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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09
Domestic Days
sy ROY |. M'cARDELL

"Now, Willie, as today is your birthday" began Mir. Jarr, ''try to be good boy and"-
 Please don't preach to the child !' interrupted Mrs. Jarr, who happened in at this moment. "Why tell him you want him to be a good boy when on the contrary, everything, you say to him, every example you cet him-Arun out, Willie--when everys example you set for him is to. make him a fghter?"
 Don't you think he gets any fight ing qualities from his mamma?" asked MT. Jarr when Master Willie had duti- fully departed.
 ''No,3 I don't!" replieu Mrs. Jarr sharply. And furthermore, now that l have the opportunity to say it., I want to tell you that you're always picking on Willie. Little Emma is parent to show partiality to one child it arouses a sense of injustice in the other"
 Pm sure I don't discriminate be- tween the children, but little Emma is very much like her mother, and that's why I care so much for the dear little thing" said MT. JarrS softly.
 "Oh, you can't get around me that way" sniffed Mrs. Jarr. but it wasn't very vindicative sniff, and it was ap- parent that the, remark. had pleased her. x. s ,fs5s |
 "No,s. Mr., Jarr went on. s'I do not discriminate between the. children, and I'm sure our Willie is fine little ,fel! low and only want him to be q little gentleman. - 3}3S E4
 But what are your ideas of a. gen. tleman?' interjected Mrs. Jarr :,
 We'll" replied Mi. Jarrss s'I. think our friend Rangle is gentleman"
 "Him" retorted Mrs. Jarr with fine scorn. That man Rangle is a type that appeals to you because you and he have the same tastes, have the same way. Why, I've seen that man Rangle tuck his napkin. nnder his chin in a public .restauranti''',S
 Well. then, leave Rangle out of your list" said Mir. Jarr, land tell me who is your ideal gentleman among our acquaintancesT ~ A.
 I'm sure Mir. Spoffit, is perfect gentleman" replied Mrs. Jarr. "He makes his wife's literary and musical afternoons; most successful. He com poses the sweetest little songs and plays them delightfully."- on the piano and"- 4- F'ts gTs sie+a : ''
 And lives of his wife's mother, added Mir. Jarr
 If they are satisfied why should we complaint" retorted Mrs. Jarr. ''I think it would be better for you to play the piano instead of pinochle, and also much better to make my after noon teas intellectual treats-zif I gave afternoon teas-instead of playing cards with your cronies fn, tue back room of Sol's Smoke Shop. Besides MT. Spoffit always looks as if he'd just come out of handbox."S-s N -fet r <
 "I'd rather look as if I had jusi come out of sardine box, said AIr Jarr. Honest, now, do you. think a can be a perfect gentlemah !''% <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09

am The question is how am to get Eaway from here. I am starving tp tdeath here and yet there is no place to Ego where will be safe" "I know!' cried Sammy Jay. You come up to the Smiling Pool! That is the place for you. There is plenty to eat there, for Farmer Browns Boy sees to that. He puts corn there, for"
 Who and what is Farmer Browns Boy" demanded Mir. Quack. "Is he one of those two-legged creatures called nIen?" Sammy nodded and hastened to ex. plain that Farmer Browns Boy was different from the cruel hunters. But Mir. Quack would not believe. Really Mir. Quack could hardly be blamed for that, considering all that he had suf- fered from men. He was just like Mrs. Quack-suspicious of every two-legged creature in the shape of man. Sammy saw that Mir. Quack wouldn't believe because he couldn't believe, so he wasted no more time trying to make him believe.
 You stay here and I'll send Mrs. Quack to you," said he as he prepared to fly away.
 Mir. Quack smiled little sadly. You needn't fear but that I'll stay here," said he. Il don't quite see how I can do anything else. Do you"
 And Sammy had to admit that he didn't.
 Next Story: Sammy Sends Mrs. Quack to the Swamp.
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Rick-RackC CoInel:.s; s. Back To Old
 Popularity

