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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29

be provided for laying over the top of the baize, and tucking down closely all around.
 The whole idea of hay box cookery is to save was or fuel The food to be cooked is placed in jars with close fitting l.ss:, and when the contents of the jars have been brought to the boiling point on the range and kept at this steady heat for a quarter of an hour, the jars are snugly packed in the hay, covered first with the baize and then with the top cushion. and the meat can then, with every commence, be left to cook itself.
 It may be argued that a hay box is a very uncomely article that can with diff ficulty be accommodated in the small scul- lery that so many of us have to be con tented with, and that yet is unworthy of place in the kitchen.
 In answer to this objection I mention the capital device of a friend of mine, who turned her hay box into a very pre- sentable little seat by making c cretonne cushion to fit the top of the box, and sew ing a frill to it's four sides. The cushion was stuffed with flock, and as top and sides were all in one piece, it was quite easy to take off and put on. The same friend-having a special turn for house. hold carpentry-affixed handles and wheels to her hay box and made it DOT table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29

table, when Kellogg's Sanitone Waters will thrill them with all the joy and health of life. Brace up and try these wonder-workers Get out of life the best that life can give. Don't wither away in nerve-ra cked misery and ailing, when this remedy will restore you so you're master of your old-time self. $1.0O box at drug gists.
 Send your name and address today with 6 cents in stamps to help pay postage and packing for free 50c trial box of Kel- iogg's Sanitone Waters, to F. J. Kellogg Co, 272s Hoffmaster Block, Battle Creek, Michigan.
 The regular s1.O0 size of Kellogg's Sani- tone Waters are for sale in Birmingham at Adams Drug Co.,. 1901 End ave; Averyts Chain of Drug Stores, 109-l13 N. 20th st., Dewberry Drug Store, 2031 2d ave-; Norton Drug Store. 1880 2d ave-; John l.. Parker 1st ave. and 2oth st.; Patton-Pope Drug Co.,, 300 N. 20th st; Gum Drug Co.,. 4th ave. and 10th st.; Eugene Jacobs Drug Store. 1904 I'd ave.
 No free boxes from druggists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
How to Save Coal and Gas
By M. STUART MACRAr

The majority of housewives, knowing
 how dear coal already is, and knowing
 alos that there Is every prospect of it's forward with great msgiving to the com ing of cold weather, and are wondering in what way fuel economies can be ef- fected. Many plans have from time to time been suggested, but it often happens that what appears economy to one person seems a silly fad to another, and so the idea fizzles out
 It was in a metropolitan restaurant that two men, seated at the same table as my self, were discussing one of the new coal savers which had been credited by it's manufacturer with cutting the coal in half
 "A1l very well, said one of the men, but why buy an advertised product when you can make an equally good coal saver yourself at tithe of the cost? Have you ever tried drenching your coals with soda water?"
 His companion had never even heard of soda water as an economizer of coals. I listened attentively while he was ad- vsed, next time his coals came in, to have two bags kept separate from the rest, and to treat one of these bags with soda water while leaving the other bag un- touched. "Then you test them for your self" said the instructor, "and see if one bag doesn't last twice as long as the other, and the coal will give out a grand, clear heat, too; so it suffers no deteriora- tion.
 The process advised was most simple. Two large handfuls of soda were to be placed in a zinc pail and dissolved in hot water The pail was afterward to be filled to the brim, and the contents poured over the coals.
 A second economy, much practiced among thrifty people, Is the making of fire balls from sawdust. sand, clay and coal.
 The proportions are: Two bushels of sawdust, three and a half bushels of sand, two and half bushels of ordinary clay, and two bushels of small coal. The sawdust, sand and small coal are gradually worked into the clay, and when the blendog is complete the whole mass is formed into fair sized balls which should be allowed to dry before use. These balls, when placed on a brisk fire, burn up capitally we'll and give out a fine heat. Another excellent economizer of fuel is | the hay box, domestic treasure which Is l not valued half so much as it ought to be. | possibly because 1t is so easy to make for l oneself.
 l The first necessity is a large box. obtain I able from any grocer. The lid of the box should especially be asked for, and it l should be made into a partition to sepa- | rate the box into two compartments. The | sides and bottom of both compartments | should be lined very thickly with news l papers, and the two divisions should then 1 be filled up with hay, closely pressed down leaving four inches of space at the top. When the hay has been thoroughly pressed down, nest large enough to hold 1 the jar or pan you intend to use for the
 cookery, should be formed in each divi- l sion. 1 wrapping of baize or flannel is neces-
 sary for covering over the top of the jar
 and two cushions stuffed with hay should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
ESTES SAYS N0W|S THE TIME ID BUILD The Price of Lumber Is at Lowest Minimum
 sN He Says

