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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Wonderful Skin and
 Wrinkle Removers

The method of removing bad complex. ions by absorption seems to have como into general use in this country. Ordf- nary mercolized wax, applied nightly
 like cold cream and erased mornings with warm water, gradually absorbs tho coarse, faded or discolored outer film skin in almost invisible particles Soon there S brand new complexion, formed by the younger. healthier under-skln. No cosmetic or artificial treatment can possibly produce a complexion of such radiant, youthful loYeliness. Druggists all have mercoNzed wax: 1t is seldom that more than one ounce is necessary
 Thousands have also reported great success with the famous saxolite wTin- kle-removing formula. One ounce of pure powdered saxolite Is dissolved in a hali pint witch hazel and the solution used as a face wash. The effect is almost magical The deepest wrinkles and crows feet, as well az the finest lines whether due to age illness, weather or worry-are immediately affected. No one need hesitate to try this simple io- tion. as 1t won't harm any skin.-Ady,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

husband, Herbert Adams Gibbons the well known author of "The New Map of Europe and other books, were sta- tioned as teacher missionaries during the first year of their marriage, at the American school in the birthplace of the apostle Paul. In the form of letters writ ten to her mother, Mrs. Gibbons tells how, an inexperienced American girl just out of college. she adapted herself to her strange and difficult surroundings.
 Gradually her entertaining impressions gave place to premonitions of impending disaster. Then the storm breaks. Five thousand terrified Armenians take refuge in the school enclosure; the town is in flames; the streets run red; the fiends are let loose. and in the midst of the cataclysm Mrs. Gibbons first baby is born. What struggles she and her hus- band go through on behalf of theier Ar menian charges, and how, for thee baby's S sake they eventually escape to safety
 makes a story of tense human appeal,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

tons freedom from the horrors of war No man now can say how formidable oi how long will be the combat before thu inevitable comes. Certainly no nation however ferociously military, can with stand practically single handed the gath. cred powers of the rest of the world,
 Whether the struggle lasts one year oi five. it will fundamentally turn on tht mastering of industries as well as oi fighting men. on the organized skill be- the heroism Of those who form them. II will be peculiarly a war of swiftly de. veloped resources, of rapid gathering oi material, Of vast engineering skill and ability and it is to this end that tn, country calls for the patriotic service ol the whole engineering profession to forgf the thunderbolts which shall be launched against the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
THE MAGPIE's NEST"

By Isabel Paterson. The John Lane Co.,, publishers, New York.
 At the opposite poles of humanity there are two kinds of people-those who live by the head and those who live by the heart. The middle course is the way of wisdom, but the heroine of this novel, Hope Fielding, rather ignored the middle course She lived by the heart, which is the dangerous way. The fairies who came to her christening gave her an instinct for action, craving for affection and a habit of letting tomorrow look out for itself. The best of the fairies bestowed upon her the gift of courage it was all she had to give, so she made it a dou- ble portion
 All that Hope wanted in the world was to be happy. But in the begin ming she knew nothing of the world therefore it was necessary for her to 1 find way of her own, and her way went in a circle, so that presently she
 found herself back where she began Then she sat down and laughed, and
 while she was laughing, happiness had | time to catch up with her.
 The setting of this story is in part the great Canadian northwest, as was
 also that of Mrs. Paterson's first novel The Shadow Riders" which was pro- nounced by the Atlantic Monthly: "One of the finest cisatiantic novels of re- cent years" ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
AURORA THE MAGNIFICENT

AURORA THE MAGNIFICENT, By Gertrude Hall. illustrations by Ger
 aid Leake. The Century company. No.
 S53 Fourth avenue, New York.
 wholesome and altogether enjoya ble affair, mellowish and an easy distinction that cannot be claimed by a great many many modern novels is found in Ger trude Halls story Aurora, the Mag nificent." It Is the sort of story that used to be read aloud to the family circle; it is a novel that can pass that healthy test with unusual credit to the author.
 Aurora the Magnificent" is the story Of Cape Cod woman set down in the sophisticated Anglo-American colony of Florence-a woman whose robust char acter Is a substantial delight The novel tells of her triumph over the machina- tions of the jeaelous Florentines and over the supercivilized sophistication of Gerald Fame. It is a tale of people worth Knowing, in an environment worth being taken to for visit, an environment, by the way intimately known to and loved by the author
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Call on the Engineer

From the Electrical World
 The die Is cast and the United States now confronts the gravest situation since the Civil war. From now on it is swords out and strike home until we have a world peace founded on liberty and jus tice which shall give to coming genera
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
THE RED RUGS OF TARsUs."

