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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
THE BIRTH OF A PEST

There, toward the top of the tank, part. ly out of the water, you see several bulg- ing shapes-larvae that have entered the briefer pupa stage of two days, perhaps
 at most. They take no food during this stage; and soon the bulging thorax spreads yet further, breaks, and wingec thing struggles out and stands by hi.
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into the latest cry in dining rooms. A
little table in the far corner had been
reserved for them. AS they crossed
the crowded room hush fell over the
tables. Some looked and were silent
because Alix was beautiful and daiu-
tily gowned and Collingeford all that a
man should be. but those who knew
looked because AliX was Alix and Col
lingeford was Coilingeford. These soon
fell to whispering. predicting q match.
AliX bowed abstractedly here and
there as she followed the head waiter
to her seat.
They sat down. each half facing the
room. Alix caught her breath. Whit
fing the old air?'' asked Collingeford.
No" answered AliX. Only sigh
ing. l feel so out of it and that al
ways makes one sigh whether one
wants to be in 1t or not.
Alix paused Go on" said Collinge-
ford
There are only few men in the
room, but almost all Of these women
have husbands. The husbands are in
two tenses-past and future. There
must be present but it Is nebuIous.
didn't know before but | know now
that in time these women will go back
or forward to their husbands. Some
day they will get dizzy and fall and
the shock will wake them up"
"You ser, you understand, sou are
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17
Max Enroe Rachelors to WED.

Adding to the horrors or terrors OF
leap year, man has proposed that
bachelors and bachelorettes be COM
PEELED by law to marry, and that mat
ing commissioners select mates for
them by lot, great deal as jury lots
are drawn; the difference being that a
man drawn for a..jury can escape by
telling plausible story, but the bach
elors elected for nratrimony would
have no escape. None but a bachelor
would propose the method of drawing
wives by lot. He ought to know that
this marrying business is all a lottery.
anyhow. The laws proposed to en-
force this must-marry idea indicate
the bachelor. who thought them up
considers that for man to remain
unmarried after he is thirty is crime,
while for a spinster it is Missile
meanor. Exchange
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cAPEcoLLARs AND cAPes.

like that in the skirt Or this Is re-
versed and the plain skirt is worn with
cretonne coat. Beach suits in which
hats and bags and pillows are made of
these fabrics could hardly be more
pleasing than they are.
' Ali of this promises a summer Of
colorful clothes. These cotton mate
rials are moderate in price and there
are no others smarter in design. Best
of all, they are washable.
One Of the new canvas cloths is
shown in an afternoon gown. pictured
above. It is a one-piece model with
full plain skirt and surplice waist.
The edges of the bodice and bottom Of
the skirt are finished with cord COW
cred with the canvas, The sleeves
are of cream-colored net f1ouncing. and
the embroidered edge forms the deep
rosette, which fastens the surpiice. is
made of the canvas also
This gown could hardly be simpler
The flufiness which Is appropriate to
sheer fabrics is out of place in these
heavier weaves, and in large patterns
of gay flowers the simpler the design,
the better.
Capes have become fad and appear
everywhere in smart spring styles. In
tailored gowns, in suits and coats, and
In dresses of all kinds, all sorts of
variations Of the original shoulder
cape betray its influence on the mode.
It bids fair to oust the high collar
from frocks, only to capture them for
its own. For many engaging little
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17
Time and Love the TWO Things With
Which All en- the Earth
Must Reckon.

Time and love are the two forces
that are eternal and ever new, that
cannot be killed or erased. They move
on in cycles for all eternity. Without
love this great, beautiful world would
soon wither and decay.
Therefore love is the sum total of
these things. 1t spells homes, fire.
sides, society and civilization. Look
into the fireside lamps which should
be kindled in every room in the home,
and if you find the oil of love ebbing
away hurry to replenish the lamps be
fore the flickering fame goes out.
Many serious faces tell the story OF
starving for love, the most precious
and valued thing in the world. This
means you, Mr.. Bachelor. If you are
comfortable in your library you have
no reason to pat yourself on the bach
because you feel that you can get on
without the love which happy. sym
pathetic companion can bring you. The
time will come when the tiickering
embers will cast their shadows, show
ing you the lost opportunities.
The same advice holds for you. Miss
Bachelor Girl. Do not let your ability
and capacity OF providing for yourself
delude you into thinking that you are
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17
Be Natural.

