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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
PEGGY
Friday. November

Friday, November 4
Dear Silly: II Was a man, and who
40 you suppose Il was? You'u never
guess. Bernard PortmAnl / knew him
The instant saw him. He looks just
Slike the magazine pictures. And 80
rich, Aunt Margaret says. he could
falmoat bury out Rockefeller His wife
lied last year you remember Well.
e'B looking for another. hear no
GU know. silly, I'm beginning to feel
ueer. The way Aunt Margaret talks
nd so on makes me Suspicious about
Ter intentions. Aud she's ordering
me more clothes. and today we'fc
going shopping 20 jewellers
saw Adonis--I mean Jack Roland
4 pr ten minutes this morning We
wefe talking In the hali when auntie
caAe along. In plain English. she was
MAP and sent him away ON some er
RAMP, lie is grand. Biliy ! wieh
could see more Of him. lie has lunch
SON with as. but that's all. and from
whaR ! gather, with all the festivities
being planned ahead. we VIII be home
so BHidom there win be no chance 81
seeifg him even then. lie ia awfully
amaft. too: seems 10 known every
thiHg and says he prepared foF Law
Hep certainly hiding his light under
a lunhel here. | don't take "a much
interest In all the excitement as ! did
AZ first II auntle only dldnt fuss 50
ia much prefer TO improve my Time
by talking TO the secretary No knows
20. many people everywhere. the best
people. too. n you please must
stop. Hastily,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
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PEGGY VsITsl I
. LOUISE OL -. 4


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Dear Priscilla: ThN place ii in.
mense I'm so glad they named me
after Aunt Margare But never mind,
when she dies AMT leaves me all her
money and this 5eautiful house In kii.
vide. honest foss my heart wilIi
and my ttie trunk arrived safely
yesterday wfhis morning. after break
fast. Wis wandering over the house.
whenH came upon sort Of office
whieeh opened out Of the conservatory
\ went in And there / saw the grand
est looking man you ever gazed upon
When | saw the man started TO re-
treat. but he didn't give me time He
was beside me in an instant holding
out his hand and saying, you are
Miss Holdship, aren't youg" So gave
him my hand and while he shook Il 1
said Pes. I'm Peggy iIoidship. Who
are you7" .I'm the private secretary. e
he explained. and Mrs. Harworth
asked me TO show you around
started TO talk about Miggs. the
pup. and soon we were gossiping as
though we had known each other a
thousand years. he showed me all
over the house and grounds and real.
~, silly, Ira going to see that you get
to come next time It's all SO grand
! must stop now and dresa FOR din
ner Lovingly.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16

Everybody has some friend whcm
they wish p make hqpry L may
be Mother ~ Father Sister Of Bros
Their ltmay h,' Wife er i may
be Sweetheart lnd often Them
selves
Gar stock of Jtwelrg and Bric-a
Brae is complete Each pieee has
been carefully selected AND VI feel
satisfied that visit from you wiil
bear Us Out that @e have A. Fine 4
selection AZ can be found anywhere.
Any article that yen may select
will Dc laid aside and delivered wieU
MenIed.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16

Sunday November 70

Spuoayt NeFEfuber I y.
Dear Sister. Such q whirl AZ Il hns
been aimee ] wrote last. From ? ~
until and a. ~. We hardly stop q
don't know low Aunt Margaret can
stand II, but she II q perfect spartan
and Determined 10 see ma we'll chap
eroned. OnelthIng Is clear however.
she leaves me alone with - T. every
chance she gets ia fact, all namma
do. It's ae plain aa the nose on yoai
face that he Ii the catch o. The sea
son. But | feel like calling him papa
and n he and auntie have axed 80
anything between them they ean get
over t. After tea rm EOinK 10 tell
YOU something about Jack
After Tea Here II is Yesterday
was up at eight. and after breakfast !
went TO see how some " the new
Japanese sunfiah in the fountain were
doing Quite by accident l saw Jack
And. SHY, dear. before J kneW shat
he was saying, he told ms ne loved
me. and before knew what ! vas
saying. / told him loved him, too
And be kissed me. und ran away, aud
/ haven't geen him since II Aunt
Margaret fnds II out she'll send me
home and cut me on with q shilling
but shouldn't care. Il thought you'd
get Il all Instead OF me on. whai
shall dor / love Jack and { can't
bear old portman. J just hate beins
thrown at any ones head I've about
made up my mind 10 tell Aunt Margs
ret the truth 10 the morning. give her
back the pearl necklace and the brace
LEI and bandeau and the furs and
everything. and then pack my truak
for home. Eut then there's jack Hell
lose his position II tell, on. | don't
know what 10 do
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
Cleaned from the VIsltlnu Nurse