THE RED RUGS OF TARSUS." By Helen Davenport Gibbons. The Gen. tury Company, Publisher, No 353 Fourth avenue New York.
 The personal narrative of young American woman's experiences during the Armenian massacres of Tarsus is Helen Davenport Gibbons, "The Red Rugs of Tarsus'' Mrs. Gibbons and her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (RE-
 [ A r,r-,In

"LILLA: A PART OF HER LIFE" By Mrs. Belloc Lowndes George H. De- ran company, publishers. New York; THE WONDER" By J. D. Berres- ford. George H. Doran company, pub- fishers. New York.
 SUSAN LENOX," CHER RISE AND FALL). By David Graham Phillips (with portrait of the author). D. Ap-
 pleton & Co.,, publishers. New York.
 THE ROAD TO UNDERSTANDING. i" By Eleanor H. Porter. Houghton Mfr fin company, publishers, No. Park Row, Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
mI COLEn
By Emma Gollibrand. Illustrations in

By Emma Gollibrand. Illustrations in
 color by Maria l.. Kirk. J. R. Lippin-
 colt company, publishers, Philadelphia.
 J. Cole answered an advertisement for a page boy. Ills queer scrawl in which he "begs to say J. Cole is over therteen, and I can clene plate, and I can wate, and no how to clene winders and boots. J. Cole 'opes you will let me cum" was immediately followed by J. Cole himself, "the very smallest boy, with the largest blue eyes I ever saw" There was some- thing so appealing about the mite that before the mistress could decide how to refuse him, he had won the hearts of Mrs Cook and the housemaid had eagerly taken hold of the abundant work that lay waiting for a live boy to do, and had practically engaged himself.
 J. Cole made good His days were filled with cheerful service, eagerly anticipat- ing his employers wants. Besides "clene- ing plate and boots, and "wateng. " what those long arms, and that willing heart, and those quick little hands got through, nobody but those he helped could tell. Whatever was wanted Joe knew where to find it. Joe's knife was ready to cut stubborn knot; Joe's shoulders ready to be loaded with a heavy weight. q feel almost up to carryin' anything. I do believe I could lift that there pianner if somebody would just give it hoist, and let me get hold of it easy"
 For amusement, Joe had pets. An old 1ackdaw. miserable owl. too, who had met with an accident, resulting in the loss of an eye; more evil-looking ob- |ject never saw, but Joe loved 'Cloppy.' and the bird hoped after him about the garden, as if he quite returned the feeling. All our dogs, and two or three maimed ones, and a cat or two, more or less hideous, and indebted to Joe's mercy in rescuing them from traps, snares, etc.-all those creatures were Joe's delight" No one begrudged him his pleasure in them. for J. Cole was a source of amusement to the entire household, with his quaint ways and speech.
 Then opportunity translated the boys faithfulness into heroism, and in the hour of danger J. Cole proved himself worthy of admiration as well as love Quaint touching, lovable little J. Cole! How glad one is to know that your re- ward was worthy of your honest hum ble heart, and fulfilled your own dream of the best good fortune in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

at once heroic, pathetic, and dramatic. which all Americans, and especially all American women, will want to read,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERALD SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1917

these men are sincere, deeply, passion ately sincere. And herein consists the awful nemesis that has after 50 years pursuit at length overtaken the German intellect and the German soul. For the crime of Germany today of which these sermons and lectures convict her is not hypocrisy; but the long practice of hypocrisy has induced In her spiritual blindness which has become at once her calamity and her curse"
 The recent exposure of German in trigue in this country has revealed to the world the curious combination of na- ttonal egotism, ambition and naivete which has long been observable in the German people, but which has recently lowered under the forcing process of the war. That this strange tendency has become an actual disease injecting the thinking of Germanys leading poets, professors and teachers. is established beyond all doubt in the speeches and articles quoted in this book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Let's -'''-'' Talk It Over

