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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-11

Mary finished up her letters and pre- pared to accompany Darlington Bellairs upon his stroll The greyhounds followed.
 "Oh, what heavenly day+" Mary drew long breath of the clear. sunlit air. II love the fresh smell of the earth, the woods-of everything!'
 Darlington Bellalrs puffed at his pipe. He flung a sidelong glance at Mary. He knew that she spoke genuinely. There was nothing affected or artificial in this girl. He admired her naturalness-tre- mendously. You like the country" Mary. nodded. "At every season of the year."
 You wouldn't find it dun?"
 "Oh, that would depend on circum- stances" said Mary, quickly.
 For instance-?"
 Well, companionship," rejoined the girl. She felt they were about to ven ture on thin ice and tried to change the subject Town can be fascinating, too if one has means"
 She regretted the words the moment they were spoken, for they sounded like direct encouragement for reopening the matrimonial question.
 "I-Id like to travel best" he stam- mered
 ITO wake up in new place every morning?"
 Il d like that, tOo--IOr couple or years or so." He moved little closer to Mary Miss Drew, you know that your wisi could be gratified, if you'd only"
 q don't know anything of the sort, rejoined the young girl briskly. Oh, what an idiot shed been to start conVersa' ton of this kind! Look at that httle rabbit over there-the dear. furry little creature!'
 Darlington Bellairs smiled 'grimly Marys elusiveness-he admired tha quality, thought it often served to irritatC him. ..
 "The dear, furry little creatures are a perfect nuisance-destroying crops anc working havoc in my young plantations He turned to his dogs. "On, Bruno! Or Caesar! Chase em! Hurry!'
 Mary gave a little shudder. She hoped the small, furry things would get ava, in time.
 Life was very glorious One did no want to lose it when the sun shone ano the air held a frosty, exhilarating tang Long, deep breaths of it were "heady.' like champagne!
 The little. rabbit got away. The youns girl smiled, we'll satisfied. Have you seen MT. Calardin lately" The question interrupted her thoughts bringing a lovely color to her cheeks l Darlington Bellairs, however, was no
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CLIP THIS OUT
OLD ENGLISH RECIPE FOR CATARRH CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND
 HEAD NOISES.


 CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND
 HEAD NOISES.
 If you know of some one who is troubled with Catarrhal Deafness. head noises or or dinary catarrh cut out this formula and hand it to them and you may have been the means of saving some poor sufferer perhaps from total deafness. In England scientists for long time past have recog- nized that catarrh is const stitutional disease and necessarily requires constitutional treatment.
 x. Sprays inha1ers and nose douches are liable to irritate the delicate air passages and force the disease into the middle ear which frequently means total deafness, or else the disease may be driven down the air passages towards the lungs which is equally as dangerous. The following form English climate is constitutional treat ment and should prove especially efficacious to sufferers here who live under more favor able climate conditions.
 Secure from your druggist 1 ounce of Parmint (double strength). Take this home and add to it A pint of hot water and a little granulated sugar; stir until dissolved. This will often bring quick relief from dis dressing head noises. Clogged nostrils should open, breathing become easy and hearing improve the inflammation in the custodian tubes is reduced. Parmint used in this way acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system and has tonic action that helps to obtain the de- make, costs little and is pleasant to take. Every person who has catarrh or head noises or is hard of hearing should give .Sis treatment trial.-Adv.
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Mystery has always attached itself to {, the sea, and romance to the lives of those who go down to the sea in ships.
 This article is to deal with what was, in way, a prosaic branch of the serv- ice. but it will tell of both mystery and romance.
 The initials "N. o. T. S." may not be as familiar to the landsman reader as some others which were in frequent use during the war, but every sailor knew them and knew them well-not only the sailors of our own country, but of all other countries having ships on the At lantic in 1918 @
 IN. o. T. Ss stood for the largest car go fleet on earth operating under single rnanagement-the naval overseas transportation service.
 N On January 1, 1918, it did not have even a paper existence; on January it was formally organized and named; by July it comprised 19S vessels, and when the armistice came in November its fleet con- sisted of 4so assigned ships, of which SIS were in actual operation and the rest in course of construction or preparing to go into commission. Its total maximuns tonnage was 3,So0,0O0 deadweight,
 35,000 MEN IN SERVICE
 ;. This was a development of the navy s work which got less attention than Its magnitude and importance merited It was one of the biggest things we did, and among the chief reasons why we had to raise and train such an enormous per- sonnel. There were some 5000 officers and 5000 men in this service
 Had the war continued through 1913, according to our estimates we would have required at least 20,00O officers and 2o0,000 men for this branch of the service alone The shipping board schedule for 1s1s-1e contemplated the delivery of 1921 vessels, the large majority of which would have been put into war service and manned by the navy.
 N O, T. S. was "the ferry to France" carrying millions of tons of munitions, guns. food, fuel, supplies, materials to our army and naval forces abroad Five tons of supplies a year were required foi each soldier
 But I am not going to burden you with statistics The story of what this prosaic ferry service meant to the men engaged f, in 1t may be best told by giving you the log of one ship-a typical ship and a typical experience in the N. o. T. S.
 The George H. Henry-prosaic. matter of-fact name-had made seven round trips to France, averaging 67 days to the trip, which allows for loading and unloading-a fine record for cargo steamer
 TACKLES A U-BOAT
 She was on her eighth trip and far out at sea, alone, footing her way under full speed, when she sighted U-boat about 5000 yards distant This was at $50 in the morning of September @, 1918.
 Full left wheer was ordered. Gen eral quarters was rung in. The forward gun went into action and the after-gun followed quickly Then the submarine opened fire Some shots fell short, others went over the Henry. The latters shells were dropping in pretty lively fashion around the "sub' and presently it with
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THREE

she had to retrace good part of her route!
 It was growing dark before she got upon the right track--un comfortably dark! The early winter day was closing | in.
 She walked another mile. The hedge rows were quite shadowy now. the fields blur. And--it was a little eerie, walk | ing underneath the trees.
 A queer, low chuckle sounded at her elbow, Mary started Then came a hic-
 coughing laugh-and black, evil-look- | ing face was thrust into her own! Fol- i lowed by a jabber of foreign words-a handthrust out to touch her
 Mary screamed-and started running blindly down the road-whie behind her came the chatter of pursuing footsteps' 1 (Tonorrow-The Long Race) | (Copyright, 1921 by The Mcclure News | paper Syndicate).
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Al Cupid's Call
 By MAY CHRISTIE
Copyright. ls2i by tn. Mcclure Newspaper syndie.s.
XLV-The Creeping Shadow

looking at her. Mary hoped he did not see the silly blush.
 T saw him yesterday" Her tone wac as careless as she could make it.
 But it's studied carelessness did not es. cape her listener.
 I've got some rather important pa. pers for him. Maybe after lunch you run over to the Barley Nov in the cal and leave them for him.
 Mary could not keep the pleasure from sparkling in her eyes Her voice. how ever. was quite demure as she made an swer;
 If you don't mind, I'd rather walkl
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Mrs. Proctor Dies

scottsboro. May 10.--( Especial Mrs. Jessie A. Proctor died at her home in this city yesterday Her death has caused general sorrow in the entire community. She was member of one of the most prominent families in this section of tho state She leaves d hug band and three sons. ss9TS%
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JUDGE CLEARS WAY !
 10 OCOMPLETE ROAD.
DissolveS Temporary Iniunc- ton Holding Up Work Be-
 tween EtoWah and Jefferson

