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and mosquito, which contain practical
and helpful instruction on sanitation.
Each of these practical lessons is pre-
ceded or followed by selection of clas-
sical literature in prose or poetry re-
lating to the same subject.
A feature of these unique books is
the presenting of George Washington
and Thomas jefferson as successful
farmers rather than as military and
practical heroes. A change of empha-
sis that will be most wholesome for
the boys and girls of Alabama. Agri-
culture was the chief occupation in
which these two great Americans en-
gagged and to which they were pas
sionately devoted. The stories in these
readers of Luther Burbank's wonderful
creation of plants and DR.. Knapp, the
creator of new agriculture, as types
of success to be emu1ated will meet
with most hearty approval.
The joint authors of these readers
are Mr.. I. N. Duncan, professor of
school agriculture, Alabama Polytech-
mic institute, and Mr.. George w. Dun
can. formerly principal of public
schools. Florence and Auburn, Ala. The
authors were reared on a farm IN Ala
bama, where they became thoroughly
familiar with the practical details of
farm life. They are both graduates and
post graduates of the Alabama Poly
technic institute and have had wide ex
perience in educational work and rare
opportunities of studying educational
conditions and needs in Alabama and in
the entire south.
Farm Life Readers are epoch
making books and we predict that they
will give new and more practical direc-
ton to reading in the schools.
hor c1x
step in education both in the authorship
of books and in their first adoption
and use In the public schools OF the
state.
These books recently adopted by the
Alabama state textbook commission for
use In the public schools of the state for
the next five years. Alabama is the very
first state and so far the only state In
which we have offered these books In
the public schools. In fact, they were
adopted from sample copies from gallery
proof before the plates for the hooks
were cast.
Among the features which they contain
which differentiate them from the ordi-
nary school reader, you will observe, is
that each book contains more than 100
pages of original articles dealing directly
with the farm and home, and with those
very activities and experiences in which
children of school age are engaged. You
will notice in the books lessons on 'Se-
lecting Seed Corn" What Chickens to
Raise" THE Care of Milk" etc. You
will also be interested to note that each
book contains number of original stories
written especially for these readers by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
FARM LIFE READERS. .

BY Lawton B. Evans, A. NJ; Luther
duncan, NJ. S; George w. Duncan. M
;. Silver Burdett & Co, publishers.
Nav York.
IN Life Readers Books four and
= Will be perused with great inter-
g Z nS large number of people,
a great deal has been said and writ
ten in recent years about the impor-
lance of teaching children in school
about the things in which they will be
interested when they leave school and
go out to make their way in the world
IL has been justly asked why not give
the child instruction and informa lion in
school about the occupation or busi-
ness In which he will engage, or what
is often more to the point, in which he
is already engaged
This is just what EARN Life Read
ers' will do. While the pupil is learn
Ing to read he is also gaining practi-
cal information about the home and
the farm and the activities and inter-
ests which will engage his attention in
life.
In these books which have been
adopted for use in the schools of Ala
pana there are lessons on How to
Plow." THE Soil" Selecting Seed
Corn" Live Stock on the, Farm"
What Chickens to Raise" 'The Home
Vegetable Garden "The Care OF Milk, ,
etc There are also lessons on the fly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Tells Secret
A Well Known Actress Tells How She
Darkened Her Gray Hair and
Promoted Its Growth With
a Simple Home Mixture

Miss Blanche Rose, a well known
actress, who darkened her gray hair
with simple preparation which she
mixed at home, in a recent interview
at Chicago, ILL.,. made the following
statement: ANY lady or gentleman
can darken their gray hair and make
1T soft and glossy with this simple
recipe. which they can mix at home.
To half pint of water add l OF. of
bay rum. a small box of Barbo Com
pound, and Ia OF. of glycerine. These
ingredients can be bought at any drug
store at very little cost. Apply to the
hair twice a week until 1t becomes the
required shade. This will make a gray
haired person look 20 years younger.
1t is also fine to promote the 's~o--'tit
of hair, relieves itching and scalp hu-
mors and is excellent for dandruIf
and falling hair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

