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---- portant position with honor.
 Two more important real estate deals were made Saturday, which brought the total of the weeks transfers in realty. including number of small deals, close to $75.000 & One of the deals recorded was the transfer of a three-story brick building on the north side of West Tenth street, be- tween Gurnee and Noble. occupied by Blue Light cafe and Pruett's store. from R. E. Garner to J. T. Gardner, ST.
 The other transfer was for the build ing at Moore and West Tenth, known as the WorreM building@ from Mrs. Worrell to M. Goldstein. & Both deals were made through the agency of A. J. Goodwin & Co.,, and the total con sideration amounted to about s9OOO
 In addition to the real estate activity of the past week some big. stock tnar' actions were recorded. A K Tylex " big block of Polar IceScompans from M B. Wellborn, who. in tu chased another block Of the say from the Anniston HankingsSy company. s<N
 The body of Aldridge Park son of Mrs. s. E. Battle Of street, this city, and brc<herS Councilman w. E. Parker, w1p urday morning at Nogales, brought to Anniston kprahyH
 MT, Parker was q prissfEnn Alabama regiment An4 disease, to which 70 m diers of the border S &% about 10 days ago. VI I2
 Several of the as1a Y printing stories OH X Der of deaths in ti &X on the border, h6& cers have deniedk it Is known that occurred, and GovSS6$ &4 now en route tninve7 on the conditions fhey
 xz2Atz2sxf as
 The popular Mney sfs4 offices in Lopd1AY Office AppliaASs1 % date hotel. Big being takeM pH8 @ guests, andaspk enormous :Apn E ssaa tensiona oE Ertla1 afsa snya M orders fora5G A dilI w way of 619c@ ee, Ssnsss ment ha4dr$ tive 'asss s \
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ONE CENT A WORD
BUSINESS CHANGES

RATES-One cent a word a days no ad
 taken for less than 25c for first inser- fiOm. Cash must accOmpany order.
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FORT1TN f SJG fy sfr osy. send name, date and hour of birth with $1 for reading; advice given in all matters questions answered. Southern Astrolo- gical School, Fruithurst, Ala. 12-9-3Ot WANTED-To know the address of Miss Ellie Gay Bliss, formerly of Hunts vile. K, care Age-Herald
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FOR SALE-Good furnace slack coal at
 $2.5O delivered anywhere in Birming- ham in two-ton lots, for cash. Phone
 Uoodlau,n 70 l-11-tf
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HEALTH HINTS

Milk is the most wildly used ar.
ticle OF food. II is an invaluable and
cheap food, but because It Is liquid
and not solid, people generally do
not give 1t proper value.
Milk ts'the most perishable OF foods.
The length OF time II keeps sweet and
fit for us depends upon its production
on the dairy farm, its handling from
the time It is MIXED from the COW un.
til It is delivered to the home and
again on the care the householder
gives 1t after It has reached his hands.
Health eperts have given more time
and study TO the production, care and
handling of milk enan to any other
article of food. II is food so neces.
sary and so generally used. so valuable
II clean and safe, so dangerous to
health and life II dirty and contaminat.
ed that 1t is worth all the attention
than has been given 1t since we have
known hat 1t may be a carrier OF
deadly disease germs.
The length of time milk keeps sweet
and fit for use depends largely upon
the care the housewife gives It after
1t Is delivered to her home. II kept
cream, IOlu anu CONeEeu II SnQAlu re-
main sweet during the "a hours in
which 1t should be used.
Food, moderate heat and moisture
are needed for germs to grow. The
food and moisture are furnished in
milk and the warm afr OF room sup.
plies the necessary heat. Milk Is there.
fore one OF the best places for germ
growth, unless 1t is kept cold Germs
are carried into milk through dust
dirt and flies. Milk must therefore be
protected from these.
Milk should be put into the ice box
as soon as delivered. 1t should never
be allowed to stand on the stoop or
window sill, or other places where 1t
is exposed to flies, cats, dogs, warm
air and sunshine. The best milk may
thus be quickly spoiled and become
carrier Of dangerous disease germs
Housewives should wipe off the cap
and lip of milk bottles tsoroughly and
should wipe the edge of the bottle
with clean cloth before pouring the
milk from the eontainer. These pre-.
cautions will remove street dust and
other dirt which may have collected
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helped me out of my dazed condition
by holding up her mouth to be kissed
again.
~ like the pity yaidy, muvver,' she
"'of course, you do. darling Then
turning to me, Mrs. Lawton inquired,
Has Ruth gone out yet?'
"'I think not. 1 got away as soon
as possible for l am going out to din.
ner.'
ga little frown came between the
eyes Of Mrs. Lawton, but she seemed
to dismiss her annoying thoughts i'm.
Immediately. Ruth's sister and Earn.
est's wife seemed absurbly young to
have even q three-year.old child. !
could not help thinking that probably
her love story with Earnest Lawton
was much like my own. Also, know
now why got my chance at the part
of Elga.
"One-could see Immediately, Margie,
that the part was written for Mrs. Law.
ton, but the play was ready for re.
hearsal the break had come between
them and and chance had flung me in
the breach.
"Ill see If can find Ruth. Come
along, baby child said Earnestine's
mother.
81 wonder If Earnest Lawton knew
they We're coming that day."
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:: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE $:

