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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
POSTCARD QUEEN
 GRANTED DIVORCE
London Wonders Whether She Will Return to
 Musical Comedy

London, August S.-(Special.) --"What will be the next story of pretty Ga brielle Ray?" is the question that is being asked on all sides. Will she re- turn to the musical comedy stage where she reigned as queen prior to her marriage with rich young Eric Loder, or will she make another matrimonial adventure now that the courts have given her a decree absolute against the good looking young scion of a fa nous horseracing and breeding family, whom she married with so much eclat less than three years ago?
 Truly, it would be hard to exaggerate the popularity not only with the gilded youths of the metropolis. but with the general public of pretty, sprightly. 'Gaby Ray" Her postcards sold liter ally by the million. in fact she held the record in this respect-no easy feat in this country where collecting lilxenesses of stage favorites is a positive mania up to the time of her marriage and re- tirement, since when even her sales have been surpassed by lovely Gladys Cooper. who, by the way has just de- nied the persistent rumors that she. too would seek divorce from her husband ohotiti SodhS ihdh ol iuocpcHutHt means.
 It was in The Little Cherub." lively piece by the late owen Hall' and Ivan Caryll that Gabrielle Ray first came prominently before the public Dressed as cupid and dancing as gracefully as one. she sang a little song in the chorus of which she shot ar rows at number of miniature John nies' suspended on ring and there after had every lover of musical come dy at her charming feet. This piece was notable. by the way. as having practically introduced. besides Gabrielle Ray two other maidens who were fated to be famous, one Zena Dare, who is now the Hon. Maurice Brett, and the other Lily Elsie. the "Merry Widow" and Dollar Princess" of later days.
 After this initial hit of hers at the Prince of Wales. Gabrielle Ray went first to the Gaiety. and then to Daly's theatre. with the later of which George Edwardes houses she became asso- ciated thereafter. A joy to the eye and as graceful as an elf. she shares the fate of the peacock far as her sing ing voice is concerned. Her marriage to Eric Loder. described as a true love !. match, was a severe blow to her thou Y sands of masculine admirers, whose dressing tables were crowded with her photographs. Some months ago she ap- piled to the courts for decree of res titutional of conjugal rights. and, owing to her husbands failure to comply herewith, has now been given an abso- lute divorce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
One on Him

From the Louisville Herald.
 A certain millionaire did not approve of foreign missions. One Sunday at church when the collection was being taken up for these missions. the collector ap- proached the millionaire and held out the collection bag. The millionaire shook his head.
 T never give to missions, he whis- pered
 ''Then take something out of the bag sir" whispered the collector. "The money is for the heathen.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES
 TO MEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Following the consolidation of the two branches of the order of Macca- bees Harmony tent No. 20 will hold an important meeting next Wednesday night. At this meeting the members Will start a campaign for new members and the regular initiation will again commences
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
ANSTRIAN ARMY MAY INVADE VENETIA AND
 LOMBARDY IF ITALY
 PERSISTS IN STAND
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cans from Havre to land at Southampton, although that is closed port. This will enable many Americans who have been held up in Normandy to come to Eng land to get a steamer home. They must, however, get certificate of citizenship from the consul at Havre.
 E. Maclay Edgar's motorboat Maple Leaf 1V which won tnc international cup against an American boat, has been taken over by the British admiralty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09

Springs. announced for August 20. states the outing has been postponed indefinitely. The picnic was to have been given by Birmingham lodge No. ll2, Independent Order of Odd Fei- lows, but failure to make the proper arrangements with the railroad com pany caused the postponement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
What A Gentleman Is

From the Louisville Herald
 An exact definition of gentleman has been tried many times. never per haps with entire satisfactory resui's, Little Sadie had never heard any or the definitions. but she managed ,o throw eieam of ligh: on the sub feet The word was in the spelling les son. and the teacher said:
 sadie. what is a gentleman
 "please a'am,' she answerea, gentleman's man you don't know very we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
LODGE OF PERFECTION
 TO MEET WEDNESDAY

Birmingham Lodge of Perfection Scottish Rite Masons. will meet in reg ular session Wednesday for the pur- pose of balloting on a number of can didates. Venerable Master w. A. Kay requests all members to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
Easy

