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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

or careless, misstatement, and the injus- tice. Therefore men are a little less in- clined to shatter regulations with breath than are women who are, in many ways, by no means their moral interiors.
 In business transactions women who are regarded as morally superior display the inability to grasp the gravity of dishonest transactions which brought Ibsens hero inc, Nora Helmer, in "A Dolls House." to temporary grief and to ultimate higher morality. There are doubtless a great many women in dolls houses who not only sympathize with Nora in her for gery, as the whole audience does and is demanded to do, but who do not sympa- thize with the ''terrible old man of Nor way2 who sends Mrs Helmer awakened. away from, her dolls house Ibsen was anything but an advocate of the rights of women as understood by English sui fragettes who throw bricks-throwing them. by the way, into the windows of any body and everybody and making their militant demand for justice femininely illogical and inconsistent by displaying no sense of justice-but he demanded that woman be granted her right to be treat eu as Ine nentdl anu lIloIdl SQudl ol Tt is for mothers to awake, by slow and intense work, a conscious feeling of cul- ture and discipline" said the dramatst.
 But English suffragettes would probably resent-probably resent with bricks-the suggestion that if a moral uplift should result from granting their sex the fran chise 1t would be partly in the awaken ing of women, through their association with men in business and politics, to better understanding of the common nor ality that prevents an individual from stealing a book from a public library. It might, without too great a stretch of imagination, be argued that the advanced position of independence enjoyed by American women and their free associa- ton with men has already brought them to the moral level of the men in America. For proof witness the reports from our libaries that they are not as sex. book thieves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
"ARlIAGEDDON

From the Louisville Courier-JournaL
 In all litearture references to this name are based upon it's scriptural origin. and in all the scriptures it occurs but once about the middle of the sixteenth chap ter of the last book of the Bible. That the word occurs but onces narrcws the discussion of it's meaning.
 Since it belongs to prophecy, and emerses as the prophet unrolls the pano-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A woman can see through a brick wall more clearly than a man can through n veil
 For a man to make money is a lot of fun for the people with whom his family spend it.
 No matter how much humanity owes to it's ancestors, it is willing to owe great deal more to the grocer
 Even the baby would get headache to hear it's father try to explain q political question, if it would listen.
 The reason girl had such splendid time away on visit is that's the way she tells it when she gets back anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
NEW ZEALAND MUrTON-BIRD

|
 From Concerning the Mutton Bird" !" in the September Wide World Maga- zine
 Yearly. at the coming of spring, the i thousand coastal islands of New Zea- l land, more especially those lying to- ward the south, become the temporary homes of myrads of mutton birds, which pay us a visit for the nesting season. Out of the silenees of the great southern ocean come the birds. in vast armies. flying over the water, for the most part close in shore, the huge kfocks draw dark parallels of shadow
 across the seascape. The birds fly in separate bands, disciplined and massed into a serried whole-a continuous
 stream that passes between sea and sky. Each army shows a front of per length stretching away league after
 league into interminable distance.
 Stand on the brow of some coastal
 headland and watch the passage of
 one of these bird armies. It is a won
 derful sight. Far below one looks
 down on a heaving floor of close
 packed, undulating black backs, lit by myriad scintillations of white tipped wings. So close is the floor, so serried the ranks of the flyers, that the water beneath is hidden as with a carpet.
 | Hour after hour the passage of the
 army continues. from dawn till dark
 and far into the night. Tn the night the noise of countless beating wings
 that surges up over the cliffhead tells l that the army is still on the move, | till the whirr of wings and cries of the rearguard beating up the strag- gers grow faint in the distance, and | one realizes that at last the mighty lhost has passed on its way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

the present and future, and never in the past.
 The pavement in question is largely uxed in London and Paris, and it will no doubt answer all purposes in First avenue, Birmingham. It is better to line up behind London and Paris than behind Montgomery and Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
Dcmocrntlc Victory A..ured

'Humanly speaking. the depocrats are sure to win in November said Herman Schwartzmann of Philadelphia. 'I have seen various estimates ranging from 301 electoral votes to sS0 for Wilson.
 'Pennsylvania. the state in which l vote, will probably go for Roosevelt, but several states that are usually placed in the Roosevelt column will probably be carried by the democrats. West Vir- ginia is one of them. My information from West Virginia democrats is that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
THE s0NG-sTORY OF AUCAssIN AND
 NICOLETE

By Andrew Lang Who would list to the good lay Gladness of the captive gray? Iris how two young lovers met, Aucassin and Nicolete; Of the pains the lover b0fe And the sorrows he outwore. For the goodness and the grace. Of his love, so fair of face. Sweet the song, the story sweet, There is no man harkens it: No man living meath the sun, So outwearied. so foredone. Sick and woeful. worn and sad, But is healed. but is glad.
 Iris so sweet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Ed Howe says America has many however, fails to name one. He should take something for his case of chronic orouch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Kaiser Wilhelm is afflicted with rheu- matism, and the complaint hurts as much when you speak German as it does when you speak English.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

The whole world mourns the death Of Gen William Booth of the Salvation Army. The tributes paid to his memory would fill volumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Instead of contributing so much to the Mark Hanna party the Standard oil should make cut or two in the price of oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

The colonel opposed publicity of cam paign funds before the election of 1901. and eight years afterward he is still op- posed to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
REALLY ADVERSE.

