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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
How to Make the Skin Clear
land Pinky-White AS a Rose
Vaeska Sratt the Se1f-N1ade Beauty Reveals
Some of Her Precious Beauty Secrets.

more than fifty cents at any good drug
store. This cream should be applied
very literally and thoroughly rubbed
into the skin until 1t has disappeared.
The cream will not grow hair on the
face. Keep the cream in an air-tight
jar or bottle.
MISS N. S.-No matter how heavy or
obstinate your superfluous hair, you
can get rid of it almost by magic by
using simple sulfo solution.
This you can get at the drug store
for one dollar. Apply it with the finger
tips to the superfluous hair, Keeping
the hair moist with it for two or three
minutes until it has been dissolved.
Then wash it off with damp cloth and
wash the skin. 1t never reddens or ir-
ritates the skin.
MRS. F. T.-Yes, even mothers who
have lost all their development as a
result of nursing can surely regain it
by using this formula for the bust:
In a half pint of cold water, dissolve
two ounces ruetone and half cup of
sugar. all well mixed together. OF this
take two teaspoonfuls three or four
times a day in wine glass of water,
after your meals. The ruetone will
cost you one dollar at the drug store.
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PRISCILLA--This is the formula for
blackheads which you asked for. 1t
is splendid.
First wash the face with hot water
and soap. Then sprinkle some neroxin
generously upon a. sponge made
wet with hot water Then rub we'll for
a few minutes on the parts of the skin
which are affected with blackheads.
You should be able to secure the me-
roxin at any druggists for fifty cents.
LAURA N.-You can surely get rid of
every pimple and prevent them from re-
turning.
Dissolve twelve ounces of granulated
sugar in one-half pint of water, add
one ounce of sarsene, and mix the
whole together thoroughly. then add
more water to make a pint. Sarsene
is "a liquid which you can get at the
drug store by the ounce. Get it in
the original package. Take one or
two teaspoonfu1s of this mixture three
or four times day. with a little water
if desired.
MRS. T. D.-This formula will force
your hair to grow wonderfully. fill in
bald spots and stop the hair falling.
Mix half pint of alcohol with half
a pint of water To this add one ounce
beta quinol Shake thoroughly and
then it will be ready to use. If you
prefer, you can use imported bay rum
instead of water and alcohol. The
beta -quinol you can get at almost any
drug store for not more than fifty
cents. This formula should be applied
very freely to the scalp after brushing
it generously for few minutes all over.
Rub the tonic thoroughly into the scalp
with the finger tips.
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Never fail to use this shampoo on
your hair. Never use soap. Eggol,
which you can get at any good drug
gists for twenty five cents, is surpris-
ing in Its action in ridding the scalp
of every particle of scurf and foreign
matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Money Changing in Europe
From the New york Sim.

icih tHe new OrK sun.
There is one comfort about travelling
in America You can go for days and
days in the United States without get
ting out of the country or having to
change your money into a new cur
rency or hearing new language or
getting used to a new set of postage
stamps
In Europe itAis different You go to
bed at night in France with a pocket
ful of French money. You wake up
In Italy, say, the next morning. If
you stop off anywhere in that country
you have to change your French money
into Italian, and you always get the
worst of it in the exchange And the
Italian bank notes are so unimpressive
that you are always wanting to give
them away. An American isn't used
to coin smaller than cent and
when he gets a lot of tiny coppers
he is apt to lose all idea of their ac-
tual value.
Money changing is one of the big
industries of Europe. Around the rail-
way stations the money changers
signs are thicker than those of the
ticket scalpers used to be in South
Clark street, Chicago The very first
sign you see entering the city of Je-
rusalem, by the way, is that of a money
changer.
Postage stamps are another worry.
You are buying postage stamps con-
stantly and sticking them on letters
without any certainty that you are
getting enough on. One American lady
in Cairo, Egypt, told a friend with a
sigh of relief that she was sure her
letter would get to America because
she had put Is sphinxes and pyra-
mids on the front and five on the
back.
Another thing that worries the
American traveller on his first tour is
the way the names of the towns have
been changed since he studied geog-
raphy He finds that there are no
such places as Florence, Naples, CO.
logne, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and so
on. If he wants a ticket to one of
these places he learns that he has to
ask for them by unfamiliar names.
Florence is "Firence." Naples is Ma
polis." Cologne "Koln" Alexandria
'Skanderieh." Jerusalem "El Khus," etc.
Then when the tourist reaches Con-
stantinople he finds that his calendar
is nine days ahead of that of the
Turks, his watch seven hours behind
and that he has arrived in a month
that he never heard of before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
LITERARY GOSSIP
Of THE OLD WORLD
Stained Glass Expert Writes
Exciting Novels
DOYLE is CRUISING
Obeys Doctors Orders and Sails TO
Mediterranean-"Ma Madame Bo-
vary's" Servant Departs
This Life
DOYLE is CRUISING
By HAYDEN CHURCH.

