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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-13
Charles Garrett

The remains of Charles Garrett, aged 40 years. who died Wednesday afternoon
 at sl6 North Sixteenth street. the lare
 residence. were sent to Nashville yester- day morning byEthe Johns Undertaking company for interment widow. two
 brothers and two sisters survive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-13
Services at Temple Emanu-El

The regular weekly services will be held at Temple Emanu-El tonight at o'clock with Rabbi Morris Newfield officiating. By request Dr. Newfield will speak oii. "Is Life Worth Living?1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-13
Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Della C. McEyers

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Della c. McEvers, aged 5s years. who died wednesday night. will be con- ducted this morning from the residence at 1O06 North Twenty-fourth streets, un- der the auspices of the ladies of the Eastern Star. Interment will follow in Elmwood cemetery. The deceased is sur vived by her husband w. w. McEyers and two married daughters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-13

JOHNS Undertaking Co. Phone loos
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
Evening Story
TRACKS IN THE SNOW
Rv Donald Allen,

Copyright. 1912, by the Associated
Literary Press.)
1t was the first snow of the season,
and therefore not much of a snow
just about enough to call out the
cats and rabbits and encourage them
to leave million tracks on the white
blanket
When MissH Ida Benham looked
from her window in the morning she
uttered a long-drawn "Oh-h-h" at
the sight. When she got downstairs
she "Oh.h-h-ed!" again, and encour-
aged by the smile of Aunt Betty's
hired man she clasped her hands and
exclaimed:
ooh, this is what / was waiting
for!'
eyes"
'"To 20 rabbit hunting!"
you'll get a million of EN-"
The first snow in the city is not
like the first snow in the country.
There Is a difference in the white
ness, and when there are tracks in
the back yard a city man must admit
that they were made by tomcats in
stead Of rabbits.
Miss Ida was eighteen, but had
never seen real rabbit track. Neither
had she ever met hired man. She
had seen dog tracks and met grufl
policemen in Central park.
/, ~ shall put on my shortest skirt, "
she said to her aunt as they ate
breakfast, land my thick shoes and
that old hat ] brought along, and ]
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
Little Talks On BdbD0l0gy
BY ANNA STEESE RICHARDSON


2 dozen diapers % inches square.
pair socks.
/ loose warm sacque. knitted or
made of outing flannel, or French tlan
mel.
loose, soft cloak for outdoor wear
soft silk lined or knitted cap.
This is not hard and fast list, put
ono that may be varied with the taste
every essential.
Y Silk and wool or cotton and wool
shirts are preferable to Atwood for the
tender skin Of the new born baby, even
in cold climates. In warm weather
the little shirt may be all cotton.
The bell band must be unhemmed
and unbound If 1t is not to cut into the
tender flesh, and ii must be fastened
firmly but not tightly with very smell
safety pins. five or six, 40 that II will
not slip. As soon as the baby becomes
active. the belly band will begin to
slip up under the arms and perhaps in
terfere with the breathing. Then use
"a knitted band with tiny shoulder
straps which can also be fastened ut
the bottom to the diapers These, like
the belly band. are better II bought
in silk and wool, or wool and cotton
combinations. They both support the
abdomen and ward OF chill to the
bowels.
The flannel skirts which show the
same soft mixture Of silk and wool or
cotton and wool, are hung from the
shoulder, not pinned around the long
suffering little abdomen, and should
not be more than rs inches in length
What were once known as long
clothes" are no longer used by intellt-
gent mothers. The christening robe
and it's fellow frocks which sweep the
floor, are now reserved for royal babies
on state occasions.
The flannel skirt may be hem.stitch.
ed or bound with silk braid or en-
broidered in fine scallop. This 10
baby's only skirt The old fashioned
skirt OF cambria, lawn. ETC., has gone
out. Over the flannel skirt Is worn the
simplest sort of slip, made from some
soft finished cotton material like main
sock, batiste or Persian lawn. This
slip may be hand embroidered or seal
Hoped round the neck and wrists. It 10
never trimmed with machine embroid-
cry or lace which irritates the tender
flesh.
The most comfortable method of
fastening these little slips is draw
string of fine linen tape. Even the
best of gold safety pins or the --latest
Of buttons may make baby uncomfcrt-
able.
(To be continued.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
EARNING BY SAVING.