Holmes says that there are six peo-
pie present. whenever two meet in. con-
versation-the real A, the real B. A
as he sees himself. b as he sees him
self, A as B sees him and B as A sees
him. The remark comes back when
one goes out upon the street and con-
siders himself and the other people.
who pass, particularly those who seem
on the slippery road to success. It is
not they themselves who go by; 1t is
what they would have other people
think them If they are young and
inexperienced they mus. tighten UP
their faces with an artificial solem-
nifty; If they are getting on in years
they must affect an artificial snappi-
ness. They wear their outward as
poets like clothes. One feels like cry
ing in the ears of young men: BE
natural Live or die. sink or swim,
survive or perish. but be yourselves.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17

! Whats the name of the place? |
can't make it OUT
ITS little hole on the borders Of
Thibet. That papers been handed
along for Ave months. The envelope
| 1t came in was in tatters."
Dear Old Pal" read Alix, do you
remember what I used to- tell you?
When a man has seen allsthe world he
must go home or die. When we last
| parted had three places left to see,
! but they haven't lasted me as long as
! I thought they would. 1 have sent you
| my battery. The bores are bit too
| big for the new powder and you can't
| use the guns, know. but you'll have
| home, old man, and you can give
| them a place in a rack. They will
| make a little room as wide as the
| ends of the earth. didn't kill her. I
made her kill herself. Bodsky."
Alix was puzzled again but then she
remembered. $50 he didn't kill her,
| after ALL" she said.
kill her! Kill what?" said Col
lingeford. "Oh, yes. I remember AS
If that mattered.
'It matters. It does matter cried
AliX, outraged.
Forgive me-" said Collingeford. II
had forgotten that you never knew
Bodsky. You said yesterday that Bod
sky used naked language. You were
right. Bodsky undressed things. Just
as some people see red and some blue,
| Bodsky saw things naked. He could
look through a black robe of rumor
spangled with lies and see truth naked.
He was naked himself-naked and un-
ashamed. It's hard for me to make
you see because you did not know him.
| Bodsky was one Of those men who
could have accomplished anything
| only he didn't. He sifted life through
a big mesh. All the nonessentials-
the trivialities-fell through. An act
| with Bodsky was q volition, measured.
weighed, and then hurled. That's why
if you knew him you knew that In his
| hands crime was not crime. That's
| why I know that he is dead. He new
err used stale cartridge-his gun nev-
er missed fire"
Alix mused. 81 can't see him-I
can't quite see him. A man who can
accomplish anything and doesn't seems
wrong-a waste"
you don't see," said Collingeford,
because you are facing my point Of
view. You must turn around, Bod
sky used to say that all humanity had
a soul, but it took tragedy to make
a man. His tragedy was that life cut
him out from the herd. He wasn't a
! creator, he was a creation. Genera
tions, races, cons, created Bodsky and
left him standing like Scared crag.
He had but one mission-to see and
| understand. Have you ever sat in the
desert on moonlit night and looked
at the Sphinx? 1t holds you--it holds
yours eyes in a vice. You wonder
| why. I'll tell you. 1t knows. That's
the way it was with Bodsky. He only
towered-knew-und If that
is nothing. Bodsky was nothing"
They were silent. Presently Col
| Iingeford helped her out and together
| they passed through the rich foyer. the
| latticed palm room. and up the steps
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17

Displays of spring dress goods in
the shops are enriched by many beau
tiful and novel cotton fabrics that are
q revelation in the art of weaving cot
ton. They include canvas cloths and
basket weayes that promise something
of q revolution in apparel for warm
weather. There are the smart avn
ing stripes in white with all colors
and white with black, In which color
ings and the arrangement of stripes
are both new. They are to be used
for separate skirts to be worn with
coats Of plain color. Basket weaves
are most attractive in black and white,
but are shown in many designs adapt
ed to skirts and suits. Cottons, in
fact, are usurping the place Of wool
ems and silks by the force of the
beauty and practicability of the new
weaves.
Some of the familiar cotton mate
rails, like cretonne, in light weights are
woven with reference to their use in
dresses and suits. In suits, plain,
coarse linens or cottons are used with
them, made into coats finished with
collars. cuffs, belts, pockets and other
details of finishing, made Of cretonne
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17

