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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-31
"Wish You Were Here"


 (Letter to a magazine page editor from his eight-year-old son) Dear Folks: Aunt Olive is making me write this letter.
 I'm having a bully good time, being the only man with bunch of six fe- males. I chop the wood, carry water, rescue the drowning, haul the ice, cheerfully run the old maid errands Pm asked to, and kill the wild beasts which threaten and terrify the ladies, having been offered the grand sum of ten cents a head for every mouse find and kill in the garage. I hope you folks can come up here.
 HUGH.
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Bathing by radio in Paris is said to be the latest popular wave.
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THE AGE-HERALD
BRICK L THOMPSON. President

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second class matter under act of Congress, March 6, 1879.
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The American Legion should have held it's Alabama state convention in Birmingham, The trench on Twen- 'tieth street would have brought back old times.
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The Priceless Cook

Modern man would perish of star. vation if his wife happened to lose the can opener.-Arthur.
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.11RscRIPTION RATES.

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Another way to solve the heating problem is to utilize the natural gas expended by operators, miners and politicians.
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THE NATIoN,s cELEnY cRor

!
 Approximat ately twenty three thousand carloads of celery are produced in the United States yearly.
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Low Mentality

l met her at the dance hall; Her dancing was a treat. But gee, her conversation showed Her brains were in her feet.
 Dick AK
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NEWS RrREAus

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The driver slows down, of course. And then he reads the smaller type, and is informed where the best steamed oysters may be obtained In the capital"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-02

move but we'll have to. And I just
love it here. Oh, dear. Oh, DEAR"
We are not going to move" de-
clared Danny Meadow Mouse. 1--WE
are going to stay right where we
are"
Nanny stopped crying to stare at
Danny. She had grown so used to
having him do as she said that she
dicn't know what to make of this!
Anyway, we are not going to
move at present" Danny added.
II would like to know why not"
exclaimed Nanny.
Because it would be the most
foolish thing we could do" replied
Danny. II don't believe we have
anything to be afraid OF from Farm
er Browns Boy. He didn't tear our
home open. did he?"
Moo" replied Nanny. But, then,
he didn't find it," she added.
He didn't try to find it. If he
had he would have torn this straw
all apart, declared Danny. 1T Is my
opinion that he knows right where
it is, and that he is going to leave II
alone. 1t will be time enough to
move when something happens to
our home. You can leave if you want
to, but I'm going to stay right here. -
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-02
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IF you combined the curative prop.
critics of every known ready made"
cough remedy, you probably could
not get as much real curative power
as there is in this simple homemade
cough syrup, which is easily prepared
In a few minutes.
Get from any druggist 2H ounces
of Pinex, pour it into a pint bottle
and fill the bottle with syrup, using
either plain graduated sugar syrup,
clarified molasses, honey, or corn
syrup, as desired. The result is a
full pint of really better cough syrup
than You could buy ready made for
three times the money, Tastes pleas
ant and never spOils.
This Plnex and Syrup preparation
gets right at the cause of a cough and
gives almost immediate relief. IL
loosens the phlegm, stops the nasty
throat tickle and heals the sore, irri-
tated membranes so gently and easily
shat it is really astonishing.
A days use will usually overcome
the ordinary cough and for bronchitis,
Group, hoarseness and bronchial asth-
ma, there is nothing better.
Pinex is most valuable concen-
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, and has been used for
generation to break severe coughs.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for "2H ounces Of Pinex"
with full directions, and don't accept
anything else. Guaranteed to give
absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded. The Pinex Co..
TT. Wayne, Ind.
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Nanny and Danny Decide Wisely
Experience to wisdom leads
For one who all it's lessons heeds.
old Mother Nature.


In their snug home in the middle
Of the bundle of straw with which
the coat of the old scarecrcw in
Farmer Browns cornfield was stuff
ed Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse
listened as Farmer Browns Boy
looked in all the pockets and finally
unbuttoned that old coat. They shook
with fright They were sure that
now their home Was to be destroyed.
But Farmer Browns Boy huttoned
up the old coat, and then they heard
the sound of his footsteps growing
fainter and fainter, until finally they
could not hear them at all. For
long time they listened, but all was
quiet. Danny was the first to speak.
What happened to you, my dear?"
he asked.
Il don't know" sobbed Nanny. II
really don't know. 1 was too fright
ened to know what really did hap
pen. l started to climb up what
supposed was this nome of ours, and
found it wasn't. Something caught
me, and then let me go, and that is
all [ know about it,
II know what happened" replied
Danny. You climbed up the leg of
Farmer Browns Boy, was pceping
out and saw him standing there He
must have caught you. and then let
you go. He must have seen you
climb up here, and he probably has
guessed that we have a home In
here. Now, what are we going to do
about it?"
We'll have to move again" said
Nanny. "Oh, dear, I don't want to
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-02
Kudzu as a Grazing Crop for Hogs