decomposed waste matter and constipa-
tion poison from the bowels. Then
you feel great.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning. 10-cent box
from any drug store win keep your
head clear, stomach sweet, liver and
bowels regular and make you feel bully
and cheerful for months. Don't forg.s
the children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

pathos with tears, gasped at the daring
of his climaxes. And yet he attacked
what many of them held most dear
their God.
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time 1t came down it would get a little
closer to the ground. The peculiar antics
of the squirrel attracted the attention of
the young men, and thay looked around
to see IL they could discover what was
the matter with II, says the Cochran. Tia,
Journal Right near the foot of the tr .
they saw two large rattlesnal<es reared
up almost on their tails, ir;tently watcf~
ing the squirrel. rhe boys shot The
snakes. One of them had IL rattles and
the other had 13. If the boys would have
watched little longer, instead of shoot
ing the snakes, perhaps they would have
seen a squirrel completely charmed and
destroyed. but they could not resist shoot
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

Miss Frances Nimmo, of Montgomery.
OF these stories would like you to notice
particularly How Mary Emily Walked
Up in Book -Four. and "A Tragic Mis-
take and 'The Cultivation of Pure Fun
in Book Five. the purpose of which will
readily suggest itself to you on looking
them over.
These books have received high COM
mendation from number of people in
all parts of the United States who are
interested in practical education. espe-
cially as it relates to rural schools.
THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER
By Clarence B. Kellan. illustrated. Har-
per Brothers. Publishers. New York.
A dainty little volume entitled Thirty
Pieces of Silver by Clarence B. Kelland,
is a religious story of originality and in
terest.
The introduction of the principal char
acter, Carnovan, is thus made:
Ordinary men and women made up
Carnavon's audience-shopkeepe arti-
sans, DOCTORS lawyers, clerks; and he held
them breathless, spellbound. They learned
forward in their seats. every one of the
1000 Of them avaricous of each vibrant
word. In obedience to his genius they
swayed with laughter rewarded his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
"CASCARETS" IF CONSTPATED, SICK,
HEADACHY, BILIOUS DIME A BOX

Turn the raseals out-the headache,
biliousness, constipation, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them out
tonight with Cascarets
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Casearets sweeten and regulate
your stomach; remove the sour, undi-
gested and fermenting food and that
misery making gas; take the excess
bile from your liver and carry off the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

lar one being that of tae old timers, who
declare the gold was hidden there by
high graders years ago, who afterward
either died or were afraid to return for
their loot In the opinion of the old
miners. the character of the gold indi-
Gates that 1t came from Farncomb hill,
which in the early days produced hun
dreds of thousands of dollars.
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all the time, story story. story-a bis
human. original, absorbing novel. built
around one of the finest feminine figures
of recent fiction. For, Amandas smile
would bring the birds from the trees.
The underlying purpose of the author
is to give a picture of the life of the
operatives in the great cotton mills of
the south. She has done this vividly and
withSa force that will cause any sympa-
thetic reader to remember the picture
she draws and to hope at least that a
better time will come. To read a state
ment of these conditions merely presented
as facts would move the sympathy of any
feeling person: to read them as they are
here presented through the medium of
flesh and blood Is all that one can en-
dure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
A True Snake Story

Jess Jones and Henry Barry. Jr.. while
hunting IN the woods near Cum Swamp,
noticed a squirrel running up and dc wn
a tree. The squirrel ran Up and and then
down the trunk of the tree and every
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girl of the great out of doors. sim
pie, elemental, innocent, become a wom-
an of the world, and man. once weak
self-these two remarkable characters are
the central figures in this striking story
of life and the intense struggle for sur
vival.
In all of the important elements of a
big book, the story satisfies artistic
requirements. 1t has a great and perti-
nent theme; an absorbing plot; original
and appealing characters, and fine style
of expression. 1t is a big book in every
sense-a human. beautiful story, dramatic
as life and as vital as living.
From the first the story is convincing
It's scenes are remote from the conven-
tional scenes of fiction. In a world Of
their own, they exist apart. and they
exist, for all their pathos, with charm
and picturesqueness that is not dead
ened by sordidness and squalor
Although 1t constitutes a social d ,cu-
ment of unquestonable value, the book
is so alive with the deepest human feel
ing and devotion that perhaps its main
interest Is as a holding love story OF
finest flavor
The book will be read with uuiagging
interest. and at this time part scularly,
with the great interest manifest in indus
trial unionism, the prevention of child
labor, and the suppression of sabotage
both in the capital and labor class. this
powerful story, which so aroused the ma
ton few years ago, should fini a wide
circle of readers upon its resppearance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
AMANDA OF THE MILLS.

