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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
THE REVOLT OF
 SUSAN HYDE
By CAROLYN BEECHER

the time I am opening my story, that mother brought home a lovely bolt of cloth. 1t was a wonderful shade of rose, and when I threw a length over my shoulder I fairly gasped with de- light. It was so becoming! Mother occasionally let me go to some of the dances of the younger set-if had anything decent to wear-so I begged {: Please, mother, may I have a dress of it?"
 q think so, Susan. If the girls have theirs made simply there will be enough. As you never go to the same houses it won't matter that they are alike, and it was wonderful bargain"
 But neither Elsa nor Elaine would consent to have theirs made simply, with the result, of course, that I had no new dress. Thinking to comfort me mother said l could have an old one of Elaine's and she would get enough new material to make it big enough for me.
 T don't want her old duds! No matter what you do with them, they always looked skimped on me. don't see why l cant occasionally have a new dress instead of inheriting their old ones or going without. I shan't be so meek about it any longer"
 'The Bible says: The meek shall inherit the earth. Dad had come into the room quietly and heard my outburst. I used to think dad was rather sorry for me at times. although he never took issue with mother; per haps because he always got the worst of it.
 Il don't want to inherit the earth nor Elaine's dress. want to have pretty things like the other girls have. I'm your daughter just as much as they gre. It isn't my fault was born last, is it? Or that I was born at all? Why didn't you put me ill a founding asylum and then you wouldn't have had to spend anything at all for me Y'
 Susan, you will go to your room. l will see you when I finish fitting Elaine" Mother never used that tone unless she meant business. went to my room. In half an hour she came to me. When she left at the end of another thirty minutes I had it so thoroughly impressed upon me that if I didn't stop showing temper and do all I could to help her to get the two older girls married off there never would be good times or clothes for me. I tearfully promised never to spill oyer again.
 Mother also threatened to send me to her older sister to stay for year. That would have mede tiger meek. : detested Aunt Susan. had been named for her. So I gave my promise and l also kept it. If rebelled no one knew it, not even dad. Yet I used to think he felt sort of sorry for me when Elaine and Elsa would come dancing around looking so pretty. For he would pat my hair and whisper something to make me laugh, although his voice always seemed to pity me. loved dad. He didn't seem to amount to much at home only to supply the money-and he never seemed to satisfy mother no matter how hard he worked. Yet he loved her dearly.
 (To Be Continued.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
Home Nursing
By m. JEssIE LEITcH
Sewing Machine Accessory

