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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24
DOMESTIC DAYS
BY ROY L. CARDELI

Aren't those the Grimshaws?' asked Mrs. Jarr, as she pointed to a couple ahead of them as she and her husband came out of the theatre with the crowd.
 q do believe they are" said MT. Jarr. s"Let's hurry and catch up with them.'
 "Is don't want her to see me in this dress" replied Mrs. Jarr. "You wouldn't wait for me to put on my best dress, and see how she's all dolled up. I wouldn't be surprised, either, if that wasn't real diamond pin and no rhinestones in the back of her collar"
 Let's go and speak to them" sald MT. Jarr. "We might all go together and have something to eat. We used to be good friends with the Grim shaws. At least you and she were friends before she married, and we haven't seen her for several years"
 And all the more reason I'm not going to rush up after her now" re- piled Mrs. Jarr severely. Do you think I am going to give her a chance to practically cut me?'
 Why, she wouldn't cut you. You're as good as she is!' said MT. Jarr.
 'I know that" replied Mrs. Jarr, an is going to do whom you haven't seen for some time, no matter how friendly she used to be. And espe- cially you can't tell how they are go- ing to treat you when they are bet ter dressed at the time than you are. Not that she'd dare to cut me, but I won't give her the chance of giv- ing me a cool nod or patronize me with a condescending graciousness as she steps into her automobile, or if they shouldn't have one, into a tnxicab, just to crush you. Would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24

skin retains it's youthful firmness much longer when 1t is not treated with hot water at all. In your case you probably have caused the pores to enlarge through such hap hazard methods of cleansing. The best way to rid yourself of black heads is to cleanse the skin every night with meal mixture. I have given the formula many times in these columns.
 Suffers-Gladly will I give a lini- ment for neuralgia, but, remember, this nerve cry comes from within and your nervous system requires something more than an external application. I am giving you here a liniment that you can keep on hand. It is of undoubted value for pain of neuralgia and rheumatic character, for stiff muscles and joints, etc: Menthal, drams; gum camphor, 2 drams; oil of sassafras, Z drams; ether, drams; chloroform, drams; alcohol to make ounces. Directions: Apply to parts affected and cover for a few minutes or long CT with a wooden cloth Build up the system with foods containing a large amount of iron and live all you aRn in the open air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24
TOO MUCH ASSURANCE

"I won't under any circumstances accept a salary of less than $50 week." writes a young bookkeeper, who Is studying to be an expert ac- coutant. "I don't see why l should lower my self-respect to accept $25 week job with all my training and experience"
 q have been with my concern six weeks now and feel that 1t is time l received an increase" comes letter from & positive young woman.
 This trait of cocksureness appears in many letters that come to me. Young business men and women over estimate their worth, and in bellig- erent manner bravely announce their intentions. q wonder if they are so brave when they announce them to employers? True, there are fewer letters of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24
Mothers Should Know
By DIR. CHARLOTTE c. WEST The Intelligent Care of the Sick

All women are "ministering an gels" to those who are helplessly III and dependent upon them for every attention they require. Patients so grayely stricken need the services of a trained nurse, or, at the very least of a born nurse. There are women ' whose instinct for nursing IS so keen that they always do the right thing at the right time, and unless they know what to do they are wise enough to do nothing.
 I heard the other day of family that had not had a visit from physi- clan for 20 years, during which tina there had been plenty of sickness, but the mother piloted them so beau tifully through it all that doctor was not necessary.
 However, most of us must be told things and learn to do things, and there are endless things that can be done by intelligent home care before the doctor comes, or that will save the family a doctors bill.
 Unless one is absolutely inexperi- enced, it is almost always possible to determine within a few hours whether a child or an older person who com plains of feeling sick is suffering from temporary Arrangement due to an indiscretion in diet, to foolish ex- } posture, etc., or is threatened with something more serious.
 Every well regulated household should be provided with clinical thermometer, an atomizer, fountain syringe and a hot water bag. It is an easy matter to learn to take the temperature of the body Care must be used In selecting the thermometer. The best Is always the cheapest; they register more accu- rately and more speedily than the lower-priced ones, and can be read at { a glance, even by a child. as the col rrnn of mercury climbs up deep red line beside which the degrees In Fahrenheit arc plainly marked.
 The temperature of well person is generally es.4 degrees Fahrenheit We call that normal. It may deviate slightly above or below and still be @ normal. It is the lowest in the. early morning, and a. m., and highest at 5 D. m., only a fraction Of: de- gree, however, In the well.
 The easiest way to take the tenn perature is by placing the thermome- ter in the mouth, well under the tongue, and closing the lips (not the teeth) firmly upon it. This cannot be done with babies and little chil- dren. With them the thermometer should be placed in the arm pit, or In the groin, and the little limb held firmly against the body 30 that the heat will be retained. By these means we can be certain if there Is g rise in temperature. But the most accurate way of determining the de- gree of fever is per rectum, and this k really the easiest way in very little children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24
Why Do So Many Business
 Girls Break Down :? |
Dorothy Dir
Quotes The Wise Words Of A Woman
 Doctor

