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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
RECEIPTs INCREAsE .

FLORENCE, Ala, Aug. 9,-Postof- flee receipts in Florence increased las, month 23 per cent over July, 1928. ac- cording to Postmaster II. A. Calney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
GIN STARTS nPERATInNs

WILMER, Ala, Aug. 9.-(Special Leased Wire. Wilmer cotton gin started operations this week and has received sufficient cotton to keep it busy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10

Sold before noon"-the usual report following a ''For Sale" Want Ad in The Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-10
DIDN'T WAIT FOR CONGRESS-

IRsURARcE STOCKS Ala. National Lifo (par lO) O)--............ 2s -se Protective Life IS z2
Evening star., 1924-10-08
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Evening star., 1924-10-08
BEDTIME STORIES 3. sr s1sssss 1aesszo'

no boy or man can get into that melon
patch without being seen"
so Farmer Browns Boy took the rake
and carefully raked over all his own
footprints. He made sure that there
wasn't human footprint anywhere in
the melon patch Right after supper he
posted himself at a window in the upper
part OF the house from which he could
see the melon patch The moon came UP
early. and he could see all over the gar
den Until way into the night he sat
there watching. Farmer Brown offered
to take his place and watch for him, but
this he wouldn't allow. He wanted to
catch that thief himself
He watched until nearly midnight, but
he saw no one Then his father told him
to go to bed. No one will come as
late as this" said Farmer Brown. Who
ever stole that big melon Of yours prob
ably thinks that we will be watching to-
night. Perhaps we will have better luck
tomorrow night
So Farmer Browns Boy went to bed
and dreamed of watermelons and
thieves AS soon as he was up the next
morning he hurried down to the melon
patch There lay the remains Of another
melon that had been broken open and
eaten But nowhere in that melon patch
was there a human footprint Farmer
DiO"i SoIiC uo"u anu lOOheO- SUCh a
funny expression as his face wore I.
Son." said he. this Is a real mystery
Some ono must be mighty smart How
any one could get in here and leave no
footprints is more than I can under
stand Another thing that 1 cannot un-
derstand is why the thief didn't carry
the melon away instead Of eating 1t here
This is a real mystery. I'm as anxious
as you are to find out who that thief is"
That night Farmer Brown and Farmer
Browns Boy took turns watching the
melon patch until late in the night.
They saw no one. The next morning
they found that no one had visited the
melon patch. No melons had been dis
turbed. The mystery was as much a
mystery as ever. Again that night they
kept watch and saw nothing. But when
in the morning they visited the melon
patch they found that a third melon
had been eaten, If ever there were two
puzzled people in all the great world
those two were Farmer Browns Boy
and Farmer Brown
Copyright, 1924. by T. w. Bursess)
Evening star., 1924-10-08
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND II. ALLEN.

Cut glass is something that 1t pays
to Took into" before you buy! BY so
doing you can be sure that you'll be
able to answer in the negative the
question Did you pay too much for
your cut glass;"
Now. some women have the idea
that the phrase cut glass" is magi-
cal one which insures quality; and,
having determined that the article is
really cut" they do not concern
themselves about the basic material
of which the piece is made. But even
genuine "cut" glass may be made
Those at all familiar with glassware
know there is a wide divergence of
quality in the pieces placed upon the
market
The simplest way to tell whether
or not the glass itself is of good
quality is to note its color. Low-grade
glass will show a decided tint of yell
low, green or brown. But the best
pieces of cut glass will be pure,
sparkling, almost colorless-a brill
liantly transparent, just family ting
ed, If tinged at all, with a steel-blue.
Then. by scintillation, as we'll as
color, you can know the best in cut
crystal ware. Once you become ac-
customed to observing this quality of
first-rate giass-the exquisite way in
which. 1t refracts the light-it be-
comes almost unmistakable. This
sparkle" of fine cut glass depends
upon the angles at which the glass is
cut The process is all carried out by
hand, and the workmen who cut the
glass with such painstaking care-so
that each angle of each cut will re-
fleet or refract the light from some
other angle on the same piece-are
Evening star., 1924-10-08

