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to their owner. | don't know how 1t
happened, but the man in the check room
showed me a letter. which had been
brought in by the chauffeur saying that
a mistake had been made, and for the
hotel people to give your grips up. But
the funny part of it was that the letter
gave your name and address, the ad-
dress of the hotel where / left you last
night. Do you understand how that
happened?''
Jane, in her minds eye, could almost
follow the adventures of those bags.
Crawford had recovered them of course,
but what generous action had prompted
him to write that letter.
Il understand part of it," she an
swered, But we don't have to understand
the rest"
Say, Holiday exclaimed after a short
pause, what's the matter with your
voice? | don't like the sound of it, It's
too excited and hysterical. Is anything
the matter?"
Not now Jane laughed. But since
/ saw you-but I'll explain later. Last
night-do you remember asking me a
question last night. and l told you that
l would give you an answer some
time"
You pct l remember Holiday ex-
claimed. Whats the answer
But at that moment, before she could
tell him, the door opened and Jane saw
Marshalls excited face appear in the
opening"
Copyright, 1919. Thompson Feature
Service
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and it appealed strongly to women
who realized that the wash waist is
perishable garment, continually de-
handing hot iron, bar of soap and
luke warm water. 1t is never clean
except at the exact moment it is put
on; it wrinkles when packed; it rarely
serves its hour. The jersey blouse, on
the contrary, may be rolled into a ball
and packed into any corner of a valise
or trunk, from which it energies fresh.
This is true of the silk jersey which is
run with metallic threads, as we'll as of
the plain weave.
The former material, by the way, is
exceptionally brilliant for tunic- blouses.
There is gray jersey which has broad
bands of silver woven through it. When
made into a tunic- blouse girdled with
silver, it may be worn under a fur
coat with a variety of separate skirts
and may thus serve al frock.
The same is true of taffeta and me-
tallic tissue blouses. The taffeta is
apt to crush more than the jersey and
bullion weaves, but it suits certain
types of figures
The sketch shows one that is worn
in Paris with soft duvetyn sqirt. 1t
is of light blue taffeta embroidered
with silver thveads. 1t has an odd little
cape sleeve thse is not seen in other
blouses, and beneath it is an UNDER
sleeve, tiny vest and fence collar of
flesh-colored chiffon. The vest is dot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-16
PROVED WHAT It
WOULD Do IN A
TWO DAYS TRIAL
Mr.. Gordon of York, Ala,
Declares He Is Rid Of Con-
stipation, Indigestion.
Sluggish Liver and
Kidney Trouble
PUT DRECo TO TEST
Heard So Much About New
Medicine Was Anxious to
Try 1t, and Now He Is
Glad That He Did
PUT DRECO TO TEST

II had heard SO much about this
new medicine. Dreco. l was anxious
to try it. SO | went up to Meridian
and got some. and after two days L
was convinced that it was grand medi-
cine" stated Mr.. X. l.. Gordon. a we'll
known farmer of York. Ala.
Il have suffered all my life from
stomach trouble. Indigestion. consipa-
ton and a slugg ish liver I've taken
medicine after medicine. but none ever
did more than temporary good. but l
am convinced that Dreco is different
from the others. 1t seemed to be the
very thing nv stomach needed. and the
indigo ssion ceased almost Immediately;
my bowels began acting regularly and
in q smooth ma ural manner. My lives
got active and the bliousness passed
off my appetite increased and my
nerves became calm, so that l sleep
like baby Dreco is great msdi-
cine and l think everyone should 3e
told about it,"
Dreco does not contain any iron,
mercU. 4 potash. acids. nor oils. but is
a combination of the juices and ex-
tracts. of many different herbal plants
which act on the vital organs III a
prompt and pleasing manner. Dreco
is good for old and young alike.
All good druggists now sell Dreco
and il is highly recommended in Bir-
mingham by Norton's drug store. Halls
phar macy. Ensley: Fulton Bros, Bes-
semer: Central Pharmacy. Wylam.--
Adv.
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THE HOUSEHOLD
WASH IT IN SUNSHINE

Few housewives know the cleansing
value of sunshine. They know the good
effect of sunshine on themselves and
their children. They know that if baby
has had an outing in the sunshine he
is rosy and good natured. but that the
days when the sun is under clouds and
he has to remain indoors he is irrita BILE
and pale of cheek. They know, too,
that their own spirits are brighter and
life seems pleasanter when they have
spent few hours in a room where the
sunshine has been shining. But that
sunshine can actually be something
that is just as valuable as soap and
almost as, valuable as water in that
eternal task of the housewife-keeping
things clean-they seem sometimes to
forget
No housewife likes to have good
wooden blankets washed more often
than is necessary. And there is little
need ordinarily in washing them pro-
vided they are given a good summing
once every week or ten days. This
cannot in any way injure the blankets.
To be sure. we are warned not to hang
wollen things when wet after a wash
ing in the direct sunlight, but that is
because the combination of sunshine
and water is rather too much for them.
But the sunshine alone can do no harm.
And ii does much good. 1t makes them
TcSn anu dCtddhy 6tNCS lHtfH II sweet
scent that is apparent to the one who
lies between them after they have had
such a summing. Especially sweet is
the effect of this summing If 1t has been
given on day when the air is dry
and crisp besides.
All bedding should be occasionally
summed This applies to mattresses and
pillows, too In the house where there
is baby much attention should be
paid to the value of sunshine. Baby
f1annels ought not to be washed any
oftener than is necessary. That is, If
by summing them well you can let them
go for two or three days, SO much the
better Sometimes 1t is possible to sun
the little band that baby wears at night
so that 1t need not be washed again for
the next night. Baby's pads and mat
tresses also should be hung out in the
sun as often as there is sunshiny day.
Even the sunshine on your lounges
should be given a sunshine bath once
in while and it is good thing if once
in while you can have heavy no-
holstered furniture rolled on the ~er-
anda and brushed and then left to Noe
summed for an hour or so.
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Love Affairs of a
Lonely Woman
~ MARY HAu

No. u.s.
| Both Jane and Marshall passed quickly
F, into the private office only to come to
| a halt besides the desk upon which the
telephone was sitting and calling spas
medically for some one to answer the
whrring bell
| Unconsciously James glance strayed to
the safe that stood against the wall as
tshe remembered Mortimers story of what
had taken place in front of 1t. There
was no sign of the struggle that had
waged in the silent office The safe
was closed, the rug in place and I'M
| rumpled before it, and Jane found it
hard to believe that a man had come to
his death in that ordered, richly fur
nished office.
Her eyes shifted to the old bookkeeper' $
| face, but he did not see, only kept his
attention fixed on the ringing telephone.
| who is IT.? he muttered at last. rails
4 ing his eyes and meeting James glance.
who is it. and what does he want?'
Suddenly it came over the girl what
the telephone call might mean-anyone
of hundred things. Mortimre worse.
and Mrs. Carew calling up to tell them
of his death. Or the police, and what
should they answer? They had given
Mortimer their promise to protect him.
but if it was the law who waited at the
other end If the line how was that
promise to be kept?
You answer it, Miss Brown" the old
man murmureds They'll stop ringing in
moment, and it will never do not to
have someone here. If it's the-but an
swer it and ask who it is
With hands on the desk the old man
leaned forward, tense in his excitement
But the moment of suspense passed and
sigh of relief escaped from his lips as
Jane suddenly smiled and looked up into
his eyes
TITS a friend of mine," she gasped
Mr.. Holiday"
Thank God" Marshall answered.
moment longer he stood looking down
at the girl. then he turned toward the
door and left the office.
Yes Dick" Jane exclaimed, almost
historical in her relief. What is it?'
II found your GRIPS he answered. Il
was going through the hotel and the boy
in the check room recognized me- lie
said there was mistake and ne nad
given me the wrong grips. Did you ind
it out?''
II found it out last night Jane an
swered. and again she laughed through
sheer happiness
Oh. how good it was to hear that voice
again! What a friend Dick Holiday
had proved to be ever since the day she
first landed in New York.
Listen, Dick" Jane went on. i can
ever get those things of mine ! can't
explain over the telephone. but cant.
lust believe me when / tell you that.
But / want you to do something Tor me
If YOU can. In the largest grip is a
picture of my mother. l can't bear to
lose that. Will you try to get that for
me. 1 don't care about the other things"
But you don't understand" Holiladay
broke in II have both of your grips
with me-"
.Did they give you my grips without my
bringing back the ones we Took Jane
exclaimed, puzzled
mo The ones you took were returned
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SUFFERED SINCE
He WAS A CHILD
Can Hardly Realize How
Miserable He Was Before
He Took Tanlac

II feel so fine and well now l can
hardly realize how miserable was
before started taking Tanlac, said
I +. Melcher of 319 West Ninth street,
Houston, Tex.
II had a weak stomach ever since
was child" he continued. and had to
he particular about everything | would
eat for the least little thing would up
SET me and cause me no end Of suffer-
ing. MY system seemed to be full of
malaria and | would come down with
fever every year. / could hardly sleep
for nervousness. was constipated and
would feel so tired, worn out and
drowsy all day long that ] wasn't fit
for thing.
II took plenty OF medicine. but it did
me no good. Finally l tried bottle of
Tanlac and found | was improving on
it. Since taking Tanlac | can eat most
anything / want and have no trouble
digesting my food; my nerves are steady
and l sleep like a log at night. l am
stronger and better than I have been
in long time and l never get tired
no matter how hard i work. Tanlac is
a great medicine and l can't praise it
enough for the good it has done me-.
All druggists sell Tanlac.-Adv.
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Andrew and Hn1ogene
LITTLE LIFE CONFERENCES IN THE EXPERIENCE
PHLOSOPHIC, THOUGH MARRIED
BY ROE

!, Now just imagine for a minute IL |
had talked to valet or housekeeper
| like l did you about those vest but.
tons. The servant would have resigned
| or been fired and tomorrow both of III.
would have been sorry.
With married folks it Is different
| 1t won't be twenty minutes till / real
| ize that l have made fool of mysels
and | will apologize man fashion b
| taking you to the Cafe Royal on ths
| way home from the theatre and give
you a blowout, and tomorrow yo4s
Will see that / am sorry and you VIII
be sorry, too. and we will have chicken.
| for dinner and you will fix the blu,
| tons and we will be as nice as pie 70
+! each other for a week.
Now the other night when / cam
in at ESQ and you pulled that 'Whers
! have you been till this time of night
stuff on me- / was good as a story
book lover for week and hated mysel1
| earnestly and honestly.
| IF you take away family spats
| matrimony would sink to a dull leve
of mediocrity that would Danish SEN
timentality and-and-what is that
funny looking stuff you are putting
in your nose?"
IT'S some stuff that will leave a
mark every time I stick my nose into
some one else's business" laughed
Imogene Want me to put some on
yours? No! Well, take off that vest
and will tighten your buttons and we
can go to the theatre. II you are con-
trite enough to promise me what you
|-call big eats after the theatre. / guess
those buttons better be frightened before
any new strain Is put on them"
Laughingly she fastened on the but
tons and then in reply to question
she said:
yes. but be careful and turn your
head sidewise when you do 1t, for don't
want my complexion all mussed."
Mvarkers Moved In thu In
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Listen to me-" said Andrew, surlily.
Don't feed you, clothe you properly
and give you all the money any reason
able person could expect?"
Il don't know what Is coming" said
Imogene, with equal i'll humor, but
confess to my regret that you do all
these things, There is only one worse
thing than having to accept favors from
another, and that is to have to listen
while they detail them to you"
We'll. 1t seems to me-" continued
Andrew, IF this be true, you might at
least do few of the little things that
/ want you to do. Look at the buttons
on this dress vest. Ever since the last
, banquet l went to each one of those
buttons has been straining at it's moor
lings like a tied boat at ebb tide.
have told you 20 times to tighten them.
Have you been too busy?"
No said Imogene. Il have not been
either too busy or too lazy. / have
played bridge, / have gossiped, I have
gadded about, / have done all these
things you are fixing to tell me about
and / haven't frightened your buttons.
The reason is that l simply forgot them.
If you had spoken to me gently about
it would have been very sorry for my
neglect, but now | find myself strug-
Cling to keep from being glad didn't
fix them because you are nasty about
it instead of being nice, Why does
man always feel that it is his duty to
be nice to every one on earth except his
wife and that it Is his right to bully
her? I am sick of it! 1 don't see why
you don't pension me and hire a house.
keeper"
Because" laughed Andrew, "if I
vented my spleen on her she would
leave. while you cannot.
Even the savage in his jungle must
have a deity to worship and devil to
damn and matrimony was instituted
so that civilized men and women could
combine the two in the shape of the
other half OF the matrimonial sketch.
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headaches disappeared. / gained in
weight and feel fine, so / can honestly
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to any woman who is
suffering as was. - Mrs. ADELINE B.
LYNCH, 100 Plain ST., Providence, r. I.
Backache and nervousness are symp-
toms or natures warnings, which in
dicate q functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel-
ops into more serious ailment.
Women in this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound-and for special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co, Lynn, Mass.
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France Quickly Reinststed the Tunic-
Blouse After She Had Given 1t Up,
and American Women Are Wearing
1t in Silk Jersey, Knitted Wool,
Taffeta and Metallic Tissues

Taffeta and Metallic Tissues
Paris, October 6.-That over-blouse
is a capricious garment. 1t appears
and disappears like comet. 1t was
rarely worn in Paris during the sum-
mer. People thought it had vanished,
and then suddenly it came over the
horizon at the different exhibitions of
clothes and was an established feature
by September.
In these modern days, when a woman
attempts to cut her figure at the waist
Zine, she abandons the attempt in des-
pair and goes back to a garment that
gives her a straight line from shoulder
to knee. If she wears the white sash
blouse under coat she makes it do
the service of corset cover; if she
wears the tunic- blouse she makes it
serve as a ne-piece frock. The for
ner seems an extravaganza; the latter
appears as good economy.
l think the house of Bernard was
the first to bring out the jersey silk
blouse with a tailored suit. 1t was
often in the form of a waistcoat with
short sleeves to hold the shields. These
blouses were frequently repeated in the
shops One could find them in white
in pastel and in vivid tones.
Other houses exhibited these blouses
throughout August, along with short
tunics of metallic tissue of embroidered
taffetas of gold and silver net run with
bullion threads. In fact, all the houses
made quite a feature of the tunic-
blouse. whether or not it was to be
worn with coat.
There was nothing cheap about
these garments. The silk jersey ones
ran to one hundred dollars apiece; but
one cannot reckon the value of a gar
ment, or its final price, by what is
asked att an important house during
the first week of its exhibition to
American buyers The shops get hold
of the garments and reduce the price
without always reducing the workman
ship. The great houses realize that
these blouses can be copied at less than
half the price they ask for them; but
that is commercial condition that can
not be helped either in America or in
Europe.
The silk jersey blouse was novelty
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-16
Export Corporation Planned
Rx Aaaaeintad Prasa

Mobile. October 15.-Formation of an
exporting corporation to promote for
eign trade Of the south from the port
of Mobile is under consideration of
business men of Mobile and other
CITIES of the south. according to Car
rard Harris. representative of the De-
partment OF Commercc. today.
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To Remedy Sugar Famine

Washington, October 15.-Action on
legislation to remedy the present sugar
famine is planned tomorrow by the
Senate agriculture committee. which
expects to report on the bill author
izing President Wilson to continue the
sugar equalization board during 1920
and giving the board power to pur-
chase Cuban sugar
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&c IL z 5, III y DaC K
ached all the time.
I was tired and had
no ambition for any,
thing. / had taken
a number of medi-
cines which did me
no good. One day
| read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compounds and
what it had done for
women, so l tried
it. My nervousness
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HOW TO AVOID
BACKACHE and
NERVOUSNESS
Told by Mrs. Lynch From
Own Experience.

Providence, r. 1T was all run
down in health, was nervous, had head
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Rested
Nerves
Genuine Pepsinol is
made only by The
Peplax Medicine Co.,
Memphis, Tenn, and is
IN strict accordance with
the Medical Standards
of the United States
Pharmacopoeia. Get

1CpSIllOI 1TO1n.
Greene Drug Co.. Inc. Empire building
St.
Maurice Letaw. 18th st. and 18th Ave, S.
Duncan Drug Co.. 200 goth St.
Magnolia Pharmacy, Magnolia Point
Causey Drug Co.. Inc. Cor. 4sth and 10th
Ave.
North Side Pharmacy. 1900 9Th Ave,
Acipco Pharmacy. 1901 N. 18th st.
North Highlands Drug Co., 1901 Allen st.
Oxford's Pharmacy. Cor. Tuscaloosa an1
Poplar St.
Thomas Drug Co.. Fairview.
Pegram- Patton Drug Co.. Bessemer.
Rochester Hall Drug Co., Ensley.
Central Pharmacy. Wylam.
. Darlington Pharmacy, Pratt City.
E. G. Burchfiel, East Lake.
Boyles Pharmacy, Boyles.
Look for the ''Pepsinoi Agent in your To-
cality.
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I'd with tiny buttons and is drawn in
the waist with a narrow silver cord.
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PEPSINOL.
The Great
Corrective Tonic

will buildup your system
before, during and after
sickness. Get Pepsinol
today and welcome the
return of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-16
Jagged
Nerves

are caused by getting
ran down. Make your
system strong, healthy
and fit for any task.
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Workers employed in the paper in
dustry in Germany do not earn 81
day.
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ON THE TRAIN

4 very amusing incident occurred on
the west bound Baltimor" & Ohio train
cnroutc to Columbus on Monday morn
ing. laden with u hundred or more stu
dents Of Ohio State University of Co.
lumbus. many for MuskinEum College at
New Concord. for Ottcrbcin and other
institutions OF learning in Ohio. tog"th-
or with n very heavy list of general
travel.
On leaving Wheeling Il. & o. station
two travelling mon occupied one seat
one of them leaving the train at Ben-
wood on his way tn Moundsvillc.
The one remaining had the other seat
filed at Bellaire by the young lady OF n
very sappy couple tho ''He Sappcr"
loungin:- on the arm OF the scat, lolling
over the girl and spillinG line Of mil
lionaire talk on II ten cent store ring.
and among other things said that no
saw by the seat check that tho travelling
man was not going far and that he
would slim into the vacant scat as soon
as nc left the car and then they could
be all by themselves. etc, etc, without
end.
But!
About a half milo this side Of Re-
thcsia the travelling man rose in his
place and asked n lady r fcw seats
ahead who vas standing in tho aisle. II
sh" didn't want 70 sit down--ahc did.
and he left her in possession or the seat
whom he l"ft tho car.
The best laid plans OF mice and
men,"
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Side; E@lMS
e. GY Rmth Cameron
THE GUSHERS

"Shn might" said Molly with cnGag-
Ing frankncss. but she didn't" she went
on cannfy (Molly has more than drop
OF Scotch blood in herr You know the
difference and so do l. She was just
gushcr."
And having met the type, could
readily believe her and could echo with
feeling the Iucstion--What do they do It
for
They must know--"if they have any
scnSc-" that they don't carry any con-
viction with their cffuSivcncss. Perhaps
they haven't any sense. Well. that may
fl, some Of them but ] know At Toast one
member Of this class who is very
shrcwd. even brilliant girl. Why does
She go aStray here?
They Don't Pool Anyone.
OF course cordiahty is very hne
thing. Anyone who can put a little
warmth, Il LITTLE heart into greetings and
casual conversations undcniahly has
that much more Of charm. But even
pronlc who arc not clever can soon tell
whore cordiaiity and genuine fricndli-
ness and kindness stop and Gush De-
gins. And surely no one Likes Gush.
hrhcvc I have told you Of tho little
girl who startled her elders by reflect
inr their warnings against whining in
her mayors one night. Help IN" not TO
whine" she prayed. I'm no happier
| when whine. so why whine
Here's 4 paraphraSc for the Eush"r
"lIclp me not tn EuSh. I don't deceive
] anyone when I gush so why gush'