In speaking of new play dramatic critic says the authors meaning was ex- pressed in sharply defined colors, like a pattern in jute rug" You are not to in- fer, however. that he thinks the play at all 'eonvincing.',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

The bull moosers are working the straw votes faithfully and the colonel is kept well abreast of Abou Ben Adhem, who led all the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Ohio will decide next Tuesday whether she is progressive or reactionary. She votes on Il constitutional propositions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

They are feeding Elberta peaches to the hogs in Oklahoma. and the consumer will get them in the form of ham sandwiches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
AN ALTRUIST.

AN ALTRUIST. He loved the world, Whose jests were grim; A fair return
 The world loved him. The fleeting years So soon forget: But his gentle fame Is remembered yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

There are 1,s46,925 women in this coun- try who can vote for President, and the evidence is that most of them intend to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

''Gyp the Blood is several times smarter than the detectives who think they are camping on his trail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

San Francisco treasures the pen that signed the Panama canal bill. It will be exhibited at tho Panama exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

T. R. was undoubtedly the most ex- pensive candidate De Standard oil evcl actively supported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
GIRLS AND CURLs

Their laughter and their gleaming curls We dearly like to note; Alas. there were no chorus girls When Shakespeare lived and wrote
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Their laughter and their dripping curls We dearly love to note; Alas, there were no bathing girls When Noah sailed his boat.
 Milwaukee Sentinel. Their laughter and their windblown curls Most always get our goat; We wonder if there'll be such girls When women get the vote?
 Houston Post. Their laughter and their golden eurls Enrapture ear and eye; We often wonder if these girls Know how to bake pie.
 Springfield Union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

The colonel and the governor are to fight 1t out. and the delapidated elephant is no longer in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

The bull moosers need protection from the Penrose dogs, who are tearing theY to pieces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Tell us where you got the coin in 1904 is now popular demand that will not down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

The Standard oil is not complaining that it's money in 1904 was wasted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Any Standard oil subscription that finds its way to young Hilles will be dis guised beyond recognition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

They count that day lost in New York whose declining sun does not shine on a new Becker deposit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Some fear that the modern Armaged- don is but plain old Waterloo,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Sunny Jim and young Hilles are the only two optimists left in the Taft re- publican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
BRYAN WORTH ABOUT saoo,o ,ooo

Detroit aldermen come cheaper than New York policemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

Do you think F'elice would travel all right in double harness?" That would depend on the cost of the harness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

THOSE SKIRTS. Patrice is fat
 And she's a sight Whene'er she wears A skirt that's tight.
 Birmingham Age-Herald, And sweet Bernice, Though she is thin, The skirt she wears Fits like her skin.
 Cincinnati Enquirer.
 WOE, They told him beers were higher, And he cheered-until, alas, He found they meant the price of beer, And not a higher glass.
 Milwaukee Sentinel IN A DRY TOWN. They told him beer was higher, He groaned, as oft before; Then took an elevator Up to the sixteenth floor.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
MORE EXACT.

A MODERN MAID. Prudence is a wise girl'' "Oh, I dare say she's over seven" "Umpfl If she were over seventy she couldn't know much more about some things than she knows now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29

A RARE BIRD. A man who s made A pile Of pelf And never talks About himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
A CANDIDATE FOR FAME

Deputy Sheriff Bill F'rizzle of Montgom- cry has gone to Baltimore after pris- oner There ought to be some excite- ment in Baltimore when Deputy Sheriff Bill Frizzle slaps that name of his down on a hotel register.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-29
WANTS FINE rRAppINGs.

