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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
A Family of Chins.

Her eldest daughter already had one
double chin, and the little girl. who was
quite puffy in appearance. had already
a good sized dent under he chin, which
is the first promise of what is to be
My eyes were riveted on that fat
lady, who. by the way. was encased in
the most expensive of lingerie dresses.
1t must have taken terrible tug to get
her into it, but probably the fat chill
dren helped As | sat there Worrying
myself sick like that, l suddenly came
to the conclusion that the two girls
were what the boys call "chumps''
There they sat next to mamma. with
her terrible example always before
them. Probably when she's a. home
she gloans and grunts and has heat
prostration in the summertime. and
nervous chilis in the winter. and he4ves
when she goes upstairs, and comes
down as if an invisible derrick was
slowly aiding her to descend; yet these
girls have not the sense to say. I'VE
won't be like mamma
If / were one of those girls I'd make
up my mind to avoid fat, if l had to be
as heroic as Joan of Are. or a lady
aviator.s | would not eat fat building
things. | wouldn't drink water with
my meals. and I'd give up potatoes and
bread and beans and peas and corn and
starchy buildings, and eating meats
more than once a day.
You see. I know all about it, for /
will never, never be fat. | weigh my
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
One Remedy.

When l find l am gaining more than a
pound or two in a year | rush to the
Turkish bath to melt myself down, and
that is where you see the most ridicu-
lous display of feminine Inconsistency.
A woman will spend two dollars for her
bath and massage She will stand he
roic pummeing, and stay in the hot box
until she is almost parDoiled, then she'll
come out and have herself weighed, say
to the patient attendant Lizzie isn't
it grand? I've lost three quarters of
pound. on, dear, | do feel so faint,
though. Just be a good girl and order
me a nice little snack Of something to
eat-let me see, this is the day they
have spare ribs at the restaurant; of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
GETTING MORE FOOD VALUE
FOR LESS MONEY.

When you consider the high food
value of Faust Spaghetti and the
delicious dishes it makes, the cost
seems ridiculously low. Don t you
think you should serve it much
more often? It will mean a con-
siderable saving in your house
hold expenses and a sure delight
to your family.
Faust Spaghetti is made from Amer
lean Durum wheat by Americans, in a
clean American factory. We seal il up
IN dust, dirt and damp proof packages
to keep 1t clean and wholesome until liz
reaches you. Your grocer sells Faust
Spaghetti in &c and loo packages
MAULL BROS,
ST. Louis, Mo.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
AND SHE WAS RIGHT, roo.

Two ladies, while taking their, nnorn~
ing walk, were met by an OLD gypsy
woman. who said:
Pretty ladies, I win show you your
future husbands faces in a bucket OF
water for the small sum OF one shfn 4
ing"
The ladies' at once gave thesol6 wons~
an the shilling and went into a room
and looked anxiously into the buoketoA
water, but only saw their own refiec-
tons
I'VE only see our own faces" @said
the ladies.
well, they will be your h0sbanAss
when you are married." was the cool
reply.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10

one day of the wonderful cures made by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and decided to try it, and it has
made me well woman. My neighoors
and friends declare it has worked a mir
acle for me. Lydia f. Pinkham' Vege-
table Compound is worth its weight in
gold for women during this perod of life.
II 1t will help others you may publish my
letter. Mrs. MARION SWEET GREA-
TON, No. l Jefferson St., Natick, Mass.
Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
That there is no other remedy known to
SO successfully carry women through
TINS trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham 9
vegetable Compound.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. conf
0entiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
DE opened, read and answered by a
"OiAan and held in strict confidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
:: Beauty Secrets Of Footlight Favorites ::
AdUuv TO the Woman Who l. Fa
BY FLORENCE GARDNER.
TINE nightmare or my life is the
dread of getting fat.

