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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05

opening not on the list, l will notify
you at once
"She is the type of woman who does
not talk nor sympathize nor make I'M
thinking promises. She gets results.
Finally one evening the busy wo-
man to whom she had carried her orig
inal letter of Introduction called her on
the phone.
" Did you get a chance at that open
ing in the accounting department OF
the Morgan Hardware Company ?"
What opening?" answered the girl
blankly. The Morgan Hardware Com
pany was among the names on the list
which she had not followed up. She
tried to think up an effective excuse.
hut only succeeded in faltering, Why, I
didn't go there. l thought if you heard
OF any Thing, you would let me know at
once.
And l thought, explained the busy
woman to friends later, that if a girl
really wanted a position she would fol-
low w every suggestion, but it seems
that the girl armed with a letter of in
PRODUCTION thinks that it commands q
position handed to her on silver
platter
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05
WHY SHE LOST HER
CHANCE FOR A JOB

In a very interesting and practical
talk to business girls in the March
Womans Home Companion the author
tells the following story;
"A girl brought to a busy woman of
considerable influence the sort of le:-
ter none of us can ignore. This w.
man, partner and practical worker in
a successful business, had at the mo-
ment no opening, nor did she happen
to know of one in other offices. But
she realized that openings appear ca
the business horizon without much
warning. She made out list of per-
sonal and business acquaintance who
might make use of such services is
the newcomer offered, and told the
girl to call on each of these per-
sons.
Tell them Mrs. Robbins sent you, ,"
was her final order.
She did not consider it necessary to
inform the girl that in each case she
would telephone the parties named and
advise them of the girls coming.
I hope you will be fortunate, she
said in dismissing her caller. Let me
hear from you, and if | hear of any
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05

face and would walk the floor. l could
not lie down or sit still sometimes for a
day and q night at time. 1 was ner-
Vous, had very little appetite, no ambi-
ton, melancholy. and often felt as
though I had not friend in the world
CATER 1 had tried most every fe-
male remedy first, without success,
my mother-in-law advised me to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. did so and gained in strength
every day. have now no trouble in
any way and highly praise your medi-
cine. 1t advertises itself. Mrs. S. T.
HURLEY, Eldon, Missouri.
Remember, the remedy which did
this was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. For sale everywhere.
It has helped thousands of women
who have been troubled with displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, indigestion,
and nervous prostration. after all other
means have failed. Why don't you
try it?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05
IT'S YOUR SMILING SIDE
THE GRAY WORLD WANTS

all the time. And she used to cry a
good deal.
Now, if had been able to help the
girl would have done so. But after
we'd talked the matter over thorough
ly once and l told her he was a rot
ter, and she ought to forget him, there
was no more for either of us to say.
She couldn't get him back anyway. AMI
he wasn't worth it. But she kept o.
talking about him and her sorrow. And
she kept on crying. | used to grab
her hand and pull her off the sand
and ask her to run a race with me. Z
would duck her head in the surf while
We were bathing. l would pour sand
in her ears. even tickled her bare
soles as she lay on the beach. For
two weeks l worked on that girl %
make her smile. But l couldn't. And
l don't want to see her again. Thank
you SO much for not sending her the
address"
The brown-haired girl from whom
buy gloves is cruel? Not at all She
is gifted with keen judgment and Il
sense of values. She had rendered
good advice, it was not followed. She
tried to make the girl cast off her
burden of love-sickness, had tried to
make her smile, but she had failed. She
knew that association with the girl
meant being an audience for an ever
repeated story, a story that should
have been forgotten. She could not
help her, and she would not allow the
girl to hinder her.
The person who will not smile is
hopelessly selfish. The person who
cannot smile is ready to die. The
world demands smiles and by so doing
proves itself a master psychologist.
1t knows that the man who smiles
does not take himself too seriously, so
is not handicapped by conceit. He is
willing and able to learn. The world
knows that the woman who smiles IS
brave. She will not let her life's hurts
reach the marrow and the hearts core
The pin pricks and scratches she will
forget
There is always something or some-
body to smile at, if only yourself. We
are all rather amusing, especially when
we feel most serious. We see what re-
lates to our lives so monstrously out
of proportion especially when we are
in love Smile even at your love af-
fairs. Smile now, for surely you will
some day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05
AT 6S HE MARRIES
The FAMILY'S MAID
Then Told His Son and
Daughters

