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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29

is great r>.dicine for any one in
nervous, rundown condition and |
would be glad to give any one advice
about taking it. l think there is no
better medicine and give you permits
sion to publish this letter. Mrs.
ANNA SMITH, SAL w. Norwood ST.,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
The important thing about Lydia
E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
thatit6oes helpwomen suffering from
the ailments common to their sex.
If you are nervous and rundown
and have pains in your lower parts
and in your back, remember that the
Vegetable Compound has relieved
other women having the same symp-
toms. For sale by druggists every
whsse.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29
7 Escaped Convicts
Caught; II at Large

AsHEVILLE, n. c.. Jan. 90
Eleven Of the IS negro convicts who
escaped from the recently-establish
ed camp near Marshall. are still -
large in the mountains of Madison
and surrounding counties. Only sew
en- OF the number havir g been
caught.
All officers Of Madison county.
with large numbers OF citizers
spent today searching for the es
capped convicts. most OF whom We e
serving long sentences for serious
offenses. a So carelesslv ieft
around by workmen who have been
At work at the camp since it was
nut into use few weeks ago. or
en'u-gled to the prisoners, was used
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29
6. SO Rev ard

$50 will be paid if r. V. Turner's
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one Of the most powerful, penetrat-
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healing salves known to science.
Removes corns in a few hours
without pain. Also removes seed
warts.
Large Box by mail for soc.
AGENTS WANTED - Write for
special terms. r. V. Turner 301
jefferson Street, Montgomery, Ala.
advertisement
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29
A BEDTIME STORY
BY THORNTON ". BURGESS

very sharp bill. Even while Danny
was looking this curious stranger
sank until his body was below the
water, leaving only his head and
neck above. Danny knew then that
this was the same fellow who had
been up in the tree, and whom he
had mistaken for a snake with q
bill, because all he had been able
to see had been that long, slim neck
and head.
II never! I>never did" repeated
Danny, and waited to see what
would happen next.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29

that no man ever
pays her tn c
slightest atten'
ton, or asks her
to step out with
him of an eve
ling.
Then this girl
goes on TO say
that she is a
business girl, but
she doesn't make
a very good sal
airy, and she i:
discourag ed, and
blue, and wants
to know what to
do
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29
Ii You Are One or the Many Girls
Who Doesn't Attract Men, Stop
Trying to Be Vamp and Con.
centrate on Your JOb-YOull
BE Happier and Perhaps Get
Husband in the Bargain.

TVERY day some girl writes me
that she is young, quite as
pretty as the other girls about
her, that she dresses as well, and
makes as good an appearance as
they co, and strives to please, but
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29

Styiish-Guaranteed Waterproof
Handsome, first quality Refer Topcoat for
auto or street wear special Today sale price
Of only S5.95. Genuine Aeroplane cloth. Beau
tful rich tan color. Absolutely waterproof and
Wndproof rubber lining. Goodyear label in ey-
cry garment Storm collar Smart 5elted model
for dress Tailored to fit perfectly
Pay on Send no money in advance for this
d;I good looking durable Top Coat.
az PAY n1ly 1886 fDlus Dostasel on
delivery. Sizes g % 80. Measure chest over
s1lit you now wear. Conrnsre with IS 90 store
coats. Yonr money hack il not delighted Or
der now before sale ends. YnH risk nothing!
FsefsS Co. s29 Spruce St, Dept E
ShiIadelphIs. "a.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29

While nursing my
baby, and hearing
some talk of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound,
| began taking it.
From the second
bottle 1 noticed a
big Improvement,
and I am still TAX
ing it. l am not q
bit nervous now.
and feel like q diff
foray,f norcnv. IF
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29
NERvOUS,RUN-
DOWN MOTHERS
Worn Out Caring for Children and
Housework-See how Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helps

Indianapolis, Indiana. was in a
very nervous and rundown condition
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Help for the Helpless-Kindness to
All Dumb Things"

No unsigned letter printed. =.
No letter written on both sides Of
paper printed.
All letter not to exceed $50 to 200
words,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29

A2-Pc. Dinner Set GIVEN
Write for startling Offer Dstributs Kbers All Round
Oil Millions for thousands of home Wonderful
1924 sales plan Give FREE each OF friends
our new a5c household necessity Former srenh aad
onesush DON allow neighbor 10 beat
To 10 wrts SOW todAy--for marvellous offer.
THE KILLER CO.. Dept. iG-2 Indianspelis. Ind.
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(MISsl STELLA MoRTENsEN.
Texarkana. Texas.

