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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
Shine on BrOadclOth

"Sometime ago you inserted in the
 Corner a remedy for the unsightly shine
 that comes upon broadcloth with wear.
 meant to cut it from the paper, but
 was too busy al the time to do it, and
 when I was ready for it the paper had disappeared. By repeating the formula you will greatly oblige regular rsader "N w." do not recall just what remedy was published lately for the obnoxious shine. So I offer several, tentatively Sponge the garment with bluing water such as is used in your laundry, and while it Is still damp cover with fine thin linen or cambric and press with a warm iron. Another way: Wiring a woolen cloth out in water. cover the l shine with it and set hot iron upon 1t for minute. removing iron and cloth while the latter is still steaming. third method Is to sponge with hot vinegar and then with ammonia An- other is to put a handful of sap bark into flannel bag, dip 1t into hot water.
 and use it as a sponge upon tho shine. Do not wipe the cloth after doing this. Perhaps none of these methods is what you mean. In that case will try tn hunt up the formula.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
Turner Pictures Valuable

Do you know if Turner pictures are valuable? If so, do you know where or Tow I could find out the value of one
 FLORENCE B. A genuine Turner is exceedingly valu- able. and so rare that one must be criti- cal of proof of its authenticity There gre few on this side of the ocean, and those are in the possession of persons who are not likely to part with them at any price. Consult a good picture dealer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
LEGAL, NOTICES
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Notice Office of State BoPrd of Medical Exam iners.
 The next regular examination by the state board of medical examiners of Ala bama will begin on Tuesday, July 6, and will close on Friday. July 9, 1915. Ap- plicants must register on Monday, July D, as the registration book will be closed at S:30 D. m. of that day. Registration and examination will take place at the state capitol, Montgomery, Ala.
 w. H. SANDERS, M. D.,
 Chairman Board of Examiners June l. 1915 6-4-15-25
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
Killed in Collision

Wheeling w. Va, June IA Balti- more and Ohio railroad engine struck an automobile at Benwood tonight, killing Miss Bessie Robinson of Ben wood and Guy Hardman and D. c. Car penter of NcMechen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
ONE CENI A WORD
LOST-sTRAYED-sTOLEN

RA1ES-One cent n word dny; no nd,
 taken for less than 25c for first fnser- ton. Cash mmkt accompany order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

Florence Hotel Cigar Store. 2d and 18th St
 John l. Parker 1st Ave- and goth St.
 brown-Marx Cigar Store. 1st Ave. and 20th St.
 tlrst National Bank Cigar Store and goth St German -Gammill Drug Co.,. 2330 2d Ave.
 kssell Pharmacy, HOO N 18th St.
 Mner Drug Co.,. 1900 Huntsville Ave Norwood Pharmacy. 2631 18th Ave- N @iwentyfirst @ Avenue Drug Co.,. 26O1 21st Ave, N. Walker Drug Co.,. 2707 29th Ave. N Quinn Drug Go, 500 Tuscaloosa Ave West End West End Drug Co., l122 Tuscaloosa Ave, West End. Cheek Drug Co.,, 2200 Ave- F, S., cigar counter Magnolia Pharmacy. Magnolia Point, S.. cigar counter Eas. i1no Drug CO, 500 27th St.. s. cigar counter. Reids Pharmacy, 2720 Ave. c, s. cigar counter Maurice ll Letaw. l43o l1th Ave, S.. cigar Five Points Drug Co., Five Points, S., cigar counter Richmond Pharmacy St. St. Charles St B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

SPRAYED from Shades mountain, styl- ish dapple bay horse, one stocking foot and star in face: last seen near Hardwood going south. Return to 504 50th st., N, Woodlawn and re-
 ce1Ve reward. 6-6- 3 L
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

FOR SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE FOR BIRMINGHAM PROPERTY, WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, PULLEYS, BELTING, TRUCKS AND ALL MAN NER OF WOODWORKING APPLI- ANCES. A. DREHER, CULLMAN,
 AIA. 6-2-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
ROOMS-WANTED-BOARD

COUPLE without children want two
 three furnished rooms for light
 housekeeping: must he reasonabls; state price in ansr~er.j Address, L-25, care Ase-Herald. s-s-2tI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

REAL ESTATE loans to suit you in amount terms and interest; can pay back monthly or yearly. John w Prude. 106 22d st, N. Bell phone 24o
 10-16-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

Puts SaIt on Her Cafpets
 My neighbor on one side. an old-fash- toned body butsnsa& Las vAx,~ ~4akse- boR
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
MONEY TO LEND

