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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
DOMESTIC DAYS
By ROY L. 1I'CARDELL

Now, MT. Dinkston," remarked Mrs. Jarr to the tramp philoso- pher, you were going to tell us about your experience in the movies. love to hear about the movies and movie stars"
 In fact, Mrs Jarr was so curious to hear the visitors screen acting experiences that she had prepared him a chicken dinner and now per mitted MT Jarr to proffer cigars in the front room.
 "Ah, yes, indeed" began MT. Dink- ston, as he settled himself comforta- bly, in a rocking chair. "Yes, l had quite a meteoric career in the silent drama. While Charlie Chaplin began his moving picture career as an extra, a supernumerary," explained the expect, T started in from the very beginning as understudy for all the leading characters"
 Are you still connected with the moving plctures?" inquired Mrs. Jarr eagerly. "I have such a splen- did idea for a scenario, but I am afraid to send it in for fear the idea will be stolen and used"
 Have no fear, Mrs. Jarr," re- marked the expect. If your idea for moving picture is a good one it will never be stolen. What would they do with new and good Idea in the movies, whether said new or good idea was bought or stolen?"
 You speak pessimistieally!" ven tured MT. Jarr.
 T have right to-" was the gloomy reply. If I have a whole bone left in my head-I mean body 1t is through no fault of the pro- ducers of the silent drama. Few die and none resign in the moving pie tures." MT, Dinkston went on, "and as for an understudy to the leading actor sitting around the studio idle, 1t never happens. The understudy gets plenty to do."
 That must be nice!" cried Mrs. Jarr. Did you understudy in the important scenes?"
 Those were the only ones," re- piled the expect. !" Itook the hero's place every time he jumped off the | burning steamship to save the heroine. l dressed up as the villain every time ths.villain was thrown off cliff. I have been thrown off every cliff in California. If you could see my cuticle, my dear friends, you would find it covered with large honeycomb markings from falling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
WHY BLAME THE STOMACH FOR so MANY TROUBLES?


 Why couldn't I get the answer long ago? The stomach being so far from rheumatic pains 1t could not be responsible for such troubles. Then 1t was learned that medical authori- ties agree that the stomach Is the source of many of our body ailments, Indigestion is known as one of the first troubles to develop from &C., cumulated acids in the stomach. That explained a whole lot--now 1t Is easy to see why distressing headaches. loss of energy, constipation, rheuma- tism, skin diseases and rundown system are so common with most of us. They are results, of poisons ab- sorbed by the system from a stomach not functioning as nature provides. That the stomach could be made well and healthy and resultant troubles overcome so easily was not realized until that wonderful medicine FER RALINE, was tried. Its great merit has been proven in thousands of cases. It simply aids nature in re- storing the stomach to normal and overcoming the many complaints due to absorbed poisons. Let this great medicine help you back to health. Give FERRALINE a thorough trial on our money back guarantee. It's S1.00 at leading druggists.
 FREE YEAR BOOK FOR EVERY BODY. Send for one, it's full of facts, figures and datn. Address, The Ferraiine Co.,, Dept. Al, r. o. Box 1888, Atlanta, Ga.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

fire Is turned low, no water is added, but frequent stirring of the cabbage results in a perfect cooking until 1t is tender. Then add a dash of vine gar, a spoon of brown sugar, a sprinkle of caraway seed and To, the dish Is ready. Served with any heavy meat such as pork or pot roast its appetizing tang gives flavor to the whole meal.
 Onious, yes, humble onions, Of every variety contain sulphur salts and other mineral vitamines that wgrify the blood and encourage sleep. Perfectly boiled onions, with gentle cream sauce should be included fre- quently in the children's diet. Or the whole onion parboiled, may be stuffed with a force meat of bread or sausage, placed in baking pan and baked an hour until brown and succulent.
 The delicate oyster plant is also too little used. Its flavor resembling .an oyster is fact, not fiction. It should be seraped quickly, dropped instantly into boiling water in an enamelware vessel, never aluminium or iron which turns it black. Served with a cream or drawn butter sauce it Is a delectable vegetable quite as choice as asparagus. A similar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