Is remembered yet. WANTS FINE TRAPPINGs. Do you think Felice would travel all right in double harness?" That would depend on the cost of the harness"
 THE FELL RESULT. A poet smote
 His lofty brow
 And said. I'll write
 Some verses now" An editor
 Received the stuff And simply could
 Not swear enough. CARRYING THE MATTER roo FAR. There seems to be a great deal of ill feeling between the Twilchers and their ntxt-door neighbors, the Quinleys." Yes, indeed. Why, Mrs. Twileher gave her little boy a sound spanking simply because he caressed the Quinley cat"
 FRENcHY. I'm reading now
 A novel new;
 The hero says,
 Que voulez vous?" At intervals
 Cries "Voila!" too, But much prefers
 "Que voulez vous?'
 MORE EXACT. I'm afraid Jukes is a regular rounder." "Oh, no. Jukes is a very irregular rounder.'
 NOW, CHILDREN. Cartoonists draw Cannon, In s mouth cigar. But have other ways of
 Denoting T. R.
 TN give you two guesses
 Just like a good teacher, To tell me what's Teddy's Most prominent feacher."t Spelled thus for the sake of rhyme. See poetic license No. S97 364 245.
 A MODERN MAID. Prudence is a wise girl"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

lstry learned of typical experience
Of this kind--certainly most instruc-
tive which was recited by a lady
who, III the quest OF beauty, had
purchased and applied one OF these
lotions.
Her complexion having been
ruined thereby, she went to a pyhsi-
clan, who prescribed an iodide
ointment. In obedience TO his ill.,
structions, she used it before going
to bed. When she got up the next
morning, she found that her face
had turned literally as red as
boiled lobster-this being the effect
of a combination of the iodine in
the ointment with the mercury of
the lotion.
In despair she went to another
doctor, who gave her an ointment
that contained sulphur. When She
used this, it turned her face black,
so that she looked like a negress.
In the course Of time, with the
disappearance of the chemicals and
the natural replacement of the in
Jured skin by fresh tissue. thn
lady's complexion resumed its nor.
NAL and healthy appearance. But
she is not buying any more "heaDtv
lotions" V
Ever since "asellna appeared on
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02
10 Stop Fraudulent Beauty" Cosmetics

nearly all contain bichloride of mer-
cury-that is to say, corrosive sub
Innate. The typical notsrum of this
description consists of corrosive
sublimate dissolved in water and
glycerine and favored with tincture
OF benzoin,
1t goes without saying that such
mixture is extremely cheap. In
fact, it can be put up for almost
nothing at all, but it easily COM
mands a high price. Apparently
(say the Government eXpertsJ the
more absurd and extrayagant are
the claims made in behalf of a
beauty fake, the more readily it
sells.
One manufacturer, when asked
what was in" a cosmetic prepara-
ton that he sold, coolly replied:
There Is so per cent profit for me-
The fraudulent beauty lotions"
beautify by destroying the surface
layer of the skin with which they
come into contact That is to say,
the corrosive sublimate they con-
tain causes the outer scarf skin"
(epidermis) to peel off. thus bring
ing to view the lower layer of skin
(dermis) which Is smooth ant pink.
Incidentally, of course, it leaves
the skin very tender and sensitive
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02
BY Rene Bache.

VIE richardson Bill, now be-
fore a committee in Congress.
is aimed at fraudulent cos
metlcs. If, az is expected, it be-
comes law, 1t will drive all the
pretended face lotions" Skin
foods, and other such beauty fakes
out Of the market
Ahls Is matter of very great inn
portance, because up to the present
tlme there has been no restriction
whatever upon the sale of stuff of
the Kind, which find a market in
this country to the extent of many
millions of dollars yearly. Most of
1t is absolutely worthless, and much
OF 1t highly injurious and even dan
gerous-being calculated to destroy,
rather than to enhance, feminine
charms.
The Government would AVE at
tackled this swindling business long
ago, but for the fact that its hands
have been tied. For fraudulent cos
metics are not within the scope OF
the Pure Food and Drug Law,
simply for the reason that they can
not be classified as medicine in
proper sense of the term. If
woman seeks cosmetic to make her
more beautiful, it can hardly be said
that she is purchasing a medicine.
This situation OF affairs, however,
will be entirely changed by the
passage Of the Richardson bill; and
thereupon the Government will pro-
coed to make wholesale seizures Of
fraudulent beauty-making nostrums
OF all Misunderstanding its action in
some cases upon the false labelling
of the preparations in question. and
in others upon the fact that they
are worthless or worse. Already
the Bureau of Chemistry has made
fairly complete investigation OF
the whole subject, and has planned
its line of procedure.
The women In particular should
be glad of the protection which by
this means Is to be afforded them
against species Of fraud which,
not only cheats them out of their
money, but threatens to rob them OF
their good looks. Take for instance
most of the so-called face lotions"
which to-day are so widely adver-
tised and sold Most of these have
been analysed by the Bureau of
Chemistry, and it has found that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

