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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

W pedal ex,remities in what used 7" to be called in staider days chorus girl fashion, What would you and I have thought-three little years ago--of a woman who pranced down the avenue in vari-colored slip pers with. criss-cross straps as bewild- ering in direction as the paths of a maze? Would not our glance have been averted in contemptuous amuse- ment, or outraged taste from the spec tacle of such footwear?
 But everybody's wearing 'em now. Just try to find pair of simple, un- ostentatious street pumps and see what hunt you have of it. It is hard to find a strapless pump, and almost as hard to find one that is not in two kinds of leather. Slippers cut away so much that almost the whole stockinged foot Is visible are the latest whim of fashion. There is nothing immodest, of course, about stockinged- -foot-but to the conserva- tive eye it does look odd and startling when the wearer of the cut-away slip per dangles one foot from a crossed knee and you get view of almost the whole sole of her extremity yelled only with a guazy stocking. These much slashed away slippers are very comfortable and very cool but they are going to allow feminine feet to spread and widen, just as the girdle corsets that are so delightfully."- comfy have allowed waistlines to spread and widen. When woman goes back to normal pumps she is going to find she requires a B or c width Instead of the double A she. has prided herself upon. But fortunately bizarre styles in footwear never last long and prob ably with the beginning of cold weather next fall. street shoes will take to themselves. the average amount of leather.
 It seems inconceivable that there could be so many styles in straps. In an article so small as feminine slip per Every day a new arrangement of straps appears and no arrangement Is exactly like the last. The fancy of footwear designers is fairly running riot just now and every last one of them seems to be striving to produce something more cratic than anything yet turned out. You gaze al whole window full of strap slippers and pumps and no two pairs, are alike. And the kaleidoscopic effect of so much leather cut into small bits and showing so many colors is fairly dag zling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
Could FOOTWEAR further 6o-
 -1n Gayety :?

" 0HETHER you want to. or not. now. you have to dress your pedal extremities in what used
 W to be called in staider days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

the woman who has never worn any thing but tall-heeled shoes the lame ness Is apt to be more pronounced and more painful and does not pass in day or two. The wisest way. if you have (because of that unusually arched instep) always worn high heels and now want to wear low heeled slippers. is to make the change grad ually. Wear the very low heeled foot gear only a few hours at a time. and have lift taken off your high heeled house slippers once a week. Then the long unused muscles at the back of the leg will gradually strengthen and accustom themselves to the new work.
 Incidentally. the constant wearing of high heels spoiis the contour of the leg Soft. fiabby muscles are never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

shapely muscles. The athletic girl always has prettier leg and ankle than the girl who has stamped about on tall heels for years.
 Could anything be prettier or smartef--or more desirable In the matter of good sense--than the strap walking pumps pictured? They are neat. comfortable and dainty for all that they. have heels which will carry their wearer miles and miles without weariness These good looking shoes are of gray suede with trimming of black kid and the buckles are spe- cially smart feature. buckles being
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

- HERE Is charm about sum ~ rner frocks of airy material that
 appeals to some women irresisti- - bly. They would rather plan such frocks than connections of vel vet, satin or serge. They are the women who cannot keep away from the counters where summer fabrics are first displayed. Lengths of diaph- anops lawn or organdy. or neat, daintily tinted ginghams draw them like lodestone. They, visualize these enchanting stuffs made up into be- coming costumes and futtering in the summer breeze; and such a woman usually has lengths of dress material which she cannot possibly use slowed away about the house. She simply cannot resist summery fabrics and buys them for the sheer joy of pos sessing them. M
 This year summer frocks are going to be so easy to make that two can be turned off in week in the home sewing room without giving specially concentrated labor to the business. Fit is a negligible quantity now, for a frock is made of two long lengths scanned up the sides; the sleeve run In with the rest of the garment. And a sash or belt at low waistline gives the right line, no matter whether you are tall and slim or short and stout, or have any other figure proportions.
 Trimmings Give Style To Simple =s Lines
 If you can embroider, you put a deep border of wool embroidery op each sleeve of your linen frock-and behold it is trimmed! On neat little ginghams you embroider fruit and flower motifs in gay colors. Or gandies and lawns are put together with fine eording-an easy way to make frock and much more speedy than setting in pin-tucks by hand. If you don't like to sew. you can have all seams hemstitched and all edges picot- finished. and formal frocks, of crepe de chine and Georgette can be beautifully trimmed with lines of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04

