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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
NOW DESTROY YOUR
 SUpERFLU0US HAIR
Will Send Free to All Readers Seer By Which I Destroyed My Own Grow ;
Marvellous Discovery Banishes Unsig ly Hair on Face, Arms, Neck or
 Elsewhere

say that you need longer pay out your none for worthless depilatories but that I rid you your superf1uous hair with simple home Urea tmen without electricity other ineffective an painful devices of the beauty doctor.
 Don't shut your eyes and say Impossible" br put to the test
 You have tried everything you heard of, an have spent your good money right and left just a others have I say well and good; let me prove m claims to you beyond question Let me send yo, without charge. the complete instructions which re suited in my own after many things had faiec am willing to put my time against yours and prove that speak the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14

To Mrs. Wharton--of course, l mean Edith Wharton, there isn't but one Mrs. the inevitable tragedy of life appears to weigh heavily upon her heart and mind.
 'The hearts instinctive clinging to the unrealties by which it loves"
 This is what she says Tn one of her famous novels ''The Custom of the Coun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Bankrupt Stock Sold

Dothan. January 13.-(Special.)-J. l.. Crawford, cashier of the Dothan National bank, has bought the stock, fixtures and accounts of the Foy-Wiliams company of this place, bankrupt, at receivers sale The stock and fixtures invoiced at $SO.- 46S. 32 and sold for $7325 The accounts totaled $17S1s and sold for $5S5. MT. Craw- ford. it is understood, acted for J. D. Foy and others in bidding in the stock and accounts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Home Made Bluing

T have received so much help through your Corner I feel I must help where can do so, although am the busy mother of three children, and do all my own work. including sewing I also bake bread for four neighbors and do plain sewing for others. I read where A. T. w. asks for a recipe for home made bluing. Here is my reeiDAs ! have used t for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Stockholders Named

Columbus, Miss. January 13-(Special.) Tho stockholders of the First State bank yesterday elected the following directors for the ensuing year. R. T. Williams, s. D. Harris, J. M. Morgan, w. c. Rich ards G. Y. Banks. Dr. J. w. Lipscomb. These directors will meet next Monday and elect officers for the ensuing year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Lives On Raw Food

T respond to the request of a friend. am asked to write to you that I have lived upon raw food for nearly 20 years I should like to help Mrs. F. NJ. G. with raw food regimen. kteach people how to prepare the raw diet in an esthetic and palatable way in the latest style am always willing to help where help is asked. GEORGE D."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, January 13.-(Special. )--Fur- niture for the new Twickenham hotel has arrived here and is being installed as rap idly as possible. The opening of the new establishment will be held between Febru- ary l and 15.
 There will be no quarantine against Chattanooga because of the reported prevalence of smallpox in that city. The conjunction with Mayor Humphrey. as- certained yesterday that there are not enough cases of the disease in Chatta- nooga to justify a quarantine.
 The marriage of Paul McAllister, a we'll known banker of this city. and Mrs. Ger trude Lazenby of Chattanooga was sol emnized yesterday afternoon at the home of the brides mother. Mrs. Kate Wiehl, in Chattanooga. Mir. McAllister and bride have gone to New Orleans on a 1O-day trip. after which they will come to Hunts vile to reside.
 Ed Daugherty's automobile peanut and popcorn stand, a unique travelling estab- lishment, which was made of a retired automobile by the hand of the owner, was destroyed by fire last night while the evening rush was on. The fire started from gasoline heater.
 Renting an Underwood typewriter, a sound investment. certain to increas SC your income. The Machine You Will Eventually Buy" 1925 First avenue--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Will Ruin the Tub