know what to do if were to get out of touch with you"
 'Nor would I know what to do" she said. She wished her voice dld not sound so weak and shaky in her own ears She hoped it did not sound like that to Donald. Whatever hap pened, she must not let him suspect the awful sinking of heart she felt at the prospect of his going away. But perhaps he would not be gone long Yet even a month would be fear fully tedious without him.
 You are not-going soon, are you?" she managed to ask.
 "In February, l think" he re- piled. q have planned this trip for some time, but have not found 1t convenient to leave my affairs here at home until now. Yet things are in such good running order-or will be by the middle of February-that I can be spared for three or four months.
 "Months!"
 The word was an exclamation rather than question, but Donald answered it promptly.
 @Yes and really I could be gone six months if I wished. For, after all, none of us is as important to his business as he thinks he is. My partner could swing things perfectly during my absence. He insists that I stay as long as I please, as he has taken several lengthy vacations dur ing the past year. and I have not been away at all. But I have watied until I could go with free con- science. Of course, I will have some business matters to attend to on the other side, but I shall have an abun- dance of time to combine business with pleasure. And one can do that to perfection in Europe"
 (To Be Continued.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
WINTER VEGETABLES
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
 Household Efficiency Expert

Many families certainly seem to stick in rut in regard to food and particularly the vegetables which they serve. In some cases 1t seems one round of canned tomatoes, corn and peas with only occasional use Of the late vegetables now at the height of their season. Is 1t not wiser to use fresh foods as long as the market affords, and particularly to make use of those nourishing win ter vegetables which are ~so cheap and abundant at this time?
 I could name dozen families who never eat oyster plant, who do not know the crisp tang of red cabbage, who would not recognize the flavor ful golden pulp of a winter squash and to whom the delicate parsnip is all these inexpensive crops in the market, these people buy cans of as paragusAfrom the coast or green peas packed last June.
 But the wise one who plans meals does not neglect the winter vege- tables. She knows that Dame Ma ture packed them, each and all, with nourishing starch and sugar-just the qualities to give heat and energy tables are typically "starchy," such as sweet potatoes, parsnips. winter squash and the delicate salsify, or oyster plant. It Is economy to use them instead of canned summer vegetables.
 in the oven. When the pulp Is
 When I told a friend that we had red cabbage at least once week in its season, she was sure that we were unaristocratic. How glad I am that we are! Because red cabbage, prop erly prepared, is dish fit for kings, and indeed, was a favorite to many of the Morse kings of old. The cab bage is shredded fine and placed in a heated iron pot in which there are bubling drippings of bacon fat. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
BEGINNERS TROUBLES
By RUTH LEIGH

T am a beginner, and find 1t ex- ceedingly hard to get a start; no one seems to want to offer a job to a beginner. What shall I do? One has to start somewhere.
 This is the general trend of dozens of letters have received recently from discouraged beginners. They are right beginner must start somewhere and If no one wants to hire her, what shall she do
 great many young women seem to think they solve the problem successfully by claiming to have had one or two years experience when they seek a position. Aside from the untruthfulness of such statement, I do not believe that this helps any one, for the simple reason that an employer expects far more from an experienced worker than an inexperi- enced. Tell a man you have have al- ready had two years office experi- ence, when you are really green" and first thing you know, he will reason:
 Well, if she does her work this way after two years experience. she can't be very good"
 You automatically force an em- ployer to expect too much from you by claiming experience which you do not have.
 My belief Is that you will do best to state frankly at the outset that you are beginner. You need not say this with uncertainty, with nervous ness, nor with apology. Look your prospective employer straight in the eye and say:
 Yes, I am a beginner, but have enough confidence in myself to be- lieve that if you will give me an opportunity you will be as satisfied with my work as If I had several years of experience I am willing to learn to do things your way; I am adaptable, and I have had enough training in the work you expect me to do to know how to do 1t we'll"
 Girls. an employer does not so much object to a beginner because she Is a beginner, as he objects to her nervousness, her uncertainty, her lack of confidence. If you can only succeed in building an air of confi- dence about yourself, you will find getting a position much easier. Be- ginners are usually too fearsome, too nervous.
 Let me caution you against one thing, about which a young corre- spondent wrote me recently: Don't in your eagerness to get a job, offer to work for nothing ito convince an employer that you can do the work" You not only hurt your own self respect, lower your value in the eyes of any employer. but you. make 1t hard for others who expect to be paid for their work
 If you are worth hiring at all, you are worth nominal salary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
CHAPTER 21p