M EAR ME, haven't had a good M nights sleep in a year," yawned the srail. rather pretty woman, coming into the breakfast room and sitting down rather languidly at the table. Her husband said nothing, but buried himself a little deeper in the morning paper.
 Her tall son looked at her and smiled little-he was so used to hear ing his mother make that complaint that he never took her quite seriously. He had heard her snoring gently many times when he passed her door, as he sneaked by late at night.
 The woman's daughter, slim, athletic, very good to look upon in her slender appealing beauty. put down the glass of orange Juice she had been slipping and said almost impahently:
 "Mother, dearI If you would only try to live differently and give your self half a chance to sleep 1"
 Her mother looked at her little tear fully. "1t my own daughter must be- gin to reprove her mother" she be- gan.
 'SThat isn't 1t at all, mother. But as long as can remember, I have heard you saying that you did not sleep. And often I've had to shake you to wake you to unlock my party dress after dance" said Shelia. You stay up late and before going to bed eat a lot of food you don't need. Perhaps you don't sleep the moment your head touches the pillow. But you drop off toward daylight. Then you worry and lie awake and wonder where we all are, and say you can't sleep till every one is in at night. And you know what night-owls we all are, tearing off to dances and parties at all hours. But you always know where we are!
 Its not at all as if your children never told you where they were going. Then you worry about bills and dress making and whether the cook remem- bered to put out the milk tickets and you go into training-mentally-- learn to relax? Sleep will smooth out more wrinkles than any of these old clay packs"
 That's exactly what I've been try ing to tell her for years" said Shelia's father, as he got up from the table.
 After the fashion of modern youth, Shelia had lectured her mother. Tech nically, she was right.
 Sleep is natures greatest rejuve- nator and rest-medicine.
 Before going to sleep one should try to get into a state of mind con ductive to sleep. Excitement at bed time is as bad for adults as for infants One cannot go to sleep if ones mind is full of worry. Strong tea or coffee should not be taken before going to bed but hot milk, soup, or bread and butter sandwiches will often help to induce sleep by gently drawing away from the brain to the stomach enough blood to cause drowsiness.
 A tepid bath before one goes to bed
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there was nothing to fear from Farm CT Brown or Mrs. Brown or Farmer Browns Boy. In fact, there was a great deal to be gained from them. So Bobby was quite contentnd to stay right there.
 Now this didn't suit Black Pussy at all. Bobby had given her a terrible fright when she had first discovered him in her box. For two days thereafter she couldn't be coaxed near the house. When at last she did get courage enough to steal up to the doorstep for her food, she gulped it down as fast as ever she could and then went back to the barn. As Bobby began to get back the use of that paw, which went off down on the Green Meadows to hunt for meadow mice. Life had been broken he became very inquisitive. You know one who is inquisitive is one who pokes his nose into everything and tries to find out about everything, Inquisitive people are sure to get into mischief, and it was so with Bobby Coon. So Farmer Browns Boy put a neat collar around Bobby's neck and with long, light chain fastened Bob by just outside the kitchen door, where the sun lay bright and warm. At night Bobby was taken back into the kitchen.
 Now there is an imp of mischief in Bobby Coon. There certainly is. He had no hard feelings against Black Pussy. Certainly not. Why should he have? But he had discovered that Black Pussy was afraid of him and out of pure mischief and nothing else he started in to make life miserable for her. The first morning he. was fastened out side he discovered her plate on the door. step. It was. just little beyond his reach as he soon discovered. Bobby promptly eurled up in the sun and Black Pussy came stealing up for her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
BEDTIME STORY
Black Pussy Grows Up Thin
sy THoRNToN W. BURG Ess

breakfast. When she saw Bobby she stopped. At a safe distance she sat down and watched him. She was very hungry, very hungry indeed. At last, sure that Bobby was asleep, she be- gan to creep toward the plate of food. Inch by inch she crept up to it with out making sound. She was just reaching for the first nouthful when Bobby jumped to his feet and growing fiercely, although inside he was chuck ling, walked toward her. Black Pussy jumped back, splitting and snarling, then darted around the corner of the house with her tail three times as big as it should have been. Bobby Coon grinned, and then went back and once more curled up in the sun.
 Time after time Black Pussy tried to steal up and get that breakfast, but always just as she was reaching for the first mouthful Bobby seemed to wake up and Black Pussy ran. Finally she gave up even trying and had grown very uncomfortable for Black Pussy. lt was bad enough to be driven out of her bed, but now she must go hungry, all on account of this Stranger from the Green Forest. How she hated him. For the first time in her life Black Pussy knew what it means to go hungry and be in fear. She was learn ing something of how she had many, many times made the little people of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest feel when she hunted them. I suspect that they would have been glad of 1t had they known.
 And so Black Pussy grew thin while Bobby Coon grew fat, and for quite a
 n Hl.-.. -f.. r-fA cover what was going on.
 Next Story Bobby Begins To Long for the Green Forest.
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M allan Presents Pupils
 In Recital

