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Evening star., 1915-12-06

THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING WAY
OVER HERE IN THE GREEN FOR
EST?' DEMANDED PRICKLY PORKY.
bark. He had come along just in time to
head the last of Prickly Porky's remarks
"Contentment, of course" grunted
Prickly Porky.
Hmm said Peter II guess no one
is any more contented than 1 am
here in the, Green Forest?" demanded
Prickly Porky. why don't you stay at
home in the Old Brier Patch? Isn't there
enough to eat there?''
Yes" replied Peter, "but-but-"
Never mind your butts, Peter" grunted
Prickly Porky. II know all about them.
You've got enough over there, but you
want to see if you can't find something
better Now there may be better things
to eat than I've got here. but here l am
sleep when l feel sleepy, / eat when 1
feel hungry, have no fear of any one,
and SO I am very contented. INK, unk.
unk.'' Prickly Porky pulled off strip
of bark and slowly ate it, grunting be-
tween each mouthful. which, while it
wasn't at all nice thing to do, told all
within hearing how very well satisfied he
was with life. and in particular with
what he was putting into his etomach.
There was no doubt, not the smallest
doubt in the world, that Prickly Porky
was just as he said he was-very con-
tented.
How many narrow escapes have you
had. Peter?"
why why why. so many I can't
count EN- replied Peter. II have at
least one almost every day. / don't
suppose there is any one who has as
many narrow escapes as do"
"Unk. unk," grunted Prickly Porky
Don't boast, Peter. Boosting is a bad
habit. never like to hear people boast,
especially when 1t is foolish boast.
Now II you boasted that you seldom or
never. had narrow escapes it wouldn't be
so bad. It would show that you really
had some common sense in that head Of
Evening star., 1915-12-06
Orange Pie.

Ada a good tablespoonful. OF corn
starch mixed with one cup of cold
water to three-quarters cup Of boiling
water: cook three minutes. Add pinch
Of salt. the juice of one orange and
grated zest of ne-half orange. one cup
of sugar and cool. Beat in the yolks
Of two eggs and the white of one, both
well beaten; pour into q paste-lined
plate: bake. and then cover with a
meringue made with the white Of one
egg and a tablespoonful OF powdered
sugar. Set in the oven for ten min
utes. s-.
Evening star., 1915-12-06
Oyster Pie.

Take one pint oysters Line a baking
dish with paste and put in 1t the
oysters, together with a small lump Of
butter and a teaspoonful of very fine
ly-chopped bacon. Season with salt and
pepper. put on a top crust and bake
three-quarters of an hour.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

This Is the newest veil arrangement,
and SO becoming and so novel IT Is that
It is taking" like wildfre. The lace
casts a pretty shadow over the face
and eyes and the futtering veil gives
the hat a dressy look. The veil in the
picture is of taupe colored mesh with
a fine thread border and ring design.
It is draped over a pink hat trimmed
with fur and a silver rose.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

Colored organdie is being used in
neckwear. and some Of the new blouses
are trimmed with it.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

swift & Company's Sales of Beef in
Washington. D. C.. for the week ending
Saturday, December 4, averaged as fol-
lows: Domestic beef, 9.41 cents per lb.
advertisement.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

When flesh pink tulle Is used In q
gown. the tulle should be left entirely
unadorned. a. its elusive softness 10 its
great charm.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

A touch Of chinchilla or sable on the
tulle corsage of an evening gown is a
charming effect.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

1t is said that the balayeuse, OF
lingerie ruffie, showing beneath the
skirt, is to return.
Evening star., 1915-12-06
FASHIONS AND FADS.