That now is the right time to begin building operations is the opinion of W. Thornton Estes president of the Estes Lumber company and president of the Builders Exchange. MT. Estes ill an address before the Birmingham Real Estate Exchange last Friday said that the man who buys lumber now gets 20 per cent more value for his money, as we'll as getting better labor at lower prices.
 Among other things, Mir Estes said:
 q heard the manager of a coal min ing company say a few days ago that he was buying all of his supplies 20 Fer cent cheaper than formerly and that because of this tremendous saving he was buying heavily.
 What he said Is true. Now Is the time to build, because one can save from 20 to 25 per cent by building now As many know, lumber is now at the cost of production. It is exactly 20 per cent cheaper than 1t was six months ago. The man who builds now will not orly save on the lumber he buys but he will get a better grade of material than is offered under normal condi- tions. A house that formerly cost 5000 to build now can be erected for $4000 and it will be a better built house.
 When I say now is the time to build, I mean now, today; not six months from today. The lumber mar lSet while low. Is steady. l have been
 in the market for 1,000,000 feet of floor ing. I am offering present prices but asking for deliveries beginning March l. So far there has been no rush on the part of the mills 10 capture my or der. This, more clearly than anything else I could say, shows their confidence in the early return of higher prices. Every building that goes up now IS silent but none the less eloquent trib- ute to your belief in Birmingham and in the return of more prosperous days. Trere is even a selfish motive here. | The man who. by building now, puts into circulation idle capital, stars pros- perity's wheel, and he as well as all of us will benefit. Building turns ma | terials into money and idlers into workmen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
A Married Woman's Thanksgiving

(An answer to Allen Johnson's "A
 Bachelors Thanksgiving.) By Mrs. Edmund Ewing. I am thankful since I've journey to an
 age as ripe as this, I was driven into bondage, driven, yes,
 when but miss; I had seen my spinster sisters, in their
 girlhood joyous, gay. And I'd seen their glad effulgence slowly,
 surely, fade away. I was then a maid of 20, trim and neat
 and blissful, too, o CT the prospect of my marriage to the
 man I know Is true; I have seen him after marriage, happy
 father, loving life, And he says the maid of 20'' looks much
 lovelier as wife. Face that now bears hue of roses, fuller,
 too, and soft and round. Was discolored, shapeless. hopeless, thin
 and bony. full of frowns; Dreaming of the ardent lover, wistful,
 tender, faithful, kind, Fearing that there was another and that
 I'd be left behind For the chase. when war is glorious Don't you know that little lassD And the rest is like the filling of long
 time empty glass; When you're wedded--oh, you're welded
 you begin your life anew. And as soon as you do get him, no one
 else appeals to you. Oh, the fact is ancient. lovely. vets its truth you can't efface, There Is nothing half so beautiful as the winnings of the chase. So I'm thankful, since I've journeyed tl an age as ripe as this, I'm encumbered, absolutely. by the weigh of welded bliss. Ensley, Ala, November 22. 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29

