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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
THE MANTILLA REINSTATED
Reign of the Parisian Hat in Spain
 Was Brief

From the Pall Mall Gazette
 The mantilla has suddenly regained it's old prestige in Spain. It had been busted for time by the Paris hat, but Spanish ladies have returned to the idea that nothing can be more graceful or becoming to them than their nation al headgear.
 All types of Iberlan beauty, although differing so entirely from one another, have certain common traits marking them as Spaniards, and to such the mantilla is eminently suitable.
 The headdress is olSed on in Spain as the most important item in a wom ans appearance. and this is not con- fined to clase only. The poorest Span ish woman will invariably have tresses elaborately arranged, and however worn her garments she will find 1t a necessity to spend a few pence in paying for the offices of the indispen . sable Peinadora.
 These artists are a feature of Madrid life. and it is difficult to imagine what would happen if they were to go on strike, for a a rule no woman of any standing would dream Attempting to do her own hair.
 The Peinadora works deftly and has the necessary virtue of punctuality, for her clientele is numerous and she must finish her work with each before mid day It is natural that she should play an important role in social life, and many love matches reach a happy con clusion owing to- her good offices. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
WARNING TO USERS OF SO-CALLED
 SUPERFLUOUS HAIR "CURES"

clans, surgeons. dermatologists, medi- cal journals, prominent magazines and newspapers. we will send copies of the testimonials on request.
 The mere fact that fake-danEerous preparations are short-lived should alone be sufficient warning to avoid the use of any depilatory but that of proven merit DeMiracle has stood the test of time. It was the largest sell ing depilatory ten years ago and more of it has been sold each year since than the combined sales of the nostrums.
 All reliable dealers sell and recom- mend DeMiracle, knowing it to be the best and safest depilatory. Some un- principled ones will tell you they cam not procure 1t so that they may mere easily influence you to purchase their own or possibly some other dangerous, worthless substitute under another label for few cents more profits To protect you from just such imposition, if your dealer will not supply you. mail us s1.00 and we will send you, all charges paid in plain, sealed wrapper, a sl 00 bottle of DeMiracle. and we will make you a present of rull-siz jar of DeMiracle Cream. If you care to. give us the name of the dealer who tries to sell you just as good" imita- ton or substitute.
 Write for free booklet, which will be mailed sealed in plain envelope. De- Miracle Chemical Company, Dept. V. Park Ave- 12ath and 130th Sts.. New York. You can always procure De- Miracle without argument In Birming- ham. from Collier Drug Co.,. 109-l1 N. goth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14

Every woman must realize that even ,hen a soft fuzz Is removed py thess so-6alled superfluous hair .uioS' aoob ..,,,ob stimulate the growth after eacn ..,,oval that it will only be questlou rs time before she will have to resol. ~ .h, use of the razor. because eNeiau. s5,,tbe hair will become so coarse that s-n' ,renaration will be strong ehoush ~ ,a,,nve if without running the shlh. ~ xir,,,s take the risk of distigurement
 ",s;ng these unknown and uncertain sao.ns for removing superflu"us hair, ..,LanN tbere is such safe methoh Us f,enfiracie-the one pertecteu, holi s.rtsnrnus and harmless depilatory that pp,nsoivas hair. thereby taking the VI .nI,t,- out of it, conseauently retardihS .d nreventing an increased growth. 2 Ton,t he deceived by the imitator ana .rosto, who resorts to copying cer- ti., nbrases of the DeMiracle auver- stsirp to inveigle you into using srtS1ess. poisonous concoction' the w.,.in,,ed use of which will produce a,aa or other serious skin diseases. Wrhan a fakir tries to deceive ana ae- ,',de won by alluring and impossible lesr, fell him that DeMiracle chemi- cna l1 nn,rnanv will forfeit Five Thousand Ixn,,ars if 1t can be proven that any SO eriiad superfiuous hair cure ever er~aadtcated one single growth or super Si,,,s,,s hair Insist on proof when -ist,n is made that such a preparation ss..i,,dorsed = bv the medical profession.
 rn subsfantiate our claim that De- Miracle is the only depilatory that has over been indorsed by reputable physi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
MAKING TEA
Each Chinaman Consumes an Average
 of Five Pounds Annually
ro,r Inc Nashington Post.