| "You're Not Looking Very Well, Alan"
Of the earth before night it shall carry
ME. This big city isn't big enough to
hold all the Hill and leave me room
to wander outside
Then why--why-"
''I'll tell you. The last time I saw
J. Y. he said to me among other
things, Yesterday Glenn was crying be-
cause you had not come to the house.
try to think, Alan, that it is because
Cleln is there that you have not come
Well, there it is in nutshell. l pear
the mark of the beast. Do you think
l want Glenn to see it,"
Alan's hands were locked behind
him. He turned from the window.
"Alix, l can't see Glenn yet. She is
expecting me. told her that the bet
ter half of me would look her up rs
soon as l got back. But what If some
body that doesn't know my better half
at all should see me riding-waliing
with Glenn? I can't risk that Do you
understand?'
But oh, Alan," said Alix. IF you
could only see Glenn now She's glor1-
GUS. Why it's three years-three years
since you saw her. You used to think
me beautiful
"Usedr' protested Alan. casting a
valuing glance at Alix' pale beauty.
"Well," conceded Alix. you think
me beautiful. Beside Clem with her
heaps of brown hair and deep blue
eyes, / am nothing. I am worse-I
am a doll And she was born with
strange wisdom and strength of her
own. The world has never reached
her-will never reach her. She's made
her own world and she's made 1t right.
And yet-the wisdom in her deep eyes,
Alan. She knows-she knows it all
and you know that she knows. only,
faith sits enthroned."
Faith sits enthroned." repeated
Alan; chats why I can't come to-
night" He looked around for his hat
and stick.
by the way" said Alix, why ]. Y.
and why Mrs. J. Y? I've always won
dered''
Il don't know" said Alan. I've
always wondered too, suppose. But
here's the Judge He can tell you"
Tell what?" asked the judge as he
walked in and took Alix' outstretched
hand
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17

prophetic" said Collingeford smiling.
But do not tower like your Bod
sky" said AliX and then bit her tongue
at the slip.
4 shadow seemed TO fail on them.
The rooms high, delicate paneling and
the painted oval Of the ceiling seemed
to hover over a suddenly darkened
emptiness. The hum and chatter of
the throng became little and far away.
Collingeford and Alix felt as though
they sat alone and yet not alone. Col
lingeford nodded as though Alix had
spoken. YES" he said, "Bodsky has
come back to US. Don't regret it. l
don't know how it is with you but
feel that we two are alone with him
and that It's worth while. He's come
on US like cloud.
"But I like clouds,'' he continued
big black clouds. If it were not for
them you couldn't see the lightning or
hear the thunder. They make light
ming and thunder-the arm and the
voice of the gods.
"Bodsky was elemental. He was an
element. He could not produce but he
could make fertile the lives of lesser
men. I've sat at his feet ever since
the first time he spoke to me. l didn't
know I was doing it but I can see il
now. And the result it this: Bodsky
couldn't 60 home. But [ can and I'm
going home before I've seen the whole
world. Only-only wish could take
you with me-
There. there" said Alix, playfully
but her eyes were soft. eve must &c
now or you will miss your ship
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17
Tonaue of Butterfly.

OF all the marvels in which the
world Of insect life is so rich none is
more curious and remarkable than the
tongue of the butterfly.
This is always of great length
When not in use it is coiled like a
watch spring in a fiat spiral close to
the head. But when the butterfly Wis
its the flower on which it feeds the
tongue is uncoiled. the tip inserted
deep i'll the heart of the flower and
the juices sucked up.
The butterf1y's tongue really con
sists of two tubes. Each of these has
a concave inner face. whose edges in
terlock one with the other so as to
form a third central tube.
In the butterflies we have the high
est development of the insect race so
far as beauty is concerned. In other
respects, however, they do not hold so
high a place. They are outranked in
intelligence by ants, bees and wasps,
in perfection of external parts and
mechanical excellence ot Joints by
beetles.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17
Tree Crows Like a Fish Net.

