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Evening star., 1921-06-06
Colors in Cotton.

1t has frequently been suggested
that the reason that cotton fabrics
have recently come to the fore as ma :
terials for the choicest of frocks Is
that cottons are no longer as mex
pensive as they were. During the
months when cottons were most high
priced the vogue for cotton fabrics
seemed to receive special boost. THIS
might have had something to DO with
ii.
But something that has had even
more to do with it is the fact that the
manufacturers of cotton goods nave
managed to get more attractive coiors
in their cotton fabrics than ever be-
fore and have had the good sense 10
employ high grade designers in max
ing patterns for their materials. once
these interesting and attractive de-
signs were almost entirely confined to
silks Moreover, you seldom could flnd
the tempting array of colors in cotton
fabrics but you could in silk.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
HOME NURSING AND HEALTH HINTS
BY II. JESSIE LAiTCH.

1T sounds like fancy knitting. only
you leave out the purl stuff" vcntured
Ted. but Bob said. Just you wait.
This is regular bandage. 1t looks
shipshape.'
Finally" continued Lauretta. by
repeating this last turn three times
and reversing over the left ear we
finish up with two circular turns
around the head. and pin the neatly
folded-in ends witn small safety
pin"
Supposing the worst damage had
been on the left side of the face" be-
gan Ted. conscious that he WAS
bandaged TO his sisters extreme s..tis-
faction and that Bob was grinning
admiringly at the work he had helped
to do.
Then We would have started over
the left temple and carried the
Circular turns backward" Lauretta
explained. lit works both ways"
Evening star., 1921-06-06
An Obliuue of the Jaw.

Summer was half over when Ted
Lane. doing gymnastics in the hay
loft, fell unaccountably to the floor
and hurt his face badly. There was
first aid and all that sort of thing,
for Ted lived in d very superior
neighborhood where first aid was an
absolute passion with the young folk
Of the colony.
1t wouldn't have been SO bad if Ted
had not been 50 positive about not
wishing TO have his face bandaged up.
He was insistent, and declared against
bandage.
Cover it UP with some adhesive
and letter Co." he aid. with a sickly
smile, trying 10 look better than he
felt. and conscious that his jaw was
feeling superauous and every tooth in
his head as if it were about TO drop
out.
Heeds Sisters Advire.
Adhesive. Silly" scoffed his sister.
What you need is a real oblique of
the jaw, one of those fascinating
bandages we used to practice in the
Red Cross rooms during the war"
Ted looked at her blankly. An
obiique of the jaw? Sounds ominous.
i have put up with your darn old
iodine and you've painted a conven-
tlCndi GcSlSn from cnin 10 DToW upoii
my poor shattered face. But an
obli1ue OF the He essayed a long,
astounded whistle and broke off short
with "A gesture OF exquisite pain.
Il give in. My face needs support
Bring on your obliQue." he said, sit
ting down and leaning heavily agaiIs ST
Bob Brown, his steady pal
FIRST we must have a fve-yard
roller bandage, two inches wide" re-
joiced the little sister, VINO bubbied
with enthusiasm.
Sister Starts BnndaEinS.
And because the worst scratching
and bruising seem TO be on the right
side of the jaw. we must start from
the right temple and carry the free
end of the bandagc from before. back
ward. by two circular turns. holding
the rolled bandaSe and unrollinS a:
we GO
"sounds>1ike a Cooks tour-start
ing from the temple" moaned Ted
as Bob with awkward hands essayet
| to help the bubbling winder o
/ bandageS.
And on the third arrival over th'
| left ear" proceeded I-auretta- serenely
carry the bandaGe 10 down unde
| the back of the head around turn
overlapping 1t one-half on the righ
side of the face back Of the frs
turn. overlapping it one-half on tn
right side and completely on the left.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
R5AE R5AEBEy111 4 q !. y111&91.!EH &91!H5S IS

stretched out in front of you and the
hands doubled into fists. Draw .he
| hands back to the shoulders. tensins
the muscles as though you were pull
| ing great weight Fancy yourseif
out rowing Il heavy boat against
strong current. that is the sort OF
exercise you are doing and 1T IS one
of the best for developing the shoui-
ders and giving beautiful shape TO
the upper part of the back.
The next exercise is somewhat IKE
this, only the hands are held out al
the sides and drawn into the shoui
ders, SO that when the elbow is Dent
the fists rest on top of the shoulders $.
Once more in doing this you must
imagine you are pulling against
heavy weight. You must tighten the
muscles until they hurt. and rejoice
Instead of srievo next day if your
arms and shoulders feel sore. Doing
the exercise over again will take out
the soreness. The proof that you need
the exercise is the soreness or those
muscles,
Evening star., 1921-06-06
The Old Gardener Says:

