The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16

come to be received as history!
M. F. G."
The tale was current and generally be-
lieved 60 odd years ago. I, too, have
heard il from those who were contempo-
raryNwith the principal actors in the ro-
nance Our readers may be able to tes-
tify to the truth of the main features OF
the aged gentlewoman's Renaissance. we
await answers with lively interest
Queries and Requests
IT have aquaria book. I should be
clad to have Charles V. w. tell me Where
to get a book on rare old coins ana
17sS, and others. Now, may l request
some silk and velvet pieces. dear aunt
started a quilt for me. But I fear have
already written too much.
MRS. ]. H. T."
Each and all of your various requests
and queries are passed over to the con-
stituency at large in the serene confidence
of an editor who has been taught by nap
py experience what to expect from sucn
a transfer of responsibility.
IT have been rather diffident about writ
ing to the Corner on the machine, as when
I first read it read an item where per-
son made a decided exception to poor
person using one. Now as have had this
NoO u
pen and wish to find out several things,
/ am using it. I should appreciate hear
ing from persons who can give some
particulars regarding an old folks home,
in or near Chicago. I am interested In
an old lady past co. who has toiled all
her life for others and now finds herself
homeless. If the nickel on your stove is
| rusty try cleaning it with sandpaper,
and see what surprising result VIII
ma a
I by Longfellow? I wish to copy the
| words. Can any one tell me where the
Rock Island station used to be previous
to it's present location in Chicago? The
Corner has been kind to me and I have
derived much benefit from reading 1t.
Kind friends and correspondents I have
made and received reading matter, gar
| den seeds, and other things from. All
have gone toward making the life Of a
lonely country woman happier. Can some
one tell me the author of these words?
"'When. one by one, our ties are torn,
| And friend from friend Is snatched for
lorn;
When man is left alone to mourn
| o., then, how sweet it is to diev
I'm the summer one has little time
to read. but the long days Of winter are
ideal for reading. am receiving two
excellent magazines in consecutive mum.
bers every few weeks from a member Of
| the Corner. B. b.
| First. as to what is not the least item
| in your miscellany. let me disabuse your
mind of the idea that there is any pos.
sible objection in the mind of any sensi
BILE person to the use Of the typewriter by
anyb ody, old or young, rich or poor, who
| may wish to write to the Corner. The
| editor re1oices with exceeding great JOY
when, after straining eyes and wits tt
decipher letter done In faint penciling
and perhaps upon both sides of the paper
she unfolds communication as legiblt
as print. fresh from a typewriter
cannot imagine who concocted the iten
forbidding the use Of it to the poor il
purse. but not In thoughts. The othe
queries are referred to intelligent ani
obliging readers. We thank you for tn,
housewifey hint anent the rusted stove
also for telling us that the tokens of con
tinued remembrance and kindly sympath,
on the part of fellow Cornerites are 6
solace upon stormy days and long win
ter evenings.
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