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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
The Split Skirt Old, Old Stuff;
They Wore 1t $500 Years Ago.

~ TWENTIETH century women are sup
posed to be responsible for many OF
the freak fashions, such as the hobble
and the tightly draped skirt, SO much
in vogue today. This idea is erroneous, for
$500 years ago women wore trouser skirts
and in the sixth century they had hobble
skirts
One Of the statues recovered from the ruins
Of Herculaneum and Pompeii represents
handsome young Greek woman dressed in a
hobble skirt so narrow that you wonder how
she ever managed to walk in it. little
Etruscan figure shows that some women
went further and donned the divided skirt
and Turkish trousers, as did this comely
maid.
Still another statue shows that the style
of skirt SO popular this season was no less
popular in the days of Pompe. The statue
shows Greek society woman who has just
returned from her gardens where she has
been picking fruit. She has taken off her
hat, but the rest of the costume suggests
modish spring suit. The jacket is cut away
and short The skirt is draped in a number
of narrow, graceful folds that are caught up
ut one side. This graceful overskirt gives
the appearance of being comfortable, but this
is a blind to hide the extremely tight UNDER
skirt.
Everybody who has studied the statues of
the graceful Aphrodite, in which she is shown
wearing draped skirt, slashed in front, is
reminded of the modern gown that reveals
a silk petticoat and hose.
The militant Athena, to be seen in the
museum at Dresden, is SO up to date that
she objects to wearing any pettcoat. She
prefers showing the outline Of her figure
through transparent skirt.
Not one Of these women has her hair
dressed pompadour--nearly all have 1t parted
in the middle, but some wear the part on
one side. The Greek and Roman women cre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
Oxygen Jujubes Rout Old Age;
Sugar Also Good Along This Line.
Y V

" ONDERFUL things are being claimed
NAf for foods of all kinds by present day
w scientists the world over. Can youth
be really restored and the advance of
. old age checked by swallowing oxygen? This
is a question which scientists have been con-
sidering ever since the recent remarkable
oxygen eating" experiments and If 1t is
hardly time to hail a veritable youth restorer
the marvellous effects of oxygen be felt in
the Oxygen jujubes which seem to be the
forerunners of all sorts Of fascinating possi-
bilities.
1t is a recognized fact that oxygen destroys
waste matter, and old age after all is merely
an accumulation of lot of waste matter
And it is also an undeniabe fact that the
human system does sometimes need stimula-
tion in these high pressure days. Which prob
ably accounts for the tremendous popularity
In England of the newly discovered oxygen
jujubes" In fact they have already been in
troduced the continent end in our own
country to limited extent.
Since oxygen, it is claimed, can do no harm
and there is reaction from its stimulation,
dangerous craving is created. There are
those who asserting, too, that man can
actually change his character by changing his
food.
London paper has published the state
ment of well known business man who de-
clared that he had been entirely cured of an
ungovernable temper by carefully regulated
diet for number of months.
Overeating is the cause of nineteen cases
out of twenty of uncomfortable temners vae
the statement made at meeting of celebrated
physicians in Paris not dong ago.
Another doctor in Philadelphia recently
stated that no man who would eat pound of
macaroni day could possibly become a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

~ ARROTS are nearly all vegetarians.
~ There is one exception. The excep-
ton Is a terrible man eating parrot,
called the kea, which devours human
esh with evident enjoyment. 1t is supposed
! ot the kea was once a mild hammered bird,
ktisfied with fruit. 1t is not now.
The kea is native Of Australia, and, al
Sough quite rare, several specimens were re-
kntly found in New Zealand.
/ 1t is thought that the kea developed its
|urderous habits through the eating Of
Seep At first dead sheep satisfied it, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

ated the fashion Of wearing the hair in a
psyche knot and in low knot at the nape
of the neck, just as is the fashion today.
The Greek and Roman women advocated
broad waists and narrow lines below the
waists, and especially small hips.
There may be revival of the old-fash-
ioned corset. AT this moment there is a
distinct tendency toward the Botticelli figure.
This means low chest and rounded form
obtained by throwing the chest well back
and the abdomen out If this type becomes
popular the straight corset so popular today
will have to go. To make the figure more
rounded the gown will be draped into easy
folds and belted at the bodice with never
care for close fitting lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
Why Your Motor Tires BLou Up.