But listen to a man who has been "on the road for some few years. There is very little similarity between the fiction writer's knight Of the grip and the real article. The least cf the latters troubles is being called from bed at a. m. by more or less sleepy bell hop at some frowzy hotel to c.,tch the 3:15 train.
 The flirtations about which so much has been written exist only in the i'm aSinations of the clever writers. The mystery of the work is how he ever sells his stuff, according to rival sales men. The pleasant surroundings con sist of smoky hotel Hobbies and stuffy Pullman coaches. His congenial &C., qnaintances are suspicious country merchants who believe that he Is try rag to steal from them all their worldly possessions His joy rides are taken when he travels from the railway sta ton to his hotel in a musty, ram shackled old cab that might have done service in the war of the sixties.
 Is a Paradox
 But with it all, the travelling sales man is at once the most cheerfUlly optimistic and the most grouchily pes simistic person in the world. Some thing of paradox, but true, never theless.
 When he is selling prospect he cannot say too much for the excellence of general business conditions. When he is in the presence of a rival sales man his orders are magnified tenfold ard often orders that reach astounding figures are secured in the smok CT of Fullman-"just between us boys"
 The pessimism begins when Mir Salesman gets back to headquarters and makes out his report for the sales r nt,n T hA V people pessimistic Never was business SO dull He can't understand how the sales manager eyer could have eX- rected him to reach his quota for the month when Blank x Go. over in the next town are giving discounts at the rate of IS, 10 and per cent while hc is permitted to offer only 12 and G.. Of course, the quality of the article he has to offer is better and the ini- rfaf cosS nray De somewhat lower than tle other fellows but that makes lit t'e difference. He just has to kick about something when at the office, to give the impression that he is greatly Gissatfed. even though his sales are 50 per cent better than they were for the same period last year.
 Not a Joyful Existence
 The lot of salesman on the whole is far from being replete with joy. He very often must be away from home xhos. .ie most wants to be there. Es- recially on holidays does one want to be with the people at home The sales man is denied this sometimes even being away from home on Christmas.
 Ii. J. Gewinner of the Turner Elec- trio and Supply company Thursday Lad dinner with a friend In the lat .er's home for the first time on Thanksgiving in eight years. Mir. Ge- winner grew reminiscent Thursday niEht and talked as follows:
 'I have enjoyed today and I believe I have something to be thankful for. For the first time in eight years on Thanksgiving day I was privileged to dine in the home of a friend. Pre- viously I have been forced by the for tunes of my vacation to eat in hotel dining room, my company being the strident sound of music rendered by an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
LIFE OF A SALESMAN
 NOT ALWAYS JOYFUL


tions rebelled. Throughout the serv- ice thoughts of dinner occupied the minds of the younger set and, l doubt not. the elders had something more than passing thought for the feast at home. It seemed as though the min ister's dull monotone would never cease but at 12 o'clock the sermon ended. The choir sang. Benediction was pro- nounced. Church was over and the lit- tie ones raced home to see who would be first at table-only to learn that they must be nice and wait until the company eats And perforce they were nice
 "The company finally finishes din- Ter and everyone repairs to the par Tor, leaving the children in full and undisputed possession of the dining room. The dog was invited to come in and the first cabaret performance ever given was ours. It was the tune of the dogs eaudal appendage Gin plain United States. taiD. beating lively tattoo upon the floor as he ecstatically gnawed turkey bones.
 Tt was a great time for us kids and those were great days.
 Conditions now have changed but the spirit of real thanksgiving still holds sway and was manifest Tn the home at which I was guest today. My host was a gentleman such as have made the south famous Tor It's hoSp1- ta]ity. My hostess was charming. I en- joyed the day and can look back in retNospection to Thanksgiving, 1914. as enc of the red letter days of my life.
 "Getting back to sordid commero ial- ism, I think we people in Birming fam have much to be thankful for from q standpoint of business, considering th. war in Europe as a disturbing fac tor. There is increased evidence daily he:ng brought to mind of prospec cts for a resumption of business on a scale un- Irecedented. I look for prosperity such as never before witnessed in this coun- try after January l. Business never has been bad except in the imagina- tons of timid ones who become panic stricken at the slightest provocation, and conditions now are forcing them selves upon the people-pushing pros perity down our throats, so to speak"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
HUMBLE WIENER ID COME IN ITS OWN
 WITH PEOPLE HERE
Will Not Be Driven From the City-Society Is Talk ing to Eating the
 Delicacy,

