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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
My Husband---1he BoOtIegger
By Caroline Beecher

our marriage seemed to resent any ques- tions on my part. He had always been frankness itself with me, had discussed the most intricate matters of business as well as the more simple ones with perfect openness.
 Don't be so curious, Stella" he said impatiently when I asked why he had not come home to dinner II am try ing to do the best can, to plan some way to add to our income"
 What have you in mind? Surely you can tell me that" replied.
 Nothing that is far enough advanced to tell you"
 Tt isn't something you'he afraid I'll disapprove of, is it?" I smiled, amused at my own speech.
 Don't be sillyp His answer was impatient, but was surprised at the flush that swept over his face. But he changed the subject and tried to dis miss from my mind the feeling that for the first time he was keeping something from me, had refused to give me his confidence. Yet even SO not the faint est idea that he was doing or consid- ering doing anything wrong came to me. He was anxious, worried. I'd try not to annoy him.
 Often the question of drinking, pro- hibition, came up. Either because some one who called broached it-it seemed the one subject of conversation of which no one tried the necessity of evading the law-and always Mort harangued heartedly, sometimes violently, against it's injustice and took the part of those who broke the law, "a law that took la' fo 1rfY, vhok they would"
 could better have understood his atti tude. But never had he cared much for liquor and he had always been a sticker for the observance of the laws of his country. Often I laughed at him because of the rabid stand he took.
 'One would think you either a heavy drinker or a bootlegger to hear you rant" told him. But I had noticed that he said little if Lucille were in the room. He had spoken to her of the danger of drinking anything when she was out, not because it was wrong either to drink or to break the law, but because so much of the stuff was pois- onous.
 'I'll be careful" Lucille told him. '"Tn make someone else sample it first"
 Even yet. although I often smelled liquor on her breath, I had not been able to make Mort see that Lucille was doing anything really wrong in taking an occasional drink. This perhaps was partly owing to the fact that until pro- hibition came he from a child had been accustomed to seeing it around, his fa- ther's cellar was always we'll stocked, and we always had it for our friends after our marriage. It seemed impos- sible for him to adjust himself to the new order of things.
 ''They might as we'll tell us what we shall or shall not eat" was invariably the end of his arguments.
 (To Be Continued)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
CHAPTER 8
WYE HAD been obliged to
 ~ Mana n,,A of Ahn anlnnf 1nri

WYE HAD been obliged to take
 w Mona out of the select private
 school she attended, the one Lu- cile had been graduated from, and send her to the public school. As far as her education went felt this would be little or no detriment to her, but l hated to have her lose the companionship of the girls at Miss Bradley's school, girls of refined manners and good birth, all daughters of wealthy parents. Mort's father had had an intense dislike for public schools and he had also had a great deal to say about the management of the children when Mort was in France, and had imbued me with many of his ideas.
 Mort fought the change, said he would get money somehow to pay her school bills, but I insisted it was not right that he should add to his worries and that the public school would do nicely. Mona herself said little, al- though l could see she was almost heart broken to leave the school. But she almost worshipped her father and when I explained the relief it would be to him not to have her large quar- terly bills to pay, she said no more. Lucille remarked caustically that she hoped no one she went with would find it out.
 Before Mort had his business troubles I had never noticed anything snobbish in Lucille, but now her attitude was often that or the snob.
 You see when we had things like other people we didn't have to put on any side" she said when I spoke of it to her, but now if we don't keep away from the common people we'll get like them"
 We are all common people, dear," I told her. Money doesn't change our natures. One can be just as fine a character without money as with it. It is what we are that counts, not what we have. Try not to be so discontented, Lucille. You make your father miser- able, me unhappy, and your attitude has a bad effect upon Mona."
 I would not have anyone think Lu- cile was always grouchy and disagree able-far from it. It was only when she wanted something, wanted to go somewhere and felt she needed the clothes we could not afford that she talked and acted in this way. Most of the time she was gay, butterfly crea- ture, skimming all the fun and pleas ure she could get out of life, seemingly happy when following her own sweet will as to her going and coming.
 Mort's attitude became puzzling to me. He now was often out until late at night, and for the first time since
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
Hearts of Two
CHAPTER 1s4