From the Michigan Gargoyle.
 Tell me, old man" said the perennial seeker after knowledge, why Is your hair gray and your beard brown
 "Easyl" answered the facetious a. m. My hair is 20 years older than my hea rd i"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09

. Phoenix lodge has elected the follow ing delegates to the Third Pythlan dis trict convention. which meets at Gull man, August 20-21:
 D. R. Meadows. T. L. Borum. l. W, Holt, Allen NJ Holt. John A. Fisher, John O. Cooper. E. J. Burns, Sidney Isaac Story. Frank Arico, B. M. Zeig- Ter. Alternates were named as follows. W. H. Elliott. Jr. W s. Sherrill, simon Israel. ]. Bandman, ]. H. Kennyhrook, Ben Cooley. ]. K. Patterson. l.. F. Asee, Lewis Dunlap. J. c. Jones. c. c. Moore, ]. S. Witherspoon. A. r. Hummer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
Mrs. Hall Found Guilty

Louisa, Va. August S.-Mrs. Elizabeth Hall was found guilty today of murder in the second degree for killing her husband, Victor K. Hall, a merchant. on April 15. She was sentenced to 10 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
Wonderful Panacea

TTOfn INukt.
 Madge-So the great specialist cured her of her nervousness?
 Marjorie--Yes: his fee was so large, she concluded she couldn't afford To have it any more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09

ercise is good for people. why do so many professional athletes die young?" In the first place, they don't as d rule if they take anything like proper care of themselves. Tn the second place, 1t Is easily possible to exercise too much as well as too little, and the professional athletes desire to excel and to gain glory and cash often leads him to excess. In the tn I'd place, the professional athlete is hailed as hero and if he will permit 1t he will be led by his admirers into all varieties Of dissipation.
 1t has been nearly 80 years since the professional six-day walking game be- gan to decline. yet a great ma jority of the champion pedestrians of those days are still in the land of the living and sble 10 walk faster and farther than the majority of youngsters, although those relies of an antique sport are mostly past 60 and several past TO-
 It has been declared that few men who have won athletic glory in Ameri- can colleges have lived past middle ago This may be true. One reason is that American college athletes habitually oNtiN Ofk III tHelF edGerneSS to VIII athletic honors and thus weaken their hearts and put too heavy a strain on them. Another reason, and probably the principal one. is that most college men plunge into business or profes- sional life and become so engrossed in it that they soon neglect to exercise. The fact that a man has been an ath lete in his youth can't be expected to save him from the penalties of wrong living In later years. The boy who exercises moderately and rightly starts life with an excellent capital. but he can soon squander 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
ODD FELLOW PICNIC
 POSTPONED INDEFINITELY

H. F. Webb. chairman of the com mittee=in charge of the picnic at Cool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
 TO CONFER RANKS

The degree team of Jefferson Valley lodge No. l, will confer the rank Of esquire on a candidate at the regular meeting of the lodge on Tuesday night. All members are requested 10 be pres ent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
MASONIC CONFERENCE
 OF JEFFERSON COUNTY

Preparations are complete for the sixteenth semi annual Masonic confer ehce of Jefferson county, which will be held at the Masonic temple at Bir- mingham with King Solomon lodge No. 460 as the hosts to the visiting dele gates. Every lodge in the county has been notified of the occasion and dele gates have been appointed to attend the meeting. The purpose of the conference is to spread Masonic light and knowl- cd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-09
Old Age and Athletics

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Somebody is sure to inquire: 'sIf ex-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
DISEASE SPURNED BY ALL
No Country VIII Admit That Dreaded
Influenza Had Birth Within Its
Borders.