1t takes flawless complexion to dare
the brilliant white of white fur close to
the face.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

terials. but 1t is an ideal neat shirt
waist design for heavier fabrics. A dark
blue waist may be edged with folds of
red or a plaid with braid of plain
color.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

Soft chiffon velvets are combined with
Evening star., 1915-12-06
Bee Brand Mayonnaise Dressin,
Sold by the following dealers:

R. Wolfe, IS E st. Sc.
J. D. Rosser, Florida and Mon
tello aves. ne.
Luther F. Hall, IL Il 1t. ne.
A. Friedman, IL E st. ne.
Mrs. ]. L. York, II D st. ne.
T. J. Bundick, 7fe 18th ct. ne.
J. II. Annadale, 1909 n 1t. No.
W. B. Grow. 10 st. NE.
J. E. Dissle, s4e Il st. ne.
J. A. Brayshaw, jr., SIS A st.
ne. t
Brown Bros, 3 D st. ne.
w. H. Gotthardt, 10 F st. ne.
D. X. Hackley, 10 @ st. Nc.
A. Jeskin. 10 B st. ne.
W. 3. Walton, e2s 9Th st. ne.
Evening star., 1915-12-06

Glycerin is very useful for prevent
ing chapped hands. excepting in rare
cases. Some skins react to glycerin
as II II were poison. So be careful not
to use a glycerin lotion unless you
know 1t agrees with vnnr ekin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
TOO MODEST
e Louisville Herald.

From the Louisville Herald.
 Somebody down in Tampa has had one of those gerat ideas that only come to great men.
 He proposes to mobilize the cigar sales men who extol-and distribute-the prod uct of that wonderful city. mobilize them, organize them. eulogize them, and show ther, a good time. He intends they shall know at first hand the city of Per- fectos and Panetelas; of Ldndres fino and Brittalica Imperial; of cute little PrinI cesas and twisted Culebras and bad, bold Brezas; Of plain Heinas Conchas and the like. And knowing it, they shall wonder that ever the world worried about the Vueltas of Cuba went all the way to Puerto Rico to get a whiff of that am-' monia-laden plant that makes the smokl CT repeat dreamily, without half meaning it, that woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is smoke.
 Tampa-has grown prodigiously. Tampa is worth while. So is Louisville And I.ouisville's the biggest and the best leaf tobacco market in the world. Only with modesty. becoming if not business-like, she forgets to mention it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
Automobile Sales Iucrcase

When the sale of automobil in- is sure sign of returning prosperity" said Sam Jones, one of the best known automobile men in Birmingham Tt is gratifying to see so many prospects lately.
 Tt has only been a short time since an automobile salesman trembled with fear when he stepped into the office of business man and said that he had such and such make of machine % sell. The salesman was generally greeted in way that would take the nerve out of a grizzly bear. Now it Is different. The minute you mention au-
 tcmobile to a man whom you suspect of having enough money to purchase he immediately brightens up and looks in- terested. The first thing you know you have him out for demonstration and after a time he is an owner of your particular machine.
 ''I tell you 1t is gratifying to see how much better everyone feels over the improved conditions. I have stopped even mentioning the war What is the use when you are so busy you can't keep up with the dope from day to day? I don't care who wins. I am fight ing for business in this country and lately have commenced to believe we are about to win this big battle."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune
 The report comes that the French gov ernment went into the market at Chicago price was offered. The Chicago cattle buyers could have made a neat profit by accepting and filling the order
 But they turned it down. And what reason do you suppose they gave for not accepting and filling the order? 1t was not that there wasn't money enough in it to make it tempting. That was not 1t. Now hold your breath and listen!
 Why, they said to purchase that num- Der of beef cattle, all In a lump would raise the price of beef at home. Think of Chicago packers losing sight of their pocket books and exposing their philan- thropy in it's shirt sleeves.
 To their credit of course it is. It shows their bodies are not minus souls. that they have. hearts as well as heads. It shows that while living themselves they are willing to let other people live. Their act in refusing to fill the order may leave some of the French soldiers meatless, but it will give some Americans chance to moisten the dry staff of life with gravy and g. taste of meat.
 It may not mean that the millennial days have come. but It is in the nature of a gentle breeze from the land where the golden rule finds it's home and abid- ing place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30

