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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Miss Beli1da's Garden

 <<TTOW perfect your csomos is, !" said the stranger in Miss Be NJ linda's garden. 'I saw your flowers yesterday evening as we drove to the hotel and made up my mind I should be down here the first thing in the morning. Flowers are my pas sion. I hope you will forgive my in- trusion. F A garden is a magnet l simply can't resist"
 .eYou are welcome here," said Miss Relinda with grave courtesy. "It is q pleasure to have people enjoy my pOeies."
 "WeII, I truly enjoy them. I think your asters are wonderful, but don't see any of the royal blue variety. Haven't you ever had any of them?"
 'T haven't even heard of them," an swered Miss Belinda.
 "Oh, they're the most marvellous col or !@'.I was down east last summer and I saw them in the grand gardens in all those magnificent estates. You ought to see those places. They're all planned, I suppose, by landscape artists"
 ''I daresay they are," murmured Miss Belinda, hoeing steadily.
 Where's your veronica r
 '.I have no veronica"
 "No veronica! My goodness, no gar den is complete without veronica. You know you really should have more blue in your garden"
 < "Perhaps I should" agreed Miss Be linda.
 'soh, yes, I see it. It was not noticeable in those gardens saw down east that blue was the dominant note. You know a successful garden simply has to have a dominant note."
 Really Y'
 How about the blue salvia? Do you know about thatg
 "Do you mean the .azurea grandi fIoral?' asked Miss Belinda. "I have a mass of that down by the garage. like it against the gray building"
 "Oh, yes, see it. was so afraid you didn't have any. So many people don't know about it."
 "It's rather common about here, said Miss Belinda.
 five been wondering why you don't have a water lily bed," remarked the visitor, changing the subject brightly "In all those wonderful gardens I saw down east there was always a lovely lily pool. Wouldn't you simply adore growing the Egyptian lotus?"
 Tt would be jolly if it would thrive in this climate" answered Miss Be linda. "But I fear it wouldn't" ''Well, you could at least have the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Home Nursing
Short Cuts To Health
TAKE care of the food you eat,
 before you eot if Your digesti

THAKE care of the food you eat
 before you eat it. Your digestive
 system will take care of it after ward.
 Upon the woman in the home the greater part of this 6 responsibility rests. Long before the food she buys for her family reaches the kitchen ta- ble it has passed drought the hands that may or may not have been clean. It may be already contaminated.
 The vegetables and fruits which grow in the ground must be washed very thoroughly. Spinach, and all leafy veg etables should be washed in many wa ters, until the water is quite clear. And even then oAe cannot inspect such vegetables too closely before cooking or serving them.
 This may sound trivial to the good housekeeper who washes her vegetables as religiously as she washes her clothes. But it is important to health, after all. For much infection is taken into the body through eating unclean food
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
This Little Boy Ran Away From
 Home

My boy, Ii years old, played truant, and fearful of consequent punishment ran away from home and was not found until two days later. On his return he was sent to bed, lectured and told why he was going to be punished. His father then gave him 8 severe whipping. Since that time he has not seemed to be his usual happy self, but seems to be worried. 1t seems that the policeman who brought him home said he had dis graced his parents, who would not love him any more. Both his grandmothers think the punish
 ment was too severe. Do you think we were justified in punish ing him the way we did? The doe tor says he is in good health. Is |. it wrong for policemen to say such things to an 11-year-Old child?
 MRS. s. "HE CLUE to the whole matter i
 to be found, I think, in you
 statement that the child ran ava! through fear of consequent punish ment." There is such thing as whip ping child too severely, you know Now, add to his physical pain the fact that he was made to feel considerable amount of psychic pain, and you can see how a sensitive child would be very likely to worry.
 This matter of punishment-I wish I could make it plain that there isn't any rule that will cover all situations and all children. Some youngsters art positively hard-boiled and require real ly drastic treatment, while others are for more sensitive and reasonable and require q totally different kind ei It is impossible to lay down any blanket rules, you see.
 In this particular case, l imagine that the grandmothers have a little bit the best argument. You will probably find that you can do more with the boy, anyway, by means of talking mat ters over with him than you can by beating him.
 So far as the policemen are con cerned, Mayor Hylan says they are tht best in the world-and Hylan is al ways right, isn't he? l shall have tc leave that to you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

