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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

ploded young man who had accompanied
me on call to the house of the small girl
who furnished me with my second illustra-
ton I'D be tempted to use a stronger
word If you were a man That childs
mother and father think it's easier to let
the kid do as she pleases than check her
or jerk her up. I'll bet my mother would
have thrashed me If I'd ever behaved like
that-and I'd have jolly well deserved it,
tool l tell you, when l have children OF
my own"
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dren and direct them, but there Is some-
thing back of that for which we must turn
to the parents themselves. Why do they
permit their children the liberty and license
that brings them into condition where
they are constantly and unconsciously III
bred?
This is a query to which 1 would like re-
plies from any OF you who have theories
on the subject.
or course l have already heard some ex-
plantations given.
The parents are too darn lazy!" ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
German Fish Kartofel.

Will you please send me recipe for
German fish kartoffel-translated, fish po-
tatoes? Miss r.
Again I must appeal-and with sure ex-
pectation of prompt and satisfactory re-
sponse-to our German housfrauen.
know number of excellent and savory
dishes compounded of fish and potatoes
but / am not at all certain that any one of
them is the special preparation this corre-
spondent desires. Our German contingent
will be better Informed and will make no
mistake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

dience? I'd like to have an answer to this!
OF course am familiar with all the talk
had almost written twaddle-about break
ing ehilds spirit and repressing his indi-
viduaIty. Those who preach this doctrine
apparently lack the belief, which we who
have had children are not inclined to doubt,
In original sin. We may talk about an inno-
cent. pure little spirit, fresh from the hands
of God. and in way this is true and beauti-
full. On the other hand there is the corre-
spending truth. put into terse words by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Oliver Wendell Holmes, that man Is m
up Of shreds'and patches and misfit e
the start. The child's soul may q
straight from God; his body. and my
am inclined to think part of his spirit
WELL are inherited from his ancestry
he has their faults and temptations to e
from the outset.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

and then have chicken In some form with
a salad and sweet with your coffee Or
you may start with Little Neck clans, have
second course of broiled lobster with
Julienne potatoes and then planked fish
with the customary vegetable surround
ing and a salad. An elaborate sweet is out
of place at the close of fish dinner. Some
light fruit is better. or cheese and crackers
with the poffee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Making Peach Preserves.

. Having received many good things from
the Corner. venture to offer few helps
of my own. Now that peach time is here
let me tell you an easy way to make peach
preserves. Prepare your fruit. adding
sugar; then instead Of putting it on top Of
the stove place the fruit In the oven and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Canned String Beans.

Canned String Beans.
am a young married woman, keeping
house, and yet 1 don't know how to do
many things which 1 wish to have for
winter. Will you kindly tell me how to can
beans, corn, pumpkins, and okra? l am
especially anxious to have some of each
and can find no recipe for any Of them.
If you could know what help it would
be to me, am sure you would be glad to
assist me- MRS. M. c. NJ"
OF course I am delighted to give you all
the help In my power. When you have
mastered the principles of canning the way
is comparatively simple. The recipes for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Says Parents Are Too Lazy.
Perhaps you may think l have answered
the question with which I began this talk
why have the children and young people of
today such poor manners? l haye said, it
is true that it arises in large part from the
failure Of the parents to control the chill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

grateful to you for sending them Some
times when hear the talk of introducing
efficiency into the home l think that num-
bers of hard working housewives might
supply suggestions on efficiency to some of
the business men who pride themselves on
their methods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

have to stay my soul on the recolec.i IN
of such child en- as the little girl of whom
1 have just written and of a few others
like her. -.<
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interrupted him.
When you have children of your own
they'll be brought up as your wife thinks
best! +"
'' Great Scott l suppose they WILL" he
exclaimed. !" never thought of that! :"
And relapsed into silence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Rice mullins Ia leftoverl.
Fruit.
Iced tea
DINNER
Potato soup
Chicken pudding la leftoverl
Squash.
Green corn.
Peach batter pudding.
Coffee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Melons
Cereal and cream.
Bacon and fried peppers.
Graham gems.
Tea.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Baked omelet.
Corn fritters La leftoverl.
Bread with toasted cheese.
Pears stewed in molasses and cream.
DINNER.
Squash soup la leftoverl,
Halibut steak.
Mashed potatoes.
Sliced cucumbers.
Stewed onions.
Watermelon.
Coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Grapes.
Cereal and cream.
Baked eggs.
Whole wheat biscuit.
Tea.
Cofree.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed fish in nappies Ia leftoverl.
Potato cakes a leftoverl.
Toasted biscuit from breakfast.
Hot gingerbread.
Iced tea.
DINNER.
Vegetable soup.
Stewed calves hearts.
Onion souffie (a leftovefl.
Baked macaroni.
Raspberry snow.
Cake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

forgetfuness or lack of observance of this
simple precaution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Menu for a Fish Dinner.

