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come one of us one-weigh women
permanently.
But in spite Of all these good
things that I can see in beauty con-
tests, l get spells when I could kill
the one who invented them. The
reason I feel so strong, both in my
right or rolling pin arm and in my
emotions against the inventor, is be-
cause we wives had enough to put
up with before he had to go and
think up a added burden for US.
AS a sample of what I mean, every
once in a while Geo. will dish a little
apple sauce to the effect that he is
Stacking on his old courtship speed
and that I am a good little wife and
/ don't get out enough nights, and
that therefore we will go to a play
not a movie, by jove, but a regular
theater. And so he will get tickets
for one of these shows where the
chief plot is run way over the
heads of the male half of the audi
ence, but by no means over the heads
of their more intellectual wives, who
would far rather go and give their
intelligence little exercise at one
of these highbrow plays by this
Eugenics O'Neall, our great American
racial author.
But does a husband ever stop to
consider how friend wife is to get
any kick out of watching the girls
do their stuff? Not SOS it's obtruS-
i've! Yet she is expected to sit and
agree heartily when he passes re-
marks such as, amt the second one
from the left in the front row a
knockout?
Knockout Is just about the way a
wife feels, and with the average In
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an ideal place to lie hidden. Feeling
in my pockets, I discovered that the
bottles of essence had evidently dis
appeared in my midnight scramble
so had to content myself with some
milk tablets. At intervals / thought
could hear shouts, but these sounds
possibly came from laborers in the
fields.
4 BOUT midday 1 pushed on to the
a crest, but as the hillside was
fairly open, and as the brigands prob
ably had watchers on the hills, it was
nervous work. 1t took me half an
hour to reach this spot. and from the
summit I could see, stretching away
to the eastward into the haze, the
Upper Yangtze Valley. with the river
shining like silver band in its midst
could hear the far-off beating Of
gongs, such as were used by the mule
teers on the march. and / came to the
conclusion that the brigands must
have started moving again.
For another hour / kept a careful
lookout, but could see no living thing.
Crossing over the ridge, / set a
southwesterly course, and made the
best time I could along the steep and
thickly covered hillside. At 5 o'clock
I dropped down hill to little hamlet
some thousand feet below a precipi-
tous gorge, but in this operation
lost my last tabloids.
In hut in this hamlet l found two
Mingchao women, who could speak
no Chinese, but I managed to make
them understand my signs and pro-
cured from them a few eggs, which
they cooked for me in a filthy and
broken iron pot, the only cooking
utensil in this miserable howell.
1t was nearing sunset when
pushed onward. and by dusk l had
reached another tiny collection of
huts. The people here were also
Mingchao, and not very friendly. But
l secured three more eggs from them
and drank the hot water in which
they had been boiled. Having pro-
cured some straw, lay down to sleep.
Though utterly exhausted, my nerves
kept me constantly alert, and / spent
a miserably sleepless night in conse-
quence, my discomfort being accen-
tuated both by the vermin with which
1 was infested and by clouds of
ravenous mosquitoes.
Finally at o'clock in the morning
! could stand it no longer, and set off
by starlight, striving mainly to stick
to the narrow path across the paddy
fields in the darkness. / must have
fallen fully a dozen times, and on
several occasions remained when /
had fallon for a rest. as I was simply
dead tired.
Daylight came mercifully a little
after o'clock, and l soon reached a
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nese magistrate and his friends and
given hot milk, eggs and fruit. They
wanted me to rest there for a few
days, but I insisted on pushing on.
left Pingchuan at o'clock next
morning in huakon 0itter) ana
with an escort OF 25 soldiers.
Half way to Hsia Kuan nv litter
bearers bolted, and the goatherds i'm
pressed to substitute for them were
so poor at their task ] had to walk
most of the way thereafter l think
that the last thirty Ii (about 1O11
miles) into Hsia kuan was physically
the most trying experience l had ever
had Assisted by a soldier on one
SIDE and my stout ash plant stick on
the other. I staggered into Hsia Kuan
at midnight, just II hours after my
escape from the brigands' camp
