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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

times she almost gets dizzy. Life has her
 In leash and she just trots along,
 looking neither to the/ right nor to the
 left Every day she wonders what to
 have for breakfast; every day she remem-
 bers that Friend Husband doesn't eat
 pork or lamb; every day she remembers
 that the angel c-h-e-e-i-l-d doesn't eat
 corred beef and cabbage; every day she
 must see that the dog doesn't bite the ice
 man; every day she must divert the cook,
 so that she won't want to go back to the .farm where she was so happy; every day she must remember all the things that the canary. needs; every day she listens to the neighbours troubles and helps them
 out if she can, and when the water pipes burst or the ceiling falls it is poor, dear
 mother who must clean up the mess and telephones for help Once in while she branches out and goes to a pink tea or breaks into an auction blockade, but when she does the house goes to rack and ruin, and she stays at home for weeks afterward to make up for her one little indiscretion.
 That was my trouble the other
 night when I indu1ged in a nice 1it- tie spree of mysteries" she rambled on. Along about noon I piled up in bed As I lay there my thoughts be-
 gan to wander I remembered that 1t was five weeks ago or more since the grocer had received a nice little auto graphed check; I remembered that l
 had spent SIP for something that l neither liked nor could wear; l med | itated upon wide skirts coming into 1 fashion and wondered how on earth 1 I could put any into my skirts that 1 fit like the paint on a lamp post; l thought of all the miserable mistakes l I'd made about so many things and | presently I began to weep. Then l thought of something funny and be- l gan to laugh; my head began to ache; l I began to get nervous I couldn't for 1 the life of me think what had hap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
Wounds in Present
 War Hardest to Treat

That gunshot and shell wounds are now far more difficult to treat than were such injuries in the Spanish-American and the Russo-Japanese wars is asserted by Dr. J. P. Hoguet. of this city. fir observa- tions made with the American ambulance in Paris, says the New York Herald.
 His views are given in an article on Military Surgery in the current num- Der of the Journal of the American Medi- cal Association. He recalls that in the two wars mentioned that the effect of the modern high speed pointed rifle bullet was considered humane one. The wounds were small, clean and nonlacerated.
 This might have been true formerly, continues pr. Hoguet, "when the number of men engaged were comparative few, when transportation was rapid and when there was little use of the modern high pow cred shrapnel shells, but from personal observations of the wounded in France during the early weeks of the war l can state without reservation that this IS not the case"
 Dr Hoguet says that when the uni forms were clean and the soldiers had not been lying about in the trenches the wounds were seldom infected.
 "Shrapnel wounds," he adds. that IS. those caused by the lead shrapnel balls or parts of the casing of the shell are, of course, attended by a greater amount of infection; on account of the greater size of the ball or the shell fragment and their slower velocity more clothes or other infectious materials are brought into a wound which Is very much bruised and lacerated Probably all these infections occur at the time the man is wounded '"The wound of entrance of the pointed B. o-calibre cupronickeled steel rifle bullet of the Germans Is generally a small one smaller than the diameter of the bullet while that of exit is generally larger The course Of the bullet Is generally straight, but, of course, one that is near ! iy spent may be defiected or even stopped by large bone. Large lacerated wounds are sometimes made by the so-callet 1 ricochet bullet. that is one that has strucl A hard substance and has been deformet by the bursting of it's jacket, and then
 rebcunding striking person. These art
 sbe wounds that give rise to the repor
 hat the enemy is using a dumdum or ex
 alosive bullets. In order to prove the us
 ,f such 1t would be necessary to remov'
 uch a bullet from the wound"
 Dr. Hoguet cites several instances of sol diers having bullets in the heart wh'
 were alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
Certainly Do Approve of Mysteries Declares the New Woman

