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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

20 HN7 OhE IOlhS go lo the uONl09 OOS to keep out of the rain;
 n some go to get warm on
 a chilly winter evening; some go to wait for a train; some go to make love dts dark as Egypt, you know), and some go to take a nap, but I've never known anybody like you before, MT. Caudle, because you go to make goose of yourself by your silly talk. Whats that you say? You didn't want to go to begin with. and you never ex- pect to again if l persist in accusing you of misbehavior? That's perfectly all right to me, MT. Caudle; if you want to be numskuu and sit around with a lot of people and hear all of them talking about the movies and you can't say q word or join In the conversation because you don't know the names of the screen actors, why, that's quite satisfactory to me. but I'd have more ambition If I were you. MT. Caudle- I'd want to know at least what people talk about.
 Whats that7 You know as much as they do? Yes; I imagine you think so after the conversation we had at the Gottrox's few evenings ago when we had just been saying who our fa- vorite film actors were and somebody remarked upon Mary Pickford being the most popular screen favorite of the day, when you jumped up and said: Yes, I saw Mary Pickford's husband the other night in 8 fine picture; Jack Pickford is as good as his wife I wanted to die was so embarrassed. What's that7 nsn't Jack Picktord Mary Ptckford's husband? Certainly not; they are sis ter and brother. Even old Gottrox, in whose head an idea would rattle little
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
Weak Comfort

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Charles Edward Russell or tne American commission to Russia, said at a banquet of New York socialists.
 .I confess that some of the Russian news looks rather dubious"
 "Cheer up. Charlie" shouted an op. timistic socialist from the 1urtner enu of the table. 'eNever despair, old mani Somewhere behind the clouds the sun is shining"
 "Yes." said Mir. Russell. And some where below the sea there's solid nop- tom. But what good does that do 10 the chap who gets submarined?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
OLD FOLKS NEED "CASCARETS" FOR
 LIVER, BOWELS Salts, calomel, pills act on bow els like pepper acts in
 nostrils Enjoy Life! Don't stay bilious, sick, headachy and
 constipated
Get a 1o-cent box now.

Most old people must give to the bowels some regular help, else they Is perfectly natural It is just as nat ural as II Is for old people to walk slowly. For age is never so active as youth. The muscles are less elastic. And the bowels are muscles.
 So all old people need Cascarets. One might as well refuse to aid weak eyes with glasses as to neglect this gentle aid to weak bowels. The bowels must be kept active. This is important at all ages, but never so much as at fifty, Youth may occasionally whip the bowels into activity. But a lash can't be used every day. What the bowels of the old need Is gentle and natural tonic One that can be constantly used without harm. The only such tonic is Cascarets, and they cost only 10 cents per box at any drug store. They work while you Sleep,-AdV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

time the roasting quarters and nests should be sprayed with a strong disin- foctant Two or three times year the cracks about the roosts and nests should be painted with a coal tar solution. Then once a year, in tho fall. before the birds are shut up for tho winter the quarters should be fumigated.
 Every poultryman, whether he Is an exhibitor or not, should take an inter- est in poultry exhibitions. Next to the poultry press they have done more for the industry than anything else. The valuo of these shows will be discussed in next weeks article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