A singular tree in Cuba is called
the yaguey tree. It begins to grow
at the top of another tree. The seed
is carried by bird or waited by the
wind, and. falling into some moist.
branching part, takes root and speed.
ily begins to grow. It sends a kind Of
thin stringlike root down the body OF
the tree, which is soon followed by
others. In course of time these root
ings strike the ground, and growth
Immediately commences upward. New
rootings continue to be formed, and
get strength until the one tree grows
as net round the other. The outside
one surrounds and presses the inner.
strangIing it's 1s.ge and augmenting it's
own power At length the tree within
Is killed. and the. parasite that has
taken possession becomes itself the
tree. --'.;
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AS AliX ana Coli1nSeford left the
dining room she said. 'They weren't
all butterflies after all. I saw a man
and woman
"Not really"' said Collingeford
"Who?"
ALAN Wayne and Dora TenneI."
At Alan's name Collingeford's face
lit up with interest. Ten Percent
Wayne. eh? Yes. you're right. He's
man. And Dora Tennel, ex-Lady
Braeme. Yes, she's a woman too-in
a way"
Has she a furnished reputation?"
Collingeford stopped short in his
stride and looked keenly at Alix. MY
dear lady," he said, that is ques'
ton one does not put to man. How
ever, it doesn't embarrass me to an
swer 1t in this case. She has not
What on earth put it into your head?'
81 don't know" said Alix. "Oh, yes
I do. l remember. Someone told me
once that Alan surrounded himself
with furnished regulations"
Each followed the train of his own
thoughts until they reached the pier.
f, Alix did not get out of the cab. She
leaned from the window and said
good-by Collingeford held her hand
| and her eyes long, then he turned
| away and hurried into the elevator.
When Alix got home she sat down
| and wrote a note to Alan-just a line
to tell him that she was ready and
| wished to see him. He came the fol
lowing afternoon. At first he was q
little awkward. straining just the least
too much not to betray his nervous
ness. But the sight of Alix put him
| at his ease. She had become a true
woman-true in the sense Of honor
and she was tempered as steel, but
soft with the softness of motherhood.
About her there was the peace Of an
inner shrine. She drew him into it un-
| hesitatingly and he suddenly felt un.
clean just as he had felt unworthy on
| that other day when he had recoiled
from Nance's loving arms around his
| neck.
You're not looking very we'll, Alan
said Alix when he was seated.
mo, I'm not on the top of the wave
just now," replied Alan. Touch of
river fever. It's like memory-a hard
thing to shake"
I'm not trying to shake mine." said
Alix calmly my memories have made
me-"
mo wonder you don't quarrel with
them" said Alan in frank admira-
ton.
ALAN. when are you going to come
back? Don't you ever tire of life as a
variety show? Wouldn't you rather
have one real steady star in life than
a whole lot of tarnished tinsel ones?"
Alan jumped to his feet, stuck his
hands in his coat pockets and started
walking up and down the somber
room. They were in the library. "a
steady star" he repeated. What a
find that would be! I've raised many
star on my horizon, Alix, but the
longer l look at 'em the more they
twinkle back. It's easier to down con-
science than to down blood"
"In the end" said AliX. "a man
must down blood or it downs him
downs him irretrievably. Blood un-
checked is just common beast
do you think l don't know it2'
flashed Alan. Each day I find an
old haunt denied to me. 1 am i'll at
ease. My world has left yours behind.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17
UsefulsoMeial.

Redlands, a town in California, es-
tablished the Office Of municipal 6y-
catcher a year ago, and appointed q
man to fill 1t. That official acts on a
single observed fact-that flies instlnc-
lively fly upward, and toward light He
constructed a. large trap-a screened
frame. twelve inches square and more
than two feet in height. He raised this
two inches from the ground, and at
tached to the bottom a conesshaped
screen, with the large end down. Un-
der the cone he put a banana skin. He
nailed the contrivance to a post on q
street corner, and the flies did the
rest. II
In the first month, from the busi-.
ness section of Redlands, the, official
fiycatcher had emptied and burned so
gallons of flies. That means not far
from -four million flies.
There are now five hundred OF the
fly traps in Redlands, and. according
to the residents, all the flies in Red
lands were in them last sumner
Youths Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17

