davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01
Learning to Operate Quickly.

1T notice the many requests for type- writers for practice work and would like to tell of . scheme my husband used when learning to operate typewriter quickly. He made a wooden frame the size and gen. eral shape of typewriter. with little shelves like flight oi steps and spaced and lettered it exactly like typewriter. Of course there was no action to this mock typewriter. but after he had mastered the touch system thoroughly by this method it required little practice on a real r4achine to perfect good. swift, and accurate writ ing. B. s. M"
 Thank you very much for the suggestion The mock typewriter Is on the same plan as the clavier or dumb piano on which practicing Is taught and hope your sug- gestion may be of assistance to other stu- dents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

these lines should win the rank of d ben efactor. The other class I wish to hear from is made up of those who keep the nuisances and apparently are not annoyed by them. What are their explanations for refusing to keep their dogs and chickens and children quiet? By what system have they trained themselves that they either do not hear the racket themselves or are not disturbed by it? pause for reply--for a number of replies. hope. This topic is of interest to all of us from one standpoint or another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

at the back. train stffened with buckram and burdened with yard upon yard of lace edged dust ruffies, it took up twice the room of the modern frock. and without exaggera- ton weighed four times as much. In those days women wore trained skirts indoors and out. and on the street had to carry the train in the hand. Who will say that
 we are not more sensible in some respects than we were then? (Although dress maker told me yesterday that fiounces and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

forts to fasten their waists or if all who wear them are lucky enough to have rela- lives or friends or domestics at home to do the buttoning or hooking.
 "Why do they wear them?" 1 asked a friend one day. Ut does seem to me as if the workers of the world, especially those who have to rise early and be at a garh into which they can slip quickly and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

drapings and bustles are coming in again. )
 Yet it must be admitted that the draw backs connected with the present modes are sufficiently obvious. To staid matron like myself, with old fashioned ideas of propriety-I had almost written of common decency-the slit skirt which shows not only the foot and the ankle but often to the knee as well. the frock which fits as though the wearer had actually been melt fed and poured in, the decollete waists which pass the limit of lowness for ballroom and which are worn on the street. are one par with the paint and powder disfguring the faces even of young girls in their teens.
 We can at best avoid the powder and the paint--though painfully large number of women use both, I regret to say-but to come back to the query of my correspond ent, What are we going to do about the other fashions?
 You can get the modified styles if you insist upon it," states friend at my elbow. When I go shopping I begin by saying positively what I don't want. I say wish a waist that buttons in front. with long sleevesj if it's shirtwaist I'm after. If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

at a time. wringing out one lot andSputtipy in another. Quilts, pillows, and everything were treated, either to boiling or gasoline The rug was pounded and gone over with cloths dripping with gasoline We took the bed, which was an iron one, apart and run gasoline through all the iron parts, soaked the casters in a can of gasoline, and after l felt 1t was thoroughly disinfected I yave all but the brass parts a coat of wbita enamel. We gave the springs several treat ments of boiling water and when dry. sey- eral of gasoline, and finally a coat of var nish. We turned gasoline behind all the castings and in every crack, and painted the floors There was absolutely nothing in the room that we didn't give attention to. This was in September and the next sprinp we found three on the floor one day and one on the outside of the bed. They were all the same size and looked as if they might have just matched, and were probably some eggs we had missed. l haven't seen any since and it has been two years. Strange to say. they hadn't got into any of the other rooms. Gasoline, like kerosene, will kill the live bugs as well as the nits if it comes in direct contact with them, and it also cleans instead of ruining things. It soon evaporates if treated to plenty of fresh air, but, of course. must be used where there is no fire. It is no disgrace to get bedbugs. but is disgrace to keep them.
 IL. A. w. s."
 This was certainly vigorous treatment. but it was worth while if it exterminated the bugs. as it seems to have done. At this season of the year. when the housekeeper knows the time Is not far distant when she must be on the lookout for vermin of all sorts, a letter such as this may give sug- gestion and encouragement. As the writer says. it is no disgrace to have bedbugs. the disgrace lies in not getting rid of them. and she has certainly shown one efficacious if rather drastic way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01
Rubbed pith Oliye Oil.

have just read in the Corner of the mother who wants 8 chair for the little girl who has had infantile paralysis. I do not know of chair, but I do know that a woman cured her little girl, who could not walk. by rubbing her limbs night and morning with olive oil. Don't use alcohol. for it does more harm than good. I hope the mother will try this remedy, and while sending this shall offer little prayer for the child. A MOTHER"
 We do not give prescriptions or mention the names of medicines in the Corner. but the olive oil Is another thing. It may not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01
Ss Wants e Biblical Calendar.