artists.
1t is easy to understand why one
must pay a substantial price for such
a perfect specimen. If you get a
right, so that the whole glows with
life and fire" the chances are that
you are getting your money s
worth" A dull, lifeless piece, how
ever, even when you are sure that
the article is genuinely cut" is gen.
orally made up of unhappy combina-
tions of angles, SO that the article is
not worth the price you must gener-
ally pay for cut glass.
Finally, you can tell inferior glass
| ware, whether cut or merely nodded.
by unevenness. minor defects and an
absence of finish in the cut surfaces
which careful examination invariably
reveals.
The true hand made cut glass de-
sign is likely to be more individual,
| moro artistic, than is possible in
| those pieces which are fashioned in
large quantities by the pressing pro-
cess. The pattern will be sharply cut
| in the genuinely "cut" piece, whereas
rather blunt il the piece is of pressed
glass. A simple method for detect
| ing nodded glassware that claims to
be the genuine "cut" variety is to
| pass the fingers over the inner side
of the piece where the cutting" is
deepest A slight bulge or swelling
will be palpable to the touch. If,
when the piece is struck sharply with
lead pencil, it gives back a clear,
safely conclude that it is genuine cut
| glass. A piece that clouds readily
with moisture Is probably pressed
] ware.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
What TodayMeans to You
Libra.
BY MARY BLAKE.

Today's planetary aspects are mega
tive. rather than positive. II you con-
template any radical change in your
methods-social or commercial-it
would be advisab IL possible. to de-
fer action until some more propitious
opportunity, and today's signs coun-
sci attention only to work Of a rou-
tine character. They also indicate
that if quarrels and differences are
TO be avoided especially in the home
circle, you must exercise self-restraint
and call on your reserve of Self-con
troll Use every effort to maintain an
even keel and not to lose your tenn
per!
A child born today will. while en-
joying excellent health during the
period of infancy, suffer from sick
ness at the time Of adolescence. which
will cause worry and anxiety. Its
character will be volatile. its, s,disposi
tion cheerful. it's mentality keen, but
superficial. This child will at no time
take life very seriously; success will
neither unduly elate 1t nor failure de-
press it; everything will be taken in
and work. 1t is not destined to
achieve greatness, but it will radiate
optimism and treat cares that would
destroy others hopes as negligible.
If today is your birthday you do
not apply yourself with sufficient seri-
BUSINESS of mind to the tasks intrust-
ed to you, either in the home or in
your profession or career. You are
too f1ippant and too superficial to
achieve that success to which, when
you think at all. you feel entitled.
In your work your only idea is to
get it over and done with as quickly
as possible, and the result is that 1t is
accomplished in a slap dash way that
reflects very little credit on you.
Your mental outlook on life is one
of responsibility. You just live in
the present and take no heed OF the
future. You have never yet learned
the lesson that il thing is worth do
ing it is worth doing well.
No great success has been or will
be achieved by you, as you fail to
realize responsibility. or the urge to
give the best that is in you to the
task at hand This characteristic ap-
plies not only to your business or do
mestic efforts. but to all your recrea-
tions and pastimes as well. You lack
perseverance and persistency; yet you
derive a great deal of happiness and
are surrounded with numberless
friends who are attracted to you by
those very weaknesses that keep you
at the bottom Of life's ladder
Well known persons born on this
day are: John Clarke, one of the
founders of Rhode Island; Joseph
Hawley, patriot; George Abernethy,
first Governor of Oregon; John H.
Reagan, Senator, Postmaster General
of the Confederacy; John Hay, author
and statesman; John Siddall, editor
American Magazine.
Evening star., 1924-10-08

Il just love the country" exclaimed
Betty Cut-out. as Dorothy Anne's
big brother helped them out of the
automobile and Betty saw the pretty
white farmhouse with green shutters.
II think the place you live in is so
pretty. I don't blame you for liking
to live in the country, not ono bit"
Its too bad we don't happen to
have a good school near here" sighed
Dorothy Anne. But then IL I'd never
gone to school in town 1 wouldn't
have known you. Now come in and
I'll show you the rest of my family
and my very own dog"
The two girls took hands and went
skipping up the long walk that led to
the house.
Dorothy Anne. when she comes
home. changes into a tan dress and
tan socks. Then she wears an apron
colored pale blue.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Bistnrp of pour Same
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NoWLAN.
GRUNDY

RACIAL oRIGiN-German and Eng
iish.
SoURcE-A given name.
In most cases the family name of
Grundy comes to us either as an
English or a German development.
But there is really a much larger
number OF possible sources. for the
family name comes from a given
name, various forms Of which are to
be found in Danish, German. Flemish.
Dutch. French, Norman-F French and
Ang1o-Saxon.
The more likely sources are the
given names of "Gruntvig." 'Grunt-
wig" "Grundin," "Grundey" and
"Grundig.'
The less likely are DE Gundres.'
"Gundraed" and "Gondry." All OF
the given names in the first group are
outgrowth of old Teutonic words
meaning "weli-grounded." DE Gun
dres," Of course. would be a surname
indicating place of residence: and the
given names OF "Gundraed" and
"Gondry." the former AngloSaxon
and the latter French and Flemish.
meant "war counselor"
Evening star., 1924-10-08
HOW 1T STARTED
'fRoly-Poly." ="
BY JEAN NEWTON.