From the Washington Post
 If is estimated that the Chinese con sume annually five pounds of tea TOT each member of the population. IL grows in small patches around the homesteads plantations being practically unknown rrhe leaves are picked by members of 1he family and dried in the sun. being subsequently, handed over to the middle men. who subject them to the process of firing Tn the case of green lea the leaves are roasted almost lminedlately after they are gathered and drled on quickly after being rolled into balls py hand and squeezed. There are usuaiiy three pclSings-early in April when the vonng leaves are covered with whitish down Ca limited output known as pekoe) toward the middle of May and agam Tn August Brick tea is made by pressing the damp tea in mold in the form or q brick. to F inches long and about l inch thick Russian firms in HankoW, <iukiang and Foochow manufacture a higher grade of brick tea, composed mainly of the fannings separated from the tea by winnowing together with tea dust imported from India and ceyioh hydraulicaly pressed into bricks.
 An authority on China tea, II. T.. Wade says 'rhe fragrance or all scented tea is not natural, but linpaftea bv firing the leaf with. a sort of jasmine f,ower called bv Chinese "mok-lee." In inferior teas the scenting flower is strewn ever the top of the tea when packed and removed after a day or two floWery pekos are white. velVety tipped teas with no fragrance and are unfermented. These teas are made only from the youngest buds of young leaves in the Paeklum, Chincwo and Panyong districts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
What Are Cork Legs?

From the New York sun.
 One often meets with a description, especiallv in some of the older novels, of men with cork legs, and upon read. ing the graphic accounts of some oi these old sea dogs, for most or mem were sailors. one would naturallV tnihh 1hey had artificial legs made of cork.
 p,,t artificial legs are never made oi cork They do not get their name from the material of which. but from the place at which, they were made. Ihis was not the city of Cork in Ireland but Cork street, off Piccadilly, In Lon don. which was the headquarters TOT the artificial limb trade in the old oays just as certain streets are known aS the locality for certain whoiesaie pus 4nesses in our big cities today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14

make every effort to get them, the range of the species Is restricted to just what 1t was before. In this way many of our states have lost new citizens of the bird family and additional warriors in the fight against insect pests
 Our wild birds discover new articles o1 diet every year. New England has been overrun by gypsy moths. Massachusetts alone has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting these destroyers of fruit trees. Being creatures of habit the wood peckers and other birds which had never seen these moths before left the nests un- disturbed for several seasons. But super induced by hunger some. after first peck ing at the nests and scattering the eggs, sampled them. Now they eat them clean and observers expect that other kinds of birds will follow suit and thus give one proof of the value of song birds to man. kind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14

those times, and said that l ought to have an operation. I would not listen to that, and when friend of my husbands told him about Lydia E. Pinkham Veg etable Compound and what it had done for his wife, I was willing to take it. Now look the picture of health and feel like it, too. 1 can do all my own house. work, work in the garden and entertain company and enjoy them, and can walk as far as any ordinary woman, any day in the week. Iwish could talk to every suffering woman and girl, and tell them what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me. Mrs. DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
 Remember, the remedy which did this was Lydia E. PinlSham's Vegetable Compound.
 It has helped thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, alteration, tumors, irreg- ularities. periodic pains, backache, that bearing down feeling, indigestion, and nervous prostration, after all other means have failed. Why don't you try it7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14

per 100 francs for ordinary terriers to E francs or 20 francs for spanes, Pekinese, Pomeranians, Japanese and other fragile breeds. s'
 In the case of bitches special policies are issued to cover pupping risks. The company pays the whole of tue sum as- sured in case of death resulting from an accident at any time, counting from the
 day he insurance is effected, or from dis
 ease or pupping if the dog or bitch has been insured for not less than three months. Should death occur from either
 of the latter causes within three months of the date of the insurance two-thirds
 of the sum assured is payable. Dogs can be specially insured also against the risks and consequences of accidents during ex- hibitions.
 Naturally" added 1fr Vinju. I've send veterinary surgeon to examine ev- cry dog proposed for insurance, and the sum assured must noc exceed the real value of the animal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
Town Run by Women

From the Indianapolis News.
 F'rosay, a small town half way be- tween Paris and Amens, in France,
 is said to be the only civilized com munity in which the municipal affairs are entirely i'll the hands of women.
 The mayor is a woman. and so is the
 superintendent of the railway station,
 the switchman, the mail carrier and the town barber.
 Mme I.eseboro Is the telegraph mes senger and Mme. Druhou Marchardin is the drummer whose duty it is to an nounce each proclamation of the mayor
 Mine. Druhou Marchardin is described as an octogenarian who has held hei post through wind and rain for upward of 20 years. The letter carriers. Mime Doubour, has held her office Tor more than 10 years and goes about with hei letters regardless of the weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
X Good Defense