Cleaned From the VIBItInn NuFse.
In order TO keep your hands froia
being parboiled when you have ~
provide hot congresses for the inva
lid. run two long wooden rods into
slots stitched in the ends Of the llannel
or linen congresses Rest these sticks
on the top Of the pan Of boiling water
and when It IS time TO apply the com
press Il Is easily wrnng BY twisting
the sticks in opposite directions
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
6
" HELPS
BOOST

eoosf your city. boost your friend.
Boost the lodge that you attend.
Boost the street on which you're dwelling
Boost the goods that you are selling.
Hoost tho people round about you
They can get along without You,
Bur success VIII quicker find them
II they know that you're behind III, m
Boost for every forward movement.
Boost for every new Improvement
Boost the man for whom you labor
Boost the stranger and the neighbor.
Cease to be chronic knocksr
Cease TO be progress blocker
II you'd make your city better
Boost II TO the final letter
Detroit Free Prets
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16

A separat book should be kept for
household hints. These too, should be
placed IN alphabetical order Il, the
housewife pursnes this policy she viii
ilnd her sciap book great aid and
comfort for she can turn to il when
ever necessary with the assurance
that the desired knowledge viii AZ
ways be there.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
Iuat IA Aeln nnt

"Well! Welt exclaimed MIR. Dub
son TO Mustered acquaintance who
rushed Into a railroad station carry
ing two large suitcases Going away
on the choochoo?"
Oh no. answered the acquaint
ance, In a sarcastic tone. MY sole
idea in buying a railway ticket and
Fastening hither with all the baggage
] could stagger under was merely e
increase the stir and hustle OF this
great city,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16

Cats Blue Eyes Shine Red In Dark.
As showing how widely the perma
nently blue yes Of cats differ rom
other eyes, 1t is noted that imme
diately the eyes Of white cats that are
to have permanently bius eyes open
they shine bright red In the dark, and
neithersthe ephemerai kitten blue nor
any other coiored eyes do this.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
prlcea Peculiarly Graaea.

a Boston man found at coal erl
porium In that city chap who man
aged TO infuec degree Of gacetious
ness into the transactions How much
Ia chestnut COAL timidly inquired the
prospective customer THAT depends.
said the salesman A Ia carte lts
eight dollars cylldesac II viii coat
yea ~ uenla extra
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
aLIttIs pIsehsyx.e

Johnny's mother Ii not always as
careful as she should be when talking
about her friends before the children.
The other day q woman called who
bored her considerably BY trying to
persuade her to take part IN a char
table entertainment When the yisi
tor len she remarked to her husband
chat Mra 8 il certainly pin. 1,he
next NV her amaIl boy told her tnas
AZ had met the castor eli LADY, when
ne WINS aptuinR from school!
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
There d SIN laope.

Arhere. said the artist, throwing
down his br6sh and steppinE back
from the easel. = consider that the
very best thing ever aid Never
mind, said his friend consolingly.
epefhaps the critics wlll taks more
charitable view OF your other stuff
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
NOTICE

Having iust received ear-load 81
new and up-to-datc 5ueGfES. / am
nos prepared 70 furnish son With the
hest pgggics, cnnSidering quality and
prsees chat ever came down the pike.
Cali and took them oger ! have also
lusf a. Inc HARNESS. THAI was ever
brought nSt Mary's, both single aud
dolbic. az prices 70 snlt the times.
Yours respectfully.
6-2i-if A. Y. WHILE AI,eil. Nd
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
MAIL BOX THAT IS NEAT
Californian Has the Right Idea In the
Erection Of Receptacle az His
Country Home.