Will you kindly aid me in securing . Biblical calendar? wish one that gives the Sunday school lessons for each Sunday during the year. I would be grateful for it. as am unable to attend Sunday school and l enjoy reading and studying the Bible at home. I will gladly pay the postage on the calendar. M B. e.
 hope this request may meet with . . speedy and satisfactory response.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

let the loaf brown. A loaf containing about quart of flour requires an hour to cook and the oven door should not be opened wide or slammed shut while the bread is baking. have given the quantity of flour used with half yeast cake, because 1t is better to experiment with small quantity. but you need have no trouble in doubling the proportions throughout. wish you all success, and if you are faithful to the recipe and careful in the rising and baking, think you need not fear further " horrible luck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

skirt loaded with ruffles and flounces. Most of us can recall the skirts we wore a few around.
 The other day l was looking at an even ing dress worn by a member of my family twenty-five years back. I could hardly lift it. Made of heavy satin. with enough mate day. box plait containing yards of stuff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

cure the paralysis. but the friction and the oil are pretty sure to do good. oil baths are often given for weakness, and the massage is excellent in most circum- stances. Whatever the result, am sure the other mother will be grateful for the prayer put up for the child by th- writer of the letter which gives this friendly sug- gestfon,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

easily. Why will they insist on having frocks that fasten in the back?"
 They can't help it." she replied. Prac- tically every shirt waist on sale buttons or hooks behind and the women who have not time to make their own clothes or money to pay for having them made must buy what they can get. I don't believe they like the bothersome things any better than you do. but they can't find anything else."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

LUNCHEON. savoury stew of beef Ia left overl. | potatoes. mashed and Drowned Ia left overl. Fried bread Crackers.
 Cheese.
 Tea. DINNER. Lobster bisque Roast shoulder of veal. Potatoes Drowned in the pan. S.ewed tomatoes. Cottage pudding. Coffee.
 * * THURSDAY. BREAKFAST. Cereal.
 Bacon. Quick biscuit.
 Honey. Coffee. LUNCHEON. sausages and wafIies. Maple sirup.
 Tea. DINNER. Tomato bisque Ia left oyerl. Cold veal, sliced. Slowed celery Baked macaroni. Cabinet pudding. Coffee.
 <: * FRIDAY. BREAKFAST. stewed prunes Cereal. Fried panfish. Whole wheat gems. Coffee. LUNCHEON. creamed codtish [saltl. Stewed potatoes Toasted English mullins. Jam.
 Cocoa. DINNER. Celery soup Ia left over]. Baked halibut. Dreamed potatoes. String beans. Apple mering.r.
 pso
 * < SATURDAY. BREAKFAST. Oranges.
 Cereal. Parsley omelet. Griddle cakes.
 Coffee. LUNCHEON. Mince of veal Ia left over. Potato cakes Ia left overl. String bean salad Ia left oyerl { Ginger snaps. Tea. DINNER. Cream of fish soup [a left overl Baked ham. hot. Creamed turnips. Spinach Apple snow.
 Coffee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01
!: i: Dyed Sweaier Crew Larger.

Recently I purchased a red sweater and. not liking its color. dyed it a darker shade at home. I hung it |, to dry on coat hanger outside, and later found it was about seven inches longer than it had been formerly. What can do to regain the first length? Can you possibly answer in next Sundays paper? L. J."
 The only suggestion can make Is to wet the garment again and then put it to dry on board wide enough to stretch it from one side to the other, and thus take up the length it has gained. This may not be- successful treatment, but it is the best can offer. Has any Cornerite 8 better remedy? I am sorry it was impossible to reply to your letter with the promptness you ask, but the copy for publication is always turned in some time ahead of its appearance. and in addition to this the let- ters have to take their turn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01
Drastic Bcdbug Treatment.

II have read tine different remedies others have used for bedbugs and would like to tell little of my experience with the pests. My husband travels a good deal and l suppose brought them home in his clothes. l was gone for some time one summer and after my return home found our bed and closet full of them. I had never seen any before and did not know at first what they were. l am also near sighted.
 which Is probably the reason I did not dis cover them before. We moved into another room a t once and I boiled everything in the room and closet that I possibly could, in- cluding the curtains. We put the mattress on the side porch and saturated it with gasoline. We poured it on one side until it ran through on the other and then left it there until it had all evaporated. Every thing else in the room was treated in the same way. took large tin can Ca wash boiler would do) and filled it about one-third full of gasoline and put the things couldn't boil or burn in that for about half an hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.

