wait until Saturday," Polly
asked, quickly. why not make 1t to-
night?'
They made it, and that's why Polly and
Nancy don't want any more vacations.
Birmingham is good enough for them.
1T makes no difference whatever about
the thermometer" says Polly. slow, with
finaity. 1.-The thing to do, II you've got
to take a trip is not to go until every
body who means anything to you can
come along too -
There may be something in that but
fhiplr thare's mora in tho ttot T2ir-
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De Fust baby, Ole Miss, is
er Volume; de secon' is er
Chapter, den all de sue
ceedin' ones is jes' Para
graphs. Yassum!


which is vastly more convenient than the
old method of immersihg the arms to the
elbows.
IF the house is infested with ants, dip a
sponge into sweetened water and lays 1t
where they can get It, They will soon
cluster upon it and the sponge can then
lie dropped in hot water
When meals must be kept warm take a
deep baking pan and half fill it with hot
water, then put in 1t some covered bowls
containing the various articles of food
and put the pan in moderately hot oven.
The belated dinner will be fresh and hot
as when first served
II you have suspicion that the gas
pipes are leaking a sure test can be made
: by applying a paste of soap ana water to
the joints. II toere is a crack or break
bubbles will appear in little while. This
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Rip Out Your
Dress Shields
Fire EN- Quick!
You Won't Need Them ANY More
If You Use PERSPI-N0!

It's goodbye forever to dress shields.
Goodbye to excessive unnatural perspira.
ton OF the arm-pits. You can wear any
weight of clothing or live in hot stuffy
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ny toilet counters or mail, Soc. Money
eaek u NOT entirely pIeased.
NATIONAL TOILET COMPANY ~. r.
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A Sunday Thought

Happiness does not depend on money
or leisure, or society, or even on health;
It depends on our relation to those we
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Keep the Complexion Beautiful.
Nadine Face Pogvde,

Produces q soft, velvet,
appearance so much ad.
mired and remains unit
washed oft. Purified By
q new process. Will moi
clog the pores. Harmless.
Prevents sunburn and
e. arm of discolorations,
WHITE. FLESH.
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DOLLY-ETTES

The REAL HERO of Modern Life is the who just goes
right on pretending is happy with wife who hasn't any
Sense of Humor.
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Clippings From My Scrap
Book Worth a Place in
Yours

Insist upon the washerwoman sprinkling
the clothes with hot water They will
iron more easily and have a smoother
finish.
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Inventive Woman

From the New York World.
A woman of this city was attacked the
other day by three burglars who entered
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Poached eggs on toast are much easier
TO eat If the toast is first cut in small
squares and then buttered, keeping the
shape of the slice intact.
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is safe attempt to locate a leak
Neither ma tches nor a candle should ever
be used.
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Before washing lace collars haste them
closely on a piece of white cloth. They
will not be stretched nor turn, If no
starch is put In them they will look like
new.
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Most housewives use the broom dish
cloth, made of cord attached to a handle,
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Polly yawned In the face of the
tumbling ocean under the soft stare in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

There may be something in that but
think there's more in the fact that Bir-
mingham eis-Home.
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1t was all incoherent-and the two
girls minds were a pot-pourri In which
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A Frown of Bewiderment cIoudeo
the secretary's Face.