Rick-rack has come back to it's for mer popularity as trimming for dresses and hats and blouses. But it does not resemble the old-fashioned
 rick-rack embroidery at all. It is made of silk and comes in all the loveliest colors, besides black and white. In one example white silk rick-rack designed on black taffeta is combined with a foundation. of light. gray wooden home- spun to make an unusually snappy looking frock. I-
 The body of the dresSsis tubular and straight, with long wide sleeves that are fastened in the large armholes with straight seams, thus doing away with the necessity for placing a set-in sleeve, and at the same time giving that at tractive chunky appearance which is quite peasant like in style and matches the decoration. The collar consists of piece of material eighteen inches wide and standing up about four inches, which is sewed on the neck space straight, like a middys blouse collar. The neck opening can. be made to suit the ,wearer and the little buttons may run all the way HpS the coliar to fasten it close about the throat. The rick-rack is sewed in lines, and wiggles on the black taffeta before it. is sap- piled to the collar, cuifss vest sand pocket tops, then an extra line of straight braid makes tidy finish around all the edges. A
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.sLITTLE BEDTIME STORY.
By rnoAwroM W. SURGE
 Mir. Quack Tells How He Escaped

How He Escaped
 hard that that nearly made me lose what little senses I had left, but didn't quite, for did know enough to dive ; 'FE .sWhat is diving?2 asked sammy.
 Going under water, of course" re. piled Mir. Quack. T dived under water SD that the hunter wouldn't be able to shoot me again.. You see fell very close to some broken-down rushes, and I had to swim only little way to get among them. Then hid with only my head out of water. The hunter came splashing about among the rushes, and 1 thought surely he would find me. Once he almost stepped on me. But he didn't see me. and after a while he went back to his hiding place. I don't know where I suffered most-in my mind or in my body. You see in my mind all the time was a terrible fear that I would be found. At the same time the pain in my broken wing was awful.
 II stayed right where I was until night came, and then I swan out and down the Big River looking for safer hiding place. I was too sick to eat anything that night At last came to place where the water was running over the bank among the trees and bushes, and knew that this would be one of the safest places l could get into. So swan in among the trees and at last reached this place. I knew by the sounds that. hunter was not very far away, and so I have kept hidden right here. You, are the very first one to find me, although a mink very nearly found me last night, He gave me a great fright. I guess he was in hurry, for he swan straight past the pix. of brush under which l was hiding" 't
 'That must have been Billy Mink, who lives up the Laughing Brook, ,' said Sammy. T don't believe Billy would have harmed you"
 "Huh!" exclaimed Mir. Quack. "I never knew mink yet who wouldn't think himself lucky to catch duck If Billy Mink had found me then know we'll enough that I wouldn't be .here now. But he didn't, and here 1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09
MAYS AVERSION TO DRESS
By JULIA HOYT

fear that the remarks I am about men will not increase my popularit. Aith them, inasmuch as l am going to be adversely critical. can quite clearly hear some of their comments if they happen to read this article--or if their wives read it to them. But in spite of my conviction of the gentle mems probable unfattering remarks am determined to say that I think the American man is becoming extremely careless in his dress and general atten- tion to his appearance.
 The question of the correct dress for men in America is rather less clearly defined than in other countries; and also less clearly defined than it used to be in this country. Just the other night foreigner who was taking tea with me amused me by asking in great distress whether ha should wear a white or black tie at a dinner which was to be given that evening. He said he had not yet gone to a dinner at which all the men were dressed alike that there seemed no way of knowing whether to wear dinner coat or full dress. He said: ''In Paris it is very easy, because from the beginning of the Prix, which takes place in June. the the white tie is always worn without question" In London very much the same thing holds good, but white seem to be worn less and less in America.
 The very young man of today rarely seems to consider the occasion impor- tant enough to demand full dress. think that pity. In fact, I think it is too bad that men pay as little atten- ton to their clothes in America as they do. Even during the season in New York one rarely sees a cutaway and top hat and yet there is nothing smart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09
Home Nursing BY NJ. JESSIE LEITCH
SYMPATHY