An Illinois newspaper short time
ago printed across the top of Its edi.
torial page this slogan: Demand
causes high prices. Individual re-
trenchment Is the only effectual In
dividual defense"
This means that, in the opinion OF
that editor, there Is no immediate pros
pect of halt in the steady rise OF
prices, and that the only way to beat
the high cost Of living is stop living so
high.
An increasing number Of citizens are
inclined to agree with this opinion and
genuine thrift and old-fashioned saw
ing are becoming more popular than
they have been in these latter years
of extravagant living in this country.
A greater number of persons than
ever before is now making deter
mined effort to meet the greater de-
mands on the pocket book by earning
more and by saving more, so that
stored up money at interest In the
bank or elsewhere may help defray the
constantly heavier expenses
Two young men, one In receipt OF
wages of $12 week and another OF
twice that amount, each eat In the
same restaurant wear clothing OF prac-
tically identical appearance, and each
of them is regularly broke" at the
end of the week. Evidently the actu-
ally necessary expenditures of the two
cannot be very different, but the ratio
to the wages each receives is vastly
different.
If the one with the larger income
does not save anything, the fault lies
with him more than the high cost OF
living.
The man who spends everything he
makes when he gets $1,000 a year is
very apt to spend everything he makes
when his income is $4,000 year,
without regard to changes in the mar
ket prices of the necessities of life
A fixed habit of saving is the all-im-
portant thing
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
CLOTHES.


How odd 1t Is that an American
mother will criticise the Chinese moth
er who binds her baby girls feet or
the Indian mother who straps her new
born son on aboard. and then calmly
pin the belly band so tight round her
own new born baby's abdomen that
1t cuts into the tender flesh.
In common with the average women
uneducated and unframed for mother
hood. I recall that overestimated the
importance of the belly band In cloth
ing my own babies. but never realiz
ed that it was still being transformed
into an instrument Of torture until
attended Better Babies Contests
There, watching mothers undress their
babies for the physical examination
was shocked at the ridges, the cruel
red lines left by the discarded strips
of flannel. And heard many q good
doctor lecture these mothers severely
for the tightness of the bands and the
discomfort the baby had endured.
After this experience, I believe that
many baby accused of being irritable
and wakeful or others dosed for collie
are merely suffering from the structure
Of the belly band. Mothers who have
had to endure the torture of an Ill
fitting, tight corset for day or more
please give this matter consideration
Another memory of my unframed
motherhood Is that of overdressing my
babies. Next to my wedding trousseau
the most elaborate task of sewing
have ever done was the layette for my
first baby. What overturned, useless
things were included In this labor Of
love. And how inconsiderate that first
baby was in outgr0wfng the pretty
things had prepared for his coming!
One of the most comforting features
of my visits to Better Babies Contests
this fall has been the increasing evi
derce OF sanity and consideration In
dressing babies. Mothers are gradual
ly being educated up to the point OF
supplying simple comforts for babies
and frills for where they belong-on
pincushion covers! As a rule, prize
winning babies at these contests are
simply, sensible, comfortably dressed
A trained nurse of long experience
in maternity cases offers this list Of
necessary things for the new Dorr
baby;
4 shirts-cotton and wool mixed.
4 unhemmed belly bands, eight
inches wide, eighteen inches long.
loose gowns of outing flannel.
flannel skirts.
6 soft cotton, lawn or batiste slips
simply made
2 dozen diapers, Is inches square.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

terest and profit to them as well.
Such study would have the advan.
tage of having the actual working OF
the city authorities and systems close
at hand.
The objection that such course
would be political is not wise. though
even If it did call forth knowledge
of city political methods, that would
do no harm. However, the subject
could be handled in broad way, with
out criticism of or reflection upon any
one in Office. For the high school boy
to learn how his city is governed would
be of inestimable value to him and
to the city in his after life. Boards OF
education all over the country might
do we'll to investigate this matter
Milwaukee News.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
DRIVE OUT THE RAT.