Gadsden, May 10.-(Special) )-Judge Woodson J. Martin, in a decision handed down today, denies the injunction asked for by the petitioners in the St. Clair road controversy and dissolves the temporary injunction which has been holding up work on the highway be- tween Etowah county line and the Jef- ferson county line, in St. Clair county.
 The decision, which followed a hear ing some weeks ago, is an important one, and it will be carried to the su according to those who are in touch with the situation.
 Under the decision made public to- day the court holds that the road com missioners' act of the last legislature Is broad enough to cover the situation. It maintains that the bonds can issut and be issued legally.
 The suit for an injunction was begun following the announcement of the St Clair county commissioners that they intended to build a highway to the lief ferson county line that would also ex- tend to the Etowah county line and connect with a similar piece of road in this county.
 The group resident about Pell City objected to the selection of the route, so it is alleged, but they did not act on such premises, bringing their suit for an injunction on the ground. that the road act did not allow the issuance of bonds before the debt had been con tracted.
 The temporary injunction was grant ed by Judge Woodson J. Martin about two weeks ago, and then hearing was held and briefs filed as well as de- murrers.
 Judge Steel was also brought into the case. and in company with Judge Martin heard all of the testimony and aided him in drawing up his decision | In dissolving the injunction, the Eto- wah court will go before the supreme court, providing an appeal is take% 3 thing that is almost certain to happen with the proposition that the road law i will cover such cooperative movements as the one recently started in St. Clair | county l The opponents of the road will how. ever contend, in a friendly suit to de- termine the legality of the matter, that the lower court should have held any such bond issue illegal and granted g permanent injunction.
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bringing north some 51 enlisted men who had been serving on United States ves- sells in South American waters as well as few civilians returning from Brazil, among them Maurice Gottschalk, United 1 States consul at Rio de Janero
 What happened to her? There were many theories, most of them wild and untenable; none that seemed to fit the case thoroughly. Many people jumped to the conclusion that she was sunk by submarine, but. so far as known, there was no submarine anywhere near that region Others, sezing upon the fact that her commanding officer, Lieut. Com nander c. w. Morley, was a native of Germany and that number of the crew had German names. thought the captain and crew had turned traitors and taken the ship to Germany. Lieutenant Com | mander Morley had come to Amer ica as boy he had been employed in the naval auxiliary service for nearly 20 years with no evidence of disloyalty. But this belief among some outside the navy that the ship had been taken to l Germany persisted until the armistice. when there was undena ble. proof that no such vessel had been captured, turned l over or sighted, and the Germans knew no more about her fate than we did.
 THINKS SHIP TURNED TURTLE 1 The only theory that seems tenable is
 
 sudden West Indian hurricane; that her cargo shifted. listing the vessel, which turned turtle and went down. This is the only way in which the absence of wreckage can be accounted for. Our col | Hers of this type have high steel beams like cranes, with chains of buckets to load and unload coal. If she went down bottom-sde up, these huge steel fingers might have pinned down every thing on deck. allowing nothing to float to the surface. That is what seems most probable. But. like everything else con- nected with the case. it is all conjecture. Fate unknown" is the inscription be- side the name of the Cyclops on the navy | list. The waves that sweep over where she lies conceals the secret. Her fate will probably remain a mystery until that last day when the waters are rolled back and the sea gives up it's dead.
 Copyright, 1921, by John F. Dille. copyright by National Newspaper Serv- ice. sCopyright in Great Britain, Canada and throughout France All rights re- served including translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. Unauthorized reprinting for any purpose forbidden) (Another article by former Secretary Daniels will be printed tomorrow
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Mystery and Romance in Big
 Cargo SerUice Told by Daniels
By JoSEPHUs DANIELS


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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-29
Two Letters Answered

To the Editor Of WOmdn'8 PG0c:
Dear Madam--Will you please tell me
how to get rid OF blackheads and PIN
pies? l seem TO have pmpeS all the
time and | cannot get rid OF them.
VIII you also tell me how much a girl
fifteen years and six months should
weigh? weigh 100 pounds, am feet
| inch tall, have a rather fat face, but
my legs are very thin and ! would like
to gain flesh on my legs. BILLY II.
Thia answer c.. also. Wash the
face every night with hot water
and good facial soap will cleanse
the skin OF impurities. Applying cold
cream. thoughly rubbing 1t In, every
night before retiring, will also help.
Avoid sweet and greasy foods. eat and
sleep regularly, and your complexion
should clear In a very short time In
case II does not consult a physician.
Your weight Is little more than II
should be for your height, but only a
few pounds You should weigh about
l04.
Exercise by walking, swimming and
dancing. Rub coco butter on your legs
and you viii find them fillng out grad
ually A double chin can often be re.
duced by sleeping without a pillow
Massaging is helpful and a chin strap
helps. But a diet which viii reduce you
all over is best
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Has Many Troubles