That's what I say,' she commented. Every time l read anything about this poise business, mental balance and cheer full game bringing about beautiful results in the household, l just smile and say. Whats the use? The more poise and balance you have the more everybody un- loads all the dlsagreeabc things on you and makes you do them. l hate q whn- ing woman--I always have-and I've al- ways been terribly against Mysteries, and all that sort of thing, but honestly, I've learned that there are times when the bravest and the strongest must break down--not because they are weak yes sels, or clnging vines, or any of that po- etic rubbish, but because it is the only way to make your family turn from their selfish ways and think occasionally of youl Poor old you. who Is always on the jobl
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pened to put me in such humor. Friend Husband was out playing golf and the angel c-h,e-ei-l-d had gone to the matinee. In fact, all the world was rolliclSing and gay, blithe and bllther- ing while 1 was weighted down with responsibility and woe. Pressing the hot water bag closer to my fevered temples, l felt that my death was quickly approaching. l didn't see how
 could possibly be more miserable and still live'
 "The day wore on," she commented,
 and at last it was nearly o'clock.
 had been in bed since high noon. The
 angel c-h-e-e-i-l-d opened the door and
 peeped in. heard her say: Guess
 mothers got the headache 50 I'll just
 close the door softly and skip re-
 peated those hard words and began
 to weep softly. My own child having no more feeling than that for me. It
 hurt me. But then, nobody ever un-
 derstands mother or wife-not even some other mother or wife, and so
 wept copiously and gloried in it. By and by Friend Husband arrived, blus- teringa slamming doors and making a noise like a Fourth of July fire crack CT. He didn't even knock at the door,
 but just busted in and began talking about a wonderful game of golf he'd played and then started like madman to rave about somebody's new motor car. Presently he yelded out to me Whats the matter, old girl? Not feel 1 ing well? I'm going out for a little , while before dinner to see Smith on some important business. So long. And away he went and there I was almost on the very brink of dissolutionl | might have been dying and neither my husband nor my child ever stopped to find out what the matter was. Taking everything for granted, as usual. All right I just waited.
 Presently Friend Husband re- l turned" she said, "and he came rois- fly into my room again and asked me
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zine; l footed the horn: you could hear me all over the block. Oh, l had as cute a little case of mysteries as Mrs Leslie Carter or the divine Sarah ever produced on the stage. Needless .o say, I at last had the attention of my per feetly good family.
 They gathered about my couch and asked me what in the name of goodness was the matter. Between howls and moans and laughter and tears I paan- aged to state my case. I said that l was tired to death, worn out, wretched, mis- erable; I was disgusted with smoothing out things for everybody else and rub ping down their little worries and cares and never having anybody to notice me or mine. l wept louder than ever as l tabulated and indexed my sorrows. l said plainly that the only way any of my fam fly would ever notice me was for me to just plain SD lay down and-die, then no doubt they'd begin to throw bouquets at me and say that the poor thing had been a willing worker and a good old soul When I'm gone l sobbed you'll miss me. You'll have a fine time order
  the servants And who'll keep papa's s
 white shoes clean? I peeped out from
 under my tired eyelids, and thought l de- tected that Friend Husband turned a shade paler but wasn't sure, so l went | on worse than before.'
 And what do you think?" continued | she. They didn't rush out for help ol
 even suggest doctor l guess they
 didn't want outsiders to hear the terrible arraignment l was making against them
 but instead they douched me with ice cold | water and then rushed for the hot water bag. and pressed it to my forehead and l Friend Husband said:
 Poor old girl; she has been overdo- 1 ing" The angel c-h-e-e-i-l-d adjusted the bedclothes and fussed up the pillows. and | picked up my clothes that l had left in
 the middle of the floor; she lowered the | shades and sat by me, and held my hand and wept tenderly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
The Worlds Debt 10 Belgium
By MRS. HUMPHREY WARD

