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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

The purpose of this department Is to help you with your remodel problems I will be glad to answer questions or to supply ideas for your individual require ments. description of the color and style of your old gown, together with description of your figure and coloring, will enable me to reply to your questions more intelligently and in greater detail. Address Gertrude Beresford, care of this paper, and inclose stamped addressed envelope for direct and prompt reply.
 Copyright, 1916 by the Mcclure News
 paper Syndicate.)
 One has only to be a privileged onlook- CT at childrens party or dancing class to realize that the youngsters of today have progressed far beyond the frocks of null or batste with few lace ruffles or touches of hand embroidery. Nowadays Marjory or Dorothy is taught to courtesy and point her little toes in frocks of crepe de chine and silks of various filmy weaves. These little dresses when pur- chased in shops run into prices that rival the gowns of mother or the debutante sister of the family Frequently they are trimmed in real lace and bear price tag that would make the seekers of the sim pie life gasp with horror and dismay.
 To my mind, dear little girls never look dearer than when dressed in frocks of simple washable white with sashes of pink or blue. However. some of the fancy little dresses of silk are so altogether lovely that I am going to tell you how to make one in case you have on hand a dress of crepe de chine or some other material which may be converted into one of these party frfocks.
 The dress with the belt of black velvet is made of pink crepe de chine. The skirt is knife pleated and attached to lining which is cut like the poke part of petti- coat slip. This lining can be made from small piece of silk. white net or batiste. little round yoke made of short length of cotton lace is attached to the waist lining and two lace ruffles are sew ed to very short sleeve of net. The outside waist Is made of pink crepe de chine and is cut round in the neck and made with large armholes The neck and armholes are corded with crepe de chine. ruffle of lace is attached at the bolt line and belt of black velvet ribbon fastening in front under bow completes delightful dress for parties or any dress up'' occasion. This frock will be found very effective for flower girIF "a wedding and adapted to any age h h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

dead, or bless with the sacraments of baptism and marriage our living?"
 It Is not the pastor alone who should build up a great church, but the pastor with the assistance of his people; no boss or workman could possibly build church edifice without laborers-and the same Is true of the spiritual edifce
 Every householder should say as Joshua did of old:
 AS for me and my house, we will serve the Lord'-and not ask so frequently:
 "Why Is my neighbor absent from the service?" Rather say:
 "Why am I not in my appointed placer"
 It is very difficult for a pastor to preach his best to great, empty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

benches in the summer time; he has a much harder road to hoe than al- most anybody else you know; he is preaching today in competition with many new and alluring calls of the world to pleasure or business.
 The clergyman cannot be a compo- site entertainer, embodying in himself all the multiple attractions that seek to draw his flock from the sanctuary, and exceeding them all in magnetic strength. His mission is to preach the word of God, to teach right living, to help mankind to live righteously in this world, and to prepare them to live blessedly in the world to come.
 This one thing is his mission, but behind him stands the dignity and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

plans' There is certainly no power in the world with more ambitious plans in China than Japan nor one that, according to public records, has taken unfair ad- vantage to a greater extent It is anus ing, too, that this statement should come from the capital of a government which since 1912 has deprived China of her sovereignty over nearly two million square miles of territory which has been hers for hundreds of years-Mongolia and western. China"
 was in Picking during the initial stages of Russia's bagging of Mongolia. That outlying dependency declared. un- der Russian auspices, her independence, which, with Russian assistance and Rus sian pressure on China, she achieved. Advantage was taken of the Chinese revo- lution of 1911-12 and the disturbed state of the country coming from the transi- ton from monarchy to republic I hap pened, as a correspondent. to come into close touch with one phase of the situa- tion which indicated the grasp Russia had on the situation. There was in Picking a Prince Ma, head of great Mongol clan Prince Ma desired to return to his home; he had heard of Russian depreda- tons on his lands. Travel from Picking to Mongolia from the railhead at Kalgan across country by caravan was unsafe without a large armed guard. There was only one other way of going, through Manchuria and to the north of Mongolia by the Trans Siberian railway. went to see Prince Ma, and he told me Of his desire, but said that the Russians had refused to allow him to travel on their Trans-Sberian railway He. therefore. wanted to go overland, with an armed escort 700 or 800 men. as safely would demand and as his rank would entitle. I told him that the Russian minister. M. Kroupenski. had told me that Russia would not permit an armed expedition" to go into Mongolia. He asked me to see M Kroupenski and ask if his escort of 700 or 800 would be an armed expedition. did so, and the Russian diplomat bland ly said that certainly it would be con- sidered an armed expedition. Prince Ma was against Mongolian independence, and thus Russia was interested in preventing him going to his home to look after his interests and those of China.
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poses upon him such duties as attend ance at a fixed service.
 It is not only that the word of God be preached eloquently that the church opens its doors 1t Is that it is preached sincerely. earnestly and that mans duty be interpreted faithfully; it is that suf- fering hearts may find in the sanctuary the place where the Spirit of God seems peculiarly near; where the ear of God seems ever listening.
 If the doors of the temple were closed against the people we would find them weeping on the steps of the church ask ing:
 Who will visit our sick? Who will pray with our dying? Who will bury our
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to pray should be the opportunity for adoration-not entertainment.
 Instead of asking the question: Why is the clergyman not attracting larger congregations? it would appear as if the question should be:
 why am I not going oftener into the sanctuary to pray?"'
 How quickly, when Death faces us and lays his pale hand upon the portals of our door, does the message follow for the clergyman and the offices of the church; it is expected that both be in readiness at all times, as the officers and gunboats of the United States navy in time of war; but how different Is the church member when the church im-
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majesty of the most high God. whose precepts and commands he sets forth and in whose name he goes about do- ing.
 The church Is not the house of man, but the temple of the living God
 How many are worthy to enter 1t?
 Perhaps if we more often reflected upon our own unworthiness we would lay aside the ridiculous attitude of doing the church an honor by attend ing it's appointed services; we would humbly feel it one of the greatest Of privileges in life that we are permit ted to enter it's portals and engage in its services and listen to the words Of comfort and wisdom and instruction spoken within its gates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