Atlantic City, N. j., April 4.-Cor-
Lelius Kelley, sixty Eight years old, a
pioneer of Atlantic City and one of the
richest residents of the Chelsea Sec
ton, caused a stir here to-day By
slipping away after the 6 o'clock
mass in Our Lady Star of the Sea
Church and marrying Miss Anna Cox,
twenty-nine years old, maid in his
home.
Mr.. Kelley believes in sensations.
Three years ago he startled Carlton
Geist, President of the Atlantic City
Gas Company, by demanding $68,OO0
for the old Girard house, landmark
at Michigan and Atlantic avenues. He
had learned that the gas company
wanted to build big office building
there. The price was unprecedented
for that section. When the company
finally agreed to his terms he took the
officials off their feet again by want
ing all the $6S,000 in dollar bills.
There was no use demurring, AMI
Geist finally agreed to that, too. 1t
was necessary to go to Philadelphia 20
get the bills. They were brought hele
under guard.
After the money had been paid over,
Kelley hired a passing delivery wagon
and had his awo sons climb aboard
with pistols in their hands, piled the
stacks of greenbacks aboard and drove
to his bank There austered clerks
worked for hours counting the bills.
Kelley took his oldest son, Dennis,
into his confidence this morning and
had him stand up" with him at the
ceremony. After it was over Denny
drove the machine back to his dad )
home at No. 10 North Chelsea avenue,
and the bridegrooms two daughters
and another son were told of the mar
riage. One daughter is older than the
bride.
Mr.. Kelley recently returned from 4
tour of Ireland Absence made his
heart grow fonder," for he popped the
question to Anne soon after his return
He confessed he had fallen in love
with her two years ago, when she en-
tered the service of his family.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05

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Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05
SOCIETY IS BASED UPON
ETERNAL MARRIED LOVE

the years pass by, find yourself inter
ested in and stirred by other magnetic
masculine personalities. When such
an experience comes, give it as little
thought as possible 1t does not mean
that you have ceased to love your
husband, nor that you have found one
who could hold your interest longer
than he. 1t means that you chancef
to be susceptible to an electric cur
rent which can vitalize and strengthen
you if made to act upon you mentally.
or can be turned into a live wire and
bring destruction if you choose to
make it So"
To a son | should speak in precisely
the same manner, perhaps oftener and
with more earnestness-not because
men are more tempted than women
from within or without, but because
they have been allowed so long to be-
lieve in their privilege to play with
temptation.
1t is useless to deny the fact thai
, life offers no other fascination equal
to the attraction of the sexes. 1t is
not strange when we realize that the
entire earth is formed and maintained
the vegetable as we'll as the animal
kingdom-by the sex impulse. The
only strange thing is that human be-
ings in this advanced and scientific
age consider it a subject to be avoided
or fact to be denied.
The woman who proclaims herself
absolutely Indifferent to men proclaims
herself either helplessly phlegmatic or
anaemic. She is not normal neither is
the man who cares nothing for-and
finds nothing fascinating in-the asso-
citation of women
Wise is the wife who says to her.
self: MY husband will see many wo-
men who charm and interest him, but
he shall be so loved, entertained ami
trusted by me that he will not want to
wander away"
Wise is the husband who says: MY
wife will attract and be attracted by
other men, no doubt; but she is loyal
and true, and shall give her such
attention and devotion she will not
wish herself the wife of any other
man"
That there are many such marriages
know, for l again assert that despite
all the hue and cry raised about mar
tial unrest, and despite the frequency
of divorce, happy marriages form the
base of our social structure.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05
(By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