For the first time this Summer. in
a country hotel, I ate the delicious
old confection called raspberry rolly-
poly and learned the origin of this
term applied by amiable tormentors
to people who may be described as
plump or fat
The original roly-poly is a cake or
pudding, which is spread with fruit,
rolled into the we'll known form of
a Jelly roll' and so baked. or steam
ed. IL ii is of pudding consistency.
Literally the word means a little
fine flour (poly being a derivative of
the Latin pollen" from which we
have our pollen" or dust of flow
ers), which, is rolled into little
cakei
1t should be said that we intend
nothing unedifying to the fat boy
but the truth must be told.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-10-08
BEAUTY CHATS
Avoiding the Manicure.

II you are at all like I am you will
grudge the time spent in the beauty
shop having your nails manicured. I
prefer to attend to all beauty treat
ments myself and spend the time and
the money I save in other ways. Be-
sides, having my nails done by some
one else makes me nervous.
Tho niger nails groy so rapidly that
once a week they must be filed back
with a steel file, and about twice dur
ing the week the edges where the
nails grow into the finger must be
reshaped with bit OF emery board.
But the real bother of the nails is the
cuticle that grows all around the
edges. If this is not kept short and
smooth and free from stains neither
the nails nor the hands will look at
tractive. Two days after a thorough
manicure this cuticle is beginning to
look badly, and on the third day il
looks bad enough to demand another
Evening star., 1924-10-08

Sundey afternoon pop was looking
at the part of the paper with tpe
ladys fashions in and ma was looking
at the funny part without latfing and
was wondering if eny OF the tel
lows was out, and 2 ladies came to
see ma, being Mrs. Hews and Mrs.
Peters. and pop stopped looking at
the paper to seem more polite and
Mrs. Peeters started to tawk about
how wonderful her little gerl was.
saying. Betty certeny Is a brite child,
altho perhaps l shouldn't be the one
to say SO because everybody says she
looks like me, hee, hee. If l was to
tell you some OF the things that
child says you'd think it was 1mpos-
sible. Ill tell you some. For in
StantS the other morning the mail
man rang the bell and Betty looked
up at him with her big innocent blue
eyes and sed. Have you got little
gerl like me? Imagine sutch imag-
ination, Mrs. Peters sed.
Well you cant beet my little grand
son WILDER wen it comes to brlte
sayings. l must admit, Mrs. Hews sed.
How he ever thinks of the things he
thinks of / cant think. Only this
afternoon wen I was 1eeving the
house he look ed up at me with his
little cerly he'd and he sed. Don't be
long, granmother. 1 thawt Id die
laffing, Mrs. Hews sed.
Pop looking as If he. wasent even
thinking of lafing, and ma sed. How
cute. and Mrs. Peters said, rnats
nuthinG to wat. my Betty sed to the
milkman this morning, bless her big
innocent blue eyes. You know our
milkman is quite fat. or rather of
corse you don't know, but enyway he
is, and my Betty looked up at him
with her big innocent blue eyes and
sed, How did you get so fat. MIR.
Jones? That's his name, Jones, izzent
that perfeck Mrs. Peeters sed.
That reminds me of wat my grand
son Wilber sed to the baker, Mrs.
Hewes sed. He looked up at him
with his little cerly he'd and sed rite
out loud, Patty cake patty cake baker
man. I thawt 1T was one of the
cIeverest things he ever sed, Mrs.
Hewes sed.
Excuse me, ladies, I think Ill haff
to leeve you. pop sed. Being the way
l felt. and l went out to see If eny
of the fellows was out insted OF jest
wondering if they was, and ! don t
know ware pop went
Evening star., 1924-10-08
BY EDNA KENT FORBES

manicure. unless you know how to
avoid it,
1 manage to keep the cuticle down
by keeping an orangewood stick on
the bathroom shelf, and by using ii
twice a day. More fortunate people
may need to use it only once a day,
where the cuticle does not grow 80
rapidly. in the morning when / wash
my hands with soap and warm water
l dry them on soft towel. and then,
The skin being still warm and slightly
moist, go around each nail with the
end of an orangewood stick pushing
the cuticle back. In the afternoon aft
or bath, the same process is repeat
ed This keeps the cuticle always
pushed back so that only once a week.
and sometimes not as often as that, is
it in need of cuticIe scissors or cuticIe
removers.
In the bathroom, too, I cop a small
bottle of pure lemon juice II the
nails and the skin are stained / twist
wisp of absorbent cotton around
the end of tho stick and use this d 5
bleach and astringent
Evening star., 1924-10-08

