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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20

Ann wiped the Too ack quee's eyes with her apron and said. We must think of some way to get into the tree and take the magic apron away from the queer little old womanv'
 But how can we ever get Into the tree now that the little old woman. has taken my ax?" the Too ack quee asked.
 Of course Raggedy Ann could not tell the Too ack quee how they could do this any more than Betsy Bonnet String or Raggedy Andy could tell him. & ek
 We'll stay right here until we get Betsy Bonnet Strings magic aprofi!" the Too ack quee said very decidedly.
 There is no telling how long the friends would have sat there if Gram ny Hoppytoad had not come along. Well, well." Granny Hoppytoad cried as he took his spectacles out of his pocket and put them on, ;swhy do you all look so sad?" HF
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she was not made one of the family
 Tn one place she had here meals with the family. but when they went out in their automobile they didn't take her along with them In another place she was not asked to sit with the family of an evening, and in the third she felt herself inoftaily insult ed because some guest treated her coolly when leaving. esl sfs3tsa NY
 Therefore she packed her grip and left each situation and says that women who do domestic work are looked down upon, and that she does not wonder that girls would rather starve in a sweatshop than feast in the kitchen. s"@a isit ta asst l7i
 It seems to me that this woman takes a very narrow and one sided view of the situation. She forgets that the relationship between the eml ployer and the employed'is financial, and not social. If she were the pri- vate secretary of banker she wouldn't expect to ride around in his limousine. If she were a clerk in d big department store she wouldn't expect to spend her evenings In the bosom of the proprietor's family If she were a writer. or an actress or a doctors assistant, she wouldn't ex- pect her employers guests to fall on
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RaGgedy Ann told Granny Hoppy- toad how the queer little woman had taken Betsy Bonnet Strings magic apron and hopped back into the tree and all about'.it. Now we are try- ing to think of way to get Betsy's magic apron away from the old woman' 2
 Hmm" said Granny Hoppytoad
 You know how the Flower Fairies made me their flower policeman! :! We'll, I have got acquainted with all the honey bees and humble bees! So
 the first bee who comes along here
 l will ask to help youv4 slt=f s7E
 Pretty soon along came Bertram Rumble Bee, cumming and gum ming" as he flew lazny here and there. Granny Hoppytoad called to Bertram and told him all about Bet sy Bonnet Strings apron. "Z,lm. Zum"' Betram Rumble Bee cried
 Just you wait around the tree." And into the knot hole window he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20
Faucrite X cipes Of Famous M 2 "a
By ALBERT D. LAsKER Chnirm:'1 of the United states ship
 ping Board
 CHICKEN p4pRIk4

Say five-pound chieken-do it this way and see how you like it;
 Slice four small. onions. Put l-6 pound of butter into pan. add onions and let cook over fire until soft and q light brown in color Add two tea spoonsful of paprika and put in the chicken, piece by piece, fitting into kettle. Add 1t4 tablepoonstuls of salt, cover tightly and cook until soft (two hours or more).
 Remove the chicken, and into the gravy add l f tablespoonfuls of can ned tomatoes; shake in tablespoons ful of flour and stir we'll; add T pint of sour cream and stir well over the fire.
 Strain over the chicken; heat again and serve.
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HOTELS AND TRAVEL
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Tn the meantime. they need not worry about anybody looking down on good cook We all look up to her with awe and admiration and envy. e'fH NK DOROTHY DIX. f
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THE
 LOVE CAME
X CITY
ROMANCE VIRGINIA TLQNlRE IfEp,WXrp