sT HE LAST of the series of winter \ recitals given by Miss Sara Nal lam, will take place this evening at S:15 at the Cable Hall.
 The following program will be rem dered:
 Misses Laurice Armstrong, Rather inc Henry, Helen Montgomery, Jane Williams, Mrs. C. c. Hewett. Messrs. Herman Cook and Roy Rhodes, Tues day evening, March 25, 1924, S:15 o'clock, Cable Hall; assisted by Mrs. c. w.. Phillips. accompanist. Morse Maiden's Lament" (Hecksher); "To a Miniature" (Bralie), Katherine Hen ". Little Azure Rings" (Cameron). !. Thank God for a Garden" (del Rie- go), Ray Rhodes. By the Waters of Minnetonka" (Lieurance), "Smilin' Through" (Smith), Laurice Arm strong. His Coming" (Franz), Lit tie Bare Feet" (O'Hara), Jane Will Hams. -Four Leaf Clover (Brow. nell). ''The Trumpeter" (Dix), Her man Cook. Love Me if I Live" (Foote), Trees" (Rasbach), Mrs. c. c. Hewett. ''The Violet Giszt), ''The. Star (Rogers), Helen Mont gomery.
 The public is cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
How Vicks Should Be Used

EOR Head Colds, Asthma, catarrh. Hay Fever-. 1 Vicks should be melted in aspoon and the vapors inhaled, qr lttle ean be applied up the nostrs and snu6ed up the head
 For Spasmodic Group. ChiIdrens Colds--RubvieIs over the throat and chest until the difficult breathing is relieved, then spread thickly and cover with hot flannel cloth. One application at bedtime usually preventsa night attack of cfoup
 For Deep Chest Colds. Sore Throat, Tonsilitis. Bronchitis, Coughs - Rub yieks briskiy over the throat and chest In severe cases first redden the skis to open the pores (see direetons). Then spread os thickly and cover with two thcknesses of hos flannel cloths. If the cough is annoying. small pecs the size of pea can be swallowed every few hourA Used as Liniment PouItice or Plaster-O On aecouns of it's penetrave and rubefacient effect on the skin, Vicks has been found excellent for many minor ail- ments, such Bites. Bos, Burns Bruises. cu Fsose Bite ltchings Muscular Soreness Poison Ivy. Sunba and Headache. Gl
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will reIax tense, tired muscles and help one to sleep. Hot baths at bedtime are too stimulating
 Too many bedclothes will often make one restless and sleep impossible. while too few coverings may cause one to lie awake. An extra blanket placed over the foot of the bed within reach will often prove comforting. As one should always sleep with ones windows open, the room will grow chilly toward dawn and an extra blanket is necessary.
 Part of natures secret of rejuvenat- ing through sleep is that if one breathes fresh air all night long, the blood is. fed with oxygen, the circula- tion is improved and stimulated, and real rest instead of fatigue comes through the happy medium of natural sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
Why Millions of Modern Mothers
 Use Vicks The DIRECT treatment for all cold troubles
Use Vicks
The DIRECT treatment for all cold troul

 OVER o3 MILLION JARS OF vIcKS A/have been used in the last five years. This means the unbroken confidence of vast arnyof mothers They like Vicks because it solves their great problem How to treat ehildren's colds without continual dosing s.et
 Modem mothers know that too much dosing upsets the child's digestion, lowers the vitality and thus paves the way for fresh colds and other diseases.
 Vieks is applied externally and so does noe disturb the digestion. Hence it can be used every night without the slightest harmful effect.
 Vicks, therefore, makes the ideal preventive. During the day the children ean get their needed outdoor exercise in all weathefs. When they come in wet and "snif1ing, a good application of Vieks at bedtime will usually banish altsisns of cold by morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
CHAPTER IT