was again given food, and rested
for a wonderful night on a real bed
at the British American Tobacco
Company's establishment For the
hrst time in more than a month I re-
veled in a bath.
The following morning was car
rfed on a mountain chair into Talifu.
where / rested and recuperated in the
most hospitable mission house for )
days before continuing my journey to
Yunnanful, the last stage of q most
than 80 pounds in weight while a
captive Of the brigands, and badly
needed the rest and medical attention
given to me at Talifu.
In company with the British consul
at Tengyueh, o. r. Coles, and two
missionaries, we then left Talifu. We
had an escort of 80 soldiers, provided
by the Chinese general commanding
at Talifu, but about so of these troops
were always about half a day behind
US looking after their own baggage
mules. On the way our escort gave
battle to a band of brigands, and
after several hours fighting, in which
the soldiers fred off 500 rounds of
ammunition and killed three brigands.
the rest were driven off
1t was with an enormous sense Of
relief that I finally passed under the
western gate of the city of Yunanfu.
MY adventurous journey was ended
should not now be able to reach
Pek1ng overland, as I had always
hoped to do.
Afterward / learned that the brig
ands were furious at my escape and
at once sent out 200 men to scour the
country for me. They had also Of
fered reward of s200-a large sum
to them-for my recapture, dead or
alive.
And then l learned with relief that
the brigands from whom I had es-
capped were engaged in battle by Chi
nese soldiers and completely dis
persed- Forty or more of them were
killed. Among those was their leader
and the world was well rid of a thor
ough scoundreI.
Copyright, 1924
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"HE man who invented the
piece about give me Libetry,
Equality, Fraternity, was shot
i at sunrise. The boy who
pulled the one about a thing
Of beauty is a joy for everybody was
undoubtedly half shot at sunrise.
Anyway, he had high spirits. Proba-
bly, somewheres around s9s a case,
to be exact.
Now | certainly believe in liberty
For myself in particular, and in some
liberty for George, that's my husband.
OF course there is a reasonable limit
as any wife knows, and when it
comes to giving these bathing
beauties that is contesting all over
the country the gaydog, why a wife
has got to remind him where there
is now a time clock in every well
run home, and that the husband
which don't punch it regular is
locked.
or course Geo. has not gone any
furthur then admiring their pictures
In the paper. although what he can
see in them skinny young things
with their fool curls and y portion
bathing suits is more than 1 know.
And any wife whose husband has got
the habit of reading the evening
paper will notice that in Winter you
can interrupt his reading about the
coal strike and he will say what dear.
or something. But during the open
season for bathing beauties you will
interrupt him and he will merely say
huh after you have spoken twice,
but all he is reading is the picture
section.
or coures 1 realize where a girl is
going to take more pride in her figure
in bathing suit then in a whoop
VI ,>I
tunes was called, and healthy girls,
well developed. is a fine Natl. asset
To that extent 1 agree with Geo
and his friend Joe Bush of the Haw-
thorne Club
Also. l suppose them contests is
good for the knitting mills business,
on account it takes a trifie more ma
terfal to make them 33h off bathing
suits then for a pair of stockings
not much, heaven knows, but some.
l am, see, person who believes
In looking for some good in every
thing. And so l want to give these
contests all the credit 1 can They
are good thing for the girls who
get good things out of it, good for
the photographers. good for the sea-
side resort hotels which resort to this
trade. and good for a subject to talk
over with your lady friends, they be-
against our husbands.
X
YES, these shows are even good
for US wives, in a. manner of
speaking, on account IL you notice
ySSf own particular George setting
up nights looking 'em over, why you
will remember it is quite some time
since you have done your stuff, and
rushing to the mirror will powder
the old nose and tease the hair a
little while wondering would you
with 1t bobbed.
You will even consider starting
right in tomorrow, reducing. How
ever, IL you are wife Of more than
two years standing and three years
sitdAg, considering reducing will |
probably be as far as you will go
with it. having more than likely be- |
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Speed of Elevators.