MT. Caudle. what's that sound hear? Are you grooming? No, believe you are sleeping. If you would keep your old lazy eyes open for few minutes at night and listen to what
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1 something about his own marvelously l developed and infinitely delicate physi- l cal machinery, and unless he follows | intelligently and energetically the far l from difficult rules for preventing sick l ness.
 Heath First" is not a new fad book | on health, recommending strange foods and weird treatments. It is sublimated common sense from a great physician | with years of experience in the kind or medical practice that we call regular; and it is presented in popular style, | free rom technicalities, extremely clear and interesting.
 l The following chapter headings ind1- cate the scope of the book: Health First; The Need of the Day, Health for the Body; An Efficient Machine Want
 ed; Health for the Infant. a Right Start; Health for the Growing Child, Normal TDevelopment Health and Education, Proper Training; Health for Middle Age, Conserving Life; Health for the Old, Prolong Life; Health and Nutrition, the Food Question; Health and Disease, Avoiding Infection; Health In Different Seasons, Climatic Influences; Health In City and Country, Local Influences; Health and Happiness, Moral Influences. MORE POWER FOR YOU.' l by bIuCc odl lOil. AAO OSh~oiy SOAAN pany, publishers, New York.
 | Wise advice to the young men and
 women of America, expressed In the ! terse, vivid style of this well known ! magazine editor.
 | MT. Barton believes that the great est force for righteousness in the Uni l ted States today is nothing more or I less than the once maligned business.
 And he brings weighty arguments to ! prove his statement He points out, however, that making good" in busi-
 ness may be attained at too high a l price, at the sacrifice of home life, I friends and books. In witty, epigram- 1 matic phrases the editor of Every l Week" nails down some truths Among the chapters are: Do You Bore Your self?' About Making Money" Per- 1 haps You Don't Dream Enough" Some Poor Blind Folk Have Never Seen Miracle" etc This is essen- tialIy an American book, filled with high American idealism to correct cer- tain dangerous American tendencies, and told with directness and sim p1icity characteristic of our people. MRS HOPES HUSBAND" By Gelett Burgess. Illustrated by Henry Raleigh. The Century com pany, publishers, New York.
 After all, how would you like to be known as your wife's husband? Lester Hope discovered one evening that he had become nonentity, a | mere business man. He was no long, 1 CT loved by his wife; he seemed pro- saic. Her fancy ran out seeking in teresting men; and there were plenty of them who were attractive to her, 1 and to whom she was attractive painters, authors. sculptors. celebri- l tics like herself. But Lester Hope was
 lawyer, a keen student of human 1 psychology, and his lawyer brains de-
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hard. shaped bodies; short, mar
 row, closely-itted tails; extreme length of legs and thighs and brilliantly col ored plumage.
 The Silver Duckwing variety Is strik- ingy colored. A silvery- white neck hackle, back. saddle hackle, top of wings and wing bow contrast sharply with the
 Hch greenish- black of the breast, body and tail in the males. The female is gray with a slight tinge of salmon on the breast. The hackle is silvery- hite, striped with black
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The pit games of England were the ancestors of the Silver Duckwing Game fowls. When cock fighting was forbid den, fanciers began breeding pit games for exhibition, striving for extreme length of neck and legs and uniformity of color They developed several varie- ties. all excellent for the table, but none exceptional as egg producers. Exhibi- ton Games. therefore, have not been adopted by utility breeders.
 Fanciers strive to produce specimens with the longest and slimest necks, short
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
DO[LILY-ETTTES

Bride follows her Husband about with Kisses and Solicitude and Questions, but Seasoned Wife gives him Comfortable Chair, lets him put his Feet on the Table and Leaves him at that Distance which Lends Enchantment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
ELIMINA TING WASTE OCCA-
 SIONED BY POULTRY PARA SITES
Badly Infested Quarters the Result of Neglect or In- difference-FOrmulas for Fumigation by Formalde-
 hyde, Lime and Sulphur

Many poultry raisers, especially the amateur and the owner of the farm flock, never think of taking preventive measures with regard to poultry pests until the flock and houses are overrun. When such conditions exist 1t is ex- .ceedingly hard to overcome the trou- ble. The only effective way to fight these pests is to establish rule 10 use preventive measures at regular in- tervals.
 Lice and mites in the majority or cases are more numerous on the gem eral farm and backyard flock than on large commercial poultry plants. This may be because there are greater num- bers of small f1ocks than large ones, but it is true that one finds few real ,ty modern commercial poultry plants annoyed by vermin.
 The reason for this condition in small flocks is usually due to lack of sanitation or absolute indifference to methods of prevention. If a con- mercial poultry farm treated the yer min question with equal indifference
 
 With modern methods of matching and breeding artificially the chicks seldom come In contact with older birds, consequently there Is little eN- cuse for either the birds or buildings becoming seriously infested. Never theless preventive measures must be practiced from the very first. Like weeds, vermin seem to spring up from nowhere
 Neglect the Cause of Pests
 Lice and mites are the most com mon pests and the ones that cause the greatest trouble. Old hens show a few lice even where preventive measures are practiced. but this Is no reason for allowing vermin to overrun the quarters.
 Young stock. artificia1ly raised in clean surroundings, should show no signs of lice until they are year old. Chicks infested with lice means neg lect and nothing else.
 Lice that attack poultry are of two kinds common chicken lice and head lice. The common lice are smaller and attack chickens of all sizes. These pests live on the secretions of the body, skin and feathers. Frequently they become so thick as to cause death, especially in the case of young chicks and sitting hens. A pair of these pests under favorable conditions will easily breed thousands in a few months. Fe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07
DOLL. L.Y-ETITES

When Man vociferously declares that "Nobody Loves Him" he usually means to suggest to you that you have the Opportunity of your life to Prove to him that he's Mistaken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

~HoUsEMATEs.- By J. D. Beres- ford. George H. Doran company, pubs fishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

"TIsHPINGLE" By Horace Annesley vachell. George H. Doran company, publishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

~cARMENs MESSENGER" By Har- old Blindloss. With frontispiece in color. Frederick A Stokes company publishers, New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