T see in the Corner. headed Practical and Excellent a letter which feel should be answered at once with as much publicity as the letter was given. The writer, c. B., advocates cleaning bath tubs and lavatories with muriatic acid. Any one who follows this advice will sim ply ruin the bowl or tub. Both are of enameled ware, the enamel being almost as delicate as the enamel on the teeth. Muriatic acid eats this enamel just as it would the enamel on the teeth Muriatic acid can be safely used on the closet bowl, which is made of vitreous china, and can be kept in sanitary condition only by the use of the acid, or on lava tory made of the same ware. But. let me repeat, no fixture of enameled iron should ever be touched with drop of acid. My husband is connected with the manufac- ture of this ware, and to each piece sent out is a warning against the use of muri- atic acid. MRS. J. D. M."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14

try" and. by the way one of the best she has ever written, even though some of the critics have accused her of bor- rowing her ideas embodied therein from an old play by Beaumont and Fletcher.
 That is a pessimistic idea set forth in the little sentence above quoted, and one which the author can't get away from somehow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
To Color Candy

T add this hint as it may come in at sometime for some of your home made candymaker: Spinach and beet leaves, boiled and crushed, will yield green, saffron will give yellow tint, and the juice of cranberries will give pink
 "CANDYMAKER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Oyersupplied With Patterns

''I received many more patterns than l could use, thanks to your assistance. Through carelessness l mislaid the ad- dress of MT. L., to whom l have been sending my technical magazines. l won der if you can get it for me, as l know you do not keep addresses after a cer- tain length of time? MRS. w. F. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Sulphurs for Rats

Worried Housewife may be grate- full to know that sulphur will rid the home of rats. Sprinkle 1t in bureau draw CTS and closets around the holes where the pests come out. If this were done in barns, farmers would not find the corn eaten by rats. B. S. Y."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14

So send me your name and address, stating wheths Mrs or Miss. and [ will send you at once. sealed in plain envelope. full particulars of the secret b which destroyed my growth so that 1t never rs turned The number of readers of this paper to whoi I can tell the secret is limited. So make your appli cation quickly and take advantage Of this offer befoi it is late Remember this offer costs you nothin except a two-cent stamp for return postage. Pin tn coupon below to your letter and address Mrs. kathry Jenkins. Suite I'll. B. W. No. 264 Purchase St Boston, Mass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
ManonAadandsHo|pI
 Hu EG7gicuIa
Sls Marion sldnand

F years: Get 10 cents worth of oxalic acid. Dissolve in four quarts of soft water that has been boiled and cooked. Shake once or twice a day for about three days I. D. w."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
More and Better Cream

When cream Is scarce and thin, whip the white of an egg into it. It will be- come stiff and there will be more of it.
 MRS. N. E. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14

Mrs. Will Snow and children are guests of Miss Mary Anderson In Pratt City. Mrs. NJ. F. Burns, who spent several weeks in Warrior, has returned home. MT. George Hpp of Gadsden, who has
 been with his brother, Mir. L. A. Hipp, in
 Pratt City during the latters serious ill.,
 ness, has returned home, leaving him
 much improved.
 Dr. NJ. A. Davis is i'll at his home with la grippe
 The Boys intermediate class of the Baptist church will enjoy a social at the
 home of Mrs. w. w. Payne Friday even ing. free will offering will be collected
 for the poor. All interested are invited. The Fairfield Five Hundred club met with Mrs. E. w. Tucker at the home of Mrs. R. E. Hogan. The prizes were won by Mrs. E. c. Sellers and Mrs. Harry Mearns. Three tables were arranged in the living room for the guests and re- treatments were served after the games were concluded. A night meeting of this club will occur next Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Hogan. Miss Minnie Meek gave luncheon yes- terday at the Newspaper club in honor of Mrs. Jennings Brown of Montgomery In the party were Mrs. Brown, Miss Meek,
 Mrs. H. N. Malone, Mrs. George Nagel, and Mrs W. F. Meek. Miss Annie May Burgin will give forty-two party this afternoon for Mrs.
 Brown and Miss Bessie DominiclS of Greensboro.
 Miss Esther Joseph of Chattanooga is the guest of her sister. Mrs Simon Gold stein.
 Mrs. J. F. Flanders has returned to Dublin, Ga, after a visit to Mrs. J. $.
 Hall
 The Relief association will hold meet
 ing to perfect organization tomorrow
 morning at 10:30 in the study of Rev H. A. Wright.
 The Council of Jewish Women will hold
 an important meeting this afternoon at the usual hour at Temple Emanu-El. A
 full attendance is expected. Miss Cora Gregg Is cruising off the Florida waters as member of MT. Rob-
 ert Meyers yachting party. Mrs. I. C. Lebolt of Memphis Is ex- pected today to be the guest of her sis- ter. Mrs. Sidney Hart. Mir. Boiling Warner of Nashville ar
 rived yesterday to attend the McGahey-
 Brockman wedding. At the annual meeting of the Sanc-
 tuary Guild of St. Mary's-on the High
 lands, the officers chosen were
 Mrs. Saxton Crawford. president: Miss
 Fannie Dunn. vice president Hiss Amelia
 Worthington. treasurer, and Miss Serena
 Kirkpatrick. secretary.
 Mrs. w. R. Gum is expecting to have
 as her guests Mrs. C. H. LeSueur of
 Nashville and Mrs. Leslie Lide of Merf-
 dian, who will arrive today,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Method of Waterproofing Cloth

