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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

ment will be found rough. I know this terribly uneven place, passing through from Boulevard St. Germain by the Col say to the conductor: By love, Doctor, you cure me too much''
 This application of industry to thera- peuttcs gives rise to interesting general izations. I am thinking of balloons. either captives or dirigibles, which should re- main in certain altitude, fixed by the physicians. They were to be aerostatic hotels, swhere patients might take air cures.
 It would be unnecessary to travel to Switzerland or the Pyrenees, when you had Parisian Alps overhead as we'll as in Savoy or Bernese overland. Then the Parisian might take his air cure only a thousand miles away from his beloved boulevards. be in constant communication with his family and get the latest theat- rical and sporting news by wireless with out the slightest inconvenience. That will all come very soon.
 In the meantime, use the motor bus. which is excellent for the liver and all the digestive organs, but I feel that I must add that it is very harmful to the bladder.
 Again you see that civilization takes back with the left what 1t gives you with the right hand. One never knows whether it is worth what it costs, or if 1t costs what it Is worth. Every little blow counts, and every little blow does not count. A cruel enigma. Everything Is a cruel enigma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

A 40 state of mind-never. Though l per- ish of old age and have rheumatism and the gout. and lose my teeth and carry an ear trumpet and get fat, and hobble about on a wooden leg, never. never must I be trump, To be 40-why that is noth- ing but to fall into the dress habit Of middle age Aye, there's the rub. I shall continue my deep interest in styles and passing fancies. l shall continue my ex- cellent policy adopted at 70 of keeping so far ahead of the styles that they can not possibly catch up with me In fact. although dancing at 20 was a pleasure, and at 40 a pretext, my attitude toward dress shall be just the opposite-a pre- text at 20. a pleasure at 40."
 At this stage of her meditations this "certain woman" paused to-laugh
 She often makes herself laugh--but that is not surprising, for ideas pop into her head that she never heard before. and they interest her deeply
 It is one of her great pleasures to appreciate her own thoughts, whicn proved that to be surprised and amused at ones mental processes is to be good company to ones self. Many men and many women seek the com pany of others, because they make themselves tired and do you wonder? No; they make others tired; why not themselves?
 "I have found this s"eertain wom- an" reason, that there are many more pleasures at 40 than at any other age l can go out with the kid child and play and enjoy myself hugely with her little games I can read her child ish stories and they amuse me because they are full of nonsense and joy and happiness and then I can quickly turn to something middle aged to read and enjoy that equally as thing which youth would use for a football having no use for such dull litera- ture. I have learned that the real joy of living is a profitable division of work and play. I have found out that every man, no matter how serious he is, nor how taken up with the process of making money, ought to have some sort of fad-golf or tennis, horseback
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

They whned when they were born whined when they married; will whine when they die and never stop whining long enough to realize what & wonderful thing just the privilege to live is. and that though millions have come and gone, not one has ever lived without pain or trouble It part of the game. If the winner only realized that 1t is the most execrable taste to air ones troubles, believe shed cult. Why, you might as well ask another woman to carry your market basket, or do your homework for you. It's every body's business to carry his own load"
 'Forty-yes, 40 is a fine age,' unused this certain woman, with deep content. I can be as young as I want to, and much, much more comfortable than I've ever been before. The extreme emotions of youth are very beautiful. but they are not as sweet as the more settled emotions of middle age. One finds so much more in the world to love and oh, so much more to be thankful for. I shall never say 'Good-by youth, for that 1 shall always have. Instead l shall say, Now, there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
Civilization and Happiness
By EMILE Fasuet

The question is often raised, does "ivil- ization create happiness? Or to be more exact, if the civilization which evidently creates much happiness, does not carry with it so many evils that, in the last in stance. it is doubtful whether it does ere ate happiness.
 There are those who even believe it in- creases the misfortune and evils of man kind.
 Medical science, of which I do not wish to say an unkind word, first, because owe it a debt of gratitude, and second, because l am not afraid of doing so; med ical science undoubtedly saves many peo- pie, but in doing so 1t makes all hu- manity weak.
 This is evident. It saves from an early death human beings, who, without 1t, born not to live, would have died be- tween two and five years of age. It en- ables them to live until they are 35 or 40, and before they die they have had a chance to give birth to other frail beings. who in their turn -. Thus after a few centuries there will be nothing but sickly people on earth. In saving the sick mem- bers of humanity medical science makes
 