(By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In the first glamor and rapture Of
possession, betrothed lovers and newly
married people are immune from thu
influence of any third person. The most
fascinating woman, the most attractive
man, is powerless to awaken more
than a passing platonic interest in
husband and wife.
Very young lovers believe this con-
dition will prove eternal, and when it
diminishes in ally degree-when either
one becomes in the least susceptible to
the physical or mental charms of an
other-they imagine they have reach
ed crisis of misfortune, and that
welded love is dead or dying.
Instead they should regard it as the
mere rise and fall of the emotional
tides. When the sea is at high-water
mark, all the pebbles and rocks on the
coast are covered; when it GIBBS they
are revealed, but the tide comes back
and covers them again.
The pebbles change and the rocks
wear away, but the tides are eternal
So, husband and wife should realize
that married love is the eternal thing
and wait for the fullness of the tides,
and not regard mere incidents as trag-
edies, nor attach undue Importance to
passing distractions.
The magnet ore attracts the par
ticle of steel until the steel is charged
with the same magnetism-then ii
does not follow the steel
Yet, left to itself for period Of
time, it again is susceptible to the
same influence. The thrill goes out OF
the hand-clasp and the kiss at times
because husband and wife have been
SO constantly associated. Let brief
separation ensue-and it is found
again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05
(By Ada Patterson

The world wants your smiling side
Men, women and children are like
tlGlas. for every one of them has IL
silver lining. That is what the world
W hts, not your frowns but your
cm''e s. Not the blues of your mood,
but the gold.
Anan who is a dictator of dramatic
d"stinIes in this country and in Eli
rope said lad whom he had just en-
gagged as office boy, HE will get on; he
smiles. The man who himself ha
> iscn i'll a few years from the stage
whtn he joined street parades to ad-
vert'se the show, had the smiling ha-
hit. lie believed that he had in part
smiled his way to success, and 10
doubt he had; at least half of success
consists in the cooperation of those
who work for and with us, and his
people" address him by his initials,
loving him as a father or an elder
brother. "He is so considerate and
cheerful and he smiles the rough
places smooth" is their explanation CT
|
you can't afford to be in the dumps
You are transformed when you smile d"
was the advice of a world traveller 10
distant relative.
l missed an attendant from a hair
dressing establishment in New York
rs she ill?' I inquired. mo, she's
fred" responded the proprietor, and
because my silence was full of ia
quiry, she continued
81 had to get rid of her because she
had the complaining habit. She talked
to the customers about her troubles,
and they gave her old clothes. I might
have corrected that habit, but she had
a sour face. In business you must not
talk much, but you must smile a great
deal.
A letter came to me, requesting the
address of a working girl knew, an
honest, cheerful, kindly girl with a
shining brown matched head crammed
with that really serviceable variety Of
Intellect we call common sense. The
writer said she had met the girl at a
seaside resort and had liked her and
wished to continue their pleasant &C
quaintance, but had mislaid her ad-
dress. She knew that the, girl waited
upon me at Jones and Browns. Would
| forward her address?
The first thought was to forward the
address. The second was to send the
letter to the girl and ask her to send
the address herself if she wished the
writer to have it.
That second thought l learned when
again the girl was skillfully stuffing
my fingers into yielding kid gloves was
the better.
I'm so glad you didn't send the ad-
Dress" she said. ID don't want TO
keep up the acquaintance. am sure
She isn't good for me, Oh, no, she isn't
a bad girl, but she is a sad girl She
had loved young man very much, and
he had left her She talked about it
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l e m a ! e weakness.
For two years l
could not stand on
my feet long at a
time and l could not
W ak two blocks
wi thout enduring
cutting and drawing
pains down my right
side which increased
on &c a month. l
have been at that
time purple in the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05

"Bliggins seems tremendously busy
sometimes
YES" replied the cynical person
Hes one of those people who can
avoid a great deal of actual work by
seeming busy. Washington Star.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05

A woman is usually so afraid that
she can't keep a secret that she goes
and gets. another woman to help her
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05
Imaginary Affnities.

