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Evening star., 1923-07-21

About 30 per cent Of the silver fox
pelts sold on the fur market are from
foxes bred in captivity.
Evening star., 1923-07-21
CALLING CONGRESS
TO END MENACE OF
COAL FAMINE URGED

Continued from First Page.1
Evening star., 1923-07-21

From Yesterdays $50 Edition of The Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
What Sort of Girl Should Your Son
 Marry !?

If you pick out your sons wife, what sort of girl would you choose?
 Of course, you won't have any say-so in the matteer. The first thing you will know about 1t Is that some day your boy will blurt out to 'ou that he is going to marry some
 srl of whom you probably never heard before, or some girl you have been afraid that he would marry, and ali that you can say Is that you hope he will be happy, and all that you can do is to pray God to have mercy on his soul,
 But what sort of girl would you pick out if your son turned over the job of selecting his wife to you? Some women were discussing this subject the other day and one of them said:
 TO begin with. I'd pick out girl of good family.
 'I don't mean that she would neces-
 sarily have to be -blooded, though I've never been able to see why blood doesn't count in human beings as much as 1t does in the lower animals, nor why it isn't as desirable to have a daughter-in-l with a pedigree as 1t is to have bulldog with one. Other things be- ing equal, l should certainly prefer a girl who had a few of her great grandmother's silver spoons, and family portraits, and traditions, to one who had none.
 When I say I'd pick a girl who comes of a good family, I mean good literally. I mean a girl who comes of honest decent, upright people who are respected in their community, family that has no jailbirds, and the skeleton of no unfortunate women in It's closets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
FORWARD STEPS IN
 STYLES
m MARGEnN- N IITI,TilT'iE-

often in the life of a girl there comes time when she resents the res.rlcuons put upon her and the wearing of her everyday clothes. She must do thus and so because so- eiety says she must She must wear this or that because fashion rules run that way. She is apt to rise in revolt when she begins to use her head on tho proposition, but she sees that for accepted usage there is no way out.
 Then is the time when she sbould turn just naturally to the matter of her house gown, realizing that in this in this field she need recognize no restrictions but the dictates of her very own personality.
 Soafe girls, of course, have no vis- ible personality that is different. bu3 underneath that coating imposed br society there lies an .understructure of something called a mind of her own, and this is dormant in every girl especially where her very own clothes are concerned.
 have seen girls who wore the last word in indifference as related to their clothes. Once they were in spired by the feeling that they could express something in a dress worn only within the confines of their own homes, they have risen to heights su- preme. They have learned to make their clothes much more expressive quantities. They have come out with B certain and sure belief in the char acter of their own dressing, and for this reason their clothes as whole have improved enormously. This may all sound more or less like a fairy many cases that I, for one, have learned to take it as an accepted fact, to believe in the force of its reality of power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
TALKS TO BUSINESS
 GIRLS
By RUIH LETGH