WITHOUT swift and safe elevators
w tors a modern office building
would be nearly as useless for business
purposes as the Washington Monument
or the Pyramid of Cheops. Some
rapid elevators give nervous persons
the impression that they are moving
with the velocity of railway train.
In truth. however, the highest prac-
ticable speed for a way elevator is
said to be something like $50 feet a
minute. and for an express elevator
from 500 to 700sfeet per. minute. Ia
a, very tall building a greater speed is
possible than in one of from Is to 90
stories
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Liquid Floats Stones.

0F' all liquids, mercury possesses
~ the greatest specific gravity. but
another has been discovered which
is also SO heavy that stones of all
kinds-granite, limestone, quartz and
SO forth-f1oat in it. 1t Is saturated
aqueous solution OF tungstoborate.
It's specific gravity is S.3. whereas
that of ordinary rocks does not sur
pass 81. Only few precious stones
have specific gravity greater than
that OF this liquid. for which reason
IL Is proposed to employ it Tor the
sepaS2tio OF such stones from the
masses OF broken rock.
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| U A Incidents Native wkg@Av G ddBeed rdTrahr Food
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The Graduate Nurses Of District No
1 viii meet Wednesaay at 2e'cAoek in
room No. z32e. Uity hail. TIE chilaren
of Sayretoa school have arranged an
interesting program for the @exzzl~m-
Cars win be waiting Mt the city hall tn
CARR fhn .nlIf.ass. ont
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band while living with him. although
she has turned the children against
their father, she nevertheless uses
them to obtain money from him, which
however, is only spent extravagantly,
as her husband gives her substantial
allowance s
The children have become. very dis.
respectful, not only, 70 their father, but
also to his relatives. They come to his
place of business and mess up his desk
maliciously, although they have been
told not to touch anything. They do
not say Good morning" or How do
you do" but walk by with their heads
and noses up in the air in, a very
snobbish manner.
Will you kindly fell me how the
character OF these children may be
changed so that they may attain re-
spectacle characteristics? Yours very
truly, MRS. B. H., N. Y. G.
Somewhere in her Social Diagnosis, y
Julia Richmond makes statement to
the effect that only against a back.
ground Of a man and a woman living
together in normal home relationships
cun child develop to full realization
of its inherent possibilities.
When these relations are not only
broken, but positively detrimental to
the welfare Of the growing child, it is
time that steps were taken to remove
the. child to more favorable environ
ment. SO &t-.ssf !
OF course, .sB., H.. i take IL for
granted that you realize that the be
havier of these children is due almost
entirely to- the unfortunate example
which has been set them.
You do, not state what your relation.
ship to these children is. If you could
ttaetfully use your influence to have
them sent to a good boarding school,
you would be rendering them a genuine
service. sssstfss
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Yancey chapter. U. d c. win give
its annual card party May p at tine
handsome hone Of Airs IaSmes Hicks
on Highland awenue Beautiful han&-
made linen annheen rererx WIN Be
given as prizes
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Is Dangerous TO
Rule Child
By Force

II Won't p
My little child OF two will deliberately
knock an object, as book, from 4
stand or shelf 20 the floor, looking at
parent at the time she does it. IL
asked to pick it up, she stands erect
and asserts, II WON'T What course
would you advise? BY compelling her
10 do as requested, do yop risk break
ing her will? understand a parent
should avoid doing this. Truly yours,
"A. H. b. n.
You are quite right in your position
that it is wrong to break child's will.
Breaking a. ehild's will, translated,
means simply ruling by force and fear.
Such course can only produce either
q weakling or a tyrant. Just now your
child's instructive tendency toward self.
assertion is beginning to develop, and
occasional scenes such you describe are
to be expected. The Hedging has found
its wings. 81
1t is indeed delicate problem to
lead this gloriously defiant child into
willing end dutiful acceptance of your
authority, but it must be done. How
ever, if you take advantage Of the we'll
known fact that it is possible in certain
circumstances to convey quite as much
meaning by ones tone of voice and
general bearing as by ene's actual
words, it should be possible to accom-
plish your purpose. should suggest
that you say to your child in the most
friendly manner, Pick it up, pick it
up, pick it up. pick it up, etc., etc.
etc." continuing both the formula and
the smile as long as may be necessary.
Unless / am very much mistaken the
young lady will presently respond with
the best OF grace. And you shall have
neither broken her wilf' nor surren-
dered to her defy. or
admit that this procedure may CON
sumo a good deal Of your valuable time
But you viii probably not have to do
it twice -
A Broken Home Background *
have READ the several Inquiries ia
your column in The Age-Herald with
great interest and would kindly ask
your advice in solving problem with
reference to. two children, girl of
fourteen and boy of ten, whose pa.
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MRS. ELLIS HOSTESS
AZ BRIDGE PARTY

A most delightful affair Of tlhe spring
season was a bridge party. given By
Mrs. @. III. Ellis, at her beautiful new
home in Sixth Place complimenting her
visitor, Mrs. Sam e.. Killian, of Fort
Payne. The rooms were thstefully
decorated with spring flowers, carrying
out color scheme Of yellow ana white.
Three tables Of bridge were played, Mrs.
NJ. 7. Abbott, Jr., winning first prize,
Mrs. Edward Johnson eona61afion prize
and Mrs. Sam Killian won the guest
prize. Each guest was presented with
cute novelty. At the close of the
game a delicious salad course was
served, further carrying out the color
scheme, to the following: Mesdames
H., NJ. Lewis, w. E. Thomas, w. w.
Stamford, NJ. T.. Abbott, Jr., ]. r.
McBrayer. s. Killian, Mrs. Green, Mrs.
c. e. Harvey, j. e. Edmundsan !, Misses
Edna johnson and Louise Harvey, and
the hostess.
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THE MISSES HOWARD =
HnSTEaGEa To SENIORS