must stay tight What happens to
the ends after that doesn't seem to
matter much-both may hang down
the back, both may hang in front, or
one may hang in front and one in
back.
Thus does fashion seem to be lead
ing US by the noses UP to a revival
of high collars. For the neck tightly
and closely swathed with a scarf is
just as truly collared as ever neck
was in the days when women
wore neck ribbons, drawn around the
neck and then tied in bows under
their chins
There is quite a trick in adjusting
the scarf at the present time, and
from France We have learned how to
use large double headed pin devices
made specially for this purpose. One
advantage that we have now, that
women did not have when they wore
Evening star., 1924-10-08
MY Neighbor Says:

Instead of heating jars to be
filled or putting a silver knife
into them, just stand them on
about four thicknesses of
towel. wrung out of tepid water
(not too dry) and fill with boil
ing fruit
Every one should drink milk
because of the mineral elements
it contains.
Coffee stains on a cloth or on
any material are most difficult
to eradicate unless treated i'm
mediately. Boiling water will
remove them If the fiber of the
material has not had time thor
oughly to absorb the coffee.
But if the stain is of long
standing, equal parts of yolk
of egg and glycerine applied to
the spot and allowed to dry on
it offer practically the only
method Of removing them.
If an article has been scorched
in ironing, wet it in cold water
and lay where the bright sun
shine will fall directly on it.
This will take the mark en-
tirely out
You will find complete salts
faction in using kerosene to
clean an enamel sink Using
gritty substances like powdered
pumice removes the fine finish
of enamel and as a consequence
grease and dirt adhere and will
;n,raoSa your trouble Don't ,rSo
kerosene lavishly and send it
down the drain unnecessarily.
Use a cloth.
If a. chicken is we'll rubbed
inside and out with a cut lemon
before being cooked, it will
make the meat white, juicy and
tender.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Curried Onions.

These are delicious served In po-
tato or rice cases. To make the
onion curry, cook one cupful of
chopped onions in slightly salted
water for 10 minutes, drain, then
add half cupful of cream or rich
milk. If milk is used, add two tea
spoonfuls of butter, half teaspoon
full Of curry powder. a pinch of mace
and a tablespoonful of mushroom
catsup, or tomato catsup if preferred.
and one-fourth cupful Of bread
crumbs and salt and paprika to
tastA Pour the mixture into potato
or rice lined cases and bake. Car
nish with parsley.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Melon Patch Mystery.
Dark deeds can never stand the light.
And 80 they're products of the night.

All day long Farmer Browns Boy
thought Of nothing but the loss OF his
prize watermelon. and the mystery of
how any boy or man could have gone
into the melon patch and left no foot
prints in the soft earth there. Two or
three times during the day he hunted
and hunted for telltale footprints. But
he hunted in vain. He even examined
his own footprints to see if some one
had carefully stepped in these SO as to
leave no prints of their own.
Il tell you what it iS, son." said
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Preparing Way for Higgh h Collars
BY MARY MARSHALL.

neck ribbons about their necks, is
that those ribbons were adjusted over
a collar band, whereas the scarf of
today is adjusted over a bare neck,
with inches of bare neck below it in
front.
1t seems to be taken quite for
granted now that after one has ad
justed neck scarf about the neck
there should be a little window of
bare skin below. If you try to spread
out the scarf to cover this bit of skin
you will find your task difficult. This
fashion for the neck scarf, that seems
to continue in spite of it's already
long run, ought to be regarded as a
blessing by the woman who must
dress on a very limited income. For
with number Of well-selected neck
scarfs she may manage quite well
enough without furs
Almost any sort Of attractive silk
may be used for a scarf. Wide ribbon
answers the purpose. For cooler days
length of wide black velvet ribbon
may be chosen
Copyright, 1s24.)
Evening star., 1924-10-08