.I notice a request from Mrs. l.. B. r. for waterproofing cloth. The following method is recommended: Dissolve in a wash boiler one ounce of yellow soap in four gallons of water and bring 1t to boil Allow the liquid to cool and when it is cold, immerse the fabric in it for "A hours Remove without wringing and let it drip until partially dry. While 1t is still moist, immerse it in solution of half pound of alum and half pound of sugar of lead in three gallons of water. Dissolve these substances separately, each in one and one-half gallons Of water, stir vigorously and mix the two solutions. Soak the fabric in this for three or four hours and hang it up to drip dry. When nearly dry it may be dipped again. For delicate colors allow the mixture to set tie, pour off the clear liquid from the sediment, and immerse in it. Fabrics thus treated are partially fireproof as well as waterproof. MRS. A. II.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Bath for Sleepless

1T should like to say to tired and foot weary, nervous, or sleepless ones that they will find much relief in the neutral bath, 92 to s97 degrees Fahrenheit taken just at bedtime. Fill the tub with two- thirds water and stay in it until you get sleepy, having lightweight blanket over you Cor a sheet), and your head against an air cushion. If you are too short for the tub put fin box or some kind of a foot rest. so you can rest your feet against it. and thus make yourself perfectly con- fortable. Don't allow yourself to be- come chilled. Add little hot water as needed to keep the water so that you can hardly feel it. At this temperature one can stay in the bath for hours, if need be, and no bad effects will follow, though half an hour is in most cases quite long enough to soothe the tired nerves and induce sleep. Dry off gently without friction and go straight to bed. You are sure to sleep. MRS. M. G. L.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14
Neu Treatment for
 Group and Colds
Relieves by Inhalation and Absorption.
 No Stomach Dosing

Plenty of fresh air in the bedroom and a good application of Vicks "Vap- O-Rub' Group and Pneumonia Salve over the throat and chest will relieve all cold troubles quicker than internal medicines Just apply Nick's and cover with warm flannel cloth. Leave the covering loose around the neck so that the vapors of Eucalyptol. Thymol, Cam phor, and Menthol, released by the body warmth. may be inhaled all night long Next morning the head is clear and phlegm loosened. In addition, yick's is absorbed through the skin, taking out the tightness and soreness. Entirely ex- ternal-the ideal treatment for the lit tie folks. Three sizes-25c, soc and 31.00. at all dealers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14