Permanently and sightliness are two
OF the attributes incorporated in an a.
tractive mail box thar has been erect
ed by q Californian in front OF his
country nome The receptacle itself ia
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
All he Difference.

Il is q small thing TO man wheth.
er or not bis ncighbor be merciful to
him; It 10 life or death to him whethef
Of not he bs mercIfui to his neaghbnr
George MacDonald
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16


Dear silly. Just note IN write
details tomorrow I'm the happieEl
creature alive. for the most amazing
things have happened. Aunt Margaret
planned II ali. She has known Jack
for years and wanted me to fall 10
love with him She said II had
known about IL I'd have been con.
trary and fallen In love with some one
elsei Girls always do SO she per
suaded Jack 10 be her secretary and
asked me here on purpose She said
her little opposition just helped il
along, aud guess Il did But yonll
never believe me when tell sou the
rest. Bernard Portman Is Jacks an.
Gle and he knew all about II, too. and
Jack Is his heir Everybody IL so
happy! And most OF all
Lovingly,
PEGGY
(copyriRht 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndieatel
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
The DRAWBACK.

There are Just as good fish Ia the
sea as we're ever caught but they
may DO tribe shy when Il comes to
swallowing the bait.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16

lie that boasts OF his ancestors con
fesses that he has no virtue OF bis
own Charron.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16

about eighteen inchea square. is made
entiyely OF copper and fitted with i
small door on one eide IL IL support.
ed Oh 9 substantial brick pier, approkl
mately four feet Ia height. witch
tapera slightly toward the top Inso
much as the residence 10 brick bunea
low. tits type Of mall receiver IL most
appropriate Popular Mechanics
MaRazlne.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
Lumber.

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iepastdl0un ehafg faii supply 81
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mssttutst. PI.pUEf grAIfNcss
pfiasan 9 iasAstn .riits 0bfS. a.
40 efdora iof Lam tsef, IsDpgu, Fsaai,,
fAths LIME am Hrtr pfomptiy ~
tepaesi 10
tg-tash pcn asiivery a yard.
sos " sRsL.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16
LEONARD HALL
LD1HARnrowS Np

i.oardln& asi taf school Tor BOYS,
Affords opportunity Tor exeellcut
lraining h the Hinh School subjects,
Agriculture asd Commercial branches
Ierms moderate L9catiun most
AHaiihfrJ Sanitary arrangements
Feriosf
Registration Sept
t'nt8i0rNe Na application. i-3ltf
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-16

(copyrieht. 1916, Wy the Mcclure NeWspa.
per Syndicate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
WILL MISS THE YODLERs

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 President Wilson and William Jen- nings Bryan continue to exchange favors. First it was MT. Bryan who swallowed a certain cooked hat" reference and val iantly fought during the days and nights at Baltimore until the democratic con- vention made Mr. Wilson it's candidate. Then Mr. Wilson conferred on MT. Bryan the premiership of his administration. a job irksome to one of MT. Bryan's per- egrinating instincts, but nevertheless one of great honor
 And now the President again becomes MT. Bryans benefactor. He is to give the famous chautauqua orator an oppor- tunity to indulge in his favorite dissipa- tion. The President will speak on pre- paredness in a number of cities. MT Bryan will pursue him and speak on un- preparedness. The benevolent and ex- pansive smile, the mellifuous voice, the carpetbag and the linen duster are ir readiness. They needed but the call ol the road, and that MT. Wilson has giver them.
 After this oratorical revel, 1t will b' MT. Bryan's treat. Perhaps he will dt the honors at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
Sothern's Retirement