= PIease give menu for flsh dinner.
g MRS. NEwLYwED."
You may begin with clam chowder, ac-
companied by crackers. go on to a broiled
or planked fish served with stewed potatoes
and cucumber salad or sauce; follow this
with lobster In some form with salad Of
lettuce. or with softshell crabs and lettuce
salad After this may come crackers.
cr se, and coffee. Or you may begin with
crab meat cocktails or lobster bisdue and
crackers or rolls have q FISH after this with
Partisan potatoes or French fried potatoes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Quick biscuit.
Toast.
Tea.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Minced veal.
lnced veal with chopped baked potatoes
1.-TWO leftovers].
hashed and Drowned Ia ieftoverl
Warmed up biscuit from breakfast.
JAM
Tea
DINNER
Julienne soup.
Broiled Hamburg steak.
French fried potatoes.
String beanA
Peach pie
Coffee
WEDNESDAY,.
BREAKFAST
Baked apples.
~ Cereal.
wheat biscuit and cream
Bacon.
Fried eggs.
Rolls.
Toast
Tea.
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Mince Of beef la leftoverl.
Baked potatoes.
String bean salad
Cookies.
Iced tea.
DINNER
Cream Of tomato soup.
Fricasseed chicken
Boiled rice.
Baked bananas.
Pineapple
loo cream.
Coffee.
THURSDAY.
BREAKFAST
Blueberries
Cereal and cream.
Parsley omeet.
Mullins.
Tea
Conee
LUNCHEON.
Soused maskerel.
Rsked 1otatosss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK

SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST
Melons.
Cereal and cream.
Broied perch.
Popovers.
Toast.
Tea.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Gold ham sliced thin.
Chiffonade salad
Toasted English mullins
Cream cheese.
Jam.
Crackers.
Ginger ale punch.
DINNER
Corn soup
Roast veal
Green peas.
Fried eggplant
Peach ice.
Sponge cake.
Coffee.
X i
MONDAY.
BREAKFAST
Cut up peaches
Cereal and cream
Bacon
Poached eggs.
Rolls
Toast.
Tea.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Baked eggplant with cheese Ia leftover.
Salad Of lettuce and peas la leftoverl
Whole wheat bread and cream cheese sard-
wiches leftover cream cheesel.
Pears and grapes
Iced tea.
DINNER.
Cream Of lettuce soup.
Cold sliced veal
Baked tomatoes.
Boiled potatoes with parsley sauce
Blackberry shortcake.
Coffee.
X X
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAsT.
Melons.
Oatmeal and cream.
scrambled eggs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

BTedflng a ChIld SpHH.
Undoubtedly his theory was correct in
some ways Yet to me the course of any
parents who would rather have child ride
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Z 1T HERE may be some bad stepfa-
theirs and stepmothers but how
about the stepchildren? Are they
all angels? DO they try to show
proper respect to the man or
woman who has undertaken to care for
them and provide for them and keep a home
over their heads? No, in the majority of
cases they make life miserable for the
parents. 1 have had eight years expert
ence and l know. l had three children
when l married my husband One of them
was sweet and loving; the other two are
simply contemplate An angel could not
live with them, but through all these years
my husband has been the best of fathers,
loving. kind, patient, and forgiving, If
ever stepfather deserved a special crown
of glory he certainly does | do not be-
lieve another man on earth would put up
with all that he has and are my children
grateful? No, they are not, although they
know that Ae has made sacrifices for them
that their own father would never have
made They are all married now and we
are free to live our lives. We accuse men
of fickleness. we say their love does not
last, but l want to tell you that the man
who has endured martyrdom for me for
eight years loved me with his whole heart
or never could have done as he has. All
this talk about cruel stepmothers and step
fathers is rubbish. +. A. c."
This is the first letter we have had which
has taken this tone and for that rea son
print it, l would like to know how our
constituency feel on the subject. 1 grant
the faults of some stepchildren, and yet |
am loath to condemn them as class In
the first place / don't believe that children
are naturally bad, except in a few rare
cases, and / think that if they are trained
right from the beginning they will prove
n--aseaple even with stepparents Espe-
ciaI1y is this the case if the second mar
riage occurs while the children are young.
Naturally If they are half grown and have
been permitted to have their own way too
much they will feel they have a right to
Judge their parents and to condemn them
have known second marriages which
have taken place after the children have
grown when they have felt, with certain
degree of reason, that lack Of respect
has been shown to the memory OF the dead
parent and yet even with these have seen
gentleness and sweetness in the character
of the stepparept win love and respect l
am Inclined to think that the two " con-
temptibie . children of whom the corre-
spondent speaks were not taught obedience
and consideration and Difference in their
earlier years. Have any of our Cornerites
observations to offer on the subject? l
would be glad to get their opinions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