OAlfAI 1IA@ 6OO
 M ARIAN H0RTON'S heart gave I'VE sudden throb at Frederic Par
 ker's question. Then, her com mon sense asserted itself.' It would be wise to treat the matter as q joke.
 q do not fancy you. eyer have to plead very hard for an invitation to your cousins home," she laughed.
 Tt is a second home to me" he re- marked gravely.
 It was evident that he did not intend to follow up the hint contained in his query-or, perhaps, after all, there had been no warm feeling back;of it. The girl was conscious of a vague sense et disappointment. Yet she knew she had been right in refusing to consider this sneech as serious. This man scarcely knew her. He certainly could not care for her-except as passing acqualnt- ance.
 Then why had he gone to so much trouble for her?
 The query thrust itself upon her and mentally she replied to it.
 It was because of his kind heart the same sort of kind heart that his cousin had. She must not allow her self to think anything else.
 Are you getting tired?" Parker ask ed, looking down at her. "lf so l will hail cab." r
 "No, indeed" !" she protested. Il like walking on a clear night like this. dust see how bright the stars are. That one over there in the east looks almost like the Star of Bethlehem"
 'It will soon be time for us to watch for that" Parker said, falling in with her mood. "When I was a child used to look out of the window for 1t at Christmas"
 "So did l." the girl rejoined. "My mother used to look for it with us"
 The pair walked on in silence, each busy with the thought that the holiday season would soon be here. At last the man asked: a-
 Wouldn't you like to go to Fairtown for ChristmasT
 q dare not think of it," Marian re- piled. T do not know how matters will shape theMselves. Were l to re- main at Roscoe's-" she hesitated.
 Are you going top The inquiry was abrupt.
 'You may think that have no right to ask that" Parker explained. But, now that I know that pride and the fear of imposing on others are your reasons for hesitating, I feel that you ought to look matters in the face and answer fairly. Suppose you knew-as I hope you may yet know-that it is to the interest of the mothers of your possible pupils to have you accept my cousins suggestion, that they, not you, would be the gathers, would you hesi tate in your decision|
 "No," Marion said honestly. "l would not"
 (To Be Continued)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

When you take the angel-child with you on a visit you beam with pride at it's artistic efforts to scratch a pie ture on your hostess old mahogany, and when it tears up her de luxe edi- tions you call her attention to what good taste it hes in literature. You really feel it is duty to bring sum- shine into other peoples lives by talk ing the angel-child to see them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Listening In On Foe

nymphaea adorata. It is lovely"
 "Yes, the white pond lily is beautiful. 1t grows in one bay of our lake, and we don't have to breed mosquitoes in order to have it. Those water beds are won derful for mosquitoes"
 How practical you arel never see anything but the beautiful in nature. love to wander in the woods or in garden and interview my soul. The first violet in the spring gives me thrill feel for days as if I were walking in dream. I love to bury my face in great handsful of the shy blos- sons and then forget the tired, noisy world"
 Miss Belinda felt unequal to a sym pathetic reply, and she repressed her desire to remind her visitor that if she and others of her ilk plucked great handsful of violets to bury their faces in there would be few left for coming generations.
 Don't you have the autumn English sweet Violets ?'N
 They're down by the verbenas," Miss Belinda pointed.
 "Oh, yes, saw the verbenas as I came in, and I'm afraid you've been neglecting them. They have all gone to seed, but I picked off the seed yes. sells for you"
 Miss Belinda ceased hershoeing, look ed up with a startled glance, and then set her lips firmly and began another rather more vicious-attack on the weeds in the path.
 And those," she said to her brother Ben, when she told him about her vis- itor, "were the seeds was carefully preserving to send to the Royal Horti- cultural society in England"
 Would that there were some form of hellebore for human garden pests" remarked Ben, and Belinda, restored to good humor, laughed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Meat, fish and poultry should be ta- ken from the wrappers when bought and placed in the ice box. Not near the milk and butter, of course, as they ab- sorb tastes very quickly.
 Butter may be packed in crooks, covered with salt and kept indefinitely. Tainted butter should never be used. It is full of impurities. Melt it and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

ing drawers, overturning chairs, kick ing your furniture about, destroying all your portable property, and inter rupting your conversation by asking innumerable questions and insisting on monopolizing the talk. You dread a visit from a devil-brat as you would a visitation of the plague.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

An Angel-C Child is your own pre- cious darling offspring who mere ly shows how athletic it iS when it throws a ball that accidentally goes through the glass of your limousine and whose merry shouts it is a joy to listen to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Little things irritate us as they do not commOner mortals, and if we are crossed in anything and cannot have our own way in everything we desire we are not blamed for raising a rue tion. We have a perfect right to insult people and to say cruel and unjust things to them, and they have no cause to resent it, or be angry with us. Nerves with ourselves are an adequate excuse and a perfect alibi for brutality and shrewdness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

