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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-12
Proper Harmony Is Secured In
 This Dress

IN DAY TIME dresses as we'll as
 those for evening it is necessary to
 sound startling note in order to bring out the charm of the simplicity of line which characterizes the present dictates of fashion.
 It may be that you would choose to do this by means of a dashing cut of some portion of the frock or perhaps a unique trimming feature, simple but effective, or you might prefer smart color contrast to raise your frock to distinction.
 This last suggestion is really very popular this season. There is more to be achieved through the mingling of hilarious colors in this summers garden of clothes than has been pos sible for many a year. In printed stuffs the colors and also the pat terms are very bold, but there has been such art put into them, that the result is exceedingly pleasing. A person of the old school or refined conservatism in the combination of colors is shocked at first but bound to be won over very quickly, for she cannot but appreciate that there is difference between noisy discords and pleasing contrasts.
 A design where cut and line play a more important role than usual, while at the same time an introduction of color contrasts counts expressly ely in the ensemble of the frock.
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keepers I could eat little myself when alone.
 I wondered where he was going and longed to ask him but did not. While stood considering whether to go up and talk with him while he was dress ing the telephone rang. answered. A mans voice asked:
 ''Is this Mir. Hyde's residence"
 "Yes."
 ''Is he at home?'
 'Yes, but he is dressing"
 Will you kindly take message for him"
 Certainly"
 'Tell him we have decided to go to Grannard's, a private room"
 Very we'll" hung up the receiver, my hands trembling. He was going to some supper party in a private room of a restaurant and I was not invited. walked slowly upstairs.
 "Some man just telephoned and ask ed me to tell you that they had decided to go to Grannard's in a private room" Thank you" And he immediately left.
 T will go to Grannard's, too"
 (To Be Continued)
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but savage, with sinister, urgent rhythm. It is answered almost at once by second far-of drum, and presently third from still another hidden re- treat takes up the slow, relentless meas ure, insistent, melting, stirring calm blood to rebellion, telling that savagery turks beyond the first fringe of palms, that this wei policed tameness is but veneer.
 The drums have threat in every beat. Does romance still endure under flimsy cloak of bicycles and brew. cries?
 Our pale friend of the morning saun- ters languidly up from town. He seems unperturbed. He is unperturbed.
 "Now it's begun" he wearily says. "You'll hear that din for two weeks. I've had it for fifteen years. Practic-
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By Branne.

"I am sure of ftp Raggedy Ann replied. If you are having a great deal of fun playing some game and all your attention is upon the fun and happiness you are getting out of the game, you do not stop to think of mean disagreeable things. Now, do you?"'
 "Of course not" Raggedy Andy re- piled.
 Then the same thing applies to the person who is thinking selfish, mean thoughts. He does not see the pleasure that is to be had all about us every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-12
Hearts of Tgo
CHAPTER 17s

TN SPITE of all her resolutions to
 be patient with Lois, their conver-
 sation had developed into an alter cation, Marian reflected.
 Equally, of course, Lois cried, and she (Marian) had to comfort her and propose that once more there be peace between them. It was the sam old story of Lois selfishness and her own impotence. She herself was to blame in some way. Yet it had mot been Lois with whom she was most angry, but the Rev. Harold Sumner and his un- just judgment of George Dixon.
 Later, when George brought her the money he was lending her he laughed at her indignation.
 What do you care," he scoffed. "Let the parson disapprove! It amuses him ahd it doesn't hurt me-nor you, either, for that matter"
 T suppose it doesn't" Marian ad- mitted. Since he and Lois are such good friends it is well that I am not to be here to snap out at him as if l were cross dog. Yet, after all, he is good man."
 "Of course he Is, and he will make Lois happy, no doubt" George rejoined. Stop worrying, my dear girl. So longp'
 She checked him when he would have left the house. She insisted that he remain long enough for her to give him a receipt for the money and her written promise to return it within year.
 If have not made good by then never will" she said with determined set to her jaw.
 Later Lois came to her. sisters room and said she was sorry that Marian and she had had another quarrel. She hoped the fault was not hers. ''We are bother overstrained just now,' Marian said Let us forget it."
 T would hate to have you go away
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prove to them that it is much better to be kind and generous we can very often make better people out ofthemr'
 Heres some kind of magical foun- tain!" Raggedy Andy cried, as the house on wheels came to n stop be- meath the great trees, right beside a fountain of white marble. The Rag gedys and the magical hobby horse scrambled from the front porch and ran up to the fountain.
 It was a root beer fountain and as the spray shot up in the air and fell into a large basin below it and fell just like soap suds.
 Although it looked like brown soap studs, it did not taste like soap studs. No, indeed! It was ice cold and fla vOred just right. There were large brown stone mugs to dip into the foun- tain and drink from. And the Rag gedys and the magical hobby horse drank seven mugs full of the foamy
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ing their dances for the 14th of July, oil can beat on that's what they uss for drums oil cans.''
 On went. the native rhythm, but is import was no longer sinister. It had become tinny parody of threat, celebrating the fall of the Bastille. Our pale friend speaks again:
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feeling hard about anything that have said," Lois qnivered. She had a sinking of heart at, the thought of her sisters departure. She wanted her to be absent at most times, yet, suppose anything went wrong here at home? Lois dreaded responsibility.
 lTo Be Continued.
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day, and almost at every step we take ! And" Raggedy Ann continued, after taking another drink of the foamy root beer, "that is just the reason we should always carry a smile upon our lips apd sunshine in our hearts; to show that we are all happiness within and to bring pleasure to others !'
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 ~%aAMA .Ka99e@ i eAnAN