The mistake lies in supposing that
it is gone forever, and is rushing forth
to seek a new sensation elsewhere,
and if found elsewhere, to suppose it
means affinity"
We're 1 the mother of a young
daughter about to be the wife of a
man she adored, I should say to her.
DO not imagine that you will never
feel the attraction of any other man
when you are married. If you are III
perfect health and if your mind IS
receptive and progressive, you will, as
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05
MELANCHOLY
WOMEN
Should Profit by Mrs. Hur.
ley's Experience-Her Own
Story Here Told.

Eldon, To was troubled with
displacement, organic inflammation and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-05

Where there is genuine human love
there also is human goodness.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21
WATER FED THE FLAMES.
Hopeless Fight Against a Peculiar
Conf7agration at Sea.

When the freighter Hardy steamed
out of lie Treport. France. she carried
besides the mineral water in her hold
a number of small wooden cases mark
ed metallic sodium"
The channel WIS rough. The vessel
rolled and pitched violently. The cap
tain saw that the ship was listing to
port and. suSpecting that the cargo
was shifting. sent hOatSwain below
to Investigate. As the bOatSwain en-
tered the hold he saw that several
cases OF mineral water had broken and
that the water WAS swishing abnnt in
the hold. Then suddenly he saw one
Of the wooden cases marked sodium"
burst into flame.
Immediately he gave the alarm. and
the crew rushed IL their fire stations.
The captain directed the men to play
the hose into the hold AS the first
stream of water struck the burning
case there were several explosions as
package after package within the case
caught fire. by this time two other
cases Of sodium had broken open. and
their contents as they came in contact
with the water from the hose burst
into flames.
The crew could not believe their
eyes. The more water they poured on
the fire the more intense grew the con
flaSratiOn Then suddenly two cases
few into the air. crashed against the
overhead beams and spread out IL
sheets Of fire. the smaller pieces drop
ping back only to bounce and dane,
about. hot halls Of fame. in the halt
swamped hold
Panic stricken. the crew dropped the
hose lines and Ted above decks But
the captain ordered the cargo f1ung
into the sea and led his men back into
the hold They succeeded in throwing
several Of the cases overheard. But as
each case hit the waves 1t rebounded
into the air. a flaming ball.
The superstitious crew was fast be-
coming manageable. and the captain
saw that in any case he must abandon
the ship He ordered the crew to the
boats not one moment too soon. for as
the boats rowed away from the blaz
ing hulk several loud explosions came
from the hold. Then there was one
mighty defamation. The freightet
broke In two and plunged out OF sight.
The origin OF the fire was Of course.
in the sodium Sodium is Il peculiar
metal. which oxydizeS rapidly when
water touches it and flames as soon as
the water becomes warm. According
to the chemists classification. II IL the
second member Of the alkali group that
includes lithium. potassium. rubidium
and caesium. All Of these elements
have the same characteristics NJ ~
dunn In greater or less degree. The
sodium should have been shipped In
Theoretically sealed tin cans inclosed
In wooden cases. But the rolling Of
the ship and the careless slowing Of
the cargo broke open some Of these
cases. and the sodium. which was not
properly packed. was iiberated.-Bo
ton Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21
The Writers.

J. NJ. lie Sage has been for fifty
years a member Of the editorial star
of the London Telegraph.
Miss Della Crewe. a writer Of Waco.
Tex. Is making motorcycle tour Of
the world. Miss Crewe expects to write
Impressions Of her trip for a magazine.
Mrs. J. R. Green. who has been de-
scribed as 1.-The cleverest woman in
London" was recently given the degree
Of doctor Of literature by the Liverpool
university. She in historian Of ex-
ceptional ability and has written a
number Of such works. Her book on
Henry II. Is considered to be the best
life Of any medieval king.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21
HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY.
Stamina NoaehlaAd.