The Ohio State Board of Health in
a recent report makes many valuable
suggestions for public health. And
one of the most interesting chapters
Is on that sneaky and omniverous
pest, the rat. 1t is useful sometimes
to know just what diseases are spread
BY this nocturnal prowler, and the
amount of damage he does. The
states report gives some interesting
facts along these lines. And perhaps
the slothful housekeeper, after read
ing them, will go after the rats with
more than usual vim. Turning over
in bed and swearing at rats heard pry-
ing off the lid of the garbage can I'M
der the kitchen window, will be found
to be a most improbable pastime.
Rat poison Is urged as much more
effective method.
It is asserted in the states report
that the cost of maintaining each rat
in the United States is about one half
cent per day, or $1.85 per head per
year. There are many dozens OF mil
lions of rats in this country. The to-
tai damage done by them Is easily
computed. But monetary damage is
not the only result of their existence.
They are distributors of disease, and
this is the greatest menace. The rat
has no right to live. He is the one
thing we can all hunt without stepping
on the toes of some sentimental1st.
Remember that the Ohio state board
of health recommends rat poison as an
effective method of exterminating rats.
It is not expensive in this way to get
rid of the rats. 60 to your dealer and
buy a 25-cent box of any reliable rat
exterminator that he sells and one
nights use should show visible de-
crease in the rat population in your
neighborhood and lessenlng of the
chances for the rats to destroy your
property or bring disease into your
home
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
Little Benny's Note Book
By LEE PAPE

serdor cain with the Quartir the spe.
shil Ambassador beeing Pubs Simk;ns.
A man was leening agenst tele
graf pole GROUND the kornir yestid.
day AFTERNOON as IL he was afrayed to
leeve 60, witch he proberly was, and
Pubs Simkins and me was standing
thare watching him and awl Of a sud
din he began to say, I've bin robbed,
I've bin robbed, kali an orflsser, I've
bin and l sed, a mans bin robbed.
G Wiss, Puds, hes bin robbed, !
sed.
Kali an orfisser, kali an orfisser, sed
the man.
G, lets kali wun, sed Pubs.
WITCH thare wasent eny to kali, 30
we went to look for won, leeving the
man still leening agenst the telegram
pole, and pritty soon we saw a pleece-
man standing avn q kOrnir lOOw err
round and we went up to him and
Sc, A mans bin robbed
Watts that, ware, sed the pleeceman.
He dident say ware, sed.
| l meen ware Is the man, sed the
pleceman.
Rite GROUND the kornir. sed Pubs
Simkins. And we startid to go GROUND
to, and the man was still leening
'agenst the telegram pole saying, I've
bin robbed, I've bin robbed.
Watts awl this about beeing robbed,
who robbed you, sed the pleeceman.
man with red hare in low
saloon, sed the man, don't think III
evvir get ovir it, O. I've bin robbed
Wat did he rob you Of, sed the
pleeceman.
My good naim, sed the man.
Heer, heer, wat are you trying to
do, kid me, sed the pleeceman.
Not at awl. orf1sser, sed the man,
don't you no Shakespeer ses, He who
steels my purse steels trash, but he
who swipes my good naim gets away
with sumthing.
Move avn out Of this, sed the pleece.
man.
I've bin robbed sed the man.
Move avn or III lock you up, sed the
pleeceman.
And the man left 60 Of the telegram
pole and wawked Ground the kornir,
as II he coodent hardly see ware Il
was, and the pleeceman sed. Now You
kids cleer out or Ill lock you both up.
Meening Pubs and me, and we went
Ground the kornir to, and heer the man
was GROUND thare leening agenst a
tree and still saying, I've bin robbed,
I've bin robbed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
TRAINING FOR CITY WORK.