IN SPITE of Marian's admission to
 Frederic Parker that she was not
 unwilling to see him, he did not seek her out during the fortnight fol- lowing their drive in the park. She wondered uneasily if she had wounded him by her attitude with regard to his cousin, Mrs. Crosby.
 But she had other thoughts also to occupy her mind. She was not blind to the fact that her dancing pleased her employer. Nor was she unaware that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

If you failed to make a strawberry bed in the spring you can remedy the omission now, but you will have to buy pot-grown plants. Such plants cost little more than those dug from the beds but give remarkably good results and will fruit next season. If you have a well established strawberry bed al- ready, you can use runners that have not been potted. Remember that straw berries require very rich soil and re- meal. Do not, however, make a bed in land which has just been plOyed dp, for it is quite likely to abound in grubs which will feed on the roots and destroy the plants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
BOUDo1R ACCEssoRrEs

A quaint little eonceik that adds a note of gaygty to the bOudoir is an ele- phant or horse covered with Paisley cloth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

SCARF OF TTNsEL BR0CADE
 A gorgeous shawl is made of tinssY hrocade in blue and silver and ia edged with a very deep fringe of blue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31

A beautiful shade of pimk called shen fashions the most delightful little frocks for tiny girls The4e frocks are trimmed with Irish lace that is also dyed in delicate pink. The material used fs handkerchief linen.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-24
H~OmemakerS' Corner
For Busy Housewives
Conducted -
MISS ALICE ]. WEBB,
State College Of Washington
GrandmOthe : Cookie Jar

GrandmOthe : Cookie Jar
Grandmother's eo9kie jar! The
very words arc ,cIcious. Your mouth
waters for IT,, c lisp, sugary confec-
tons, and tn, srappy ginger variety,
and the rici y toothsome ones with
and nut all through them!
Here is a ecipe my mother carefully
penciled IN the flyleaf of grand
mother, cook book, when she was a
little eirl ard had her first lessons
in housekeeping from grandmother.
Cookies
2 cups CT sugar; l cup butter; |
cup milk; l teaspoon soda; l tea
spoon of cream of tartar.
Another recipe grandmother wrote
in the book herself and named for
mother (she was Victoria Marie,
called Vickie for SHORTY is as follows:
Vickies Cookies
l cup butter; 2 cups sugar; 3 eggs,
l teaspoonful soda; 2 teaspoons cream
tartar; mix very soft.
Salaratus cookies grandmother
made as follows:
Salaratus Cookies
1 cup sugar; n cup cream; but
ter the size of a butternut; l egg; !
teaspoon of ~salaratus.
Grandfather liked Crullers. She
made them for him as follows:
Crullers
/ egg; / cur of sugar; 3 spoons o
butter; 8 of sweet milk; soda the siz,
of a pea.
Another cruller recipe 1 find pen
ciled in a tiny, ol~d-fashioned scrip
on the edge Of one Of the pages
like this:
Crullies
> ) eggs; l cup sugar; salaratus;
spoonful sweet milk.
!, Jumbles
9 Here is a Jumbles recipe take
e from the Ladies' Companion of 1885,
one of mothers treasures:
l Rub to a cream a pound of sugs
and half a pound of butter; add eigi
o we'll beaten eggs; essence of lemc
l. or rose-water to the taste, and flol
e to make the jumbles stiff enough +
d rolling out. Roll out in powder'
+, sugar about half an inch wide a.
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EDOUARD BENES of Czecho-