Business Girls Overdo!-They Don't Stop Doing Woman's Work When They Take On ManSized Job, So They Break Down Under The Double Load
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24

I give any woman that chance on mel" Not much!"
 You women are certainly the wondersr, exclaimed MT. Jarr in quiet amazement. By George! You'd think life was a game of points of some kind the way you move for chances to snub and not get snubbed. But I don't think Mrs. Grimshaw would do anything like that She was trained nurse when she mar ried Grimshaw."
 "She was only studying to be one when I knew her" said Mrs. Jarr.
 q tell you, she was a trained nurse."
 "You always argue with me and contradict me when say anything" said Mir. Jarr angrily. T know she was a trained nurse. I'll bet you five dollars!"
 When she married?" asked Mrs. Jarr.
 "Yes, when she married" replied the good man. And I'll find out to- morrow"
 On the morrow he asked some one that knew-Mr. Grimshaws sister S husband.
 "She was studying to be a nurse but gave it up when she married
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24

woman doctor said to me the other day:
 The trouble with women is that when they take on a mans job, and undertake to do mans work in the world, they keep on being women with all the duties and obligations, and tastes, and habits of women. So they don't stop doing woman's work; they just superimpose a mans work on top of it, and they break down under the double load.
 Now. I have large practice, chiefly among working girls, and practically all of my patients have the same complaint. Nervous col lapse, in one for or another, due to overwork. Not at their regular oc- eupation. Oh, dear me, no, the average girl whose mind is set on matrimony instead of business doesn't work herself to death for the sake of making profits for her boss.
 Nor as a matter of fact does the girl in business work one-tenth as hard as the domestic woman who cooks, and sews, and washes, and irons, and scrubs for her family, and who bears and rears three or four children.
 "The business girls hours are not ? so long as her married sisters, nor is standing behind a counter or sitting at typewriter as fatiguin g as standing at a wash tub, or baby tending. Yet the business girl breaks down far oftener than the house. wife
 ''The reason, of course, is that the business girl tries to do her own work and the domestic woman's work also, and she gives way under the double strain, as flesh and blood is fn 6n " :" Men have more sense about such matters. They would collapse too, if, after their days work was over, they sat up until midnifiht turning up the hem of their trousers or letting them down because they are wearing 'em longer or shorter this season, or if they did & hard turn at laundry work, washing out their shirts, and their crepe de chiLe lingerie in the wash bowl, and if they tried to stay their stomachs on some innutrftious mess they cooked over a gas jet so that the price of a decent meal could go on 8 fur coat they were buying on the installment plan.
 Yet that is what thousands Of girls do, and that is why they break down. Circumstances have forced them out into the world to earn their own living, but they have the urge of the acquired cnaracterlStiCS ol hundreds of generations of women who have cooked, and spun, and sewed, and so they reach out instinc- lively for the needle, and the gas range.
 They must have their own home, although they must do their own housework It Is in vain that you fell them that for a tired woman to have to get her own dinner instead of sitting down to an appetizing meal that some one has already pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24

"They must have their own home, although they must do their own housework It Is in vain that you tell them that for a tired woman to have to get her own dinner instead of sitting down to an appetizing meal that some one has already pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24

esty and grace. No worker is in- valuable to any concern. Do not be so cocksure that you think you are indispensable or that a concern could .ot hire any one so good as you.
 Confidence, much of it, girls, but avoid too great ccksrreness. There should be a happy medium in your business outlook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24
BEAUTY AND HEALTH
BY DIR. LILLIAN wHITNTY