az thought you told me you did
not know Tom Perry, Paula said
Earnest Lawton to me the next even
ing.
"'I don't, answered, for the mo-
ment surprised out of my descision
to speak to Earnest only on the stage.
Well, this doesn't look much like
it, and he held out big bunch Of
violets and dozens and dozens of old.
fashioned Glove pinks with Mr.. Per-
RVS card on It.
u took the flowers in silence, but
l was furious, and when went home
gave the stage doorkeeper strict in.
structions to deliver any packages of
any kind addressed to me into my
hands and mine only.
Il don't know whether Earnest had
read the note attached. 1t said: My
dear Miss Newton-Your old friend,
jeff Perrygreen, who is also a friend
and classmate of mine. is in town and
both he and j want you to dine with
us this evening.
i hope you will excuse this infor-
mality as have already invited Alma
Huntington, and she said she thought
you would be pleased to come.
sincerely,
THOMAS PERRY
Jeff added few words: Please
come, Paula, l want to tell you how
wonderfully the bed of old.fashioned
pinks in your mothers garden Is
blooming under my mothers care.
JEFF
My eyes filled with tears and all
at once the alley into which l stepped
from the stage door after reading the
note became my darlink mothers old.
Transformed garden in my home-alas,
mine no longer. could distinctly
posies!
"'Pity, pity yaidy, won't you div
. me fower? looked down on one
OF the sweetest babies l had ever
seen.
"fof course, will, darling, and
quickly put as many OF the ptnks
Into her hands as they would hold. She
looked like an angel over the rosy
blossoms and confidently she pursed
up mouth for kiss,
Tank you tank you she said with
q little gurgling laugh and then a
voice beside her said, Honey, I'll bet
you've been asking Miss Newton for
flowers
II turned and faced very. pretty
woman whom had never seen before.
u Is Miss Newton, isn't it?' she In.
qnired.
Yes | answered.
Well, I'm Mrs. Earnest Lawton
and this 10 Earnestine.'
For moment was so astonish.
I'd 4 could not speak, but the baby
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concern in which he was an incense.
quential atom was at the other end OF
the wire, but then as much an inter.
est in the coming and going of a mere
switchboard operator as Mr.. Majors
had just shown was unusual. Hence
the lapse.
Mr.. Majors continued with his tele.
phone directions and forgot that par.
ticular trouble for the nonce. But
as the week advanced he missed the
voice more and more. In the mean.
time there we're business worries
aplenty and then there was that dread.
full problem Of getting in and out OF
the subway to his uptown apartment
every day, and the Chinaman-and OF
course, no one could live down town
In comfort--Hotels weren't homes.
In the meantime Norma had been
earning her six dollars a week that
the girls at the club had pursed for
her. She had found, two blocks away,
curious row of houses, relics of the
days when the region was the most Sc.
cluded of the downtown fashionable
neighborhood. Behind these houses
cheap, but respectable rooming
places now-had been another row
Of houses. Once narrow street had
run there. There was but one of these
houses left. Around it was large ce,
mented court. The bureau of buildings
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27

NEW YORK. Feb. 27.-Embroidery
provides the most distinguished form
of trimming on Easter garments. 1t
is the one decoration perfectly adapt.
ed to straight widths. of material and
the simple lines employed in putting
together 1917 designs.
All kinds of embroidery are used,
from Bakst patterns worked IN wool
to American indian patterns done in
beads.
But the newest note is the huge
floral figure outlined in long loose
stitches of gold or furnished silver
thread.
The chemise gown of today's Illus,
tration is an excellent example of this
style of ornamentation.
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THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Why Norma Left.
BY JANE OSBORN.
lCopyright, 1917, by the Mcclure