wraps for spring are merely capes, in
one shape or another, joined to coi!ar-
cites made of the same material
Besides these frivolous and dreesy
little wraps there are innumerable
cape collars of organdie or other sheer
stuffs for indoor wear. Two Of them
are shown here One is a dainty and
demure looking furbelow with a plain
band about the neck and hemstitched
edge. :. It. fastenss at. one, side with
row of small crocheted buttons and
is ornamented by an Insertion Of mar
row, val lace very neatly set in about
two inches from the edge.
At the left of the picture the cape Of
organdie joins high turnover collar
by means of row of hemstitching-
This collar is plated across the back
and has rather deep points at the front
where it opens in a v at the throat.
Val lace, having a square mesh, is set
to the edges with scant fullness. and
two rows of hemstitching are placed
above it in the organdie. This collar
fastens at the front with single small
pearl button.
Taffeta silk, net, and crochet buttons
are depended upon for the frilly capes
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17
GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN
SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill,
his home. by his uncle. J.. Y, as moral
failure. CIem runs after him In tangie
of short skirts to bid him good-by. Cap
tain Wayne tells Alan of the falling of the
waynes. Glenn drinks Alan's health on his
birthday. Judge Healey defends Alan IN
his business with his employers. Alan and
AK, Gerry's wife, meet at sea, homeward
bound. and start a Irritation: At home.
Gerry. as. he thinks, sees Alix and Alan
eIoping. drops everything, and goes to
Pernambucc. Alix leaves Alan on the
train and goes home. Gerry leaves Per-
nambuco and goes to Piranhas: On r.
canoe trip he meets native girl. Inc
Judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby is born
10 Alix. The native girl takes Gerry to
the ruined plantation she Is mistress OF.
Gerry marries her. At Maple house Col
ingeford tells how he met Alan-"Ten
Per Cent Wayne''-building a bridge In
Africa. collingeford meets Alix and her
baby and gives her encouragement about
Gerry. Alan comes back to town but does
not go home. He makes several calls
garita's plantation and builds an irrigat-
ing ditch. In Africa Alan reads Clem's
letters and dreams of home. Gerry pas
lures Leber's cattle during the drought.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-17
TOOK FIRE ALARM FOR CLOCK
John Barieycorn Punched the Wrong
Box on New York Wharf and
Started Panic.

Here's a warning to watchmen. II
the fire alarm is near the time clock
don't take too many eyeopeners be-
fore you punch the clock at Z o'clock
in the morning, advises the New York
Herald. The old idea of not being
able to find the keyhole after a night
with Bacchus has been relegated to
the scrap heap with Joe Miller's quips,
but watchmen had better watch out.
because something happened recently
on the Ward line pier, East River.
which only goes to prove that watch
men can't find the keyhole and are
subjected to this form of maIady In
particular.
: The Moro Castle Of the Ward line
is; lying in its berth at Pier 13. Re-
Gently there have been several pier
fires, all OF which have been attribut.
ed to friends of the kaiser. On re-
cent morning. about the hour that the
ink factories open up for the swinging
doors, one Of the watchmen on the
Ward line piers sauntered over to one
of the emporiums and ordered liquor
in deep sea voice. He got it. And
then he got more, and gradually the
bottom of quart bottle made its ap-
pearance. Said watchman was deep
in his cups when he suddenly remem-
bered that Z o'clock was the time to
slip his key into the time clock and
be marked present. It's well to re-
member for these things-but wait!
On the pier the fire alarm box and
the time clock are close enough to-
gether to shake hands. The. watch.
man, arriving with a list to port.
found the fire alarm first and punched
it. Result-many fire engines and the
fire boat New Yorker. South street
was in an uproar, and officials
Of the line were notified Of fire
on the MORO Castle. There wasn't
anybody more surprised than the
watchman when the fire fighters ar
rived. He helped look. for the blaze.
stoutly protesting that no fire could
occur with him on the Job. He would
have got away with the bluff, only he
forgot to ring in on the time clock.
Later the tape showed him as absent
at seven o'clock and he had then re-
covered sufficiently to confess. He
still has his job, because, 1t was ar
gued, if watchman really prevents
fires he has the right to ring In q
little alarm himself once in while.
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