Li'l Honey, ter CT lot uv Men de PLEASURES uv LUV or CT JAG consists in de PURSUIT, rather dan de POSSESSION! Yassum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14

iScSiieihS ibt tlly btdulilul CluDS OI EdSI Birmingham request that all delegates of the home and school gardens meet this afternoon at 2:30 at the home of Mrs. Chambers to attend a meeting of the Home and School Garden association in the council chamber of the city hall this afternoon at 3:15.
 Mrs. R. F. Smith will leave for Mont gomery this morning to visit relatives.
 Mrs M. Y. Hoke and her son, Raymond Hoke, have returned from St. Clair.
 Mrs Fl. D. McLaurin gave a rock party yesterday afternon in Woodlawn. Her decorations were white narcssi and in the plate luncheon served at the conclusion of the games pink and white composed the color scheme
 The guests were Mrs. W. M. Peterson, Mrs. G. l.. Platt, Mrs. H. T. Ware. Mrs. w. T. Townsend, Mrs. J. B. Cummings Mrs. Eugene Newsom, Mrs. w. F. Norris Miss McPeak Mrs. Asa Faulkner, Mrs W. T. Eason Mrs. Miles Bradford and Mrs. R. B. Broyles.
 The Crochet club held it's usual meet ing yesterday with Mrs M.- N. Simpson as hostess.
 Mrs. A. l.. Miller was hostess to the members of the uniform rank of the Old Hickory camp and their wives last even Ing. The camp colors, red, white and black, were observed in her color schem, e and white composed the decorative motif for her buffet table. A salad course was served to 90 guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14

Rev. John Inzer of Avondale has re- turned from q vist to Texas.
 Mrs. James Bell and Miss Sarah Bell have returned to Carrollton, Ga.
 Miss Clara Peck Brown is in Lowndes- boro.
 MT. w. D. Christians friends will re- gret to learn that he is ill at a local in- firmary
 The Round Dozen club will meet next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Henry Hoot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-14

Mrs. Robert Jemison will entertain at luncheon Saturday at her home in Glen Iris in honor of Mrs. Bessie Massie of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-08-14

in 1863 while in 1914 the sum total was
eight millions.
In fifty years our population has increased
approximately fourteenfold; our total school
expenses in the same time, not including our
state institutions, have been multiplied two
hundred times. In other words, if cost is
any criterion, schools are almost fifteen
times as efficient as they were half cen
fury ago In 1868 our total population was
100000 today it is 1872, 100. Fifty years
ago our total expenditures for the public
schools were S54,Oo5, last year they were
more than S12,OOOOOO; In 1868 the total
amount invested in school property was
1892; now it is upwards of S2o,OOO,OOO
Increased Average Attendance.
The improved educational conditions are
not alone indicated in dollars and cents,
however. In 1868 there were "a ,574 persons
of school age in the state; according to the
census of 1914 there are now 5O3,311, but
in 1868 only Is, 1O3 or 81 per cent actu-
ally enrolled in school, while in 1914 392,-
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o22 or II per cent were on the school ros-
tiers.
More encouraging still is the showing
to actual average daily attendance. Fifty
years ago it included only 5,54o or 36.7 per
cent of the entire population; during the
year just past it was 31O,8O2 or Is per cent
of the population. Or, to put it in another
way our boys and girls attend school more
than twice regularly as did those of half
a century ago
Moreover, they attend for average
term twice as long the pioneer foun-
derS of the commonwealth were able to give
their children; for the average length of
term in 1868 was 15.2 weeks as against "a a
weeks in 1914
1t is impossible to give complete survey
of the development of Kansas high schools,
for the reason that their beginning was SO
inconspicuous, their growth so gradual, and
their importance SO long unrealized that no
attempt made to gather separate and de-
tailed statistics concerning them until ten
years ago. But if our general educational
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-08-14