Councilman j. 8. Conwell of Los
Angeles, Cal, in speech before the
high school students Of that city, ad-
vocated the Introduction of mum.
cipal training course in the high
schools Of the country, as sound and
successful means of qualifying men
to- meet the growing need for compe-
t MT administrators to test the meth
OILS and results of municipal service.
The demand for efficiency far ex.
ceeds the supply, Mr.. Conwell stated,
and the need for the trained, capable,
municipal employe grows apace.
1t would not be advisable to es-
tablish such course for the sole pur-
pose of giving the young men city
work afterwards, though it would not
be Objectionable If some might get
positions with the cities and very ably
hold them as result Of such training;
but Councilman Conwells views can
be urgently endorsed since these
courses would do much in general to
interest young men in the welfare and
progress of their cities.
In fact, the suggestion Is a COM
mendable one. It may be said that
education to certain extent is along
AlucS ludI Idhc luc SIuOOAL away IL OHl
rather than putting him Immediately
In touch with the world about him.
The school boy, and very often the
grown man, knows precious little
about the administration of the NUM-
cipality in which he lives. AS re-
suit, the man is apathetic, more or
less listless voter, and the city often
falls into the hands of the spokesman
and the CRATER.
II course like this could be estab-
lished In the high schools the young
man would certainly be taught to take
an interest in affairs, and when ne
came to vote, he would know some
thing about it. There has been great
deal of talk from the platform and in
the press recently about the training
for citizenship. With such course
1t may be presumed that the fact as
remarked by James Bryce in his
American Commonwealth about Ameri-
can cities being among the worst gov
erned in the world might be corrected.
High school students study the ma
tional government in its various as
poets, and there is no reason why a
knowledge of the administration of
their own cities would not be of in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

Yestidday wen pop was kuming
hoam he saw me avn the streat. say
ing Say, young man, do you realize
that yure heels are awl run down, It
may. be true that 1t Is mpoisserbil for
nan who Is well heeled to entir the
kingdum of hevvin, but the bibel duz'
ent menshin enything about boy, so
take this kwartir and 60 and have yure
shoes heeled Immediately.
WITCH did, saying to the man IN the
shoe phase, Can you heel these vile
waite.
Sure, sed the man, do you want
lethir or rubbir heels.
G., rubbir / sed, Not having thawt
Of rubbir heels befoar. And sat
down without eny shooz avn and wat
ed avn bentsh, and aftir vile the
man put my shooz avn the countir,
saying, Heer you are, and got up and
took the shooz and put the kwartir
avn the countir.
Hay, no you don't sed the man, han
a Gollir for rubbir heels.
G., kwartirs awl he gave me,
sed.
Then wy the mischiff did you tell
me to put avn ribbir heels, sed the
man.
dident, you asked me IL wuntid
them, l sed. WITCH he did, and ] kepp
avn putting the shooz avn, and the
man sed, Nevvir mOind wat ! asked
you or wat dident ask you, you don't
get out of this phase with those rub.
Dir heels till get anuthir kwartir, no.
holidays going to put ackross eny fim
fam gain like that avn mo.
Well wat did you ask me II want
id them for, ! sed.
Shut up about that asking bizness
sed the man, have you got a fone IN
yure house.
Yes sir, sed.
Then get bizzy and fone thare and
tell yure peepil yure beeing kepp
primer till sumboddy brings up anith'
ir kwartir, sed the man.
WITCH did, beeing fone in the back
OF the stoar and pop ansered It, say
ing, Hello, Hello, and sed, The shoe
man asked me If wanted rubbir heels
and sed yes and now he wont let me
get out till he gets anuthir kwartir.
.Dident you 10 rubbir heels are han
d dollir, sed pop, and ! sed, No sir,
and pop sed, Wat do you go to skcol
for, awl rite hang avn to wat you got
and III send speshil Ambassador up
with the releese muny.
WITCH pritty soon the speshil ambas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
NOT REAL PROSPERITY.