 JShe>had sat down again, and he Followed her example. T wanted to get you a meer- schaum pipe" she said, but I was afraid to for know nothing about pipes. By the way, why don't you light 8 cigarT
 Thanks, I will" Then. when he had suited the action to the word, he spoke again.
 I would rather have the pen" he said. And when I am away l am 2 going to write to you with 1t if you will let me do so.''
 She started and looked up.
 Away" she echoed. Arc you go- ing away"
 Probably" he replied. But not immediately"
 There was g long silence. Then he asked:
 You have not told me if may write to you"
 You know you may" she said rPlease do!'
 "You need not ask me to, for l do not think I could go If I were Mot sure of being allowed to communicate with you regularly. You see, Wini fred, have been in touch with you for so long that I would not quite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

Medical authorities say that not a little of the i'll health of the women of our day comes from wearing shoes too tight or with heels too high. How many of the danes parading Fifth avenue or Broadway know that wear ing high heels throws the body so much out of balance that the head would be about two feet forward of its natural place If the wearer failed through constant muscle-strain to maintain an erect posture?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
DREN $ WOMANS SpHERE $ THE HOME,

root, though unrelated. Is the Jerusa- lem artichoke which Is a small tuber Ike a potato. It must De boiled first and then may be eaten hot or cold. In the latter form 1t makes good salad with a sharp dressing and can be combined with celery and other vegetables. In taste it Is like a very delicate potato or the Chinese water chestnut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

into nets from varying heights. Twice the nets broke and so did my ribs and collar bone."
 But 1t must have been exciting" said Mrs. Jarr.
 "On the contrary I found 1t quite monotonous," replied MT. Dinkston And so I retired from the cinema"
 Well, I think the moving pictures are grandY said Mrs. Jarr. "Only in hot weather 1t Is too close and stuffy in the theatres, and in the airdromes there's always a woman sitting in front of you who won't take off her hat, and you can't see a thing on the screen"
 Tn that case," advised the expect. make MT. Jarr put on his hat. Then everybody behind him will shout Take off your hatr and the woman wearing the view constructing hat in front of you will think the demon stration is directed against her and will remove the offending headgear."
 And, borrowing a dollar from MT. Jarr by registering" destitution, un- seen by Mrs. Jarr, the recent martyr of the movies went on his way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

Of course, being a cookie woman, Mrs Cookie did not know that really brave people do not care to brag about being brave.
 Anyway" little Weekly thought, If we get hungry any time, we can eat the cookie me6alsp
 So Raggedy Andy and little Weekly went outside the Cookie house to walk around and just as they came to the garden walk, who should they meet but Hookie, tho Goblin; and with him was a Snitznoodle.
 I've brought the Snitznoodle with me so that l can capture you both" Hookie, the Goblin, said, 'I shall cap ture Raggedy Andy and the Snitz- noodle shall capture little Weekyw
 Then he caught hold of Raggedy Andy's arm and the SnitznoodIe caught hold of litHe Weeky's arm.
 "Mait 3 minute!g the Snitznoodle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

said, What is this I see pinned on Weeky's breast"
 That's medal for bravery" Rag gedy Andy said, for little Weekly was too modest to say anything.
 'Ha! Then you don't catch me try Ing to capture himw the Snitznoodle said to Hookle. Anyone with a bravery medal pinned on him might wrestle me too hardl"
 "Nonsenser" the Goblin cried, "But if you are afraid to capture Weekly, then you can capture Rag gedy Andy!"
 But Raggedy Andy has a medal pinned on his breast, tool" the Snitz- noodle said.
 T have a good notion to thump your Hookie cried to the Snitz- noodle.
 And the notion seemed so good to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

