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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07

WT HEN the doct9r suggested an w electric light bath for the man
 suffering from neuritis and ob- stinate twinges of rheumatism, the mere suggestion seemed impossible.
 The doctor was at one end of the telephone. The patient was at the other The doctor was in seethng city where one could go to half dozen hospitals and take electric baths, or borrow or buy the right apparatus at minutes notice.
 The patient was in a lonely noun tain camp, the victim of rainy spell which made the roads to town impas- sable and electric light baths seem as far removed as-orchids or silk-shaded candles on the dinner table.
 But Mary Rowan, the patients wife who was a resourceful soul, asked a number of questions about electric light baths, and told the doctor that she thought bshe could "rig one up." Which she did in the following way.
 First she got an empty orange box and knocked both sides from it. This left bench-like affair which could be placed over her husbands knees and legs (where the pain was) with out touching him.
 He was in bed, of course, and there was an electric light bulb hanging di- rectly over the bed. To this his wife at tached an electric light extension cord.
 Boring a hole in the top of the box, she drew the extension cord through and to it, within the box, fitted a dou- ble electric light socket screwed two bulbs into it.
 Searching about for a reflector (to increase the heat thrown by the lights) she could find only the lid of a tin crackerbox, from which she managed to evolve, with &spair of old scissors and a knife, a square of tin. This she placed between the lights and the top of the box. It sounds complicated but it is very simple
 Then, having covered the painful area with a thin blanket, she put the home made light bath Cmeaning the box) over her husbands knees and turned on the light.
 It was a great success.
 At first the sick man scoffed at the idea of such a homemade arrangement.
 When the grateful heat began to pene- trate his aching limbs, he began re- lax and experience the pleasant sensa- tion of comfort.
 For the first time in days he fell asleep.
 An electric light bath should not last longer than fifteen or twenty minutes
 When used for a longer period the patient is apt to become exhausted, in- stead of being freed from pain by being baked"
 This is because the internal tenn perature of the patie:t is elevated by the penetration of the tissue by the heat rays.
 Electric light baths should never, of course, be given without doctors orders, and the patient should never be left alone while having even an amateur electric light bath, because the blanket might easily catch fire, or the patients skin might be burned without the sem sation of pain. Intense heat, though it relieves pain, acts as an anaesthetic to the skin and deadens sensation. And any burn reflects upon the nurse as carelessness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
Blouses s Are Always Welcome
 

blouses are always welcome. M Here's one that is just the thing
 to wear with white skirt this summer. It is made of white flat crepe and is trimmed with pleated ruffles of the same material. The sleeves of the blouse are cut in one with the body and at the bottom all the fulness is gathered into wide band that fits tight about the hips. The band is tied at either side with red grosgrain rib bons and trimmed with four red but tons. This gives the effect of having the blouse buttoned onto the skirt. and it really can if you sew buttons on the skirt and make buttonholes in the blouse. The edges of the ruffles are bound with red ribbon before they are bound with red ribbon before they are rleated, and rcd binds the neck and ends of the sleeves, too. The jabOt ef- feet in front is made by sewing ruffles of graduating lengths in three tiers on the front of the blouse, while ruff fles are sewed into the shoulder seams down the entire length of the tiny sleeves. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL

The young married woman went home to her mother and sobbing declared she just couldn't be happy with her husband again.
 T wouldn't have minded it so much, mother" she walled, If Charlie had answered me back when 0 scolded him. bu-bu-but he did something worse"
 Her mother was duly shocked at this.
 Mercy, my dear child," she ex- claimed. "He struck you, then?"
 "No, worse than that, mother" ,"-and the young wife sObbed afresh.
 'Tell me at Once," indignantly de- manded her mother.
 "He-he just yawned. ."-London Weekly Telegraph.
 distance between them, bodily and men. tally. ... .
 Feverishly she tried to make it up to Edmund during the time that was left. If it were possible she gave him even more of herself, for she could not bear to have him feel that he was los ing her. She meant so much to him, extraordinarily more than most mothers mean to their sons.
 She grew thin and pale beating against the oncoming separation, smil- ing gayly nevertheless. When the week he was to go arrived there were times when her pity for him overwhelmed her-her boy. sheltered, guarded all his life, to be thrust out in this fashion That he did not voice his surprise and injury only testified to his bravery, she thought.
 The day came, the minute when she was to tell him goodby. Mary Lister wort nerved herself and smiled at him. Always she meant that he should re- member her as a welcoming refuge and that she should be the background of his every deed and thought. She look ed full into his eyes and it was then something icy clutched her heart which never again let go its hold. Because in Edmund's eyes, instead of sorrow such as hers for the separation, instead of rebellion and perhaps fear, all she read was glad and excited joy, tumult of anticipation and happiness. Edmund was glad to go! He wanted to go And she realized that from that minute she had lost her boy and more, that all mothers lose their sons, many times over in the course of their lives.
 And so she did not cry as she had expected to do when he had gone and could not see her. Something had hap pened to her tears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
listening In On Foe