year, more than ten thousand enrolled in the night classes.
 llliteracy is a diseredit to any state, county or city and an evidence of short-sightedness on the part of the citizens. Everyone in this country is entitled to an elementary education. Poverty and lack of opportunity may hinder schooling in youth, but with the spread of the night school propa- ganda, opportunity is offered to everyone, young or old, to at least get grasp on the three R's.
 The moonlight school, with it's hum- ble beginning in the mountain fast nesses of feud-ridden Kentucky, is outgrowing it's small beginning and is bringing benefit to men and women all over the country, spreading the broadening, uplifting influence of edu- cation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
DE PROFUNDIS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The heart of the nation bleeds for the slain of the steamer Eastland. The long. pitiful lists of dead reveal the names principally of women and children, who had gone forth joyously in the early morning mists, from modest homes on tenements for day of glorious reaxa- tion ana recreation, only to be plunged without warning into a suffocating, strangling inferno. Death held delayed carnival over a misshapen ship
 There is responsibility somewhere for this tragedy, and it should be fixed with out tedious or unnecessary delay. Some body's carelessness, ignorance or cupidity is back of Saturdays disaster, and that somebody must be held to a strict &C., ct instability and a reckoning.
 Out of the official investigation that has begun already should come such a system of supervision and inspection of the hideous and unthinkable spectacle of a vessel listing at her own dock and de- stroying hundreds of human lives
 Let the light he turned on, and let the culpable and guilty be forced to stand squarely within the accusing rays. Some thing more than the few paltry dollars that may be paid to surviving relatives should be exacted for this preventable and unspeakable calamity. Financial repa- ration will not heal heartaches nor fill the voids created by the disaster. Money cannot restore that which has been de- stroyed. Hundreds of homes in Chicago present the spectacle, old time itself of Rachel weeping for her children, re- fuses to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
The Jackson Highway

The conference of supporters of the Jackson highway, which will be held in Birmingham this morning, will be Of more than ordinary importance and large practical results will follow.
 The movement for this national thoroughfare from the lakes to the gulf was organized here by the Daughters of 1872 four years ago; and under the tireless leadership of Miss Alma Rittenberry much has been accomplished in crystallizing popular interest in the project.
 The Jackson highway is the most direct route from Chicago to New Or leans, via Mobile, or to Miami, Fla. North of the Ohio the various links have been connected by first class road construction and in Kentucky and Tennessee considerable progress has been made in strengthening lines and reducing grades; but in the latter state much remains to be done. The route through Alabama by the way of Decatur, Birmingham and Mont gomery embraces many stretches of improved highway. The road between this city and Montgomery is now one of the finest in the United States and with a well organized effort the en- tire mileage between the Tennessee line and the gulf will in a compara- lively short while be in excellent con- dition.
 Among those attending today's con- ference will be Peter L. Atherton of Louisville, one of the most prominent citizens of the Kentucky metropolis and widely known as a good roads enthusiast. He has been an earnest and valuable supporter of Miss Ritten- berry in the Jackson highway move ment and is ready to work harder than ever for the completion of the enterprise. Mr. Atherton is sure to meet with cordial welcome and what he has to say will, of course, receive thoughtful attention.
 The conference will give renewed impetus to the Jackson highway. This route is already popular, but after a permanent organization is formed and the governors of the states interested are requested to appoint commission CTS in their respective commonwealths it will be all the more popular It will certainly be the most travelled highway in the middle west and south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
Real Estate Market Improves

Tt was not so very long ago that man looked at you as if you were a fool if you called on him and offered a piece of property for sale said Fred Barbour, sales manager for a real es- tate firm. "'1 don't want any real es- tate al any price, would be what the man would say. We poor real estate salesmen hung our heads and found the way out of his office.
 But as every one knows times have changed. IL is easy enough to sell man something these days provided the price is right and you are capable Of interesting him. Some people are of the opinion that they should get big prices now just the same as they could few years ago. This is a mistaken idea. While the real estate market is much better, it must be remembered that we are enjoying no realty boom. Nevertheless, if anyone has a piece of property to dispose of and names really reasonable figure, he may anti cipate a great many inquiries and eventually dispose of it at his price. Things are picking up; there Is no doubt about that. and I suppose am about as grateful as any one in the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
------- -.s.-------------- BASE INGRATITuDE

