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New Britain herald., 1924-09-22
Don't Stop On One Bottle But, Try Five She Rec commended.

My wife is a nurse and she thinks Taulac is without an equal; and as for myself, l never lose an opper- tunity 10 recommend il for the good It has done me" This statement was made recently by John T. Sandy, i'll Sumner Ave, Springfield, Mass.
 Tn March, 1923, I suddenly be- gan to suffer from peculiar dizzy spells that would come on like a flash and almost strike me down. For a long time l had been going along without any appetite and could
New Britain herald., 1924-09-22
NURSE TOLD SANDY
 TO TAKE TANLAC

eat no meats or eggs and lots of other things. 1 also suffered from Catarrh and was laid up for two months, absolutely all in.
 "I told my wife to bring me bottle of Tanlac. She said, Don't stop at one take five, and that Is what have done with the result that my appetite is perfect, the dizziness is no moro. and my strength is so good that I am working every day. My wife and I are both strong for TRn- lac"
 Tanlac is for sale by all good druggists, Accept no substitute. Over 40 million bottles sold.
 Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills foA
 constipation. s.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-22

Irritable telephone subscribers are. subject to arrest in Paris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Large Hats Give More Room For
 Expression
By JANET WINSLOW

/<TNHE afternoon hat has a place all Se by itself in fashions array of
 millinery. It is practically the only hat which can go the limit in individuality, and must be chosen with greatest care. It should be not only charmingly formal, but should carry with it the spirit of the wearer.
 Usually one finds that all the af- ternoon hats are large and this rule is good as far as it goes. Large hats give so much more room for express sion and there is greater leeway for unusual and graceful trimming and feathers can be used to better advan- tage than on small hats. Neverthe- less, there are some stunning after noon hats in the smaller models that have all the formality and beauty of the bigger shapes. These are of silk and many kinds of odd and lovely straws that are as frail as lace and very becoming. Trimming is in all the materials that harmonize with the daintiness of afternoon garments. Lace trimming on small shapes IS popular and often goes to great lengths. Veilings of the finest of spiderweb lace are so arranged as to continue away from the hat itself and form long streamers of scarves to wind about the throat.
 This treatment of lace does not go so well on large shapes, but here we see every variety of feather decora- tion. Take the lovely hat pictured as an example of feather trimming. The hat is made of glossy openwork straw of a fine light quality in lustrous black. The crown remains snug and small while the brim is big and up turning. It reaches almost as high as the top of the crown in front, while at the side it takes a downward droop. It is here at it's lowest point that the feather begins its work. The ostrich plume is of a pinkish tan and has been left in an uncurled state. The feather goes all the way around the back of the brim with ends curling around on the side and in the back. The long ends of the feathers reach way down to the shoulder and make a soft light line. As shown in the picture the hat can be worn with rather plain frock as it's own formality of design gives the tone to the entire costume. We often see this idea in afternoon en- sembles. A rather simple frock or SuiJ 10 uduC uECSoJ anu IOLuldi Dy lle addition of very elaborate hat, while quite often simple hat is sufficient when the dress is strong in design or trimming. It is always a good plan to balance the items of your costume so as not to overdo any one point, as this can so easily spoil the whole effect.
 Large hats trimmed with flowers are .E are most lovely when worn with lacy dresses. Hats the same color as the dyed lace of the dress with flowers in contrasting color as the one de- parture from the general scheme are appropriate for teas and the matinee. Then there are the real garden party hats, also flower trimmed and usually of light colored straws, which can be just as elaborate and partyish as they please, to be worn with organdie and laces and pastel toned silks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
.FAMII.Y UNnERFOOT

