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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
Love Affairs of a Lonely Woman
R MAxY HAu

velope. her eyes skimming over the con tents rapidly. A moment later she was again on her feet and after instant's doubt, walked rapidly to the telephone on the wall and took the receiver from the hook. Hello voice answered, and she rec ognized the tones of Mrs. Carew, who had just left her. "Hello,' Jane answered. "I want to telephone-fnay 1?'
 What is the number?" City Hall 4o4.' Silence followed James announcement, | then with a little crash she heard the receiver at the other end of the line | being thrown back into place and again silence Jane waited, until finally, as I she received no answer. she moved the
 hook slowly up and down. 1 Then while Jane still faced the tele- phone, the door at her back was suddenly thrown open, and wheeling, the girl saw ! Mrs. Carew, her face flushed with ex- citement. enter the room What is it. my dear?" the woman ex- claimed as Jane turned from the instru-
 ment. "Why do you call that number?" "I wanted to talk to someone there?
 Jane answered. Tt is very important I
 mustr'
 "Tell me-" Mrs. Carew said quickly. and she held out a card, a duplicate of the one Jane had just found in the strange handbag. (Copyr ight 1919, Thompson eFature Service*) Gro be continued tomorrow)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
7ElVS EVENTS SAND TEA TURES FOR WOMEN REA DERS

pure soap. It should then be rinsed in clear warm water and then thoroughly dried with a clean towel
 If the glass is greasy-like a glass that has held milk, or glass bowl that has held ice cream--it should be rinsed before washing in cool water
 cut glass sometimes needs to be washed with greater thoroughness than usual. A vinegar bottle, for in- stance, is sometimes used for a long time without being washed and the erevices in the cutting become marked with dirt. In such a case it is neces- sary to use soft brush on the glass It can be dried in a bed of sawdust. which should be left about it for sev- eral hours. This sawdust method dries all the creases and crevices of the glass anu turns 1t out in good condition
 Cut glass must always be tempered 10 cold and heat. If it is to be put in hot water to be washed it must first be rinsed in warm water and it's tenn Perature gradually raised. In the same way II must be brought up to the tenn perature of anything hot which is to be served in it, or down to the tempera ture or ice cream or any other cold food served in it. Cut glass is unusually brittle more So than any other sort of glass.
 When two tumblers that you are washing SUCK together tap them with a third tumbler. gently and firmly and they Will soon come apart If a ston- per sticks in glass bottle or cruet tap It In the same way with another stopper
 occasionally little ammonia in the water Tn which glass is washed will give good results. It cIeanses the glass thoroughly without injuring it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
THE HOUSEHOLD

Black velvet coat with organ pleats from collar to hem. The sleeves are of brocade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
DRESS
By ANNE RTTTTENHOUSE

Cure Newspaper Syndicate.)
 , more money is demanded. Everything that is expensive in Paris is put off on the American and their lavish way of substituting dollars for sous during their first years residence in France, a lavishness that acted as a boone rang, by the way, and made them bit ter and furious when it hit them in the face. The French working people blame their discontent with prices on the Americans: the rich French say they can no longer live on their in- comes because of the Americans, the resident and visiting Americans say that the American army has made it impossible for them to enjoy France in the old way And now there are those who insist that the present price of clothes in France is due to the Americans because their women wanted longer and wider skirts than the French wore The French dressmak- CTS made such skirts the fashion and raised their prices. This may be the deep-lying reason for pleats. Straws show strong currents. Each dress maker has a novel way of performing with pleats on a gown. One famous house uses an immense fluting iron and puts huge Marcel waves across the surface of a coat There is blue cloth suit shown by this house with a jacket that hangs running in Marcelle waves from collar to hem. There is not stitchery. The material looks as though it were woven in these immense fittings. There is a high collar and long sleeves with immense turnover cuffs against which are flattened cuffs of heavy old white lace. The jacket is fastened with tiny bullet buttons of gold across one shoulder and under one arm. The skirt is very full over the hips, is slightly trousered below the knees because it is caught under in the center, and the sides are fluted in pleats to match the jacket. There is another suit which is exactly like the old Italian portrait by Carpaccio, which has a slim cuirass front and cape back with wide collars and cuffs of stiff old Italian lace The cape back of this jacket is arranged in these wide MarceIle waves Fine knife -pleating z done by machinery is used on the un- derskirts of transparent metallic tissue over which some of the brilliant Span ish skirts are draped. Crepe de chine is also knife pleated as an underskirt for a frock of another fabric. There are pleatings in irregular widths used a the sides of skirts to give that broad for the accepted silhouette is extreme flatness in the middle of the back and front and great outstanding width on the hips. One dark blue cloth skirt has 20 such pleats on each hip stand ing out exactly like an accordeon, each one piped at the edge with a color.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
Delightful Taste, Immediate
 Relief, Quick Warm-Up.