was still young enough to build on reve-l lations-that ideas are the most valuableI possessions in the business world I have| never had occasion to change my mind. Where my associates have saved money have saved ideas; where they have in1 vested money I have invested ideas. And my rewards have always been greater than my expectations
 T was business adviser to dozens o1 large firms. Some of them were swing1 ing more business' than their capital perl mitted, and consequently were riding fo1 a fall. Half dozen of my customer3 were trying to do more business than their brain capacity allowed. Some men can run $50,0O0 corporation successfully but will leave only crashes and ashes ir| their wake when they attempt to direc1 a $2O0, 900 concern, just as some womeI| might run side street boarding house| but would fail utterly with a large hotel I made a serious study of the busines} problems of every big concern with whic T I came in contact devised means oN raising capital, extending credit, and keep| ing the proper balances between liqui4 assets, plants, merchandise, and so on.
 After I had spent four strenuous year with this trust company. a Chicago leade of finance invited me to call on him| During those four years I had raised m institution's deposits from $2.7So,000 to s. 100000. The number of depositors had grown from 3324 to over 5000.
 50 went to call on the mutlimillion| aire.
 T have never known why g. board ol bank directors offered me that morninl vice presidency of a prominent Chi cago bank at $10000 salary. Why dt( they single me out2 I put this questtof to a railroad official last night whom VI were discussing success. His road, h. said, employed detectives to travel thei1 lines hunting men worthy of promotion. Perhaps the captains of capital have thei4 scouts out scanning the field for promis ing material. Who knows?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06
Ole Miss, dis heah sho'would be CT Silent ole World eff we Only Talked when we had Sumthin' ter Say. Yassum.

It would seem as though the correct answer for that question might be found iI the familiar name applied to a church edifice-home of worship.
 The church building is, or should be, a place of assembling to worship God.
 Christians of the middle ages were very firm in their belief that no ele- ment of inspiration should be lacking in the churches-beautiful edifices,f reveren- tial quiet, seraphic music, eloquent spir- itual discourses. Still the essential thought upon going up into the temple
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06
Ideas Best Business Assets

Tn the American Magazine a prominent business man describes the way in which originality and radical ideas won him salary of $e0oo0 and promotion to corporation president after starting as handy boy in a bank. He says:
 From my first job as handy boy about bank in my home town at wage of s15 month, up to my present position as president of corporation at s60.00o a year, there is trail so clear that to- day I can almost check off every step in It. For every step Is an idea.
 "The revelation came to me when I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

The church gives its individual mem. bers and the stranger within it's gates far more than either can ever pay for
 It would be small matter indeed iii any individual removed from a neigh ' borhood; 1t would be an irreparabIe loss if church should be removed were there not other churches to shep- herd its forsaken flock. Therefore. it is meet that we should go to our sev-I eral places of worship humbly, not critically, and more self-righteously into the temple of the living God-for it is His temple, and you and I are but children in the great household of faith and of children is expected hu- mility, obedience and service!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06
SuperAuous Hair
 Disappears Quickly