BY Marie Van Worst. The Bobbs Merrill
Co., Publishers, Indianapolis.
This new edition of a remarkable novel
is induced first by the fact that it deals
with a problem of intense national inter-
est, problem that directly affects
large portion of the Countrywide problem
of child labor. 1t treats this question
beautifully, but with no hectic exaggera-
tion. 1t is social document OF unques-
tionable value. But it is first. last and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE END OF THE HONEYMOON
By Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, Publishers, New YORK
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
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: cussed by the leaders. dll OF them women
OF superior birth breeding and education.
True. the last named practice IS forbid
den and vigorously repressed by the Brit
ish government but il Is reasonably i'm
possible for country as immense as the
Indian Peninsula. which is as large as
Europe less Russia. where thousands OF
square miles are not actually under the
watchful eye OF a British official. To be
absolutely free from this horrihc religious
. rite.
again the temples. with their vast
secret suDterranean halls and chambers,
uuu,nr into the bowels Of the earth
wh,ro it would he death I'm It's most awful
form for any but the initiated 70 enter
cloak and hide hiocd curdlirs orgies pass.
ing the conception of the widest i'm
agination.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
.EducszEed I7aIozn CWLc
The Marchioness of Duferin lnstigated the
Fight That Has Brought Hope to the
Hindu Women After Centuries
of Crushing Misery and
Cruel Oppression.

1t is deep psychological problem that
has yet to be solved
In every country on the globe women
have arisen and demanded equal rights.
Societies have been formed, clubs have
been established. and an international as
sociation. stronger than any other asso-
citation or order. with unlimited means
rsmifies the earth.
In India the close system Of ''purdah,
the screening Of native women; the caste
prejudices. the racial hatred between
Hindus and Mahometans. the two pre-
dominating religious faiths, centuries Of
superstition. the grossest ignorance. iron
clad traditions and above all. the bitter
animosity OF the Hindu Brahmns and
Mahometan mullahs, priests Of the re-
spectlve creeds, against any innovation
especially relative to women, made India
appear 10 be the last country where 1t
would be possible for women TO voice
their grievances and desires But India
has arisen from her almost prehistoric
lethargy and the world stands astounded.
1t is a peculiar fact that priests Of all
denominations have thundered their con-
demnation against the feminist movement
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

y TITLE do the thousands Of women
Of the United States-or Europe, Tor
IL that matter, with the exception OF
England-know Of the bitter struggle that
Is taking place in India with reference
10 woman suffrage.
For hundreds of years women in lndla
have had no status in the world Of the
living Looked upon from the time oi
her birth as a curse, or at least as a
burden. womans lot in that land has
steadily grown worse. Within the last
three years. however. a change that can
only be termed miraculous has overspread
the country.
From Lhasa 10 Ceylon-north and south
from Burmah to Afghanistan-eas ana
vest-and even i'm the sem-civilized jungle
provinces of Central India cry for equal
rights has been sent up by the women Of
the most popucus country OF the earth.
No pitiful, pleading cry for the right to
vote. but cry so deep, so strong, so
earnest. that the basic beliefs and tradi-
tions of countless centuries have been
rocked and thrown from their seemingly
impregnable foundations
" hat has brought about this change
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