I have been asked to say a few words in aid of the noble campaign which is being carried on by the commission for relief in Belgium.
 What a joy it would be if any words of mine could help--could touch any pitt ful soul that has not yet been touched,
 and so bring fresh support, however
 small, to this attempt to soften the suf-
 fering of whole people-the unexampled suffering of a heroic nation!
 Here in England we have seen thou | sands of Belgian refugees, and done our | best to house, feed and cloth them, and | these refugees will be still arriving for sometime to come. Holland is in thu same case.
 l But the main bulk of the Belgian popu- lation remains in its own country, its
 devastated and famine stricken country overrun by a huge foreign army that needs all it's efforts to feed itself, ano ! con do nothing for the starving Bel gians themselves. Rich and poor are | equally destitute. Capital and property l have been swept away in all directions | the credit system has been destroyed manufactures are closed, 80 per cent ol | lile POpuldtiOu tS uiieihpioycts
 l In ordinary circumstances Belgium, a small country with crowded manufac- | turing population, imports a large pro- portion of her food. The imports of food have ceased, the manufactures which paid for them have ceased. To read the account given by the officials Of tht l American commission of the weekly ar rival of the American food ships Witf ltheir stores, during the five weeks which have elapsed since the commission be gan its labors, is at once heart render ing and heart inspiring.
 1 So great need!-so warm hearted ar l effort to meet it!-and such gigantic ef' | fort still needed before it can be at al | adequately met, before the starving anc l shiyering people throughout these Bel l gian towns and villages can realize wha1 | America wants to do for them can b'
 reached and comforted by the crusade ol pity you have so vigorously begun. | Every month, simply to keep people l alive, to prevent women and little childref from dying of hunger in the center O this old and wealthy Europe, foodstun' I-wheat, flour, bacon, iard-will have tt be poured into Belgium and distributed through the country. The Germans wil do their best, one is thankful to hear, tt promote this distribution. and so to ware off the appalling national tragedy whicl is threatened by their occupation of Bel gium and by the ruin of war.
 Only Amerca can render this great serv ice to humanity. The belligerent nation are powerless America has now the op portunity, the privilege of stepping in of feeding the hungry and helping tn helpless How many Americans in tn time of peace must have spent happ' days in the beautiful Belgian towns-de lighting in that marvellous town architec | ture which testifies to the genius an
 prosperity of the low countries tnroug
 many generations Some of those town
 1 are now in ruins; whole tracts of countr
 are desolate; the Belgian government 1
 in exile: the brave King of brave ma
 ton is fighting in the field
 Rut let Americane remember what tn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

This encouraged me to keep on said after another-just like that--as fast as you could count them, and I gave the entire family a large, nice, juicy scare. They began to apologize for shortcomings of mine which l didn't know I possessed. The angel c-h-e-e-i-l-d, said shed take care of the canary after this, and Friend Husband generously CD offered to relieve me of a great burden by promising to wind up the clock every eighth day. Finally they went out to dinner, actually fighting before they left. to see which one could do something for me.
 They propped me up in bed; they got the smelling salts they put hotter water in the hot water bottle they adjusted the lights so that they were not only more comfortable but becoming. they wanted to know if l didn't want them to have the servants move the Victroa upstairs in my room so I could hear Caruso sing the Pagliacci record that l love so much, they brought in the poll parrot and sat him in corner; Friend Husband 'phoned the florist to send over flowers my favorites, pink carnations q never | remember Friend Husband sending me | flowers before in all the 20 years of our married life, except once, and then some
 body gave them to him and he didn't | know what else to do with them). The angel c-h-e-e-i-l-d went and brought al
 the new magazines and put them on the
 foot of my bed; somebody called the dog
 and he came and licked my hand; the Kit
 ten was produced and she jumped play | fully on my bed and purred herself te
 sleep; life suddenly became one grand l sweet song and l unused all the while | that the attention I was getting when 1 turned myself into a large, loud. riot, moi
 merely my just dessert, and that forever
 afterward I intended to have what was | coming to me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

and now feel fine. l am regular, my stomach is better and my pains have all left me. You can use my name if you like. am proud of what your reme- dies have done for me. "- Mrs. MARY GAuTHIER, 2l Ridge St., Montpelier, Vt. An Honest Dependable Medicine
 It must be admitted by every fair. minded, intelligent person, that . medi
 cine could not live and grow in popularity for nearly forty years, and to-day hold . record for thousands upon thousands of actual cures, as has Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound, without possessing great virtue and actual worth. Such medicines must be looked upon and termed both standard and dependable by every thinking person.
 If you have tho slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's vegeta' ble Compound will help y0u,write to Lydia E. Pinkhaim Medicine Co, (confidentiaI) Lynn, Mass, for ad. vice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered Uyn woman end held in strict confidence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