TALK WITH ALAN JEMISON.
 Main 100 S-S-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
SWEATERS COLUMN

WANTED-To swap 5-passenger Stude- baker for roadster of any make. A. R.
 Penala, 1916 Richards ave. Phone TAO, West End. 6-S-6t WANTED-To swap a 5-passenger Hup- mobile for cash, good condition. Call Monday at O clock, 2300 2d ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08
WANTED
Scoop

RATES-one cent a word a day; no nd.
 taken for less than 25c for first inser- tion. Cash rnrst nccomnnny order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

WE buy second hand clothes, shoes, for cash. Phone 1881. 2116 2d 1-20-tc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-08

RATES-One cent a word a day; ITO ad
 taken for less than 25c for first inser- lion. Gnsh mMst accompapv order.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20
a St. Valentines Day WaniIlg

HE poetry and sentiment of
 St. Valentines day, Feb. 14
 are waning. Only the memory
 of it's romance remains It was the mating time for the birds, ac- cording to the once popular belief. It was the universal mating time, ae- cording to the popular idea further de- veIoped. The earliest stages of the de- veloprnent of this interesting coupling of Cupid's name with the custom of the day is many centuries old. The custom prevailed in various parts of Europe of drawing lots for valentines. A number assembled. wrote one another's names on slips of paper, threw the slips into a them, the men the women's slips from one lottery box the women the mems from another
 The drawing. then went on, the one who drew a certain slip becoming that persons valentine. Frequently the imaginary engagement, thus begun in the pIayfulness of a holiday gathering changed later to real one. This is not to be wondered at when it is re- membered that the knight was bound by the rules of St. Valentines day to wait hand and foot on the lady whose name had been drawn by him in the lottery and be her devoted slave for a | of February, when new drawing of lots would free him from one service and bind him to another.
 The custom, which extended all through the countries of Europe, from the common people to the courtiers. breadened until the valentine game came to be played by married as well as single players. and in addition to be- ing bound to run errands for and wait on the lady whose name was written on the slip drawn from the lottery box the knight was expected to make her a present. Just when the valentine custom fell from grace is not known, but the present day practice of playing pranks with the self esteem of an ac- quaintance by sending him or her a wicked caricature of human being with verses that are supposed to make l, the connection between the person re- ceiving the valentine and the picture at once apparent is. of comparatively recent origin.
 A percentage of the valentines sent out nowadays are of the sentimental order, but the fact cannot be gain said that every year sees St. Valentine retrogading further from the romantic position he once occupied.
 But as far as stated no saint should be in any way saddled with the re- sponsfbility for all the pictorial and al legged poetica1 tonfoolery that flies around on his day. It seems that an accident not kind to the saints mixed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

were just human beings, In1ettered, unknown inglorious. A congressman from western district approached him during his term as president and apollo #gized for presenting a petition from his constituents because they were very common people.
 We'll said Lincoln pleasantly, "God must love the common people. he's made so many Of ,en-,s
 Former senator Chauneey M. Depew os New York relates story about President Lincoln, says Harper's Weekly. It was apropos of the demand for an immediate strengthening of the United States navy.
 .'I remember said the New York millionaire on the floor of the senate, being in the executive mansion at one time and in MT Lincoln's office when a telegram was handed to him which gave the information that a brigadier general, through fooIishness of an ex- treme sort, had been captured down in Virginia In his command was long train of pack wagons and mules. MT. Lincoln read the dispatch; then he took up his pen and said:
 '' With that pen I can make briga- dier general in a minute, but I cannot replace those mules!'''
 There is a citizen of Cleveland who can add a very pleasant story to the volume Of Lincolniana He with his
 
 the Federal army during the war, and one of the brothers, nineteen years o1d after a particularly fierce campaign, found himself in a Washington n1ili- tary haspital.
 His mother came from Cleveland to do what she could to aid him. He passed. the crisis of his illness safely, and when he was we'll enough to be moved the mother went to the White House to ask his discharge from the army. She had no letters of introduc- ton, but her simple story was enough. She saw the president, and in his kindly way he questioned her. She told the story of her five soldier boys, 1 and when she had finished he stepped to his desk and wrote an order for the young mans discharge: Take that, madam he said, "and get your boy. Then bring him here. I want to talk with him D He gave an order to a secretary, the presidents carriage was brought round, and the mother rdde away to the hospital. Then she and the con- valescent youth rode back to the White House. where they dined. Later on the president handed the mother two rail road tickets to Cleveland and a docu- ment setting forth that it was his 6the president's) wish that the young man should be given a position in the gov lernment service whenever he de- sired it.
 For nearly a third of a century that
 wartime stripling held an excellent
 office in the treasury department at | WALTON WILLIAMS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