nR. EDOUARD BENES of CzechO-
II slovakia and his subcommittee
have drafted and submitted to the as
Semhly of the League of Nations the
proposed pacts for disarmament, Sc
curity and arbitration. They are de-
signed to put some new teeth In the
covenant, for they offer an accord with
regard to economic and military sane
lions to be applied to any nation that
refuses arbitration by the league, and
every nation ~signatOry TO the league
covenant is obliged to give full mill
tary and naval assistance to such sane
tionS. as we'll as economic aid. The
members Of the league are required to
participate in conference for reduC-
ton OF ornaments which shall be con
vened as soon as possible under the
auspices Of the league. The COmpul
sorry arbitration clause will allow al
countries, especially Great Britain, tC
make reservations when signing it, anC
the British will insist that their fleet
when engaged in the service of the
league, shall not be subject to proceed
ings before the world court. In Othe
words, if the British fleet In such cir
cumstanCeS comes into conflict wit
the citizens Of powers that are no
members Of the league, It will have tn
backing Of the entire league.
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four inches long, and form them into
rings by joining the ends. Lay them
On flat buttered tins, and bake in a
quick oven.
(Those were the days before eggs
were &c or &c apiece and butter was
not 60c or more a pound. l think
grandmother made her own butter,
and kept hens.)
Dich Jumbles
A richer recipe from the same
source says:
Rub to a cream a pound Of butter
and a pound of sugar; mix with it a
pound and a half of flour, four eggs,
and a very little brandy. Roll the
cakes in powdered sugar, and bake.
Written in a long, old-fashiOned
script in faded ink and signed Sara
1 find the following recipe for Scotch
Scenes (spelled "Scons" in the copy
in the back of a household Compan
ion for 1905:
ScOns
Take as much flour as you think fl
and mix some butter well with it
Then put some soda into the bowl
And take the pin and give it a rOl
But before you mix it forget not t.
add
Some buttermilk fresh-let it not b
bad.
Sara"
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PAGE FIVE

Used to Make which L. NJ. Quincy
got out a couple Of years ago:
l cupful of sugar; = cupful of
molasses; 2-3 cupful of butter; 2
eggs; l cupful of r~aisins, chopped
fine; , tablespoonful of milk; l tea
spoonful of soda; l %teaspOOnful OF
cinnamon; l teaspoonful of nutmeg;
Il t~easpoonful of cloves; flour enough
to roll.
Cream the butter and sugar 20
gether, beat the eggs, add to the but
ter and sugar, then stir in the mOlas-
ses, milk and spices. Add the raisins
which has been covered with flour,
and, last of all, the flour into which
the dry soda has been sifted. Roll
thin and cut with a cookie cutter.
Almond Rocks
Cleve Carney, for twenty years a
practical baker with French Pastry
s~pecialties, gives US the following
recipe for 5H2 dozen Almond Rocks:
Beat 8 egg whites till stiff. Grad
ually add a pound Of powdered sugar
and 81 pound of shredded Almonds
crushed, and either vanilla or CHINA
mon flavOring to taste. Lay on
CREASED and busted pans in the shape
of small rocks, using a fork to pile
it. and bake in a slow oven.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-24
EIFTY thousand former service mel

FIFvTY thousand former service men
assembled in st. Paul. Mimi, last
week for the sixth annual convention
of the American Legion. perhaps the
livcliest and most interesting that or
ganizatiun has yet held. Fully 10000
of them took part in a magnificent
parade. with 21t bands and drum corps
and numerous handsome floats. Among
the prominent men present was Gen.
Charles G.. Dawes. He was invited TO
sit in the reviewing stand but very
properly declined. saying that he was
there merely as a member Of the Legion
and would 'hOOf it with the boys"
Former Judge KenPsaw NJ. Lands was
there. too. spectacular as always and
high in the good graces Of the Legion
He addressed the convention on We'd
nesday on political duties.
THE men and m who do moi
vote are lazy, good for nothing, shift
less. Shabbling dereliCts who sh0ulC
be treated as slackers Of val times,
he said. Zine them on the first OF
tense and If there is a second oifens'
back the black maria up 10 their uOOr'
and cart them off to Jail"
You men Of the Legion are Away
being told to do things" the judg'
went on. 81 don't think you need to D
told how to act in time Of peace. YOr
certainly knew how tn act in time o
war. Nevertheless anyone who does
hit Of good is always being called o
again. Get the vote Out. It's n q
your duties as Americans"
Omaha was awarded next years COZ
yention. Most of the fun of the wee
was provided by the 40 and g." whic
staged comic parades and a big Jan
bOree.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-24

town of LluhO and the Chekiang forces
were forced back. Both armies are
obtaining great supplies of foreign
guns and munitions, including air
planes and armOred cars, despite the
efforts of the Americans and British
to prevent the smuggling of such sup
plies.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-24

ORANGE has about abandoned the
\ hope that her debt [" the United
States will be Cancelled and is plan
ming to send over Il commission to ar
range It's rcfunding. President cool
idge lets 1t be known that he will take
no steps in the matter until he re-
ceives the recommendations of oar own
foreign debt commission which is head
cd by Secretary Mellon. This applies
also to the Italian debt. 1t may be
they will be accorded more liberal
terms than those of the settlement
with Great Britain.
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Almond Rocks