Legion are the names that the
dreaded 'fiu" has been called by those
that have fallen under its magic
spell.
No country will acknowledge that
its shores are the birthplace Of the
"fu" fiend, and the following are a
few of the names given this unowned
disease.
In Russia it is called Siberian fever,
end in Siberia Chinese fever. The peo-
pie of Brazil know it by the name OF
polka fever, or zamporina; la grippe
is the term generally in use in
France, also la coquette and Spanish
catarrh.
Germans define 1t as schafkrankheit
(sheepdisease). Malattia tedesca Ger
man sickness) is the epithet in use in
Italy; whilst Spaniards name it intiu'
encia rusa and trancaza "a blow with
a BARI.
Very apt is the Swedish definition
-shufsjuka and snuff fever.
Our own observation-disclosures
was taken from the eighteenth cen
fury Italian writer's, who spoke OF
luna influenza di FREDDIE" Influence OF
cold. Our own physicians mistook the
description for, the name Of the dis
ease itself-'hence influenza
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
1ns Top Hat

Although the beginning of the "cyifn-
der Of civilization" rs il has been
called. can be traced back to the Eliza
bethan era. it is only about seventy
or eighty years ago that the top hat
Of the present day reached its final
shape. Since then it has altered slight
" in the dimensions of the crown ard
the curl of the briln. but the hat itself
has remained essentially unchanged.
The top hat seems to have had its be-
ginning in the habit of gallauts in the
Elizabetha period of cooking up one
side of their broad brimmed. high
crowned felt or beaver hats and secuH
ing them with a jewel. The French
court later developed this into cooking
up three sides of the hat and fastening
one with loop of ribbon. From this
fashion came the cockade. now used
only by grooms and footmen. The silk
hat of today was born in France and
supDIanted the now nearly extinct
beaver hat of practically the sanle
shape, though considerably Iarger.-
london Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
~Wza -..a.a~
EVIL EFFECTS Or ooN RAYS
Scientists Admit as a Fact What Has
Long Been Regarded 40 Mere
Superstition

Moon rays are said to make men
go blind and mad, and to turn 1000
stuff bad. There is even quoted by
the London Lancet death the cause
of which was officially stated to be
exposure to moonlight. Apparently
the food most seriously affected by
the moons radiations is fish, and
seemingly trustworthy statements
have been made as to the Ill effects
produced in persons who had pars
en- Of fish which had been freely e1-
posed to moonlight. q. G. Bryant,
writing from Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, suggests that possible expla-
nation might lie in the well-known
fact that the light Of the moon, pelng
reflected light, is more or less polar
lied, and possibly polarized light may
exert peculiar chemical action. 70
larized light was obtained by him
from a powerful metallic flament
lamp, the light being polarized 0y
means of a pile Of sheets OF plate
glass backed with silver and placed
at the correct angle. The experiments
showed certain marked results when
fish was submitted to this light. When
two slices cut from the same fish were
hung, one in the direct light and the
other in the polarized beam OF light
the latter invariably began to de-
compose before the former, though
the temperature Of the polarized
beam was several degrees lower than
the direct light.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
4asls II i Lssl EIsasaI.

q lady residing in suburb ot Boz
ton sent her diamond ring to we'll
known shop there to be cleaned. A
day or two later she took journey Of
several hours. When she reached her
destination she removed her glove, and,
10, the diamond had come out of her
ring. A diligcnt search failed to reveal
the lost stone She waited until her re-
turn to her home, and when the dia-
mond could not be found there she
went to the jeweler and told her story.
Il am afraid that you loosened the
stone when you cleaned it," she con-
cluded. She had little idea that he
would agree with her, but to her sur
prise, after carefully examining the
setting, he admitted: 81 am afraid we
did. l beg that you will select from
my unset stones a diamond of about
the size and quality Of your old one,
and l will give you back your ring
looking as near as possible as it did
when it was new" And he never
charged her cent? OF course he knew
who the lady was and that he could
trust her to tell O. true story.-Kats
Epson Clark in Leslie's.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
i assls Eaf Initial.


A charming custom among fourists
at Verona is that of leaving their Wis
iting cards at the reputed tomb OF
Juliet This act. however, must De
taken as pretty compliment to the
Immortal love story rather than as an
offering in memoriam. for it is unlike
ly that travellers have not learned thar
the tomb is in reality one OF those
pious fctions SO dear to the senti-
mental and that even Shakespeares
tragedy itself is generally held to have
no historical basis A writer In the
Graphic of London says. THE so call
ed tomb. of red Veronese marble, in
the gardens of the Orphanage. was for
merly washing trough" Another
writer is no less severe 'There il
plenty to see in Verona" be says. 1.-THE
cities of northern Italy without vast
Ing time. money and emotion in look
inc at frauds" But the custom re
mains aud will remain as long as there,
are tourists.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
DISPUTED, But KEPT TEMpEh
How General WoIseIey and War Cor.
RESPONDENT Conducted Acrimonious
Quarrel In the Newspapers.