Saturday Evening Post entered a terrific in
dictment of the American rural school.
Said the Post:
I'VE suppose there is no community in the
United States that would not look with power
full displeasure a who was known to be
in the habit of swinding children out of their
pennies but hundreds of communities in the
United States swindle children out of some
thing more precious than pennies, with never
a blush. The educational gold brick which
fathers celebrated, is palmed off year after
year great number of country boys and
girls.
Not that our fathers celebration was I'M
justified A little il-equipped one-teacher
country school is much better than school
at all; but it remains today in many rural
community where it has no more business
than an oxcart would have as a pleasure We
hicle A string of little, old-fashioned, one
teacher country schools, with course of
studies not at all related to country life in
a rural district where many farmers own
automobiles is a scandaous fraud coun-
try youth.
The consolidated country school, graded
we'll housed well equipped adequately paid
teachers and course of studies knit up to
country life is the farms best asset.
What the Post says of conditions is doubt
less true. And in Kansas the remedy it pro-
poses-the consolidated schoo-gains ground
but slowly. Yet the prospect for improvement
is by no means hopeless. Indeed, it is not
even discouraging.
In their impatient criticisms of our schools
people prone to overlook the fact that edu
cation at public expense through all the grades
is of comparatively recent origin, and in spite
of our dissatisfaction with results has had
a really rapid and remarkable development
PENNSYLVANIA was the first state to make
common school training entirely free to all the
children of all the people, and this not
until 1886, while the permanent establish
ment of free schools dates back in Massachu-
sets and Ohio only to 1887, in New York to
1S40 and in Illinois to 1885.
Moreover, the first free high school in
America was not established till 1921, and
there were but sixty such at the outbreak of
the civil war. In fact, Kansas herself offers
a striking example of educational growth
School Growth in Kansas.
The first year from which there are any
thing like complete school statistics is 1868.
There were then 7O5 legally organized dis
tricts in the state; now there are Sis. AT
that time, however, the number of districts
greater than the number of teachers,
showing that schools were not maintained
in all districts, whereas there nearly
5000 more teachers employed than there
districts, because many districts employ
more than one teacher The figures this
point are: Number of teachers, 1868, 564 !;
number of teachers 1914, 1874. Nothing
more strikingly illustrates the changed con-
ditions both educationally and financially
than the increase in teachers wages. In
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more so are those of our high schools for
the last decade. Ten years ago there were
122 accredited high schools in Kansas now
there are 3S4, an increase of more than 800
per cent. In ten years high school n
rollment has grown from 1923 to 3o,161.
or more than 200 per cent, although in the
same time our general school enrolment has
increased only per cent. That is to say, in
the past decade the enrolment in our high
schools has increased one hundred times as
fast as the enrolment in our common
schools. Not only is this true, but of those
who enter high school more are remaining
to finish the course, as IS shown by the fact
that ten years ago. enrolment of
39161, there were 1892 who graduated
Must Have Better Schools
While all these things true, the fact
remains that the Improvement of our
schools is not keeping pace with prog
ress in other lines Nor it, so long
consider it more profitable to spend
$16,OOOOOO year for automobiles and spend
S12,OOO,OOO for education, now seem
to; for there is frequent complaint to
the cost of our schools, but who owns
automobile ever seems to lament the
price.
But regardless of past progress and pres
ent cost, we must have better schools and
particularly better rural schools. Conditions
demand them; children deserve them.
AS the Post editorial previously quoted
points out, in the consolidated school, more
than in any other agency, lies the solution
of the Countrywide problem just for the
son that the present drift from the country
to the city is due to dissatisfaction with
rural educational and social conditions more
than any other cause. Change these con-
ditions through the consolidated schools
with its high-schoo privileges, its vocation
al courses and its social-center opportuni-
ties, and in this day of rural free delivery.
telephones and automobiles, the country will
become the place of contentment, prosperity
and happiness above all others; for as Mr..
Herbert Quick, the editor, recently said in
Farm and Fireside, "The farm itself is bet
ter educational plant than money will buy
in a city-if we only develop school system
which will make use of it
Consolidated Schools Economical.
The arguments most frequently used in
opposition to consolidation are the increased
expense and the difficulties of transporta-
ton. But as a matter of fact efficiency
sidered, consolidated schools are the
average far more economical than one-room
schools. Indeed, no schools are really SO
extravagantly expensive country
schools. This is easily when it is
membered that more than one-third of the
one-teacher schools of the state have
average daily attendance of from one to
twelve pupils while in the average graded
school one teacher takes care of daily at
tendance of from thirty to forty In this
connection it may be argued that because