ONE 60 by trolley, and OF these the
majority select the lines that
~ charge but cents on all days put
Saturdays Sundays and holidayS,
others go by fast express. and most Oh
these alight at Sheepshetd Bay or u
mer Park and save the second fare py
walking the remaining distance; a Few
spend 10 cents to get there, but these
are the haut ton-the plutocrats-ot the
thousands who use the city's beach at
Coney Island.
None OF them comes alone. Some are
with sweeethearts and these make no
secret that they are firmly convinced
that the whole world was made especial
ly for them-sea, beach, sky and ali the
rest OF IL, and that the thousands who
watch them or pass them by ignorant
OF their existence are but puppets. placed
on earth merely to lend added notion
sodnd and color 10 the scene. And then
there are the family parties, where the
Youngsters take somewhat after the
fashion Of the lovers, and regard all
things as passing incidents In their hap
uy little lives, with their mothers as
sort Of grand medium, an entity more
stable and more constant than the
rest. through whom they derive most Of
their pleasures.
Even the policemen. usually stiff and
gruh looking instruments of the law
seem 10 become part Of this UerrH tur-
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
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ivan fashion. and after the warning with
appropriate winks he again wanders Off,
observing, no doubt. in his own fashion
that when constabulary duty's TO be done
a policeman's life is not happy one.
Then there are the little girls who are
not quite little enough to dlsrobe on the
beach, and whose parents feel that each
10 cents saved is 10 cents earned. and
these compromise by rolling up theiI
dresses as far as they'll 80 and then wad-
ing out. And then there are some chill
dren who so to Coney Island and spend
the whole day without once going near
the water! But these are babes in arms
whose mammas bring those baby car
riages that fold up like a book with
them. and once on the beach they are
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

from the pulpit. II would seem that there
is an all-preyailing fear that the cquallz-
ing Of men and women in the eyes OF
society and OF the law and therefore
their uplift. mentally and morally. would
tend greatly to break down the domina-
ton Of the church. would dissipdte the
blind obedience TO the dictates of the va
rious religious orders.
only a few months ago. In Benares. the
holy city of the Hindu religion. over a
quarter Of a million women assembled
and denounced In no mncins terms the
intense animosity and the unparalleled
bigotry maintained against their emanci-
patton by the priesthood belonging 10 the
various divisions Of the Hindu cult
Infanticidc- staying Of female in-
fants-chid marriage, the degrading of
the dancing girls attached 10 the temples
for the purposes OF prostitution. the for
bidding Of remarriage to widows, where
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
,CLCE .AZNaoo MaH1e1

Hindu women are taught that sef-im-
notation is the zenith of bliss in the
future world The woman who will not
hermit herself thus 10 be murdered is
considered unfaithful, and her life be-
comes such as would wiring the heart OF
the most callous. With shaven head,
dressed in the coarsest Of coarse fabrics.
without a single ornament, she performs
the most mental work and is the slave Of
the entire household.
There are tens Of thousands Of mere
infants among these unfortunate Great
ures.
When Il Is considered that among the
Hindus the father of a girl imperils his
future salvation ii he has not contracted
for her marriage before her ninth year.
and that in many instances in this land
OF sudden death. where the death rate is
highest. the child bridegroom often sue
cumbs to one OF the numerous deadly
maladles which abound, II is not an IN
common sight to see little girls Of ten
and twelve wearing the hidecus garo
which proclaims their heartrendins state.
Numbers commit suicide and others at
tach themselves to the temples as dancing
girls
Under the old order a woman IN India
/ must always belong 20 somebody In the
/ Mahabharata the subject is thus tersely
/ treated: There is not a single woman IN
| three worlds that deserves TO be regard
ed as mistress Of her own self. The father
/ ,.r..,.ctg b,r y-bila she Il "A maiden. The
/ husband protects her while she Is IN
/ youth. Sons protect her when she Is aged.
| Women can never be independent as lons
as they live" Accordingly, the funeral
pyre, slavery OF the worst kind suicide
1 Contained on sixth mage
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