TINE nightmare or my life is the
dread of getting fat
Oh, yes, thanks. l know I'm
quite thin now, but the fear of becom-
ing fat and falling in large pillows over
myself must have begun in my cradle
days, for. don't remember a time when
didn't think the worst kind of punish
ment in the world would be to weigh
$50 pounds
I've put the weight up to 200 now, be-
cause l know there are lots of women
who weigh $50 pounds and look all
right. But | hope the time will never
come when l weigh more than 1870.
There's nothing about reducing
weight that l don't know I've studied
the question as seriously as if | were
training for the human skeleton at the
circus, and I've never let any suggeS-
ton as to how to get thin escape me. l
have a whole scrap book on the subject.
l know that | don't need to take my
| am preparing TO reduce a double chin
long before I've got one, and to deduct
pounds from my weight while l am still
in the thin category.
Just this afternoon | rode in Fifth
avenue bus with one of those women
whom fear to resemble some day She
was not very tall-about my height. and
| don't think she was very old. either.
though that is one thing you can never
tell about fat people. When they are
all pulled out they have neither lines
nor EXPRESSION to their face, so that
they look p or 45, and all the years in
between.
Well, this women had two daughters,
who sat beside her One was evidently
fourteen and the other was eighteen.
and both We're beginning to resemble
mamma. Mamma sa, IN her seat like
an enormous feather bed tied in the
middle, With a pair of fancy yellow
shoes attached to one end. The shoes
dangled about two inches above the
floor. and | am perfectly certain that
mamma had not seen them for several
years. and probably had said good bye
to her waist line before she was TWEEN
ty She had five double chins-I count
ed them-and her necklace. at least the
font part OF it, was completely hidden
from view by the large fold of flesh
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Do You Know

DR.. Alexi Carrel a young French
scientist now connected with the
Rockefeller institute of New York, has
just demonstrated thai the heart can
exist and develop without the body.
His 'mos' recent experiments were
made with chickens hearts. and in
one. case ne succeeded in maintaining
such heart alive-and beating nor
mally-for more than three months.
Cape Town newspapers state that
the latest thing in the sartorial line
is trousers for oxen. This method of
clothing beasts of burden is. not due
to any accession Of style in South
Africa. the garments having become
a necessity to protect the animals from
the tsetse flies. which are a torment
and often a fatal enemy
\ bathing bicycle for life saving,
which has attracted attention al New
Brighton, lies fiat in the water and is
worked by pedals which operate the
propeller. The apparatus, which OBJ
tains good speed, is unsinka bic.
Travelling postoffices have proved a
great success in Canada, where they
go round from farm to farm, prepared
to sell stamps, register letters. or issue
postal and money orders
Bismuth and nickel-s steel both have
the curious property of expanding
when they cool instead Of contracting,
like other metals
In India the natives, when brewing
tea frequently use silver bail filed
with the leaves through which the boil
ing water may flow
All blood cells of a human being
have their origin in the red marrow Of
the bones, whence they make their way
into general circulation
Four adjoining municipalities in the
French district of Dion each have one
of four brothers as mayor
The average annual output of the
void in rubber Is 10000 tons
Italy's income from foreign visitors
is reckoned at $4,000, 0O0 year,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10

self once a week. even in summertime,
ing. l think dancing is an excellent way
to reduce, especially II you take very
little liquid refreshments but you can't
ask fat people to. dance. In the first
place they look funny when they're
try ing, and then they are also lazy,
they don't like to exert themselves.
OF course, people get fat because they
are lazy and even all the methods
know about won't help you reduce UNI
less you are very determined and Sc
we're with yourself.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Initials Only" y By Anna katherine Green
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times