H. C. B., Carthage, Mo,
writes: / am interested in the
growing of kudzu. Does it make
a. good forage crop for shoats
and hogs, and what is the yield
per acre? How is the crop
started and when should it be
planted?
KudZu has some possibilities as
a hay plant, but no very correct sys-
tenn of handling it has been worked
out as yet. One OF the difficulties is
to secure a uniformly thick stand
It is essential that this be done so
that fine, upright stems suitable for
hay making may be developed.
Where the stand is thin, the run
ners. Of course, do not make an &C
ceptable hay. This crop is estab-
lished from cuttings. These should
be put out in the winter. The plants
require especial consideration dur
ing the first year. After that, the
principal attention should be direct
ed to the thickening of the stand
This can be encouraged by ridging
the land with a middle burster and
then narrowed down after the rum
ners have covered the land satisfac-
torily. This crop prefers clay lands,
and, when inoculated, grows well on
CALLED locations. 1t is probably OF
more value for this purpose than for
anything else. 1t is a rather persis-
tent and vigorous grower when
once established. II can be destroy
ed, however, by heavy grazing in
the spring. It yields from two TO
four tons OF hay per acre. We hard
ly think this crop would have much
value for cultivation in the states
living north of Georgia
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-02

starved for at least twenty-four
hours. They should. however, be
freely supplied with drinking water.
Pasture Grasses Suited to South
Georgia
A. 3. T., Vienna, Ga, writes:
1t looks as though we could not
raise cotton any more, and we
are thinking of converting our
farm into a stock farm. both
dairy and beef cattle. l wish in
formation in regard to growing
pastures for summer and win
ter, and especially for winter.
Please tell me what grasses TO
use, and in what quantity?
1t is a mistake to conclude that
pastures may be grown on any kind
of land. Both hay and grazing
crops require just as good soils as
other types of plants which we Gull
tiVate on an extensive basis. To at
tempt to establish a pasture on a
worn.out field will therefore not
prove profitable. The best lands for
grazing purposes in your section are
your moist bottom soils. 1t is also
important to remember that land in
tended for pasture should be cleared
Of brush and to a large extent of
trees as we'll. Cultivated lands or
semi-wild lands which YOU attempt
to seed to grasses will have to be
handled with skill and care. 1t takes
a long time to free land OF this char
acter of it's natural growth. 1t is
sometimes good practice to Craze
new lands with goats for several
years before attempting to establish
tame grass thereon. Bushes must be
chopped or cut down with a hoe or
bush hook.
On the damp soils OF south Geor-
gia which may be regarded as fair
to good pasture soils, the following
mixture may be seeded to some ad-
vantage: Carpet grass. three pounds
per acre: red top, three pounds per
acre; white clover, two pounds per
acre, and lespdeZa, ten pounds per
acre. 1t is useless to put these
grasses on land where there is stand
ing water. Dall!s grass can also be
added to the above grasses on occa-
sions. but it is not so dependable as
lespedeza or carpet grass. Red top
is chiefly valuable on clay soils. On
the clay hills of south Georgia, car
pet grass and lespedeza may be used
with some advantage. II the SOL 10
red, Bermuda grass may be utiliz ed
instead of carpet grass. Bermuda
grass makes a better sod for hogs
than carpet grass. On red soils, from
two to three pounds of Dallis grass
may be added to a mixture OF four
pounds of carpet grass and ten
pounds of leSpedeZa. The south
Georgia sandy soils are very poor
pasture lands, and about the only
thing we can suggest that is likely
to prove of value on them is lespe
deZa.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-02