 Once there was a woman who pro- fessed to be entirely out of sympathy with people who thought they were ill., She had lived thoroughly vir- tuous and uneventful life and was in- clined to parade the fact. The fact that another woman complained of a headache or tired back, or pains in her ankles was enough to make the woman of our story, whose name was Mabel Black, say that illness was sim ply 'twaddle" and that if people talk ed less and worked more they would be better" That, in effect, was Mabel Blacks theory. tl
 Mabel had beer married and her husband had died. She was such an active housekeeper that he never had a peaceful moment from the time he married her. When he succumbed to pneumonia everyone said, Poor Henry! We'll, goodness knows Mabel won't be telling him now to wipe his feet and leave his shoes in the wood shed." From which it will be seen that Mabel was d nagging but careful wom- au Ohc CVuiu plCluTc HcT III thC. hClC C- after diligently removing specks of star dust from the golden stairs with the duster she almost always carried az gresively in her hand while on this earth. She just couldn't stand the sight of dust"
 One day Mabel broke her ankle. She was all alone in the house and she had few friends who ran in to visit with IA hv aI no lay for some time in a half fainting condition at the foot of her own cellar stairs, with agonizing pains tearing the over too, having bumped her head i; skinned her elbow and shaken herself up generally.
 She was found after what seemed ages to her by the grocer's boy and rushed to the hospital. A little resent fully she submitted to the indignity of by youthful doctor. But when ice cold applications and bandages had done their soothing work and her foot had been elevated on a pillow and a nurse had undressed her and put her to bed, braided and smoothered her hair and put her into hospital nightgown that was wondrously white and clean even if it did smell of drugs" Mable had to admit to herself that after all there was something in sympathy. She had sniffed at sympathy and scorned it all her life. She had never given any sympathy to any one, believing it to be stuff and nonsense"
 The little adventure in the hospital was a turning point in Mabers life. Stiff and sore and aching all over she was grateful when gentle hands smooth ed her pillow and held cool drinks to her lips. Her temperature was high for few days and she knew what it meant to have light hand placed for minute on her burning brow, to have kindly voice say Poor old aching head"
 Best of all, through actual suffering she came to understand that a little sympathy for sick folks goes a long way toward human understanding and true happiness-which after all lies in giving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09

CT or better looking than well-tailored cutaway and topper.
 London is the mecca for mems clothes, just as Paris is for women's When one arrives in London u from America one is struck by the goodgooks of the men. yet they are really no bet ter looking than American men. It is merely that they take more trouble about their appearance. Certain Amer jeans have lately taken the attitude that it is effeminate and unnecessary to dress up." as they call it. We have only to look back through history. however. to realize that during years when men were certainly anything but effeminate in action they were extreme ly particular about their appearance.
 Even if we grant that there may be some excuse for busy mans careless ness in dress during the day, he should certainly be able to take the trouble to dress in the evening-or at least when going to formal or important entertain ments. 1 shall never become reconciled to seeing men at dances, not only wear ing dinner coats and black ties, but even soft shirts and collars. This fash ion is entirely inexcusable. It is true that so far it has been affected only by the young boy. The older men. and even most young men. look upon it with disapproval. However. the young boy is the young man of the future. and if he gets into the habit of dressing this way now he probably will not change.
 1 suppose this informality in dress is merely another phase of the general in- formality of manner of today The question of dressing in America has, however, gone much farther than the decision for the black tie rather than the white. Look at the average theatre audience! One rarely sees dinner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09
Film Fables