She shook her head and looked pensive. "No-I have no relative who could live with he. My father and my mother were both only children just as was I have distant cousins away out west somewhere, I do not even know them.'
 Poor grill" Rankin exclaimed. But how hideously lonely you will ,.be."
 Yes" she admitted with a little sigh. Yet, in a way I am not quite alone. Our housekeeper will remain with me until 1 get used to running the house and managing my own af- fairs. She is Kind ana sood ana will look out for me if necessary. And latSS, l hope to take up some line of work"
 "Work?" he repeated. But surely there is no need'-
 He checked himself before he had expressed an opinion that might sound iffipertinent.
 T mean" he amended. that l hope it will not be necessary for you to work. Reared as delicately as you have been, I cannot bear to think of your meeting the people and condi- lions that you would have to meet in the business world"
 Tt is nice of you to care what I meet" she remarked gratefully. - When spoke of work I did not mean that l would have to earn my living"
 q hope not" he said quickly. Sure ly that will not be necessary.'
 "Oh, mo-" she hastened to assure him. My father left me amply pro- vided for. He was a successful man. and of course 1 shall not have to trouble about money. But 1 cannot bear the thought of doing nothing"
 Many daughters of rich men de- vote their time and energies to so- ciety," he said. regarding her closely.
 T shall not" she averred. T care little for society. But I do want to be of some use. 1 have thought a great deal of what you said the other day"
 What was that?" he asked.
 You said that girl like me, with leisure and position-those were your very words-could do good if she would"
 T hope you do not think me pre- suggested, appealingly-.+
 No. indeed. I did d<not know then how soon I would have the right to do as I pleased with what you called my leisure and position But since my great sorrow has left me alone I have been looking around for some occupation to take my thoughts from myself"
 Richard Rankin was too clever to press the advantage the present con- versation was giving.
 '(TO Be COntinued.)
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her neck attheir departure.
 None of these women consider themselves slighted or looked down upon because they are never invited to their employers houses, and are not introduced to- their employers family and friends, nor made one of the circle of their employers inti- mates Their business is to do cer- tain amount of work for d certain amount of pay Their right is to be treated justly and civily, and these obligations having been fulfilled by both parties the matter is ended, and the contract between the party of the first part and the party of the second part automatically ceases. @s sssHAa The employer Is under no obliga- tions to supply the enploye with bo- cial diversion. and, as a matter of fact. the employs ais generally no more 'ariXious to continue the asso- ciation outside of the Shop than the employer is. Many woman who takes mans dictation and stands behind his counters Is far better bred and better educated than he Is. and she has no desire to know him or his friends in a social way. 81'
 It is only the woman in domestic service who resents this sepa ration of the business life from the social life. who demands an intimate relation ship with those for whom She works, and. curiously enough, she Is the only employe who ever attafns this unique position. Fora a woman may work In an office or store for 90 or 40 years, and give an absolutely faithful and devoted service, and get no more per sonal feeling than respect and grati- tude. But the old housek eepef the old nurse, the old cook who has been With a Ia mily' drought birth, and death. and sickness, and sorrow, and weddings. and merryma Kings does become a part of it. and Is held in all most as much affection as mother or grandmother themselves. 1T
 Y Np'lts''e' es 4-A2--
 The domestic employe who resents not being made emember of the family circle should @remeber that every household is little world within itself, with it's secrets, its anxieties. it's problems. with which a stranger has nothing to do, and which if is neither we'll nor wise price but prudence that keeps MT. Jones from discussing with Mrs. Jones before others how he shall meet the note that is coming du. next week, or that keeps them from talking (, about about thhe tr9dbls ,ds that John dering whether Mary's latest beau means business or is one of the many wh6 have jazzed and Hidden away
 And certainly any woman, who wouldn't like to fateil any of her private affairs to a chance acquaift! ance who mi sht blab them all over the neighborhoods should havA enough sense to realize sthfs. and should not have her feelings hurt when she isn't asked to sit iii at the domestic pow-wows.a ta si3
 Women who are willing to do twice the work in Factories and svreatshops for half the money that they could get in Kitchens com plain that domestic labor oss looked
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So 1t Is up to the domestic work CTS to raise their profession to the plane of a fine art.
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pearance of the curtain. All edging pulls the material as it is sewed, and that is why it should always be sewed on before the curtain is measured or hemmed.
 Medium Brown Hair looks best Of all after Golden Clint Shampoo Adv.
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down upon. If this Is true, it is be- cause domestic labor Is habitually the west done work that is done without pride of craftsmanship, without ambition, without desire for efficiency, without even the com mon honesty that makes the worker want to give good work for fair pay.
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flew, while the Raggedys and the Too ack quee and Betsy Bonnet String and Granny Hoppytoad wait ed around the tree to catch the little old woman if she came out. Bertram Rumble Bee had only been inside the tree sixteen seconds when the little old woman came popping out.
 Hal" the Too ack quee cried as he caught her and took the magic apron away from her. .s Did she come out?" Bertram Bum ble Bee asked as he flew out the knot hole window. "She went some where, I couldn't see where, and she didn't give me any time to sting her.
 We are glad you didn't sting the old womani" Betsy Bonnet String said as she shook an ice cream soda out of her apron for each of her friends, and they all sat down to enjoy themselves. We have the magic apron back so it Is better to forgivesher than to harm herw c
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Dorothy Dir
It's the Same in Domestic Service As in Busness-The Relation Between the Worker and Her Boss Is '''e
 Financial Not Social ts7 tfea5 f5