Yes, | did. | had forgotten it. but |
remember now" And the glance she cast
him, while not meeting his eye, showed
that she understood the Importance of the
admission. 81 know" she said what
you are going to ask me now Did
feel anything there but the flowers and
tulle? No. MIR. Gryce. I did not There
was no poniard in the wound
Mr.. Gryce felt around found a chair
and sank into It,
You are a truthful woman" said he
"And,' he added more slowly. com
posed enough in character ! should Judge
not to have made any mistake on this
very vital point"
Il think so, Mr.. Gryce. | was in a state
Of excitement of course; but the woman
was stranger to me. and my feelings
were not unduly agitated."
'SWeetwater. We can let my suggestion
go in regard to those ten, minutes spoke
of The time is narrowed down to one
and in that one, Miss Clarke was the
only person to touch her"
The only one" echoed the lady. catch
ing perhaps the slight rising sound of
query in his voice
II will trouble you no further" So
! said the old detective. thoughtfully
'Sweetwater, help me out of this" His
eye was dull and his manner, betrayed
exhaustion. But yigor returned to him
before he had we'll reached the door, and
he showed some Of his old spirit as he
thanEed Miss Clarke and turned to take
the elevator.
But one possibility remains" lie con-
fided 10 Sweetwater, as they stood waiting
at The elevator door. Miss Challoner
died from stab. The next minute she
was in this lady's arms No weapon pro-
truded from the wound nor was anv
found on. or near her in the mezzanine.
| What follows? She struck the blow her
self, and the strength of purpose which
led her to do this gave .he" the additional
! force to pull the weapon cut and fling it
! from her. II did rot fall upcn the floor
around her; therefore, it flew through one
! of those opening into the lobby. and there
| 1t either viii be, or has been found.
| II VS. this statement, otherwise word
ed, which gave me my triumph over
George.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Parents and Home Last.

obligations to her parents and her
home come the last in her little world
who places the friends met away from
home above those she left there; who
sights the love of those who have
done the most for her for the attention
of those who would do the least.
l refer to the girl who contrasts the
| fattery of her friends with the kindly
criticism Of her parents and counts the
former as Of greater value.
If Emerson is right, and his admirers
say he is never wrong, there are many
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10

of life before | tried
Lydia E. Pinkham g
V e G e t a bl e Com
pound. / was in such
9 nervous condition
l could not keep still.
My limbs were cold,
| had creepy sensa-
tons, and l could not
sleep nights. l was
finally told by two
physicians thatI also
had q t11mor 7 read
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Eczema and Ringworm Cured.

for eczema. 1t is a fragrant. soothing,
healing antiseptic. which never fails. 1t
IS equally effective in the cure of ring
worm and all other violent skin and scalp
diseases. Ask your druggist for Tetterine.
II he hasn't 1t, send SOC to the Shuptrine
Co, Savannah. Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10


stone quarries; and every man is a
quotation from all his ancestors
| Emerson
would like to have my girls read
that carefully, and then consider it.
If every one of you is a quotation
from all your ancestors. what is it you
| say?
If a girl is flppant, does she realize
that her flippancy makes others wonder
what kind of a mother she has?
If she is careless in attire and has
loose strings hanging where strings
should not be, does she think that she
is a quotation from her ancestors. a
quotation that tells the world her
mother is a very untidy woman?
! If she is loud in dress and boisterous
in speech, does she know that she is a
quotation that says her mother talks
always in a shrill scream?
If Emerson is right, and It is hoped.
for the sake OF many mothers, that he
isn't, many girls are quotations that
arouse no interest to learn more of the
| book.
| l refer to the girl who laughs in a
shrill calliope screech.
| l refer to the girl with buttons off,
and a collar that is soiled.
| refer to the girl who regards a
quick impudence as brilliant repartee,
and who would not refrain from say
ing a witty thing because it might
hurt some one, but would, rather, say
| it the quicker
| l refer to the girl who uses slang
herself, and regards slang talk in a
young man as the height of brilliant
conversation.
| | refer to the girl who parades her
| beau" in her talk with other girls as
though he were a paragon of all vIr-
tues. and she the most irresistible of
her sex to secure him.
refer to the girl who tells her Sc
,crets to other girls, and never confides
in her mother
refer to the girl who demands one
standard of behavior for her brother,
and is lax in the standard by which
she measures the young man who
courts her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
Up-to-Date Jokes

1t was Sunday afternoon, and the
curate, calling Unexpectedly to visit a
member of his flock, found him out-in
two senses.
The gentlemans young son came to
the door and announced his fathers
absence Hes gone to the golf club,
said he. casually, and then. reading,
perhaps. some shade of disapproval in
the parsons eyes, he eXtenuated thus:
He's not gone to play golf, you know,
not on a Sunday; only to drink beer
and have game Of cards"
Having thus cleared his fathers
character. he shut the door on the
dumfounded cleric.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10

This Institute Treats Club Feet, Dis
eases of the Spine, Hip Joints, Paraly'
sis, etc. Send for illustrated catalog.
IL South Pryor Street. Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
MRS.GREATON'S
Awful.
EXPERIENCE:
During Change Of Life-How
Lydia E. Pinhhan's Vege-
table Compound Made
Her a Well Woman,