SUNDAY. BREAKFAST Grapefruit. Cereal. Fishball Cornbread. Coffee. LUNCHEON. alled pork and beans Boston brown bread Stuffed eggs. Lemon jelly Cake.
 Tea DINNER. Clear soup. Roast goose Apple sauce. Mashed potatoes. Carrots and green peas. Orange ice. Sponge cake. Coffee. MONDAY. BREAKFAST. Oranges Cereal. Fried apples and bacon. Toast. Coffee. LUNCHEON. Baked cheese omelet Warmed beans la left overl. Toasted brown bread Ia left overl Canned peaches. Tea. DINNER. Cream of potato soup Ia left overl salmi of goo-eta left overl Fried eggplant. Boiled rice. Prune whip. Coffee. * * TUESDAY. BREAKFAST. Oranges. Cereal Dropped eggs. Bacon.
 Rolls. Coffee. LUNCHEON Fried scrapple Baked potatoes. Rice mullins Ia left overl. Marmalade. Crackers.
 Tea. DINNER. Giblet soup Broiled hipbone steak, Boiled sweet potatoes. scalloped eggplant Ia left overl. Apple dumplings Coffee. * WEDNESDAY,. BREAKFAST Baked apples Cereal. Egg cups Popovers. Cohee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-01

I/I WOULD like to talk to you and R some of the Cornerites about an
 experience l had the other day. It was connected with new skirt
 fhat IL.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11
EUGENE GRACE DYING;
WIFE REMAINS SILENT
Woman Acquitted of Shooting Young
Georgian Has Nothing
to Saw"

Newman. Ga Jan. o.-After a two
year fight tcr life Eugene n. Grace. who
was mysteriously shot at Atlanta In
March. 1872, is dying here tonight. Phys
icians who have aided him in his plucky
fight since paralysis overlook him as q
result OF his wounds today said he had
but a few hours to live.
For the past two weeks Mr.. Grace has
been steadily declining. and Thursday
night he took a sudden turn for the
worse.
Philadelphia. Pa, Jan. 10.-Mrs. Daisy
Ulrich Opie-Grace. whose meteoric career
reached its height eighteen months ago.
when she was accused by Eugene Grace,
her husband OF shooting him. refused to
comment today on the report that Grace,
who has been paralyzed since he was
wounded in their home in Atlanta is dying
at Newman. Ga
Yes. I have heard that he is very ill.,"
she said. Word came to me from New
nan of his condition"
She refused to say whether the mes
sage had come from her husband. Asked
whether she felt grief over his expected
death she replied:
Il do not care to answer that ques-
ton"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11

bility." There will be an overflow meet
ing at Trinity NJ. z. Church. when a
sermon win be preached by Rev. C. r.
strausburg, pastor of the Methodist
Protestant Church.
Melvin johnson, colored, today en-
tered q plea Of guilty to the charge of
the larceny of three blankets and q
clock from the launch of J. Sidney
Douglas. He was sentenced to serve six
months in jail and pay a fine Of so.
johnson was arrested yesterday by Po-
liceman Norris and the stolen goods
were recovered.
DR.. z. A. German, past dictator of the
Loyal Order OF Moose, last night was
given handsome past dictator's jewel
at q meeting of the organisation. After
ward there was a banquet at the Hotel
Rammel.
A final decree for divorce on the
ground of desertion. WAS granted In the
Corporation Court today In the case
of Florence T. Petit Hammiii against
Charles Hammill.
There will be a mems meeting at $50
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
Westminster Building of the Second
Presbyterian Church, when an address
will be delivered by A z. L. Leckie. of
Washington.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11
LAW DECISION DELAYED.
ygIlT re Made Public Monday, Com
mission Says.

Concord, N ID, Jan. IA decision of
ne question whether Harry X. Thaw
EoUid ne n menace to the community If
~ we're released on bail will be made
ruH.ig Monday morning by the commits
sion pointed by Federal Judge Aldrich
q line into Thaw's mental condition.
Ger. frank s. Streeter, chairman of the
r.=Hrr sion, which held 4 secret meeting
~ EcalDn today, placed the report in the
1.s .1z { Burns P. Hodgman, clerk of the
Errr court tonight. 1t is understood
aD g. vorablS to Thaw's release on bail
A. receiving the report Judge Aldrich
Is ted to announce his decision on
Thai plea to be allowed his liberty
pgaai the outcome of his fight against
She rts Of the State of New York to
extra e him on charges of conspiracy
lu --a.i scticn with his escape from Mat
rerv...
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11
SKIPPER is Held
AS WOMAN'S SLAYER
Headless Body Found in Bunk oil
Barge-Poice Scent
Mystery.
CONFLICTING STORIES ARE TOLD