Everybody knows the conveniences
 and safety of electric light. Every
 body wants it.
 Everybody knows the convenience and practical
 utility of electric household appliances. Every
 body wants them
 Then why sn t everybody's house wired?
 Simply because some people afraid of the
 who does the wiring-and they are afraid
 of the bill that will follow. t -~~, Let ask you simple question. How do you
 know, really, that you afraid of the wiring
 afraid of our bill?
 Let talk these things beforehand-te
 you just how little it costs nowadays to put in
 the very best wring-and let show you how
 simple 1t is do the work without the slightest
 inconvenience to you.
 We'll give you estimate that will surprise you
 and will do the work we'll you want to rec
 ommend us to your friends Alabama Supply Co.,, S31 N. 2Oth Street Phone M 216 Bernhein,, s. M Co.,, 2O23 list Avenue, Phone M 51OO Binder Elevator Electric Co., 209 N 22d St. Phone 3123 Boggs J. R., 1916 Ave. E. Ensley Aay Phone Ensey 79 City Electric Co.,. 2015 4th Ave-. N, Phone M 2062. Knight Hardware & Electric Co., 2023 4th Ave- N Phone M 1901.
 Mddlebrooks Electric Co., 412 18th St. No Phone M 223 Neal Electric Co., 3O8 18th St. Bessemer A Phone Bessemer Tragressor Electric Co., 1922 Ensley A Phone ley 932.
 Walker Mddebrooks Co.,. 31s 10th St. N. Phone M 422. Wilcox Electric Co.,, 112 24th St., N., Phone M 1159 Your Order Will Receive Careful Attention If Placed in the Hands of Any of the Above Reliable Firms
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13

In the Interest OF the Boys Clubs.
Those interested in the grand work
the boys and girls clubs are doing in
our state should avail themselves of the
opportunity of hearing Mr.. Mitchell, the
state leader of the boys clubs, at Grange
Hall, South Paris, next Saturday, Feb.
II, at / 80 P. NJ.
The boys and girls clubs are some
thing that should command the interest
of every loyal citizen. Our state is help
ing out in this work, but it cannot sue
coed as 1t should without the support Of
our business as we'll as our rural citi-
zens.
There will be no state wide gathering
of the clubs this year as was held at
Portland last year, but each county will
hold its own meeting Of clubs. The Ok
ford county meeting will be held at Nor
way.
Now we want the boys and girls from
Paris to make as good showing as any
others In the county. 1t is not habit
70, Paris to take seat very far back In
anything, 80 let every one who can pos
sibly do so come to the meeting Saturday
afternoon and learn what these clubs
have done, are doing and what 1t Is ex-
pected they will do.
There are several different clubs, and
some are as we'll fitted for the village
bows and girls as for those living on the
farms.
Mr.. Mitchell is very able as we'll as
inter esting and instructive speaker, and
has the interests OF our boys and girls at
heart. So let everyone come, this means
Won as we'll as the other fellow. You
win hear something worth while.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
The Pioneer.

He who wakes my harp to-day,
To sing for him this humble lay,
No plumaged cap Of the warriors wore.
Bringing death and carnage to every door,
Nor yet In the halls Of nation or state,
Sat he In council with the learned and great. -.
Not from pulpit or rostrum, with tongue or VII
swayed he the Judgment or passions Of men,.
But clothed in rough garb, with unceasing toll
Subduipg the forest and filling the soil,
Planting here meath Heavens blue dome
Within the wilderness, home,
Many a strong and sturdy stroke
On the quiet morning broke.
Echoes on the hills awoke.
Soon the axe the woodman Yields,
Turns the forest into fields;
Heavens bounteous harvest yields
Food for growing focks and herds.
Primeval forest still engirds,
Stretching out meath summers sun,
Where many others had begun.
Warmed by sunshine. cheered with rain,
Stood waving fields Of golden grain,
And tasseled corn held jewels bright
Sparkling In the mornings light.
Born amid these scenes 30 fair,
Breathing Heavens untainted air.
We learned mothers love and care
And homes sweet blessings with her share.
Now here our songs Of memory sing,
Here our offerings we will bring;
Pledges here we will renew
OF friendship tried and true.
Now he sleeps within the glade,
In the quiet of Its shade,
Where the robin sings her call,
Perched above the moss.grown wall,
And the king bird sits In state
Waiting for his restless mate,
And these trees that round him stand,
Planted by his own strong hand,
6. nn %aS Ss EAR or sss% &
HARRY FARRAR.
South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
Mrs. Henry g. tiammond.