Gertrude-Thick lips, unless very gross, are really not a detriment to ones appearance, especially if they are well formed and the teeth are in perfect condition. You could, of course, apply a reducing cream and use astringents. but there wauld all ways be the possibility of tnjuring the delicate mucous membrane of the lips, of stimulating the hair follicles, and so on. Operations are of course performed upon the lips, and you might have some of the excess tis- sue removed. l would not advise this, except in the case of positive de- formity. Suppose you try the treat ment suggested above for month, and if 1t has a good effect you can of course continue it. You ask me to send you personal letter, but you failed to give me your full name or to inclose a self addressed, stamped envelope.
 Sena--Your calves are out of pro- portion to your ankles. which are very thin. The only way you can reduce the calves Is by means or vigorous massage and exercise. a good massage consists in grasplng the soft tissues and rolling them firmly against the underlying pony framework, at the same time rCo- bing in a reducing cream; this Will break up the superabundant tissue. | An excellent exercise is to raise ana lower yourself upon your toes 1ou l times This tenses the muscles or the calves and presses out into the circulation any excess fatty tlssue' c. F-The use of hot followed by cold water depends entirely on the nature of your skin. Almost every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24

Copper and copper-alloy objects ara found in the prehistoric remains of Egypt $500 B. C., Asia Minor 5000 B. C., and in China 250O B. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-24

three years ago" Mir. Jarr was in- formed.
 But MT. Jarr told Mrs. Jarr that he didn't want to bet on other peoples rrivate affairs.
, 1923-07-16

sene | would like to sell kerosene for
that price. | sell kerosene at q cents
per gallon. That sounds ridiculous.
5th Appointed Member Nc ht0sbI:
Inasnucn as We overlooked all the other
items we might just as Well overlook
this also.
2nd Member for Christiansted Country
District Bergl: We are trying not to
OVERLOOK anything.
This item was put to the vote as
amended.
10 memAers voted for; none against.
Municipal Hospital, Frederiksted; Sala-
ries:
End Member for Frederiksted Country
District LCurryl remarked: Mr.. Vice
Chairman. | move that an amOEnt be
added under this item for a telephone
for the use Of the Inspector of the Hos
pitaI. The other day when rang up tt
get the ambulance for a IabOrer on my
estate | found out that the Inspector had
to 0. K. the order before it could be exc
cuted. Under these circumstances |
think it very important that he be given
a telephone.
End Member for Christiqnsted Country
District LBergI remarked; Mr.. Vie
Chairman. Ihe InoJectlr or In9 Hos
pitaI at FrederIksted has an application
for an extension telephone on file. That
will be attended to 10 the course OF a
week.
Government Secretary [Gqfngyl re-
marked: Mr.. Vice-Chairman. The Chief
Municipal Physician assures me that be
will be able to carry on without making
provision in the budget for this tele-
phone, and / am glad that we have the
Telephone Manager here who can give Us
technical advice which will not be con-
sidered a scandal.
LIST Member for Frederiksted Town
Utc5sOul: rhA Telephone Department
Is a priva,e Institution.
2nd Member for FrederikSted Country
District lCurry[. Mr.. e-Chairmqn.
We are depressing. an it Will get late
bef IRE we get through.
, 1923-07-16