which Is the omcIai relief organization of the United States, was the first in the field. A meeting of the interna- tional war relief boards of the society was called at Washington shortly after the war began. Congress responded to the call of the society, and soon a converted Hamburg-American Iiner, under the name of the Red Cross, was on it's way to Europe with 156 surgeons and nurses, surgical equipments and large quantities of hospital supplies.
 AS the days passed and it seemed that relief would be needed on all sides relief organizations came into be- ing. It was not long until the little kingdom of Belgium, being ripped open at all points aroused the sympathy of the world In New York the. first to open a fund for cash subscriptions was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

the Belgian relief committee, which was organized Sept 5, with headauar- ters at 10 Bridge street. While this or ganfzation was raising a cash fund it became apparent that money was not to be the real need of the Belgians Early in October all Belgium sent out 9 piteous cry for food. Small ship ments began to pour in from Great Britain. A central body known as the commission for relief. in Belgium and comprising the American spanish, Italian and Belgian committees began a systematic effort tosget food into the country.
 Still the cry was ssFoodl" Only a great body, with ships and docks and millions behind 1t, could hope to bring even temporary relief There seemed to be, plenty of cash coming in. and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

concerning Individual gifts of Germans Hungarians. Belglans, French, Aus trians and Russians to relatives and friends. Tn nine out Of ten reports from correspondents, especially those in far western towns. it is noted that families have drawn large sums from savings banks to provide for relatives whose breadwinners had answered the summons of their respective countries.
 It does include statements from cor respondents showing that scores of cities and towns began sending gen.
 erous gifts to Belgium. France, Ger
 many and to Jewish relief bodies
 throughout Europe prior to and for
 some time after the formation of cen-
 tral organizations or clearing bodies
 with headquarters in New York, the funds ssctlg distributed by denomina.- organizations, The total of relief in cash and other gifts from these sources seems to be close to $1,250, ,Ooe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

the Belgian fund grew bigger each day.
 Acting promptly on a suggestion fron Ambassador Page, the Rockefeller foundation inaugurated the first prac- ticaI effort to carry immediate relief to starving Belgium. On Nov 2 young MT. Rockefeller, in public statement announced the appointments of a com
 mission, headed by Wicl5lifte Rose to go to Belgium and study the situation at first hand. supplementJng this work by chartering the steamer AEassapeqpas which sailed from New York on Nov. 4s carrying 5000 tons of food supplies. In cluding 28,50O barrels of flour. 1AOOO packets (100 pounds each) of rice, asOOo bags 620o pounds each) of beans and 1000 boxes C10o pounds each) of bacon This ship and it's cargo cost $275s
 Then went out the Agamemnou. on Dec 4. with 2,soO tons of provistons donated by the Belgian relief fund and the committee of mercy; the Neches. on Dec. 12, with $500 tons, supplied en- tirely by the foundation; on Dec. % the Ferrona. chartered by the commits sion for relief in Belgium and loaded with wheat contributed by the founda- tfon. Up to the present time tho total expenditures Of the foundation for Belgian relief have been $1ssOo.e0o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

Some Of the totals by states are Gin every instance the total includes all known sources. also food and cash do-f nattonsl: New York. approximately, $2.225. oo0s Pennsylvania, S85o. .0o0; Ohio. $1,ooo. 900: Maryland. $1oe,0oo;, Missouri, $225, ,ooo: Illinois. $515,e00; California, $500 ,o0o: Kansas, S75o, ,e00;s North Carolina, $25. 5.ooo; Tennessee,
 $S0,o0O; Iowa, $2o0. .oo0; Louisiana. ESQ.,. 900; North Dakota, $25, ,ooo; Minnesota,
 $134, GOO; Montana, $15.0o0; Missouri $225. 900: west Virginia, $5o. 1000: Con7
 necticut, s65,o0O; Maine. S25, 900; wis. consin, s15o,oo0; Delaware, S4o,ooo; Colorado. $75.000; Utah, $10soe0, Ne-5 braska. $1oO,o00; Indiana. $4osoo0;
 South Carolina. $s.0oo " ermont s1o,-
 900. Idaho. $15.000: Rhode Island, SIS, 900: Virginia $50.oOo; Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