trifling information, with which the
secretary had obliged him.
I'VE didn't happen to leave him
alone in this room?"
The secretary, plainly much per.
picked by this odd catechism, ad
mitted that such had been the case;
the pursuit of the desired data had
necessitated his absence from the Gov.
ernor's room for a matter of some ter
minutes.
But ye say we can put your hand
on this package?"
But certainly. monsieur"
Would ye mind making sure til
safe. 'Twould save me a deal OF
waiting, perhaps"
With alacrit! and a smile that de
precated his visitors anxiety over &C
trifling a matter. the secretary rose
went to the safe and confidently
enough thrust a hand into one OF the
pigeon-holes. The hand came forth
empty. A frown of bewilderment
clouded the secretary's face. at must
be here" he announced with convic-
ton. ut was in plain sight and la
belled with the name of Monsieur
Chambret - He turned IF
Monsieur lie Colonel will but return in
half an hour, l undertake then to
show him the packet itself. ] shall by
then have found it-but assureclyi"
"Ye are very courteous, monsieur.
will return"
This he did-in two hours. The
packet had not been found; the sec
rotary, in a flutter of nerves. confessed
that through some culpable negl gence
1t must have been misplaced. An ex-
tended search was even then in
progress. 1t would surely come to
light before evening.
THANK ye; ! shan't be back" re-
turned O'Rourke grimly; and went
away, downcast for the first time
since the inception Of the adventure.
Faith! and to think i would not be-
lieve the truth when they slapped me
face with 1t! And all the time, belize.
twas in the vicomte's own pocket! 4.
:" But he had no vocabulary ade-
quate to the task Of expressing his
self-contempt.
Disconsolate. conceivinR that he had
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proven himself blind, egregious fool.
he plodded with heavy steps and a
hanging head back to his hotel; where
the browning stroke of the day was
presented to him in the shape of
note, by the hand Of a black Biskri
porter. -
Monsieur lie Colonel Terence
O'Rourke. Be hand" he conned the
address. Faith, and what's this?"
IF Monsieur lie Colonel O'Rourke
will do Monsieur des Trebes the hon
or of dining with him, at seven or
seven-thirty this evening, at the Villa
d'Orleans, st. Eugene, an arrangement
satisfactory to both himself anc Mon
sieur lie Vicomte may be consummat-
ed.
"R. S. V. P.-The bearer waits.
A trap? A subterfuge? A trick 10
throw him off the scent whilst the two
blackguards escaped with their booty?
The adventurer frowned darkly over
it, dubious. Then, in flush of reck
lessness, he seized a sheet of paper
from a nearby desk, scrawled
formal acceptance of the strange invi
tation, and handed it to the Biskri boy
"All to gain, naught to lose" he sum
med up the state of mind which had
dictated his response; and at six
thirty, with brow and eye serene, he
left the hotel in a carriage bound for
knew where besides!
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Copyright 1903. by Louis Joseph Vance

CHAPTER vIII.--Char,hret DIES telling
o'Rourlse that he has loft the Pool of
Flame With the governor General Of A.
At the SIGHT of which he SAYS the official
will deliver over the Jewel.
CtI pTER IX-ORourke is attacked
nv Glvnn and the viscount who ransack
his luggage, but he worsts them in the
conflict.
reria the Irshroan finds the governor
General away. He receives note from
0ne Trebes making mysterious appoint
-
ne Ii De DacK soon, monsieur"
ALAS, ro," with shrug. He is
en- route for Paris-possibly arrived
by this moment-on matters of state"
And he left?"
Several days since, monsieur"
You know nothing of this package,
Endorsed with the name of Monsieur
Chambret?"
To the contrary: the secretary knew
it very well. He could place his hand
upon it at any moment-monsieur
would appreciate that he burst not
surrender it without the Governors
authority.
O'Rourke drew a long sigh of relief
and was abruptly conscious of fatigue
and a desire to get away and rest
I'm obliged to ye," he said slowly.
rising. I'll have to wait until the
Governor returns, I presume. g.
By the way, are ye be any chance ac-
quainted with Monsieur lie Vicomte
des Trebes?"
But certainly; the vicomte was a
great friend of his excellency's. He
had dined with his excellency some
thing over a week since, just prior to
the latter's departure.
And l take it ye have seen nothing
of the gentleman since?"
"On the contrary, monsieur: the vi
comte called here but two days ago"
1t appeared that he had desired some
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I.rlAa CnTrNTy M
(To be continued.)

forEDV' Tag
LUoAs COUNTY. 5Sr
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm OF u. j. Cheney h Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Cntarrah that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrah Cure. FRANK j, CHENEY
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In my pres
cnce, this 9th day of December. A u. 1886.
tSEAL.) A. w. GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Cntarrnh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfnces Of
the system. Send for testimonials free.
y. J. CHENEY Il Co. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. TIC.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Il overwhelmingly a few days
too late, 1t seems"
You are satisfied"
I'm satisfied that the Pool OF
Flame has been stolen"
Then you will probably believe
me when l declare myself the male
factor. 1t was an easy matter:
purposely brought up the name Of
Chambret in conversation with the
Governor and by him was informed
of the existence of the packet-which,
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night was pitcny black. the windows
barred it with radiance. In the dark
spaces between a man might easily
blunder and run upon his death.
Somewhere in the shadowy shrub
berry a night-bird was singing as
though its heart would break. There
was sweet smell in the air.
His blade touched the vicomte's
with a shivering crash, musical as
glass.