The one excellent point about this new footwear-to sober taste--is that heels have at last become sensi- ble. Very low heeled slippers are smarter than very high heeled ones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-04
BROOCHES INITIATE LITTLE
 RASKEyTS

n ATHER charming are inexpensive K little brooches for wear with sum- nVmer dresses; gay little brooches that initiate tiny baskets filled with bright flowers. The small basket is in lattice-work effect, of silver or of plated gold and the flowers are colored stones-imitation rubies, emeralds, turquoise, coral and so on, mingled with little leaves of greenish gold.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19
Wrigley's Answer

William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing
gum magnate, was talking to a
little party of men in a smoking
car the other day, and telling how
much chicle is used each year for
chewing gum. "But Mr.. Wrigley,"
said one Of his hearers, you've
spent millions of dollars and created
a splendid demand now; everybody
talks about and chews Spearmint;
your demand is steady and growing;
isn't it a waste to spend so many
thousands of dollars advertising a
product that is already so well
known? 2"
And Mr.. Wrigley, studying a mo-
ment, answered:
"My friend, if I were to stop adj
vertising, it would be just like taking
the engine off of this train. 1t would
slow down, and after little while it
would stop. Advertising is the loco
motive of business and if you don't
keep it up business comes to a stop"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19

may be low, yes so low that he does
not even receive one half the compen-
sation Of the artisan in town but does
he stop and throw up the sponge. No,
never.
But why shouldn't he strike? Why
should he be satisfied with a half loaf
while others are getting full one ?
Just what would happen should he and
his fellow farmers get up on their
hind legs some morning until we say:
"We'll stop producing until we get
a living wage, or better yet, a saving
wage" Would not the wheels of in
dustry stop turning on their axes and
would not the people of all cities be-
gin to suffer untold misery and want !?
Why don't some of the fellows who
are clamoring for eight hours and
more pay, consider the hours of the
farmer and the part he is playing to
right things up that have gone wrong
and take their medicine from the same
spoon that he is drinking from?
What would the prices of bread be
if the farmer went on an eight hour
shift tomorrow. What would the
price of milk and butter he if the
farmer went on an eight hour shift
and had to keep two crews to care
for his cattle at regular hours?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19
Why Don't Farm
ers Strike?

When the farmer comes in from
his daily toll and sits himself down
in his old arm chair and lights his
corn cob pipe that is full of "Old
Tom" or "Pride of the Cabbage
Patch" and, picks up his daily paper
and reads, "Miners out on strike
Printers on Strike" Railway Work
ers Voting to Walk Out" he wonders
what is ailing the fellows who are
working eight hours a day for twice
as much pay as he is receiving for
fourteen hours. But he puts his paper
away and goes to bed and gets up
the next morning at five just as US
ual and while the eight hour fellow
is still slumbering he wends his way
out to the field to put in another long
day.
Has he ever had it in his head to
strike mo, never; he plods on and
on while others are specializing on
what his crops will be and how much
they will make out of the effects of
his toll. He works and works that
we who live in the city may have
enough for the winters supply. Prices
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19

dies. Then Brother Lorenzo got up
and said: "You want good mixer
That reminds me of an old farmer
who came down to town every Satur-
day when was boy. He had on
his wagon two barrels, sauerkraut in
the one and cottage cheese in the
other, which he sold from house to
house. But he had only one ladle for
both barrels, and after he had sold
his stuff for several blocks, well.
there was a kind of mixture in both
barrels, and finally nobody could tell
one from the other. These mixer
preachers are generally such good
mixers, that after few years every
thing is so mixed up in the church.
that they have to leave, and it takes
their successor several years to un-
tangle the mixtme!" The people
understood and called a real man to
their pulpit California Missionary
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19
A Plain Case of Duty