The humble weinie Is getting more publicity than any other edible "bird'' just now, and is being taken up by society The writer one day last week observed four automobiles lined up at the curb near a stand on Twentieth street, while the owners purchased sandwiches.
 Much comment was caused the past week by one-act playlet staged in the office of the city commission with the Coney Island weinie occupying the center of the stage. The idea prevailed in some circles that the Coney Island weinie sandwich would be driven from Rirmin gham by the city fathers.
 There were many complaints agAnst such action, while in reality no such action was contemplated. The stands cn "Wienerwurst avenue as Tw.en- tieth street was dubbed by an Age Herald writer, all present neat ap- pearance and are in no wise nuisance. They do not offend the city beautiful idea and the opposition to the weiner doubtless began with some dyspeptic per son who cannot eat and wishes to deprive others of the joy of "weinie sisages."
 Many clerks, office boys, stenograph- CTS and unemployed people now are living on 15 cents day, eating two sandwiches at dinner and one for lunch. The weiner stand is a benevolent proposition as well as a money-maker for those who embark upon the ven- ture.
 F W. Blackford of the Donovan Pro- vision company says more special weinies" were sold last week than ever before in the history of the com pany. Many new stands were added to the number already established and everyone who erected his little place of business called upon MT. Blackford to purchase the main article of demand
 Society is coming to the weiner It is good to eat and society likes good things to eat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
READY
 ID SWING AGAIN Mcdowell Points to Good Work Done by the
 Corporations
o the Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 Until very recently industrial condi- tons from the fall of 1913 had been on the downgrade. July brought more hopeful feeling but the storm broke in full fury the first of August. Busi- ness and financial chaos reigned Un- like when the panic of 1907 brought to an abrupt halt long period of good times, the working men in this dis trict have been on short time for more than year, and savings have disap- ptared I firmly believe that the end has been reached and the pendulum is ready to swing towards a long period of prosperity.
 For the past four months the Bir- ningham papers have labored nobiy to keep up confidence and hope and much credit is due them that conditiosn are not worse. Only those who are in close touch with the great mass of people know how much privation if not suf- fering and hunger has been the lot of EIany.
 But the situation could have been many times worse had it not been for | the broad and humane policy adopted ] by the corporations of the district, led | by MT. G. G. Crawford of the Tennes- see Coal, Iron and Railroad company As an example, it is known that Edge water is the greatest mine of the com. pany with cost sheet showing much ! cheaper production than any of tho ! older mines. In the demoralized condi. l tion of the coal trade this mine could supply all the coal now shipped. Yel at financial loss only MT. Crawford knows, this mine has been on half time anG the work divided with the costliel
 and older workings. A little something
 is being done everywhere to reduce suf
 fering. And to the credit of nearly ev
 cry other corporation, large and small
 this policy of helping humanity is be
 inG quietly and systematically pursued
 and in nine cases out of ten at los of money that more condensed opera 1 tions would eliminate.
 Fifteen years ago such a policy wa undreamed of. and 10 years ago it wa 1 only a dream. Today it is a realit, and to MT. Crawford much of the credi
 is due. Were 1t not true the sufferin, would have been and would be appall
 ing.
 l EVen as the Iuture now loohs tHer
 are troubles ahead, for the period of re l adjustment Is at hand and earnest co
 operation joined with the spirit of pa l tiont waiting and help must obtain.
 This is written without the knowl
 edge or consent of MT. Crawford o the head of any other corporation, bu
 IL is plain statement of fact tha | the public should know. A new err | has dawned in this district
 | M H. MDOWELL Ensley, November 2S, 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29