Democratic reports are wonders for
cheerful mention of great increase
Of exports. They indicate that since
the democrats put the protective tarih
into the free trade column there has
been an increase of many million dol
lars in value of exports from the Unit
ed States. In the next line after the
flash of the glorious news has blinded
the eyes Of the innocents, there is the
Information that two-thirds of that In
crease is the sale of raw cotton to for.
eign lands, more Of that cotton than
ever before and at higher prices. That
Is what the democrats call sign of
prosperity. 1t is the process of send
ing more of the cotton of the south
to other countries to be made up by
the cheaper labor there, the labor
which costs less than half what labor
In this country costs for the same
work. Then the cotton goods are COM
ing back here to be sold and the profit
in that business is going to the foreign
manufacturers and the exporters there
and the importers here. That means
profit for one American and dozen
foreigners, or 100 here and thousands
there.
That is one democratic measure of
prosperity. The other third of in
crease in exports is almost wholly
made up of steel products. That means
mass Of machinery made in this
country going abroad for use in the
factories of other countries, machin-
cry made in duplicate of the machines
which are left idle by the change of
base of manufacturing, in cotton and
al 40 hok mo nh ic IN he
used abroad by workers who get from
fourth to half the wages of Ameri-
cans In this country, and the goods
sold here at not one cent smaller
prices than similar goods made here
have been sold for years. Everybody
who knows what mill machinery Is.
understands that that quick increase
of exports of American steel products
cannot be kept up for long because
of it to manufacture the goods they
are to sell here, they will not need
moro machinery for years.
\ There is the truth of the misleading
democratic claims Of an increased
back this way to do Americans good.
There, Is no prosperity about It, The
elements of idleness for hundreds Of
thousands Of people in this country
are init They will appear on the sur
yace soon. Democrats will come to
understand them. Then this country
will vote itself back into Protective
Tariff Americanism aud proceed to
get back into the only way by which
prosperity can be. worked out There
is never any prosperity in providing
other people with raw materials for
manufacturing and then buying the
goods they make.-Worcester (Mass.)
Telegram.
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TIME TO PAINT AND CLEAN UP

TIME TO PAINT AND CLEAN UP.
Paint up and clean up time Is here.
Mother Nature is busily engaged in
renewing the earth's decorations and
appurtenances-new coats of green for
the fields and the trees and freshness
everywhere-and housewives are do
ing or planning their spring house
cleaning. 1t is up to the men to see
that the yards and the exteriors OF
their houses and the interiors as well,
the barns and fences and, in fact, all
things in sight or out of sight are
cleaned up and made presentable
again. Following the custom set last
year, a clean up and paint up cam
paign is on in Ottumwa and it gives
every promise of being bigger and bet
ter and productive of more good than
did the one last year--and 1t was good
enough to secure the city national
wide advertisement. Today's issue OF
The Courier might we'll be called a
"Clean up and Paint up edition for 1t
contains the advertisements of prac'
tically all the up-to-the.minute paint.
ers, paper hangers, decorators and
paint dealers in the city as we'll as OF
the various other tradesmen and
craftsmen who are in any way inter.
ested in a general renovating OF the
city. These men tell you what they
have or what they can do and one has
but to look the paper over to know
where he can make his beginning on
painting up and cleaning up for the
year. Even If you have no need for
paint-up cleanup wares just now, 1t
will pay you to look over the ads for
the time will come when you will want
the very information that is contained
in today's. Courier.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

An electrical apparatus for washing
smoke has been perfected to relieve
cities of the Smoke nuisance" The
smoke is driven by fans through a
sheet Of water which washes out the
SCOT and cinders .-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

Exclusive Of the United Kingdom
the area of the British empire is H.
244,000 square miles. In the last
twenty years it's population increased
from 307, All 900 to 371, 7S3.000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

Twenty years ago London omni-
buses, according to police statement
at the time, travelled at the rate of six
or seven miles an hour, and thought
they were making speed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

The first extensive list of books and
articles on industrial, trade and voca.
tional education vet compiled has just
been issued by the United States
bureau of education.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
A Few Laughs
An Obaolete Cure.

An Obsolete Cure.
When the grip germs come a1ocking
They could not get fathers goat,
Round his neck he'd wrap stocking;
It was bully for sore throat.
But today men have hard shedding
On account of fashions quirks.
You can't stop cold from spreading
With these pesky openworks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

More persons make use of the ma
tional forests in Utah than in any
other state. Nearly q per cent of all
the permits for sheep and cattle graz
ing on the forests are taken out in
Utah.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02
AdmIrinu herself.

You've noticed Psyche at the spring
A pretty picture that
She'd inger longer, happy thing.
II she'd an Easter hat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

To enable person to photograph
himself from distance a Californian
has invented an electrical attachment
for cameras.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-02

Burlington Hawk Eye: The city
beautiful movement has not even been
hesitating in Burlington. While little
has been said about it the past win
ter. many plans have been discussed
and matured for carrying on the good
work, and Burlington will soon see
something doing.