Don't neglect the children. They
may not exert any great influence up
on the community life of today, but in
a few short years they will be direct
ing the affairs of the community while
we will be looking on-or will have
passed on.
AS we train them today, so will they
be then. And as they are then, so
will we of today be judged.
We can not escape our duty. 1t is
plain and squarely before us. We
may shirk it, and squirm out of it, but
in the end we must pay, even in per-
son or in memory.
The child does not come into this
world of it's own volition, and it
should not be left to it's own devices.
That which we create we should
protect and foster and bring as near
to a state of perfection as is humanity
possible. Nothing else will suffice in
the eyes of Him who created mankind.
The home without children is not
without duty to the children of
other homes. They form an integral
part of the community, and as such
are entitled to the cooperation and
encouragement Of the remainder of
the community.
The child may not say much in the
presence of its elders, but it sees much
and remembers much of what it sees
and hears.
Thus are it's impressions formed,
and these are the beacon lights that
beckon it on to life of honor or of
ignomy. Exchange.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19
Harvest Wages
Average $40
FARM BUREAUS monthly SUR
VEY SHOWS PREVAILING FARM
PAY IN MINNESOTA.

Farmers in Minnesota are paying
harvest hands an average daily wage
Of $40, according to the monthly
farm labor survey conducted by the
Minnesota Farm Bureau federation
in cooperation with county farm bu-
reaus.
Prevailing rates of pay of farm
laborers in every section Of the state
are tabulated every month by the
state federation, to guide farmers
in hiring help, and to prevent violent
wage fluctuations and consequent
drifting of farm labor from county to
county, which in the past has result
ed in loss to both producers and
laborers.
Other wage scales reported by the
county Farm Bureaus show the fol-
lowing average rates of pay:
General work per day --------$ 1.90
Haying, per day ------------- 2.2O
Harvesting, (shocking) per day 2.40
General work, per month 1000
Harvesting, per month ------- 1900
Seventeen per cent of the counties
reported the demand for farm labor
large, while 81 per cent reported ar
average call for help. Only 15 per
cent reported small demand fol-
farm hands.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19
It's Wonderful
Declares Miss
Anna Paddock
ST. PAUL. WOMAN, RESTORED
AFTER TWO YEARS OF SUI
FERING, SAYS TANLAC HASN'T
AN EQUAL ANYWHERE.

'tIt's just wonderful the way Tan
lac has built me up and relieved me of
my troubles" said Miss Anna Pad
dock, Of 1042 Randolph ST., st. Paul,
MINI.
For more than two years my stom-
ach was in a badly disordered condi-
ton. There were things I never dar-
ed eat, but no matter how careful ]
was bloated up with gas and had in.
tense pains in my sides and my nerves
wouldn't let me rest day or night. In
spite of everything I did / kept get
ting worse and felt weak, miserable
and respondent all the time.
sTanlac helped me from the very
first dose and now can eat just what
ever / please and never feel touch
Of Indigestion, the pains have all left
me, my nerves are steady and sleep
fine. Tanlac has made me like an al.
together different person."
Tanlac is sold by all good druggists
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19
Sleeper on Benches
Detroit Free Press. J

Leslie M. Shaw, whose services as
secretary of the treasury in Roose-
velt's time are well remembered, is
not pleased with the American edu-
cational system. He thinks the
schools are trying to teach the young
to get along without work and he
ventures the opinion that census
of the men found doing away their
time on park benches would reveal
that the sleepers are all educated.
The illiterate men, he told the Army
and Navy club, are awake and at
work.
With all due respect to the high au-
thority of the former secretary an
opinion may be ventured that the
men who are addicted to slun1ber on
park benches in Detroit and else
where are simply born that way
They belong to the shiftless, ineffect-
ual class and the cause of their trou-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19