. y HY do the children and young peo-
A 4 pie of today have such poor man
" sners? Before 1 20 step farther
/ wish 20 state clearly that I do
mt mean II, comprise alIchiIdren
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND

,T~ HERE may be some bad stepfa-
Tiers and stepmothers, but how
about the stepchildren? Are they
all angels? DO they try to show
To he
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
The Manicure
Lady
Bv WILLIAM F. KIRK.

u~ EE, George" said the Manicure
y Lady. Il wish l could get to
be lady writer The way it
seems to me, any writer can be a gent
,ovaItst like Mister Hall Caine, but
hirk it must be simply noble to be
adv writer. You see. they know so
mich more about the physiology of
re"
You mean the zoology of life" cor
-scfed the Head Barber. II hate to be
aI the time putting you right, but I
suppose that if you are going to keep
mn wearing an ivory head l will have
"a keep making dents in it somehow"
Il didn't mean what you said at all.
George" asserted the Manicure LADY.
u meant Just what l said, and l mean
n now wish there could be more
lady writer's; good ones, I mean. like
D,rothy Dix and Ella Wheeler Wilcox
and Winifred Black I could name
.on,e others, too, but that's the kind
mean How do you suppose that |
.ould frame it so that l could get to be
one Of them
81 suppose you ought to learn how to
,nel first" suggested the Head Barber.
u know printer that told me the best
writer's on the paper on which he
worked on was all good spoilers. And
men | suppose you ought to know
what you are going to write about.
That ought to make some difference
have saw some stuff that was wrote
BY ladies' and gents both that didn't
seem like common sense or good writ
ing or anything else
We'll" said the Manicure Lady,
finally. after what seemed to be
struggle between her inclination and
her common sense, well, George, I am
going to show you a poem that l wrote
all by myself, after l had read the life
Of Ella Wilcox.
Il hope you won't say that it is fierce
after you have heard me read it.
George. though am kind of afraid that
YOU won't say nothing else. but, any
how, | am going TO take a whirl This
is The way it goes. The name OF it is
Heavenly Bliss Listen:
Heavenly bliss, heavenly bliss,
oh. what a beautiful thing it Is.
When folks are happy and never re-
pent
il IS always Easter and never Lent
II YOUR heart is sad and heavy with
woe,
Don't fall asleep in Adversitys snow.
Look for Loves welcome, look for
Loves kiss,
Heavenly bliss, oh, heavenly bliss,
"Heavenly bliss, thou art brighter by
far
Than the flashiest kind of shooting
star.
Thou hast such sort Of a heavenly
way
That l love thee by night and adore
thee by day.
d You. on YOU, why should l miss
4 Heavenly bliss, oh, heavenly bliss!''
1t seems heavenly enough" admit
ted the Head Barber, but / don't think
hat is going to put you in the class
with the major league writer's that you
d we're mentioning. I guess if you went
and asked those girls whether you
Il should write for a living or not they
& would tell you to keep on being
& Manicure Lady"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
:: Hunting a Husband
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER

can not see Paul tonight, and we will
talk about it further in the morning.
promise you that. Now, go to bed!'
Shaken in mind and body, the wom-
an made no further protest, and the
doctor left the room. Silently. Helen
helped her friend undress, and, after
seeing her settled comfortably in bed.
left her. promising to look in upon her
later. But when she returned the wear
led and spent creature was sleeping the
sleep of utter exhaustion.
! She was better the following morn
ing and had dressed and breakfasted I'm
her room when DR. Haynes made his
usual call. After greeting her cheer
fully. he spoke frankly and without de-
lay of the subject that he knew was up
! permost in her mind.
Mrs. Robbins has told me-" he said
simply, of last nights talk. / am
| glad you suffered no i'll effects from
the shock Of the revelation. She and
Geager tell me you want TO see May
nard. Now, Mrs. Minor, the case stands
like this; 1t may do him good to see
you, for he is light headed from fever,
ana often asks Tor you. But II may De
another shock to you to see him, for he
looks different from what he did when
you last saw him"
He paused. and Beatrice whispered
| tremulously, How is he different?"
Well stammered the physician, "he
has his bandages on over his burns,
and he is--well-well-not exactly n
pretty sight, you know"
But / must see him!" persisted tho
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
SHE Is RIGHT.

Dear Miss Fairfax.
| am II and secretly engaged to
young lady of Is. Now, on her
summer vacation she wrote me a
letter and addressed it Dear A."
and signed herself Your sincere
friend, NJ on her return | asked
her why she addressed and signed
herself the way she did, and she
said she did not want to address
it any other way fCr fear that some
one might see the letetr. Now,
would there be any harm in her ad- ,
dressing me aB her sweetheart?
Also what would be a nice birthday
present to give her? A. NJ. n.
Endearing terms should be confined
to conversations, and never reach pen
and paper, Your engagement Is secret
which is in itself undesirable, and let
ters have u way of sometimes surviving
love itself. Be grateful that your sweet
heart is a girl of such good sense. A
book, a box of perfume stationery
etc. make pretty gifts for q girl. The
fact that your engagement is a secret
makes moro expensive gift undesir-
able.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12

Twilight is a pretty hour: the moon
IS always good for romance. Indeed,
many prefer it, and there is something
sacred and holy about a love declared
under the stars that no brighter light
ing effects offer. There is a secrecy
about such a proposal that doesn't ac-
company one made in the light Of the
moon, where a mans arm around a
girls waist becomes a target for eyes
and tongues six blocks off
You might begin, Ralph, by holding
her hand. This will not be hard for
doubtless you have held it many times
before I hope you have, for this hand
holding il the time -honored prologue
to a proposal. This time you will not
let go, as before. You viii hold fast,
and you will find pouring into your
hand such a current of inspiration and
courage that after you have held her
hand at least a minute, nothing short
of the appearance of 4 mad bull, or
the girls enraged father, could keep
back your declaration.
Having held her hand till this psy-
chtcal moment, you may say, 81 love
you OF course she knows you do,
but that makes no difference. They
are only three words, all short and easy
to say, aud, having once said them, you
must say them over and over for the
balance of your life
However, always say them to the
same woman.
Sometimes in the books and in ac-
tual experience the girl looks shyly
down, and the man must lift her face
for kiss. If statistics We're available
however | am sure they would prove
my contention that she has her face
lifted up for a kiss before the last Of
the three words has crossed his lips
l hope, Ralph, you will verify my CON
tention the next time you write.
If you find you are still shy on
words, here are three more that are so
short and easy to remember they are
eligible to a child's first reader They
are. Set the day"
You need not say what day IT is you
want her to set. She knows 1t is not a
day for going fishing or for having the
hay cut in the east meadow She
knows what day you mean, thus saw
ing you any necessity for detail or
VeTbOSitN
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12

y boy OF seventeen is too Young to
be in luvo. and woman Of - should
have too much sense to cherish 50 Sc
rious IL sentiment for one so imma-
ture. Make no effort to win him. On
the contrary, use your common sense
in an effort to forget him
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Plenty of 1t.

A hypochondriac from the country
was staying with a friend at the sea-
shore in the hope Of obtaining relief
from chronic dyspepsia. One morning
he was walking along the beach with
his host.
II drank a glassful of salt water
fresh from the tide Yesterday. and /
think l derived relief from it." he said.
do you think ! might take a second ,"
We'll, said the host, after a mo-
ments hesitation. 81 don't think a Sec
ond would be missed
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old
No Rules For Proposals
BY GERTRUDE MAILMAN.