Ole Miss, Buffore Mar riage CT Mans idea uv CT Household Motto is, Rest in Peace," but After Marriage hits "Gates Ajar." Yas- sum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.
 (REVIEWS LATER.)
 "ANNE'S HOUSE OF DREAMS" By l.. M Montgomery, With frontispiece in color. By N. T. Kirk. Frederick A Stokes company, publishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

vtsed a scheme whereby he regained her love and his own self-respect
 MT. Hope stood high in his profess sion. hut when his wife entered tho ranks of the best selling fctionists he was himself pushed into the back ground, becoming a comparative nom entity even to his wife, becoming merely Mrs. Hopes husband
 He rebelled; he fought for his pride. for his wife, against the men swarm ing around the beautiful and famous Mrs. Hope. AS for her, she needed her imagination fed; she even admitted that the most alluring of her adorers was a letter writer whom she had never seen. He was tender, wise, wit ty, dominating, irresistible-and final ly she made a date to elope with him.
 Before this novel goes to press one of the best known dramatists in Amer lea will have begun making play from tho manuscript, for 1t Is the liveliest comedy story an American au- thor has produced in long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

ONE folks go to the movies to keep out of the rain;
 some go to get warm on q chi1Iv winter evening. some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-07

paint no more sunsets, and flung out
 of the room and went to tramp the roads
 of spring out in Gods green world. And
 after awhile Kenny, homesick for the boy, followed him, and they both found
 Joan. Afterward strange things hap pened, some of them exciting and mys- terious and finally Kenny realizes that
 the time has come for him to be A years old and for Brian, at last, to be p years young.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
TOURIST HOTELS
IN NAPLES NOW
LONELY PLACES
'sLa Bella Napoli" Of Be
fore the War Days Has
Ceased To Be.

Naples, March 2.-'Labella Napoli''
of the days before the war has ceased
to be. The tourist hotels along the
waterfront and on the heights, over
looking the crescent Of the bay are
virtually empty. Many have board
ed up their windows and gone out OF
business entirely. The army of guides,
interpreters, hotel runners and mon
ey changers has become an army Of
soldiers, scaling the mountains of the
Carso hundreds Of miles to the north,
where eternal snow replaces the eter-
nal sun of Southern Italy.
The quays are deserted. Where a
year ago ESQ ships were plying be-
tween Naples and the. United States,
with a tonnage Of 1905 900, there now
are eleven, with total Of less rnan
$4,000 tons. OF ten companies, not
counting the German and Austrian
ones, running 81 transatlantic passen-
ger ships. one Italian line now runs
the boats, one British line two, and a
French line one. That is all. Be-
fore the war. the traveller to America
had a choice Of some so ships from
Naples; to-day he has choice of five.
Passenger rates have gone up, but as
there are virtually no first and second
class passengers the increase makes
little difference to the steamship COM
panies, because the steerage rates are
about the same.
Seldom does one see curtains Of dry
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
STATE REGISTRATION
LIKE CONNECTICUT'S
URGED by ENGLISHMAN

In a recent article printed in this
country, Sydney Brooks, the noted
English writer, told of things to be
done in the event of war" This ar
ticle declares that England's expert
ence in marshalling her economic and
military forces afforded a valuable
lesson for the United States.
After telling of England's difficult
ties because of her lack of informa-
ton concerning the resources of the
nation, the article said: Faced with
like emergency, Americans, it seems
to me, would be we'll advised in pro-
ceeding somewhat as follows-I am
taking it, of course, for granted that
they would not at once adopt univer-
sal and compulsory military service.
Let the governor of each state make
an immediate register-it can can be
done very quickly, with the help Of
women-of the names, addresses and
occupations of all men Of military age
in the State.'' The article continues
with other preparedness advice.
The course advocated by this Eng
1ishman,' who based his advice on the
unfortunate circumstances in his own
country after the opening of the great
war is the identical course which Con-
necticut is now following in the mill
tary census now in progress under the
direction of Governor Marcus H. Hol-
comb. The Sydney Brooks article
made its appearance in print nearly
two weeks after Governor Holcomb
had gone before the Legislature and
advocated just such a census of re-
sources. BY the time it appeared,
the citizens of Connecticut had been
at work on the military census for
more than a week. In this work,
Connecticut is leading in what is rec
ognized to be practical preparedness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

ing spaghetti screening the narrow
ways between the houses in Naples.
There is a scarcity of food. Thurs
day and Friday Of every week are
"meatless days." when no meat may
be purchased or sold in restaurants
and the Neapolitan is forced to live
on fish, maccaroni, rice or more vege-
tables. Friday, Saturday and Sunday
of every week are "sweetless days"
when neither sugar nor cakes of any
kind can be served, at least in public
Every day is a BUTTERFLIES day, and ev-
en- cream is a rarity entirely out Of
reach Of anyone but the most luxu-
rious.
In Naples 80 per cent of the in
habitants lived directly or indirectly
by the sea, or by the tourists the sea
brings them. There are no more tou-
rists, and the activities directly con-
nected with shipping have so fallen
off as to leave 80 per cent of the Nea-
politans in a bad way. In the bay Of
Naples, no more boys dive for pennies.
The raucous-voiced postcard sellers
now listen to the sterner voice of a.
drill sergeant up any one of the side
streets in the newer quarters Of the
town, where rudimentary military
training goes on constantly There
are plenty Of men in Naples, as mall
Of Italy, but almost all in uniform
bersaglieri, with their cock-feathered
hats and hob-nailed boots; tripolini
with red, rimless caps from which
blue tassels hang by a long string, Of
ficers with capes thrown over their
shoulders like Spanish grandees and
staggering carabinieri, the terror of
evil doors. The system seems to be
to call one class after another, brush
up their military training, then give
them leave Of absence, thus keeping
them under martial law and subject
to military orders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
GOVERNMENT WANTS
INSTRUMENT MAKER