London. June 1i--tSpeeial.-An un-
commonly interesting recent visitor TO
the United States, who seems TO have
achieved the feat of spending several
weeks there on an important mission
and coming away without a single
word about him getting into the news
papers is back in England in the per-
son of Maurice Drake He is the author
of 1.-THE Salving of Derelict,' "Wrack' =
ard a curiously named new romance,
"Wo2," which either Just has been or is
Just going to be published on your
side of the water. 1 forget which
Drake is one of the many folk, now
adays, who combine the writing of fic-
tion with a more prosaic trade, his
regular business being the rather rare
one of artist in decorative glass, car
ried on in an old west of England town
on premises where practically the only
modern thing is the telephone. 1t was,
in fact, as an acknowledged expert in
this line, that he made his recent trip
across the water, having assisted in the
valuation of what he describes as the
finest collection of stained glass in the
world" a collection now dispersed, vari-
Gus examples decorating the homes of
millionaires.
Is Ardent Amateur Yachtsman
Drake is a big, brawny, mustached,
sunburned man of AZ, who looks what
he is namely an ardent amateur
yachtsman. Everything in connection
with the sea interests him, and it was
this love for salt water that led him,
some seven years ago. to try his hand
at novel about life on the ocean wave.
This, be it explained, was not his first
essay in literature for he already had
written a couple of books about stained
glass, which now are standard works
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

aclof because he became convinced the Y
he was going straight to the devil and
might be setting a very bad example
Wnlle ne was on the way The stoiN
IS IN olympia of Cleves'' and the sac-
fifieing authors name is given q 4
Champmesle. The great writer malsls
Champmesle endure conscience striekeH
dreams for series of nights He h;ss
d 1oreboding that he is about to AZ
as some of his ancestors of the. stassc
nave died suddenly after such nel,.-
tents just at this juncture the hero.
bahhiere' a novitiate of the church.
pines to break from his preliminary
VOWS and become an actor tri,e stdsS,
shows how Champmesle eaxerl * sejzad
upon Bannieres garb and let i,isn n h =
his role in tragedy SO the baralfI
is notteXact, because While Cll.4f,1n,nesla
saved his soul and stopped his bad. III
ample in general there wassone erri1H,
one at least who stepped into his shoesa
Great generals have often placed
themselves out of danger in order that
their armies might fight With the
greater confidence. knowing their
leader would not bea killed. Napoleon
and General Robert e Lee are two
cases in print These men may be said
to have sacrificed their Hiinpulse 10
brave danger in order to Accomplish
greater results, although their decision,
unlike that of Beachey, did not make
for the safety OF their followers
whlch Beaehey says is his intention
When duelli.g WAS first stopped, or
rather when it first went out of vogue.
tne chahse was accomplished by in
uuelng a known brave man and duel
list TO decline cha1lenge in order
that others might have the moral cour-
age to follow Ills example. Like
Beaehey his sacrifice would have been
OF llttlt value had lie not repeatedly
risked his own life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