 the poisoner of mankind, although 1t has the best intentions in the world.
 Our doctors are really devils. You may say to them You are working toward your own destruction. By fnventing ser ums and spreading the knowledge of hy- gienic laws you suppress disease and consequently you limit your own field" And in reply they will say with a smile We do away with diseases, but we don't do away with constitutional weakness nay, on the contrary, by preventing na- ture from making it's own selection by sickness and premature death, we lower the general state of health of humanity And, benefiting by this increasing consti- tutional weakness, our successors will rule more absolutely than our predeces- sors or ourselves"
 that civilization is possibly a retrogressior toward another kind of barbarity, that fl takes with one hand what it gives with the other and neutralizes progress by steps backward. and for every bloom gives a new evil, thus eternally leaving us on the same point.
 This Is at least my own personal opin- ino. although cannot very well ex' plain why I adopt 1t in preference tc any other.
 Every progress. every innovation. is un' certain in its effects. Small give but one example from the time of today Some have applauded the invention of the motor bus, while others have denounced 1t as a nuisance. It Is thus with every new invention, and you must need go nc further than to the telephone. There il rothinU more convenient than the tele phone, but nothing more unbearahle thar people who telephone. and unfortunately telephones and people who telephone art inseparable.
 As I said. people have praised ant cursed the motor bus. It runs fast. ant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
Keeping Record of Employees


 A card has been developed for the purpose of recording the general char acteristics of new employees, the same card to be used for recording their de- velopment or progress in the course of their stay with the company. These cards are four by six inches, white bristol board, and as shown on one side the mans vari- ous characteristics are recorded.
 He is required to sign his name and write in his address in the spaces given. This is not only to obtain the proper spelling of his name, but to gain an idea of his handwriting. Written references are never accepted as conclusive, and all the references given are written to and direct statement obtained from former employers. These are filed, of course, under the employees name, as well as any other data relating to him.
 Under physical facts, it is important to know whether the eyeslght is good. poor or defective: whether the fingers are deformed, missing or o. K. An i'm portant rcint is made of the teeth, be- cause these indicate not only a person 3 tidiness, but to a certE4n extent have a bearing on the probabilities as to health. Habits are important. Does a man smoke or drink and to what extent? It Is partic- ularly important to know if he chews to- bacco. This is not only a filthy habit and an unnecessary one, but has de- cided bearing on a persons desirability. Under the head of experience should be recorded in brief way the person 5 experience in his own line particularly, but it is also well to record what other lines of work he may have been engaged in, as it has a bearing on his availability. | if not desirability, in other departments. Under the head of remarks should be cn- tered indications of action--whether slow or quick-irritable or placid, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

birds build their nests and cover them with straw and take care of their young when the rain and the snow comes down upon them, and how they find food for their babies and how they teach them to fly. These things did not appeal to me in my youth be- o-.use I took them for granted, as I took my pin money, not caring who gave it to me or how it was earned Age certainly changes our think tanks-there's no doubt about that and though l grow more serious about some things I grow more utterly fool ish about others, and this has its ad- vantages because when l hark back to moments in my life that have been frightfully serious I am sure that If such experiences were to come to mo now I would only laugh. I wonder why we don't learn that sooner in life? Why we don't learn that the laugh cure is the greatest remedy in the world for everything except perhaps an aching tooth or broken leg. There are piles of tragedies that could have been ayerted by a good healthy, hearty, old roar of laughter and slap on the back. Human beings are terribly fun ny when they are serious because they are usually serious about the things of the very least importance-only they don't know it."
 Another big thing that I've learned" !" she went on, ''and that is that it is bad policy to be too sure of my own opinions. I have argued for hours to convert . friend to my way of thinking. only to find out week later that l wasn't of that opinion at all; I'd have different opinion altogether. We think we know so much and a year from now we look back and realize what blooming muttonheads we were"
 gro be moderate" she mused-"to take our joys and cares in moderation, that s the trick--even to the spending of money in moderation, the buying of things merely because they are cheap. l buy what I need and because I look well in it, for every woman knows that she can't make as good appearance wearing pair of down -at-the- heels boots as sine can in dandy looking pair of well fitting shoes. We all know that, though, before we are 40 Then, too. I've learned not to pity the winner. In fact, I have cultivated hard shell equally to that kind of Bap- tist which the winners cannot possibly penetrate. The world Is full of them and they can't get hold of you quick enough to tell you that they have the neuralgia or that the family cat has just died or that Aunt Lettia has just been taken to the hospital, and all the unpleasant news that they fairly revel in. They are distributors of gloom-they can't bear to see anybody high spirited or happy, so they immediately hand out a bunch of dis agreeable tidings that do the work of the joy killer to perfection. I have learned to protect myself from them; just don't hear them. My. contented soul, which is the greatest of earthly possessions, and which I value above gold and precious jewels, sings so loudly that 1t drowns the whine Sympathy, you say? Of course, l have sympathy plus. I've cultivated that quality as I've gotten along in years, but not with the winners. Sympathy does them no good; 1t only encourages them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
Fatless Forty Finds Herself Fresh and Fair