Once upon time there was new director who. was brimming over with enthusiasm for what he dubbed the realness of things" ,a. t.s.
 He. vowed and declared that never in one of his pictures would an actor playing a newspaper man carry a note book or a player in the character of secret service man flash a badge.
 And, hewing close to his ideals, he made his first big picture. He sneaked into the theatre on the night of the premiere and when his newspaper man. minus a notebook wisked onto the screen. a girl in back of him whispered ::
 "Whatzat guy supposed ter be%'
 '"Te progrum seZ heeZa reporter!" volunteered her friend.
 Where's hiz notebook" demanded the first. II ain't never seen no re- porter without no notebook! Chee. this is punk pitcher!"
 At the hospital they reported that the director might get over it, but he'd never look the same.
 Moral: Real life is real life and reel life is reel.
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thls queer little house, we always won dered. who lived there, but we never could see anyone about the house, al- though we knew there was someone in- side, because the smoke came out of the crooked little chimney. One day Willie Woodchuck and 1 went to the grocery store for our mothers and W hen we came to the queer little house, Willie Woodchuck said, Harry Hooly- gcOly, we have never seen who lives in this funny little house. Let's knock upon the door and maybe whoever lives there will come out!' thought we had better run along to the grocery first and told Willie Woodchuck this, but he would not listen. You must be afraid ? he said.
 Indeed, wasn't afraid!' Harry Hoolygoolylaughed, But I felt some strange person lived there. So Willie .Woodchuck walked up to the door and knocked and very gruff voice cried, Who's knocking at my door? and Will lie Woodchuck said, Please, sir, it's Willie Woodchuck l!
 - g. Then the door opened and hand came tout, and dragged Willie Wood chuck into; the house. Dear me- I said to myself, Willie Woodchnck has
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got into trouble now, I'll bet!' And I walked up to .the door and knocked.
 "'Who's knockihg at my door?' the gruff voice asked again.
 It's me. Harry Hoolygooly l replied, and came to get Willie Woodchuck {!
 |" .Ha 7 the gruff voice cried, Don't yGu know that am the Wild GazOok and that shall make WOodchuck soup of this Woodchuck?'',
 Anyway! You send Willie Wood chuck out, or you'll be sorry!'
 ".Ha 7 the gruff voice said, I guess you don't know how wild a Wild Ga zook can be! Just you run home to your mama, or I'll capture you, too 7 This almost frightened me, for I had never seen Wild Gazook, but did not care to have Willie Woodchuck made into soup, for that would have made his mama feel very sad. So took large stone and knocked upon the door real loud. Do you hear that?' I asked the Wild Gazook. I tapped the door with my little finger! If I should hit the door with my fist, I would break it right, in; then. might give you 'thump!' Everything was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09
By, Branner

quiet for awhile and my knees shook thinking perhaps. the Wild .Gazook was about to jump at me, but then l heard the Wild Gazook say to him. self. My goodness. If he can make so much noise with his little finger. he must be very strong! I guess I'll put Willie Woodchuck outside for fear this 1oolygooly will give me thump!' So he pushed Willie Woodchuc kout the door and said, Please do not come in and thump me for it would hurt too much!
 "'Well,' replied. I shall not thump you this time, but if I ever hear of you capturing anyone again. 1 shall run here and give it to you! And Willie and I were both SO frightened we could hardly walk away! But that is how I rescued Willie Woodchuck from the Wild Gazook v Raggedy Ann and the nice fat policeman and Raggedy Andy laughed at the story.
 That's always the way" Raggedy Ann said. We are afraid of things, but if we just are real brave, the things we are afraid of usually turn out to be quite harmless and we laugh at our fears afterward"
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 Mr. Quack looked pleased when Sammy day said that he must have been smart to have escaped with broken wing after having been shot down out of the air by hunter with a terrible gun. Sammy saw that Mir. Quack look ed. pleased. 'He is just like everybody else-Iikes to be thought smart" said Samusy to himself. but aloud he said nothing at all. He just waited. Mir. Quaek looked this way and looked that way to make sure that they were alone. When he was quite sure that they real ly. were alone he began speaking in a low voice, such low voice that Sammy had to lean forward to make sure of hearing every word.
 ~ "Wken that terrible gun roared l felt something knock the breath from my body, and at the same time an aw-
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AIfalfa| Smith !.