Dear Cynthia-I am only fourteen
years OLD and am IN the second year OF
high school. Cynthia, my mother tells
me I'm too young TO have boy friends.
once when l asked her II could bring
a boy to the house she said, No." so
| went with the rest Of the girls and
boys, but / did not tell her so. When
party Is given l am asked 10 give all
particulars II knew that the party
was was not nice I would not go, 1 have a
sister who is seventeen She is always
mocklng me, but she does not even have
TO tell mother where she Is going she
Just goes I have been working during
vacation ever since / was twelve. and
work as my sister Is too good for that
and my mother does not always feel
we'll.
Cynthia. sometimes cry because
when l come homo from school $3.50
l find the breakfast and dinner dishes
waiting. / don't mind the work at all,
only sometimes it's hard. I never have
anybody TO tell my troubles to, and as
| read your column every day thought
, i,,D would wi, write to you. Sometimes. Gym,
hope, you won't laugh. but 1t is so.
Cynthia, do you think It Is right that
when my mother does not let me bring
boys to the house that I should meet
them other places? I don't see what
seems good to be able to tell your
troubles TO some one else.
Cynthia, whenever an argument comes
up my mother says that she cannot put
me through high school (only she says
II so 1t hurts). I told her that was
willing 70 go to work. then she laughs
at me and says 60 ahead, go to work.
Cynthia. l love my mother, but some
times when I have to stand all these
knocks can't help getting angry. What
shall I do, Cynthia, or haven't I prob
lem? FANNIE G. B.
Pon't meet the boys outside, dear. II
mother does not approve A little girl
of fourteen should tell her mother where
she's going and whom she meets. So
should a girl of seventeen, for that mat
ter. Bear with your sisters selflshness
as much as you can and don't enter into
discussions with her or your mother.
Some time when you are alone with
your mother talk to her quietly, asking
X she won't have your sister help you
| with the dishes. Also tell her you want
| TO have your friends come and see you.
You are pretty young for boy callers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-29
Domestic Servants in London Haze
a Comfortable Clubhouse of Their Own
Why Wouldn't This BE Good Idea for Women in This
Country Who Want Place Meet Their Beaux Rest?