E. H. Sothern has announced that he will retire from the stage at the end of the current theatrical season and with Mrs.. Sothern, who is known on the stage as Julia Marlowe, will reside in England. They plan to lead a quiet life in the country, to be eX- act, in Warwickshire, where they Will either rent or buy home. Mrs. Soth- ern retired from the stage sometime ago, as a result of a nervous break down, and while it is said that she has fully recovered her health, she ad- heres to her decision not to return to the arduous work of touring.
 The departure of the Sotherns will be great loss to the American stage, which they have both conspicuously adorned. They have fine ideals and have stood for all that is best In the theatre. The public owes them last ing debt of gratitude for keeping Shakespeare's plays on the boards at a time when such ventures were no longer deemed profitable. In their art they have won very high place, by hard and conscientious effort. Julia Marlowe, gifted with great personal charm and histrionic genius, has long held perhaps the foremost place among American actresses. MT. Soth- ern is not considered a great actor, but he is an exceptionally able one, a paintstaking and scholarly man, who gives to his acting intellectually as well as an accurate personation. He has done much for the stage in Amer ica, not only as Shakespearian ac- tor, but in a great variety of roles, while the tremendous popularity of Julia Marlowe rests on career of solid achievement.
 It is characteristic of MT. and Mrs. Sothern that they should wish to spend the closing years of their lives in study and contemplation of their past experiences. They have long been noted for studious habits, but the hard life of the stage has prevented them from indulging their tastes as fully as they desired. When they quit America for England they will have the satisfaction of knowing that they have labored faithfully and we'll for a public that has not proved ungrate- full.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
WAR AS A HEALTH-BREE

From the New York World.
 The figures of German losses Tn the war, which were given to the House or Commons yesterday, are derived from official German sources They place the killed at 58S,9S6, the wounded ana I1ss- ing at 1. .566, ,549 and the prisoners at 356,153.
 Is the population of Germany increas- ing at all while the war raGes? In ms article on German life insurance as at- fected by the war, MT. Roeder, the Worlds correspondent, says on the au- thority of the insurance companies:
 'The total mortality during. the first year of the war has exceeded only slightly the mortality in times of reace The explanation is that the. mortality from other causes than war has been re- markedly lower.'
 This might seem to make it appear that the war is only slightly affecting population increase. But such, of course, is not the case. The above statement relates only to life insurance risks, and life insurance in Germany, on account of the state industrial pension system is largely restricted to the employing busi- ness and capitalist classes
 The casualty figures supposedly cover F months of war. At the peace-rate, Germany's surplus of births over deaths in that time would have been about 1,19O,- 900. Though we should assume that the birth rate has been maintained si1ice the war began, nearly 6OO,0oO violent deaths from this exceptional cause let alone the mortality among the wounded, must obviously have put the death rate well above the birth rate, even on an assump- tion that the natural death rate has fallen nearly a half, which would be absurd.
 The German population must therefore be declining. No war mas as yer ever converted a whole nation into ii great health resort, and this most deadly of all wars is proving no exception for Ger many or France or perhaps England
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24

years, had it not been for this Jack son highway contest. The people have suddenly developed the necessary pub lie spirit, and, in proceeding to erect a bridge of first class construction, they not only help their community, but help all that section of Alabama through which the proposed route passes.
 There can be scarcely question now but that Decatur, Birmingham, and Mobile will be on the Jackson highway. The men of Clarke county who have subscribed the money for building the bridge are to be warmly commended for their aroused civic pride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
Davis With English Tommies