S25. 900: wyoming, s15,ooo; New Hanp- shire Approximately. $7s00o; Texas. $11e,00O; Mississippi. .$s, GOO; South Da-s lkota Approximately 4$s. 900.
 Germans everywhere rallied to the call of the fatherland for relief. In cl1ding the great charity bazaar, prob ably was over a million The bazaar brought $s23. .o00 In cities like Cin- cinnati, Milwaukee. St. Louis. Phila- deIphia and Omaha the German fund got big contributions from veteran as- sociations and religious and social bodies Similarly the Poles, Austrians and Hungarians in far western towns brought the national total to a re- spectabIe amount,
 The work of relief began shortly aft CT the war The national Red Cross,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

them up with the valentine custom. No saint had any connection with the 14th of February usage, according to those who have been anxious enough about the reputation of the church to investigate the matter closely.
 It is likely that the custom of send ing valentines on one day of the year is a queer survival of the religion of nature that existed in primitive Flu rope. It would seem so. from the fact that legendary lore has handed down to us this passage:
 About this time of the year the birds choose their mates. and thence probably came the custom of young
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

men and maidens choosing valentines or special loving friends on the day.
 The custom is dying out, as all GUS toms will when they descend from thq romantic to the foolishIy strife stirrins stage. The mails are still heavy with the additional nnissives that owe their existence to the valentine custom. but the time honored and favortte picture of the professional humorist, in which the letter carrier is represented as staggering beneath the weight of q huge load of St Valentine day mall, can no longer be called into service with absolute confidence
 WILLIAM SCOTT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

Photo Nos 3 copyright AmerIcsn Press Association; others photo by American Press Association
 German scfdiere distributing "a ticns to starvfna Belaians in Brus- selss 2-Miss Anne Morgan (Ieft) and Mrs. John Jacob Astor preparing packages for French soldieE-s. B. First batch of destitute BeIgians to arrive in this country, where they will take up farming. 4.-ArrivaI of Chrietmas relief ship Jason in Eng land. 5s-Gerrnan soldier sharing meal with Belgian child. 6-Barge set aside by French government to house homeless Belsians.
 0N1NHoUGH thers have been and
 still are dressing demands
 upon it's generous purse with
 in it's own borders, the United States and it's possessions have within a period of a few months contributed approximately 10000. 600 to nurse the wounded. comfort the dying. feed starving Belgium succor widows and chi1dren-tnt a. word. relieve distress Wherever found in the warning nations Of Eur0pe--and the country Is still com tributing at the rate of $500,0o0 a month in cash, food, clothing. hospital ships equipment etc.
 The total does net include reports
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

just fifty years since Lincoln was as- sassinated He died on the day after the fatal shot was fired by J ohm Wilkes Booth in the Ford theater. Washing ton. The presidents last days were full of historic incidents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

From Ldnco1n.s lips the words that often came were these: The common people" To those who lived with him and talked with him, especially during the civil war, it seemed as if he could never cease thinking of those who
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20

X M KTTH the celebration of the
 A anniversary of the birth. z Of Abraham Lincoln, on
 Feb 12. there are recall I'd anecdotes of the martyr president XueSdentaIly on Aprfl -14 next it will be
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-05
Humorist and Lecturer.

One Of the entertainers who win ap.
pear here during the chautauqua ls
Evelyn BOrgclt, II cNrtoonist, humorist
and lecturer, She is now filling dates
IN Florida and will 20 to Cuba before
coming to the Pacific coast She writes
TO friend of her experiences and with
her keen sense of humor she finds fun
IN all Of them.
An old colorcd woman who "chawcd
'boccie " was her landlady in one town.
This old wUmun famed the flies off
the food, spit into au open Fireplace
and couyersed with her guests all at
the same time, 81 had to spend the
night there" she says, "aud in tac
morning lperhops she thought 1 was
OUT she sent an old woody man up
to my room to wash up because my
hostess had given me the cloun towel. -
Miss BOrgelt Is easel and other draw.
ing poraphernalia require u trunk Of
odd dimensions, and darIey baggage.
man asked couple Of his fellows to
help him, " lieah am Il coffin an de
corps shoe am heavy" he explained.
Wherever Miss Bargclt appears there
u rush after The cntc,taumcn, fol
her drawings, which she distributes ~
TAR as they will 60, Her cartoons have
the art and refinement Of oil paintings
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-05
PERRY THOUGHT JAPs COMING