Dear Fried :---rA man was in the habit of waking up in the night and not being able to go to sleep again. Some one pointed out the folly of en- tertaniing unwelcome thoughts, and he saw that it was as unnecessary to have them bother him as it was to have a person sitting beside the bed and keep ing him awake.
 Eventually he learned to kick out the wakeful thoughts.
 Thoughts are things-kick the bad things out.--Sincerely,
 z, ALFALFA SMITH. ss:i'
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gooly had told the story of the little, baby bird who grew up tc be such a wonderful singer, Rasgedy Ann said, Now it is liar. ry Hoolygooly's turn to tell us a story.
 Well, let's see ' Harry HoOlygooly unused, II know SC many stories, 1 do not know which to tel first l"'
 "TeH the one abou: the Wild Gazook 7 Mrs. Harry Hooly- gooly suggested.
 All right" Harr, Hoolygooly laughed Then he took a glass of pink lemonade which Raggedy And, had made and then began.
 Just about q milo from here, in the thickest part of the deep, deep woods there is a queer littlt house, The queer lit. tie house is made o stones and sticks an is plastered all ove. with mud. The mu, has dried real hard, S, that the queer littl house is almost d. hard as if it was mad completely of cement Whenever we passed,
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COMPARTMENTS
CLAM BROTH


 Select the long neck clans for dGi- cate flavor. Thoroughly scrub the shells of a dozen clans. cover with a cup of cold water and when shells open remove the clans and chop them; drain the liquor into a clean saucepaDs; add the chopped clans, let them bei1 q quickly for five minutes strain throu4 4h isoo a cloth add one-half cupful of wateft pe if necessary. milk may be subsf4ss q tuted for the water. Reheat to boiiiRg3s T point and serve at once with plain or siit salted water. ont er
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 SCRAMBLED EGG ,3.ds4sS. Break an egg into bowl and givs5ids it few beats add two tablespoonseE fuls of chicken broth or beef tea and tn salt and pepper to taste. Set the hoxl a>3 in pan of boiling water and coohs.sss until egg thickens stirring constantiys ss Have ready slice of toast. spread seSS . aei on this and serve immediately. ed+ ss-r coat-with the exception of opening <. 2 night and perhaps few succeeding, ,. : nights.
 The woman. who probably ill her waysloo has had as trying day as her Ags7r sa band, generally has taken the troVh4a.4 :, at least to change her dress. if not ttaisno put on evening clothes. The man, rer ar. turns from business claiming to ,6a4, | much too tired to make the effoft 4s . which is really a very small one and T-,s.s should think would tend to rest and sr freshen him for the evenings enfeE- X, tainment. /. Is s. In any case, one has only to go to = - I London theatre and look at the diffef- <. !" ence in the appearance of the audieDes compared with the audience of an American theatre, to realize that dressSSS.a. v. ing for the evening is worth the tria. ihsn 2. ing effort it entails Jaw sn
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full pain in one wing" said he. "Then down I fell, because that hurt wing was quite useless. I couldn't even flap it and you know nobody can fly with only one wing. I struck the water so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-09
Loosen Up That Cold
 With Musterole

Have Musterole handy when a cold starts, 1t has all of the advantages of grahdmother'n .hustard plaster WITHOUT the blister. You just ap- ply it with the fingers. First .yoti. fee a warm jingle as the healing ofnt- n,ent penetrates the pores, then comes . soothing. cooling sensation and quick relief.
 Made oi pure oil of .lustard and other simple ingredients. Musterole is recommended by many nurses and doctors. Try Musterole for bron- chitis. sore throat. stiff neck, pleu- risy. rheumatism. lumbago. croup. asthma. neuralgia. congestion, pains and aches of the back, or joints, sore muscles, Jsprains. bruises,f chilblaihs. frosted feet. colds of the. chest. It may prevent pneumonia and "flu." To Mothers:- MusteFole is also
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 and small children. Ask for Chiidren's Musterole.
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The broad ax., 1924-04-05
for Trustee of the Sanitary District Of
Chicago He Entitled Receive the Votes Of Both Men
and Women.

Ter have increased the efficiency Of this
department in marked degree.
The records of the country treas
urer show that during the last year
Of Hoyne's administration (1920), the
amount Of delinquent taxes collected
by the tax department of the states
attorneys Office was $3o0,07393.
Last year this department, under
the management Of M. LAWYER, col
lected and paid to the county treasurer
$785, 554So.
States Attorney Grove has repeat
edly commended Mr.. LAWYER for the
efficient manner in which he has
handled this important department.
With all these good things which
can be said in favor Of Mr.. Lawler,
both the white and the colored people
should see to it that on Tuesday, April
g, that he will become one of the
Trustees Of the Sanitary District Of
Chicago.