vvor,iad man writes: "Ict me say that my condition puzzles and worries me. m the Ia ST wear | seem to have been grow ing old rapidly. though only 3S. My food ana sleep do not recuperate my strength
 and energy, and lately l hay have ,, d,zy ny petite, memory and hopelessneLs. De- spondency and worry over my cohdi- ton are ever present..
 Answer: Cheer up. get well and then conserve your vitality by proper temper ate living. Obtain three grain .cadomene tablets in sealed tubes with full diree- tions. use them and an agreeable pleas ing estoration should ensue to your eh- tire satisfaction.
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 Mir L. c. B. asks: Do you think if is possible to reduce my weisnt rom 240 pounds to about lso pounds Answer: It Is impossible to say just
 how much one can reduce until after trying, but 5-grain arbolone taplets should be used according to directions
 with earn ny drng Seaae store. % If the flesh is unnatural you. should easily reduce as desired. . .,
 nr. T. P writes: :"what can I do for l a had case of stomach. liver and bowel | trouble? My food sours in stomach. riit I'll. I have hea Tt burn, and full. uncom1ort- ahle feeling after meals; constipated at | Intervals, coated tongue and bad prea.h all the time"
 ! Answer: Thousands of people In this |
 to set Immediate relief and gradually CT feet permanent results. advise ,,a y9u sle to | buy of your druggist dollar pabnas nuasl 1 of double stomach ana power medicine" and use as per directions oh | the packet v x M
 I. R. o. asks: "I am tnin, ans t'i uia, i,,, :
 uealr and tired What can l take to m
 nrove my health, strengthen my nerves and increase my weight aooue ~ pounds"
 Answer. Take regularly with your meals three grain hypo-nuclane taDiets' | cold in sealed packages, by drusgists,
 .,th complete directions These tablets improve the blood. increase nutrition,,
 and strengthen the nervous system II
 ana s,nea res,iiarly for several months. | "'N < X
 .roa,, writes: f"I have tried so many
 remedies for rheumtism that l an al, most afraid to try any more. pmt !. you can tell me a sure remedy will try It. Answer: Do not be disheartened be. cause you have not been able to finc somethinK that would overcome your
 rheuma tism, for you can be relieved Il
 you will take what tell you Get from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
No more dandruff or falling
 hair-A real surprise awaits you.

To be possessed of a head of heavy, beautiful hair; soft. lustrous, fluffy, wavy hnd free from dandruff is merely a mat ter of using little Danderine.
 It is easy and inexpensive to have nice, loft hair and lots of it. Just get 25- bent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine now Fall drug stores recommend it-apply a little as directed and within 10 minutes Ehere will be an appearance of abund- hnce: freshness, fluffiness and an incom- parable gloss and lustre and try as you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
0ReDOCTOR,SI @:IdPDv1cE4 @yIdP~74
 ,ZyDE Zewz5 6ahcy "