Employees of the Remington Arms
Union Metallic Cartridge Co. are dis
playing interest in the following an
nouncement:
The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination to
be held March IS, 1917, for mechani-
clan, qualified as instrument maker,
in the departmental service at Wash
ington, D. c.. lat a salary of $1,000 to
81, 400 per annum. Competitors will
not be required to report for examina-
ton at any place, but will be rated on
physical ability and training and ex-
perience. Four years appre nticeship
and two years additional work as in
strument maker in first class scientific
instrument or high. grade physical lab
oratory shop required. Age 20 years
or over on the date of the examina-
ton.
Qualified persons should make ap-
plication ait once for Forms 304 and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
CANN0AS

Mrs Adeg1a. Sturges, Mrs. M. B. Hell,
Mrs L. S. Godfrey and daughter were
guests of MIR. and Mrs. Joel Godfrey
in Georgetown, Monday, and ATTENDED
the entertainment given by the lonaaIl
serenaders," the the new school.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
monthly meeting will be held Frlday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jane A.
Smith.
Mrs. Benjamin Brown and son,
George F. Brown, Henry Sackmann
and family and Lewis R. Hurlbutt
have been recent victims of the grip
Harry l.. Richards of New York has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs w. 3.
Hurlbutt for the last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel J Miller are
sojourning at Augusta, Florida. Mrs.
l.. r. Amber will leave town to join
them ON March s.
Mrs. Harry Miller gave pre-Lenten
luncheon Tuesday in honor of Miss
Ida Appenzeller. The guests were
Mrs. Percy Thompson, Mrs. Nelson
Hr1Ilbutt, Mrs L. R. Amber, Mrs.
Ralph Gregory, Mrs Harry Benedict
of Norwalk and Mrs. Francis D. Mar
tin of Ridgefeld.
Mrs. Charles W. Godfrey and Mrs.
Helen Godfrey spent FRIDAY IN fudge
field with Mrs. F. D. Martin.
Miss Florence Scribner has been
presented with a fine new piano, as a
birthday gift.
Mrs. Jennie Scribner is spending a
few weeks with Bald Hill friends.
Walter Sterling, who has been con-
fined to the house with grip, is again
able to be out.
TO- y1acf6
ing in New York city for a few days
Miss Ida Appenzeller spent Tuesday
evening with friends in Bridgeport
and attended the concert of the Ora
torio society, 1.-The Dream of Geron-
tius''
The members of the Junior Epworth
league enjoyed a socfable in the Sum-
day school room Wednesday after
noon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
ALIENS AND THE VOTE.

The attitude of the United States
toward children and aliens, and their
relations to citizenship presents a
strange contrast We spend money
by the million to educate children, for
the protection of Republican institu-
tons. We all understand perfectly
that a democratic government is not
practicable unless popular intelli-
gence exists.
Meanwhile millions of aliens have
come in, and in most states have ac-
quired the suffrage even though a
very large part Of them can't read.
And but little is done to make them
literate. If it is necessary to educate
children for citizenship, why not
aliens also?
tOf course night schools are kept in
many places. AS a rule they do not
accomplish a great deal. The major
ity of illiterates are not within reach
Of them at all. There will never be
good government while any consid-
cradle element is unable to read the
ballot, also the newspapers so as to
become intelligent in public matters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
STUDY EFFICIENCY GUIDE.

Study is the keynote to greater eff1-
cheney and success depends on per-
sistence, personality and pluck, G. F.
Barber of New York city told a large
gathering at the Y. M. c. A. last
night Mr.. Barber is chief Of staff at
the Emerson institute He was in
tr'oduceh by Guy P. Miller. He
sketched the lives of Charles M.
Schwab and Hugh Chalmers and told
of their meteoric rise. He said the
man who puts in q good days work
and then a few hours study finding
out what that work actually means, is
going to be more successful than the
best trained technical thinker who is
in the business. Most of the audience
were factory superintendent or fore
men. Mr.. Keeney, educational secre-I
tary of the Y. M. G IA, spoke before
Mr.. Barber.