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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

was woman who started sort of village improvement society and put the motion through by sheer force of zeal and hard work.
 All these things set me to thinking se- riously on the part which we women can do, if we will, to render more attractive the surroundings in which we are placed. All of us feel the responsibility for making insides of our homes attractive. Those of us who are so fortunate as to own gardens or any sort of grounds about our houses try to keep these in good order and pleasing to the eye. How much do we feel our re- sponsibility for bringing to a higher stand ard the outside of our rented homes which are sometimes ugly or at the best stereo- typed and uninteresting? How much do we consider it civic duty to make them good to look at? How much do we strive to arouse in our neighbors a feeling of the same sort?
 am sure some of you must have known cases in which the earnestness of one woman has wrought wonders in this line Will not some of you write and tell me about them and let me pass the informa- tion on to others whom it may encourage to similar attempts?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
.lslkXEs

Let me give you an example of one work CT whom myself am honored by knowing
 Ten years ago she came to live in a growing country town At that time 1t was little more than village, with all the faults of village which has just stopped being farming community and has as vet developed no sense of mutual duty beyond keeping the roads in tolerable order. Of course there were no sidewalks, no street lamps, no public parks no general meeting place except the church and Sunday school room Every one did as seemed best in bis own eyes as far as care of the streets wa concerned. Ashes were dumped at tba roadside, tin cans and rubbish were thrown into the fence corners, and except for tb, kindly efforts of nature, which always doc, its best to cover ugliness by beauty and and in spring flung a pail of green over tbo unsightly remnants, no attempt was ma de to improve the appearance of the borough.
 The worker of whom l speak began bv enlisting the children in village improve ment society. She got them to come to her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
 Recipe for Layer Cakc.

"I will be much obliged if you will tell me of a good layer cake recipe. l like cake. but always have such bad luck about mak- ing 1t. the trouble being In the mixing. think. Also, I would like recipe for soft chocolate frosting and soft white frosting, too. I would like, too, a recipe for fried cakes that would not soak up the lard while cooking M"
 My own opinion Is that there Is no such thing as luck in cake making. If the cake is mixed in the right proportions, carefully measured out. not guessed at, and made &C., cording to rule. not at haphazard, it will turn out right unless something Is seriously wrong with the materials. Cream half . cup of butter with cup of powdered or fine granulated sugar. working it until smooth and light Put in the beaten yolks of two eggs and three-quarters of a cup of sweet milk Sift one teaspoon of baking powder with two cups of flour and add this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

- n AY I tell you wee heart story te NH which I believe will be of help
 Iyl to others in showing how 1
 started for one kind of success
 and finally attained another? l was married at IT to young lawyer just starting to practice, and we made and lived upon $6O & month. l knew nothing of housework or cooking, and those first seven or eight months were awful. Firse, I tried to learn by going to a good cooking school, in the hope of getting the substan- tial and ordinary things I wanted to know. not so many fancy dishes. It did no good. I wanted the small every day things-how to get a whole meal hot and done at the same time, without the vegetables raw and the meat cooked when dinner should be ready, or vice versa. In despair ap- pealed to an old lady who was friend, and she made me come and watch her work in her home for several weeks. The result is that I am good plain cook and can also make good cakes and pies and some of the more fussy desserts.
 yAbout this time I also learned short hand to help my husband in his work. In the course of few years we became more blessed with worldly goods and the short hand just naturally died, but still studied business, so that I could have speaking acquaintance with his work. and kept posted in current events. had a fine sing ing voice, and my great ambition was to study for concert work, and the idea of grand. opera was floating in the background of my brain. To study meant to deny myself many things or to economize in some way. had never sewed, so went to a good dressmaker and asked to be allowed to work there for three days a week to learn. Now can make all kinds of dresses and have a good idea of tailor ing. That saves great deal.
 "I sing a great deal now at church. re- captions, etc, but the idea of big success has gone, and I study vocal music and practice, and can sing grand opera, and do, but in the home. for that means too much to leave. It is far more precious than fame, even in a large sense. feel that am a real worker in home building. In some ways it is small. but I do all the homework = laundry. cooking. sewing = have fine rose garden and a back yard vegetable garden and my music for recrea- Ix tion I begin in June to make embroid- cred Christmas gifts, and by December I have a box of beautiful gifts.with bit of myself sewn in, and the cost has been gradual and slight. and there is no worry and rush to fret my nerves. My husband is an exceptional man. have my own account of all my expenditures and my personal checking account. We never have petty Guarrels over money affairs. and that alone seems to wreck many lives. am a happy and. I believe. a successful woman. It seems to me that we can all make of our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