opened up and baby is put In TO laus"
and coo to his little hearts content
But of all who go TO make up the hSp
ny. eneryescent throng that idles away
sunny day at the city's seaside park nOns
finds more real enjoyment than the sms"
boy who. when he gets too big to disroO,
on the beach in view of thousands an.
hasn't reached the age where he mas y
cents for hathhouse. or the age whe,.
his mamma feels that he should not W"
wander of to some dark recess under ~.
city's bathhouse and later emerge WIZ"
all his clothes on his arm. wearing
bathing suit and moment later Is pe.,
of the joyous scene where breaking SUI.
and laughing bathers are outlined asai"''
background of sea and sun and shy
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
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bulent panorama that finds its best eX-
preston on the glittering sands of the
city's free beach, with its gaudily striped
tents. it's imposing bathhouse Of stone
and steel and cement, that stretches
from Surf avenue. noisy, maddeninS. ir-
responsible Surf avenue, with It's holi-
day crowds and holiday dress. back al
most to the very oceans edge, within
few feet of mean high water mark.
And here is what one of these police
men said ore day last week TO a
portly German frau whose three children
were seated on a bench beside her. taking
off their shoes and stockings: Now.
missus. remember that the sign over
there says. No disrobing on the beach,
and IL you want your young 'uns 20 take
a dip give 'em 10 cents each and let EN-
go to the bathhouse'
The children just grinned, while mann
ma said something about 30 cents being
quite a sum where there is big family
10 bring up. and then the policeman
with knowing wink, replied:
Now. I'm going away from mere Tor
half an hour, and don't let Inc eaten YOU
undressing these children here On the
beach when | get back
And with his face wreathed in smiles
and his tongue stuck in his cheek. he
wandered of
And when the boy-he was about eleven
saw that the policeman was some dis
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

Continued on sixth page.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

tance off. he took off his coat, buttoned
II around his waist apron-fashion and in
moment his knickerbockers slipped to
the ground. The next minute he .ook 4
pair Of cotton bathing trunks that man.
ma handed him. and donping these he
joined the bathers who Were 1isporting
thems elves in the roaring surf
And mamma then turned her attention
TO her little daughters. one eight years old
and the other five, and by a bit Of leger-
demain removed all their clothes save
one light slip. TheY. went of t1 iola
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To bring the little 'uns to, amt it?"
And mamma laughs as she sees her own
little girls tossed about By wave and
trying to right their little garments be-
fore the advance OF other waves, which
are no respecters of persons. And nam
ma agrees with the policeman, and the
two chat together for a while
And there he performs his bit of con-
stabulary duty in true Gilbert and Sulli-
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

Johnny. who by this time had made
friends with a dozen other Youngsters.
And mamma is sitting on the bench,
minGing the clothes of the little ones. and
enjoying herself in watching her children
as they are thrown down by the zig
combera. when the policeman returns lie
acts as though he had never seen her
before and says
TINS is the finest place In the wOrii
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-17
All Civilized Nations Should
Unite in Defense of
Civilization

GEORGIAN
years
warning against
Oriental invasion
your precious
Christianity displayed Europe
Of
Christianity civilization
possible
Buddhist Oriental nation the the
North
people
tanty purely
apply
and
pie a whole and venal
Christianity
Christianity civilization
in o the globe
Christianity
liberty then all the nations of the world which believe ideals
o oppose
prejudice small efne
possibility
a 10 mm
modify United
where and he will make worthy himself worthy his
o preserve
civilized
world could be united should united
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-17
The Lesson From Flag Day {:
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.

FLATS off,"
Along the street there comes
A bJGre Of bugJes and the
sound of drums
A flash of color beneath the
sky
Hats off"
The flag Is passing By!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-17
The Back Yard Stock Farm
By WEEK JONES.

The Bureau of Fisheries telling kee
sTdpH IN back yard.
used to dine cOned beef hash Irish stew
For high food high
But the Fisheries bulletin has changed all that
And eat the choicest products Of the marshes
My yard is full Of errapin l oysters in pail;
And with bigger bathtub 1 think I'd keep a
The laundry tubs hold Holsters; wims sink;
For the missus sealskin coat is twice
We have the best of seafood, and it nothing
But were waiting for bulletin "The Front Porch
And oh, dear Government believe hungry nation
For tips How Canaries BE Made Lay Eggs"
How Raise Hogs in Rotop Desks would slash
Feed Sheep Ashes" would greatly cheaper
So all have terrapn let haste the happy day
When the best of without thought pay.
"For whalebone Corsets you