indifferent orchestra, whose only claim for merit was it's lung power.
 "On an occasion such as todav's din- Ter one is apt to grow sentimental anc the thoughts wander back to the days long since past when a big din- rer of turkey and all the fixin's' was an institution; when friends came from afar and neighbors were called in to pr rtake of the feast, and a spirit of good fellowship and of deep thankful ness for the good that had come dur ing the year reigned A subdued air Eung over all before the diner hour.
 Vast preparations that had been un- der way for weeks agone continued right on up to the time for the feast The children scurried in and out from kitchen to woodshed and back again The male members of the family stalked through all rooms of the house, standing for a moment before a photo- graph of an ancestor, then moving along to another likeness of a gone relative, restless and wishing dinner would hurry along, until mother comes from the l1itche at 10:4J o'clock ard sends the entire family off to church for the Thanksgiving service.
 The little ones, of course, had to go along with their elders to the church, however much their inclira-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29
MUCHHER0|C STREET FIGHTING IN FRANCE
 WITHOUT PUBLICITY
Typical Instance Is Given By English Officer Writing HOme-Daring Rescue
 of Wounded Man

London. November 2S.-(Special. ) Much heroic street fighting has taken place in France to which no publicity has been given For instance one of- fcer writes home as follows:
 The other night we had to attack a town in order to try and secure the bridse over the river the other side of 1t. During the day we had got one tiny corner of it, and as soon as it eor dark were able to bring up the dismounted men and gun There were some crossroads in the middle f the Village, barricaded and held by the Germans. The road down which we had to make an attack was lightly curved about 150 yards from the bar ricade, and behind the barricade was a square with about 50 yard sides. There were about three smouldering houses just behind and to the left of the barricade
 The gun was man-handled down to the bend in the road and then six rounds were fired at the barricade with the object of blowing 1t down.. The souadrons were drawn up in troop col umns one behind the other in the rear Of the gum
 Three troops were to make the at- tack on. the barricade three troops were to guard the side roads coming Ill from the right between the gun and the barricade and the other souadror vas to guard our Tear and line of re- treat
 The gun went off suddenly and Drought down the glass all over the piace on our heads. When we thought the barricade was down we rushed down the street toward 1t and on reach irg it found it was intact. As soon as we started pulling 1t down the Ser mans opened fire from the streets and houses. We pulled Maxim up into the window of house, some of us stood in the streets and fired others tried to break into the houses on eith- CT slde and the noise and the crashing Of burning house was appalling.
 After about 10 minutes the Germans retired round the corner toward the briCge. On looking round the corner we found another barricade about I'd yards away. They opened on us with a IaMaxim and started throwing flares The guns started shelling from owe, our heads. It is impossible to describe the scene. Sometimes 1t was pitch dark and then the flames would shoot UT from the house and show the mer crouching In the doorways or lyine behind the barricades we had built or the side roads. We hadn't enough men to take tn, second barrfcade. and for sometime one or our poor fellows, shot through the head, lay in the square. We were ther, | from till 1:30 in the morning ant just before we got the order to retrea | th.ee men volunteered to go out fnt bring in the wounded man from tn, l SC Iare.
 l They had to take their boots off ant run over in the dark, find the man ant
 bring him in. all in front of Maxim and the Lord knows how many mer only 70 yards A fine performance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29

lack interest in life-the chances are
 You can take pepsin tablets, syrups and all the pills and cathartics under the sun and you won't reach the right spot to cure your troubles.
 Hot Springs Liver Buttons will carry away all the bile and leave you feeling fresh and fit. They are made for just work.
 Never any nausea or pain. Nearly all druggists sell these little buttons and the price Is only 25 cents. If your drug gist won't supply you. send your name and address direct to us Enclose 25 cents and we will send you a package postpaid. We will also send you "diet slip" containing very valuable infor nation for anyone troubled with. indi- sestion. chronic constipation or similar Don't accept substitute. but get the box with the red band around 1t. That's what you want.
 Hot Springs Chemical Co.,, Dept. 1S, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-29

Following is an alliterative boost fol Birmingham and conditions as they ex' ist, written by G. A. Hegeman, an ad writer, who believes in Birmingham and the future of business:
 Listen little lords of lazy lanes: Why finger longer in a lovely land of labor that laughs at lolling. loafing businessi Better be busy when Big Ben beats the breakfast bell or better, buster boys will