would love to have a chair with handle, so that his mother could push It. The child Is an invalid and cannot walk or help himself in any way. Lately he underwent an op-
 eration on the head. and now he is left blind. his dear, little mother has other children to care for, and her duties are confining at home. but if she had chair that could be wheeled the mother would gladly take the little blind and helpless boy out for some fresh air and derive the same benefit her. self. If the chair has already been given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

away. perhaps you will put this plea in your Corner in the hope that 1t may reach the notice of some one else who can help the child. will try to settle the freight on the chair myself. MRS A R NJ.
 another correspondent who fails to give the name of the friend who made the offer 10 which she refers. Yet have no doubt that some one will be moved by the story or the little blind and helpless boy who might at least feel the sunshine he can not see and smell the flowers and growing
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Copering q Chair.

see that some one has some silk pieces to give away. She signs herself Mrs. H. B. l have started cover for my husband 8 chair and am quite short of pieces and would be pleased to do something in return Tor some. MRS. L. C."
 regret to say that Mrs. II. B.'s pieces have already been given away. but hope there may be some one who has some to give in exchange for anything Mrs. l.. C.. can offer. She does not say what she wishes to do in return, but it ought not to be df- ficult to adjust this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

holders to pay him small sum apiece for carting them away. With the aid of the children of her village improvement league she aroused sentiment of neighborhood pride. The property owners began To see the advantages from a business point of making their town attractive. When one or two women had introduced such adorn- ments as window boxes others followed their lead and the outside of the houses began to vie with each other in the beauty of growing things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

things he is not able to run about and gather. Sprfng Is here with all it means of beauty and life and helplessness and suffer- ing seem somehow harder to bear now than at any other time of year. There must be some one of the many who rejoice in their strength and in their ability to move about freely and feast their eyes on the miracle of spring and summer who will long to bring a bit of joy into the hearts of the lit- tie cripple and his mother. The correspond- ent who signs the letter just given will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Improving a Small Town.

With the tendency to coincidence which we have all noted heard of two similar movements within three days-both of ! them the result of the efforts of enthusias- tic workers who determined to beautify the conditions in which they lived. One of them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

It would be absurd to say that she meta morphosed the community. for such mira cles rarely occur outside of story books.
 but she wrought change which seemed wonderful to those who knew the place and the people. She managed to point out to one man the profit there was in collecting ashes and garbage, and to induce the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Coloring Furs and Tanning Hides.

"I would like to know how to color house cats fur so it would not fade or wash out in the rain or weather. How or where or what must use to color the fur brown or black and how to color a white fur whiter? Do you know of any recipe for tanning small furs with the hair on? Could you give me a recipe to tan COW or horse hides with the hair off so as to make leather?
 MRS. E. w. B."
 For answer to these questions must refer you to some one better versed in home dyes than myself I may say that 1t is rather unsafe to rely upon them for furs and the like and that I would recommend your taking them to a professional. But it is possible that some of our readers are familiar with good methods that can be advised, and in that case shall be happy to give your address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

home and form an association of their own,
 with name and pass words, a constitu- tion and bylaws, and herself presented their
 badges. Also she instituted a series of prizes, inexpensive Tn a money sense but valuable as tokens of success. for those
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Blind and Helpless.

II read of the kind person who offers two wheeled chairs to some worthy person through your Helping Hand. l know a dear little deserving boy. 10years old. whc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Reused Sense of Municipal Pride

who established the best record for order and beauty in the village.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

glad to put friends into communication with the childs family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
FAMILY MEALS FOR A WEEK.