The neck scarf is becoming longer
and sometimes narrower. 1t is no
longer a large oblong of material
which we throw around our shoulders,
letting it settle as it Will into grace
full and caressing folds. Nor should
ones scarf be hung about the neck
with ends hanging forward. No, the
scarf Of today must be drawn about
the neck as tight and close as
= cold compress for the croup-and it
Evening star., 1924-10-08
FauOrite Recipes of
Prominent Women
BY EDNA NJ. COLMAN.
Corn Pudding.
MRS. MINNIE F.. CUNNINGHAM,
Second Vice President of the League

Corn fudd1ng.
MRS. MINNIE F.. CUNNINGHAM,
Second Vice President of the League
Of Woman VoterY.
'-The woman who put Texas on the
| map in the suffrage battle" is now
| the second vice president Of the
League of Woman Voters. She is
| Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham,
Texas born, and one Of the first wom-
en- to be graduated from tho school Of
pharmacy at the University of Texas.
She has held a number of important
positions in the women's clubs of her
| State and rendered notable service
during the war on the various Lib
| erty loan committees and also as a
| member of the Texas Military We'll
fare Commission to which she was
| appointed by the governor.
Mrs. Cunningham wants all women
! to ally themselves with political par
/ ties, to think and act Independently
| after informing themselves upon the
| issues at stake.
Her home expresses the genuine
Southern hospitality, and among the
typically Southern dishes which she
likes to offer to her friends is Texas
corn pudding?
One pint scraped corn pulp, one
cup milk, one teaspoonful sugar, one
tablespoonful melted butter, two
eggs, one and one-half tablespoonfuls
flour, half teaspoonfu1 salt, dash of
pepper. Beat the egg yolks until
creamy and light, add the corn, milk
and the dry ingredients; then mix in
the well-beaten whites. Turn into a
buttered dish and bake 80 minutes in
a moderate oven or until the center
sets.
Copyright, 1se4-)
Evening star., 1924-10-08

Farmer Brown, there are other ripe
melons there, and the thief is likely to
come again. He may not come tonight,
but he is pretty sure to come again be-
fore those melons are all gone. You
take a rake and rake over all your own
footprints. Tonight we'll watch that
melon patch 1t will be moonlight, and
Evening star., 1924-10-08
Menu for a Day.

Menu for a Day.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Bananas.
Cooked Cereal with Cream.
Crisp Bacon.
flashed Brown Potatoes.
Graham Popovers. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed Shrimp with Peppers
on Toast.
Bread and Butter Sandwiches.
Devil Cake. Tea.
DINNER.
Potato Soup.
Broiled Steak.
Baked Potatoes.
Stewed Tomatoes
Fruit Salad
Crackers, Cheese. Coffee.
GRAHAM POPOvERS.
Two-thirds cup of entire
wheat flour, Is cup of milk, Il
cup Of -four, n teaspoon of salt.
L eSS, teaspoon OF melteQ
, butter. Prepare and bake same
as pop overs.
SHRIMPS AND PEPPERS.
Cut sweet green peppers in
halves lengthwise. remove the
seeds and partitions, boil five
minutes, drain and shred. Cook
tablespoons of -four in table,
spoons of bubbling hot butter,
add 1 pint of milk slowly, sea-
son with 1-3 teaspoon of salt,
place over boiling water and
cook 10 minutes. Add 1 pint of
shrimps and the prepared pep
pers, heat thoroughly and serve
on toast.
FRUIT SALAD.
One-half large grapefruit,
orange shredded and 1 apple
chopped. Mix with fruit dress
ing, place on lettuce leaves and
serve.
Evening star., 1924-10-08

A German telegraph operator died
several years ago from asphyxia
after swallowing stones. grass leaves,
Wood and scrapiron, on bet
Evening star., 1924-10-08
MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
Playing Bootblack.

Playing Bootblack.
One mother says:
1t had always been a task to get
my boys to blacken their shoes, un-
til one day they stopped to watch
busy shoe-shining shop downtown
and came home with an idea. They
proceeded to rig up shop Of their
Evening star., 1924-10-08

THE SMARTEST WAY TO WEAR
THE SCARF Is THIS-WRAPPED
AS TIGHTLY AS A COMPRESS
ABOUT THE THROAT.
Evening star., 1924-10-08
AUNT HET
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

"rve forgive pa for everything ex-
cent the time I fiirted with a man
after We was married and he didn't
git mad"
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-10-08

Nine. de Witt Schlumberger, presi-
dent of the French Union for Woman
Suffrage, is the mother of six chill
dren, to the education of whom she
consecrated her entire time before
entering public life.
Evening star., 1924-10-08

Three rows of graduated grosgrain
ribbon trim the front of this hat
Each edge Is finished with self cord
ing and gives a ruffled effect that is
very pleasing.