Natick, Mass. 81 cannot express
what | went through during the change
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10

Sitting on the beach, the little boy
watched a very fat hather disporting
herself in the surf He knew nothing
of tides, and he did not notice that each
succeeding wave came a little closer to
his feet At last an extra big wave
washed over his shoetops.
Please stop" he yelled to the fair,
fat bather. stop jumpin' up and down,
else you'H drown me-
The Shipwrecked Aeronaut-I sup
pose you farmers have plenty to d.
now?
The Farmer-Allus did. First, it was
them bicycles, then the motor cars got
to breakin' down, and now you afro
nutty fellers come 1oppin' down all
over the land Yes. ! hardly get time
to look after the crops.
Tommy I'm going to punish you
severely
What for par
Now. don't try that innocence game.
l know al the bad things you've done
today"
'"No, you don't, pa You don't know
hid the strap you lick me with"
why should | be placed under the
lash like this because my name is fairly
We'll known asked a prominent man
who was undergoing a stiff cross-ex-
animation
because rotorted the counsel "a
men who is in the public eye must all
ways be under the lash"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
What Do You Say?
BY Beatrice Fa1,1ax

book is a quotation: and
every house is quotation out
Of all forests and mines and
stone quarries; and every man is a
quotation from all his ancestors
Emerson
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-12
RAIN SAVES LOSS FROM FIRE.
Jackson County Escapes Without
Damage This Year.

Medford, Ore, Sept S.-Favorable
climatic conditions and efficient fire
protection have saved Jackson coun-
ty more than a million dollars this
year.
According to NJ. l.. Erickson, SUI
pervisor of the forest service, there
will be no more forest fires in 1912,
the recent rains having eliminated
the possibility, and the season of
1912 will establish a record in the
history of forest fires in southern
Oregon.
Not cent has been lost this year
in forest fires" said Supervisor
Erickson, whereas two years ago
the loss in burned timber alone was
a million dollars and the expense of
fire fighting ran into the thousands.
Last year $4,000 probably covered
the losses. This year much rain
and so fire-fighters in the county
putting out incipient blazes during
the summer have eliminated our
losses entirely. Southern Oregon is
to be congratulated"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-12
MAKE ROAD OF COMMERCIAL VALUE
MOUNT ASHLAND ROAD SHOULD TAP HUNGRY CREEK AND OTHER
MINING DISTRICTS TRIBUTARY TO ASHLAND

j. L. Corbett returned Monday
night from the Hungry creek mining
district, where he purchased a quartz
mine month or so ago. Mr.. Cor
bett is enthusiastic over the outlook
in that district and will meet a gem
tleman from New York next week
and join in a visit to the district.
This gentleman had been consider
ing the purchase of the Corbett prop
erty before its purchase by Mr.. Cor
bett and came on to buy it when he
found that it had changed hands.
Mr.. Corbett, in speaking of the
district, expressed the opinion very
forcibly that the road to Ashland
Butte should be constructed with a
view to tapping that district, which
is as near to Ashland as any railroad
point, and would, he believes, turn
many hundreds of dollars worth of
trade that now goes to Hornbrook or
Hit to this place. The road, he says,
to reach the camp successfully,
should leave Ashland Butte to the
right, passing on the east side of the
mountain. He is strongly of the
opinion that the business men of
Ahland could well afford to pay at
least one-fourth if not more of the
expense of the road from the point
where 1t would leave the Mt. Ash
land road. He says the people of
Ashland have no conception of the
amount of mining being done within
20 miles of Ashland, because of the
fact that the supplies are all taken
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-12
WIFE OF BANDIT IN HIDING.
Mrs. LOunsber1y and Children Fail
to Reach MedfOrd.