s6WTHA,TI a are you going to do, do to, 9
 daughter of the famil ywhich lived in one of the modern disappearing apartments, as she hurriedly drank her second cup of coffee.
 q don't know whether. it is dinner and dance or just three or four recep- tions," kindly said her father, looking at his watch and then reaching for an- other piece of toast. You'll have to ask manual"
 five lost my engagement book and am all mixed up!" declared the mother in the gingham housedress, playing up nobly to her husbands wit.
 T wish you wouldn't try to be so funny! !s drowned the marcelled daugh- ter, reaching for the sugar. 'This fam fly is absolutely hopeless It sticks around home all the time and never does anything and that is just the req son people grow stupid and humdrum, never getting any new ideas or any thingp
 eve are deeply touched by your sim cere interest in our welfare" said her father, annexing the jam while his wife hunted for it in the jungle around the coffee pot, but was going to put on my slippers and finish reading that ex- citing mystery romance, Eleven Dozen Others Maybe III smoke pipe or so--"
 sI want to get that new voile dress of mine done,' said the mother of the family.
 liMys woodness P said the marcelled daughter, sitting back and folding her napkin instead of throwing it down in a bunch as usual, thus marking the oc- casion as important. "Of all the pbro- midic plansl When you are living right in the most wonderful city on earth with concerts and plays and-and-"
 And bills and bills,'s added her ia ther, genially looking around for the newspaper he wanted to take with him.
 "And you can't go to the theatre every night of your life" her mother reminded her severely, showing the news paper farther back of her chair so that he could not discover it. '.We went to a show ten; days ago and it cost us . million dollars or so. I'm not so anx-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Listening In On Foe
MRa. CnLE

ious to run around all the time as you young people do"
 ''I, am sure stay at home lot" !" said the marcelled daughter in injured tones, powdering her nose carefully with vanity case, when there is anything to stay home for. Men always want to take you out somewhere instead of stick ing around and I don't like to have him --think-think my family are so dull or so poor they can't go, too. I should think you'd at least call on somebody or play bridge or"
 '.Penuckle's the game" said her fla ther decidedly. And nobody plays it any more. Or poker. Start a poker party out here in the dining room and you'll see me"
 "Mercy!" cried the marcelled daugh- ter, getting up from the table and be- ginning to search for her belongings. If there is anything vulgar it is a poker party on the dining room table in full view of the living room"
 "But if the party was in the dining room who'd there be in the living room looking out at itY asked her father, reasonably. Guess I'll ask in a few of the boys tonight
 My goodness, no walled his daugh- ter. Mother Why don't you do something2 It's a womans place to at- tend to the social end of the family You haven't been to see the McSwitch- ems out on the north side for ages, and this is going to b esuch nice eve ming
 "Petrnia Flocks !" cried her mother, Edetermined1y, with a gleam in her eye. five thought all through breakfast that there was some reason back of all your concern as to our amusement Why do you want to get us out of the house this evening? What is happening"
 'sYou do get the funniest idsas !' scoffed the marcelled daughter, very busy with her hat and dotted veil. When all l was planning for was your own good and amusement! Why should I want to put you and father out of your own home? The idea It just happens that that JOvial Lakestreet, the junior partner at the office, is com ing to spend the evening with me at home instead of going somewhere, and it has nothing whatever to do with your going out. and think itais very unkind of you to insinuate I was trying to-"
 ''Well,I always can help the janitor cut the grass in the back yard," said her father, as he shot through the door. 'So don't worry about my presencep
 Never you mind p' said her mother, as the marcelled daughter prepared to follow trenor on her lip. q know just how it is--you leave it to me! It's time your father and I stirred around a. bit outside l"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

mother-ln-laW or the Legal Aid So- ciety's tragic asser- tion that mothers -in-law are respon- sible for more than half the divorces, it is always the mother-in law who is held up as the figure of fun, or the trouble-maker.
 When we hear that a bridal couple is going to have
 mother live with them we pity them and feel that Fate isn't giving them a sniIara flnal ThpV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
MyNeighbOrSGys

To have your baked apples really delicious, they should be baked in a hot oven and frequently pasted with the syrup.
 When white clothes of any kind have turned yellow with much wash ing, put them in the boiler, half full of water, to which a handful of salt and washing soda has been added. Bring this to a boil and keep sim mering for some hours. Rinse the clothes in plenty. of cold water and hang them in the sun to dry. Clothes treated in this way will be perfectly white.
 Pie filling will not run out if the upper crust is rolled under the lower and pressed down. Of course, you must lift the lower crust with a knife and the upper crust must be little larger. To have flaky pie crust spread a little lard on top with a pIiable steel knife. Sprinkle with a little milk on top before putting the pi, into the oven. A little milk on toI produces a delicate brown.
 The cleaning of saucepans is very imperfectly understood in many house holds, but it is most important. Each time a saucepan has been used it should be put over the fire with clear, cold water and a little soda in it. When this is hot it should be poured off, and the saucepan and its lid well secured with soap and sand, the out side being freed from all black and dirt by means of a stiff brush kept specially for the purpose.
 When making hot starch add a level teaspoon of dry washing powder to quart and the irons will not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Graduate Nurses Entertained,At
 D a n C e