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  Kppaed herring
  
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  MpIy u Tea DINNER Maon Curhdh hb hfoGL   nc d 
  Golden kienue erovel  uhmumnA Cereal  P Jam Tea
  Chicken Inomu u b 
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
Drift Of the Weather.

Missouri - Unsettled tonight and
Tuesday; probably snow fiurries in
north: warmer tonight and in east TO-
night.
Minnesota - Generally fair tonight
and tomorrow; colder in east.
Iowa-UnsettIed tonight and tomor-
row: occasional snow; warmer in
southeast.
North Dakota-Unse;tled tonight and
tomorrow: not so cold In west tonight.
South Dakota - Generally fair to-
night and somewhat higher in east
tonight: colder In west tomorrow.
Nebraska - Generally fair tonight;
colder in west.
Kansas-Generally fair and warmer
in southeast tonight.
Illinois - Unsettled tonight and to-
morrow; snow in forth; warmer to-
night IN south.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

.issuary live stock figures. Real AT
Eea,ire new corn crop size may not
Re htcwn for many months. Europe
has liberal corn supplies. United
States cora export demand promises
to remain hattened for rest of Feb
ruary.
II current eastern and Argentine
corn conditions remain unchanged
there will be some danger of a recess
sion as we enter March. Some gain
in cash demand should result in the
coming week. Corn reserves in the
seven surplus states are about the
smallest in modern times.
Cellar supplies show a reasonahe.
increase and are liberal, but the Feb
ruary run does not contain promise
of any particular amplitude. Hogs
will rule high all year II is assumed
that we require 100000 or more
hogs each January, whereas the jan
uary. 1914, total is 5s.sOo.oOO. Cost of
raw material promises o.carry the lib
eral live stocks at an average of re-
cent levels.
March oats reserves are guessed at
330.000.000 to 370,000.00O. On the ba-
sis of the lower total. May oats should
rebound from visits to 3s12 to 39c
levels. Securities are bluntly credit
ed with completion of their January
rise. Volume of United States bank
clearings, however. just about equals
the first 3s opening days of 1913.
Cotton is affected by crop losses
and large cotton stores in India. con
tnued liberal movement from interior
and temperance Of 14.700,OO0 TO 15.-
100000 bale crop ideas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
AT THE EMPIRE.

Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons. wife of the
former pugilistic champion, is to head
the bill opening today at the Empire,
remaining three days. She is appear
Ing this season in a musical sketch
entitled "A Vienese Filtration" She is
supported by Carl Haydn, whose sing
ing as leading member of the com
pany presenting The Balkan Prime
ess was one OF the delights of that
production when it was seen here A
year ago. Mrs. Fitzsimmons has an
army of admirers in the tri-cities who
will doubtless give her a warm recep-
Ilon In her new vehicle at the Empire.
Manager Dolly promises four other
hne vaudeville acts and two fresh run
photo plays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
BATHTUBS IN MEXICO.
Mads of Cement. They Are Real Lux
ury In Hot Climate

mads of cOrnent. They Are Real Lux
ury In Hot Climate
Unless you have been in tie trop-
les" remarked the man who had just
returned from a trip TO Mexico. ''you
can't possibly realize how great lux.
ury n cold bath can ne. I;'s NOT that
The climate is necessarily warmer than
n New York summer. hut the natives
have worked out the problem of bath.
ing to its ultimate conclusions. They
have invented the ideal tub.
ION the great private estates in
Mexico baths are In use today which
were hewn out of the solid rock cen
turtles ago by slave labor They are
located FOR the most part in the vicin.
ity of running wafer and are fed by
bamboo pipes. but In many cases they
have 10 be filed by the old fashioned
method of carrying bucket To aud
from The spring.
In the cities the SO called stone
baths are made OF cement. The resi-.
leares Of all we'll 10 do people are
provided with them and ,hey are y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
WAGNER,S REVIEW
Morning Grain Letter.