.kETAM % years of age, and in love
with a young lady three years my
junior" writes one VINO signs
himself Ralph. Il would like to pro-
pose to her, but do not know how to
begin"
Without doubt one could find some
where, in books new or musty. rule
for every procedure under the sun eX-
cept that of proposing marriage. Vol
umes are given to ways for making a
pudding; there are great libraries de-
voted exclusively to a mans rights
when his neighbor's COW gets in his
corn. and many and varied are the
books on etiquette touching on every
social function from serving the soup
to proper conduct as pallbearer at a
funeral.
Some Suggestions.
But nowhere is there an accepted
form for asking for girls hand in
marriage, and at the most important
moment of his life a man is left with
out guide book.
"A guide book" nina you. but not
without a guide. At such a moment
the girl whose hand is sought becomes
the guide. She may have had no pre-
vious experience-that is unnecessary.
Woman's Wit and woman's intuition
lead her to safely pilot the man from
his flounderings in the pit of declara-
ton to the high and dry standing OF a
declared suitor.
But if Ralph, the writer OF this letter.
man-like, does not want to depend ON
the leadership of the other sex, even in
matters as tender as this. here are some
suggestions gathered from the eXpe-
riences of others. which may help him.
Evening is the accepted time in poe
try and prose real life and fiction,
though declarations have been made
before breakfast and in the glare of
the MONDAY sun. However, ! would
not recommend proposal before
breakfast. At that most unbecoming
hour no man is in tender mood, and
if ne were the appearance of his lady
love might chill his ardor
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
WHY NOT GIVE HIM UP?

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l have been going with Il fellow
for the last four years We have
had lots of quairels all through
other girls. | broke with him be-
cause a friend OF mine is going
with him | love him and really
don't know what to do. / know
he loves me. He even told me that
he was going with this girl for
fun. b.
I judge that he likes to torment you
ana a reconciliation would only re,
suit in more quarrcls.
As you value peace. try to forge
him At least, do not make any at.
tempt to coax him back. He is tn,
kind of a man who would use YOU
weakness as Il means Of tormenting you
more. \ decidedly cool Indifference is
what hc needs.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
/ HOPE HE DOESN'T.

Dear Miss F'airfaN.
/ am "A young ladN uf -. and au
in love With Young boy OF Il. but
do not thinks that he loves me.
f. NJ
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.
Advice to the Lovelorn
1T NEED NOT BE A DIAMOND.
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l am 2S holding position pay
ing me salary of $110 per month.
| am engaged to 81 young man re-
ceiVing $1,000 per annum. and he
is now desirous of presenting me
with a beautiful diamond ring. Be
cause of the fact that he is rcceiv-
ing at this time but $1,000 a year,
my parents will not consent to his
giving me the ring. He has been
calling or me for the past two
years without objection on their
part. and everything was apparent
ly satisfactory until this question
Of giving me an engagement ring
came up
We had not planned to be mar
ried for little time yet, but as
matters have taken this course, /
desire to be married soon, and to
keep my position for a time This
is what they are afraid | had in
tended doing, they claiming it de-
grading for a married woman to be
working to help out financially. Our
combined salaries would make us
financially Independent and enable
us to put quite q nice little sum
away for future need.
DISCOURAGED.
If he has been calling on you for two
years he owes you an engagement ring
)ut it need not necessarily be a dia
nond. Love is just as true and last
ng when expressed in a less eXpen
5ive stone. Your parents are right il
linking such a stone an extravaganza
1t is not degrading for a woman t.
work after marriage, though it is no
desirable. This is where the dangei
les. The husband is an unusual man /
ne doesn't continue TO exact it wher
he necessity no longer exists.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
SIGNS OF sELFlsHNESs.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
Is it proper for a boy, eighteen
years OF age. who has known a girl
one year his junior for about
year, to ask her not to GO out with
other boys when he is not with
her? He also wants her to act
very quiet when other boys are
around, even though she is a Jolly
hearted girl. DO you think that is
right? II. y. n.
lie is the incarnation of selfishness
and if the girl yields to him in these
points he will make demands that are
more selfish. There is no engagement
and he hasn't the right of objection.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
No Reply.

A sporting gentleman. meeting an old
angler. who was persevering but un-
successful hand. asked:
How are the fish in these parts?"
well replied the old man. grim
IN u really don't know dropped
iHeW .ue every day last ucrh. bu
l... 4ut u' .ruN yot"