TIME troubles with nearly all cos
metics is the long time it re-
quires to produce result. Pa
tience is often exhausted and for that
reason we find many women using one
cosmetic after the other. There is a
real demand for a prompt beautifier,
and this is the real reason why / con-
cluded to work out the problem for
myself.
Such beautifier should remove not
only few blemishes of the easy to-
remove kind, but the liver spots. the
freckles and many other kinds of blem-
ishes which go to make up a bad COM
plexion generally. When l say that my
solution of the problem acted in a most
marvellous fashion, / mean just that
Never before could | lay claim to a
beautiful complexion. My skin was
moderately fair, but now | will not
deny that it borders on the exquisite
The result of this formula among my
friends who have tried it Is astounding
The rose has many rivals in the faces
that have been thus beautified. If you
make up your mind to use the formula
faithfully, and above all generously,
you will achieve the result you have so
long sought.
Let half a pint of water come al
most to boil. Add two tablespoonfuls
of glycerine. Keep stirring while add
ing one ounce of zintone, until it is all
dissolved. Then let it cool. If the
cream is too thick to pour easily from
a bottle, thin ii down little with more
hot water. The cream will be white
and satiny. Hold a wet, hot towel to
the face several times for several min
utes. Rub this cream on the entire
face. Then wipe off with a soft. dry
cloth. Then apply again and let, it dry
on the face. Repeat this again at
night. Any good druggist will let you
have zintone for about fifty cents.
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ROSABELLA-Such "a pretty name
should go with a youthful face. My
wrinkle eradicator will make you look
years younger and it will not take
very long to do 1t either. / call it my
little miracle worker. Pour half a pint
of hot water in bowl and place the
bowl in a pan of water over a slow
fire. To this add two ounces of eptol.
Stir until 1T is dissolved and starts to
cream. Then remove from the fire,
slowly add two tablespoonfuls of gly-
cerine and continue to stir until it is
cold. Eptol may be obtained for no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
"Mme. Bovary's' Servant Dead

Madame Maeterlinck, the wife of the
famous Belgian author, who recently
visited MADAM Bovary's" country and
wrote sympathetic account of 1t, was
lust in time. 1t seems, to meet in the
flesh the original of Felicite, the re-
nowned servant of Flauberts heroine,
for this original, whose name was Au-
gustin Menage, died the other day at
st. German des Essours, at the age of
go
Madame Bovary" was truth in the
guise of fiction, some friends of Gus
tave Flaubert's one day having outlined
the main facts of the story to him as
a subject that seemed made for his
hand. This story was banal enough
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Why London's Mayor is LORD,

Last week a savant told us how
there came to be an "a" in cocoanut
lnls lnls week one informs us why the
mayor of London has the addition ~
lord to his title. The person who
explains this is DIR. r. r. Sharne wbo
Tor The past 30 years, has been records
clerk or the city of London. and who
when his impending resignation was
announced recently. was described as a
MODERN Rip van Winkle, having by his
own confession or rather, boast. no in
formation as to anything that has han
pened later than the fifteenth century
and no desire for any
having now definitely retired. DR.
Sharpe, | suppose. could tell who is
.ne present occupant of the British
throne ana, maybe. who is the President
of the United States At all events
he knows what nobody else has hee,'
able TO tell us until now, why the MAYOR
Oh London is called the lord mayor
and the explanation thereof is quite in
'erestihg- Up to now it has been sup
posed, and royal commission was
solemnly informed some years ago, that
the lord mayors title dated back to
l3o4, the date of the fourth charter of
Edward I'LL but DR.. Sharpe saws that
1t was not used so early, by over 100
years. The doctor had waded through
musty manuscripts dating back to good
ness knows when and he declares that
the tltle my lord mayor appears for
the frst time in two orders issued in
1896 Tor the destruction of unlawful
nets and sacks of coal deficient in hold
ing capacity The true explanation of
how the title came into being is prob
ably to be found, he says, in misinter-
probation of the Latin title, "dominus
major which originally meant moth
ing more than ''sir mayor In course
of time it came to be translated into
the lord, the mayor" when it was
but a step to ''the lord mayor" 1t was
not, however until 1884 or 1885, DR..
Sharpe says, that the title lord mayor"
came to be generally used
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

a provincial intrigue that ended in be-
trayal and death-but all the world
knows what Flaubert's genius made of
II. Madame Bovarys real name was
Madame Delemare, and the so-called
Fe1cite' tnow dead) was simple and
almost illiterate woman. who found it
hard work to spell out the long hovei
OF which she never had even heard till
piiSrimages to the "Flaubert country
became the fashion
And when Mile. Menage had plodded
through the tale, she thought little of
1t, finding it a mere transcription of
events
This man Flahbert just wrote down
Things as they happened" said Angus
TIN to Madame Maeterlinck, naiveIy. nm
conscious that her criticism was the
highest testimony 20 the Imaginative
realism of the author .Felfcites AL
ways was ready to tell the story or
her mistress's death-Madame Delen1are
poisoned herself-but ii was impossible
to say whether she was narrating what
she really had seen or what she had
read and been told, as even in her mind.
Madame Delemare had begun to merge
into Madame Boyary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