Chicago, Feb. 9.-Cold. bitter wealth
or. Weekly forecast says higher tenn
peratures are on the way. but the lat
ter part OF the week viii witness an
other cold wave. A week OF real win
ter thus lies ahead with its erect on
grain feeding and movement OF swine
and grain. Reports as 10 wheat dam
age By frost will be merely guesses
for easy DAYS. During the past As
hours over the week end lowest tenn
peratures have ruled 10 to 20 below
zero in the northwest and Canada;
about below in the central west, and
Il above TO II below IN the southwest
Nebraska has worse temperatures than
Kansas. The present deadlock in corn
promises a continuance. Arrivals OF
Argentine corn at New York last week
are guessed at 100000. Apprehension
CT a violent European wheat demand
that may set in at any moment warns
local bears TO proceed slowly. Pro
visions bulls are very confident and
II helped by small hog receipts there
will be little bulges. The Inter-Oceau
SAYS glucose people have shipped no
corn TO seabosrd for months. as they
are running on Argentine corn. Pur-
chase OF the entire list on steel move
nents is indicated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The area Of high pressure and fits
accompanying cold wave has moved
southeast~ard TO the south Atlantic
ard east gulf states. Rising tempera-
lures fn the central valleys are now
resulting from an area OF moderately
Iof pressure which extends from Al
-berta southwark 20 New Mexico and
western Tezas. although another high
which Is attended by decidedly cold
weather f. central over Manitoba At
4 N. the temperature wAs 81 de-
grees below zero AT Prince Albert.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
Much Wheat Under Snow.

Chicago. Feb. s.-The week ended
with indications that February viii
furnish real winter. Effects of Sc
we're weather this month will tend I'd
firmsess. Probably 90 per cent of
winter wheat has some snow covering.
Where the present freeze quickly Sue
ceeded & thaw thero Will be damage.
Wheat firmness. rallies. are due to end
OF February.
Eyilc1ces of small wheat sur
pluses in Argentina. India and Aus
:ralia are plentiful. hut Russia and the
Danube are filling this gap With n
return TO liberal shipments. Russia
has sold literally United States
March wheat reserves will probably
be around 15O.O0O.0OO 20 155. 0OO,o 600.
They were 15s.0OO.OOO last year.
Canadian wheat receipts are very
small but on the recent North Amer
lean weekly export decline 20 5000
900 or 100000 per week. Canada
has fairly liberal supplies in store II
Russian and North America market
their wheat scientifically the price
viii appreciate.
Corn is supported by the certainty
OF small March reserves and the very
liberal animal population in proper
ton 70 the crop size as shown by the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
TlGERlsH TUNAs.
Wild Carnage Vixen They Meet Their
Natural Prey. Flying Fish.

Wild Carnage When They Meet Their
Natural Prey, Flying Fish.
One time ut St. Clements we sighted
n feeding school of tuna, an eXhiiarat-
ing sight \ flying fish weighing a
pound and a half or more would start
from the water and soar an extraor-
binary distance, nearly out of sight.
but every inch of that flight l knew
was covered by big tuna keeping
his place just beneath the filler" and
ready to seize it the moment it fell
into the water. This rarely failed.
The moment the fish began TO drop the
tuna would spring at it like a tiger.
turning and tossing the sIJume into
the air with Il SPLENDID and electrify-
ing rush, a maneuver that was re-
peated all over the blue channel.
The sensational charge meant that n
school of tunas had discovered a school
of its natural prey. dying fishes. At
once the lust for blood and food was
on, and the carnage was the result.
l have observed some curious scenes
at sea. but never have seen fear so
forcibly expressed as by school OF
flying fishes exhausted and at the
mercy of the voracious tunas. l have
had them gather about my boat and
cling TO its keel as. closely as they
could. while the air was full of leap
ing tunas and soaring flying fish. At
such times when school of sardines
is rounded up the fishes are so terrified
that men have rowed up to them ara
scooDed them in by the pailful-C. L.
Holder in Outing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

feature of the native hotels. They are
usually about ten feet long by foUr
deep-baby swimming tanks. in fact.
The tropical custom is to fill the
baths late ut night. BY the following
morning the water Will have acquired
Il limrid coolnessethat acts like a tonic
upon the body. When one remembers
that near the equator it is almost as
warm in the morning Us il is at noon
and that water taken direct from the
city mains is always tepid the advan
tage of the stone or cement bath is
York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
the light, frothy order and were simply
for laughing purposes.