And yet some folks would have us
believe that a Farmer-Labor propo-
sition is the one that farmers should
tie to. Wouldn't that make a beauti-
full spectacle for double team? Mr..
Farmer all harnessed up with Mr..
Laborer. When noontime came the
team would stop for dinner. At one
p. m. when the driver snapped the
whip Mr.. Farmer would still be on
the team and beside him would be
fresh horse in the shape of an eight
hour man to trot the next half of the
day. How long would Mr.. Farmer
stand hitched like this ?-"Tergiver-
GUS Tim" in the Mortified News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19

Bile is to be found in deficiency of
brains rather than in an excess Of
education.
IF, as the former secretary implies,
the schools inculcate idleness why lis
this not nation of idlers? All but
a very small percentage of Americans
go to school, but instead of being UNI
productive the American worker is
the most efficient in the world. He
turns out more for days work than
any other laborer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19
"How I Cleared the Mill of Rats" By
]. Tucker, r. /.

GAS night Waterman I believe have
seen more rats than any man. Dogs
wouldn't dare go near them. Got
$125 pkg. of RAT-SNAP, inside of
6 weeks cleared them all out. Killed
them by the score every night. Guess
the rest were scared away. I'll never
be without RAT-SNAP," Three sizes.
IS cents, IS cents, $1.25. Sold and GU
aranteed by FARRELL & KEEFE
and PUBLIC DRUG co. 1-2ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-07-19
Mixing Things Up

The old minister had died and the
congregation had met to cali new
pastor. Lets get a young man, a
modern up-to-date preacher, a good
mixer!" some said, especially the la
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-13

the teacher to learn the needs6f
the pupils and try, to train the nat
Iural abilities Of the pupils so that:
they may he able TO satisfy these:
needs. 3 80:
The discussion by Me- H 81.
osteen on eempulsory attendanse
was good. Especially did he
the nail Oh the head when hesafd
that IF we spend our n1oney,stes
educate the young. we will not IA
ter have to maintain schools 4e
educate the adult iIlierate,
The discussion by DR..
Mood on the physical Welfare of
the child was practical and sus
gestive. He made many good sng
gestions. that should be carried out:
in every school $50
Mr.. E. w Dabhs, =, SPOKE Ah
the Consolidation of schools and
Transportation. His discussion
was practical and what hesai6
would be good advice" if taken
DR.. S. Fl. Ednunds, who presit-
ed at the meeting spoke last On
the Teacher" His remarks we're
filed with true statements, and
the Quality of the teaching staff OF
the Sumter city schools gives att
test to the practical and wise ses
lectiens Dir. Edmunds has made
w. 3. Moore
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-13
Mrs. scat Gives Bridge. PaIsy

= =
Mrs. Leon Scott gave a bridge.
party on. Thursday afternoon cUm-
piimentins1 Mrs VIM. J. CrowseH,s
Jr. Ten tables were. arranged fur;
the players. the score prize, .silks
hose, going to, Mrs Ben Hodges. the
consolation. a vanity case, fell TO:
Mrs. jamie Benton and to the
guest of honor was given q coTsage.
bouquet OF roses. &
At the close OF the games
salad course with coffee was sery-
ed by the hostess assisted by Mrs.
C. l. Stubs. Mrs. c. B. Yeaden
and Mrs. W. Crowson. IS,
: Among those present were Mrs
Thompson. of Marion: Mesdames
". j. Crowson,, Jr.. Fraser Dick.
c. S. Anderson. Warren Burgess,
William Reynolds. Edw. Martins:
W. O.. Courtright, Edwin Beyle
Philip Gaallard, o: II. FOLEY VII
son Green, Bruce Lynan. Roherss:
Flaunl, Frank Mcleod, MurrayR.
c.. Richardson. Tom SiddaM. Perry
Moses. Jr. seubbs. G. D. afc~
knight. Eiley Bradham, c. y.
Yeadon, Ben Hodges. JAMIE Benz
ton. Stewart Mason, Doesfas
Plewden, Sob Mcleod, Arthur
Harry. J. H. Morse. Hal Harbs.
Levi. ". H. Ingram,
Wendell Levi, Miss Caroline Rich
Miss Jennie Mcleod, Miss
Tiny Mitchell. Miss Jennie Walsh
and Miss Clara Jordan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-13