'The sensation of the year in the drug trade is Aspironal. the two-minute cold and cough relever. authoritatively guaranteed by the laboratories; tested, approved and most enthusiastically endorsed by the high est authorities and proclaimed by the com mon people ten times quick and effec- tive as whiskey. rock and rye. or any other cold and cough remedy they have ever tried
 All drug stores supplied with the wonderful new elixir. SO all you have to do to get rid of that cold is to step into the nearest drug store. hand the clerk. half a dollar for bottie of Aspironal and tell him to serve you two teaspoonfuls with four tea spoonfuls of water in glass. With your watch in your hand. take the drink at one swallow and call for your money back in two minutes if you cannot feel your cold fading away like dream within the time limit. Don't be bashful, for all druggists invite you and expect you to try it. Every body's doing it.
 When your cold cough is relieved, take the remainder of the bottle home to your wife and babies. for Aspironal is by far the safest and most effective. the easiest to take and the most agreeable cold and cough remedy for infants and children.--Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
LARGE GYM CLASS
 FORMED AT Y. M. c. A.

Gym devotees have turned out in large Christian association, when the fall and winter season was inaugurated Monday Practically every class registered a sub stantial increase over last year, and every indication points to the banner year in the association's history.
 The larger advances in members were in those classes of young men, the ma jorty of whom have been in service. Steady advances were also shown in older mems and boys classes
 Because of the stimulated interest in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
Copyright. 1919. by the NJ Pleats in the New Frocks Are Varied, Irregular. and Yet They Dominate a Gnnd Slice nf fhe NeM Annarel.

Irregular, and Yet They Dominate
 a Good Slice of the New Apparel.
 Paris, September 15.-One would like to taIss7 an inventory of the different kinds of machines that must be used for making the various pleats that dent the surfaces of frocks. From plain surface to a crinkled surface is the step made by fashion. Pleats took upon themselves strange ways; they decided to attract attention to them selves; they desired to be irregular and unconventional It is not possible to make such pleats as disport themselves in gowns by anything but machines
 and therefore the cost of the labor should not be included in the frock. but one has a suspicion that it is in- cluded, unless the dresSmaker explains that the rise in the price is due to the amount of material consumed by the pleats. There are cynics who declare that the entire fashion for pleating that was sprung upon the public this season had its source in the desire to raise the price of frocks You see more material was needed for pleats, and longer skirts were needed for these lines, and material costs money. and therefore the consumer must pay the price The same old vicious circle which is looping around and around the world, crushing the consumer as it goes The more money one makes the more money one spends; the more money one is suspected to have the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
BETTER THAN
 WH|SKEY FOR COLDS AND FLU

New Elixir, Called Aspiron- al, Medicated With Latest Scientific Remedies, Used and Indorsed by Euro pean and American Army Surgeons to Cut Short a Cold and Prevent Compli- cations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25

My name is Mrs. Carew" the super faced her after a short inspection of the room. Now, Miss Brown. make yourself comfortable in here and if there is any thing I can do for you, don't hesitate to call me-
 Thank you, Mrs Carew,' Jane an ly. You are very kind. I am sure will be very happy here, more so than in any other place since I came to New York. I am afraid my stay here so far has been rather unfortunate"
 MT. Holiday told me-" the other nodd- ed. "well, goodnight You will hear a rising bell tomorrow morning It rings at o'clock, but of course, unless you work"
 "It does." Jane interrupted. q must be downtown quite early" A moment later she was alone, and her grip and threw it open. How good it would be to have her own things again, and the treasured picture of that dear little mother Suddenly she started and stared in utter amazement into the gap ing mouth of the bag. A little bundle of collars greeted her eyes, and beside these a razor case, which gave mute evidence that she had acquired the hand baggage belonging to someone else. The outside of the grip was enough like her own to be duplicate, but the inside and the coa- tents! Jane stood in the center of the room, gazing at these possessions of some other person and little frown of doubt and perplexity wrinkled her brow What am l to do?'' she murmured. q must take these back to the hotel and get my own!''
 But how could she do this? It was late, very late indeed; she had no way. to get a taxi and what would Mrs Carew think if she went out again with her baggage?"
 things happen to me?"
 After all, thinking would do very lit tie good. Besides after a moment of speculation, she realized that she could return the grips in the morning quite as well as that night. Unconsciously she moved back to the he'd and fingered the contents of ole of the bags in the hope tiidt Sile WOulu llilu SOIiltl CdIO OT lelteF to give her a clew as to the identity of their owner
 Her search was rewarded by bundle of papers, and as Jane gazed at them another gasp of surprise escaped from her lips Under the rubber band, and uppermost on the package was little white card. bearing that same mystic number-"City Hall 404."
 Casting aside her repugnance of look ing into another persons things, she searched with nervous fingers among the packet of papers and letters.
 They were addressed to "Mr. Lane Crawford.' and had been intrusted to the general delivery of the New York city postoffice.
 Who was this man Lane Crawford? :? What did he have to do with that white card, and in turn, what did he have to do with the old bookkeeper employed in Mortimer's office, who had given her card similar to the one she now held in her hand.
 Unconscfously looking about the room to see that no one was watching her, she drew one of the letters from the en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25