New Bedford. Mass. Jan. 1o-one OF
the most brutal murders in the history
Of New England was revealed early to-
day when the headless and partly dis
membered body of Annie Walsh. thirty
years old. was found aboard the coal
barge Snipe at its dock. The body was
lying in a bunk.
Capt. Charles Matrony, Of Bristol. r.
L, was arrested. charged with the STAY
ing. The police claim they found the
captain crouching In a dazed condition
with a rope around his neck in a corner
Of the cabin.
The first intimation of the Staying
came to the police when Louis Therrien,
accompanied by his twenty-year-old
daughter. Flora, came to the police sta
ton shortly after midnight and reported
that a woman had been killed aboard a
Philadelphia and Reading coal barge ly-
ing at her dock on the water front.
Therrien said he had been invited
earlier in the evening to pass the night
aboard the Snipe. He was Mortified to
see the woman's body, partly cut in
pieces, lying before him when he en-
tered the cabin
Tells Conflicting stories.
Matrony came here in the Snips,
with a cargo of coal, from Perth Am
boy, n. J., last Monday. He sailed
from Perth Amboy just after Christ
mas. When arrested he had S1o.3s
in his pockets. He told the police
that he was the son of Anton Matrony,
of 55 Richmond street. Bristol, R. l.,
and that he had two brothers and
three sisters there.
The police first called the murder
an open and shut case" but the
crime was clouded in mystery by fur
ther investigation. Although Matrony
was formally charged with murder
and his case continued until January
81. the police are not at all confident
of his guilt.
There are contradictions in the story
told by Therrien. according to the po-
lice
First he said that he went to the
barge. thinking to get work; that he
looked in the lighted window of the
cabin; that he saw the woman's mu-
tilated body, but saw nothing further,
and thereupon he notified the police.
The police found that Therrien, Ma
irony. Miss Walsh, and another wom-
an were on the barge late last night.
Therrien later said that upon arriving
at the barge he went into the west
cabin. He said he was very drunk. but
that he locked his door to prevent any
one roSbing him. Half an hour later,
he declared, he awoke and called out
to Capt. Matrony. Receiving no reply
he opened his cabin door to investi-
gate, saw the dead body in the bunk
in the east cabin. and bolted from the
barge.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11
% Ely MAY COME BACK"
S-0..r' RS Leading Another ARMY
Against Washington.

~ FORK, Jan. 10.-"Gen." Jacob S.
Co. who led ''Coxey's army in its
rasF n Washington in 1894. Is trying
O. 5Fa whether or not another such
El6ggE to come of in the near future.
Ger Coxey gave out lengthy state
uasht lay on the subject Of hard times,
1srtiClHf-rly with references to the new
currency bill. and advocated government
o .srslp of railroads and public utili-
tlsa. H, its conclusion, he was asked
= he opposed to form another army
sna lied: WELL 1 haven't decided;
but g ething viii be done very soon
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11

puIs.ria. DiDlsnat Pleads 10
starving Herdes In BaIkans.

WUIRWK18A AS40-e - -
starvs.g Heraes In BALKANS.
{ Paris, Jan. 1a-rhe Bulgarian legation
today received fresh Information con-
cerninx the distress In Bulgaria The
chief informant was Michel Gheorghieff.
second secretary of the Paris legation.
who had just returned after spending
several months In his native country.
during which time he took an active part
in the relief work.
'The number or Bulgarians who were
driyen from their ancestral lands" said
Gheorghief, exceed 100000. while more
than 10000 people were driven from their
homes in Thrace and Macedonia The
greatest misery Ii due to lack of clothing
and shelter from the bitter winter
weather. Outside Of this there is great
suffering by several hundred thousands
who are without food and means to earn
money to buy food and clothing.
''The most urgent need is food and
clothing. When the immediate suffering
Is relieved. steps can then be taken In
the work Of rehabilitation. and In a few
months the population will again be self.
supporting" "
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11
VILLAGE SUBMERGED BY TIDE.
Fate of Inhabitants Of Damkeror<
ON Baltic, Unknown.

Koeslin. Germany. Jan. IA high tia
submerged the village of Damkerort. IN
the border OF Buckow Lake, adjoining The
Baltic Sea, last night, and the fate OF IT,
100 inhabitants is unknown. A heavy gale
is blowing in shore. and the waters have
reached such an extraordinary height
that only three roofs Of the houses In the
village were visible this morning.
Troops have been sent from here IN -
sist in the work of rescue.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11
MRS. JOHN r. WALKER DEAD.
Vice President of d. A. n
Victim of Heart Disease.

Kansas city, Mo-, Jan. 10.-Mrs. John R.
Walker, honorary vice president of the
Daughters CT the American Revolution,
died at he home here today of heart
disease. She had been I'll for a year.
Mrs. Walker was an influential member
in national l.. A r. circles. Her portrait
In oil hangs IN Continental Hall in WASH
ington.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-11
EULL TIME AT STEEL MILLS.
Or riuis of Independent Plants Say
Depression Is Passing.

Pittsburgh Pa, Jan. lo.-Orders were
posted in a number of Independent steel
mills placing the plants in full operation
next Monday due. it was said, to the ap-
pearance the last few days of specifica-
tons calling for approximately 100000 tons
of finished cteel for immediate delivery.
Operating officials expressed the opinion
that the depression which for four months
has affected the industry was passing.
The orders AFFECT some 5000 men who have
been idle or working one-fourth time,