The Misses Howard, principals of
the Missess Towards school for girls,
were hostesses the past week in the
school parlors to- their faculty and Sc
nior class. The occasion was a
o'clock tea with salad and ice courses
served on plates, each lighted by a
tiny pink candle, the burning candle
being the old Roman symbol of knowi-
edge and the adopted symbol Of the
present class. :. Larger candles burned
in artistic settings throughout the par
Tors. The color scheme wasv pink and
white and was emphasized in decora-
tions, Refreshments and favors.
If you are setting out an asparagus
bed by all means plant the new Wash
ington variety. This asparagus. de-
yeloped for the express, purpose OF. pro-
ducing strain that is resistant to rust,
is the btst kind for the amateurs gar
dan. Garden-makers who grow Wash
ington asparagus and allow the hens
to run in the patch will have little or
no trouble with rust or BEETLES and
will obtain generous crops. Two or
three years are required to get an as
paragus bed into bearing but when once
established it can be cropped for
dozen years with but little attention
except to keep the weeds down and ap-
ply manure. fiarden-makers who own
their homes will find an asparagus bed
a real investment.
Amateur gafden-makers often find it
difficult to separate dahlia to -sprout.
Sprouting can be fastened by moving
the ciumps to a warm corner of the
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PAGE S

cellar or to room upstairs. Placing
them in boxes of moist sand is con-
yenient. Only single tubers should be
planted, but no growth will be made
unless each tuber contains an eve and
a piece of the neck. The one point. to-
remember in making the divisions is
that the roots will be ruined If the neck
itself is broken.
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Random Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A.. Terrell; Jr.,
will return tonight from Gadsden,
where they have spent the weekend
with the latter's mother, Mrs. NJ. J..
Burnett.
AIRS. j. O. Cosper left !, today for
Florence where she will be among the
out-of-town guests at the marriage Of
Miss Martha Lee Smith and Mr.. Bert
A. Richardson. 4 ~ >-sss. .ssrs.3.3, sss
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis W. Guy of St.
Louis announced the arrival Of a small
daughter, Mrs. Guy Is the daughter
Of Mr.. George Gordon Crawford of Biz
mingham.
Miss Frances Paris is the guest Of
her aunt, Mrs. David Riddle, in Gads-
den. -. ,fss
Mrs Scion Jacobs. Mrs. Brenton
Fisk, Mrs. w. ID. Nesbitt, Mrs. Neil
Palace, Mrs. Charles Fisk, Mrs.J. n.
Hankins and Miss Molly sDowd are
leaving Monday for Gadsdeu to attend
the state convention Of the League sof
Women Voters. .s Z
Mrs. j. G. Nelson and Mrs. J. M. r.
OTIS are leaving Thursday for visit
tn Mr.. and Mrs. j. @. Nelson, Jr., in
Syracuse, N. Y. Later they will visit
points in the east. sra
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Wilcox are visit.
ing in. Florida. Before returning to
their home in. Norfolk, Va, they will
spend several days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. I. Brown. ~ = !
Mrs. Anna Christenberry Of Green's
boro, who has been visiting Mrs. T. A.
Hanna, is leaving soon for Mobile, ac-
companied by Mrs. Hanna, to visit Mr.,
and Mrs. o. NJ. Otis. :.
Cards have been received from Mr..
August Hirsch telling Of his arrival in
Sherberg, France, after a pleasant voy-
age. @s y
;, sst h. s
Miss Catherine Parker of Columbiana
is the weekend guest of Mrs Fay Miles
Benton at the Arion Apartments. s..
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PROPHETS SEND SNOWY
Arabs Fled In Panic When white
Flakes Fell For First Tins

Since the young Turks are trampling
under foot the injunetions OF the Ko-
ran by exiting the calf, removing the
wornen's Wells and are preparing to
prohibit polygamy and institute the
marriage customs Of Christian lands,
play Of wrath from Mohammed, says
lie Figaro, Paris. 1t must surely have
been the prophets anger which, for
the first time, sent white blanket Of
snow down upon Medina (Mohammedis
place of burial) recently. The Arabs
who had never seen snow fled in terror
and public prayers were ordered.
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Social Calendar