. !. . 70
 WTHEN the Listerworts began say w sing that next year Edmund was
 going away to school it was mere ly words, sounds, meaningless. Mary Listerwort, his mother, said them as brislly and stnilingly as, did his fa- ther and the rest of the family. One does not give much deep thought to events a year ahead. It is as hard to make them seem real as to revivify the things which happened year back.
 She took certain pride in saying, oh, yes, of course, he was going to St. Johns Head, that, wonderful school run by the famous Dr. Head down east. Every one knew that only 50rboys were accepted and that the 50 formed youth full aristOcracy. It was entirely fitting that Edmund should belong to that half hundred, because from the time his first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
The ReUOH Of Susan Hyde
By cARoLYM BEEcMER

quaintly pretty place and score. cards. Everything had arrived on time and when I went to my room to dress I was exictedly happy. And my happiness was greater because I was to mako my husband have faith in me, my ability, because of the good time expected to have.
 All the guests had arrived save Aunt Cynthia and Mrs. Cranston. We waited, very patiently at first, then restlessly. Finally Manville went to the telephone. After a moment or two he called me. excused myself and hurried out to him.
 What is it?"
 Aunt refuses to come. Mrs. Gran ston is with her." His hand was over ings. had dainty cloths for the tables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
MyNeighborSays

Instead of covering the kitchen shelves with the usual white kitchen paper, use white oilcloth. It should be cut into long strips about two inches wider than the shelves, and tackled firmly down. Oilcloth is very easily kept clean as all it requires is to be rubbed with damp cloth.
 If glazed tiles are spotte6S wash them with lemon juice, leave them for a quarter or an hour, and finally rub them with a soft cloth. Tiles should not be washed, but only rub bed with damp cloth and then pol ished with skim milk and water. Perhaps rag on which little para fin has been sprinkled is the best of all polishers; but it should be used before a fire is lit in the grate.
 It is not generally known that wringing out a cloth in hot water and wiping the furniture, before put ting on furniture cream, will not finger-mark.
 To prevent a gas stove from rust ing, rub the entire inside with a flannel cloth which has been sat urated with sweet oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
Plain Bandanna For Use And
 Beauty
By JANET WINSLOW

TNHE most successful summer va
 cation trips are often made so be-
 cause of carefully planned bag gage. Some girls actually manage with one suit case. a hat box and an over nightbag. Indded, one can be quite hap py without the hat box if necessary. Witness the hundreds of our students, teachers, and others bitten by the "Europe buzz who travel for several months with the slimmest of baggage and in no way upset the reputation of their countrywomen for being well dressed.
 If you have decided not to take a hat box remember that bandanas are going to be worn by many smart wom- en as a matter of choice. These gay squares of silk are to be had in an endless variety of materials and color combinations. They are comfortable and charming to behold. Coupled with the fact that bandanas take up so little room, they seem a most desirable choice for the woman who would accomplish the feat of being well dressed without the aid of a trunkful of costume beau tifiers.
 Trunks are as demanding once learn to get along without one you as baby or a pet monkey. If you will find yourself starting on many impromptu trips and delightful jaunts with your one or two bags piled on the front of the taxi ready for anything except perhaps being presented at the royal courts of Europe.
 The photograph shows a costume of printed silk that has gathered thistle blue, small points of red, and black and white into a stunning de- sign. Broken black stripes are con- nected by wriggly black lines and in terspersed with tiny blocks of red.
 The frock is simply made with bands of thistle blue crepe for trimming. A matching bandana of the printed silk has border of thistle blue satin, and one end of it which is meant to drape over the shoulder when it is knotted about the wearers. head, has picked up the red note in the design and empha- sized it by means of embroidered flow CTS that trail onto the silk border and extend over the printed fabric.
 The fancy for bandanas has grown up with the scarf Both had their l origin in the Deauville kerchief which was worn tied around the waist, the throat or the wrist, so it is not sur- prising that it has found its way to the topmost point of honor, fair wOm- ans head. Now, you will find that the | kerchief as a headdress is being de- signed and sold along with frOck a1 | illustrated in the picture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07

than his, and be- cause she has not the daily contact with people and the outside world that he has.
 T h CT e fore. at least once a year she needs an ab- solut change and m absolute rest, but few women get this, even among those who are well enough off to have sum- mer homes. They only shift the scene of their operation to the country, or Ahn oo,,nkosna ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
Royalty Seeks Romantic
 Path