From the Kansas City Journal.
 This story is going the rounds of Kan sas newspapers:
 Little Bill skipped off to school the other day before his mother had a chance to wash his face. The teacher sent him to the basement to scrub up, but the janitor had failed to leave a towel within reach. Bill went up to the schoolroosn, however. with the lower part of his face reasonably clean; the upper part streaked and grimy. Why. Willie the teacher said, how does this happen that the lower part of your face is nice and clean while the rest of it is so dirty?"
 ' We'll said Bill. they wasn't any towel there, an that's high as my shirt would reach.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
SEVEN YEARS "
 OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
 ble Compound.
Sikeston, Mo. =" For seven years I suffered everything. l was in bed for

four or five days at a time every month,
 and so weak 1 could hardly walk. I had cramps, b ok a c h e and headache, an d was so nervous and weak that 1 dreaded to see anyone e or have anyone move in the room. The doc- tors gave me medi- cine to ease me at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
What's fin a Name?

The stock company was playing The Man on the Box
 Let's take it in, the drummer sug- gested to one of his best customers.
 whats it all about?" asked the cus- toner.
 I'm not sure" the drummer replied but from the name presume that it has something to do with a socialist orator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14

fCEfSNs the Twenty-first Avenue Methodist church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 9 o'clock with Mrs. J. D. Smiley, 2So4 Twentieth avenue. north.
 A barbecue will be given by the Nor wood Methodist church on the church grounds Saturday, July 26. Dinner and supper will be served and a delicious menu is promised
 Mrs. Paul Calame and little daughter. Gabrielle, left yesterday to visit her son, Mr Paul E. Calame, in Holly Springs, Miss. They will later visit relatives in St. Louis and Chicago.
 Mrs Joseph E. Landau has returned from an extended easteu trip.
 Dr. G. H. Means will spend his vaca- ton in Kentucky. He will remain until September i and his pulpit will be filled by Rev. H. Whitehead and Rev. w. A Gilbert during his absence.
 Misses Jean and Tiberi Williams will leave today for Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Nigara Falls and other eastern points 10 be gone about six weeks.
 Miss Pauline Garrard has returned from Panama City Fla, where she was a member of a camping party for several weeks Before leaving Alabama she was the guest of Mrs. J. E. James in Enter prise.
 Mrs. J. Mercer Barnett is viting her parents, MT. and Mrs. Loftus Cuddy in Cleveland Ohio. She will spend the re- mainder of the summer in the White mountains.
 MT. Louis c. Chisholm of Chicago will arrive tomorrow to spend two weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
Society
fcontinued From Page Twenty-six)

who is always eharmingly received in Birmingham, was the especial guest at a little dinner at the Country club given last night by MT Morris Bush In the party were MT Bush Miss Johnson, Miss Emee McCrossin, MT. Will Dunn, MT. Joseph Mudd and Mr Val kolb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14

as the guest of his mother, Mrs. c. Chi holm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Woman's Missionary society of the Twenty-first Avenue Methodist church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 9 o'clock with Mrs. J. D. Smiley, 2So4 Twentieth avenue. north.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01
Topshan GRANGE.

Topsham Grange met with a good
attendance Saturday night, Jan. p,
when the third and fourth degrees
We're conferred. The work was done
very gracefully and impressively by
Mrs. Kate Ellis, of Fairfield, State
Deputy, after which supper was serV-
ed. The supper committee were Mr..
and Mrs. f. c. Patten and Mr.. and
Mrs James Tarr. The walters and
mattresses were Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip
Alexander. Leon Rowland and Flor
ence TAR, Bernard Cromwell and Jes-
sic Tarr Topsham Grange expects
to have a literary contest which will
begin in about two weeks. George
Wright, captain of one side and Ad-
die Alexander captain of the other.
Mr.. and Mrs John Cone and Rev. e.
B. Tetley acting as Judges.
Sagadahoc Pomona meets with Di-
rigo Grange, Brunswick, Wednesday,
Jan. 81. 4 number of Topslam people
are planning to go.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01
WomAN,s ASSOCIATION
Makes Public Announcement
Opening of Rest Rooms.