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The Denocraffe WpmanSs club Of
jefferson ceunav win hare a cali meea-
inx THURSDAY at no 30 u. m. i'm the
ladies' room Of the TmtwiAer- Every
mempes's4s -. =. - - @aA ~
Ueaea As'1 - - ~ 49, = :.
The Graded lTmiass SrSM meet WNzmes-
aav nj no :. m. IN the Sunday xEhopl
building Of the FIRST AEefhoaist eAmrch
\ -Thr TTl1man srhs.al grnurnreansmt 49,
sociation win have the last mee4lmx
"Wednesday nj 3 =. nm. Am eaer4lmm az
ureed to aftnnd.
The East Lake Orphans Heme assoc
citation van meet MenasE at 20 p m
at the K. OF @. Hall An members are
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ane, aoe % - .; = r. - =
ton and Roser hostesses
e sec9Aa Meeun& g ene M1.1a1
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Eva Co1nsf home wIh talk On that mn
stltataoa- aA.s s.As.alsssrs Ss~ @sst'A. ~
come
IN. rrwanssu4h gs-nsmrv Hsm<varrem-
rrs' club viii meet with Mrs Ruth
ns v;5So1,. II rbn hewp ~. Mrs. Ar1Se
Rarber. SS0s- Arola avenue, WcRnssaar
sfferasoon at z 20 ecsocS-
Z, The. first ,sspsSnr az Csrese Nh. : nf
ths - Snn1I.e;de n -sfSsxf C.burrh VTnu.am-s
NIissionarv Eorrsefv- win he he1l with
MIS-. J. y, garaas az ne re - O. on
Mrs y L. aa@rao1aas Acse -. aAE Is ~
avenue, SCUM y .lss@-s, Azeg - ~ ~
IL Q cioeA- a.. .ae.apsss 1[e 49, " y
present. q tAas = 1sse aAs-l s.leeaa-'6 @a@
very anpcrDAht
= III
AanceE S.z ass y xr = =. -.1l So E.
=. sa, s M rsv "a 8 ~ nsT5lsr SSs@g
with Mrs. haEaes = saaanons aosle'ss-
Ynnrev rhanser. n. ID. C wm give
.;as animal rnFd nartr NAV 2S at rhe
,,:1sa,,,.. 49, x Ms IA ssg FSe5
on ,Hixhlana !avenue. BeamFifml haad-
msde linen e1peAesn rssers wshls s%
gAven as prizes
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rsrs ~;Ii Il sSsst;ar 81 the esy ssll to
esrry he nurses cat Sc
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a,,,1a ,i,s;,..- -as-slar IasssSSnr, TYhwr.raRv
sfts,neaS nj. 3 - At Ire KNIGHTS ofI
1,,,srS,ls~v Ran
The members ct Mrs. A b Aadr11ges
band OF the Haghiaaas NAet1eaaSt ssAaESn
WIZ recesEs At .se eo.ls g ~ an Sa1
IA. from 9 until 10 o'eAeck- 1heEe w1ah
be cleger. progEam ana ~ reLHsss ~ sn, ~
served Little neaaa EAAaisRs a@2 ma
bel Ehqrsten NlA receive 1@s sAasS1 "a
tertng.
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sci1ooi ASs'1
Tke jefferson DAVIS ehapter, United
Daughters Of the Confeaeracy, wiHl hca1
their regular neeting Wednesday after
noon at 3 JoiclDck ~ the Bswe Tri1mRle
club rooms. At this naassSSzS Al sAsc-
,--sIl y. 80
an ,.r--s..z.- .rs .srwss 'su,e n. mrp.-
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RirrninuRam chapter No. 1IG. O. H.
s. win entertain with n migreHlzpewus
shower Friday evening. May 16, CONN
nlimenffng Miss Grace Home Glenm. amd
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rents have been separated for the past
three years ~ -
The children are living with the
mother, who has very quick tempered
disposition and has been very con-
temptibly spiteful and mean to, her hus-
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Miss Catherine Parker OF. Columbiana
is the weekend guest of Mrs Fay Miles
Benton at the AriOn Apartments. ~
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Cards have been received from Mr..
August Hirsch telling Of his arrival in
Sherberg, France, after pleasant voy-
age. ~ - 49,.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-18
Fifteen Years AGO

Gut off from the outside by the
principal route of travel, the great
White Bluffs country stood the
strain until Sunday, and then in uni
son called for mail. In little
while SIS was contributed to defray
the expense of a trip to Kennewicle
early Monday morning, Max Priebe
and Barber Graham started on their
100 mile round trip journey. Five
hours out of town they met manager
Vibber of the steamboat company
bringing in the mail The special
messengers continued on their way,
returning Wednesday afternoon.