The nurses graduating class of the Baptist hospital were entertained Mon day evening with dance at Peek Inn.
 A number of guests enjoyed this hos pitaiity. The honorees on this occa- sion were Misses Madden, Reynolds, Draper, Ballew, Lathem, Alldred, Thornton, Betts, Waddell, Howard, Hell ton and Miss Knox, who will receive their diplomas Thursday evening, the exercises to take place at the Southside Baptist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
MRS. CECIL HOSTESS AT THEATRE PARTY

One of the lovely courtesies extended Mrs. Kirkman Jackson of New York, who is the guest of Mir. and Mrs. Frank Nelson, was the box party at which Mrs. Alex Cecil entertained yes terday. at the Jefferson. Six friends of the honoree were included in this hos pitality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

HURIOUSLY enough, when we dis V cuss the mother-in-law problem
 we do so almost entirely from the standpoint of the children. Whether it is the humorist's ancient gibe at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
MRS. JACKSON TO BE
 HONORED WITH LUNCHEON'

One of the most enjoyable affairs to be given a popular visitor will be a luncheon at which Mrs. Leo K. Steiner will entertain Thursday afternoon hon ing Mrs. Kirkman Jackson of New York. formerly of Birmingham.
 Mrs Jackson is the guest of Mrs. Frank Nelson and has been cordially greeted by her many friends during her visit, number of informal dinners, luncheons and other courtesies being planned for her.
 The compliment to be paid Mrs. Jack son Thursday by Mrs. Steiner will be a Mah-Jong luncheon, to which few in- innate friends have been invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

She knows that even the most easy going son-in-law regards shis mother-in- law as duty guest, and that the most amiable of daughters-in-law feels that having to live with her husbands mother is a menace that entities her to mar tyr's crown. /
 And even a woman's own children do not want her in the house, no matter how dearly they love her, if she gets on the nerves of Tom and Sally, or can't get along with John or Jennie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
MRS. RICH TO
 u0NOE MRn OTAuK

Mrs. John B. Rich will be hostess this afternoon when she is entertaining
 with 1an informal Mah-Jong party at the Country club honoring Mrs. William Clark of Washington, the guest of Mrs. Lindley Morton Included in the affair will be Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Priestley Toulmin, Jr., Mrs. Crawford Johnson, Jr., Mrs. Julius Walthall, Miss Edwina Thaggard and Mrs Stewart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
FLORENTINE APPLE PASTE

Peel, core and slice a dozen aples and stew them in as little water as pos sible. When ready mash them through a colander and let stand until cold. Then all quarter of a pound sugar, a quarter of a pound butter, quarter pint sherry flavoring, four eggs, beaten light, and little nutmeg. Bake about an hour and serve hot or cold, as preferred. If cold, serve with cream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

K the window curtains are torn per- haps you cut off the torn portion and piece the curtain at the top. A frill or lambrequin across the top will conceal the repair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
We Women
PLANNERS IN MAY

~&.t nON'T your pulses quicken a H
 when you see the flower wE
 amble past and catch he ing glimpse of pink and white bate buttons, strawberry boxes of st purple pansies and the flare of ret raniums?
 "Flow-ers! Spring Flow-ers
 We need glimpse of the country the spring. You can get it in the trd car, by riding far enough in the es9* way, in your neighbours car. or, if yasz are fortunate, in your own car.
 Lilacs tossing purple feathers, horse chestnuts lifting their white torches to the sky, black twisted apple trees proudly holding up their precious crownl of pearly pink blooms are all inspiring and elevating in their beauty.
 It will do you good to walk through a little stretch of woodland with last October's leaves still brown in the ground and stoop down to gather 2 hairy stemmed hepatica with petals azure. as amethist or a white wind-l flower on a fragile stem or that elusive fairy of the forest, the sweet white v1o-i let.
 You don't have to go to the country for your flowers. There is brown checked, brown eyed man standing on a street corner with his ears well hidr den under his ragged old cap and a. dirty hand holding a tray of alluring blossoms.
 "Only fif-ta cents a bunch, lady !~ cries your tempter in a wheedlipg voice as you stop to sniff the alert blue violets squeezed together with a bit of silver foil about their stems, or daffo- dils as sprightly as the spring.
 In Japan arranging flowers is as delicate an art as painting on porcse lain. The stem, the leaves, the flower itself, all must show. A single rose in thin silver vase. Blue lupin and pink shirly poppies in a glazed black bowl. Japanese plum in blue-crackle ware.
 You can capture beauty for your own with a single flower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Ref1ections of Dorothy Dis