If your lawn is not quite as
thrifty as you would like TO see
it, or if it has tendency to
grow brown late in the sum-
mer, give it Il good top dress
ing now before d drought comes
on. Sheep manure and bone
meal are splendid fertilizers.
Scatter them broadcast and as
evenly as possible over the
lawn when you think rain is
coming in a day or two. or at
any time you can: afterward
give the lawn a good soaking
with the hose. Don't keep the
grass cut too short, but cut II
often enough to avoid the ne
cessity of raking the clippings.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Shoulder Exercises.

A great deal has been written about
the danger Of woman overdevel-
oping her shoulders. Square shoul-
ders are not supposed to be beauti-
full in a woman. This Is one of the
rev remnants Of nineteenth century
prejudice that we have carried over
into the twentieth century. The
more feminine sloping shoulder may
be better looking than the square
shoulder. but there are certain types
of figure to which only the square
shoulder is becoming, SO woman
need not refrain from developing her
them brawny or unfeminine. AS
matter of fact. it would take much
more exercise than most women could
possibly manage to overdevelop the
shoulders.
There are two excellent exercises.
both very easy to do at nome. one
is to stand upright with the arms
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Raspberry Dumplings.

Either bread or biscuit dough may
he used for these fruit dainties. Let
the dough rise until light. if bread
sponge is used. then shape in balls
and let rise again and brush with
butter. Arrange in baking pan.
pour crushed raspberries around them
and bake Biscuit dough may be
mixed quite soft and dropped in
spoonfuls on the fruit. Serve hot
with sugar and cream.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Remove the Bones From Shad.

Many persons prefer the shad to any
other kind of fish, but shun it because
of it's treacherous bones. All house.
wives. then. should learn to remove
the bones. 1t is easy to do.
Have your fisherman deliver the
shad to you in the ordinary way
scaled cleaned. with head and tail cut
off. Place it upon clean wrapping
paper, and, with slender bladed
knife. split the fish all the way along
the side of it which has been partly
opened by the fisherman when cleaned
the under part. Then. as though
you were opening a book, take the
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Cocoanut Jumbles.

One cup of sugar creamed with one
half cup of butter. Add one-half cup
OF sour cream in which one half tea
spoonful of soda has been dissolved.
Add two cups of flour and vanilla to
flavor. Put in a cold place over night.
Cut out with ring cutter. brush
with the white of egg. sprinkle with
grated cocoanut and bake about
twenty minutes.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Strawberry Delight.

Spread some small pieces Of sponge
cake with crushed strawberries and
I'LL up a glass dish with them. Slice
some Strawberries and place them on
top and then pour over them q Gus
tard made as follows: To three
cups of milk add one heaping table,
spoonful Of gelatin. three eggs light
ly beaten, and four tablespoonful OF
sugar. Cook in a double boiler until
thick and creamy. Place away until
cold and when ready to serve pour
over the top one cup of sweetened
r21 :. .----- stir nd ..ot here AM
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Chocolate Cookies.

Take one-half cup of butter and
lard, one and one-half cups of sugar.
one cup of grated chocolate or cocoa.
two eggs. one and one-half teaspoon
fuls of baking powder and a little
vanilla. Add one cup Of milk and two
cups of flour. Drop from a teaspoon
and sprinkle with sugar. leaving
space between to allow for spreading.
Evening star., 1921-06-06
Cinnamon Butter Cakes.