Dearest Aunt Julia: I an Tennessee
lass and, as this is nv first sttemut to
write, hope may be admitted. l will
describe myself before going further / am
a jolly brunette, am eighteen years old: nv
birthday Is August 5. Aunt Julia. don't
you like the country 60, because there
are SO many things you can DO espe-
@sly like skating, and I tried Il few
DAYS sso. and cot several falls, too, but
GOT M snd tried 1t over, n any of you
cousins ike to skate which I an sure ron
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29

Dear Children:
For the first time this winter we
have had real Jack Frost. This
time he painted large feathery look
ing ferns on the windows. My, but
they were pretty.
Have you ever stopped to think
that when nature seems to punish
you with trying weather, she gives
YOU some compensation like this?
1t is a mighty good and helpful
thing to try and find these compen-
sations instead OF bemoaning what
YOU feel to be bad weather" All
days are our Lords, so none can
be bad Lovingly,
ATTNT JTTT
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29

Dearest Cousins and Aunt Julia: How
dye! How is everybody this cold night?
l am nearly freezing to death. And some
people say that it isn't cold in Florida, do
they? Well, I think they had better come
here where l am, and see for themselves;
How did you spend Christmas? Happily,
hope I know I did. Also / hope you spent
a happy New Year, which did. Do you
cousins like cold weather? l don't Ber-
nice Beatty. you said in one of your letters
to the Letter Box, Come on, Jessie Lee
Henry and tell us about your flower gar
dem" I happen 10 have been a correspon-
dent of her, and her sister informed me
that Jessie Lee Henry had passed away.
She was very nice girl. Come again,
Bernice, I like your letters. Well. l must
give Aunt Julia beaucoup kisses, and the
cousins ditto in love, and run away, for
Oh! don't you see, Pm scared as can be?
MISS LINDA PATTERSON.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-29

Golden text: "ThOu shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy strength, and with all
thy mind, Thou shalt love thy neigh
boz. as fhyxelf"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31

CHICAGO, Aug. 40.--As com mander of the imperial cavalry of his late majesty, Nicholas Romanof, ear of all the Russias, Major General Sir Basil TcheslaVsky, knight-commander of the order of St. George, learned to keep an eye on people and events.
 His knowledge lately has proved use- ful. Now he is a night witchman in the western electric company's plant here. He's good one, too. according to company officials and he is due to get salary increase of $10 a month soon. Just what he receives in the way of recompense for his present labors, company officials and Sir Basil both decline to say.
 All the generals fortune and estates in Russia have vanished. His wife and children virtually are stranded in Eng lond, where he left them when he decided to come to the United States. Where, friends told him, he surely would recoup bis fortunes. Once he lived in a~palace. Now he occupies a little furnished room, which he keeps immaculate.
 Is the general down hearted over his change from wealth and power to com
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Romances ofthe w ant Ads
 Mrs J.


 So if they could really get this equipment at a sacri- flee price
 Patrick McGovern, who put in the ad, had won his prosperity through the war.
 His had been the small and inconspicuous butcher shop of that block. Many months he couldn't meet his bills. Then the war drafted the proprietor of the big one that had gobbled the desir- able trade of the neighbor- hood; the uncle who took it over didn't understand the butcher business and failed. So came Pats chance.
 The little store soon then blossomed into a big one; Pats personality burgeoned under the stimulus of suc- cess and he soon had the Limousine trade" at his door. He started another butcher store; he bought an apartment building, sold it six months later for more than he paid for it, and bought another.
 Now his wife who mad been helping him in all his ventures, wanted to go back to Ireland. And he himself had a mother and brother there. Another man was buying his business, but he had his own counters and blocks and scales, and that was why Pat was advertis- ing his old ones for sale.
 And if you'll take 'em, I'll throw off $200 because we want to catch "The Em- press that leaves New York next week, That was the name of the boat we came over on, ten years ago, and we landed the same day, June IS, that we sail. You know we Irish are senti- mental. But we don't go steerage this time!'
 It did not take this mother-heroine long to make up her mind, or her hus- bands or her sons.
 Thus Justice took the prosperity the war had, brought one family to atone to the other whom the war had devastated-and the inv strument used was an Age Herald want ad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
DRESS OF FRENCH
 WOMEN APPROVED A
Tn Church They All Appear Mod
 est, Says Vicar

PARIS Aug. S0s-Whateyer tIlc Paris of the BoulevarCs may offer aa a just subject of criticism in regard tel the Garb of its women frequenters, ths Paris church authorities have nothina but praise for the attitude of the fem. mine portion of their congregations ii' this respect the women of ''the fnodern| Babylon" form, in the opinion of tEeir pastors, striking contrast to thoss of other countries which are generaIlyl considered more religious and God4 fearing than France.
 "Of course. said the Vicar of the Madeleine, one of the most famoua' churches of the Trench capital, .'there are few exceptions but must sayI the cases of undesirable feminine dress. in the Paris churches are very rare. There will never be any need of string-s ent measures such as those reported from Italian cities. Whenever wesu-s an enters this church dressed ia s man. ner unbecoming to the place our satriss tan whispers word iu her ear aas the affair is arranged immedinteis.
 ''As matter of fact, thsso ra4sI cases occur almost entirely or the orI casion of marriage. Not the bride, n course. She knows that the ,eersnony would not be performed if she Feg~ ncs properly yelled. But some of ket srisndl have apparently thought they aYe q tending a theatrical event aud eaT with shoulders or arms uncoyerkdt These women invariably covered them selves with a shawl as soou as outl sacristan appeared. Unsually they. blushed proving they knew they wsrs in the wrong
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A want ad is sometimes a little peep-hole that lets the light pour in on a life that mig ht otherwise keep in darkness its strange nnyste- ries and secrets. And it is easy to see why.
 Go over the list of classi- fications in the classified pages of this newspaper business opportunities, help and situations wanted, prop erty for sale, lost and found, personal notices-the very words suggest crises in peo- ple's lives, mark epochs, changes, tell of decisions and plans. They are veri- table signposts in human history.
 Buried in some four-line notice or announcement is often a romance, a tragedy, a success or even a comedy that could be expanded into a story. The classified pages are a gold mine of plot, realism and local color for the novelist or playwright who would follow them up. And in these "Romances of the Want Ads," we have tried to show you the little peep hole that floods with light some of the unusual happenings that have either turned on a want ad or that a want ad reveals.
 Who would look for mate rial for a Chekhov story or a Franz Molnar play in a Business Equipment" ad? Least of all one that adver- tised fixtures for a butcher store! Yet just such a one made two sets of lives react upon each other in the fan tastic way we associate only with fiction. Here it is:
 6n6 vitroltte front
 counters: marble top
 counters, blocks aud
 scales. AlI ne1O, burner
 tOGnts to leGVe city and
 tViU sacrifice.
 But when the heroine of this story saw it (she was a mother-heroine of the Vera Gordon type) the dull, pro- saic message it contained be- came positively inspired to her. For some time there had been a nebulous plan in
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difference. To the much travelled this is a refreshing and delightful attitude, but the average American wants to make his presence felt, wants to be featured.
 The rumor that Spain is full of Americans is unfounded. One scarcely sees an American on the street, and even the Ritz, the haunt of the wealthy American traveller, is deserted so far. as the American trade is concerned.
 Perhaps it will be argued that in visiting a foreign country, the tourist comes for other things of greater i'm portance than getting the flavor of con temporary life, theatres, cafes and shops. Quite true. But it will be found that, with the i~ellectual, edu- cational and esthetic experiences that he wishes to gain in his European trip, the average tourist also wants to have a good time, combine the highbrow with the lowbrow. He wants to see the life of any capital which he visits as well as its history and art, and, last but by no means least, get more for his money than he does in the United States.
 Currency Is Sound
 The American dollar doesn't go any further in Spain than it does in New York, owing to the souhd condition of the Spanish currency. In recent years the American tourist has come to ex- pect bagful of money in exchange for a dollar bill, but in Spain he will only get a slim six or seven pesetas to the dollar. The good hotels are just as expensive as they are in New York, taxis start at IS cents as against our 20, and railroad fares are exorbitant, unless one buys a kilometric ticket, which necessitates travelling all over Spain in order to make it worth while.
 No traveller should come to Spain without revising his idea of the geo. graphy. It is a popular misconception that Spain is a little country, that one can skip from one side to the other in a few hours, and so it appears on the map. But the railroad maps tell diff ferent story. It takes 12 hours to go anywhere in Spain, and all trains start at Madrid. From Yigo, the port of entrance for the French line, it takes 24 hours to Madrid and 24 hours with out sleeper or diner.
 This is not encouraging to the Amer iean tourist who wishes to do Spain
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!. 9ist in a limited time and go on to some place else. If he has a sense of humor he will count sitting up all night as an amusing experience, but if he can not stand hardships he must eschew Spain.
 Abhor Sleeping Car
 Europeans are mortified at what they consider the intimacy and indelicacy of the American sleeping car, q strange man in the upper berth and passengers in every stage of undress in the aisles 1; but it is only question of ones point of view after all. What about group of men and women spending the nigh, together shut up in a compartment? !? What about finding strange mans head in your lap or resting on your shoulder during the course of the night or your feet quite as likely in his face, since one must assume strange pastures in order to get possible sleeping po- sition?
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Through it all the mother tried not to be bitter, though it did seem at times as if the world had treated her harsh ly for a mistaken loyalty that had been a kind of re- ligion with her. But she had a fighting instinct and it had an outlet in new schemes and plans-this Gd aOGs the magic key, the tOuchstone.
 She would persuade her husband to give up the petty job he held at present and they would start their butcher shop all over again in the same neighborhood where they had been before. Why not? The population had shifted since they left and two new apartment buildings had brought many new families to the vicinity. No need to fear the butcher shops there because none were as good as her hus- bands had been. But best of all, it would provide the active, semi-outdoor work Gustave needed just now and he could marry the girl who was waiting for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
Former German General
 Nov Is Night Watchn1a1

parative poverty and loss of positionf I He is not But he does want to snve enough money to bring his family here.
 The general has not succeeded in making any friends in, his new country He still retains the polished and rather abrupt manner of the imperial soldier courier. He speaks English with diff ficulty. Once he was attached to the Czar's court. Later he became q friend of Kerensky and he was one of the men chosen to represent Russia on the interallied reparations council.
 The revolution and the soviet drove him from his homeland. He took his family to England. There he found no betterment of his condition. He had heard of America, the golden land. He came here but he did not find the pot of bold at the Rainbow's end.
 In the World war at one time the general was the chief opponent of the German forces finder General von Mackensen. He was decorated for his sevices by the Russian, Roumanian and British governments.
 The general is proud, He would not accept charity. But he would like a better job, he confessed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
By Mrs. Leroy J. Boughner

her mind the stimulus of this ad made it take shape. Still further back was this semi-tragic bit of history.
 Her husband had been a saloon keeper when she married him. At her re-
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quest, he had given up his saloon and opened a butcher shor.
 Then the war came. They had been known to be ve- hemently loyal to Germany, for both were Germans {; they had never been assimi- lated into the life of this community, but spoke Ger man in the home and it was understood that when they made their "gluck, they would return to Germany.
 Even before this country got into the war, their trade fell off and when America was finally in, it ceased com pletely. Even when Gus tave, their only son, was drafted and marched off to camp, sentiment did not change; former patrons said, "0h, he had to go. But of course they still want to see the Kaiser win. I won't give them my trade,P and went to the store in the next block.
 So they sold out before it was too late and the father went back to the saloon business. Then Gustave came home, wounded and
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gassed. Then came prohi- bition and took away the saloon. Gustave tried, after he left the hospital, to finish college. But he couldn't make it. He needed an ac- tive, outdoor life for some time, the doctors said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31

SAVE THE WOMAN'S REALM TO-DAY. At the beginning of the Want Ads in tOday's Age-HeraId you will find a whole page of things wOm- en like-beauty paT'lOr talks, depart ment store news, cOrSettiere sugges- tiOns, lunch time hints, community durg store specials, repair shops, radio an n0uncements, good health chats and a host of other things you'll want to be informed about. Save this page and use it all this week as 8 guide to the hest places to shOp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
SPAIN REFUSES TO GET EXCITED
 ABOUT TOURISTS
Americans Scarce And Prices Are About The
 Same As New York

MADRID, Aug. BOA musical com edy concept of Spain, or mental pie ture colored by the paintings of Zuloaga and Sorolla, a land of love and lam guor, of castles and guitars, of swarthy and bold-eyed Spaniards wearing broad brimmed Andalusian hats, of seductive senoritas in lace mantilla and embroid- cred shawl, persists in the mind of the American making his first visit to Spain. If he approaches Spain with any such glamorous concept, and with the added illusion that Spain, or rather Madrid (for it is to Madrid that he comes firstl, like it's neighboring cap ital, Paris, is going to put itself out to give the visiting American good time he is going to be disappointed.
 To find anything approaching his glamorous concept he must go to the smaller Spanish cities, preferably those of the south, Seville and Granada i; and as for the Spaniard's interest in tourist trade, it is non-existent. Spain cares nothing for the American tourist, is completely indifferent to the Ameri- can dollar which exerts such a talis- manic effect in other European coun- tries. It makes no effort to give the visitor who comes out of season good time The good theatres are closed dur ing the summer months, which are of course the heaviest months for the American tourist, and none of the shops make a point of having tempting displays of native wares in their win dows with which to lure the American dollar The American tourist may search in vain for a single shop in which are displayed those articles for which Spain is celebrated in story and pie ture-combs, mantillas, shawls and an tiques. He must inquire, learn the ropes as it were, before he will be able to bring back that Carmenesque shawl to his wife or daughter.
 All Taking Vacations
 And as for the far-famed Spanish dancers, they are all taking their vaca- tions now and only the second-rate are performing in second-rate theatres.
 Take us or lenve us, is the attitude of the Spaniard not hostility but in-
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tinue to make money, he grudgingly admits. he will doubtless go on pro ducing.
 Most Beautiful
 Certainly no one should know better than Ziegfeld who are the most beau tiful show girls in America and ip, naming them he backed up his own judgment.
 ..Yvonne Taylor of the Kid Boots company is the prettiest show girl, and Dorothy Knapp in the Follies has the most beautiful figure have ever seen," he declared.
 The first named is a blonde, while Miss Knapp is dark, measuring about five feet four inches in height and weighing around 125 pounds.
 Then the glorifier of the American girl made this surprising statement:
 There are more good looking blondes. It's harder to. find beautiful brunettes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
ELIMINATE OLD SONGS
Communists Show Hand In SaxOnJ
 Schools

DRESDEN, Germany, Aug 30.- (By Associated Press.)-"Silent Night, Holy Night" and all other religious songs, as we'll as "The Watch on the Rhine" and numerous other patriotic airs, have been eliminated from the school song books of Saxony. This action is result of the pressure brought to bear on the authorities by the communists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
NNnAIEN nnCrnRs nNLY

HAMBURG, Aug. BOA German association of women physicians has been formed. The club intends to rep- resent the interests of it's member against male doctors, and to furthe reform work with regard to sociG hygiene.