Well :" the magi. cal hobby horse said as he and the Rag gedys sat upon the front porch of the house on wheels as it sped along the pa tn through the deep, deep woods. Our adven. lures with the two witches, Minga and Munga, turned out nicely, just like in a r real for sure Fairy Tale !"
 Indeed it did '" haggedy Ann agreed, "and Raggedy Andy and l both hope that the two pretty witches will marry the two princes and live in the castle in the deep, deep woods with the nice, kind poor man who was made king 7"
 "Oh, I hope so too !'' the hobby horse laugh ed, but for a long, long time the two witches caused us an awful lot of trouble, didn't they, Raggedy Ann 7"
 Yes !" R a gge e dy Ann said, but the way our adventures ended in happiness to all just goes to show that even though some people are mean and selfish, if we can
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WHERE IS PAPEETE's LURE9 Romance Of The South Seas Has Beer
 Civilized To Death

Just beyond the, white-edged reef (Papeete) a native stands erect in ca noe, his spear poised, to contribute a Persuasive detail. From some distant jungle glade the fainting stiffness is stirred by sudden drum beats, muffled
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tried several remedies but without success. I then procured a cake of CuticuTa Soap and a box of cuticura Ointment and after the first application saw an improve ment. continued the treatment and now she Is completely healed" I(Signed) Mrs. Herman Liebreieh, !2s15 Aurora St., Fl Paso, Texas.
 These fragrant emollients are all you need for all toilet purposes. Soap to cleanse, Ointment to soothe and heal, Talcum to powder and sweeten.
 Samples RFssby 1lagl Address: "oasieurA IAAsT. Atoriss, DOpk H, MAiasA Ao, AAsB" Sold every where. Soap2Se. 0insmsntaS and 60e Taleum2So. ~ Try our new Shaving Stick.
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Parsley gives a delicious flavor to spring onions and removes the ordor in cooking. Tie the sprigs together and cook with the onions. When latter are tender remove the parsley and add white sauce to the onions.
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and assumed the form of pinples. The pimples festered and sealed over eausing the child to scratch and irritate her scalp. The itching was intense.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
Cause of Storms

In November, when the lands sur
rounding the Great Lakes get their
first snowfall, and the lake waters are
still relatively warm. the temperature
contrasts which are produced tend
actively to attract and Intensity the
passing storms. When the air TO the
northward is abnOrmally cold, as the
wind sweeps down from that quarter
a storm may assume a menacing sever
ity, with a heavy gale, extreme cold
and snow, the worst kind of a COM
binarion for the seaman. Lake ship
ping suffers. Storms of the great in
land cas- are more disastrous than
those Of the open ocean, because there
is less space for drifting, and because
of powerful lake currents during gales
which take the ship out Of control.
Also. the fresh lake water ais lighter
than the salt water of the ocean and
Is, therefore, more easily heaped up
into great waves by a strong wind.
When the December gales arrive and
the snowstorms, which continue till
sprihg, shipping remains safe in port,
for Ice closes the lakes to navigation.
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or the next words-the hardest In the
language to say stole a glance at rhe
arl's face; looked away. The stark
skeleton If the unfinished farmhouse
Unexpectedly mayhap nnluckily -
anne under his eyes: the TRANSFERRING
motion slowly died in his face; the
bound boy again dominated the man.
He heard the girls deep breath felt
her hand thrill upon his arm accepted
II for what 1t was-the spontaneous
communion of c0mradeship, a relation
on which he dared not presume
dlmly read in the serious eyes, as they
strayed over his face. the tingling mys.
terry, the far-fung vision that nestled
there.
Very thoughtful she seemed. and fol
the most part sllent-the all-Suficient
silence that sometimes falls between
comrades-as he led her down the
bluffs, on the Eagle hollow side
around by the post Office, and to the
yard gate N the red-roofed cottage.
The Rev. Caleb Hopkins. with a book
under his arm, was just coming across
the little park from the study at the
parsonage. He dropped down on the
rustic seat at Whispering spring
opened the book and bumped himself
over ii, apparently obIivious to ali that
went on about him.
The wOOdsman studied him a m o
.ment, frowned, and turned his eyes
back TO the girl. Swept by a sudden
impulse that he could not controI-an
impulse that called for no word-he
lifted her hand from the gate latch:
held IL for a delicious instant In both
his own dropped 1t and turned away.
Halfway up the road TO the big elm
al the homestead he looked back. The
tall figure of the young preacher had
risen from the rustic seat at Wits.
perlng spring, and through the pensive
twilight the girl was crossing the yard
toward him.
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THE RED LOCK
Fine. sir"