because you couldn't possibly get a glimpse of them without laughing. The silver gray about her temples was the to age.
 I'm 40 years old" unused this "cer- tain woman" seriously, "and I'd like to find out if know anything at all It's a long, long time when you go back over the years, and count them one by one though when you bunch them together you can almost hold them in the hollow of your hand and consider them nothing a: all, merely ones feetng youth but I suppose I have learned lots of things that are settled in precise rows in the cannery of my human mind. Let's see: Yes I've learned that the kind of fun that's a lark at 20 is a good deal of a bore at 40. Still. I've learned that I must keep my mind in condition to accept the opin- ion of those who are 20 that 20-year-fun is delightful, and that we have all gone through that frothy age of nonsense and irresponsibility. and because l have out lived that fun is no reason that the younger ones don't need it.
 And I've learned this,'' she said gently that the people who used to be tiresome to me and with whom I had no patience when I was a girl, appear now to have excellent qualities. Youth looks for charm and knack of keeping up with the pro- cession, it demands the ultra and has a supreme contempt for all that is slow and frumpy; but at 40 how sincerity is ap- preciated, You seek rather the spirit and the brain. instead of the cut of the coat and the fold of necktie, although these little tricks of dress are important That is what 40 must guard against. We must have the insight of middle age, but the external evidences and the trivial inter- ests of youth.
 ''No woman can afford to settle down to 40 state of mind she went on med itating. If she does she'll be going about with her blouse unlocked and an intermisson of 15 minutes between her skirt and her waist, and when a new coiffure appears to delight the soul of the female sex, she will consider it too much of an exertion to try to copy it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

to people who are always in a hurry these are the poor people; the rich are, too, but they can always make time with money-speed is an inestimable blessing. This is the advantage of the motor bus.
 But the motor bus shakes terribly, so much indeed that it deserves the name of chopping bowl, which the Parisians have given it. Nobody ever thought of giving it the name which M. Barres has given to one of his heroines, Little Shaker" The auto bus is the great shaker andfhat is the bad side of the monster.
 But now we come to the main point. It appears that this great shaker is {, boon, and that, even apart from the speed the great shaking would have just flied the invention of the motor bus. A most scientific English magazine has de- clared, and others have confirmed it, that there is nothing better for the liver nor for the digestive system than certain amount of vibration. Travelling in a mo- tor bus is as good for the person of the middle class or of the poorer classes as constitutional ride on horseback in the park is to the stick. It is a very ra- tional exercise and serves to keep him in good health.
 The motor bus is the saddle horse of the middle class the blood purifier of the poor. You may if you are too poor to afford saddle horse, expect tA hear your doctor say to you some day: No more subway, no street car for you; the motion is too gentle. 1t lacks vibration, which is a remedy against effeminate ills that refuse to be cured. The street car or the subway are like quinine which is not bitter and which does not cure. A ride in a motor bus over rough pave ment is what you need.
 This is possible. My profound knowl- edge of medicine justifies me in saying that it is even probable
 This new cure, ingenious and agreeable If not to the whole body, at least to the eyes. has one quality to itself In most cases you are treated at the stations while here you are treated everywhere except at the stations. It is a new variety introduced in medical practice.
 There are certain places where the treat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