n,URING the last two or three years HW British royalty has made several of these financially promising aili- ances. The kings daughter married one of the wealthiest bachelors in England, the Kings nephew, Lord Louis Mount batten, f6arried the richest girl.
 But it has remained for the two great republican countr- of France and America to supply the richest royal, marriages of the new year, says the Woman's Home Companion. It is 70 years since the Bourbon Orleans family ruled in France; but there is still strong royalist party organized into leagues which bear the name of Action Franchise. The leader of these leagues is Louis Phil ippe, duke of Orleans. How familiar the name sounds The duke has no standing under the republic. He is not allowed to enter French territory. He was refused admission to the French army during the war. He is as prince without court-a man with out a country. But in every royalist- nation in Europe, he is recognized, un- officially, at. least, as tho heir to the French trone. And, until July 4, 1923, no scion of the house of Orleans had married outside the royal fold.
 On that day, howeve-, little blonde chit of girl spilled great big bolt on the royal record. For Genieve, "princess of Orleans, royal princess If France" up and married man whose mothers name was Sch;- eiG r.
 Two years before, th eOrleans prin- cess had had n narrow escape from be- coming the wlfe of little King Alexan- der of Jugoslavia. If Alexande had not found the restaurant life of Paris more congenial than the sedate society of the Orleanses ani Vendomes, and had not cracked physically under the all-night strain, the pretty blonde French girl might now be consorting with Leopold of Austria in the exciting life of a Croatian farm. But tile young lady, seeing how things were with Alexander, withdrew from the projected engage ment, and left the fie- free for vigor- Ons Queen Marie of Rumania, who, yanked her wandering neighbor back to the battling Balkans, and straight way married him to the huskiest of her three beautiful daughters And now, the Alexanders are said to have baby; but the Princess GenevieYe, has M. de Chaponay and the Schneider mill lions.
 The Schneiders are not of royal blood,
 
 They are not, so far as I know, of mo- ble blood. But they stand far higher in the recent history of Frame tLan the Orleanses or Vendomes or Bourbons They made the shells that wen the war 1 The Schneiders were to the allies what the Krupps were to Germany. Thousands of Frenchmen believe that the Schneiders saved France. If that be true, there was loetic justice in the equalization of the Prin cess Gen evieve to M. de Chaponay. The prin- cess family did its share to engender the hatred between France and Ger many which eliminated in the Worll ! war. Chaponay's fan. y did more than it's share to save FraEc6 fr0-a the con sequences of that hatred. If. the Schneiders wanted bride from the Or leanses, they certainly were entitld to get what they wanted!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07

baby things had been purchased what ever he had was the hest that money could procure. In fact, there was so much money on every side that none of the Listerworts thought much, of any thing about it. It always had been there like air, sun and water and the pleasures and luxuries it bought were conmonplaces.
 Yet from the start Mary Listerwort had devoted herself to seeing that Ed mund should not be blighted by the weight of his money present and to come. Or blighted otherwise.
 Not dOmineering or spying or nag ging-she was too wise for that. Only she felt that if she really loved Ed mund with every ounce of her affec- ton and really became his companion in hrs fun as well as his work the boy could not fail to respond and in that way she had faith that she would rule him, her experience and wisdom guiding him around the pitfalls she wished him to avoid.
 Mary Listerwort gave up much that women usually enjoy for the sake of being with Edmund. They went every where together, they talked everything over together, if his mother was out Of his sight Edmund grew restless and hunted for. her. His clear, boyish voice inquiring 'Of passing servant if his mother were around always gave her q thrill when she overheard it.
 As the year sped on it's way a strange stab accompanied the phrase that Ed nlund was going away to school and when it was summer and the fall term near enough to be reality. Mary Listerwort suddenly realized what the words meant which she had been re- beating SO mechanically. For the first time since he was hers there would be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
Dorothy Rs's Letter Boz
Every HouseaUife Should Get Away From Home, Fomily And Ceres To The Summer, But It Shouldn't Be For Too Long Time

A WOMAN asks me if I do not "A think that the tired housewife is
 as much entitled to summer va cation as the tired business man.
 I do. think that the housewife needs vacation even more than her husband does, because her work is just as exhausting, and more monotonous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
PASSED HER WAY