Fine. sir"
"About ready { marketT'
Most any day. now. Three drovers
have ben L see 'em Already"
sell 'em-as 500 as y'u please.
What'll they bring?'
IF the market holds. they Ough' Z
top five thOusan'."
give thousan'-thats a heap o.
money"
The bony fingers drummed hard
upon the chalr-arm. The old man fid-
geted in his seat in a way that seemed
to indicate that the interview was over.
The girl rose.
Father, we're goin' up in the woods
+ see the sun setback and me-"
A statement that was half ques-
ton. The old man did not look up.
They were at the door Of the dining
room. the woodsman standing aside TO
let the girl pass when the banker
turned in his chair.
Jack"
The girl stopped; the man turned
back.
Tickle tells mt you're leavin' us as
soon as you're twenty-One."
"Tm almin' to, sir"
"And thatll be-?"
"The twentieth-seven more DAYS"
"Seven days." The old man
frowned rasped his hand Over the dry
stubble on his bOny chin. "Well, seven
days is-seven days." he muttered.
Hit amt Because I've ben hard on
y'u, Is IT."
mo, sir, II amt that. You've ben
s. good to me that 1t makes II hard
q GO, but I got t do somethln' FIR
m'seif-now."
The old man bent his brows thought
fully; nodded toward his daughter in
the door OF the dining-room.
"She says you're calc'Iatin' L fine
a wagon train fr California"
Eyes, sir, that's what I'm amin L
do, II you're still minded Z give me
Graylock when my times out.
I'm amin t pick up enough-gold
out there T. come back and buy the
homestead, If yourl sell it t me, and
make my father's-and mothers
dream come true"
The old man dropped hts eyes and
drew his hand across his shaggy
brows.
"The day you're-twenty-one"-his
voice was strained, and he seemed to
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-01-24
Gull in NeU Mexico
Crucifes Its Members

Medievalism is not exclusively to be
applied to the Dark Ages. That emo
tional feryOr which led men TO tramp
thousands of miles to STAY the Seljuk
Turk and to walk barefoot over the
Alpine 10Y in penltence exists in
only a slightly ]attcHuated form in New
Mexico and Arizona, where the Peni-
tente sect cTucifes n of its cult each
year.
The Penltentes or, to give them their
full title, Los HermanOs Fenitentes,
are MeXicanS and Indians, living in
isolated mountain villages, who trace
their ancestry back to the Aztecs.
Shortly after the conquest Of Mexico
by COrteZ many Of the subjects of
MOnteZuma were converted TO Chris
Pncy and kindness taught them, the
savagery of the novitiates persisted in
their religious rituals. So staggering
were their practices Of s~elf-fagella-
ton and torture that the Catholic
church. which had hoped to efface the
Aztecan institution of human sacrifice.
finally divorced them from the fold.
Since that time, more than a hundred
years age. the Penitentes have existed
IN Independent organization, sponsored
pletely unhampered by governmental
action.
The week preceding Easter Is the
one period of the year when these
people are most conspicuous. The
first days are spent in fasting. The
last ones are spent in Negotiations,
which finally terminate In the cruel
fxion of some one of the cult chosen
by lot. The congregation Of every
Penitente colony meets In the little
village chapel. called the "morada."
After the devotiOns of Good Friday
are ended the crOss-bearer leaves the
church, to be followed In single file
up the mountain by the entire congre-
CATION.
After attaining the spot fixed for his
execution the victim is strapped to the
cross with heavy thongs and Is raised
into the air. Ceremonials In charge
of the Great Brother" or "Hermano
Mayor" dispensed with. the crucified
man, exhausted. but not very greatly
impaired physically, is released from
the cross and goes to his home. 1t Is
the belief of the cult that the victim
of the cross has merited reward not
only for himself but also for his par
ents, his wife and all his progeny, fu-
ture moral lnfractions being automat-
Ically expiated by his ordeal of the
past.
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Serum for SUanp Feuer

The delegates of the American farm
bureau, during a visit to the Abort
Vile agricultural research labora-
tory in France. were interested In the
experiments Of Professor valiee In
the effort to develop a serum which
would render horses immune to
swamp fever"
The professor has actually isolated
the germ of the disease, according to
the report, and has prepared a serum
which he says win cure the disease
and render horses immune.
Aside from the professors discov-
cry, the delegation admired greatly
the French laboratory, some going so
far as to say that II excelled In some
respects similar Institutions in Amer.
'ca.-New York Times.
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CHAPTER TX
Bats and Beetles.