NUNCTURES and blowouts are COM
~ mon to motorists, yet many of them
do not know the exact cause for them.
They are not always caused by glass
and other sharp materials found roads,
as is the general belief. AS almost every
person is aware, heat causes air to expand.
An automobile tire, after it has been whiz-
zing around for several hours, is bound 10
become hot The heat causes the air within
the tire to expand, and this, In many cases,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

when the heat becomes intense, results in
blowout.
Therefore, to avoid punctures and blow
outs, it is advisable to keep air pressure down,
say. about five pounds less than normal.
This will give the air within ample space
to expand. There is so much friction in
fast riding that il would not be bad idea
to toss pailful of cold water over the tires
Of ones car at occasional stops. BY doing
so many blowouts would be avoided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

the secret of Perpetual Youth"
There is nothing more important than
this to prevent and women from grow
ing old and even in some cases from dying
prematurely. If you are married all you
have to do is to keep falling in love all over
again with your husband or your wife. If
you do this you will never find time to adopt
the nagging habit and there is nothing in
The world which ages like that habit
DR.. Old6eld is strong in his ssnunciation
of the loveless individual. If you do not
know how to fall in love you must prac-
tice until you learn. You are never too old
to learn and after you have learned then
you are young again."
A person who has never been in love
and who never wants to be ought to be
drowned" is his conviction.
Perhaps his theory is responsible to a GER
tain extent for the fact that there are so
many more women than men in most civilized
countries, though certain English author
ity gives as a plausible explanation the fact
that women throw off disease more readily.
Statistics show that 105 boys are born to
every 100 girls, but the girl has much bet
ter chance of attaining maturity than the boy.
From the third to the fifteenth year the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
ONDON has post impressionist shop.
1t, of course, is not an ordinary kind

ONDON has post impressionist shop.
1t, Of course, is not an ordinary kind
- of shop. 1t is, moreover, decorated
throughout by artists of the most
modern tendency. 1t has series of model
rooms, also decorated, furnished, and car
peted in post impressionist style. 1t deals
only in household trappings and furnishings,
from cigar boxes to mural decorations and
coal vases (mark that, for the bin is a thing
long since past to bedspreads. but everything
offered for sale is Of the post impressionist
tendency in color and design.
1t expresses the determination of the young
man. The studios are called the Omega
Workshops, Limited, and, as the name sug-
gests, represent the last thing in the way of
practical artistic development The artists
working in the studios will do their work
anonymously, they say, but they will work to-
gether, criticising one another freely and
using one another's ideas without stint.
Designs for stuffs are one of the strong
points. Victorian woodwork embroidered
chair backs, for example, will also be avail
able for upholstery. For the present there is
no intention of designing furniture. the idea
being to take standard makes of chairs and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

drunkard but he also went on to stipulate
that the would be teetotaler should also live
entirely on a vegetarian diet
The belief is gaining ground that if one
wishes to stave off old age and to have the
feeling of perennial youth and gayety, no mat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19
A Bald Head Is Mans OUn Fault;
Here Are Some of the Causes oft.

r. HERE are real reasons why men get
bald earlier than women. The reasons
have been discovered by DIR. Edmund
Guelpa, hair specialist of Paris.
Here are his reasons, based on several years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-19

then paint or upholster them in the post i'm
pressionist style.
As an illustration of the kind of work out
lined, a Windsor armchair of plain white
wood is painted yellow and blue, with kind
of Arabic lettering pattern in black crawling
round the edge. Some cushion covers with no
particular design, but splurge of color,
orange, brown, and violet or lemon yellow,
blue, and black, are also of the new style,
and, to cap the climax instead of wall paper
designs showing simple things a taxi or motor
car accident are supposed to be more effective,
post impressionistly, for mural decorative pur-
poses.
The walls of two rooms embelished with
immense decorations of this kind are now
being proudly displayed.
And so it can be readily understood that
while providing art decorations that are not
costly, country cottages and small city flats
that are not always overblessed with light
and brightness can be toned up by post i'm
pressionist draperies and furnishings. 1t has,
however, been suggested that the vivid de-
lineations Of the strenuous life in the great
cities be used for mural decoration in the
country cottages, while dyllic scenes of the
milkmaid being upset by her cow be dis
played on the walls Of the city fat dwellers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-02-12