One fne morning a Certain Woman" awoke to find herself 40 years old.
 Think you that Is trival matter?
 It is not.
 It has been happening, it's true, since the world began, but it had never hap pened to this Certain Woman" be- fore.
 She blinked her eyelashes and wiggled her elbows.
 She put her dainty humber threes' cautiously to the floor.
 She didn't know, you see, but that she fan with old age.
 She expected to hear her bones creak-but they didn't.
 "Fortyi" she unused to herself. 'I feel like 20 and act like 16, but am 40. It's a pleasing age and a jolly one. l think I rather like it."
 Now it is quite seemly and apropos that on a woman's fortieth birthday she , should--meditate.
 You might say that it is a fitting day to clear out ideas of youth and y tackles the task they hang to youth with bulldog-like tenacity and nestle closer to it's charms like an old cat hangs on to her kittens.
 Apparently it is the only thing worth while; but-think bit further.
 This -'Certain Woman'--did.
 "The question of 40 is this" she unused. "Have you grown up, or have you grown round? It is certainly the dangerous age for adipose tissue, which suddenly appears to pad you when you are not looking. When woman begins to burst the banks of a normal sized pair of corsets she's so busy bowling 'Helpl Help! Help? that no other thing in life counts "We near of the middle aged spread" this Certain Woman unused on, "and we confess 1t is splendid and natural l. condition, but 1t must be mental rather than physical. With plenty of mental spread, which is a form of common sense, and ordinary every day courage, there will not appear that objectional physical spread which means two extra yards of dress material and fainting fits at ones tailor" This Certain Woman" gazed into her mirror.
 She saw reflected there a slender. rather girlish figure, erect and grace full.
 Her clear skin and red lips were tes- timonials of good health, and her dan cing eyes made you thing of the funny looking glasses at the amusement parks,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
Burning Literature

From tho London Chronicle.
 Not many literary men in modern times have had their writings officially burned though we remember that Froude's Ne mesis of Faith" was tutorially incinerat ed" in the fireplace of an Oxford college. We do not nowadays In England stiHs thought by gre or burn down an Alex andrian library in order to smoke out an idea Milton. you may remember. said something as to the relative value of a good book and a man as a subject of killing.
 K. l.. Stevenson stands in the great succession of the men Of burned books" and Samoa has remembered the twentieth anniversary of his death, It was in 1892 that he wrote the "Footnote to History" from his home in Samoa, which was then technically under German control. The work appeared in the Tauchnitz edition. was seized upon and promptly burned by order of the German government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

riding or baseball, collecting Curtis necllties or dizzy socks; no matter let him indulge his tastes. It is only his way of being boy. I wish I might shout to a million wives, Let 'em alone; they are only little boys grown up they must be up to some sort of mischief if it's healthy, wholesome fun let them have it: soon enough they will be a lot of old grandpas. Yes. I'd like to tell all wives this"
 I've learned at the age of 40" she went on, "to think of the wonders of God and of nature to marvel at the little robin red breast with his keen sense of wisdom; how it is that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
FRECkLE
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 Here's a chance. Miss Freckle- face to try a remedy for freckles with the guar antee of a reliable dealer that 1t will not cost you penny unless it removes the freckles; while if 1t does give you a clear complexion the expense is trhling.
 Simply get an ounce of othine--double strength-from any druggist and a few applications should show you how easy it Is to rid yourself of the l1omely freckles and get beautifulscomplexion: Rarely is more than one ounce needed for the worst case,
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength othine as this is the prescription sold under guarantee of money back if 1t fails to remove frsck- les.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11

are two of us, youth and middle age, congenial and loving pairl' I am sure shall enjoy their society. Neigh, ho' Fortyl I bid you welcomel''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-11
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Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-06-30

Life is just one swat after anoth- CT. First it is carpets and flies, then candidates for office.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-06-30
THE VITAL PROBLEM OF
 AGRICULTURE
By Peter Radford.

There is no escaping the market problem and the highest development of agriculture will not be attained until it is solved, for market is as necessary for the producer as land on which to grow his crop.
 Governmental and educational 1nst1- tutions have spent $180,000,0O0 in the United States during the past ten years for improving soil production and improving seeds and plants, but very little attention and less money has been given to the marketing side of agriculture.
 The problem is monumental one and one which will never be solved until it gets within the grasp of a gigantic organization where master minds can concentrate the combined experience and wisdom of the age upon it. It is g problem which the farmers, merchants, bankers, editors and statesmen must unite in solving.
 The Farmers Union stands for all there is in farming from the most scientific methods of seed selection to the most systematic and prontaDle plans of marketing, but does not be- lieve in promoting one to the neglect of the other. We consider the work of farm demonstrators valuable and we ask that governmental and com- mercial agencies seeking to help us, continue to give us their assistance and advice, but we believe that their influence should be extended to the marketing side of our farm problems also.
 We cannot hope to develop manu- featuring by over-production ef the factory; we cannot build up mercan- tile enterprises by the merchants load ing their shelves with surplus goods and no more can we develop agricul- ture by glutting the market with surplus of products.