t6TNIIE latest and most enterprising Of
L wonen's climbs in Iondon. -" states
,r,-t
news hote, Is one "hl'h coh"heS
its membership to girls and women en-
ployed in domestic service"
~ NoW, i W3haer Wny no one mas ever
So mony girls in domestic service. or
girls who migbt 90 into domestic sorv
ice undpr otRor conditions IisIiko II
cbiofv boco,so u offars tbon, ,n rloce
70 entertain tboir frionJs
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raising your fam ,.,,. M,
and continually spoil your cn'iultn , Dlu
she MAKE you ivns .h 'rs'' na,, ,rsro Sot Solf
to unuers.Ihnf uah Gov ber sonp
gooa ehYue tha non,,ior concention. Al,
Inay 10 i,',,ns w. ham On Tho tbeme
the N,o,bmsniob but cnriouslv. it nj.
OLD as ,ha yv;Se,a mother who makes
ways - .hn rn,scbief Her tendency 70
most q, 'ne nnn,s home ia regarded as
settle ~ ona would annnose no woman
universai. nn;.J Jorsbtar evnr Ind n
win son,iI, 90 Ser own
nome anu ,a .,..,.
The mother IN "w au.haii.y oesnh
way back IN Cn.na' @ =. nus nee1 an @ es
tablished 1act I9r Snousahus VI seu,s'
long before Anglo oaAoh ,, countrles ex
jsted. Deterence 10 rae. s.herutIohs. ei, n,n ~
parents, IL 'Ie WY i hD,i,o, hU vi a.. o,ho,
religions, In aii o,o'isu' uiu o'he'
ancient histories, we nno s uoSo'usv ,s,,S. Soe.
dience 10 PaIehIs esen s.un ,., .naui
have themselves oecotne o.u pvt'ons. in
Jewish 1aniihes, tnI .ui 80 tno pus, ;,
In lndia' the phtriateh .nn We n.nt.s
years OLD, put ne is ,he preSiu,ns s;a genius
OF the immense houSenou' MS eons an9
their families living under his roof. and
the OLD codger uonns ouI ,he ahces.ral "a
Jewels TO ms daughters- III iaw, on s'h.r
occasions. ANCESTOR SLOW w1tsnip tn bi,u .S aVunuea
on the lueal Vi ie""iu i'' ol'ne'ns up
children.
Just why China exalts the old lady
we do not know. Women certainly
never get square deal, until they
are dowagers. The girl-wife is COM
PEELED to obey her mother in law i'm
plicitly. She is taken into the hus-
bands home and trained to wait on her
mother-i law as a servant. She is
given minute instructions as to how to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-29
WHAT'S WHAT
Ry HELEN DECIE

The garage party is different from the
old-fashioned barn dance in some yvays.
chiefly In the ways OF modern N.umina-
tion and modern dancing \ public
garage should not be used for this pur-
pose, The usual family garage, back Of
the residence. with lawn between ga
rage and dwelling, Is ideal II It Is to be
a large party, and there Is not sufficient
space for dancing w!lhm the garage,
canvas should be spread upon the lawn.
A charming garage dance given re-
Gently by two friendly neighbors permit
ted the use of both garages, with the cars
parked in front of the residences. An
electric searchlight in one Of the house
windows illuminated both garages and
lawns without other lights. 4 phono-
graph was used for dance music, re-on-
forced by a banjo played by one OF the
guests. and refreshments were served on
the lawn, buffet fashion.
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adventures With a Purse

MY PET extravaganza is perfume,
4'4 but it's so very expensive that
do not like to waste even a drop of It,
Quite accidentally I happened upon n
new sort of perfume bottle. All the
more expensive and dainty odors can
be bought in glass flagonettes. with
tiny glass dropper attached to the stop
per. This miniature bottle fits snugly
into a metal case. So, you see, there
is no danger of any of 1t spilling or
evaporating. II costs but one dollar
and slips conveniently into n handbag
when staying in town for dinner or
going away for the week end.
These warm days are most certainly
accountable for great many incon-
venicnces. And nothing Is more dis
tressing than n painful coat Of sunburn
or n few annoying hives caused by an
ovcrheated blood. And these are but
few of the many things that attack
one in the good old summer time" :"
Helen tells me that she has found some.
thing which Is just the thing to re-
licve these petty troubles and will Soothc
one physically, MS we'll as mentally.
1t is but twenty five cents jar, but
she values it as being priceless.
While ndventurlng today l noticed a
crowd gazing into q window. Curios-
ity being one of my failings, I could
not resist the temptation to join the
people and crane my neck, too. A most
remarkable midsummer sale was be-
ing held and particularly noticed ma
dras shirts, high necked, with detach-
able soft collars. The very sort Of
tailored waist to be worn with sports
clothes or for the office when the cooler
days come about The shirts were
priced at 50 %, reduced from SO. 80, and
can be had in white and colors.
For names OF shops address womnn's Page
Editor or Phone Walnut 5000 or Main 1901.
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7wo Minutes of Optimism
BY HERMAN j. STITCH
Enthusiasm,

nothing
accomplished
Enthusiasm
Without
muscle
and
opposition, demoiShing resistance
builds
the silver lining dark clouds
Enthusiasm world;
bomb
Hsn ana leadership; mothers
Ihe difference between pool