Tine questions answered below are general in character, the symptoms or diseases are given and the answers VIII apply in any case of sirnilar nature.
 Those wishing further advice. frec may address pr; Lewis Baker, College O., enclosing self addressed stamped on velope for reply. Full name and ad- or fictitious name will be used in my answers The prescriptions can be filled at any well-stocked drug store. Any druggist can order of wholesaler.
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 inc drug store: Iodide of potassium, drams; sodium salicylate, 4 drains; wine of colckicum ih oz.; comp. fluid balm wort, l oz.; comp essence cardiol ] oz,; take a teaspoonful at maaltime and again before going to bed.
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 C. L. asks: "I have tried to cure dand- ruff. itching scalp, falling hair and bald ness with numerous tonics. etc, but in vain. What do you reeommend?'
 Answer: I have been recommending plain yellow minyol for the past seven lighted with the quick. pleasant action of this remedy in. stopping itching, fall health iustre and vigor as nothing else does. Obtain In 4-oz. jars with full di- rections.
 II. M B. writes; Can, you please prescribe medicine which will relieve me of such distressing symptoms or kidney and bladder & as the iollowins' rasian pdlns m id bladder, frequent calls at night but scanty flow with pain, burning and foul odor puffing of limbs, etc.?' | Answer: Those seeking relief from kidney and bladder disorders should be- l gin taking balmwort tablets. a very sue I cessful formula sold in sealed tubes | with full directions.
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 Mrs N F. R. writes: T suffer from headache and constipation periodically and my blood seems too thick causing 1 languor and tired feeling. l will thank you to prescribe Tor me.
 Answer: Three grainssulpherb tablets 1 (not sulphur are most effective. Tn re- l lieving constipation, thinning the blood 1 etc l advise you to begin taking as per directions with each sealed package.
 "w z, writes: *I Have such a very severe cough and cold and have not been able, to get anything to help me. It is | weakening my system.
 Answer: Use the following and your | cold and cough will vanish and you will | soon be strong again. Get 2 @ o.. bottle of concentrated essence mentho- | laxene and take every hour or two. This can be taken pure or made into a full 1 pint of home-made syrup. Full directions as to use will be found on bottle. This | Is a mild laxative and will drive the cold from the system:
 | B G. O. aSkSs VIII you please pre- scribe home treatment for a bad case | of catarrh of the nose and throat? Also my daughter is affected with Pelvic Ca tarrh or green sickness"
 Answer: Your daughter should begin taking tonic flesh-building treatment and for such case l know of nothing better than three grain hypo-nuclane tablets. Local treatment Is also necessary for both catarrh of tho head and Pelvic Catarrh. A simple but effective antiseptie
 and curative treatment can pc ioliowed ounce package of antiseptic Vilane Pow. der containing complete directions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
GIRLS! HAVE BEAUTIFUL, [USTROUS,
 FLUFFY HAIR 25 CENT DANDER|NE

will you cannot find a trace of dandrufr or falling hair; but your real surprise will be after about two weeks use, when you will see new hair-fine and downy at first-yes-but really new hair-sprout- ing out all over your scalp-Danderine is, we believe. the only sure hair grower: destroyer of dandruff and cure for itchy scalp and it never fails to stop falling hair at once.
 If you want to prove how pretty and soft your hair really is, moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair-taling one small strand at a time. Your hair vii be soft, glossy and beautiful in just a few moments-a delightful surprise awaits everyone who tries this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
Ole Miss, CT Oman never FEELS any Older dan she THINKS she l. 70 K s !! NaW'm.


 Gle hates to have dinner aloue.) He suggested that if ] got up and dressed I'd feel better--this in a tone that i'm piled I'd also look better and that was the psychological moment It was time for me to act. and l decided right then and there on mysteries. Now, some peo- pie fancy that mysteries mean logs of control but they are mistaken; they mean nothing of the sort; they mean getting control and keeping (of other people), so I started in strong. ] let loose like 90 horse power motor car and I went over hill, over dale, round corners, into the byways and hedges always at full speed I raced che en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
Best Laxative
 For Children

When your baby Is cross and fret
 ful instead of the happy, laughing
 little dear you are accustomed to, in
 all probability the digestion has be-
 come deranged and the bowels need attention. Give it Il mild laxative, dispel the irritability and bring back the happy content of babyhood. The very best laxative for children Is pr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, be- cause if contains no opiate or nar- cotic drug, is pleasant tasting and acts gently. but surely, without grip ing or other distress. Druggists sell Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin at fifty cents and one dollar bottle. For free trial bottle write to Dr W. R. caldwell. 452 Washington St., Monti- cello, Ills.
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world owes, what many of them as trav- elers have owed, to the treasures of Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp and Brussels; let them remember the cry of old-'Inas- much as ye have done it to the least of these My breathren, ye have done it unto Me"-and let them take up this golden task of comforting, as they so well know how.
 To prevent the dire extremties of fam inc in the Belgian towns and villages; to feed suffering women and children; to
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soften at least the physical misery of those who are crushed both by the per- sonal anguish of bereavement and by the agony of seeing 8 hostile army in posses sion of their country-this is the task be- fore America-generous and pitifu America.
 We English people, who while caring for our own thousands of refugees, can 6o nothing ourselves for the Belgians still at home-turn with entire confidence to your great country; we know that you will take this business on your strong shoulders and see it through. Only let there be no delay.
 Give nowi-help now, For human lives arc at stake-and the winter days are cruel in a swept and ruined land! Yours very truly, MARY A. WARD. Copyright by tho Commission for Re lief in Belgium, Il Broadway. ( New York.)