Cream one cup Of butter and two
cups of brown sugar. add two. table
spoonfuis of ground cinnamon ard one
egg add some -four gradually, knead
until well mixed. roll out on a cake
board one-fourth of an inch thick and
cut with cake cutter; bake in a
hot oven until brown.
Evening star., 1921-06-06

Blue SERGE COAT WITH Blue
AND-GRAY SKIRT. THE COAT Is
FASTENED AT WAIST WITH Row
QlHLS. SHOES, STOCKINGS AND
GACNTLETS OF GRAY.
of veil to cover the face. Few
women went into the street with
either hands or face uncovered. The
Evening star., 1921-06-06

The custom of wearing a wedding
veil is supposed to have originated
ages ago when the bride came to
the ceremony with her hair falling
over her face.
Evening star., 1921-06-06

Glove fashions have not been qui-
escent for several years. There
was long period Of time in which
women Wore certain kind of KID
to cover the hand and certain type
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
A RIVAL TO STRADIVARIUS

Eterial can be transformed into instru- ments of a rare tone quality. At any rate, an audience which included crit ics of the highest competence heara Van der Berg play Schuberts Ave Maria" on a genuine Strad, and alters wards on cheap instrument treated by the Ohlhaver process, and could diss cover no perceptible difference in their tones z.
 Whether Stradivarius' supremacy has been successfully challenged at lass is matter which only experts can de* termine. but lovers of music would Oe glad if the question could be settled on grounds of pure harmony and reas son. Ohlhaver, who. If hs knows httls Of riusic. has business sense, declines to say anything about his invcntico until tkc patents, for which he has ap- piled in various countries. have bean secured. In the meantime, the nsanu- facturers of stringed instruments in Germany are in arms against him, and are so wrought up, Tribune corre- spondent reports. that they are ready to rotten-egg him or even put . period to his career altogether for ruiuing their trade. ohihaver will, no doubt, see that this method. of showing their lispieasure, If crude, Is at least an ad- mission on their part that he has made good his claims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
From the Bait

From the Baltimore American.
 R7 r HAT was the secret which fer
 WAW 15o years has left Stradivar;
 " unchallenged in his place as the greatest violin maker of the ia nous Cremona school? Was it the meticulous attention to detail which marked all his work, or the high qual- sitv and finish of the wood of which his instruments were made, or his method of. treating the wood with a yarnish, the component parts of which were known only to himself and his sons? All that can be said for certain lis that in his own time, and ever since. his instruments. of which he is said 60 have made 1000, though only conapara- lively few authentic specimens survive. had a deiicacy of tone and sympa- |thetic quality completely distinct from the best work of other makers.
 Apparently, there are some who think that the secret lay In the var nishing process. and that rival to Stradivarius has at last appeared. A Dutch violinist. Maurito van der Berg. has just given in Berlin 2 demonstra- ton of the tonal qualities of violins treated with secret process invented by Heinrich. Ohlhaver. q Hamberg merchant, method by which, so 1t Is claimed, violins of the commonest ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24

enable a profit to be made on the
 produce. Birmingham's excellent ter
 minal facilities and central position in rich consuming territory are the
 factors that are counting more than
 anything else in the expansion now going on.
 The present trend to locate fac
 tories in strategical centers of dis tribution is due to high freight rates 1 In the case of some products the cost
 of transportation has shut them out of their former markets. Senator Trammell of Florida declared in the Senate this week that Florida lettuce celery and other truck were going to waste because they could not bear the freight rate to the consuming centers.
 Irrespective, however, of the pres
 ent disturbance of distribution points
 owing to high freight rates, Birming-
 ham has the advantage of a large assemblage of freight cars incident to its heavy iron, coal and steel ton mage and eight trunk lines touching
 the richest part of the south. It en-
 joys the advantage of proximity tc the gulf and both water and rail transportation to and from the gulf making it especially desirable as 8
 distributor of exports.
 Factories are coming to Birming
 ham because it is good place in which to do business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
SHAKESPEARE