After short illness of few days Mrs
Alkaline NJ, widow of the late Henry E
Hammond, the venerable court crier OF
Oxford County, who died in 1908, died
at her home In Paris Thursday after.
noon, the end coming very suddenly.
Mrs. Hammond was the daughter OF
Rev. Sibley and Charlotte (Heatb) Chase,
and was born in Sumner, May l, 1881.
When young girl her parents moved to
Paris, and she has been q resident of
this town nearly all her life. Living 80
long resident, she had q wide circle of
friends and by all who knew her was
highly respected. She was q woman Of
Christian character, lovable disposition,
and greatly devoted to her home and
family.
She is survived by one son, Henry D..
Hammond, with whom she has made 1t
her home at the old home stead since her
husbands death, and two daughters,
Mrs. j. A. Kimball of Roxbury, Mass,
and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Shorey of Port
land, and one sister, Mrs. C. R. Law
renee of Lawrence, Mass.
The funeral was held at her late resi-
dence Saturday afternoon. The oficiat-
ing clergyman was Rev. G. W. F. Hill of
the First Baptist Church, who spoke so
of the life just passed be-
yond. Burial will be in Hillside Gene
terry.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
The Boy Scouts.

Thursday, Feb. 9Th, was the seventh
anniversary of the organization of the
Boy Scouts of America, an organization
of such magnitude and of such far reach
ing effects as cannot help having great
effect on future generations.
At S:15 P. NJ. Thursday every Boy
Scout troop in the United States stood
up, and giving the Scout signal, repeated
the Scout oath which Is:
"On my honor will do my best
ITO do my duty to God and my coun-
try, and to obey the scout law.
"To help other people at all times.
ITO keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight"
We may not fully realize what this
may mean to the future of our country,
but we know that when an army of boys.
larger than the United States Army,
start out in life with such ideals, great
good must come from such training as
these boys are getting, and We shall have
better citizens and more intelligent vot-
ers ruling our country in the next gener-
atoms, because of the existence of the
Boy Scouts.
If the Boy Scout organization had
Occu tCh yCoto 0niiiOAs VI u ehO
German Kaiser would wait ten years for
the completion of the war, the United
States would have an immense army Of
young men, better equipped and with
stronger bodies, and more intelligence,
than can be found among the young men
to-day, for the making up Of an army to
protect our country.
While the Boy Scouts were not formed
as military organization, they are in.
structed and carefully drilled, and
shown how to care for themselves under
all conditions, and are learning at an
early age what our soldiers have to learn
at much later age, and they are taught
in early life to avoid the many traps and
pitfalls, the sins against morality, that
too many of our soldiers never learn.
The Boy Scouts In our town, both In
West Paris and South Paris, are keeping
mp their numbers in full, and many boys
are only waiting until they are old
enough to join. Every citizen OF the
town should feel proud of the boys, and
their work, and follow the golden rule
which the boys themselves follow, "Do
good turn daily" and when there is
chance to help the boys along do the
good turn daily, with the same good will
and enthusiasm as the boys themselves
have done.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13

Mrs. Hannah l., widow Of Alonxo E.
Snurtlefi, died ct her homo in South
faris soon after midnight Friday morn
ing. at the age of 50 years. Mrs. Shurt-
len was the daughter Of Adna and Han.
nan (Kingsley) Tribou, former residents
OF Paris, and was the Last survivor of
that family. She married Alonzo e.
Shurtleff Nov. Is. 1854. They lived for
some time In Portland, but for more
than forty years had lived in South
Paris. where Mr.. Shurtleff was one of
the best known citizens, until his death
on the Esd Of January, 1919.
Mrs. Shurtlen had long been q mem-
Der OF the South Paris congregational
church. She was not strong physically,
and for years had remained quietly at
home, going out very little.
Two children survive her, Miss Ida N.
Shurtleff and Arthur K. Shurtleff, both
OF South Paris. Two other children,
Miss Emma E. and Frank A., died some
years since. One grandson, Stanley
Shurtleff, is living, who 10 now in Provi-
dence, r. I.
The funeral at the home at 1:30 Mon.
day afternoon Ia attended by Rev. A. T.
McWhOrter.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
South Paris
Andrew J. Lord.