N@SfSha6ANg
Newspaper Syndicate.)
4 T was blue Monday on the calendar
for Mr.. Burton Majors and Mr..
Majors was not the man to see pink
clouds In indigo weather. The sub
to begin with. No, earlier than that,
II had been that ungrateful, unregen.
crate Sam Young, who did his Oriental
best to play the housewifely role in
Mr.. Majors uptown apartment. In
mood OF forgetfulness he had served
fried bamboo sprouts in Mr.. Majors
breakfast dish of rice and had forgot.
ten to make any coffee. ITS cursed
shame that mans got to get married
to have home" was Mr.. Majors yer.
dict.
Just then he was jamming his way
through the crowd on the subway plat
from into a car already filled TO ca
pacity and for the next half hour he
suffered, III common with the other
folk who slept and ate breakfast and
dined is one end OF the city and work
ed and had luncheon in the other, the
discomfort of being alternately
churned and compressed.
Then things went wrong in the Of
flee. He jiggled tho telephone impa.
tiently for five minutes before he
heard any response, and then boys
crude tones came through to him. He
was used to q girls voice. He remem-
bered now that it had been voice
cultivated, calm and sure in its hand.
ling of yowels and consonants. The
breaking soprano that came to him
now was nerve racking.
"Why didn't any one answer SOON
err" he asked-only he did so with
more emphasis.
"she's left" came back to him.
"She has left, has she? Well, why
didn't the office manager know and
why didn't he get another girl to take
her placer"
ssh did tell 'em. Only he thought
she was bluffin'-thought she was beef
in for more wages-only got six
week, but she didn't know anything
, but switchboard work and he thought
shed stay on when there wasn't any
more coming. But she's left all the
same"
Majors recalled the voice of refine
ment. For moment It seemed to him
that that voice would be worth to him
personally as much as eight dollars a
week. For two dollars week more
than the present broken treble proba-
bly, cost he could always have those
well.modulated tones at the other end
of the wire.
well, why didn't the office mana.
ger let me know?" shrieked the impa-
TENT Mr.. Majors. 81 want that girl
back. Where has she gomez"
There was suppressed, unsteady
giggle from the boy. "She's gone to
keep house for the girls club. That
is, she's fixins up place for them to
live at-som place where they won't
have to come from so far. NJ sister
that's in the club says the girls have
to spend so much on car fares they've
decided to live near and so that there
Norma, why she said If they'd club
together and get her as much as she
was getting here she'd get out and
make some place for them to live at
that was nearer. Some sketch, that
girl, huh?" The voice almost forgot
for the time that the secretary Of the
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OF course. he's good in his way-but
l want this place to be home. and
you're the s1ly girl l ever knew thar
could solve that problem for me"
And so terminated Norma's career
as a furnisher Of houses down town,
and so terminated also Mr.. Majors de.
sire TO induce Norma to come back to
be the voice at the other end of the
wire.
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MEATLESS MENUS.

When q Lenten bill Of fare fails to
attract her family there is no reason
why a housekeeper should not eXper.
iment with dishes which have the
charm Of novelty Several unusual
recipes are offered with today's menus
Lenten Menus for One Day.
Breakfast-Steamed datesi boiled
rice. toast coffee.
Luncheon.-Bean polenta; brown
bread. sandwiches, tea.
Dinner-Codfish hash; creamed tur.
nips, pear salad; gingerbread; coffee.
Bean Pelenta.
Soak l 1.2 cupfuls OF white beans
over night, boil them until soft and
drain. Mash them and mix with
tGaspoonfuls OF butter 8 teaspoonsful
of vinegar. 3.4 teaspoonful Of salt, Ia
teaspoonful OF mustard and little pep
per. Shape in thin cakes, and brown
on hot grfddle using olive oil in
place OF meat fat to grease the grid
die.
Goldfish Hash.
Mix one part OF cooked and shred
ded Goldfish with rnrts Of boiled po
tatoes cut into dice. Season with salt
and pepper and moisten with little
milk, and brown the mixture on one
side in a hot frying pan which has
been well creased with olive oil. Fold
as an -omelct or turn and brown on
both sides. Or. shape into small cakes
and brown. II possible. serve a soft
boiled egg with each portion.
Eesless Ginger Bread.
Sift 1.3 cupfuls of flour with 1.2
teaspoonful of salt, ga teaspoonfuls
of baking soda, and teaspoonfuls OF
ginger. Add 1.2 cupful of melted but
ter and cupful each of sour milk and
black molasses. Beat thoroughly and
bake in shallow tin in a moderate
oven. Serve a cube of jelly on each
square.
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Preparedness.