The Augusta Womans Association
is pleased to announce to the public
that the Rest Rooms are now open
for their patronage.
The rooms are pleasantly located, up
one flight, in the North Block, POI Wa
ter street. open rom 8 a. NJ. until .
+. NJ. fer BENEFIT OF all women belong
ing in this city or any Other city, town
or country. Res; and reading free to
all: light lunches served 1T low rates;
packaees left at ovner's lisE or check
ed for small fee. The mems con-
tain COSY. comfortable furniture and
the luxury Of piano, The food sold
is horne cooked A Womans exchange
is connected with the rooms, where
home mace articles are sold for a
slight compassion Already.S through
these rooms tie stranger coming to the
city for work has found employment.
The association urges all to help the
good work along. a work for the tenn
poral social, moral and spiritual well
fare of ali.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01
ANU SEM ENTS.
"Mutt and jeff" Feb. 8.

A few years ago there We're many
plays before the public which could
be properly construed as Objectionable
TO certain creeds or nationalities.
While absolutely no offence was IN
tended, the exaggerated characters
were planned for laughing purposes
only and serious objection TO them
was really unnecessary presumption.
1t is not likely that the nationality TO
which Mutt and Jeff" belong will i'm
pose any objection to the charactaFiza-
ton. @ehe Land of Make-Believe3 will
not agitate any protest. ANY living
man who feels that Mutt and jeff"
are intended as an insult to him per-
sonaiiy, may lay his claim before Mr..
Gus Hill and if his appearance proves
the fact that either Mutt or 'jetfV
are an exaggeration of his particular
personality, he will be offered con-
tract at a good salary to pla% either
one Of the parts to which his natural
makeup entitled him.
Mutt and jeff q musical comedy
built around the famous Brain Sterm''
conceived by Bud Fisher, the clever
artist of the New York American
comes direct from its long run in Chi-
cago. Boston and New York and Will
make its first appearance in this city
at the opera house on Feb. s. \ com
pany of more than half a hundred
famous singers and dancers will ngure
in Tie production, which has already
leen pronounced the most notable
presentation of the current season
fir. Hill promises that the play WIN
realize the expectations of the thou-
sands Of readers of newspapers az
over the country, who have become
admirers of Fishers peculiar breed
Of comedy. No expense has been
spared to make it a great big sReetaeu-
lar attraction that will live years IN
Vulnerable and lasting pleasure TO
the little folks as well as the grown
ups.
Prices, 80. so, rs. $1.oo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01
REMARKABLY QUICK HITCH
Made by Department in Responding to
Grove Street Fire.

The Augusta fire department made
one Of the quickest bitches that it has
ever made in responding To the alarm
from Box 81 at 249 A. M, Wednesday.
The horses at the Cushnoc engine
house were harnessed before the in
dicator showed the on 81 and before
the last round of the alarm had fin
ished the department was at the house,
9 Grove street, and had chemical and
one line of hose on the fire
The damage to the woodwork of the
house was about SIS and was covered
by a policy in the c. f. Downing
agency. 1t is understood that the fur
niture loss to both occupants of the
house by fire and smoke will not
amount to more than 500. Mrs. Annie
Lara, who occupied the upper floor
had her furniture insured in the agency
of Macomber, Farr & Written.
The fire originated in the basement,
1t is believed, in some rubbish near
preserve closet. The fire damage was
confined to the woodwork in the base
ment and the hallway on the Grove
street floor. But little water was used
| in extinguishing the fire, practically
all of the work being done with the
| chemical
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01

1t appeals to his pride THAT he should
be of sufficient moment to have a call
TO Washington. while the battle RACES.
1t gives him little more prominence.
perhaps. in his own neighborhood and
the people who go down to see the
trains come in stand around and note
the fact that he is on the way down
TO Washington to help the big and
wise ones at their job of picking out Il
President for the next four years.
Then what a lot these little king
makers have 10 tell their friends on
returning. They can not tell il all,
oh, dear. no. Some things We're said
in strict confidence and are not to be
divulged. But enough is said to stir
the boys to take off their coats and
go to work for the candidate. 1t is a
rare proceeding. There is really no
harm in it ali and much good. Inter
est in affairs is stimulated and that
alone is worth while.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01
Rockemeka GRANGE.