One or two of the notices of Lord
Wofseley's career mention TIE pro
tracted dispute between Wolseley and
Sir William Russell as to the behavior
of the troops in South Africa IA 1879.
Russell had accused the troops OF
drunkenness and footing in no uncer-
tain terms. Wolseley defended his
men with generous warmth, but the
manner in which both Wolseley and
Russell kept their regard for each 9th.
er, each well knowing that the other
spoke in sincerity, was a model OF
how dispute of principle should be
conducted between public men
Sir John Tenniel in Punch charm
ingly hit off this polite yet furious
quarrel in a cartoon. The cartoon
was headed, ''The Art of Politeness,
and underneath were the words:
Sir Garnet Wolseley- Pardon me
my dear doctor, if 1 say that you have
been hoaxed by gross exaggerations
and transparent untruths
Doctor Russell-Forgive me. my daz
cling young general. tor mentioning
that you are a pig-headed ignoramus
and don't know what you are talking
Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17

Inheritance has something TODD with
badness Men in Il family usually
have disposition to get bald at about
the same age Certain scalp diseases
cause badness. but the largest factor
in badness is neglect The scalp is
exceedingly dirty in the average run
Of men and boys If any other six
inches of skin We're kept as dirty as
the scalp ii would be considered a dis
grace. There is no reason why boys
should not be taught 10 wash the hail
with soap and water every day. then
dry and brush it We'll AS soon as the
boy gets I'd enough to wash his ears
and to keep his face clean down to
the collar line he should also keep his
scalp clean If the hair after wash
ing is too dry little grease can be
used Following this plan there should
be no premature badness Generally
the horse is out before the stable door
IS locked Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
Brazilian Rat Catchers.

Rats are great nuisance in certain
parts of Brazil. where the climate Ia
very warm. The common cat does not
thrive for some unaccountable reason,
but is replaced by domestic rat catch
er. whose presence causes decidedly
unpleasant sensation to visitors when
first they come in contact with the
creature. 1t is a species of small boa
constrietor-the gibola. The snakes
are not venomous. They sleep in the
house. generally taking up their posi-
ton at the foot of the stairs. When
nightfall approaches they begin to
awaken. and during the night they
glide swiftly about the premises look
ing for rats. Gibolas are offered for
sale in the markets of Bahia and Per
nambuco at prices ranging from 81 to
S.. according to the size of the crea.
ture 1t is claimed that they are so
easily domesticate1 that. if removed
from one house to another. they in
variably return TO the house whence
they have been taken
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
s16ob For ANCIENT SPELLING
der Against "Reforms" in
English Language.

In the eighteenth century we find
Jonathan Swift, whose mastery of
prose is one of our delights, writing as
the very first article which appeared
over his acknowledged name "a Pro.
posal for Correcting, Improving and
Ascertaining the English Tongue" He
lamented that the English tongue was
becoming debased, but he attributed
the cause, in part, to the liberties
which Dryden and the other poets OF
the Restoration had taken in shorten
ing their syllables by emitting those
very els which our spelling reformers
would eliminate.
These gentlemen" wrote Swift, "al
though they could not be insensible
how much our language was already
overstocked with monosyllables, yet
to save time and pains, introduced
that barbarous custom of abbreviatina
words to fit them to the measure OF
their verses SO that most of the books
we see nowadays are full of those
manglings and authorizations" Dis.
turb'd," "rebuk'd," are among the
words he finds especially unpleasant
Swift was further annoyed at fool
ish opinion. advanced of late years
that we ought to spell exactly as we
speak; which. besides the obvious III
convenience of utterly destroying oul
etymology, would be thing we
should never see an end Of" Also he
noted with impotence in 1912: 1T is
sometimes a difficult matter to read
modern books and pamphlets; where
the words are so curtailed and varied
from their original spelling, that who
ever has been used to plain English
will hardly know them by sight" How
many Of our new" controversies were
waged centuries ago!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
CrtoIans as Food.