Hookie, he actually did thump the Snitznoodle. This made. the Snitz- noodle very angry, but first he made sure that Hookie, the Goblin, did not have bravery medal pinned on his breast.
 Have you 8 bravery medal pinned on your breast?' the Snitznoodle asked the Goblin.
 'No l haven't silly!" the Goblin replied as he dumped the Snitz- noodle again.
 Then take that" the Snitznoodle cried as he thumped Hookie so hard it turned him over and over, And never ask me to help you in doing mean things"
 So the Snitznoodle took Raggedy Andy's and little Weeky's arm and walked with them to the Cookie house, T wouldn t be Goblin for anythingt's he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
THE LOVE GAMf
 A CITY
 ROMANCE BY VIRGINIA TEpEJnE VANDtWETR
HEARTS OF TWO'

Age-Herald readers who have
 ,lowed "The Love Game" by 7vs. Virginia Terhune Vande
 tier will be interested to know .at another serial by Mrs. Vande- 5ater will begin in these columns December 10. "The Love Game" IS now approaching it's climax and has proved a highly interesting story. The new serial, Hearts of Two" Is said to have even more dramatic and thrilling love situa- tions than "The Love Game" and Age-Herald readers may look for ward to it with keen anticipation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

Chiffon can be successfully washed in soap suds by swishing and care- fully pressing it between the hands. After rinsing it should be stiffened in gum water, allowing one tablespoon ful to two cupfuls of water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

The two greatest railways of the world have their eastern terminals in New York city. If all the lines of the New York Central were to run straight west, and all the lines of the Pennsylvania could run straight east from this city, they would go all the way around the world-in the latitude of New York-and have enough left over to cross the Atlantic a second time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28

"GIFTS FOR CHILDREN"-Ther are all sorts of them in the Christ mas Gift Suggestions" columnS of the Classified Section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
PORT OF MISSING GIRLS
Many Of Those Who Disappear Run Away To Get Married, Writer Says

Many Of Those Who Disappear Run
 Away To Get Married, Writer Says
 In the news of the day, nothing Is perused with more interest than the story of the mysterious disappear ance.
 Young women, we read. disappear from big cities almost every week, and in a fair proportion of the cases are never heard heard of again. What becomes of them, then? The obvious answer Is to say that they are engulfed in the pools of infamy, the devices dear to the heart of the story teller. Happily, this easy hy- pothesls is rarely a true one.
 Sometimes. indeed, 1t is so far from evil that a romancer might delight in it for the happiness of its ending. Here modern psychology helps us inn mensely. We realize how much the young woman of our day counts upon secrecy as a privilege of her free dom. To run to mother because a dog has parked at her is no longer an instinct. Rather she would read up the article on hydrophobia in the pharmacopoeia and study law which determines the damages.
 So we must not be surprised when we hear that some at any rate, of these nymphs who disappear do so in order that they may get married. r. may be that they are at work and contribute to the maintenance of their old home; that stern opposition would be offered to any disturbance of this comfortable arrangement. To avoid the family argument, which might wax noisy, they pack or do not pack up their belongings and hie them to an office where discerning young man is waiting to make their weekly contribution his own.
 They are married and go to another town, and while the bridegroom may be known there, nothing is easier than to hide the identity of the bride. For who would suspect that the charming Mrs. x is the girl whose portrait has been in all the newspa- pers and who is anXiously sought for bv detectives. Pemberton ln Continental Edition of London Mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-28
WINNIE TWINKLE
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We may expect Hookie, the Goblin. any minute!" Rag gedy Ann said when he and little Weekly walked into the Cookie house with Strawberry, the It. tie Cookie girl, flor Hookie promised that he would get evenl"
 I'm glad that you fooled him, Rag gedy Andy!" Mrs. Cookie said.
 Little Weekly and l would have fol- lowed Hookie. the Goblin, all the way to his home to res cue little Straw berry!" Raggedy Andy replied.
 Mrs. Cookie went to the cupboard and brought out two cookie medals. They were covered with pretty white Icing.
 These are cookie medals for bravery!' she said as she pinned them on Raggedy Andy's and little w e e k y s breasts.
 Raggedy Andy and little Weekly did not want medals for being brave, but they did not like to tell Mrs. Cookie this, for she thought they surely would wish everyone to know how brave they were,
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-04-06
STORMS DIDN'T BOTHER =
MOUNTAIN BRED CAIxI