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 It Is easy marking back over so short time as that which separates us from the beginning of war in Europe. If is still less than a year. and it is easy to recall the cries of anguish coming to us rom across sea of a multitude of our brethren who had been caught, as it were, between the upper and neither mill stones of the god Mars. They had money to burn, but no matches to start the fire. Owing to the paralysis of ex- changes, and inability to realize on any evidences of credit. they were in a dis tressing plight
 All American hearts bed for them. In a fine glow of patriotic fervor, we, col lectively, acting through Congress. ap- rropriated s2,75oO0O to be placed in the hands of disbursing agents abroad to supply them with funds for the relief of their immediate wants to house them comfortably and to pay their passage home. Our entire diplomatic and con sular service was put at their disposal. Ihey came trooping back by thousands, and we welcomed them with open arms
 Ever since then we have so congratu- lated ourselves on our generosity that 1t comes as a shock to see the announce ment of Secretary McAdoo's intention to sue many of them, known to be well able to pay, for a recovery of the sums ad- Vanced. The Secretary intimates that in some cases, there is no plea of poverty entered but downright refusal to reim- purse the government.
 The institution, or only the threat of institution. Of such suits, will probably bring In the money Whether it does or not, the situation should not cool our patriotic ardor for protection of our citi- zens abroad. Mir. Bryan said recently that citizens abroad in time of war owe something to their government as well as their government something to them. It seems that we have some citizens who do not recognize a reciprocal obligation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
Napoleon Still Lives

James O'Donnell Bennett has re- gently paid a visit to Norway, which he finds neutral only in the letter, a large percentage of the people strong ly favoring the allies. This is the na- tural result of Germany's reckless warfare, which has resulted in the loss of many Norwegian vessels. Formerly the Germans were we'll liked in Nor way and the Kaiser was idolized. but all that is changed now and visitors from the fatherland are no longer welcome.
 A curious discovery made in Nor way by MT. Bennett is the evidence of widespread Napoleonic cult, which has been noted elsewhere in Eu- rope. The Norwegians have made Ma poleon their idol. His pictures are on display everywhere, showing him at all stages of his career, particularly in such notable crises as the retreat from Moscow and the flight after Waterloo. There are also bronze sta tuettes of the Emperor on sale. Both the prints and the statuettes range in price from a few pennies to sum large enough to buy an artistic work. Souvenir post cards on sale evidence sympathy with the allies, and while Lord Kitchener's picture is frequently seen, nowhere IS any figure of the present war ad- mired as much as Napoleon.
 The Napoleonic cult, Mr. Bennett thinks, may be an unconscious express sion of Europe's yearning for a great and dominant figure at a time when there are none but mediocrities. To be sure, there is the Kaiser, a lone figure just now, but the world has not vet appraised him. Expressing their ad- miration for Napoleon is of course an indirect way of favoring the French and their allies, but it, is remarkable that Napoleon's personality should take on new life during a war greater than te ever dreamed of, and one in which he might not be able to play a successful role.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
Moonlight Schools