When Mother Goes to Live With Her Married Children, She KaoaOs That She's ,Umwaated, That She Must Watch Her Step and Tongue, and That She's No Longer Her OaOn Boss Simply a1s Ia-Ld1U
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
ance for a fat, middle-aged woman, who has been accustomed to stalk ing roughshod through life.

ance for fat, middle-aged woman, who has been accustomed to stalk ing roughshod through life. No woman can be married, and keep house for thirty years, and rear a family without getting autocratic and bossy, and acquiring ways" Nor is 1t possible for any mother to ever feel that her own child is grown up and has a right to run it's own affairs in it's own way. Still less, can any expert watch bungling amateur make a mess of things without yearning to put finger in the pie and straighten things out.
 But no mother-in-law dares offer a word of advice to son-in-law, no matter how foolish a move he is about to make; nor has she the temerity to show poor, little, in- efficient daughter-in-law how to stop the leak in the household bud get and make bread that isn't a menace to life. The agony that mothers-in-law endure while they chew off their tongues to keep from saying the things that they feel like saying to their in-laws must surely be accounted unto them for righteousness
 Misery number three is that when mother geos to live with her chil- dren she loses her identity. She becomes nothing but an ''in-Iaw," with none so poor as to do her reverence.
 While she lived at home she had her own place in society, her own friends who loved and enjoyed her. Now, es peciauy if she goes to a strange place to live, she knows no one but her daughters, friends, who are much young. CT than she is, and is only invited out upon compulsion by some kind soul who wishes to be nice to an old lady. And if there is anything more galling to a middle-aged man than that I don't know it.
 Misery. number four is that she becomes merely the children's nurse, a position that calls for incessant work and neither thanks nor pay. Taking all of these miseries that the mother-in-law must suffer into consideration, l wonder that so many women are foolish enough to bring disaster upon themselves by giving up their own homes and be- coming supernumeraries in their children's homes, and why so few have the courage to cling to their own freedom, their own places in society and live their individual lives.
 Of course, when her children marry, woman feels that she cannot give them up, that she must go with then and be near them; but physical near ness does not mean spiritual nearness and she can often be closer to them 6 thousand miles away than if she were in the next room.
 Therefore, when the children try to persuade mother to come and live with them, she is wise to say "No," and to stick to her own house, her own friends, her own business, and live her own life. That is the one sure recipe for hap piness for herself and getting along with her in-laws.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
Mrs. M or to n Honors
 Guest

Birmingham is being honored with having many attractive visitors during these lovely spring days. Mrs. William Clark of Washington, D. C., is adding much to the social life while she is vis- iting her sister, Mrs Londley Morton and Mir. Mofton, at their home on Els sex Road.
 Mrs. Morton complimented Mrs. Clark yesterday with a beautiful formal luncheon at her home. An arrangement of bright blossoms centered the table around which the guests were seated, being Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Hill Ferguson, Mrs. Pelham Anderson Mrs. Murray Brown, Mrs. H. U. Sims, Mrs. Horace Hammond and Mrs. Powell Noland. ENGAGEMENT OF MISS LEE
 OF INTEREST IN SELMA
 The engagement of Miss Annie Lee and Mir. Frank Barker, which was re- gently announced, is interesting to Selma friends, according to the follow ing item from the Selma Times-Journal ::
 Selma friends will be interested in the marriage of Miss Annie Lee of Bir- mingham, who has frequently visited relatives in Selma, and Mir. Frank Bar ker, which is to be solemnized in the Highlands Presbyterian church in Bir- mingham on the evening of June 2. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. s. w. Lee and is a young woman of unusually fine qualities of character and personal charm. The wedding attendants, of which there will be quite a number, will be mostly rela- tives of the couple. Mrs. T. W. Gary of Selma. an aunt of the bride, has gone on to Birmingham to spend the weeks preceding the wedding, and going up later will be Mrs. John Merriweather and Mrs. L. M. Hooper, cousin and aunt of Miss Lee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Being unwanted is misery num- Der one for mother-in-law. Misery number two is having to walk on eggs, which is no easy perform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
MIR. AND MRS. HIDDEN
 u0STESC TA CARn CHR