The safest and surest way to remove super1uous hair is to attack it under the skin as we'll as on the skin. Only Dc 1t is quickly absorbed by the skin and alone contains certain ingredients which give it the power to rob hair of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06
No End to It

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal. Getting warm, Womba at?
 Very"
 "Why don't you buy straw hat?" .In waiting to get the lowest pric' And they never seem to strike bottom Just keep coming down."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

isters, 1t Is an opportune time for church membe CTS to brace up and take stock of themselves in relation to church attend ance.
 First-Why do you go to church?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

eet the only depilatory that contains a binding guarantee which entities you to your money if it fails. In soc, $100 direct postpaid in plain wrapper. De Miracle Chemical Co.,, Dept. A-5, Park Ave. and 129th St., New York. Sold and recommended by Collier Drug
 Company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

RING the summer time, while many churches discontinue their
 evening services, and pastors are away on vacations and their
 ra11lraits q r.a filled hrr nthar. min
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

group. The conference was for the pur- pose of admitting Russia and Japan to the group, making 1t the Sextuple group. Russia and Japan asked for admittance and in doing so demanded recognition of their Special rights'-Russia in north Manchuria Mongolia and western China, Japan in south Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. It was Japans first claim to Inner Mongolia as vast and valuable sec ton of China, and it was part of her programme of expansion and acquisition in China now being still further carried out. The Russian and Japanese agents presented their demands in absolutely Identical language which showed that they were working then in complete ac- cord. The bankers refused to recognize these special rights, saying that that was a political matter with which they had nothing to do, but they let the Rus sians and the Japanese place their de- mands on the minutes of the meetings. The conference was secret. but am sure of the facts for I have read the minutes.
 Japan's intentions in China are well known; the P demands she presented in January. 1916 which, to Japans con fusion, became public. sohow clearly that she intends to dominate China and un- doubtedly ultimately to own vast sections of that great country. The lesson of Manchuria shows that Japanese domina-
 
 and the end of Chinese sovereignty. This brings dangerous conflict of interests not only with America but also with England France and every other nation interested in China. Japan's Intentions in the Pacific are not SO we'll known. She clings to the Marshall, Caroline and Ladrone groups of islands in the north- west Pacific, which were taken over from Germany and which were supposed to have been turned over to Australia, but which were not. The American Islands of Guam is one of the Ladrone group. FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS In statement issued to Petrograd, M. Sazonoff, the Russian minister for for eign affairs, says that through this agree ment we can devote all our energies to the solution of these problems (Russia s problems in the vest with the assurance that no power will take unfair advantage or China to carry out its ambitious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

It's yltal1ty-ltS l1f0 sustaining fore e. limitations of De Miracle, the original liquid depilatory, are as worthless as pastes and rub-on preparations b e cause they only re- move hair from the surface of the skin. We'll groomed wo- men always use De Miracle for remov- ing hair from limbs and under arms. Be sure to buy De Mir acle by name and you will avoid dis appointment. Fur thermore, you will eet the only depilat binding guarantee xn xynt,r y,onnAxr ff ;%
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
INTERESTING ITEMS

OF the worlds production of copper
It is estimated that go to 20 per cent
is used in the electrical industry IN
normal times.
The government of Uruguay will as
sumo control Of all telegraph and tele'
phone services and reorganize and
improve them.
A lock which records on paper
tape the time it is locked and unlocked
has been patented by a st. Paul in
ventor.
A tree growing in the interior OF
Honduras produces a sort of cotton
which the natives use in the manufac-
ture of textiles.
For filling cracks in pavements a
concrete mixer has been mounted on a
wheelbarrow that can be moved about
by one man.
For use in places where acids in
water would quickly corrode metals q
pump has been invented that is com
posed almost entirely Of wood.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Populations Flow and Ebb.

When we speak of the waves of i'm
migration rolling into this country the
backwash is frequently forgotten. In
1915 the number of arrivals was 423,-
244, while the number who returned
to the countries of their nativity was
384,174, or SO per cent. Last year may
be regarded as abnormal owing to a
general condition of war; but, taking
the five-year period 1909-13, Of total
of 7,454,239 immigrants, 3,21O,958, or
43 per cent, returned.
In fact, there is a regular ebb and
flow in the movement of population,
depending upon the rise, remarks the
Philadelphia Record, and decline in
the demand for labor. A considerable
proportion of the immigrants are birds
Of passage, and there are many among
them who have come and gone two or
three times. Only One-half the arriy-
ais become permanent residents.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
An Echo of Tragedy.