Richard Harding Davis has the happy faculty of the real newspaper man of being able to present to his readers the things in which the reader himself would be most interested if he were on the scene.
 In yesterdays Age-Herald MT. Davis told of his trip among the Eng fish Tommies in Servia. How they bathe in ice water; how the natives kill ducks with slings; how young the British artillerymen look; how they are so glad to get cigars-they would smoke them even if they bore "German Emperor" on their labels it is allusions such as these that make his war correspondence so interesting. His letters are a regular feature of The Sunday Age-Herald.
 Yesterdays Rotogravure was the subject of much comment on account of the wide variety of views shown.
 Bill Vines is doing some fine work now in The Sunday Age-Herald. He is to have a special treat again next Sunday on the effect of the war on women's clothes.
 Yesterdays Age-Herald contained 2643 inches of advertising, embracing 5O3 separate and distinct ads.
 The Sunday Age-Herald is the big gest 5 cents worth now being pub lished in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24
Make It the Greatest Reunion

The Confederate reunion in May will bring to Birmingham a vast throng of visitors, and it should be the endeavor of the local committees having charge of the arrangements to make it the greatest gala affair in the history of the United Veterans.
 As brilliant as was the reunion held here in 1908, the forthcoming event can be made even more distinctive an pegeantr and color display.
 Among the impressive features of the reunion of eight years ago were the military parade and the floral parade. A large body of the National Guard acted as escort to the veterans, but with reasonable effort the entire guard of Alabama could be mobillzed here for the next occasion; and with visiting guardsmen from neighborlng states and full turnout of cadets from the various schools and colleges hereabouts the military demonstra- tion would be the grandest ever seen in this section of the south.
 Regarding the floral parade, while nothing could eclipse in beauty that of 1908, the procession this year will extend three or four times the dis tance if all the people who own auto mobiles respond to the invitation to decorate their cars and fall into line. The number of automobiles has in- creased not less than fourfold.
 The central district of the city was profusely decorated eight years ago and many houses in the residence sec tions were tastefully festooned, but the gala effect would be heightened if every house in every suburb of Bir- mingham were dressed in flags and bunting, as well as those homes OH the line of march.
 Much has been said recently about Birmingham's need of a concerted movement for the development of a stronger cooperative spirit than eX- ists at the present time-a movement that would appeal especially to the outlying sections of the city. As all citizens within the municipal limits are united in wishing to see the old "vets" properly entertained, "Let's make it the greatest reunion" should be fetching slogan for a get together start.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-24

From the Kansas City Star.
 " EEPING pace with the times. the "A movies" have made it possible, XA by the use of mechanical and electrical devices, gunpowder, spring bayonets and other things, for the pub lie to revel in vivid war dramas, clev- erly faked, yet so realistic as to bear all the earmarks of actual battles.
 .I,aborers, farmers sons and village youths, garbed in the uniforms or the various European armies said movie" expert, 'are drilled in their new duties and initiated into the mys- teries of disappearing bayonets. ex- ploding fake shells, trench warfare and make-believe 'gassing.' Stroll along quiet country footpath bordering some rolling grassland sloping to the sea and you may come upon a horde or yelling men whose spiked helmets and wicked looking bayonets gllnt in the sunshine as they charge toward you. IT YOU take cover nimbly and Watch, you will see they are rushing trench nlled with khaki clad soldiers. You shudder involuntarily as you see thse gllntlng bayonets sinking into human flesh three ar four inches, but you find later that the points are protected with little felt buttons and that they are attached to the barrel end of the rifle by a spring that allows them to recede several inches upon striking a solid substance
 "As the soldiers ford a stream in their mad charge, columns of water splash
 high into the air. After while you
 realize that thes columns are caused
 by dropping shells from concealed artil-
 lery. You wonder how it Is that all
 these country 'supers' are not maimed or even killed until you find out that the water columns are caused by cleo trically exploded bladders filled with lgunpowder and hidden beneath the sur face of the stream. As the charging soldiers reach the opposite bank and make straight for the enemy's machine guns, terrible explosions occur. They are the shells still dropping from the enemy's artillery The explosions are electrically controlled by stage direc- tor or producer, and are caused by burying small cans of gunpowder here and there under the ground to be rushed. At the proper moment the fake mines are exploded by throwing a switch or pressing a button, thus send ling clouds of earth, a cloud of smoke land a dummy figure or two into the
 air. All the vivid effects of a big shell