, physical work the Young Mems Christian association is looking forward to the biggest membership in its history this year." said W. Wv. Abel, physical di-
 rector of the ''Y.' "All classes opened this
 week with substantial increases in num- bers and in some instances classes are
 packed. The " will take care of all
 it's patrons and if necessary will conduct additional classes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25

may be this year, will nevertheless bring much new wealth to the south. it is cer- tain that the food crops of the south, not including sugar cane. will bring to the southern farmers about 5000 0O0, ,00O All of this is new wealth which the soil has yielded to the persuasion and labor Of southern farmers. That is little un- der one-third of the aggregate loans made by the United States to her allies It is about one-sixth of the war debt entailed by the United States. Or in other words new wealth of this kind taken from the soil would in six or seven years wipe out the war debt if the wealth. were used for that purpose.
 Corn, wheat and oats which the south cultivated and is now harvesting will in money value. assuming Mir. Edmunds estimate is correct exceed by sl0O0, ,0O0, 900 the total value of the cotton crop of this year. "
 These are really astonishing and wholly unexpected results which are re- ported as having been secured by the southern farmers of this year. They in- evitably point to a wonderful development of agriculture of all kinds in the south and this industry is to be carried out on in association with rema rkable devei opment of manufacturing industry. es pecially of inon and steel and cottoa goodA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
Twin Advantages Service, Good Work
 "AnsWer the phone"
 When you ring 37I5

The AMERICAN solicits YOUR laun- dry-and will keep it-on the basis of service and good work Especially do we want you to send the flatwork, linens and fancy gar ments, because we have special facil- ities to handle this tedious class of work.
 The Best in the South
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25
THE CARE OF GLASS


 The phrase clear as crystal gener- ally suggests sparkling, glowing clear ness Sometimes it indicates only a murky, blue-gray foggines. This is not due to the original color of the glass but is due rather to the care the glass receives.
 Glass should always be washed in fresh warm water and studs from a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-25

Every Druggist in U. s. h. structed to Refund Price While You Wait at Counter If Relief Does Not Come Within Two Minutes.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

the city's appropriation to buy coal
last winter, no time need be lost in
getting an order for the purchase Of
food through the city council
The widespread interestAin reducing
the cost of living that hak swept the
country within the past week has led
to an attempt by the state OF New
Hampshire to discover why prices are
high and what can be done to lower
them, 1t was learned here on Monday.
The governor has asked the attorney
general of that state to begin an In.
qulry at once.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
AMERICANS
MAKING GOOD
AT SIXTY-FIVE

Don't worry about old age. A sound
man In good at any age. Keep your
body In good condition and you can bs
as hale and hearty and able to do your
bit" as when you were young fellow.
Affections Of the kidneys and bladder
are among the leading causes OF early
or helpless age. Keep them clean and
the other organs In working condition,
and you will have nothing to fear.
Drive the poisonous wastes from the
system and avoid uric acid accumula-
tions, Take GOLD MEDAL Harlem
Oil Capsules periodically and you will
find that you are as good as the next
fellow. Your spirits will be r,ejuve-
mated, your muscles strong and your
mind keen enough for any task.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules
win do the work. But be sure to get
the original imported GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oh Capsules. They are re-
liable and should help you, or your
money win be refunded. For sale BY
most druggists. In sealed packages
three sizes-Aov.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

concerned they may only recruit at
present up TO 200 men for each sena-
tor and representative. In emergency
the maximum organization could be
increased TO 500 men for each senator
and representative. In n circular let
ter Secretary Baker says:
"It is the desire Of the war de-
partment to re-establsh the National
Guard on firm and efficient basis and
TO obtain In the commissioned and en-
listed grades a maximum of men with
service in the United States army
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

well known The queen OF Eoph
N,cadn NJ heard King and
came the and she returned to her
living God From that time
n, Copnn Ethiopia has believed in God according to the
laws Of the time Of Constantine Ethiopia became
Christ and since that time has
independence against the surrounding Mohm
melaIs and henlnns
Ethiopia knowing that the United States Of America
hesef
allies equal liberty nipend
ence reiocd and praised the American people
elephant usks mounted Ia solid gold native
containing the
hers heir apparent
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