Fourteen Cdr loads of mountain
bred Hereford steers were marketed
in Kansas City, March 21st, at 47.7S
and $S.06 per hundred weight, BY
Gotthelf Z Noland. saEuache County
Bank, and Woodard Brothers, OF
Saguache. Colorado. says the 6asu-
ache Crescent. They averaged $50
to $50 pounds q head and sold -
feeders to corn belt trade. This
bunch Of Herefords came TO the
Kansas City market through weather
conditions that would have made
less hardy-blooded creatures appear
half dead; but the Herefords were
ready to be shown to the trade a.
soon as they reached the sale pen.
When the cattle loaded out Of NOT.
fat they came down into the Pueblo
stock yards ahead Of . storm. On
Saturday. March 17th at noon they
loaded for the trip east in the worst
storm Of the winter and Just one
hour before the Pueblo stock yards
were partially destroyed by fire.
They came on the long haul from
Pueblo through western Kansas in
the sand. snow-storm and zero tenn.
perature Of Saturday night and Sun
day. Following q twelve-hour rest
at Osawatomie. they came on to the
Kansas CITY yardR and sold .~o,.
the first over the scales. Exper-
fences like this demonstrate that
Herefords are vigorous and with
stand rough weather we'll.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-04-06
DEL NORTE SIGNED FOR
COOPERATIVE MARKETING

Over so per cent of the potato
growers at Del Norte signed up for
cooperative marketing at the meet.
ing held there Saturday night. For
two years Del Norte has had q CO.
operative marketing system OF their
own and the plan has proved SO sue
cessful that It required little ex-
PLANTATION on the part OF w. +. Hoppe
who is assisting county agent C. D..
Hyatt In organizing the cooperative
market plan, until the men were
ready to adopt the plan.
Over 700 acres we're signed up
Saturday night and the pledges
would make the amount run over q
thousand. Mr.. Hoppe ran out OF
contracts and SO took the names Of
the rest OF the men who wanted to
sign.
Although the new system is a lit
tie different from the one which
Del Norte has been using, II is near
enough like II that the growers real
lied that 1t was a great advantage
to them.
Monday night there will be val
ley meeting Of the committees OF
local cooperative organization. This
is chiefly called to get together on
the period Of pooling.
Rio Grande county will be rep
resented by Monte Vista and Del
Norte. Center and Hooper are the
communities organized In Saguache
county and II is expressed that the
Carmel district and Estrella will
either be organized or have COM
mittees appointed to promote the
organization by that time.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-04-06
FIVE ROOM MODERN HOUSE
IL POPULAR PURCHASE

BE 1t ever 80 humble. there's NO
place like home" may sound all right
in the song. but most any real es-
tate dealer will tell Il different
story. Most people want . nice
house. In fact. one realtor said
that one reason people bought
houses was because they could not
rent the kind Of houses they wanted.
In Monte Vista. there seems to
be q bigger demand for one story
houses which are modern except the
heat The best seller has five rooms
and usually sells between $500 and
$4,000. The younger folks are buy
ing them. II is estimated that with.
in the last year the average age Of
the people buying houses would moi
be over IS years At the very mos,
while one dealer said that the aver,
age age Of his patrons were nearer
80 years than IS years.
Practically all those who bu,
houses own cars. Perhaps Ii,
chief reason that people buy a.
stead Of renting 10 that they &c
tired Of moving. They NO soonel
get settled until someone buys th,
house for . home and the rentel
has to move again. In the lon,
run 1t IL much cheaper.
Very few people pay the entir,
amount Of the purchasing prizes
Most Of them make . payment dowI
and pay the rest in monthly install
ments. II costs no more than pay
Ing rent and when all the install
ments have been made. the peopi,
have an Investment.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1923-04-06
LIBRARY NOTES

The yearly report Of the librarian
which is presented to the library
board on the third Thursday In
March. shows an increase in atten-
dance for the year, of 1889. and in
crease in the number Of books
issued 2.373.
The totals for the year are as
follows:
Attendance 22.45s. books issued
20.55S. registration 344. names
dropped 302. sccessions 3ss, books
lost II. wornout IS. discarded 20.
destroyed on account Of contagion
z. books rebound sol. magazines
bound 81 volumes. Total books on
shelves 4.751.
The greatest increase has been in
the use Of the reference books. OF
which 1t IL impossible to keep .
record as the books are used in the
library and returned to the shelves
by the users.
The following new books have
recently been placed upon the
shelves: