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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

Digger got up, yawned, stretched and
 then sat up and looked this way and
 that.
 no such things as stomachs. Then everybody would be friends with every body else"
 It was the stomach of Digger the Badger that was the cause of getting him so far away from home a second time that day. You see he hadn't had time to catch a good breakfast when old Granny Fox led Bowser the Hound over where he was hunting. While he was giving Bowser the scare he quite after that delayed breakfast, and be- cause he could find nothing near home he yas forced to go quite distance.
 Now, it happened, that Farmer Browns boy .took it into his head to go down the Green Meadows that morning, and in the course of his walk he came in sight of the home of Digger the Badger. >
 There's a fellow knew very little ing to himself. "He is so shy l never uuNc Dccn dU4o LO BeC BOOu AOOh at him. I believe I'll lie down here a while and see if he won't give me. a chance to see something of him."
 So Farmer Browns boy laid down in the grass where he could watch the house of Digger the Badger, yet be him self unseen. For long time he watch ed Digger sitting on his doorstep seem ingly quite content with the world. All the time he kept wishing that Digger would go hunting. He had just about given up hope when Digger got up, yawned, stretched, and then sat up and looked this way and that way over the Green Meadows. Farmer Browns boy | lay perfectly still and he felt sure that Digger didn't see him. And Digger didn't. He started off after that late breakfast and Farmer Browns boy be- gan to creep toward Digger's home. When he felt sure that he was near enough to get there before Digger pos I sibly could, he jumped to. his feet and his home. Then he started toward Digger. e~
 Now, Digger had been so busy hunt ing that he hadn't seen Farmer Browns boy. In fact, he didn't see him until Farmer Browns boy was quite near him. Then he heard his steps and whirled about to see that Farmer Browns boy was between him and his house. Instantly he dropped flat in the hope that he hadn't been seen. But in a minute he saw that he had been seen and that this was of no use at all. What should he do? He couldn't scare Farmer Browns boy the way he had Bowser the Hound. It was of no use to try. Besides, he was afraid. Yes, sir, Digger the Badger was afraid. He hadn't feared Bowser, but he did fear Bowsers master. There was no place to run to. What should he do? He had been surprised away from home, and now he had to get out of his scrape the best way he could. Digger took one good look at Farmer Browns boy and then he be- gan to dig.
 Next Story: The Story of the, Tail nhok Hald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
The Honing Instince

Do. you know those distressing people who, as soon as they start on a holi- day, begin to worrp about coming home? ~
 I met one in the train the other day. She was being. ''seen off" by a friend, an dthis was the burden of her conversation.
 T suppose can't reserve my seat for coming home? What botheri But shall send my luggage in advance.
 T shnll wear my blue serge costume for coming home in. I hope it will be a fine day; hate coming home in the rain.
 z T mustn't lose the, return half of my ticket; and I'll ask about the time of the train for coming back as soon as arrive, to make sure"
 Well, goodbye for the present, dear, I'm quite looking forward to coming back. ."@- I" insi ha @r esFsAa 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

AOS NAASA o A AAAALAA the greater chance of happiness and prosperity.
 Alas, son, you are mistaken in thinking that q man has any free will in this mat ter, or any self-de- termination about whether he remains single or gets dou- bled. Cupid and women settle this problem for your sex, and you will be no exception to the general rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

All potato plants ought to be sprayed as soon as they are six or seven inches high, and every ten days thereafter until the end of the season. Primarily this spraying should be for blight, which means that Bordeaux mixture must be used. Incidentally, however, it will help to eliminate the bugs and beetles. The Bordeaux mixture alone will go far towards controlling the flea beetles, but arsenate of lead or paris green is required for the vora- cious potato bug. Early spraying is of great advantage because it is much easier to kill the potato bug in early life than later. The immature potato bug is a little soft-bodied insect, very different in appearance from the full- fledged beetle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
Listening In On Foe

we'll, I'm pretty sure I didn't even put the key, in the door.
 "And-and all those robberies hap pening in our neighborhood?
 q suppose" said Horace, rather grimly, it must be confessed, that that means we'll have to go home."
 And home they went, Mrs. Barton almost tearfully apologetic all the way, while Horace thought of all the things he might have said but which he mer- cifully refrained from saying.
 Arrived at the flat, Mrs. Barton flew back to the kitchen.
 Its all right, dear" she called out cheerfully. II did lock it after all You see, I should have concentrated while I was locking it. The whole trouble came from not concentrating. That's the secret of remembering.
 Yes" said her husband, dryly. T rather suspected that, even before l heard of the new book"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

Cabbages, lettuce, Brussels spruts, and even beets and beans can be transplanted if you are careful to have the ground well moistened and not to expose the roots to the air. Often you can transplant trimmings from well started vegetables. From now on it will be desirable to shade the plants from the sun unless the weather is cloudy. Shingles, old peach baskets or even newspapers can be used. If you have started leeks, you will find it de- cidedly advantageous to transplant them, doing the work while they are small.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

forgot his empty stomach and trotted
 off home quite content to sit on his doorstep and chuck1e with satisfaction
 over the way he had frightened Bow ser and upset the plans of Granny Fox. But if Digger was content his stomach wasn't. It was empty and it wanted to be filled. It was so insistent that by and by Digger just had to lis- ten to it. So once more he started out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
How ID Remember

IIWTHATS that book you've had SS w your nose buried in all eve
 ming, Mqbel?" Mir. Barton paused on his way to the ash tray, to glance curiously at the volume over which his wife poured. Mrs. Barton's concentration prevented her from an swering for a moment. She slowly withdrew her gaze from the book and glanced up at her husband, an ecstatiC expression upon her face.
 "Oh, Horace, it's a perfectly -e-mark. able book!" she beamed. "Mattie Brown lent it to me y terday. It teaches one how to develop ones pos abilities"
 "H'm !" said Horace.
 "Yes,"' went on his wife with en- thusiasm:: "Mattie says it's made a new woman of her. She's simply crazy about it and wants everybody to read it. Before she read it she was using about only 50 per cent of her latent power and now she feels her mental muscles growing day by day"
 That's interesting" said Horace.
 'sTake the matter of memory" went on Mrs. Barton. 'Mattie came up from visit to her mother recently and she decided to put the principles of this book to the test. Memory, you see, is merely a matter of concentrating on a thing while you're doing it, as, for ex- ample, you want to remember a date oF a telephone number. The whole thing lies in looking at 1t once atten- lively. It isn't a matter of repetition, you see, but of conscious attention.
 "Mattie tried it out by looking only once at her railroad ticket number, and her trunk check. She says she remem- bers both numbers perfectly, and it's been three days since she came home.
 Il see," said Horace. But what's the idea of limbering up the mind with things that can be written down Tn a hotel book?".
 "Why, Horace, just think, if Mat tie had lost her ticket or trunk check she'd have had the numbers right there in her head, instead of relying on mere notebook that might easily get lost"
 q see," Horace smiled, land I'm thoroughly in favor of anything that will improve your memory, my dear. But what was about to remark before this book matter came up was how about the Lakeview? I noticed there's pretty good movie billed for tonight If you'll get a hustle on we can just about make the g o'clock show"
 Mrs. Barton put the book down al most reluctantly and hustled" while her husband, hat in hand, watched her progress. As she made ready to ac- company Horace, talking volubly mean while of the new book and its marvels, she proceeded more or less automati' cally to the telephone stand, picked up bunch of keys and marched back to the kitchen with them. Then, still talking, she re-entered the living room Another moment and the door of their flat had banged behind them.
 The film that evening was excellent About midway in the picture, however as the entrance of a burglar into the home of the wealthy hero was pro jected on the screen, Mrs. Barton felt a sudden clutch on his biceps.
 Horace! IT can't remember lock ing the kitchen door," whispered Mrs Barton in distress. 'I remember talk ing the keys back with the intention oi locking it--and we were ta1king-andl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
A4TTSE FOR INDIAN rOTroNs

There are many uses for the bright colored Indian cottons which, intro duced a season or two ago, have made 2 definite place for themselves in the decorative scheme of things. This ma Serial is excellent for porch cushions as F is inexpensive, wears well and laun- ders satisfactorily. .,..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
Reflections of Dorothy Di.
The Unmarried Man Misses 4 Lot Of Sacrifices, Trouble And Worry-But On, Boy! The Fun HE HQs Missed. Tool

A YOUTH of twenty-one writes me A that he feels that the time has
 come when he must choose be- tween the rival careers of bachelor and benedict, and he wishes to know which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

Comes day,
 as the high-brow writers say,
 when some little bob-haired flapper
 marks you for her own, then all
 your philosophies will be shot to
 pieces by glances from the loveliest
 eyes were ever seen. Then all
 your wisdom will be turned into
 foolishness by peach-and-crcam
 complexion and a little rosebud
 mouth, and suddenly the career of
 the bachelor will seem to you the
 fate of the damned and you will
 embrace the role of husband with
 joy and thanksgiving.
 Of course, abstractly considered, bachelorhood is full of emoluments and fun. The bachelor is care free. He has no responsibilities. He can come and go as he likes. He may spend all of his money on his own pleasure. He does not have to work hard unless he feels like it because it does not take much to support a single man. He may take chances at fortune which the man with family dares not risk. He is sought after socially, because the un- married man is a boon to hostesses and of interest to all womankind.
 On the other hand, the married man is a slave to his family. He has no more freedom than caged bird. He must furnish his wife with a good, re- liable alibi for every hour he is away from her. If he marries a dull woman he is in for lifetime of boredom. If he marries a neurotic, high-tempered one, he cannot flee far enough to get away from her nagging. If his wife is a miserable cook, he cannot change his boarding place.
 Marriage to a man means a life
 sentence at hard labor, for the
 wants of a wife and children are
 never supplied, and all that he
 gets out of his work is his bare
 board and clothes, and those the
 worst in the family. He is always
 filled with cares and anxieties for
 those dependent upon him.
 At first blush, it would seem that the bachelor has the preferred lot in life, and perhaps he has, as a general thing, while he is yduhg!TfEB age comes to all, son, and then the old bachelor who has been too selfish to marry pays the price of selfishness, which is loneli- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

One Mother Says:
 When my. small son and daughter come into the house and find guests seated with me they have been taught to come in and greet the guests. All that is required is a polite 'How do you do," and then they are expected to go on about their play. I do not tol- crate their running on through the house to avoid the growif-ups, or their hanging around" when I have callers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
GAYLY PAINTED TEA WAGON

GAYLY PAINTED TEA WAGON
 A tea cart is almost an essential to the summer hostess and no longer is 1t a conservative affair of mahogany or marble. Instead it is gayly painted in startling colors and designs. One of touches of black and Chinese green.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

The defense depended mainly upon the daughters testimony which praised her fathers home-loving qualities and the doing of the household work. Unique and astonishing testimony.
 In this particular case the mothers greatest crime seems to have been that she assumed the privileges men gen rally hold to be their sole prerogative. Her work in the glue Factory may have been dull and uninteresting. Perhaps she needed some relaxation. Millions of men in this land seek pleasure after their business hours and they don't all work in glue factories.
 This unfortunate woman reverted to the matriarchy stage such as has sur vived on the coast of Japan. where the women do the fishing and the rough work and the men plant the garden, take care of the children and do the housework. l am not holding q brief for her, but she paid rather heavily for her telncrity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
THE COMPTETE ANGTER.

The novice at trout-fshing had hooked very small trout, and had wound it in till it was rammed against the end of the rod.
 Pupil-"What do I do now?"
 Instructor-"Climb up the rod and stab it."-Dry Goods Economist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

The man who is married to a woman he loves struggles to achieve because he wants to give her power and place, and fine houses and jewels. The man who has wife and children who would go hungry if he slacks up, puts the last ounce of strength in his fight. That is why employers prefer married men. They are bound to carry on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
PRECAUTI0N.

Clerk-The hotel is so crowded, sir, that the best we can do is to put you in the same room with the proprietor.
 Visitor-That will be all right; just put my valuable in the safe.-Answers, London
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

So, taking it by and large, son, it is best for man to marry while he is young. That is why some philanthropic flapper will chose the career of benedict for you.
 DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

If we committed murder because our husbands went out nights and we had to do the housework and care for the children there would be few men left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

Nor does the bachelor make the greatest material success in life. Undoubtedly, he does not have to work so hard, but just because he is not driven, he generally puts forth less effort. Besides, he lacks the incentive that the married man has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

To get anything out of marriage, a man must do it while he is still young enough to inspire a passion in a wo- mans, heart that makes her love him for himself alone, and not marry him just because he is a good chance and she has a nice, placid friendship for him. And he must raise up his family while he is young enough to be boy with his own boys and girls, and com panionable to them. You can't wish yourself ready-made family at middle age.
 And that is where the bachelor loses out. He has missed lot of sacrifices, and trouble, and anxiety; but, o boy, the fun he has also missed! Never to have known the love that he could ab- solutely trust, and that he knew would follow him down to the very gates of death; never to have known the peace and joy of home where he was king ]; never to have known the feel of chil- dren's arms about his neck or have his heart swell with pride at a beautiful daughter or manly son, why, what selfish qualification of his own personal desires pays for that2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

A thirteen-year old daughter was called to testify at the trial of her father.
 The little girl said her mother had worked in the glue factory and ire quently when she returned to the house at the end of a days work would soon leave again to remain out until the early hours of next morning; that her father always turned his pay over to the mother to spend; that he spent much time at home making radio sets while her mother was absent. Her fa- ther had to sew, wash and cook for the three children because the mother was seldom at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

Horace! IT can't remember lock ing the kitchen door," whispered Mrs. Barton in distress. q remember talk ing the keys back with the intention of locking it--and we were talking-and,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
We WOn1 en'
The Worn Will Turn

A YOUNG man of thirty y-one was "A charged with killing his wife.
 They quarreled one evening and it was alleged that he struck and chok- ed her to death. At any rate, she died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16

He has no wife to cherish and love him, and humor him, and spoil him and to be a companion to him of eve nings as they sit around the radiator and to fuss over him, and cook him ur little dishes that are good for his dys pepsia, and try new remedies for his rheumatism.
 He has no children in whom to be interested, in whose lives he can live over his own life and in whose careers he can gratify his own ambition, fo1 many mans son and daughter have the little bit more talent that he lacked that enables them to win out where he failed.
 If man could be a bachelor un-
 til he was fifty and then a benedict
 the balance of the way, it would
 be an ideal arrangement, but you
 can't have your cake and eat it
 too. Fifty is too late to marry,
 and it is twenty years too late to
 start a family. By the time his
 sons are old enough to play on
 football teams he has to attend the
 games on crutches and his chill
 dren regard him merely as an in-
 teresting relic of prehistoric age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-16
Hearts 0fzTwo
CHAPTER t6S

CHAPTER f55 L(TTE does not!" the girl declared. "He knew me under an as- sumed title" .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-07
CAESAR WORLDS
BEST ROAD MAN

DErORE ruhins cur roads as
ID Iha best ever" read this ac.
cunt telling how the ancient
Rsuans built their famous roads.
ene II or morc centuries hack. II
uktn from Tho famous Historian
Eipara Gibbons Decline and Fail
4 tie Roman Empire
-Dur.ng the tins Of the Roman
enpire. the public highways. issu.
sx nom the Forum of Rome. trans.
sssea Italy. peryaded the prov.
iscss and were terminated only by
De frvntiers o. the empire. The
great chain q communication. from
tie northwest 10 the southeast point
4 the empire, was drawn out 20
ths sngth o. 1850 Roman miles.
The public roads were accurately
tvsacl By milestoncs. and ran in a
nrsc, line from one city 20 another.
x,h very little respect for the Oh.
saelss either o. nature or private
prupsr,y. Mountains were Per,
isutfd and bold arches thrown over
~ brpadest and most upid streams.
-TAs middle part % tho road.
xhsch vas raised into a tcrmee that
Summarized the nijaccnt country.
srzis;sd o. several strata of sand.
savel and cement ana wus paved
NH lsTge stones, or in some
PAGES near the capital. with
ranlis."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-07
IN HARRY n. uNr

WNlilAGrpN, NCv Z Timothy
w n u'Counor. chairman OF the
United states shipping lizard.
former president and uoN honorary
president OF the international Iesg.
shorJmrna unIon and volunteer
hborsr in tfe g, a. r. presidential
campaisn, you'd nght an the drop
of fhe hat % anybody nsiuustsl ne
was a ~rtd"
Yet an persons present viii take
osth that O'Couuor was the red.
oot individual IN evidence "a the
hearing Of the Bouh campaign
investigating committee. when
oConncr's inumation that Senator
Ia TO letto'a campaign Is being
financed from soviet Russia waa IN.
Quircd into.
a. samuel untermcyrr developed
under blting questioning. that
oCoun0r had no kBeWledgo ~ any
soviet funds delivered 90 the L.
Toilette war chest. but merely
BELIEF that such vas THE case.
without either evidence or prof
la ita support O'Cnnnor's cars De-
.llnfa L frefftr frHnE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-07
WHEN YOUR .
POOR OLD STOMACH
ORGANS WITH Gas
When SourneSS, Pain and
BIoating Follow Every Meal
MAKE THIS SIMPLE TEST

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-irrs sea hayr Irisd without
-ss M yc1 REALLY went sfem-
rr~ferf e. quick. rfririu aud
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-T fisrrtsE iasf make thfe EIm-
Ni.VEE TAILING trFf trday.
~ rriy fcu crrts SCI from any
- araeslsf O little pore tasufa ted
sis-thtn Immediately after
80 nrxt EraNT meal take TIVE
-,.aanfaiF az thr powder ur four
800. tahlrts and drink q glass %
.-r1r 81 nUt Iced water
rhis is q simple. pleasant and in-
.,rsrslrr test that may De- Rbagr
,,..lr dfrFadcl upon % prove tfs
,.ias Ia less than five minutes ant
y ncst Instances rclivt comes ale
r,st tnstautll.
Rlssratfd MsgnrFIa is pleasant.
ksgrrirfs. urn-lsA form Cf nId-
sssNienfA Maeurfia that. when
900 after msala. tirausrH. sweet
- and ueuiFalIzss thr dangerous
,,s-ach acids that cause % Per
- 81 stomach aiimrnte he sure
"a 81 HIsukArEp MaFuraln az
y5ar druEgist's today .-Adyertiae-
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-07

Russia lad hspfl finance tHr D.
tp.'r'tr campaign
EHt uNaunar d.scIasmel ana o.
tempt Ht rhetoric.
4 didn't ay W0osha haI cent
ans mQnF d. declared q afErI
q question: Read If ger yourself
pr irat aHt "a question. then what
Do HH Egf ! da believe Zoo h.a
haa suppiiei money f1s that cam.
Fl'En where else Is an fhs -
tel.g'in money comm n0WT
An "a politician oC1unor proved
h.mrIf IA uut-rIata rgHsr norman
when in "a heated deuuHea,I0n of
communists and foglHlais, Dr. o..
rIaryIs
They've nominated this here
wau H0rlh f1r vrraatnt-u-I
mean Foster"
Senator Barlh, chairman ~ tbr
committee Joined ln thr general
gaihurHf ~ laughter h.a enjoy
mrni Uf tho H.p seeming about
equal 90 oCounors discontinue
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-07

'A1Hr always HarIF 10 GnI mF
mentioned H rGrar aHrur.aHa 0f
i,uz1-a ana the reds" H1rah Hald.
aE Dee finally appti Tor order
I'rrtably b. aal the Heft voiced.
drawing. HHays but sarcastic qlr1
f.an.1E n lurrwrEHr that caused
la aifrrs- ta "fro rcd
TutrTmrgrr took evident p'saHgrs
Iu ruurl7~ him m verbal rufauEIs.
mrnfa Tho hotter UCgnn0r became
tlr ia.er HHI more calculating sr.a
TuIrrmrsrr
when 0'Coau9r finished Uuter.
meyer tluErH across tur table an
him HEr atanrI owl ahJ had
IuEt swallowed "a m8u-e
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-07
O'COnner Saw Red Even
if He Was Not a "Red"
Longshoreman Ship Board Head Gets
Mad at Borah Investigation

hotel and taxi uIla hla normally
florId face became flaming red
and BITS cars attained "a y.EIag Boa.
cgujarE hue
Az that mumg8t OCouHar De-
samo red rsorr dangerous 90 the
peace 90 tho committee than VIII
lam z Fuatrr us Benny Gti1w
poubllss hc would have HfJa
much o. have been "a mere long
shorcman agaIn. out on the docks
with Iutsrmsyrr sud CIlaNar.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-07

vhsrs Del could have taken direct
action
Iut r chairman 81 tHa great
ana 5.sa.rrI shipping board Do
ha1 t1 Keep che peace Tho only
uirE hr c9lI pound vaH che
table. tHr Uu.E IHuE ta could
EgI were womb
Ana even ~ thrrr De- gau3ut
10 the wrred vrt1i bT.eEHafH
~ nnuLI Inv rr.L-rrEl-