way to defend my department or myself
that I spoke. merely gave eiucldaUonS.
| was, as a matter Of fact, defending the
other department. just to clarity q
statement made regarding another de-
partment.
Bird Member for Christiansted Town
(AJoudnder): Mr.. Vice-Chairman. lSae
here under maintenance for this depart
ment ~ bags of coal at Frs. eco per
bag. May | ask whether the Munich
paIity can buy coal so cheap?
Government Secretary IGGt1eyI in
answer to the last speaker SAID: The
amount put down is guess work, and We
thought Of substituting the oyarp.us on
the gasoline for charcoal.
End Member for Christiansted Town
TCaaeqatal: Mr.. Vica-Chairman. in or
der to avoid half the discussion here to-
day ! move that the balance Of the
amendments made by the Municipal
Committee be adopted.
4th Member for Chri5tiansted Country
District [RamS1yl seconded the mem
ber's motion.
5tb Appointed Member INC Mt0shl;
Mr.. Vice Chairman. | object. We are
nearly through with the budget, we
might Just as we'll continue aS We have
begun.
End Member for Frederiksted Country
District [Curryl expressed himself as
being in favor Oh the motion made by the
Honorable End Member for Christiansted
Town; provided however, that il adopt
ed, the Municipal Committees amend
ments would be subject to amendment
propose by any member.
End Member for Christiansted Town
[Canegatai: that's just the point. AT
ter adopting the amendments by the
Municipal Committee We will know
where we are.
9Th Appointed Member Nc Mtosbl:
If we adopc the amendments by the
Municipal Committee where do amend
ments by members come in.i
LIST mcmUer, Tor t~reueuksted Town
Jackson remarked: MIR. Vlce-Chair-
man. Wmle | am willing to concede to
the Municipal Committee the honor of
having dDne a very good work. If we
adopt tn9 amendments in their entirety
it Woulu eliminate d further discussion on
the matter. Ii the amendments are
adopted, can they sbe discussed item by
item?
End Member for Christiansted Town
TCQneqdta: If the Municipal Commi.-
tees amendments are adopted amen
ments can be brought in and discussed.
LIST Member for FrederIksted Town
TJack80n remarked: Mr.. Yice-Chait-
man. | desire to bring in an amend
mont under the Public Works d
, 1923-07-16

MRS ROSALM HILL 80, widow Of the
tailor John S. Hill of FrederikSted, pass.
ed away at her residence in Frederlksted
on Saturday night; funeral yesterday
afternoon. She is survived by sons and
daughters here and the United states to
whom condolences are extended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06

and wife during the past few months.
and a statement that the husband
struck her during quarrel last
month. Numerous roomerS in the
house had heard husband and wife
quarreling, and are said to have be-
come so accustomed to it that they paid
no attention to the outbursts.
1t appears that Mrs. Miller. having
arranged to entertain friends at din
ner yesterday, had her husband do
the buying Saturday night. Failure
tomatoes, a purchase he made, but
which had not been placed with his
other purchases. is said to have been
the straw" that brought the do
nestle troubles of the couple to a
climax.
Mrs. Ethel Hostetter, daughter of
the Chiropractor by a former mar
riage was at the breakfast table when
her father and stepmother became
involved in a quarrel that started
about the tomatoes, the police re-
ported. Mrs. Miller is said to have
Criticized her husband and his family
and the husband left the table.
Leaving the basement, Mrs. Miller
went to the first floor, where she
either fell or was knocked down. her
outcries, the police said. indicating
the latter When she arose from the
floor she seated herself on sofa in
the hallway, the husband going to his
room and getting his pistol, of small
caliber
Returning to where his wife was
seated, it is stated. he opened fire.
two of the bullets striking his wife
and two being imbedded in the wall.
Then he went to his office and shot
himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
DOCTOR KILLS WIFE,
. THEN SHOOTS SELF
Row Over Basket of Toma'
!. toes Ends in Fatality at
+ Northeast Home.

A grocery clerks failure TO place an
order of tomatoes in basket of goods
purchased Saturday night by DR.. Gin
ton David Miller started quarrel
yesterday morning which ended when
DIR. Miller. by his own confession, sh OF
and killed his wife. calmly left her
body on the floor and, lying down on
an operating table in an adjoining
room. fired bullet into his head. He
will recover, the doctors say.
Df. Miller. sixty-f1ve years old, a
ch!rcpractor, lived with his wife, who
was a Treasury Department clerk of
the same age, at 13S B street north
east
Remarks Overheard.
Those in the house at O'Clock yes
terday morning heard him say: I'm
,ired of this: I'll end the whole thing
now" moment later five shots were
heard. Mrs. Miller. dead, lay in the
hallway, bullet through her heart
another through her left arm, and two
imbedded in the wall. In an adjoin-
ing room DR.. Miller lay on an operat-
ing table, blood streaming from his
head, his hands crossed on his breast.
Police say he was feigning death.
Emergency and Causalty hospitals
sent ambulances. The body of the
woman was taken to Casualty, while
the wounded chiropractor was taken
to Emergency Hospital, where, it is
stated, he admitted to Detectives
Darnall and Vermilion that he had
done the shooting and declared he
was anxious to die.
Attending surgeons at Emergency
Hospital today reported that DR.. Mil
Ter probably would be able to leave
the hospital in two or three days.
wife taken to the morgue. He swore
conduct an inquest as soon as the
morgue. The doctor is booked ut
the police station on a charge of
murder.
Policeman c. L. Kelly of No. . pre-
cinct, who was first summoned to the
ihouse, was followed by Capt. StolI
and Policeman Donovan of the ninth
precinct and Detectives Darnall and
NNermillion of headquarters. AS soon
as the wounded man realized the Off
(cerS knew he had not been seriously
wounded he removed his crossed arms
from his chest, sat up and took a few
bills from his pocket.
Give this to my daughter" he
said to Capt. Stoll, but SAID nothing
more. few minutes later he was in
Emergency Hospital. under care of
surgeons and police guard
Climax of Quarrcls.
The story of the shooting as un-
FOLDED to the police is one of numer-
Gus trivial quarrels between husband
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
THE WEATHER

For the District of Columbia-Fair
tonight: tomorrow probably showers
and thunderStormS; little change in
temperature: light to gentle winds.
mostly southeast and south
For Maryland-Partly cloudy to-
night and tomorrow; showers and
thunderstorms tomorrow and in eX-
IRENE west portion tonight: little
change in temperature; light to gem
tie southeast and south winds
For Virginia, mostly cloudy tonight
and tomorrow, probably local thun-
derstorms; light to gentle variable
winds.
For West Virginia. showers and
thunderstorms' probable tonight and
tomorrow: no change in temperature
Records for Twenty-four Hours.
Thermometer pm, 90; pm, rs;
II midnight, "A; am, rs: s am, 49,
noon, 81.
Barometer-4 pm, 1887; s pm,
29.92; II midnight, 1884 am, 1895:
D am, 1901; noon, 1901.
Highest temperature, 92.5, occurred
at 1880 pm. yesterday: lowest tenn
perature. 72.4, occurred at 43o am.
today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 81; lowest. 50.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at Am. Great FaIiS-Tern-
perature. 50; condition very muddy.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
! Plain and Fancy Silks
Also WOOlens
$50 $50 s 2stge an" 1874

$40 Fiber Sports Satin. in a
choice assortment of fashion
ably shades, with plenty OF
WHITE.
$40 Silk and Wool Balkan
Crepe, III street colors.
$40 and $3.50 Printed Crepes,
i'll a splendid variety OF styles.
$40 Pure Silk Willow Tai
fe;a. i'll light and dark colors,
also black and white.
$40 Taffeta Glaze. in 10 dill
ferent color combinations.
$40 Coating Pongce Gall silk,
in tan and white.
IThe entire lot offered tomor-
row (Tuesday) at Sl94 yard.
Palais Royal-Second Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06

Equally interesting is our
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Sl,4 yard, which comprises:
$40 Atwood PIaids. in choice
color combinations.
500 Atwood McIrose.
S225 Atwood Jersey, in IS dc
sirablc coIors.
$2.25 Atwood Shadow Check,
in colorS.; also black.
S2.25 Crepe de Paris (im-
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$40 Atwood Check, III Mono
tone effects.
The splendid color range
shown III the various items OF
silks and, woolens makes this
sale one OF the most important
held in months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-06
SHOP TOMORROW-LOsED
$1.25 Toilet
Combination, 75c

Vivadou Tissue Face Pow
der, in all shades. and | jar
Tissue Face Cream, es-
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and tissue. Both in this
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Dry Compact Rouges
Bourjois Mandarin Rouge.
large size, $1.25
Bourjois Ashes of Roses
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Dorin's Rouge in paper
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Fiancee Rouge, SOC
Melba Rouge, silver box, 60c
Media Rouge, medium dark
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Hudnut's Three Flow ers
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Mavis and Mai dor Rouge,
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Elmo Rose Rouge, SOC
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Boncilla Rouge. SOC
Armand's Cold Cream
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Aubrey Sisters Rouge, SOC
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Marinello Glove Size Paste
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Liquid Rouges
Hudnut's Vegetable Rouge.
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Bourjois Ashes OF Roses
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Roger and Gallet's Vinaigre
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Aubrey Sisters Rouge. at
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Du Four's Peach Bloom
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Ayers La Belle Couquette
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HuCk Face
Towels, Csc Ea.

Fine bleached quality; hem
stitched borders; 500 linen:
very absorbent quality. Only
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each.