Dear Children: A letter this morn
ing brought to mind something
have wanted to say to you for a
long while. The letter asked the
question: If I had given up school
and reached an age over twenty and
had an opportunity to return to
school, and realized just how much
an education meant, would 1 let the
fact that I was no longer under
twenty keep me from going to
school. My answer was, if I was
over eighty and still had my facul
ties I'd go to school. When our il
lustrious Judge Logan f. Bleckley
was over seventy he went to the
University OF Georgia for course of
study. In other words, it's never
too late to learn, and I'm so gald
when 1 get a letter like this one
from some ambitious girl or boy.
School has commenced in many
places and I hope to get letters tell
ing me Of your progress.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
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Compound and what 1t had done for
other women and gave it trial. ! be-
gan to eat better and could sleep, and
consider it wonderful medicine. ]
recommend it to my friends and will
never be without t."-Mrs.M M. OHLEN,
3640 S. Marshfeld Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
1t is such letters as these that tes-
tify to the value of Lydia p. Pink"
hams Vegetable Compound. This wo-
man speaks from the fullness of her
heart. She describes as correctly az
she can her condition, first the symp:.
toms that bothered her the most, and
later the disappearance of those
symptoms. 1t is sincere expression
of gratitude.
For nearly fifty years Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
been so praised by women.
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the spot where you have met thousand
times. Now YOU are happy, not wave
of trouble moves across your peaceful
breast. Dream on, oh. lovers. Dream
in the leafy bowers Of youth. Dream in
the mOonli ght Dream in the sunlight OF
sentiment. Dream while yet YOU dwell
among the opium scented poppies of love
in the careless, happy realm OF lovers.
Dream on nor seek TO wake too soon for
the flowers will shed their bloom at your
feet, the leSYes will wlther and fall
around you./ And the spring and summer
OF loves young dream will soon pass
away. The ideal will melt into the real
the daisies and clover blossoms will soon
he hay. Where now the happy twain are
wont to stroll, down smong the dsffodils
tween the plow handles in the new made
furrow, breathing the sweet aroma o' The
new plowsd ground and dreaming OF the
corn dodgers in the fall. She will desert
her balcony tn bend over The wsshtuh to
rub her very life away on his buds. and as
she washes she will sing:
What peaceful hours | once enjoyed,
How sweet the memory still"
l have heard it said that matches are
made in heaven, hut there is not a word
OF truth in it, Matches are always made
on earth. II they were made in heaven
there would never be an Unmatched cou
pie, there would never he an Incompatible
marriage, there would never he brutal
husband or a hrawlinS wife. There would
he hut little hell on earth. Every home
would he an Eden every heart Para
disc.
fore marriage you may be assured you
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-02

CndC lcOuld nafdly
do my work. / was
tired all the time,
and dizzy, and
could not sleep
and had no appe~
tite. l tried differ
ent medicines for
years, but they
did not help me.
Then I read in
the papers about
Lydia e. Pink
hams Vepetable
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rected Immediately. Thin. dry. wispy
or fading hair is quickly invigorated.
taking on new strength, color and
youthful beauty. "Danderine" is de-.
lightful on the hair; a refreshing.
stimulating tonic-not sticky or
greasy. Any drug store.
Calvert isemant
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rolled into one, and that she couldn t
find fault in his whole makeup If
she hunted for it with a micro
scope.
But that's press agent stuff. That S
campaign literature. There isn't a
man living clever enough and sub
tie enough to fool a girl-baby while
she is still in the cradle about what
he is. Every woman has got the
number OF every man she has
known for an hour, down to the
last figure, and she knows him bet.
ter than he will ever know him
self.
Do you think that the bride who
swears at the altar to take man
for better or worse believes that it
is all better and no worse in hers?
Not much. Do you think she thinks
that some little, sawed-off, egOtisti-
cal chap, who talks too much about
hero? Not at all. She just dOesn' t
care about how he looks to others
because he looks good to her, and
he can't bore her talking about him
self because he's the one subject
in the world she's the most inter
ested in. And that's that.
We don't demand perfection In
those we love. We don't really want
it. If you will look about you, you
will see that it is not the good who
are most loved; it is the poor, blum
dering sinners. It's the prodigals
that we are always getting out the
brass band and Staying the fatted
calf for, not the austere saints.
And perhaps the reason for this
is because we have no kinship, no
fellowship with the faultless, We
need forgiveness so often ourselves,
that we love best those who are in
our own class, and who also have
a fellow-feeling for us because they
likewise do not grade up too high.
This is why men and women sell
dom marry their ideals, and why
we choose for friends poor Fanny
or poor Mary" who are always
making ridiculous plumbers, and
poor John" and poor Tom" whom
we are always pulling out of the
holes they get themselves into, but
whom we love better than we do
better men and women.
The only time when love is blind
is when parents look at their chill
dren. Then. indeed, we see people
afflicted with an astigmatism that
renders them incapable of seeins
the thing that is before their eyes.
We see parental love so blind that
it cannot behold in its offspring the
faults that are patent to the world
We see parents who really believe
homely girls beautiful; neglected
girls bellies; runty little children with
adenoids marvels of childish grace
and fascination; who hear the mu'
sic of the spheres in their children's
screeching. and who see nothing
but playful spirit in their children s
destruction OF your property.
1t is because parental love is blind
that fathers and mothers fail to see
their childrens faults and correct
them, and so wreck many life that
might have been of use to the
world.
1t is only parental love that Is
blind. All other love sees ano
loves. But parental love loves with
out seeing.
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our every de.
feet, but it sees
them n OF as
blemishes, but
as some quain =
c h ar a cteristic
that makes us
dearer. The very
essence Of love
consists in some
one knowing us
for exactly what
we are, and low
oman to think
ing us still.
1t plea Ses a
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THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Help for the Observation-Disclosures to
All Dumb Things"

No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides OF
pa per printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-02
A BEDTIME STORY
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