Moonlight schools, originated and grown famous in the mountain regions of Kentucky, are to be installed in Grady county, Oklahoma.
 Superintendent of Education M. s. Shepard of Grady county will endeavor by the adoption of the moonlight school idea to wipe out illiteracv in his county. As it is, there are 624 adults in Grady county who can neith- CT read or write.
 A canvass of the teachers in the dis tricts where illiteracy was commonest. showed that every one of them was willing to conduct night classes with out extra compensation.
 The name moonlight school" had its inception in actual condition, rath- CT than any romantic idea. People who attended the night schools in Kentucky had to follow mountain trails, walking Oi eSH oSNCi di eilOilG 1ncTe For this reason the sessions were dated so that the benefit of the moon light might be had in following tho trails-hence the name.
 In one Kentucky county before these schools were started, there were ap. proximately three thousand adults un able to read or write. A year or two afterward illiteracy had been practi cally wiped out. Only the very old ane feeble, and the invalids stayed at home during the school sessions, and some of these were taught, a step at ; time, as their family progressed il the elementary principles of learn ing.
 In most large cities, especially man ufacturing cities where foreign work CTS gather, night schools have become . fixed institution. In Cleveland. las
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 The bride often turns out to be the best man at the wedding. but the groom doesn't find it out until later on.
 It is strange how pretty a combina ton looks in store window and how ugly it looks hanging on a line in a yard.
 The world may renig on other things but you can bet that you will get your full share of criticism.
 The silks sported by an affinity may dazzle a man when he is flush and out joy riding, but his wife's old apron sure looks good when he Is broke and nurs- ing a big head
 A girl will spend four hours dollihg up so she will look attractive and then get mad because man stares at her. Men like to talk about the women swapping gossip. But the truth of the matter is that every wife pities lot of other married women because of things her husband has blabbed about the oth- CT women's husbands. Cheer up! Maybe you are not as badly off as you imagine. Many a wealthy man would give a whole lot to be able to carry your appetite into a dining room.
 He may grudge her others things. But a man is usually willing to let his wife have all the religion In the family. A woman can sneeze and not make herself offensive. But when & man | sneezes people begin to hunt for rair- coats and umbrellas. i Every woman knows that while the manager may be drawing the pay, ner husband is doing all the work. ! Anyway, the man who hasn't any fly screens in his bedroom windows never al orr,1 n o <n i'm ttr, early in the morning. | The lad who married princess be-
 cause she is a talented musician soon | discovers that you cant fry steak and boil potatoes on a piano. | When a man is dressing in the morn 1 ing, and you see him down on his knees
 in front of the dresser hunting his
 collar button. you can bet that he isn't
 saying his prayers.
 l Maybe if the 1915 June bride would 1 take a good look at some of the 1905
 models she wouldn't feel quite sure that she isn't going to get fat and
 sloppy looking like her mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-30

ployed, while of the 24OOo blind females of 10 years or more, only 1345, or 5.6 per cent, were shown to be gainfully employed. The
 corresponding percentages with reference
 to the total population were S1.3 per cent
 for males and 23.4 per cent for females. On
 this point the census report says:
 Tt does not follow, however, that more | than 9000 blind persons were actually self | supporting, since in most cases their earnings were far from sufficient to con- | stitute a livelihood, and often amounted | to a mere pittance of less than $100 d | year. It should be borne in mind that d very considerable proportion of the blind | population have already passed the age | when retirement from active employment
 usually occurs, so that the number of | blind persons reporting an occupation does
 not by any means indicate the number of l individuals lost to the working force of
 the United States by reason of blindness. 1 "Of the 7976 blind males reported as | gainfully employed, 176S, or 9 per cents were returned farmers 665, or S.3 per cent, as broommakers: 646, or S.1 per cent,
 as musicians and teachers of music; 619.
 or 7.S per cent, retail merchants and l dealers (other than hucksters and ped- | dlers); 401, or 5 per cent, as hucksters and
 peddlers; S49. or A per cent. as piano
 tuners, and PAP, or 3 per cent, as chair
 caners" | Of the 1855 blind females 10 years of | age and over reported as gainfuly em
 ployod in 19l0 167, or 12.4 per cent, were
 returned as musicians or teachers of mu- l sic; 127, or 94 per cent, as farmers; 102, or | 7.6 per cent as knitters; S6 or GA per cent, as fancy workers, and 56, or Az per cent. as professors, school principals, and teachers.