The Sherlock Holmes of the Com mercial evidently does not know that part of the Graphic's circulation goes out of Pine Bluff by express. Ii IS our pleasant duty to let him know this.
 For the pas three years the Graph i. has signed a notice to the Assoc a. ton of American Advertisers, tcom- posed of nearly every national adver- tiser in the world) giving them the privilege of inspecting our circulation books. That offer is still open. Has tho Commercial ever done this? The Graphic has gone steadily on it's way improving i,s columns, and winn ns circulation by legitimate news, -giv- ing no cut rotes. No man can com plain of this paper that he is being asked to pay twice as much for It as h s neighbor. When a subscription is ordered stopped, it is stopped.
 We have no desire nor relish for newspaper controversy. We have mele ely stated facts. We can bear hem out and we emphatically assert that the Graphs can absolutely gu&r- antce the largest circulation compos- ed of bona fide subscribers, of any paper published in Pine Bluff.
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"The Devil' 2 l.2 CENT BILL
 FAILS IN HOUSE Representatives Say Nc Ob- stacles Should Be Put in Way of Railroads. SENATE MEASURES UP Amendment to Senate Bill Provides That No Widow Born Since 1878
 Shall Receive Pension.
SENATE MEASURES UP

Little Rock, Feb. 1.-The House e
 has gone on record as opposed to in
 terfering with the present railroad
 rates in Arkansas. The issue was
 fought out on the Newton bill fixing passenger raes on railroads in Ark ansaa over 1o0 miles in length instead Of three cents.
 Me;srs. Armstrong, Sawyer and Sa led the fight against the bill, while Messrs. Newton and lobe were its champions. One of the principal reasons advanced against the bill is that there is now pending in the Su- preme Court of the Uni ed States a eontraveli:y over the 2-cent rate provided by tho Ross bill passed in 1907, and a decis on is expected on lthat in the near future. They argued that only greater confusion would follow the passs ge of ? 1-2 cent rate bill, when the Court may give The state a 2-cent rate.
 It was also argued that the state needs railroads and should not throw
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unreas enable obstacles in their way, and pass acts that will be confiscatory in their nature, and burden chem vita demands that will cripple their earn ng capacity to such an extent that freighs rates must be increased to meet the deficit, and reduce the wages of employees.
 Upon roll call, the bill was defeated ayes B, noes 43. There is still pend ing in he House the Senata bill by Wasson, fixing passenger rates at 7 1-2 cents a mile, but if the vote on the Newton bill may be taken as an ind = cation of the sentiment of the house, it will meet similar fate. There is, of course, always the doubt thai attaches to the manner the 24 ,absentees would vote should they be present when the Wasson bill is called up.
 The Senate Health Department bill was read twice in the House, and re- ferled to the Committee on Public Health, W tn the amendment by MT. Craven, providing that it shall be un- lawful for more than three physicians of any one school of medicine to be members of or serve upon gaid board at any one time; and provides fur lther, that there shall at all times be at least two members of said beard 1 WIG are not physicians, but who shall be discreet men of affails of at least seven years as c tizens and u2xpay- CTS in tht: state.
 1 The House passed the Senate reso- lu ion ratifying the amendment to he federal constitution for the popular election of United Senators, MT. lobe alone voting in the.negative.
 The bill by Representative Kidder of Pulaski appropr fating $25,OO0 te establish a Junior Republic, was re- turneI by the House Committee on Education win an unfavorable report
 The HcCse adopted an amendment
 to a Senate bill for Confederate pen
 sions, to the effect that no widow
 born since 1878, shall receive pen ision.
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TINE BLUFF RRoaREss
 ROSPERITY
WHO'S JUGGLING!