Where is Mrs. Wells Lounsberry
and her two children? This is the
question that friends of the wife of
the confessed bandit are asking.
She is known to have left Topeka
Tuesday, September 3, and was eX-
pected to arrive here last Saturday
A. E. Strattin, a close friend and
neighbor, met every train that day
at Central Point and has been meet
ing the trains daily ever since, but
without result
1t was supposed that Mrs, Louns-
berry was hurrying to Medford to
look after the ranch and readjust
money matters. Things were drop
ped where they happened to be when
the news oil the tragedy was re-
ceived. The peach crop was ready
for harvest and there were three
horses, two heifers and chickens and
turkeys on the place.
Central Point merchants to whom
Lounsberry owed money have taken
all the livestock, with the exception
of the chickens, and but for the vol
untary watchfulness of neighbors
probably the house and fixtures
would have been carried away.
Neighbors have fed the chickens.
Although the close friends of the
Lounsberrys are still loyal to Mrs.
Lounsberry and believe Mr. Louns-
berry to have been temporarily in
sane when he held up the Union Pa
cific mail train near Topeka a few
weeks ago, the prolonged absence of
the wife of the orchardist-band is
Strengthening the suspicion that she
had some connection with the hold
up proclivities of her husband and
has concluded to keep in hiding un-
til the trouble has blown over.
On the other hand, there are many
who declare that Mrs. Lounsberry's
physical condition was such that she
probably has been forced to stop off
on the way and received medical at
tention. She had suffered from
heart disease for some time and the
shock of the disclosure and conse-
quent publicity was very hard on her
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-12
HOLD UP S. p. TRAIN.
Mexican Rebels Destroy Cars and
Search Train for Guns.

Nogales, Sept. 1.-THE Southern
Pacific passenger train leaving here
for the west coast at 1 L this morning
was held up by rebels under Emilio
Campo, at Quijano, 80 miles south,
and partly destroyed. They fired
shots at the engine, halting the train.
Campo boarded and deferentially eX-
planned to the passengers that they
would not be molested and that he
merely wanted all the arms and am
munition. He took all arms and
cartridges and compelled the train
to run to Agurazarca, where there is
bridge. Here the baggage and
second class cars were placed on the
bridge and fired. Only the first class
coach and sleeper escaped destruc-
ton. Six of the crew escaped and
arrived here on a handcar. A switch
engine was dispatched for the pas
sengers. All the baggage of the pas
sengers was burned. Campo told the
crew he intended to continue south
to take possession of Hermosillo, the
capital of Sonora, September 16,
Mexican independence day. He no.
titled the S. p. officials ne would
burn every bridge, station and equip
ment unless the company quit trans
porting federals.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-12
MAKING READY
FOR THE FAIR
PREPARATIONS FOR THE EVENT
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY.
REDUCED RAILROAD FARE SURE
Ice Plant VIII Furnish Cold Storage
for Fruit and Vegetables for Exhi-
bitiOn at the Fair, Without Charg-
ing for the Same.

With the advent of fine weather
further preliminaries are being at
tended to in regard to the approach
ing fair at Ashland, September 25-
28. The display advertising matter
has been received and is being post
ed not only here but throughout the
county. On Monday of this week Su-
perintendent Lowe left on tour of
inspection throughout several dis
tricts and will distribute advertising
matter, at the same time enter into
negotiations with exhibitors regard
ing displays.
Friday, September 27, has been
designated as Grants Pass Day, and
the management will have something
extra to offer on that date in the way
of attractions, notably a number of
exhibits from the Grangers' Fair
which is to occur at Grants Pass
just previous to the district event
here.
There will be a fare of one and a
third for round trip on the Southern
Pacific, with minimum rate of so
cents for adults and % cents for chill
dren, Glendale to Ashland, including
4hhOl POlhiS, tiChCNo W Oll
sale September "a to 2S inclusive,
return limit September 80. This in
formation is given by communication
to the fair management from the
general passenger department.
AS soon as Superintendent Lowe
returns from his trip down the val
ley there will be a meeting of Off
cials to perfect further arrange
ments, adjust concession rates, etc.
Floor space at the Natatorium will
also be apportioned, as not only ex-
hibitors here but also Grants Pass
parties are desirous of knowing just
how much space is at their disposal
In the meantime, cold storage ia
cilities at the ice plant are at the
disposal of those wishing to store
fruits and vegetables. These exhib-
its can be left there, where receipts
will be given for the same. Those
leaving speciments as indicated will
please mark them.