NO-lSl4 uCANu tOI lGuSiliIiS pun pOSNS-
Miss Jane Gordon. talented and
beautiful young &C rass of pndisputcd
charm. heads the excollcn. cast the
American Play company has engaged
or within the Law" the stirring
new drama of modern metropolitan
life, which viii be the attraction at the
Illinois Wednesday. Miss Gordon por-
trays he role of girl who, after
spending three years in prison for
crime of which she is innocent, al
tempts to reeStablish herself among
reputable people but is prosecuted By
the police, bounded out of homes. en-
ployment and forced into a life OF
crime. From timid, shrinking girl
she develops into a brilliant. daring
woman of cleverness and ingenuity
becoming the leader of q band of
crooks who prey on society at will and
manage 20 avoid the clutches OF the
police by remaining always within
the law" although they employ the
and technio2lities of the
law to safeguard their inegitimate
pursuits. She also avenges herself
upon the man who unjustly sent her to
prison. almost breaking his heart, /
his son and heir. Eventually !
she falls in love with the young man, !
and restored TO her rightfuI position |
in society. Critics in New York and I
Chicago, in both of which cities this |
play is the current theatrical triumph |
declared within the
Law the most thrilling drama given /
TO the American stage in +he pas.
decade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
MRS. FLINT Still
HANGING TO IFE
Antidote for Bichloride 81 ~.
curry May Yet Rescue Yor.
mer Moline Woman.

Chicago, Ill. FEB. s.--unles. 49,.
unforeseen complication occur, g 81
Marcia X. Flint. former Moline. Il
girl, who took bichloride Of m.,.,,
last Thursday after quarrel No. !
J. Reidy IN an Evanston ho,sl =
recover.
Such was the verdict last s,yh, !.
the Evanston hospital. where n.
Flint is under the Joint care Of n, :
G. Alexander. staff physician. ana ~ = s
Thomas a Carter, who recently Co..
Moody Bible institute who bad to-.
the same poison.
Apparently DIR. Carter has d,..o
ed an antidote for the poison ana -
ned IL OF its terrors. DR.. AIay..S
gives him the credit for Mrs. P1,s.
Improvement.
If Mrs. Flint RECEIVERS. and !.
lieye that she WILL the credit nu.,1
given TO DR. Carter" said DR.. Aler,,
der last night we. Of course -.
done everything possible for M
Flint on our own account. but ara N.
convinced that DR.. Carriers discoys-,
has swung the balance.
1.-THE first two days that Mrs RI.
was here her stomach and kiensy,
were paralyzed. Now they have ber,,
to functionate and her condition Il =
much improved that we feel iu,t,sss
in predicting speedy recovery q,
is eager. to recover. which Ii IN h.-
favor, and is much more cheerful Pa,
that matter, she has really wished IA
get well ever since she was brourk
here. but at first was thoroughly Dis
pirited"
Mrs. Flint continually asks for M
Reidy, with whom she quarreled. sr
whose effort to have her arrested pre
cipitated her attempt at suicide. He
has not attempted to see her since ii.
took the poison.
Mrs. Flint's brother arrived yestsf.
day and spent the greater part Of he
day with her in the hospital.
I'm glad to hear that Mrs Fin
Is improving, Sdlu III Sdrter last
night q hope she RECEIVERS. Her
chances are much better than theT
were two days ago.
Until / have further opportunity 70
test 1t, / will not state the nature Of /
my remedy That is not because do
not wish it TO be known. but for fear
it may not be exactly right. do not
desire to foist any make-belieye or
near-autidote on the public"
Dispatches from Baltimore announc
ed yesterday that three cases Of b.
chloride poisoning have recently been
cured in that city by the use of iodids
Of potassium.
According to the dispatch the iodids 1
'orms a precipitate with the smercury
Known as red iodide. which Is indissus {
Ible and the mercury is thus preVert /
ID from spreading through the body
u don't understand it," said Dr.. Car
err 'Tt you create an indissoiuble sub
stance in the blood, how are you going E
O get it out of the blood? The daa
ger with bichloride is when it is ae
orbed into the blood"