r WAS the youngest of three girls. Father was not at all rich, and mother had social aspira tions. It is ex- pensive business to bring up, and out, three daughters--so mother continually complained. Really by the time l was seventeen and home from school l was so impressed with that fact perpetl-ua ly felt like apologizing for being a girl.
 Then too was considered the plain- est of the three--by the family-so naturally was expected to stand on one side, at least until Elsa and Elaine were married. Elsa was nineteen and Elaine was twenty-one. Both of them were small, dainty blondes. was rather dark, long, lean. lanky sort of a creature, all arms and legs-so moth- CT said when I outgrew my clothes. It was q constant disappointment that was too large to wear the castoffs of my sisters; thing for which I was profoundly grateful. -t
 I felt I had been treated unfairly in the first place for being born at all when I wasn't wanted, then for sev- eral other reasons which loomed large at this time, one of them being that l had been named Susan.
 But I seldom gave voice to my re- bellious thoughts. I had been so thoroughly sat upon the few times l had attempted it that it was more com fortable to keep them to myself. Once I recall school friend said to me:
 You are the meekest thing I ever saw, Susan Deanl l don't see how you endure being so put upon."
 I didn't answer, I usually didn't when anything like that was said to me What was the use? But I had my own thoughts upon the matter just the same l used to take liberties with any author of whom I was fond, twisting theil expressions to suit my moods. There was one I used to quote--to myself whenever the girls accused me of being meek.
 "Some are born meek, some achieve meekness, and some have meekness thrust upon them."
 My meekness was, I think, thrust upon me in the first place until finally achieved it to such degree that not only my family but my friends thought I was born meek.
 recall the year l was seventeen,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
LITTLE

RLACK PUSSY was growing thin.
 D There was no doubt about it. And it was was all on account of Bobby Coon. You see Bobby had made him self very much at home in the kitchen of Farmer Browns house. Farmer Brown't Boy hadn't intended to keep him there more than a day or so, but Bobby had promptly taken possession and made himself so much at home and was so well behaved and altogether such funy fellow that Mrs. Brown
 said to let him stay, and this Farmer Browns Boy was only too glad to do. You see Bobby is smart. He knew that where there were such, delicious smells there must be equally. delicious things to eat. He liked that comfortable bed of Black Pussy's in the box behind the stove: He knew that if he should go back to the Green Forest now he would have to hunt for new home, and at this particular time of year he would have to do great deal of hunting to get enough to eat. He had learned that
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No Dosing Just RMb IL On

VICKS is the discovery of North Carolina
 v druggist, He found method of combining the old, tinne-tested remedies, such as Camphor, Menthol, Eucalyptus and Oil of Thyme in salve form so that when vicks is applied over the throat and chest the body heat releases the in- gradients in the form of vaPors.
 These vapors. inhaled with each breath, carry the medication directly to all the air passages loosening the Phlegm and easing the difficult breathing.
 At the same time, Vicks acts externally like poultiee or plaster, increasing the circulation of the blood throughour the chest and throat regions. and thus aiding the vapors inhaled to relieve the tightness and soreness.
 Besides cold troubles, mothers find Vicks useful for many other minor ailments in the home. It is truly "The Remedy of 100 Uses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
MISS ORR, BRIDE.ELECT, HON0REE AT TEA

Miss Marion Orr. charming bride of the week, will be complimented this afternoon, when her sister, Mrs. J. H. McCary, Jr., is entertaining informally with small tea.
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More than SS per cent of the United States government forecasts issued ev- cry day are accurate predictions of the conditions of the weather 36 hours
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
WEEKEND PARTY RETURN FROM ATLANTA

A congenial party which left Bir. mingham Friday to spend the week. end in Atlanta were Mrs. W. H. Ket. tig, Miss Josephine Meadows, Miss Margaret Ashton, Mir. Earl Major Mir. Alfred Massey. The party re. turned by motor yesterday, spending Sunday night in Rome, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25

Up to 100 portable theatres will bt established in the United States to bring entertainment to all parts of the country, according to European wh6 is planning this method of entertain. nent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25

The constitution of the Young Peo- ple's, society of the Christian Endeavor society has bene translated and printed in 50 foreign languages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25