In the luminous evening that fol,
lowed Uncle Nick sat smoking a quiet
pipe on the porch Of his modest cabin
at the upper edge of the village, al
most exactly opposite the point where
the Eagle Hollow road crossed the fiat,
administered bridge and turned up the
east bank off the branch TO disappear
between the jaws of the hollow.
Through the open door came the
cllnk of the supper dishes as Aunt
Liza put them away. A throng of
bats nocturnal hunters all, darted in
and out among the fruit trees, white
with bloom the drone Of a thousand
beetles, the hum Of a myriad gauzy
wings, throbhed the silence into a sort
of drowsy rhythm-a scene tranquil
and serene.
The old man lyas just setting off to
keep his tacitly understood appoint:
ment with the embryo scientists, sol
diers and statesmen who assembled
nightly around the barrels and boxes
of Eek Polick's store, when the front
gate clicked. He stopped and stood
mildly wondering to see the tall and
lanky form of Al COunterman, the one
eyed fisherman, coming up through the
trees.
Re threw up his hand. the fisherman
threw up his. Two grins met and
passed in the twilight.
Fine day." said the fisherman.
Couldn't make one no better, III I
had the Tools
The fisherman seldom almost never
came into that part of the village.
With the sound horse sense that eighty
years of hard knocks had pounded into
him, Uncle Nick knew that something
unusual had brought him Counter
man knew that he knew. He absently
traced the flight Of the bats with his
puckered eye and shifted from one
foot to the other.
Little out o y'ur range, hain't y'uT'
The fisherman sat down ON the
porch. spit u into the yard. and
threw away his cud, as IL clearing his
mouth for action. Al rarely threw
away his cud. When he did ID mean
something.
"Whar's Aunt Liar
Back In the kitchen. Whyr"
The other did not answer, but sat
listening 20 the clink Of the dishes.
He finally lifted his battered hat. ran
his fingers up through his hair and
motiened his aged friend to sit beside
him.
Seen Big Jack t'dayY
Seed I'm this evenin' late come
down or Black Rock"-he tossed up
his hand toward the high battlememl OF
ston that frowned down upon them
from across the mouth of the hollow
him an Texie. They crossed the
branch at the bridge thar, passed the
gate an went on down through town
{ the post office. | low"
The fisherman put his hal back on.
I'm skeer'd It's dern little good it'll
do I'm. As | come along up the crick,
happened Z glance down i'm OIL Shines
orchid, an thar she set with the nc-
parson at whisperin' spring.
The old man lowered his eyes and
sat patting his boot upon the gravel
of the small gutter worn by the drip
from the porch caves.
Beats the devil the Roadway the
parsons a-makju' with 'er," he NUT.
sered Must know some trick other
men amt on TO-"
-
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weigh each word before letting II fall
well have a long talk, you and me
b'fore y'u jine that wagon train"
He stopped forward. picked up a
bundle or papers from the floor and
began sorting them over.
The others passed out through the
kitchen, where Mrs. Curry was busy
about the cook stove.
The ~witchery Of the coming sunset
was astir among the splintered peaks
end %pinnacles Of the bold headland.
The woodsman took off his hat. swept
his eyes over the far-spread landscape,
drank deep the wonder Of II, slowly
turned to his companion.
He allowed himself to revei for q
delicious moment in the rich complete
ness OF her. as she stood lightly poised
on the rock.
His arm unconsciously stole toward
her: but he drew Il back and pointed
to the tiny flower bed at the foo, Of
the outstanding pinnacle. The girl
followed the motion. softly clapped her
hands and stood looking down at the
yellow orchid. its golden slipper still
as plump and unwilted as before II
had been transplanted.
II found Il this morning back In the
woods"
His voice was strained and heavy
out Of all proportion to what might
have been expected In uttering a state
ment 50 simple. The g;ri breathed
fast. The man stopped. plucked the
blossom from the stem and held /,
toward her she took Il and with slow
fingers fastened II In her belt.
Il reckon we wasn't nothin' hut jisi
crazy kids" the man went on. hut y'u
know how the first bluebird and the
first robin and the first lady slipper
was a~lw'ys-blg days 10 u.s."
He was ~venturing his words forth
as II each one had to feel its way
across his lips, like a hunter picking
his ~ay yer the dangerous hog at the
head or Mud Haul.
"But lady slipper day. he faltered
On. was nlw'ys the biggest. YIN know
we alw'ys kinua fg'r'd on doin' some
thin extra that day. and when II come
this yea I ben plannin r~d-rd-"
He paused. breathed hard, struggled