= Bernard, three years old, overheard
his father saying something about a
new bumper for his auto. Running to
his sister. he said: "Pa is going to
get new bumper so some old pump
kin trasher won't run into him."
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HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED

r. o. L.: "wha causes gray hair?r
The actual cause is not known. Some
medical men claim that gray hair is
caused by body cells that migrate IN.
to the hair cells and carry away the
pigment or coloring matter. Others
claim that gray hair is caused by bub.
bles OF air that gradually pentrate the
air shafts OF the hair.
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Heavy Vote.

81 have estimated says Herman J.
Pink, the scientist, that II ali the
hard,bolled eggs in America cash
their solid vote for presidential can
dldate 1t would take two years to
count his plurality"
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NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-When il but.
tons straight from throat to hem. you
may know 1t is a new "coat.dress" aud
not long coat. When It is strictly
tailored, and not friiled( or tucked,
you may know 1t is designed for street
and not home wear
The coat-dress is far more juvenile
in effect than the coat-suit of two
pieces. This fact probably accounts
for the immediate hold it has taken
on the fancy of early shoppers.
1t makes an ideal travelling costume.
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on the cap or bottle lip after the milk
was placed in the bottle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02
RICHMOND TIMEs-DIspATCH: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1917

to tell her how grateful She tr,t for
what tho Nurses Settlement hal, dnur
for her lit;lc boy. ana Tor othcr III.
tie boys in tho urishborhood. tor uniy
II 'cw minutes before the accident the
child haze been beard singing an, Of
tho hymns hc had ic.u med ut tho sc, :
tl"mcnt--thc only hymn he had svc,
known.
The social worker oversees all tho
settlement activities aud co.o,,cratr.,
closely witt the visiting NURSES and
other agencies In investigating and
helping to solve the complex problems
which arise in these strenuous day.
In one month the social worker visit ID.
investigated and helped In many w.,Ss.
tw nnty-tHo families and turned oti.:S
over TO other tons for rrlicf.
Many children were taken To hoSp!tris
hrG 10 the disi,rnHary. TOO visits were
made and two men brought into court
and forced to contribute To tic sup
port NJ their wives and children.
The cost OF running this work ;ust
year was S2,ii. ~. The city Gives $500.
ard the social workers Of the set lc-
m"nt house are dependent Ipom the
public COR the remainder. With lie
country now At war; the Problems nt
relief and family rehabilitation vii. d.,
increasingly difficult.
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NURSES SETTLEMENT
MEETS MANY PROBLEMS
Its Home. mt IIOi West Cary street, Is
Center for ENcr-InrrcnstnE
Social Activities.