it, go and look-Sdon't take any ones
word for it. When he did all these
things he of course deprived them
of their personal rights" etc.
This led up to the riot and but
for the cool determination Of a
handful OF men. Columbia would
have been full Of a lot of murder
.ers, thieves and burglars and we
weoEfd have: had a lot Of dead and
wounded guards. who were not men
enough to do a mans job. The only
dep1orable thing about this Incl
dent was that every shot fred did
not Kill one Of the murderous ring
leaders.
Vow as to exercise. etc. After
they get supper there is not time for
any exercising. Any one that knows
anything, knows that prisoners must
be locked up before dark, and while
+ have mot been confined in a cell
for any length of time, I suffer
a good deal with indigestion and /
believe have plenty of company.
9 Some Of the criticism made is
just, but a large part of it is not
founded on facts. For instance,
the Womea's quarters are in bet
ter shape than they have been for
the. last 80 years. The main pris-
on building is about so years be-
hind the times. The management
cannot help this. The inmates are
fed better now than at any time
in the history OF the institution. The
management cannot help this. The
arrangements is willing and anxi-
Gus to feed better but no money is
available for that purpose.
only wish I could master the
English language in such a way
that I could arrest the attention of
every citizen Of South Carolina and
would make him sit up and see
that the only way to protect the
public OF this dear old common
wealth is to have a penitentiary
and such men in charge of 1t as
Will treat a criminal VINO has been
legally convicted, as a convict, and
not in such a way as though you
considered him a poor unfortunate
prosecuted sinner. When YOU read
in the papers Of prisoners being
forced TO wear stripes. YOU do not
have to take a sea trip to become
nauseated. What do you expect
them to be forced to wear? Dress
SUITS Of tuXedos
What l have to say above. wheth-
ed it is good, bad or Indifferent, is
said in the interest of the public OF
this state. in whom | am far more
concerned than I am in bunch OF
criminals in the penitentiary.'
Christopher Atkinson.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-12-13
Stern Campaign
On Boil Weeyl
Prices of Calcium Arsenate
and Supply Engaging At
tention of Government

Washington. Dec. 9.-Next sea-
sons campaign against the boil
weevil promises to be on larger
scale than in any season hereto
fore. Plans of the department Of
agriculture as outlined by it's cotton
council. are being widely developed.
Among the methods for control OF
the boil weevil which will be used
next season is that recently am
nounced by the Florida state plant
board which the cotton council has
recommended be given a thorough
trial throughout the cotton belt.
The present price of calcium
arsenate is engaging the attention
of the government, an attempt will
be made to increase the supply for
next seasons fight on the boil
weevil.
A meeting for this purpose will
be held in New York next Wednes-
day. It viii be attended by gov
ernment experts, including DR.. j.
K. Haywood. chairman of the in
secticide and fugicide board Of the
department OF agriculture. and
other officials Of that dpeart-
nent: G.. r. Delong, formerly Of
the chemical division Of the depart
nent of commece and now head of
the dye and chemical division of
the tariff commission, and by Off
cials of the departments of inter-
ior and commerce. The meeting
will be held after two DAY ses-
sion of insecticide manufacturers
and large number of experts in
the industry will attend the cali
ciu,n arsenate conference. The
main topics for discussion at the
conference will be the. amount of
white arsenate available for the
manufacture of calcium arsenate
and whether by any means the pro-
duction of this essential in fight
ing the boil weeyil can be stin-
ulated and enlarged.