greatness of the plays. as it is iirefutasss ble evidence that Shakespeare wrots. them? L them are on Shakespeare's will and arS indeed somewhat shaky. They may wett have been; for, according to ST sidney Lee, at the time they were penned i'll
 March, 1616, "Shakespeare's health was failing" The seventeenth century vicar of Stratford, John Ward, tells more circumstantial story. Shakespeare "hasl merry meeting with his fellow-poets.s Drayton and Ben Johnson, and it seenfs drank too hard, for Shakespeare died or 2. feavour there contracted" In any case shaky penmanship within few weeks of testator's death needs no explanaN tion. That his hand was "illiterate" is demonstrably untrue Two of the five signatures are attached to legal docu.; ments of the year 1612-13 and arc models. of penmanship. It is true that all five are written in antique script, which is. as different from modern script as back letter type is from Roman; but of their kind they are all thoroughly literate. ~
 And now comes historical reconstruc- tion-in particular the reconstruction 9f Kit Marlowe, whose scandalous death in 15sS-t when Shakespeare was g years old lis recorded alike by the players who loved him and by the Puritans wil0.. piously rejoiced in the snuffing out 6f an .atheist:,, ssSs .sWho wrote the plays? It will nsvse r be surely known. The Baconian theory is preposterpus. My guess is that Mar lowe may have written them. He stands the only writer for the stage oI
 the period who rose to the so-cailed Shakespearean, altitude. He was not killed in the tavern brawl. He escaped to the continent. There he wrote and
 thence he sent the plays to his friend Shakespeare to be produced. This IS merely surmise but plausible surnise..
 That it is only surmfse, rejoices uS
 deeply. If Kit Marlowe had been re- yiyed with the same finality with which. Colonel Watterson chloroformed Shakes peare's muse in 1904 and proved him an kiliiterate, then surely it would be time to consider whether prohibition can pc
 safely endured on top of lifetime oI politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Mr. Iohu.ton,. work

One of the highest class features in any newspaper I see is For the Good of the Community written every morn ing in The Age-Herald by Richard +. Johnston" said Joseph E. Johnson member of the county board of equal- zauon. No man who desires to keep abreast of the times can afford to miss these splendid articles.
 MT. Johnston not only presents vast amount of reliable and accurate information regarding all the material affairs of Birmingham and Alabama, but his comments on these facts are highly Illuminating. He frequently presents statistics in such a way that they are not only readable, but are highly in teresting. Reading his daily articles is one of the best cures I could suggest for pessimism and for business blues s But no comment on this feature of The Age-Herald would be complete without especial reference to his Sun day morning articles. They are works of literature and the subject matter is of such a nature that it gives man something inspiring and elevating to think about on the Sabbath day. The interest in these writings Is growing, and it is attracting more and more the favorable attention of the public. The writer is doing real service to the community in this work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24

sLEEP By Sir Phillip Sidney. Come, Sleep; o Sleep! the certain knot
 of peace. The batting place of it, the balm q
 woe, The poor mans wealth. the prisoners
 release, Tn indifferent judge between tho
 high and low. With shield of proof shield me from est
 the prease Of those fierce darts Despair at mo
 doth throw; Oh. make in me those civil wars tol
 cease:
 will good tribute pay. if thou do SC. Take thou of me smooth pinowA
 sWeetfst bed. \ chamber deafsof nelne and blind of
 light. A rosy garland and . weary head: And if these things, as being thine tnt
 right, # Move not thy heavy grace. thou shals 1avslie- than elsewhere. stslia's ;4uAss 4 if Y to*sSf f. -t T f f<i tIfs.s s+ tzz 9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
ODDS AGAINST THE COMET rom the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the PittsOurG Qlspatcn' { In June the Pons- Winnecke comet will be visible to the astronomers of the Royal observatory Ut Greenwich, England, and If the wanderer should run into the earth watchers at the telescope may experience some of the sensations of the bettor who> puts down his money on 1000 to shot on the race track. That Is about the odds against the Pons- Winnecke comet striking the earth. and the event would be of interest only to the severely professional and technical
 much ass Is the body of the man who supplies material for s1ccessful sur ricai operation. The con | would get | hard bump and as thers would be no damage to the earth the collision would be regarded as entirely success- ful because astronomers would have | chance to know at first hand, through visual inspection. of jutt what comets are composed.
 Tho Royal observatory reports that the Poons- Winnecks comet Is vijibis from, the earth every five years. threl montRa and differs from othei comets in having trsn Of meteor,
 500 or soe miles long instead ok th'
 sespeetab1s and conventional csmes'l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
From the New York Times,