A middle aged woman, forced by the death of her husband to earn her own living, has wisely turned to the only thing she knew how to do, cook ing and house work. pc Kp "' ~FaE
 So far she has had three places in which the wages and the living conl ditions were perfectly satisfactory, and in which shefwas treated kindly and courteousiy by her employers. But she complains bitterly because
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pay.
 Here and there are exceptions to this rule. bN they are as scarce as hens teeth. and when yo udo find domestic worker who is competent and anxious to please. she does not need to complain about her position in q family. She is the queen of the household, and every one is down on pended knee trying to make things pleasant for her so that she will not leave.
 The dignity of any calling rests with the pople who follow it, and the intelligence. the fineness and the skill that they put into their work Those who follow what we call the learned professions, college profess Eors, doctors. lawyers, were once looked down upon by lordly knights and mcnat-arn1s as mere scriveners. Artists and writers were despised, and only lived by being flunl<ies to some great man. It has only been two orsthree generations since actors we're regarded as outeasts of society
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Y2'ylRHQ@M9E .MlSlSIMls.Y.'OJ|
By HELEN KENDALL MOTHER TAKES UP GOLF

Mother stood still and looked at herself in her full length mirror Her youngest daughter had been married just few days before; her oldest daughter had had her first baby. The boys were both grown up and started in business. Mother was finding her active interests narrow ing down to membership in several sitting down clubs" as her lively daughter called them, trusteeship in several charities and driving a little runabout. She stared at her ample figure.
 I'm getting fat and old and un- wieldy and grandmotherish and"
 But merry laugh behind her made her turn. It was the lively daughter. livelier than ever, and gazing at her mother critically.
 You are. mother-fat and un wieidy, II not old and grandmother ish," she admitted, half seriously Why don't you take up golf?'
 I'm too-too fat and old and un- wieldy and mother broke off quizzically.
 You're not" protested her daugh- ter. If golf is a wonderful game for older men, it is even more so for older women,' she went on. earnest ly. You might not lose both of your double -chins, mother. but you'd cer- tainly lose one of your double stom- achs! You should see the splendid, energetic. elderly women who are playing now. It keeps them young and pliable and in fine condition If half the old ladies who sit rocking on verandas had only gone in for golf in their prime. or would even do it now. we wouldn't have so many in nrlh at Dad--any signs of his getting shelved into an old mans home I should think not
 NOW mother. you and I are going down to pick out some spiffya golf duds, sport shoes and sweater. skirt and soft hat. and Dad is going to give you a bag of clubs for your thirtieth anniversary next month intend to have the youngest, most active alive and alert mother in the whole county. for the next ten years anyway. Fore,'
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WINNIE TWINKLE
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The queer little old woman fooled Betsy Bonnet String and the Ra ggedys and the Too ack quee when Rag gedy Andy was chopping upon the tree in which the little old woman lived.
 The little old woman put her head out of a knoe hole in the tree and cried, Quit chop ping on my tree! Here is the apron. .'' and she threw out an apron. But just as soon as Betsy B o n Il c t Strin shook the apron and made a wish for ice cream sodas for each, she knew the old woman had thrown out another apron instead of B e t s y B on n e { Strings real for sure magical apron.
 The Too ack quee was so thirsty for ice cream sodas and so disappointed he sat right down upon the ground and cried.
 But crying can never help matters, No sir, So Raggedy
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ing hems straight is another bug bear and the best advice is to make the lower hem first, exactly fit it to the window sill or other point pre- ferred and then measure and make the upper casing. In sewing a braid or edging trimming to g curtain be careful not to pull or allow it to pucker. and by all means sew on such braid or edging before making or measuring the curtains. Never allow the braid to run out a peak at the bottom of the hem as this will
 swing out uneyenly and spoil the ap-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-19
40 % e makes you feel
e. e. S9c like yourself agar