PASSED HER WAY So sorry for her, poor thing. She's had such disappointing life!" ''Why is that?"
 "She once prayed never to be led into temptation and her prayer has been answered. ."-London Mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07

nerves, and she wonders if raising lot of brats isn't more trouble than they are worth.
 Then it is she becomes peevish and discOntented, and wonders why they have to live in that old shack, when other people can have beautiful homes. Then it is that she is cross and snappy to her husband, and she frets at the children, and husband and children fight back, and misery and discord reign supreme.
 But let the tired, nerve-wrack-
 cd woman get away from it all for
 couple of weeks; let her get rest
 ed and soothed, and the whole of
 her cosmos is changed. The shab-
 by old house becomes the dearest
 spot in the world. The fat, com
 mon-place husband is meta
 morphosed into the lover of her
 youth again, and the. children's
 call for "mo-o-o-ther" is music in
 her ears. A two weeks vacation
 for wife and mother is equivalent
 to a new house, furnished by
 decorator, a divorce and a new
 love affair, and a miracle that
 changes little devils into angel
 children. And it is cheap at the
 price.
 To get the full benefit of their vaca- tion, both husbands and wives should take them separately. There are two reasons for this. The first is because there are very, very few men and wom- en who really enjoy the same thing, or who have the same idea of a good time. The man who has spent the previous year in the thick of business and who is sick and tired of his fellow creatures, and of being always keyed up to con- cert pitch, and dressed up, enjoys get ting away to some place where he can rough it, where he doesn't have to shave or be entertaining, and where he can wear his oldest clothes and slump.
 But woman's idea of a perfectly grand vacation is going to a smart ho- tel and displaying her finery, and watching other women exhibit theirs, and playing bridge and jazzing a little in the afternoon. There are very few women who really enjoy going back to the simple life, and still fewer men who crave fashionable summer-resort life, so why should each drag the other to 8 | pkuCC WHGEC OE SuC VIII DC UOTeu stiff? @
 Then it is undeniably true that
 husbands and wives get fed up on
 each others society, and need
 change. In the course of twelve
 months they tell each other every
 thing they know, and are reduced
 to silence when alone together,
 because they are talked out. But
 let them part for even couple of
 weeks, and they come back over
 flowing with the things they have
 stored up to tell each other, and I they are once more interested, and
 interesting to each other.
 But while every housewife should have her summer vacation, she is wise woman if she makes it short and snappy. Summer is the time when hus- bands are given to roaming, and it be- hooves her to look well to her fences if she doesn't want him to jump the bars. Two weeks is a long enough vacation. | Two months is dangerous.
 DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07
Home Nursing
AN, ELECTRIC BATH

AN ELECIhIC DFAIh wv HEN the doctor suggested an w electric light bath for the man w Snffering from neuritis and Ob-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-07

nerves, and she wonders if raising lot of brats isn't more trouble than they are worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-06
OFFICIAL NAMED
 BY, UTILITY BOARD
s. H. BrOune Named Field Rep
 resentative Of Board

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. D. Especial. .)-Announcement was made today of the employment of s. H. Browne as field representative of the Alabama public service commission to handle service complaints, under the engineering department of the commis- sion. It was also announced that the commission has received supply of testing and measuring instruments to be used in test of electric, water and gas utility service.
 The commission is expected soon to apply to the utilities mentioned. With have been obtained, and with the serv- phase of work the commission will be give attention to this feature of it's work.
 Browne is a native Alabamian, and an alumnus of Auburn, with fifteen years experience in practical utility op- eration. He has already reported for duty.
 Paroles Granted-Governor Brandon Friday upon recommendation of the pardon board paroled Grady, Bolin, and Cirvie Houston, convicted in Henry county of murder May 9, 1919, and sentenced to 10 years, life and 20 years respectively. Governor Brandon Fri day upon recommendation of the pardon board paroled Tess Black, convicted in Geneva county of possessing a still, Oc- tober 8, 1923, and sentenced for one to two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-06
TO EXTEND PLAN
 OF HOME OWNING
Have Meeting With Pop ular Response Among
 Employees

Land companies associated with the Tennesse Coal, Iron and Railroad com. pany, have under consideration the ex. teneion of their home owning and fi- nancing plans to other developments in Birmingham, according to information in real estate circles Friday.
 The plan of the company to furnish 75 per cent of the value of home at per cent has made it possible for hun dreds of the company employees to own their own homes without being afraid of losing the payments.
 The Tennessee company has recently extended the plan to one company out side of it's own family, which step caused not only a great amount of sur prise, but was deeply interesting to realty operators in every part of this district. The fact that the company is considering further extensions of the plan to other developments, suggests that the company wants to. encourage home-owning among its employees in hatever locality may suit the indi- vidual. In the past the company has restricted it's offer to homes located on its own properties or in the established residential districts of Fairfield oI Ensley.
 The low rate charged by the company for money, the liberality of the amount advanced coupled with the fact that nc brokerage is charged are all features of the plan.