 A few weeks ago I talked with a high -salaried business executive who had recently connected with a large corporation.
 Never in all my business experi- ence did l realize what a good suit of clothes, good shoes, fine collar, tie and shirt meant in getting a big jo5," he told me seriously. T had one competitor trying to get the same position, and he was turned down because his careless appear snce did not impress the vice presi- dent of the corporation. I made up my mind that if it took a good part of my salary to keep up a high class appearance. with two or three new suits of clothes it was posi- lively the most valuable investment l could make"
 Mind you. this statement came eNOT from clerk or a moderate sal ariod man, but an executive whose income runs high into the thou sands.
 He told me this with 50 much seriors force and conviction, that although his ideas on this subject Were not especially new, they brought home to me more clearly than ever what effect your clothes have upon the people you meet in luSIacss.
 And if this fact of good clothes lnado such deep impression on business man, consider tLe equally important effect of s- tusIness wom- ans clothes. which are less stand ardizcd and more noticeable than those of a man.
 I cannot emphasize too strongly, girls, the effect of the right clothes in helping you secure a good po- sition and impressing those whom you want to engage your services. They need not be expensive clothes; 6n r1O hnx tO a ef1 nor @ blue fox fur, if your clothes are fine, in good taste, and if your appearance generally is smart and distinctive.
 You may be seeking a position; your funds may be low, but if you are looking for a position don't in- terview any one while you are look ing down -and-out or shabby. You may havN to borrow money to buy 8 good pair of shoes or a simple dark summer frock, but LOOK WELL when you try to get a new position. No jewelry, no bright colors, no in- appropriate clinging silk gowns. Simple clothes, girls; good clothes, dark clothes, good shoes, a small suitable hat not gay affair suit able for a country club.
 I said before if you have to Dor row to get yourself a presentable outfit that will help you secure better job it will be worth while. Don't get deep in debt; be moderate -bu vou cannot make a better in- vestment iS your clothes are shab- by, and if you are seeking to im- press a prospective employer, than to get yourself one good, quiet, suitable business outfit. Your ap- pearance is your only qualification by which a prospective employer can judge you before he tests your work. Invest in good clothes; they're your most valuable asset.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
X9:&yHRFQ8M4E yR ] AAS 4a>% E~T y
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By HELEN KENDALL Lmnchinn Anne


 Do you treat yourself well, Friend Housewife, when you are alone in the house during the middle of the day and have no one but yourself to pre- pare luncheon for? Or do you go to the bread box and cut a slice of bread, butter it from the pantry shelf, get a few cold peas or beans from the refrigerator, then munch piece of cake, and let 1t go at that? III warrant you do, and that you eat the whole thing standing up or walking around!
 "Oh, it doesn't seem worth while to cook or prepare a meal Just for oneself" says the average woman, carelessly forgetting that one of the reasons the busy hom ewoman gets so tired and cross and out of sorts is becaue she does not take time to rest, to eat nourishing, nicely served food, and to give her nerves and dt- gestive apparatus a chance to do their work well.
 Once upon a time two sisters lived alone during the later years of their lives. They grew weaker, more an- emic, more feeble, from month to month. Finally during the last ill., ness of one of them, the other sister confessed to the neighbors who came in to help that for years they had eaten very little but bread and tea 'it didn't seem worth while to cook regular meals for just us two." Many women who live alone eat so irregularly and so tnsufficiently that they look pasty-faced and ill-cared for.
 So treat yourself as A guest in your own house. At luncheon time sit down to your pretty table, spread your place with dainty linen dolly, silver and china, prepare a bowl of hot soup or an egg dish, or a nour- tshing salad. with a bit of dessert to top off with-and take time to eat 1t slowly and pleasantly. You will be resting after the mornings work and taking on strength for the efforts of the afternoon and evening. After your luncheon, lie down and take bit of a nap, or sit and read book or magazine, instead of flying around again immediately. The lunch hour (and make 1t at least an hour) Is as necessary to the housk skwife as it Is to the office worker. Creat yourself as well as your husband treats his bookkeeper, and take an hour off in the middle of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

Mrs Boyd makes the best pies we ever tasted She sends us this recipe for pie crust, with the comment that she never knew it to fail
 Sift into mixing bowl one and onc-half cups of flour and one-half teaspoon of baking powder (nade one-third soda, twoo-thirds cream of tartaf( Make depression in the centre. Into this pour generous half cup of Wesson Oil and anexact onc-half cup of very cold for ioe) water. Add pinch of salt Mix quicklywith fork and divide in two portions Do not knead, but roll on well-aoured board, spread on paDs,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

domestically dependent wife. Thst is why we are reopening the discus sioni for today at least. in order to print a letter we have just received, which is the best defense yet en- tered for the married woman without @ pay envelope.
 T have read the commentgron the wife In business vs. the homekeeper as published in your column" writes H. H., "end have been impressed forcibly with the idea that persists in most of them, namely, that the domestic or homekeeping woman Is mentally dull, unaware of the in- terests and activities of the world, personally unattractive and, ali in all. rather uninterestinE- "a useful type of moron"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