The ortolan. a bird sna'er than our
quail. an inhahitant OF southern Eu.
rope in summer and OF Afli.'a III Win
Ter. is highly priced. especially among
French epicureS. for the dp.i"hte flavor
IF lis flesh. The ortolan is netted
alive. kept in dark plate and fed on
rlillet. oats and whrr seeds until it
becomes enormously fat wien it is
Killed for the table. This artids ial fat
tening OF the ortoian dates back to an.
rlent days of Rene \ Partisan paper
tells Of u finane!er who inTited four
friends to dinner IT his country
rlace and sent /" Paris TO a famous
lastaura teur to provide II feast for six
persons When the account was pre-
scented ii footed up l.200 francs-that
is. $40 Outrageous" said the tinan.
cier. Monsieur said the restaura-
teur. you have had twenty ortolans at
- francs each. That alone is 500
francs" This would be much like
paying So each for well fattened Eng
lish sparrcws.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
Maine,s Rhetorical Career.

Maine was not an independent state
until long after the adoption OF the
constitution. During the revolutions
airy war it was a district of Massachu-
sets, and as such furnished It's quota
of soldiers, but they were credited as
Massachusetts troops. The first three
censuses of the United States, taken
in 1890, 1900 and 1910, gave the popu-
lation Of the district of Maine as a
part of Massachusetts,. In 182o~tt was
separated from Massachusetts,, made
an independent state, and was admit
ted into the union. Vermont was not
one of the Is original states which
adopted the constitution in 1888,
and was not admitted to the union
until 1871. As a colony 1t furnished
its full quota of troops during the
revolutionary war, but It's boundaries
were in dispute with Massachusetts,.
New Hampshire and New York claim
ing jurisdiction, and pending the dis
pute Vermont did not get into the
union as one Of the original states
adopting the constitution. It was not
represented In the convention that
framed the constitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
Didn't Drop Into Poetry.

There is an interesting story OF
Words worth, who went to call on Miss
Harriet Martineau Mt Ambleside. in
the house which she had built and laid
cat. writes ~ c. Benson in the Cen
tury Magazine. There WAS a gathering
of neighbors present. and Wordsworth
stood for a long time ut the window
contemplating the beautiful landscape
outside Then he turned to the party
and said:
Miss Martineau. | congratulate you
on your beautiful little domain. The
views are wonderful. and il will turn
out to be the wisest thing You ever Gid
IN your life"
lie paused for a moment. and the
guests expected some comment on the
uplifting effects of communion with
nature. but Wordsworth. with fine
gesture. continued:
Your property will certainly be
trebled in value within the next tee
years
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17
NumaaiaiAs ticuaes.

Houses are curious things. we take
morsel of illimitable space and wall
It in and roof it over. Suddenly 1t
ceases to bepart of Gods out of doors
and becomes an entity with an atmos
phere of its own We warm it with
our fires, we animate it with our af-
fections, we furnish it with such things
as seem good in our eyes. We do
this to get shelter for our bodies, but
we acquire as well an instrument for
our spirits that reacts on us in its
turn.
In other words. az we live our way
into house. adapting it to our need,
the bricks and mortar. NE paint and
master. cease to be Inert matter and
be eme alive Superficial sociologists
have tainted women with being "more
-unnBolic or plmntlike" than man. but
ccunt ii her second glory The plant
is an organism that slowly turns life,
less into living matter" and this is the
thing that woman has done from the
beginning with her shelter In our
houses we achieve almost IN organic
extension Of our very salves.-Corneiia
\. p Conner in Atlantic
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-04-17

TIE island of tinod HOPE was the
first of the Friendly islands 10 be dis
covered by tie Paudcra in l79l But
his lord Of many isles is ve;'y DIFF -ii!I
0f approach. for the seas are dangerous
except to very small craft The post
caster genera! has there ore invented
i method of HI: own f0r the delivery o.
nails He delivers them hr rocket
When the hour Of delivery arrives the
whole pcp,;.#tiop assemblies en- TIT
-hore to watch the great event. for Il
his tal5peilrd that in mid .areer tin
Iecious mai. has burst ana given its
ews 10 the waves. When the sever,
foot long rocket lands successfully
there is a wild stampede of the natives
thirsting for the latest news from Sd
moa or the Fiji islands.-London Opin-
ion.