charged by the retailer are not justl-
fable, each factor in the industry ad.
ding to the burden he had to bear be-
fore he passed 1t on to the next"
Means for reducing the present high
prices are recommended by the com.
mission in this paragraph:
Some relief from the lntolerable
prices paid by consumers for shoes
may be had by ~ rigid enforce.
ment Of the laws against monopolIstic
control of commodities (2) legislation
forbidding producers of hides engag.
Ing In the tanning business"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

nom ihcir empress. WnIzrrn XnndIin
The DrdiAzmatch NadO was the ora
tor. His fellow ENJOYS were i.r Kan
tiha Gahr0u and the Alto lIcrouy. The
Alto Snliae was secretary and inter-
prefer. The ENJOYS Wore red velvet
robes heavy with gold and silver
trimmings, and large silk turbans EN-
broldered with pearls. The address
was in part.
More than 5000 years have
elapsed since the establishment Of the
Ethiopian government. In the time Of
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

For several years General Macarthur
was stationed In this city as junior
member Of the general staff. When
the United States entered the war he
was made the medium In publicity
matters between the war department
mud the corps OF Washington corre-
spondents. He was success as
publicity man.
Washington society felt an unus.
uni interest In General Macarthur,
because admittedly he is one of the
men In the United States
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

THE federal trade commission has
found that the high price of shoes
cannot be justified by underlying eco
homie conditions. The commission
after exhaustive inquiry into the price
OF hides, leather and shoes. is report
ing to congress that the larger packers
control the hide supply and have
taken excessive profits and passed in.
creased costs to subsequent steps in
manufacture and distribution; that the
tanner has taken exceptional profits;
that the manufacturer of shoes has
taken unusual margins, and the prices
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
CITY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD
Volunteer Workers In Boston VIII Por-
sion Out Surplus Army Supplies
In the Near Future.

Boston. Mass. - Information OBJ
tanned at the mayors Office is to the
effect that the clty's organization Of
volunteer workers to distribute sur.
plus army food supplies Is now nearly
ready for work, and that as a result
Of the discovery by Francis Ford. net.
ing mayor, that $4,000 remains from
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

To achieve
be fully complied WITH
Guard both for officers and enlisted
o su,abe
professional personal reasons or who
would participate completely edern call will
lower the military efficiency the
the several states
making the National during the
erlod of its reorgan
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
ALL TAKE EXCESSIVE PROFITS
Federal Trade Commission Makes
Public Facts Concerning Present
High Prices Of Shoes.

Washington.-Th federal trade com
mission, which recently conducted an
investigation into the leather industry,
lnquiring especially into the prices of
shoes, made public a summary Of its
report to congress.
In Its introduction to the summary
the commission says:
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

the FIIiplnOS' plea TUT THHVPe"'er''
followed the recent hearing ACCORDED
the Philippine commission at JOINT
session Of the house and senate com
ml,tees on Insular affairs, 1t trans
pircd that few, If any, of the Repup'
llcnn or Democratic members Oh '''oSe
committees Ind been sufficiently I'M
pressed by the representations OF the
t,lepntcs TO fake stand In favor oil
freeing the islunds nj this Time
The general conclusion was '''"'
80, Ia uds dirprtion should ne
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

army Washington had him
gagged that officer
bachelor and Possibly General Mac
prove His mother Will preside his
parade Of the military
academy.
In exceedingly good He hard
himself with merng his rapid promotion
fighting family He has brother In the
Medal Of Honor
for personal gany the cOlors Of his regiment Missionary
ridge
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
How Food Prices Have Risen.

Observation-Disclosures of rs cities
of the country paid l6 per cent more
in June for % standard articles Of food
than the average In 1918, according TO
figures made public by the department
Of labor. The average cost Of the same
foods per family in 1918 was 81 per
cent more than In 1913. The cost per
family in cities for 1913 is given as
1924. In June, 1919, 1t had risen to
1923, an increase of little more than
92 per cent. Since then prices have
gone even beyond those figures.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

has been offered oi III" '"'
and continue to maintain the institutions rh
ion United States Whlcn hoN' 1
changes the in Moreover was u''"
II of these WhFa' " Wv
the Of conditions restored
| : question OF lbeuhE lhe
seriously until the congressional committees S"
exhaustive investigation ana rp'' "
dispatch commission by the Philippine legislature was wv. ~
by minority ry island which accused the majority parry VI
lack of in seeking Independence
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15

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For special suggestions in regard to
your ailment write lydia L. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
Of its long experience is at your service.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-08-15
Land Of Opportunity.

40 you ever feel holsheyistic"
Occasionally" said Mr.. Dubwaite.
You surprise me,
-Uh, I'm not going 10 make speeches
mad throw bombs. | merely feel mild
GnreSi when happen To be hanging 70
q strap IN crowded trolley ear and
see some young chap who used to
work for me wlii~k BY in II $1,000 auto
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