the Raggedys behind her as she rode along on her flying broom, it did not hurt them a speck as they bumped about over stones and sticks. But 1t hurt little Ned Gnome and he cried.
 T wish I could think of some way to stop this Raggedy Ann thought to herself, For the pumping about isn't pleasant for little Ned Gnome!" Raggedy Ann had hardly finished thinking this than she thought of a way T wish the mean little old Witchs broow would stop flying!" she thought again to herself
 The mean little Old Witch, not ex- pecting the flying broom to stop, was not holding on to the stick all. So when the broom immediate ly stopped, the mean little Old Witch continued to go. over and over she rolled until she came to stop,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

gard to compliments. kisses. loverly tenderness and other matters with out money and without price.
 Sometimes @ cat says '3Giaui Miaur' and sometimes she says Why did you bob your hair. dar- ling? To make yourself look young err"
 Divorce was once somebody's vie- tory for somebody's defeat; in these days of remarriase it's merely, on both aides, a strategic retreat to po- siticns previously prepared.
 Why a woman grows old faster than her husbend: Because no mat ter how much they love each other, she can never be quite sure when he sends her away for a summer vaca- tion whether he wants it for her or for himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
MAXIMS OF AM0DERN
 MAID

Marriage Is that state in which a woman permits a man to go collar less, to shave where she can see him, to brush his teeth where she can hear him, to smoke an uncIeaned pipe where she can smell him, to sit a whole evening in her presence without uttering a pleasant or ~in- telligent word-to do all these things, and live!
 Financially speaking, the American husband is the most generous in the world-and he's the stiugiest, in re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

''blumpl" smack dab up against a tree trunk. A large fat one! "Umphr" the mean little old Witch cried, for 1t almost knocked all the breath out ing broom? It never behaved that way before"
 Raggedy Ann did not answer the mean little old Witch, and of course, Raggedy Andy and little Ned Gnome did not know that Raggedy Ann had wished the flying broom to come to such a sudden stop.
 The mean little old Witch finally got to her feet and pulled upon her flying broom, but still 1t would not budge.
 Something must have happened to my flying broomr' the Witch said.
 Maybe your sister has started working magic with the magic charms" Raggedy. Andy suggested,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

fill and bake at once in a quick oven
 The ingredients should be cold, and do not knead or re-roll The dough must not stand, but the whole process must be completed as rapidly as possible.
 Do not pinch or crimp the edge of the pie. To do so makes hard edge that no one cares to eat h. stead, trim the edges in the usual way, then place the palms of the hands on opposite sides of the pie and raise the dough until the edges stand straight up. This prevents all leaking and the crust is tender to the last morscl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

In the state of matrimony, as in the state of New Jersey, no EofeAee gives ring decision after bouts. Perhaps that is why husband and wife begin fighting again at the first opportunity.
 Girls who freckle have learned not to go without 6 hat, and by next year they may have learned not to go out without sleeves.
 Should a girl give up her job when she marries?
 AIthogh we believe in khe fifty filthy marriage, we tried to hold the letter scales level when it was dis cussed recently in this column. But we got more interesting and intel ligent communications from those who are in favor of the economic ally independent rather than of tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
w INNIE TWINKLE
The two mean

The two mean little old Witches had made up their minds to capture Raggedy Ann and take their magical Wishing Pebble and Wishing Stick away from them.
 And the two mean little Old Witches had worked all sorts of schemes to do this but each time they had been fooled and the Rag gedys had escaped. Wanda Witch had 8 @ nt invis ible humble bees to chase little Ned Gnome away from the Raggedys, but Raggedy Andy had wished for the W t c h's humble bees to turn and chase her. And of course his wish came true. So the Wanda Witch was at home putting baking soda upon her long nose.
 T h e n W in q a Witch caught the Raggedys with a m a g ical invisible string and was d r a g g in g them through the deep, deep woods.
 Of course, when the Witch dragged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
Dorothy Dir
Gives
 One Mothers Answer
"A Girl With High Ideals Neither Rich Nor Poor Who k Healthy And Good Natured And Has Hard Com
 mon Sense Mothers Choice

T believe in heredity and that there are people born without any sense of honor or responsibility, and with an almost irresistible tendency toward drinking and gambling and sensuality.
 And l believe still more in the power of environment and that a girl Is just about what her mother makes her. So l want my sons wife to come out of a home where there are strict Ideas of right and wrong, and where the mother impressed high ideals on her daughters. I do not want my son to marry girl whose mother taught her by precept and example the easy philosophy that what man doesn't know doesn't hurt him. and that a wife is justified in getting all she can by hook or crook, and that lying and deceit are all in the days work of a married woman.
 The girl who comes of good family is virtually sure to run straight and her husbands heart may safely trust in her, as the Bible says. But the girls who comes of a scala wag family will bear watching. You don't often find a white blackbird.
 Then l would pick out a girl from a well-to-do family. Not rich.
 Unless a young man has a fortune of his own l can imagine no greater calamity that can befall him than to marry a girl who has been raised to have everything she wants, without stopping to count the cost.
 She has luxurious tastes and hab- its that she Is miserable if she cannot gratify, and no matter how hard she tries to economize she is still waste full because she does not know where economy begins, for the extrava- gances of poorer people she regards as the bare necessities of life.
 
 T would not pick out for my sons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
HE SEWING BASKET
,pyrlght, 1923 tNew York WoTId5,
 Drnss Pnhlishinec Cnt1n 1aa ~.
A Striped BInzer For Sports

Blazers have been worn for so long that we have almost forgotten them that we have almost forgotten them in our search for smartness. Yet they are now much more unusual and more serviceable than sweaters or knitted jackets, which always stretch out of shape and which. can never look as tailored as a well-made blazer.
 Besides, a blazer creates a spot of gorgeous color that is terribly ef- fective on the beach or even on a dance floor. There are so many com binations of colors that come In in- expensive flannels such as vivid vel low and red, black and white, black and yellow, and green and white, that when worn with a white flannel skirt arc the utmost in snap and smartness.
 To make coat for yourself cut 1t from the pattern of any suit coat. making 1t very straight and rather short, with wide sleeves, straight all the way and banded with a narrow cuff. The collar is wide so that you can turn 1t up, and as the coat folds over in the front four large pearl buttons finish 1t off with certain dash that is not found In any other way. Two little slit pockets are bound with the same color stripe as is used for the cuffs and the coat is done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

And she may have got things mixed up!"
 "Tll bet a nickel that is just what she has done!' the mean little Witch said, Anyway, you can't get away from my magic invisible string, so I will run home and see what my sister, Wanda Witch, is doing!" And away she went, lickety split through the woods towards here house. Then Raggedy Ann wiggled her shoe but ton eye at little Ned Gnome and Rag gedy Andy, and catching their hands she started running with them.
 T made the Witch's flying broom stop!" Raggedy Ann said after they had run long way. And then I wished for the invisible string to dis appearw
 'Ha, hap little Ned Gnome laughed, Wont the Witch be sur prised to find us gone when she comes back to her flying broom |"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

'Nor would I choose a very poor girl for my sons wife because no wives are more eXtravagant, more pleasure mad, more restless and fond of gadding, than are the women who have never had anything and who are starved for luxuries and pleasure. They think that even a moderate in- come is inexhaustible and they squander 1t like water. They've never had anything to save, so they have no habits of thrift, and 1t is so wonder full to them to be able to buy what they desire that their wants have no limit. ,r, N~a
 "Also, the man who marries a poor girl has her family to support, at least in part. Therefore, as my son has his own way to make in the world, I would not pick out penni- less bride for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

still less would I pick out for wife for him girl who had much money of her own, for no fate is so cruel as that of the poor husband of rich woman. He is bound to be- come a parasite upon her, and to have no more authority and receive less consideration in her household than her pet Pomeranian pup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

Sugar cane alcohol used instead of gasoline in South Africa, is claimed to give more power and to enable the en- zine to be started quickly in cold weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

Coster- -monger's slang Is made by merely taking the middle vowels of words as the initial letter and adding other syllables and letters to give the new word sufficient finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

wife girl who has been reared to be a spender because I do not wish to see him sold into slavery for life to dry goods merchants and milliners and dressmakers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

Most ancient universities in Europe are those at Bologna, Oxford, Cam br'%ee, Paris and Salamanca.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

Greatest producing slate centers of this country are 1t Rutland. Vt, and Washington county N Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

"But would choose a girl who comes of well-to-do people, because she knows the value of money and how to get the most out of 1t. She has had enough of the good things of life, pretty clothes and indulgences, to have taken the edge off of her appetite for them, but she has not been as accustomed to them that she cannot live without them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

"she has had to contrive and plan to get what she desired and so she has learned how to handle money. She makes the kind of a wife who is a real helpmate to her husband and who, when she marries, is willing to settle down and take her en- joyment in moderation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

q should pick out for my sons wife healthy, jolly, good-natpred girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

A smart wife is an asset to a man, just as a dowdy wife is a handicap. Nor is a man apt to stay in love long with a wife who is not a good locker and of whom he is ashamed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

'I would pick out for my sons wife a girl who was good-looking, and who knew how to dress and make a good appearance, because for a girl not to know how to make the most of herself shows that she lacks in- telligence and initiative and energy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

"A sickly woman whose nerves are always on edge, and who brings nervous, sickly crying babies into the world; or a morbid, neurotic woman who Is never satisfied with anything; or a high tempered wom- an who keeps a man in perpetual terror of scenes; there are the curse a man brings on his own head and that his mother would save him from if he would take her advice.
 Above all, I would pick out for my sons wife girl who has good hard common sense. If a girl has that nothing else really matters, be- cause she will learn all the balance"
 So said this mother. What sort of a wife would you pick out for your son?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-09-27
ALL IN THE DAYS "WoRK'
At Least This Incident Should Have
Relieved the Monotony Of
Physieian's Routine.

In the evening Office hours Of a busy
physician Of the east part Of the city
four-year-Old lad. sat awaiting his
turn to interview the physician. The
physician was surprised when the lad
came into the room to see that he was
alone. But the lad, not In the least
alarmed. walked in, told the physician
his name and where he lived, and then
said: 81 just came to see when you
are going to bring baby to our
house."
At the physicians hesitancy to an
swer. the youngster said: There's
no hurry, but wish you would bring
one soon." Laddie was not known
by the physician. and was many blocks
from home, so he asked Laddie wheth-
er he should call Laddie's mother, -
she would know where he was. The
child replied: I'D rather you wouldn't
but If you will watch until get
across the street I can get home all
right"
The busy physician took time to
watch Laddie across the street, and
as far az he could see, Laddie was
trudging hopefully along, apparently
undisturbed by the night.-Indianapo-
lis News.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-09-27
Future invention.

The ever busy scientific research
worker In his laboratory has succeed
ed in making superior grade Of rub
Der from the cactus so widely found
In the southwestern United States. In
South Africa q man has found a way
Of converting the Juice Of the prickly
pear into industrial alcohol. Probably
our dandelions and daisies and butter
cups contain alcohol. too. Perhaps
some day Winnipeg will ship her old
people and invalids to Baffin land in
the summer and the West Indies In
the winter In flying machines driven
with weed-made alcohol fuel. And our
heating and cooking and lighting and
transportation and factory power may
come from sea-p0wer. The ebb and
flow of the tides furnishes an mex
haustible reservoir Of electric power.
Above Bristol on the Severn river In
England. a great project is being
planned to dam the river and utilize
the ebb and flow of the tide for cleo
trio power purposes. The high spring
tides rise forty feet there.