There are two little arteries
which supply the whole face
with blood. one on each side.
These branch Off from the main
arteries on each side of the wind
pipe and. running up toward
the eyes. pass over the outside
of the jawbone. about two-thirds
of the way back from the chin
to the angle of the jaw. under
the ear. Now. suppose your
nose bleeds by the right nostril.
with the end Of the fOre6nger
feel along the outer edge Of the
right jaw until you feel the beat
ing Of the artery directly under
your finger. the same as the
pulse in your wrist: then press
the finger hard upon 1t. thus
getting the little fellow in u
tight place between your finger
and the jawbone.
The result will be that not
drop OF blood goes into that side
of the face. while the pressure
continues: hence the nose In"
Stantly stops bleeding for want
Of blood to flow. and the rup-
tured vessels in the nose proba.
bly, by that time will contract.
so that when you let the blood
into then they Will not bleed.
bleeding from cut or wound
anywhere about the face may be
stopped in the same way.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21
Current Comment.

There is no fault to find with the
'men behind the guns" on the Arkan.
'as To hit II target five miles away six
times In tiftyspv seconds ia marks
manship New York World.
A French engineer rises to announce
that the Panama canal ia too small
And yet 1t proved too big for the
French company which tackled the job
and gave it up--New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
A New Jersey convention has been
discussing the question whether nag
ring by their wives drives men to
drink or drinking by their husbands
causes women to nag The answer IL
easy: BOTH New York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21
The Personal Element
10 Advertising
BY HOLLAND.

"A DVERTISERS make q
"A mistake in treating their
advertising as something ex-
traneOus to themselves and
to the people they want to
reach. They omit the person
al element. which is the es-
sence of successful advertis-
ing.
Be personal in your adver-
Using as you would be in
conversation. Try to Impress
the individual buyer by direct
and personal appeal. Write
your advertisement with the
knowledge that it Is to be
read bv individuals each of
whom thinks and acts indi:
vidually. Put into your ad-
vertisement something of
yourself. something of your
sincerity and enthusiasm.
Make your advertising as
much a part Of yourself as
your business Is. Have 1t
distinctive and characteristic,
as dignified as you are. as
unconventional as you are.
In writing your advertising
be yourself. Don't try to
write above or below your
level. Write as you would
talk-simply. sincerely. So
doing your advertisement will
pull"
The editors advice and
suggestions are always yours
for the asking. You are en-
titled to ask him any ques-
lions you please. and he will
not feel offended II you de-
eide not to follow his sugges-
tons.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21
Fashion FrilIs

When a girl wears low cut dress
she is either coming home from work
or going to party.-Cincinnati Dn-
quirer.
A New York r1illiner's display of
winter hats shows some with plumage
nearly two feet high. Exit the hatbox
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21

under the he'd as f,mily institution
Detroit Free Press.
Once more the Partisan fashion max
cry announce that the crinoline is com
Ing back. They may lead woman to
the hoopskirt. but they have vet to
make her wear it.-Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21

Want ad. In the Columbus CO., Dis
patch: Respectable elderly lady wants
a situation as grandmother to good
home" That ought to meet with an
Instant response. Think of the grand
motherlpss homes in this great and
p0pulous country!
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21

Or. McDougall Of Oxford says that
1t ia right and proper to laugh at 9TH
ers' mishaps. thus turning into a stin-
ulant which promotes well being a
mass Of minor Ills. Which Is quite
true. no doubt. Any one can try 1t
for himself. beginning with his own
miShanS
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-21

Grandpa Macpherson How many
do two and two make. Donald? DON
ald-Six. Grandpa What are you talk
ing about? Two and two make four.
Donald-Yes. know. but I thought
you'd "beat me down" . bit-London
Punch.