tions, continued snowstorms and
the January thaw, the cut is con-
sidered Of excellent quality.
Thousands of men have been
employed, many for longer per-
iods than usual, because of the
necessity Of repeatedly planning
off the ice. The ice ranges in
thickness from fourteen inches to
two feet
At Bangor, where the total cut
will be between $4,000 and 10000
tons. dealers have been hauling
direct from the fields to the con-
sumcr 10 meet a shortage.
On the Kennebc River, once
lined with big houses from which
ice was shipped in large quanti-
lies by The American Ice Com
pany to New York and the larg-
err cities, and to the South before
it became more profitable to
Manufacture artificial ice, the
company has abandond opera
tons.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-19

Washington. Feb. 19.-One
half million dollars a day for 62
years!
This is the stupendous sum
which the British Empire has OBJ
ligated itself to pay in the agree
ment reached here with the
American Government for set
tiement OF the $4,600,O00,OOO war
debt to the United States.
Not alone is the settlement for
payment Of this gigantic indebt-
edness probably the greatest fin
ancial transaction Of its kind in
history, but the underlying fac
tors involved in this plct Of bill
lions make It one Of the most
stirring historical events of econ
omic and political drama pro
duccd in the world war.
One of the leading British fig
ures in the conduct Of the nego-
tiations which developed this epo-
chal agreoment-a man recog-
nized as a leader Of thought in
MS GOvernment-in a long and
frank talk has given the United
Press a vivid insight into the
picture OF the settlement Of Brit
aims huge war debt.
The talk with this man, who
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-19
RED PEPPERS
STOP PAIN OF
RHEUMATISM

When you are suffering WIN
rheumatism so you can hardly get
around just try Red Pepper Rub
and you will have the quickest
relief known.
Nothing has such concentrated
penetrating heat as red peppers
Instant relief. Just as soon as
you apply Red Pepper Rub you
feel the tingling heat. In three
minutes it warns the sore spot
through and through. Frees the
blood circulation, breaks up the
congestion--and the old rheuma-
tism torture is gone.
Rowles Red Pepper Rub, made
from red peppers, costs little at
any drug store. Get d jar at once
Use it for lumbago, neurItls'
hackache, stiff neck, sore muscles
colds in chest. Almost instant re-
lief awaits you. Be sure to get
the genuine, with the name
Rowles on each package.-Adv.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-19
Movement to Pardon
William S. Cunningham

Danville, Feb. IA movement.
has been started here locking t.
securing pardon for William $
Cunningham, who nearly a y@1'
ago was sentenced to serve fou.
years. in the State Penitentiary
for shooting and wounding HI.
wife, Mrs. Cora Cunningham, wh
had instituted divorce proceed
ings against him. Mrs. Cunning
ham, who was slightly injured =
now living in New York.
Cunningham since going to thc
Penitentiary has had charge G.
the prison payer The Beacon. .
Richmond organization has be-
come interested in his case ar,
81 number Of people here ar
writing letters to Governor Trir
kIe in behalf of The Danyille mar
bespeaking a conditional pardon
Among the number Interested IN
securing Cunningham's release i:
the Commemorative AttorneE 4
w. Carter, and Judge D. Prize
Withers, who presided at the term
Of court which convicted him.
No disposition Of the divorce
has vet been made, although Gun
ningham has said that he would
not contest the suit, which IS
based on alleged cruelty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-19