By inducing ants to enter, and mak1 ing it impossible for them to leave, aH ant trap recently invented, is proving effective. :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
WE WOMEN
By MISS BETTY BRAINERp

THE association of "Overworked-Un- \ -Dishwashing Housewives has made its annual apeal to the legisla- ture of New York state to end the butterfly existence of the childless wife, .
 It would indeed be a wonderful thing if this association or any other association on earth could accomplish an object of this kind. There should be at least one child in every home.
 Let us consider the case of the but terfly. Before butterfly becomes a butterfly it is caterpillar and cater pillars are repulsive. People instinc- lively draw away from them.
 And then a caterpillar becomes a butterfly---a beautiful winged butter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25

For q change, flavor the rice pud- ding with lemon and cinnamon. It Is very tasty.
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fly. remember as child, wheneyef I saw one. all of my friends joined in | q chase after 1t. Our ultimate hepe was that ws would be able to catch 1t and imprison it at the end of pin. Its wings were 90 beautiful! .,
 Poor butterflies, beauty is the cost lof their ultimate destruction. Thsis happiness is only short-lived. No ona would like to be butterfly and know that even such delightful pursuit aS fitting about from flower to flower leads ultimately to death.
 The association opposed to human butterflies says: The childless wife is not an asset to the community. Wa believe wives under fifty years and hays ing no children should be compelled t& do housewofk three days each weeE for wives under fifty who have ehil: dren."
 The chiidless wife is comparable td the caterpillar. She should not bS made to do the drab dish.washing for those who have children-for those but. terflies who are no longer caterpillarp-.. ugly, crawling, repillsive caterpillarss The childless wife should not be mada to suffer that way. She is too muck like the butterfly we chased as chil: dren and killed at the point of pin C enjoy its beauty.
 The happiness of a butterfly, st best, is only short-lived. Domestic and maternal happiness is built on morx enduring and solid foundation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-25
MISS GREY'S RECITAL FRIDAY EVENING

Miss Ada Grey will give piano re- cital Friday evening, March 2S, at s :15 at Cable hall. This recital was to have been given Friday evening, March if, but owing to the weather was post poned until this date.
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Next Story Bobby Begins To Long for the Green Forest.
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Mrs. ". c. Shackelford and Mrs. J. D. Moore have returned from a visit to Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Ledbetter at Mag nolia Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
MANY THRILLS
 MYSTERY PLAY
The Last Warning Coming To Jefferson Full Of Weird, Sit-
 uati0ns And Action

In one respect the theatre departs from life to its own disadvantage. A playwright cant bear to introduce a mystery into his play without explain ing it in the last act. We all know that in life many of the most fasci- hating mysteries are those which never have been solved at all. It is entirely possible that they would be entirely robbed of charm if all the facts were disclosed. The missing ele- ments are inevitably the most romantic ones.
 '"The Last Warning" is little more satisfactory in it's dealings with mys- tery than any of the other melOdramas of this school. It goes through the per functory motions of .rationalizing all the strange happenings which we have seen, but it is manifestly impossible to deal with them all in anything less than a play just twice as long. The explanations offered don't actually ex- plain at all and so they are entirely satisfactory
 The play is said by critics to be the most ingenious melodrama seen in years. The values are purely theatri- cal. "The Last Warming" has no re- lation to life and not even the hint of moral lesson. Indeed it holds life so cheaply that each new catastrophe to a character is received merely as an additional reason for pleasurable ex- citement. But we were by no means able to be calm about it. Perhaps it wasn't life but it was as real to us as ghost story told on windy night. We don't believe in ghosts and that's why we are afraid of them. If one did ap- pear we would have to make so many mental adjustments that it would be quite unbearable.
 ''The Last Warning" is coming to the Jefferson for three days, commence ing Monday, with an exceptional cast. including Gwen Burroughs, Ruby Blackburn, Lola Horton, Connie Syd- ney, James Hughes, William Hanley, w. Messenger Hollis, T. Jefferson