at the last meeting Of the board
of tho Nurses Settlement. 1T llO4 West
Cary street. which co-operatcs closely
with the Instructive Visiting Nurses
Association. Miss Mamie i. Minor he
ing superintendent of both Mrs ltuia
Young Morrison. OF The TiincS-l'iS-
Fpatch local staff. WAS elected MEM
her of the board of the Nurses Set
Element.
other members of the board are Miss
Florence Black. Mrs. Il. = ElackweIi.
Miss *. Blankenship. Miss Mary lloyd
Miss rattle Cary, Mrs. Philip Sch. MISS
Rebecca Gordon. Mrs. r H.. llarwood
Mrs. u. D. Lipscomb. Miss Louise Lewis,
Mrs. Norbert Mann. Miss Mamie j.
Minor. Mrs. w. w. Morton. Mrs. John
c. Muncc Mrs. Il. H. Palmer. Mrs. w.
d. Pcnnypacker Miss Anna Purcell.
Miss Katherine Ricks. Miss Sarah H.
Roller. Mrs. NJ. w. Schneider. Mrs. Is.
Il. Valentine and Miss Lucy Witt.
The officers Of tic Nurses Settle
ment are Mrs. i. st. George Cooke.
PRESIDENT Mrs. Walter Russell Bowie
vice-presidcnt: Mrs William lIabliston
recording secretary; Mrs. William C.
holland. corresponding secretary; Miss
Dart, treasurer.
An interesting resume Of the work
of the social workers OF the settle
ncnt house for the past Tcar shows
that there have been tEirty-nve clubs
and classes conducted. with an enroll
ment Of $50 members. There IS a Tree
library at the settlement house. Whica
is we'll patronizcd by people living IN
the nciEhhorhcod. and the past winter
gymnasium and recreation nall was
opened at 1920 West Cary street IN
connection with the settlement. There
way :. flower garden clue the past
summer. with nfty-fvo chil,ren cnroi!-
ed. and during the winter tho bra-
matte Club always gives number 81
entertainments
Other Classes arc conducted during;
the winter in drcssmakinE. FIRST aid.
hygiene and home nursing, health and
nature study, dancing and. as :he need
arises for o,he: classes, these arc FORM
cd under competent instruction.
The Bible story Club. with AN average
attendance of furty-tivc chiidl tn. n, Gets
every Sunday afternoon. a 'touchin;;
story is related Of ono of tic little
members of this club who recently met
with II fatal accident while crossing
tho street. An AUTOMOBILES struck the
child. and he died almost Immediately.
His mother sent for the club leader
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lcry OF the auditorium. III all likeli-
hood. viii TO reserved Tor them. Not
withstandins the large seating capac-
ity of the building. Chairman Wortham
called attention 10 the necessity on
the part of those who plan ~ attend
the meeting of reaching the audito-
rum we'll in advance OF the hour that
the program will be opened.
WILL GIVE DETAILED
ACCOUNT OF IT'S WORK
Tho Fed Cross War Council is seek
ing to render an account of its stew
ardsh.p to the American people In the
most effective manner possible" stated
MIR. Dawson III q communication re-
ceived by Chairman Wortham. ut is
giving FREQUENT announcements of It's
activities. and every fact concerning
the work of the Red Cross is available
to everybody. We now wish TO go
a step further ano give a detailed ac-
count of our stewardship. as we'll as
advise with Red Cross workers and
supporters throughout the country as
to RED Cross policy and methods We
have felt that this could best he done
by appearing face to face before audi
cnceS and representative citizens. tell
ing the Red Cross story. answering
questions and ourselves gaining a more
complete knowledge OF public senti-
ment. SSS ~ -. t''7E
people at!1arRe should be fully in
formed as to the methods and policies
adopted in handling the great fund
with which the Ped Cross War Coun-
Gil has been entrusted. and also that
all policies and activities Of the Red
Cross should be in accord with a fully
informed public sentiment. Tie pur-
pose If this trip is not to solicit sub
scriptionS or to take collections. We
Will give tho people the latest advice.;
we have received as to conditions in
France, Russia, Roumania. Italy and
Serbia. and tell of the opportunity the
Red Cross has to lend a helping hand
and to carry a practical message of
cheer to suffering humanity such rs
no pEilantliropic undertaking In the
history of the woriu has ever had be-
fore"
Mr.. Dawson. who dropped his bust
ness to take charge of the PED Cross
work. is partner in the world famous
banking house of j. p Morgan & Co.,
OF New York
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-02

az Norfo'k s"Ncrnt daNs ago OF any
"th'r arp'isant ;akinE the cNamin:.
,iou.
Mr., smith. who Isl twcnty.two year.,
old, WAS connected with the t.Lcs;,-
r"ak" AMI OHIO it3ilway Conpunv a..
u clerk IN the "icc OF tho auditor
az car accounts Tor about uvc wears,
n"forc kcc"minE StcnoSraphrr tn MIR.
.iarn"'I' AthouGh he Inns mydn his,
homo IN litrhnionu Tor some time. AIR.
smith Is Il native of Craig.vinc. where
his rarcnts now reside. lie expects
I" cnicr naval service In The next row
DAYS
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Open to Visiting Soldiers

The Neighborhood House. located a;
the southeast corner Of Nineteenth and
Broad Streets, will be open for the
use OF soldiers and sailors every Sun
day, from 2:30 until $50 r. NJ. and
from until $3.50 p. NJ. Soldiers and
sailors are cordially invited to use the
library, writ;ng-room, parlor and other
facilities.
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ENTERS NAVAL RESERVE
j. Guthrie Smith. StenoSraphcr to tn,
Chairman OF the Corporation
Comm sSign, HcsI,.ns

J. Guthrie Smith. who has acted a:
Stenosraphcr in the Office of Christie
pher Il. Garnctt, chairman of the state
corporation Commission, for nearly
;w" years. was accepted last week by
the naval reserve. and Will enter the
service of the Federal government in
the next few days. Mr.. Smith made
the highest mark in his examinations