an extremely cheap material, IN
disguise, for much money, with the
help of IL ,tisemen.s making false
and eXtravagant claims in regard to
the efficiency of the preparation as
a beauty maker.
The same thing has been largely
done with mutton tallow. And a
good deal of very expensive tooth.
powder is nothing more than a mix
ture of powdered soap and preci-
plated chalk, with little scent and
pink coloring to render it attractive.
ToothpoWder, it might be said, is
hardly to be classed as a cosmetic:
but 1t serves to illustrate the great
principle that underlies the manu-
facture of nearly all toilet prgparas
tons-the idea, that is to saw. or
selling mixture of cheap materials
at a high price.
A serious objection to vaseline ss
an unguent for use on the face is
that it is at least suspected to have
tendency to encourage the growth
OF halr where it is not wanted. This
is merely a suggestion which women
may consider it worth while to take
into view.
Even the colored population is not
overlooked by the manufacturers
though the nostrums sold for their
special use are most commonly for
taxing the kinks out of the hair
II seems awful funny TO me" said
negro maid to her mistress ono
uay, how you white ladies are al
ways tryin' to put kinks into your
mar, while We cullud folks are dom
our best to get EN- out
There is very wide and nrof.-
able sale for "anti-kinks." of which
mere are many brands on the mar
ket. One, recently analyzed nv tha
,f'reau ~ Chemistry. was founu -.
De mixture of cocoanu+ oil ana
crude vaseine, favored with oii of
oergamot Another was more
eiaooorate preparation. composed of
lard' Deeswax, camphor oil. beef
marrow and gum benzoin, Favored
win oils OF lemon, orange. cloves
ana lemon grass. Vet another was
ninety parts vaseline and ten PARTS
peer suet, with oil of bergamot for
naVorln6. All of them are sold with
fake before and after" pictures A.
Illustrating the marvellous effects thew
produce.
II the Richardson bill becomes -
law the Government officials win
make havoc on the fraudulent copo-
plexion and beauty business.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

the market az
a commercial
article, 1t has
been widely en-
ployed as a
basis for cos
metics. In itself
ii is harmless
and even bene-
fetal - barring
one rather seri-
Gus drawback
which Will pre-
sently be men
toned. But 1t
has been the
custom of man.
ufacturers of
nostruns to add
a little scent
a II d coloring
matter, and sell
it at fancy
prices u n d err
one trade name
or another--the
fraud in this
case consisting
In the sale Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02

deprived as II
is of the protec-
ton which ma
iure has pro-
vided for it.
Further appli-
cations of the
lotion dc more
damage, pro-
ducing irrita-
ton, roughness
and cracking Of
the skin. These
symptoms (for
lack of the out
err protective
coat are likely
to be followed
by germ infec-
ton, which re.
suits in a
breaking out"
or eruption of a
most disagree.
able and even
d / S tire s s i n z
character.
Recently the
Bureau ofChem.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-02
By Miss Edna Goodrich

face. What sort of heads were they? Loose and
empty, were they not? The admiration of these men
had its root not in the beauty on the women but in
their own vanity. These to be seen with
what they call "a locker They want other men
to envy them That which the poor beauty yearning
as all women do for sincere affection, mistook for
love for herself the self love of the foolish youth
or the vain old man. So surprised to hear
woman who had been enChantress of interna
uonal renown say: "In all my life / have never been
loved That which is the glory of every womans
lie, desired by her above all things else the love of
manly man, is generally denied the beauty
Middle Age g Grief, Old Age Tragedy.
Consider the marriages of great beauties Which
of them has been happy?- The genuinely happy mar
rage is generally unknown to them Their fault
you say! In part, perhaps, for while beauty NAV
not have been born selfish she NAV have oroyn ~
ezcla1ms What lovely little grill" helps foster self
lsnness ana concelt In her She is spoiled" when
she reaches the altar Of marriage. The arm On
which she leans as she leaves the altar is neither
strong nor trusty 1t cannot or does not rmide
character attainment. For this reason the saving
All beauties are spoiled" remains true while nnda~
kind, firm guidance they might become uon,on %.
rarest, finest characters. -
Certain sayings about beauties pass into proverbs
ana beauties hear them so often that they accent
theA as truth For instance, Beauty and brains
dc not go together This, heard so often disconraga
tnenl and hopeless OF living down this untrue savins
they cease to try. "''NS
And this brings to the greatest disadvar+auo
OF all the disadvantages of being beauty Becanse
OF poor training i'll youth beautiful girl tbnIs tbe
oelng beauty IS enough. She asks nothing No.
OF the gods Creatures gather about the candle az
OF her beauty They are moths but she rojt taine
them for men She does not need to put forth an
effort to attract There is need to cultiyate 10y
brain her character she thinks Evervtbi "1e nel
Gates that her beauty is enough. She wastes null
youth. ''t9s her
She lays up no riches of the charm Of q o,,...
mind and harmonious character. When nid11
age comes it finds her empty-hearted and arnnt
handed, often | grieve to say empty-handed Tbo.
deeper, richer charm which holds love to the and
never had That is the middle age is a erj ne
and old age tragedy, to beauty. e''eA'