The Graphic claims and has claim cd Fo. sometime thal, it has the largest circulation in the city, and the largest circulation out of the city of rny newspaper publ shed in Pine Bluff. The Graphic can back up its claim with facts. There is no juggling, so far ss the Graphic is concerned. The sworn statement referred to in <he frenzied spasm of yesterday after noon was a bonafide statement of the Graphic's circulation, dated October ,, 1912, as follows.
 Average number of copies of each ,ssue of this publication sold or dis tribated, through the maiE: or o,her- wise, to paid subscribers duIing the six months preceding the date of this statement (This information is re- uuired from daily newspapers only) 5209.
 sThis rculation includes the extra copies printed and distributed during our cen. est and the extra 3per: taai rva used by our canvassers, as well as our exchanges and advertisers.
 The statement by the Commercial about the same time gave the average circulation for six months prior fc Ca!.e of statement to be 1869 1nd the number being printed a. the time statement was made, to be 2,060.
 The. difference in average ciicn- lati1n of the two paper: spurred oul neistlbor up the street to "organize' it's circulation force and go our attel subscribers, their slogan evidently be ing get 'em any old way TaG printer yes erday morning balled III pa of 2 paragraph in the Grapaic'S ;st.cle which should have read thus; Dur ng which time (three montfs) tho Commercial has been offered a .SS5 cents per month; two months fol G, cents and even three months for 6S cents.'
 By these tactics their circulation has naturally increased but, at tho sanlc time as stated ia cur former ar ticle, the circulation incre SC of th' G aphic has gone steadily on and th' Graphic still has by far the larges roulation both in and oui of the cit, of Pine Bluff. Local people know ihi-. We can prove it to any doubt iua advertiser out of the city. By oul sr-,e rior circulation we have largel! increased our foreign advertising The we'll known object of circulation is for the purpose of increasing busi na=s. We, have 5one it; we are SOFT! it hurts so bad, but we canN help II
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-02-12
GAS EXPLOSION
 SKATERS HOME

Fort Smith, Jan. 1.-The home of J. P. Mckinney was demolished at 6:45 this morning by an explosion Of natural gas which had accumulated beneath the floor from leaking ser vice pipe. The house was rent by the latesal torce of the explosion and also lifted several feet off it's founda- tions, it's destruction being complete ed by crashing down on the founda- tion piers. The entire family was knocked down and bruised, but only two, a boy of and baby, were seri- ously hurt. Fire broke out in the ruins, but was extinguished.
 We insure against such
 Hazard. Cost is small.
 R. H. M. MILLS & SONS
 Phone 29.
 3O3 and BOA Citizens Bank Building.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-02-12