FOR R~ENT-MODERN SIX-ROOM
house, with good garage. Apply TO
A. Truman, 1913 w. Main. 9-lI-zC
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-24

WARDS totaling more than $685.
a 100000 were made by the Amer
ican-German claims commission last
week. OF this, about $37,OOO,OOO goes
RI 81 American insurance companies
and s243OO.OOO to the veterans bu-
reau. Umpire Parker decided against
American life insurance companies in
ton tvnical cases arising from the
sinking of the Lusitania.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-24

null compliance with the federal
L trade commissions order abolish
ing the Pittsburgh . plus system OIL
quoting prices on rolled steel products
Is promised by the United States steer
corporation and its subsidiary com
panies. The steel manufacturers nus
abandon the intention of taking the
case ND to the Supreme court. but in
their notice they state that the validity
Of the order and the jurisdiction OF the
commission are not admitted. The cor
poration and its subsidiaries undertake
not to quote prices on their rolled steer
products upon any other basing poin'
other than that where they are manu-
featured or from which they are
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-24

shipped" TnIs Drngs 10 an emo a
fight that has been going on for FIVE
years, but there is still no certainty
that the outcome will inure greatly to
the benefit Of those who made 1.-THE
steel consumers of the Middle West.
STEADILY but with all due caution,
the army'S globe enCircling avia-
tors moved last week across the rom
tinent toward their final goal in Ore
gOn, where they started on the epOchal
flight. Chicago gave them a mighty
welcome and they were there two days
Then the honor passed 70 Omaha, st.
Joseph, MuskOgee and Dallas. From
the latter city they were to fly over
the Rockies to southern California.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY VIII
BUR, who used to be chief justice
of the Supreme court of California,
addressed the California Bar aSsOcia-
ton on Catalina island and made the
lawyers sit up with a vigorous attack
on the VOlstead act and on all attempts
to invade fundamental rights Of the
private citizen of the United states.
state courts as well - natic1al
courts" the secretary sail. have over
turned laws that preferred one re-
ligiOn to another, that attempted to
invade the educational rights of chill
dren, that sought to do away with the
right Of trial by jury. and that tended
to permit imprisonment without trial.
Referring to what he termed a tend
ency of the times of emergency anC
public clamOr to pass statutes in grea'
public demand" Secretary Wilbur
characterized syndicalism laws as al
indication Of this trend. Continuing
? ne said:
'"The injunctive features of the W
stead art and Of the red light aba,
mrnt aCt~ throughout the country, COZ
. plrd with the power to impose per
s., ? aitics Of imprisonment for a year Will
b.. cut trial by jury are an indication q
the possibilities Of the legislation whe
! once constitutional restrictions are RI
: moved"
q Immediately afterward, Secretar
4 Wilbur was hastily summoned t
= Washington by the President, and {
course there were reports that his Il
terances were disapproved by his chic
These were denied at the White HOuS
Il where il was stated that Mr.. COOlid.
wished to confer with the secretal
-" concerning naval estimates in the nav
'e budget which had been cut rather s
! verely by Director of the Budget Lor
Although the navy Is now Operatil
~ ON a schedule of Curtailment Whi'
% has included Il limitation of repai
= to 70 per cent Of the recommended pT
H. gram, it is understood that Direct
" Lord has SlaShed about 20 per &c
y from the minimum estimates SUBMIT
~ nv Secretary Wilbur. The total I
III the navy to be recommended by t
y budget director is said to be less tn
S3OO 100000. which. naval experts 81
hu Is far below requirements Of the
'n' nartment. This Is said TO cut S1O,W
u ono from the aviation program. Pre-
dent Coolidge, ii is understood, is gre
lot ~ IMPRESSED with the possibilities
II aviation in naval warfare and Is
'u clined TO keep expenses for battleSl
;, building as low as possible.
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Tvs REVIEW or
events
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.,rst, Is Spreading to
Southern Russia.
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Hermits