From the New York Times.
 N BOUT one thing a certain order A\ of great minds is in full agree c = ment. William Shakespeare could not have written those plays. The men who can believe that he did write them, says Col. Henry Watterson, could believe that Benedict Arnold wrote the Declaration of Independence and Herbert Spencer the novels of Dickens" As to the reasons for this verdict, however. the great minds differ widely from one an other-and especially from those lesser
 minds which concern themselves with mere fact. Here is Mir Watterson's es- say in biography, embodied in a letter published in the Herald,
 "Of William Shakespeare we know that he came to London when IS or ls years of age, held horses in the alley about the theatre, got into the manage ment after a while, prospered, and. when 40 years old or thereabout. having ac- quired a competency, returned to Strat- ford. where for F years longer he lived CCmIOIldDly OH tHC uonAA WI v
 of his money without writing line.
 The chronology of the plays is not definitely fixed, but according to our
 best knowledge Shakespeare wrote at least 10 plays after the year 1eo4, in which he reached the age of 70, among them Macbeth Q606), Lear" Q60D.
 Antony and Cleopatra u6os). "Corio- lanuss ueOey. .Cymbeline'' dsl0. ''The Winters s Tale, Q6ll) and '.The Tempest u6l1). In the case of many of these plays internal evidence contemporary allusions and the lilke-make it impossible that they should have been written be- fore 1904 We now proceed to biographic criticism. Says MT. Watterson:
 Five of his signatures have been dis covered. They show him to have been an illiterate That Ben Johnson called him Sweet Wilr merely attests that he vas good fellow. popular among his associates
 But what does it show that Ben John son wrote the famous poem prefixed to the First Folio, which is still perhaps inc supreme critical estimate of tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
LuKE M,LIlKE SAYS

woman who has the lHStallmcnt habit isn't happy unless she is paying for the heater in July and paying for the ice box in February.
 A woman will marry man who is about as handsome as a sick anteater. And then she'll wonder why her chil- dren do not look human.
 Many a 120-pound husband goes around bragging that he never has been enough of brute to strike his 220-pound wife.
 If guest could hear all that Is said about her after she leaves. she would cultivate the habit of remaining ai home more.
 arc not as other men. But the betting is that you bore. lot of people. just the same.
 feels sorry for him. Then she'll put in the rest of her time feeling sorry fol herself.
 When a man has wife and six kids to run up bills for him 1t seems like every other day is the first of the month. After man has been married for sC years he doesn't feel bit embarrassed even if his socks do have wrinkles in them.
 As rule when a. man says: Well to make long story short- 1t means that he is going to talk for another hour.
 We do not know much. But we dc know that mans alibi never seems as plausible to his wife as 1t does to him Any henpecked husband can tell yo1 that you do not have to go eo var ir order to be under fire all the time. They have produced many word. Hess play. But they have never beer able to produce talkless audience. Anyway it will sort of jar female for office to have to admit that she is one of the plain people. A woman doesn't really get highl, excited over anything until she realixes lthat 1t is none of her business. Another mystery Is where mother, Hind all the weird middle names theJ give their babies. And what has become of the old l fashioned girl who used to be al hom, at bedtime?
 Before you get her she is vivacious IAfter you get her she Is too biamet sabby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
DepIores Her Death

Tn the death of Mrs. Cornelia F Handley, which sad event occurred this morning, Birmin gham loses another of the pioneers. who wrought well for the uplift of the city, said Frank V Evans last night.
 T do not class this dear good woman las an industrial agent, but higher still, as social, charitable and religious factor, ever seeking to make strong and beautiful community life here, Few women possess the forceful intel lectuality with which Mrs. Handley was adorned and fewer still the cheer ing, consoling, sympathetic nature which so characterized her life.
 Ever active in the discharge of holy duty. she was as ministering angel, at the bedside of the sick, the afflicted and the sorrowing. The sunshine of her radiant presence proved a balm to many wounded heart.
 How sad it is to think of such a saintly woman being thus stricken down by the cruel wheels of care lessly driven instrument of death. But what legacy she has left her chil- dren! Those who knew Mrs. Handley best enjoy the blessed assurance that her soul rests in peace.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-24
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nnvoIvINc DooR E1HeUETrE
From the Argonaut.

From the Argonaut.
 The etiquette of the revolving door has yet to be standardized. At present. there are two schools of opinion on inc subject. One holds that when 2 man and woman approach q revolv. ing door 1t is the mans place to go first, pushing the door slowlx 80 as to allow his partner to following in the next compartment without any erort on her part. Tho other contends that ladies Arst, still holds sway. It is good manners. these theorists say. fos tic m4n to step aside, let the woman start tho door revolving. and then jump into the compartment behind her In this way. t is contended, the man may assume control of tho door and guide 1t until the woman |ahead of him Is safely out. Tho 6ff. 'terest rivalry prevails between tho <tNs