Gabrielle Ray. one of the most bean.
tiful musical comedy actresses in Lon.
don, and formerly the object of mors
alteration from stage door Johnnies
than any other stage beauty, has filed
suit for restitution Of her conjupal
rights. This is a preliminary step to
divorce proceedings against her hus-
band, Eric Loder, whom she married a
year ago.
The highly susceptible Manuel Of
Portugal was once reported to be smit.
ten with the charms of Gabrielle.
Gabrielle and Loder, who is the scion
OF rich family, were married at Wind.
sor, England. after the first ceremony
was somewhat marred by the non-ap-
pearance of the BRIDE Miss Ray after.
ward explained that she was III, or had
forgotten the engagement or some
thing or other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Gives Up Flying for Sake of Others

t IVIII lIIt lNVW 1UTk sun.
The decision of Aviator Lincoln
Beachey to quit his perilous calling
was announced recently and the rea-
son given proelaims a most peculiar
sacrifice. Beachy says that so many
flying machine men have been killed
trying to initiate some of his hazardous
feats that he determined he would 10
longer be pattern for folks who
might only go to their death in order
prove themselves his equal.
In fiction Alexandra Dumas has Il
parallel case, only in this case the sac
rifieer gave up his profession as an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

Soon after his first novel. which he
called The Salving of a Derelict.' was
finished a London newspaper offered
prize of $1,000 for the best romance
submitted to it, and Drake sent in his
maiden effort and carried off the prize
This rafting story sold well in book
form on both sides of the Atlantic and
was followed by "Lethbridge of the
Moor and "Wrack," which Drake per
sonal1y considers the best thing he has
done His last novel, "W02." has been
praised highly by the critics over here
and probably also, will please on the
other side of the Atlantic
Americans Some People
asked Drake the inevitable ques-
ton. how he liked America? and he
said with enthusiasm that We We're
some people and that he had been
shown no end of kindness. He eN-
pre- ssed. however one opinion which ]
have heard, and always with surprise
from other Englishmen, this being that
we Americans are not such hustlers
as we think we are, or rather that we
don't accomplish as much as all our
show of hustling would lead one to eN-
pect.
Il think that all The breathless ener-
gy on which your business men pride
themselves so much is mostly show,
said Drake. II waited in more than one
American office through what appeared
to be tremendous goings on to find it
all result in, Well, that's bully" or
Well, that's finen on the part of the
persons concerned. l came back con-
vinced that the average British busi-
ness man actually gets more work done
than the average American, and with
less fuss
All of which would have impressed
me not at all had / not heard the
same observation so many times before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

TIC IndAIIlum HepIh OF the Pacific.
ocean is near the island of MindanacN
while in the Atlantic spit off the coaet
of Porto Rico holds the record.
The oceans, including the inland seas
connected with them. cover about 1l45UO. 4
900 square miles, or 1898 per cent of tho
total surface of the earth, and the vol2
ume of water estimated to be contained
in them is S2s,S00,oQo Cubic miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Wafer In II

From the Buffalo Express tzz
$50 you found your last prospective
customer hard one to deal WITH.
"Yes; he insisted that our company
was overcapitalized., explained tho
mining stock salesman.
What did you do"
Il made him take water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Depth of the Ocean

From the New York Press.
The greatest known oeein depth is an
proximately the same ~ the greatest
iand height. but the average depth of the
ocean bed is about l2000 feet. as against
the average land height above sea level
of 300 feet
The following are the greatest depth,
and areas of the five oceans:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

Conquer Austria and fermany together
This idea Is gaining much ground, espe- ;
cially since the Balkan war. Prominent
politici9ns In Russia. who would not hear
of Polish rights few months ago, are
now admitting that there is something
in it. Many liberals. With Prince Tru-
bockoi at their head, complain that the
unfriendly attitude of the Poles In Aus
tria is the sole reason why Russia did not
get possession of the Dardenelles this
spring, and was forced to play a second
ary role in Albania
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Doyle to Mediterranean

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose new
story of Professor Challenger, THE
Poison Belt" will not be out in book
form for several months yet, says IN
reply to an inquiry, that his future lit
erary plans depend entirely upon MS
health" He has not been quite up to
the mark for some months past, and by
the orders of his medical man has gone
for sea cruise in the Mediterranean.
Lady Doyle went along, ito play nurse,
the knight said sin case of need, and
they will be gone a month, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

JENNA. June 14-(special.)-ls
Austria to be the next Turkey?
1e the ON Mira 1ea red hN the HanS
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-08-14
DEPOSIT PLAN IS APPROVED
BANKERS AGREE THAT FEDERAL
AID IN HARVEST is WISE.
Gather for Conference With McAdoo
in Washington to Discuss the
Placing of Funds.