Andrew j. Lord died Sunday morning
at the town farm In Paris, where he had
been for some months, at the age Of Sc
years. The funeral will be held at Fred
Cushman's on Charles Street, probably
at O'Clock Tuesday, though the hour Is
not yet definitely fixed. Mr.. Lord was
born 10 what was then Franklin Planta'
ton, lived in Sumner much of bis life,
but had for some years been In Paris.
He married Hannah Canwell, who died
seven or eight years since. He leaves
six children, Mrs. Frank W. Perkins OF
Paris, Mrs. Everett Reed Of Buokfeld,
Asa w. of Paris, Mrs. J. q. Linscott OF
Oxford, Mrs. Fairfield Lewis OF Paris,
and Mrs. Fred Cushman of Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
Miss Charlotte B. Forster.

Miss Charlotte B. Forster, formerly q
resident of Oxford County, and later for
years in Portland, died suddenly on Sat
urday, Feb. 8, in San Diego, Calif.,
where she bad been for about fifteen
years. Miss Forster was born In Waver-
", Mass, So years ago, the daughter OF
Charles and Charlotte NJ. Forster. She
10 survived by Q brother, Maurice W.
Forster OF Portland, sister and another
brother having died some years ago.
Funeral services were held at her home
In San Diego on the 9th.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
To 90 to France as Nurse.

Miss Frances Bartlett, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Bartlett OF Stoneham,
who has within few weeks completed a
course of training as nurse in the Massa.
chusetts General Hospital. has enlisted
10 90 to France with the Harvard unit,
which has been maintained since early
in the war. On Monday Of last week
abe received telegram ordering her to
report in Boston for passports, and on
Tuesday she left for that city. Whether
ths expedition was to sail ~ scheduldd
in the present condition Of affairs, or
that would be done, IL was OF course at
chat time impossible to tell. 1t has since
been learned, however, that the party
will sail on the 18th.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
Discovered Mt. Mica Gems.

Don Briggs, who has position in
Macy's department store In New York
for the winter, writes the Democrat as
follows:
NEW YORK CITY, Feb. s, 1917.
Editor Democrat:
Yesterday afternoon had the pleasure
of spending few very interesting hours
in the Natural History building at Cen
trail Park West.
While looking, with envy, at a oollec-
ton of precious gems, noticed In par
ticular some tourmalines of various COL
ors. Something prompted me to read
the descriptive cards placed near the
gems, and 1t was with Q sense of ex
treme pleasure and satisfaction that l
read, -"Mt. Mica, Paris, Me-" Those
four words were worth more than ell the
other things that I saw in the whole
building; their meaning was imme asura-
BILE. The words filled my mind with
thoughts of the good old Pine Tree State
and experienced sense of pride to
know that the beautiful gems we're, at
one time, hidden away in the lodges Of
Mt. Mica, almost within rife shot of my
own home.
To hundreds of others who passed by
to those who could not claim Maine as
their own, the gems were of little inter-
est. II had seen the gems on exhibit
ton in South Paris I would have adj
mired their beauty and that's all. It's
just an example OF State of Maine boy
in New York City.
Don BRIGGS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
LINGERING COUGHS ARE DANGER

Get rid OF that tickling cough, that
keeps you awake ct night and drains
your vitality and energy. DR.. Kings
new Discovery II . pleasant balsam
remedy, antiseptic, laxative and prompt.
" effective. It soothee the irritated
membrane and kills the cold gsrms;
your cough ID soon relieved. Delay %
dangerous--get Dr.. Kings New DIscov-
CRY at once. For nearly ffty PEARS e
hss been the favcrite remedy for grippe,
group, coughs and colds, Get . bottle
today q your diusgisk 600.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
STIFF, SORE MUSCLES RELIEVED

STIFF, SORE MUSCLES RELIEVED
Cramped muscles or soreness following
. cold or case of grippe are eased and re-
lieved by IN application OF Slosu's Lini-
ment. Does not stain the skin or clog
the pores like mussy ointment or plas-
tiers and penetrates quickly without rub
bling. Timber up your muscles after ex.
ercise, drive out the pains and aches OF
rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago. strains,
sprains, and bruises with Sloan's Lini.
mont. Get . bottle to-day. Atsll drug.
gists, Csc.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
Deeth Due to Choking.

The Democrat last week reported the
.uddsn death Monday morning from
.ome undetermined cause OF Anita
Frances, little daughter Of Mr.; and MRS;
Guv Culbert. Examination discovered
in the child's throat brass.headed up
holstery tack, showing beyond question
hat wa the cause of death.