Hermits
This is the recipe for Hermit Cook
les from the book of Things Mother
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-24

rRANK CHANCE, the Peerless
Z Leader Of the old champion CUBS
NJ the National league, Is dead / n Cali
fornIa. and his passing is mourned by
millions who admired him as a square
snortsman and a genial gentleman. YET
another figure prominent in the sport
inc Aeld went out last week when Jim
mic Murphy, veteran auto race driver
was killed in an accident during a race
at Syracuse, n. I.
william L. Douglas, former governor
of Massachusetts and well known a.
a manufacturers of shoes. died In Bos
TON at the age of se%venty-nine. he nae
been active in politics since 1884.
THE Prince Of Wales, after seelnI
J. his c~ountrymen defeated In IN
| noIo matches by the American team
spent a few days in and about Nev
YORK city and has now gone on 70 "a
ranch in western Canada.
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shipped" m DrlngS TO an enO a
hight that has been going on for five
years, but there is still no certainty
that the outcome will inure greatly to
the benefit Of those who made 1.-THE
steel consumers of the Middle West.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-26

Christmas is oyer-so all Holiday Mer-
shsndise will be sold at exactly One.half
priee. Holiday Suspenders will go at 25e.
Dress Ties in holiday boxes at SOC. Felt
Slippers at 50c-gifts galore.
Come Saturday and take your choice of
Mems Duchess Trousers, $500 and $500
values, for S3.45. Mems $500 and $500
Pants at S2.35. Boys Suits have been
marked s3.s5; and heavy Atwood Maeki-
naws at s4.s5.
Over 200 dozen Mems Dress Shirts, neck
band or collar attached, beautiful patterns
come, take your pick tomorrow at 95e; while
Work Shirts 90 at 49c. Mems Lisle Socks
go at lSe, and Cotton Socks go at &c.
Wen sell Mems 0veralls at CSC. Mems
Collars, all sizes, at &c. Black Bear 0veralls
in fact, everything that man needs for
dress or work wear--all included in this sale
and going at these sensational prices.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-26
GREAT FREE OFFER SATURDAY

Here's FREE OFFER Wen Young Mems beautifully
Ored TwoPants Suits of alwool
and pin stripes Originally priced around SIS co. but N1
hey tomorrow at the rockboom of TSASV
And added nducemen all sold
make this FREE OFFER Any $500 Hat
neh hundreds in be
Years Present ABSOLUTELY FREE
And for Saturday only included with
Overcoat beed models tailored to
$4,000 values at these pices$5s5 And n
special lot of Mems Late Model Atwood Oyercoa M
the VScAe price of TAsVV
And here's Lot Mems Finest Tailored
and Banss.s Cray the majority OF these Suits .d retain their
and they have been marked down Saturday
And with each of these Suits and Overcoats Absolutely
selection of Hat in the house THESE FREE
OFFERS GOOD SATURDAY AND UNTIL NEW YEARS DAY ONLY
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-26

luxurious presents were traded in for
moro practical articles. In some
cases expensive perfumery went back
10 the perfumery counter and It's
owner emerged few minutes later
with wool stockings for her children
or a new cooking utcnsil.
Ornaments. such as vases and pic.
lures, generally "stayed put" Their
new owners wanted them TO display
when their Rlvers visited. But even
IN cases like this, cut glass some
times turned UP In Il storo Friday
and was exchanged for electric irons
or laundry soap.
Most Of tho stores had a fairly lib
eral exchange policy, giving credit
slips In exchange for returned ar
tielcs. Many articles, including hnir
brushes and some classes Of wearing
apparel, don't come under exchange
rules.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-26
Enough Work for
All Expected Soon

While Seattle has the customary
winters lot OF unemployed work.
men, students OF the condition be.
lievo that relief will DO afforded
earlier this year. With all classes
expecting a prosperous year. mills
will open carly, public work will
be started soon and logging opera
lions will resume. according to ].
II. Shields, superintendent OF the
L. S. city FREQ employment office.
Prunes now arc dried by cleo
frictlv
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-26
"SWAP DAY" AT
STORES HERE
Many Are Busy Exchanging
Christmas Presents

Seattle stores In a manner Of
speaking. celebrated swap Day
Friday
Tho Christmas presents that have
flowed from tho shops IN growing
streams up 10 Christmas Eve began
to tncklo back. Generally they were
exchanged for other articles Of equal
value.
Thorc WINS a fair rush TO exchange
mis.sized gloves, shoes, skates, hats
and wearing apparel a few FUR
coats came back TO be snapped for
others Of different varieties or OF
other sizes.
Tbcrc were the usual cases where