This was a new Danny Meadow
Mouse. Nanny hardly knew what to
make of him. She was wise enough
to know that he meant just what he
SAL, She wTAs wise enough to know
that it would be quite useless to ar
que with him. She thought it all
over for few moments. She had to
admit to herself that there was
great deal of truth in what Danny
had said. There would be no harm
in waiting to see if anything further
happened. "All right, Wen stay"
said she at last.
And that proved to be one of the
wsest decisions Nanny had ever
made. All the rest of that summer
they lived in the old scarecrow. safe
and happy. And no one else discov.
cred that they were living there.
(Copyright, 1928 by T. w. Burgess,)
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Dear Aunt Julia: Will you let me in for
a few moments chat? Thank you. | have
been intending to write TO the Letter Box
for long time, but just couldn't get up
courage enough to write. | wrote onCe he
fore and received the many letters, foi
which | thank all who wrote to me, and also
l thank Aunt Julia for printing my letter.
I hope she will see fit to print this one, as
l do get rather lonesome once in white
and need cheering up hit l am feeling
somewhat blue now. ! wish some Of you
boys and girls were with me. and then
wonldn : feel so blue, YOu ought to he here
row. We have lots NJ wstermelons. and il
only Aunt Juks and all of her nieces and
tephewS were here We could have water.
melon party. Wouidu't that I've grand :?
Well, ] guess YOU are wondering who this
old maid is. Well, I'm just bobbed
headed kid between the ages NJ twenty
three and thirty-two. Don that beat all?
I guess I had better not so to telling too
much or everybody will set scared. l will
close ny asking everybody to write to me.
| will answer all can.
RUTH BEAM.
EIIenhoro
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teachers War Climax

LONDON.-English teachers are
enlisting the public's aid to wage
their salary fight to a finish this
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Love Doesn't Demand Perfection.
The Eyes OF True Love See
Faults as Well as Virtues.
But Our Defects Only

Endear Us the More
WOMAN asks:
II do you have to think peo-
Il - Pile perfect in order to love
them"
Heavens, no! If love required per-
lection, none of US would either love
or be loved.
Love isn't blind. 1t has X-ray
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ChiIdren's Sacrifice

ROCKFORD, Col. Sunday
school pupils here gave UP their
annual outing to use the funds TO
entertain 100 poor children from
neighboring towns.
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C|RLS! LOTS Of
BEAUTIFUL HAIR
35-Cent "Danderine" Does
Wonders for LifeIess,
Neglected Hair

A gle a m Y
mass of luXu-
RANT hair full
of gloss, lustre
and life shortly
follows a g'enu-
inc tOning' up
Of neglected
scalps with de-
pendable Dan
derine."
falling hair,
itching scalp
and the dan
dTuff is cor
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that the man who loves her thinks
her raVing beauty; that he thinks
her figure perfect thirtY-siX;
that he is blind to the fact that she
gets her complexion at the drug
store, that he never suspects
that her permanent wave is the re-
suit of art and not the gift of God.
She also lk IN ,lude herself by
believing that no thinks she has an
angelic disposition, and is altogeth,
err too coed and fine for this wicked
world.
Undoubtedly, in the days Of court.
ship her lover periured himself like
a gent, man and told her all these
things that she was longing to he :
But the man knows at the time tina
he is lying, and the woman would
kno it. too, if she would permit
l,-rself 10 face the truth for mo-
ment. For she is perfectly well
aware that no man who had sense
enough to be permitted abroad witt
out a keeper could have Ich de-
fusion about her.
No man, for evel passing
glance, thinks a plli:l woman bean
Iilul, nor 4 Gull one DIillldnJ, no.
a fat one thin, nor does he mistake
| a redheaded, snappy-eyed woman
for meek and patient Griselda.
He doesn't love her for something
| she isn't, but for the thing she is.
He sees the snub nose and the hay
colored hair; he knoN that she ism t
| going to set the world on fire, and
! that many a time he is going to
have to walk on eggs to keep from
riling her.
| But, all the same, there Is some
thing in her plain face that makes a
greater hit w \ him than any liv-
ing pictule; som thing that so0thes
him in her unexciting babble; sine
| thing 1hat mako; HIM feel he'd rsth.
err fight with her than live in peace
! wit another We l.
That's the love Of man for a
woman. som ething that says
with all thy faults L love thee
still"
And It's the samA way with wom'
en-. Probably no woman would ever
get husband il she didn't make
some man think that she thought
him General Pershing and Otis
Skinner and Rodolph Valentino ant
Mr. Rockefeller and Solomon, all
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Ellenboro, n. C.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will Won
admit little South Carolina girl into your
happy hand OF boys and girls? As this is my
second attempt tn write, hope Aunt Julia
will print this. What have you cousins
been doing for psstime? ] help mother IN