Washington, Aug. S.-Secretary Nc
Adoo's plan to deposit an additional
100000 of government funds
among the banks in the agricultural
sections has met with prompt APPROX
al from the bankers in the southern,
western and far western states invit-
ed to attend the conferences at the
Treasury department to confer re-
garding the distribution of the funds.
The banks of all five far western
cities included in the plan have re-
piled they will send representatives
TO Washington. Out of 10 western cit
les all but three have sent favorable
replies and all of 81 southern cities
have been heard from.
Several of the latter, however, said
they felt no need of joining in the
conference because they felt satisfied
they would be fairly treated in the
distribution.
More than rs southern bankers
gathered today in the Office of Assist
ant Secretary Williams for the first
conference. Secretary McAdoo and
E. B. Daskam, chief of the division
of public moneys. was present. The
conference with western bankers is
scheduled next, and that with the far
western bankers for Thursday OF
next week.
A number of cities have sent pro-
tests against their not being included
in the proposed distribution and some
pressure, it is understood, is being
brought to bear through representa-.
tives in Congress to have Secretary
McAdoo revise his list. While no def
mite announcement of the depart
ment's intention has been made, in
dications are the list will not be al
tered.
Three additional cities which are to
share in the distribution have beer
made public, but it was explained that
they were originally in the list, though
not announced with the others. They
are Lexington, KY, Duluth, and For
Worth, Texas.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-08-14
PEACE CONCLUDED
IN BALKAN STATES
PRELIMINARY TREATY is SIGNED
AFTER EXTENDED CON-
TRovERSY.
THREAT LEADS TO THE PACT
Bulgarian Country Forced to Accept
Boundary Mapped Out BY Al
lies-News Causes
Rejoicing.

Bucharest, Aug. 8.-Peace has been
concluded between the Balkan states,
and the preliminary treaty signed by
the delegates of Servia, Greece, Mon
tenegro, Roumania and Bulgaria.
The agreement was arrived at only
after another exhibition of the utter
helplessness of Bulgaria to face her
ring of enemies.
Matters Are c%linched.
On Wednesday the discussions in
the peace conference threatened to
become interminable, but NJ. Maeresco,
the Roumanian premier, president of
the conference, clinched matters by
threatening that unless Bulgaria &C
copied the modified frontier proposed
by the allies, Roumania's army would
occupy Sofia Saturday.
This threat had the desired effect
and an agreement was arrived at att
er conference consultations
between the delegates and a four
hours sitting of the conference.
The New Frontier.
The new frontier as agreed to, starts
at a point on the old frontier west
Of the Struma river, follows the wa
tershed to west of the town of Strum.
nitz, then runs almost through the
Struma valley to the Belesh noun.
tains, and thence easterly in almost a
straight line to the Mesta river, thus
leaving the town of Strumnitz, the
port of Lagos and Kanthi to Bulgaria
and the port Of Kavala to Greece. The
new frontier is a deep disappoint
ment to the Bulgarians who still
nurse hopes for its eventual revision
By the powers.
The news that peace had been ar
ranged caused great rejoicing here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-08-14
HAS STROKE; WALKS IT OFF
W~isconsinite Walks LOO Miles and
Finds Relief From Paralysis, as
Result.

Grand Rapids, Wis, Aug. 9.-Thos.
O'Brien, of Auburndale, has just COM
pleted a long distance tramp OF 100
miles which he accomplished in seven
weeks time, walking on the average
of 35 miles a day.
Some years ago O'Brien suffered a
partial paralytic stroke on his left
side and receiving no benefit from
medical treatment he went to Port
land, Oregon, for his health.
Not recovering as rapidly as he an
ticipated he decided that exercise was
what he needed and started en- his
long tramp to Wisconsin.
Upon his arrival at Auburndale
O'Brien was not particularly fatigued
by the journey and was almost en-.
tirely relieved Of his affliction.