Joe Perry, tine genial manager Of the
Hommond.Bishop company's store at
this place still looks scared, The rea-
son is this
Joe was sitting in the rear Of the
store Monday, thinking over the good
times he had had since he came to
Stpyton, when u rumble followed by n
crash in the room in the rear of the
building, brought him to his feet in.
stanter
The crash was followed by n rocking
Of the whde room and the shelving
took u sudden lurch toward the street
and boxes and bundles tumblcd every
where.
The way that boy landed in the mid.
die of the street shouting "Hclp! "
will not be forgotten soon.
1t was discovered later that instead
of the japanese bombarding the city
as Joe thought it was, it was an auto
mobile trying to get out of Dicdrich :
garage without going through the door
Joes hair still stands up straight
and can't be coNXcd TO lie flat. Loob
him over and see if that is not true
Stuyton Mail.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-05

U. G.. SlipIey, l.; Miss b. shelton, /;
Berneice Sauter, ] Mrs, j. D. Suthcr-
land, /; Mrs. j. l.. Stockton, 2; o. A.
StclIhammer, 2; N. S. Savage, /; Mary
l.. Starns, /; c. h. Scott, J.; w. |,
Staley l-2; Mildred Simons, l; Ray
Smith, /; A. A. Schramm, 2; Hans
George, Schroeder, /; Ernest SCHNEIDER,
2; +. II, Savage 2; D. B. Snyder, l;
r. Il, Lee Steiner, 2; w. M. Smith, 2;
Mrs. NJ. A, Shaver, 3; Mrs. Il. B. South.
wick, /; j, d. Sutherland, l; B. L.
Sleeves, 9; Geo. w. Smith, /; Clara Il.
Smith, /; j. l.. Steiwer, 1; Mr.. and
Mrs, j. c. Steiwer, 2; j. c. Spencer,
|; U, G., Shipley, /; Laura A. Schweg.
Ter, 2; II, j. Swafford, 2; w. II. Trim.
die, 3; Beryl d. Turner, Il Hazel H.
Todhunter, l Mrs. Townsend, J.; j. A..
Todd, /; II. D, Trover, 2; j. G. Thomp.
son. .; h, y. FISCHER, Q; Mrs. j. A. Todd
|; DR., L. l.. Utter, 2; Mrs. d. II. Up
john, l. John b. Ulrich, |; Arthur Van
Tassel, /; j. II. Van Winkle, /; Dr. j.
0, Van Wrinkle, 2; II. II. Vandevert,
s; Mrs. g. A. Wood, /; Mrs. W. II.
Welch, /; Frank X. Welles, L; Geo. E.
Waters, .; Ella l., Welch, /; T., A.
Winslow, /; Mrs. j. A, Wilson, 1; Mrs
Chos, Wilson, / Mrs. G. G. viii, /;
Otto Wilson, /; Ruby Wilson, !; Lulu
r, Walton, Il Emma S, White, /; Mrs
|, NJ, White, 81 Alice Wenger, l.; Miss
Anna Wclch, l; c. +. Williams, 9; B
II. White, /; S, u, Wolfe, l; Virginia
o. Wcchter, /; d. A, White, 2; D. Web
stcr, |; NJ. c. Wilson, Il Pansy vii
lard, l. Mrs. r. l.. Wilkinson, L; Johr
W. Wellcs, l.; Fred Il. Zimmerman, l
Paul f. Zander, 2.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-06-05
Sunday

Afternoon-Sacred concert, Swiss Yod.
lers. Monologue, "lhe Servant in
the House." j. c. Herbsman, Admis
sion 35c.
Evening-Sacred closing concert, Swiss
Alpine Yodlers from the Zillerthal.
Popular lecture, off l Had Life to
Live over" Col. Geo. w. Balm of
Kentucky. Admission SOC.
II Trovatroe (The Troubadour)
Time-15th Century
Act I--Aliaferia palace.
Act II-Gypsy camp in Biscay noun
tains (Anvil chorus opens this act.)
Act III-Camp Of Di Luna, Manricos
Castle.
Act IV-Palace of Aliferia. Prison
scene--the Miserere. Prison e.. Of
Manrico.
Cast of Characters
Leonora, a noble lady. of the Court OF
Aragon, Signorina Sarah Alu.
Azucenu, wandering Gypsy, Signorino
Velma Mani.
Inez, attendant of Leonora, Miss Agnes
Hanrich.
Mardico, young Troubador of mys
terious birth, in reality q brother OF
Count di Luna Signor Josef Norm,
Count di Luna, young noble of the
Prince of Arogon, Signor Guistin'
Zara.
Fernando, captain Of the guard ant
under di Luna, Signor Frank Buca
fusco.