stein; Mrs. D. J. Williams, Eudora; MT. and Mrs. O.. Bedell, St. Louis; James K Payne, St. Louis; B. G. Williams, Memphis; H. M Tucker, Little Rock; Fred Surridge, St. 4ouis; R. r. Simmons, Little Rock; Mar H. Wall, Little Rock; E. c. Thomas, Memphis; w. H. Wynne, St. Louis; D. w. Byrd, St. Louis; R. Broad nell, Memphis; E. c. 'Wendler, Little Rock; w. 4. Guthrie, Memphis; J. Moore, Little Rock; w. c. Yerrick, Little Rock; E. w. Rolf, St. Louis; , J. S. Rand, St. Louis; P. G. May, Ri- son.
 AT THE AElLINGTON-M. M. Kelly, Texarkana; A. Simon, Memphis; J. Heiner, Memphis; A. T. Felsenthal, Kansas City; Emma Mates Stuttgart; R. c. Knox, Memphis; William Rich ardson, Cornerstone; B. Y. Richard son, Cornerstone; T. B. Goldsby, England; J. c. Lantz, Shreveport; I. c. Powell, Little Rock; A. F. Clark, Zanesville, O.; w. J. Lanchino, Little Rock; w. II. Wynne, Little Rock.
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ing of the disappearance of the mo- ney. he spoke at length of the injus- tice of the arrest of the urchin and urged the qburt not to send the lad to a reform school, asserting that 1t would ruin his life. The court dis missed the charge and as the lawyer and the boy were leaving the court room the boy asked the lawyer how much his fee was. How much have you got?" asked the lawyer. I've got that $2.75," replied the kid.
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A man is travelling over the state selling stock in newspaper that is to be established in Little Rock. That city has two good and suffide daily papers-an afternoon and a morning paper. If you want to drop your wad just buy some of the stock in the new paper. It will disappear about as quick as a snowfall ina furnacG.
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When the gas lights went out in Rob Roy theater the other night the sparklers of the prima donna of a grand opera company that was play ing in big playhouse there, loaned the manager her sparklers and the opera weut on uninterrupted.
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Government statistics show that inn ports of cocoa are now almost three times as large as they were ten years ago. That probably accounts for so many people being "batty in the CO., cOa"
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The editor of the Fort Smith Times Record ought to throw his family bible away and then he might be able to escape the onslaught of the All Over-Arkansas- Man of the Gazette. Everytime he hints at his age the Ga ezte man comes back with figures that do not lie.
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Judge Kavanaugh is no piker. That was thoroughly shown when the popu- lar short term United States senator asked Congress to appropriate $1,- 900, ,OOO for publid buildings at Little Rock.
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AT THE JEFFERsoN-I. J. Bud aorg, Rochester, N. tY.; II. M. Hart, New Orleans; w. H. Stroud, Cleve- land; Theo. Weisss New Orleans; J. N. Heating St. Louis; J. Wagner, Hot Springs; Mrs. E. CF Chappell, Wald-
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Seven girl babies arrived at an Ar kansas town in three days. Which goes to show that the suffrage move ment is growing alarmingly.
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No Acting Governor Oldham has never been on the hog. He is one of the most progressive and substantial citizens of fonoke county.
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A boy was recenly tried in an Ar kansas court for stealing $2.75 from his employer. His lawyer. after all of the evidence had been heard during which the boy declared he knew noth-
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The All-Over-Arkansas Gazette man can tell his great grandchildren in years to come that his "big puddle was once United States senator
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The local lodge of Elks enjoyed ,an initiation and Dutch lunch at the quarters in the Elks Theater building last night. w. j. Norris, T. J. Parker, and B. L. Cutler were initiated.
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Mir. Whitman seems to be the man of the hour in New York He also seems to be the man behind the dope.
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There IS a general desire to get off the New York police force now. Us ually there is desire to get on.
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3O3 and BOA Citizens Bank Building
New-York tribune., 1913-11-09
OCEAN FRONT RENTED.

The Lewis II. May Company has leased
for Mrs. J. Eisenberg the ocean front
hotel on Beach SD street formerly sea
View avenue), Arverne, Long Island to
Charles Wolfson, who will occupy upon
completion Of alterations.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-09

a large number Of different types of pro-
duction, and 1t is difficult TO make any
general statements which apply TO all
these various grades. 1t is true however,
that the raw materials form probably the
most important factor in the total cost OF
production. although the labor item in
certain types OF boiler making is equally
important. Since the raw materials are
the products Of the steel works and roll
ing mills, there has been a natural ten
dency in the industry TO concentrate with
in easy access of the centres OF iron and
steel production. The industry, however
cannot be said To be concentrated in any
one locality. Erie. Buffalo, Oswego, Cleve-
land, Springfield. H., and Racine, WIS,
are all well known centres Of large es-
Establishments.
New York City does not have at the
present time an important share in the
industry, although there are large num-
Der of boiler-making establishments here,
some of which specialize in high grade
type of boiler. New Jersey, however. has
a number OF large establishments.
Yet New York offers to the boiler man
ufacturer great local market for his fln-
ished product, and. what is still more