I found a taxi at last that had start
ed the day with a full tank. And that
brought an encounter which had moth
ing directly to do with the war.
asked the driver, in my poor
French, if he were free. He replied
in very good English. 81 was ten
years in the United States" he said as
l paid my bill. | asked: "Where did
you live in American" "All over--two
years at Cape Nome, at Seattle, at
Portland and at San Francisco"
caught at that with the instinct of
Californian. Would you like to
go back?" I asked. mo-" he said. Il
lost my wife and two children in the
San Francisco earthquake" He went
on with the story simply, as one re-
lates an old grief. The house was
in that narrow district of the Mission
which suffered most. He had left
early to go to work-he was a cook.
I suppose-when it came. The house
collapsed, killing all within. Il left
three days after that" he concluded.
In the midst of this tragedy universal,
the recital of that old tragedy seemed
too much.-Will Irwin, in Saturday
Evening Post. 4A,,.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Seek Remedy From Sea

To save the life of a patient in ST..
Wtnifred's hospital DR.. Winslow An
derson of San Francisco, accompanied
by Il doctors and nurses, went out to
sea Ia Crowley launch for sc gallons
Of the purest of pure sea water.
The ailment from which the patient
Is suffering will give way only to a
treatment in which pure salt water
from the sea forms the chief element.
The party carried twelve three-gal-
lon Jugs with heavy lead sinkers, by
means of which the water was lifted
fro1n a depth of 80 fathoms. The
launch went nearly to the Farallon is
An0g.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15

she Bit the Hand That Reared Him."
she assembled the hill was the best
looking and the most ladylike of the
lot I'll .-
I'm rich man, but I'm not happy
man." confessed old man Wimpole. Il
brought up a nephew-Jim WimpOle,
by name | took him from the insti-
tuition where he had been put when his
mother followed his father to the
grave. I reared him. And he bit the
hand that reared him"
Miss Amelia remained perfectly 81
lent instead of expressing sympathy,
and old man WimpOle nodded APPROX
ingly. Amelia Darragh, with her
black eyes and red cheeks, her atmos-
phere at once demure and keen, had
pleased him the moment she came
from Upton to answer his advertise
ment.
He bit the hand that reared him"
continued old man Wimpole. That
was two years ago, after he came back
from college. l am a man who insists
on obedience. Not that I'm hard. But
my son-he was a son to me-went
and married a hussy from heaven
knows where, without saying a word
to me- They telegraphed to me for
forgiveness. l wired back not to show
their faces in TuXtree, or I'd have
them arrested. Not that could have
done so. But it scared them. That's
the sort of man l am"
Miss Amelia opened her lips as if to
speak, and then closed them again.
Il wanted someone to take care of
me. | advertised for daughter. First
woman that came along thought
wanted a wife instead. Wanted to
cinch my money. l warned her. But
she would make love to me. Told me
4 was a handsome old man. That set
tied her hash.
Daughter Number Two held out
two weeks till i caught her reading
the dummy will Id put in the desk,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15

The discovery of process for max
ing synthetic diamonds is claimed py
Swiss scientists of high standing.
In a new automobile headlight al
cohol is vaporized by air pressure and
burned in an incandescent mantle.
Bronze hose in which there IS no
rubber, canvas or leather has been in
vented in Great Britain for handling
fuel oil.
To remove the water of the Paclnc
ocean it would require the filling OF
tank mile wide, mile deep ana a
mile long every day for 44O years.
The hobo from the city has diner
emit ideas from the farmer as to work
ing hours. The Country Gentleman
says that a hobo got job from farm
er in the busy season. He worked
till $50, then had his supper. AT
four the next morning he was called
to get up. He ate a hearty breakfast
then started upstairs again, saying:
"This is the best place 1 ever worked
two suppers in one night and BACK
to bed again"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-06-15
Calls Sisal Workers Slaves.

Mexican sisal harvesters and many
workmen on the United Railway of
Yucatan are practically slaves, accord
ing to the testimony before the senate
sisal investigation given by Frederick
w. Blake, former general manager of
the railroad, says the Washington
Post.
These laborers, he explains, earned
barely a living, and many owed their
employers considerable money. "They
had to work whether they wanted to
or not" he testified. eff any employee
left the police would be notified and
he was brought back. An employer
who wanted to get laborers could buy
a debtors services by paying his
debts"
Practically all of the planters he
said, lived in Merida, rarely visiting
their farms. Any loss by decline in
sisal price was made up by cutting
laborers pay. Profits keep the plan
tiers in liberal style, and afford their
families yearly trips to Paris or the
United States.