run she probably will be able to
struggle along without them, des
pite the fact that their absence
probably will reduce her effici-
ency.
Not alone will the United
States feel the pinch of the pay
ment Of the war debt in the loss
Of graf volume of British per
chases in this country, but will
also feel loss in purchases here
by other countries, according to
this opinion.
For instance, Great Britain is
grasping for American dollars
wherever her trade reaches
throughout the world to pay off
the debt, will utilize dollar cred
Its that she establishes in foreign
countries.
SO will the invincible economic
axioms work, not alone to the
great detriment and impoverish-
ments Of Great Britain, but also
to the discontinue and hardship
Of the United States, this states
man believes.
This British leader also believes
that the payment of the war debt
will have a gerat political effect,
both in the two countries concern
ed, and also in the relations be-
TWEEN the two countries.
There has been much anti-Brit
ish feeling in the United States
during past years and much of it
has been the result of practical
economic workings. For instance
this British leader remembers IL
the American West vars ago how
The anti-British telling was evil
denced against his country by de-
nunciations on the part of the
PEOPLE Of 'blood-sucking. British
bond holders" epithets, re-
fcrring to the fact that Great
Britain held bonds of the rail
roads, and such resources. large
" built up by British capital.
56662denf2 frso ohd mdo omd
Now the "tabIes will be
changed" The people of Great
Britain in the years to come, as
they feel the tightening priva-
lions of paying their huge war
debt to the United States, will
undoubtedly cry out against the
"blood-sucking, American bond
holders" However This high
British leader relies on the good
SERGE Of the American and Eng
iish people to make the best of a
difficult situation. .s
All this is believed to show that
the world can i'll afford a modern
war. What poison gas and other
Instruments of war will not de-
stroy, economic forces will.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-19
Half Million a Day For
The Next Sixty Two Years

for Diplomatic reasons cannot al
low mis- name to be used, took
ylace after the agreement on the
debt settlement, so the speaker
obviously was not actuated by
any motives Of propaganda.
Reduced to its vitals' the debt
agreement means that Britain
must pay 100000 a day for the
next 62 years-this, OF course, in
Guiding the interest and the other
complicated SERVES of the loan.
Sundays are not included. Had
the war debt been collected under
~ original at of congress with
The provisions for 4l-4 per cent
interest and payment of the loan
in Is years, II would have neces-
STATED Great Britain paying APP
proximately 100000 a day, a
srm which it is felt in this quar-
ter neither Britain could afford
to pay nor the United States to
collect.
England's payment of her
cebt will have the most fateful
effect on the complicated struc-
ture OF ihterlacing world mark
Is in this mans opinion. The re-
suit will be that 100000 a day
will be taken from Great Brit
aims, and in general the worlds
purchasing power in the United
States.
Greet Britain will have to pay
through the nose" to wipe out
this staggering debt, but it is a
question whether the job Of col
lecting this huge sum will not be
as irkSome to the United States
IS Britain's task in paying the
obligation. In other words, there
Is the question: Which country
will the payment of this debt
hurt the more, Great Britain or
tire United States? And why is
this almost unbelievable situation
true? In the belief of this Brit
ish leader, it is because:
While Great Britain is "pinch-
ing" herself to pay off the sum
argregating 100000 4 day for
SO years the people Of the Uni
ted States will lose the eQuiva-
lent Of $5000,000 day, or actual
iy possibly more, for this PERIOD
o. the next two generations.
To pay the debt, Great Britain
will have to stint herself, will
have to stop buying so many
things in the United States.
These things will be manufacture
ed articles-cash registers, auto
II. obiles, typewriters and the like.
Great Britain, of course will
miss these things, but in the long