RockemelSa Grange, Peru, held it's
regular meeting Saturday, Jan. p,
with fair attendance. 1t was an al!
dav session. The forenoon was devoted
To routine work and the installing of
the Worthy Overseer, w. II. Cox. and
Worthy Pomona, Amanda Trask.
The dinner was in charge of Mr.. and
Mrs. Haines and Mrs. Wood assisted
by other members. In the afternoon
the worthy lecturer presented the fol-
lowing program: Reading, May Robin
son, stories, Clarence Robinson, Maria
Stillman. H. +. Stillman and others;
readings, Lizzie Bent. Mabelle Rob
inson; question, (Which pays better,
the large farm or the small one open
ed by l.. +. Irish who spoke in favor
of the large farm. Quite Il lengthy
discussion followed, nearly every bro
ther taking part: readings. Miss 1della
Gray. Mrs. Trask then opened the
question OF keeping hens for profit,
which brought out many ideas OF in
tcrest from members. George Porter
said his hens We're doing we'll that is
they were all alive and healthy, but
he failed to get many eggs. Readings
and conundrums, Mrs. Mary Irish. So
cial dance in the evening which was
largely attended and fine time COT
fee. cookies and doughnuts, We're serV-
Cd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01
Canton Grange.

Canton Grange hold its regular
meeting Saturday, Jan. q, with a
good attendance and nearly all of the
new officers in attendance. Two APP
plications for membership received and
referred to the committee to make the
usual inquiries The worthy master
appointed John Briggs, c. E. Lane
and c. T.. Bonney to revise the by
laws. Question: (Which affords tho
largest income from the amount of la
Dor required to make and sell, butter
or cheese" Opened by Mrs. c. w.
Walker, followed by several of the sis
ters: music, ladies Quartette. After
noon session: Music, choir; reading,
Mrs. Helen Eastman; piano solo, Hell
en- Daley; piano solo, Albert Sampson,
visiting member from Turner
Grange; vocal solo, Eleanor West
gate; recitation, Mrs. II. NJ. Tucker;
piano solo, Mabel Enslin; remarks for
the good of the order. Rev. F. II. En-
slim Question, (which are the most
Interested in the Grange, the men or
women" Opened by Mrs. Martha
Childs. followed by the members as
called upon; music, choir; remarks
worthy master; pianist for the day,
Marguerite Hollis; dining room com
mittee, Mr.. and Mrs A. FL. Adams,
Mr.. and Mrs. 1. l.. Harmon, jennie
Adams.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01
VIII Entertain Pomona.

Penobscot View Grange. Glencove,
will entertain LIMERICK Valley, Pomo-
ma Grange, Thursday, Feb. 1st at l3o
p NJ, following is the program; Sing
ing by the choir; address of welcome,
Mrs. Olive Sylvester; response, X. ).
Thorndike; piano solo, Mrs. w. w.
Smith; reading, Mrs. Mary Putnam
vocal duet, Misses Leyensaler and
Frost; piano solo, Mrs. Charles Watts
reading, Mrs. Jones; song, W. W.
Smith; piano solo, Miss Jennie Put
nam; reading, Mrs Fl. C. Small; song,
Harry Humphrey; reading, Mrs. X
Snow; piano solo, Miss Ethel Black
ington; song, Victoria Coombs; ques-
ton: Resolved. That John ID. Rookie
Teller, Andrew Carnegie and ). 4
Morgan have been benefit to the
Country-affirma Mrs. Parks Bu'
ker, Ethan Rowell. Mrs. r.. S. Thorn
dixie and Mr. Kidder; negative, George
Nash, Mrs. A. s. Bartlett, FL. n. Bra
zier and Miss Nettie Greene.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-01
Union GRANGE.

At the regular meeting of Union
Grange. East Sumner, held Jan. q, the
officers We're ably installed by past
master. /. II. Bisbee, assisted by c. II.
Bonney and Ella Bonney. Horace and
Annie Crockett. The first and second
degrees were conferred on two eandi-
dates, Abbie Haskell and Ernest Stet-
son. The officers of the Woman's
Work are: President, Nellie Bisbee;
vice president. Georgia Bell; secretary,
Tinnie Heald treasurer. Rebeeca
Russell The officers of the Grange
are as follows Master. G. A. Chand-
Ter; overseer. o. l.. Varney: lecturer,
Blanche Bonncy: chaplain. Ezra
Keene; steward, Henry Cobb; assist
ant steward, james Head; gate-keep-
or, Fred Stetson; secretary, Ida Bon
ney; treasurer, b. f. Glover. Pomo-
ma, Esther Eastman; Ceres, Helen
Chandler: Flora, Mabel Cobb; lady
assistant steward. Tinnie Head; i:hra-
rian, Stella Robinson.