MT. and Mrs. Henry Hidden, IT,, en- tertained the members of their card club last evening at the Country club with lovely party.
 Included in this courtesy were Mir. and Mrs. John Cox, Mir. and Mrs. Nell son Snow, Mir. and Mrs. Roscoe Harris, Mir. and Mrs. Ben Morgan, Mir. and Mrs. Anglin White, Mir. and Mrs. Clyde Pippin, A.r. and Mrs. Will Sadler,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

are not having a fair chance at ad- iusting themselves to leach other and making their marriage success.
 This is true enough. A can of TINT under the doorstep is no more of a menace to the solidarity of
 the newly established home than IS
 the presence in it of either the
 wife's mother or the husbands mother. Left to themselves, most young couples would work out their own salvation; but with a third
 party present, who is bitterly par
 tisan, they are mighty apt to go
 on the rocks.
 Furthermore, whether mother is a pacifist or a fighter, whether she is first-aid to divorce or a cooing dove of peace. she is still a disturbing in fluence, for the presence of, any outsider breaks up the intimacy of the home and is a bar to the perfect companionshiI between husband and wife.
 No man wishes to discuss before his wife's mother his business affairs ol tell his wife the hundred little foolish things that he has done. No woman wants to pet and baby her husband ol tell him of some ssilly little extrava gance of which she has been. guilty while his nother's critical eye is upon her. So they save their confidence ant their display of tenderness until they can be alone, and the mood passes ant they miss the experience that would weld them into one.
 We may well pity the young
 couple who have a mother-in-law wished on them as a bridal gift,
 but we may also extend our cordial sympathy to the mother-in-law her
 self. If we have tears to shed, she is the one who is entitled to be
 wept over, for hers is the hard end of the bargain.
 She knows herself to be unwant-
 ed, and that, no matter how cor diaIly the invitation was given her to make her home with her children, it was duty and not inclination that prompted it, and that they would far rather be alone than have her with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

last night for Birmingham to attend an elegant luncheon given today by Mrs. Scale Harris in honor of the national president of the Woman's aux Hilary to the Medical association. Mrs. Harris sreves Alabama in that capacity
 and Mrs. Partlow is president of this district.-Tuscaloosa News (
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21
mRs EARIY HOSTEss

MRS. EARLY HOSTESS ss
 AT AFTERNOON TEA Mrs. Harry Early is entertaining with q tea this afternoon at her home com plimenting her house guest, Mrs. Albert E. Barrs of Jacksonville, Fla, and Miss Annie Lee, a popular bride-elect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

YANCEY CHAPTER CARD PARTY AT SOUTHERN CLUB
 The Yancey Chapter, U. D. O., card party will be given at the Southern club on May 28 instead of at the home of Mrs. James M. Hicks on Highland avenue. Reservation can be made by calling Mrs. Alex Cecil at Main 2S4O-W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Of course, when her children marry, a woman feels that she cannot give them up, that she must go with them and be near them; but physical near ness does not mean spiritual nearness, and she can often be closer to them a thousand miles away than if she were in the next room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Mrs. W. R. Mabry is leaving Satur- day by motor for Montevallo to attend the graduation exercises for her daugh- ter, Miss Sustn Mabry, from the Prepa- ratory department. Miss Susan Mabry will return with her mother Saturday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-21

Mrs. Cecil Hagood is leaving this aft ernoon for Jacksonville, Fla, to visit her sister, Mrs. John H. Black. En route home she will visit her mother, Mrs. l.. l.. Brown and sister, Mrs. J. w Smith in MontgOmerY.