It is the bludgeon which man holds over his covering family, the big stick that makes them go in fear and tremb- ling lest they provoke manical out burst from him. It is the weapon with which a little woman often bulldozes a big man into abject slavery to her. It is the thing that breaks up more homes, wrecks more careers than any other, and is the hardest thing in the world to deal with. Temper is most disagreeable fault in others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Dry groceries should be kept in glass or tin jars, covered. Flies can always buzz into a paper bag! |
 In short, one of the most important short cuts to health is taking care of the food you eat, before you eat itI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Make Croquettes
 Of Green Com

THIS is a good way to use leftover
 corn. Crate the corn from cob and
 put into saucepan. To four cup fuls of corn add one cupful sifted flour, one-fourth cupful of butter, one cup of milk, pepper and salt to taste. Stir thoroughly over fire, add one teaspoon ful of sugar. Remove from fire and when cool stir in three-fourths cupful of bread crumbs. Shape into croquettes and fry in hot lard. Drain, garnish with parsley and lemon and serve at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

OHF NIOIHbF Ddy6
 have found that with well-bal- aneed diet containing sufficient fruits and vegetables flew children need be asked to take the much dreaded castor oil of our childhood. However, it can be used as shortening in gingerbread or ginger cookies and defies detection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

bornness is that quality in our friends, and par ticularly in mem bers of our family, which makes them take the position of a balky mule on a subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

It shrieks and yells; it throws stones and breaks windows, and when it's parents bring it to see you it goes the house like a cyclone, open
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Devil-Brat - Angel-Child A devil-brat is somebody else's child who is ill-mannered and i'll brought up,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Nerves are the exquisite sensi- bility that makes things unendur-. able to us, and that give us the right to do and say what we please.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Temper-Nerves Temper is the lack of self-control that makes people fly into rages, and do and say offensive things to others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

And so it goes. Each of us is our own dictionary maker. Other wise none of us could look ourselves in the face. DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

They make up their little two by-four m i Il d s about a thing, and nothing can make them alter it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Of course, the roof is important

When making improvements lay a roof of Barrett Shingles right over the old wooden shingles. Low in first cost, easy to lay, Barrett Shingles never need painting or staining, never rot or rust. Their soft colors afford great artistic possibilities, and they are highly Gre-resistant. Ask your hard ware, building supply or lumber mer- chant to show you the four styles of Barrett Shingles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

standing without making a dent upon it. StubbOrnness is Q most reprehen- sible and aggravating fault in others.
 Firmness is the quality that
 shows that we have a strong and
 stable character.
 We are no straws blown about by every chance wind. We are no weak lings who can be talked or jollied into changing our minds and altering our opinions. When we take position we hold it unalterably. We invaria- bly, regard firmness as our most shin ing virtue and boast of possessing it.
 Stingy-Thrifty Stingy people
 are those who have Yale locks on
 their pocketbooks, and who squeeze
 every nickel until the buffalo
 howls in agony.
 Stingy people live in cheap houses, eat cheap food, wear cheap clothes when they could afford good ones, and deny themselves every pleasure except the pleasure of watching their bank account grow. They are awfully sorry for the poor, or for their friends who get in trouble, but their sympathy never reaches as far as their pockets. Stingi- ness is a disgusting vice in others.
 Thrift is the quality in ourselves
 that makes us prudent about mon
 ey matters, and that enables us to
 lay the foundations of our fortunes
 by taking care of every penny.
 
 IL a4 a1nv,1 m Tsinf- ous living, on glad raiment and friv- olous amusements. We can be just as warmly clad in a hand-me-down as we can in a tailor-made suit. A boiled dinner is just as nourishiRg as lobster Newburg, and walking is a far better exercise than riding in an imported car. We do not encourage in oui friends the parasitic practice of Dor. rowing, and we refuse to be held up by charity drives and beggars. Thrift is most admirable quality in our selves.
 Self-C f-Conceit-POise: Self-conceit
 is the quality that makes others
 their own press agent.
 They are their own favorite topic or CO1VcESaLlOH. LHey DOdSL OL tHclE possessions, their achievements. They lay down the law on every subject, and speak as if a waiting world were listening breathlessly for their opinion. Self-conceit is a quality that bores us to tears in others.
 Poise is merely the pr,per Ap-
 preciation of ourselves. We know
 that we are extraordinarily good
 looking and brilliant and talented,
 and it would be false humanity to
 pretend otherwise.
 We are also aware that there is no other business quite so thrillingly inter esting as the grocery trade, so why not speak of it? And we are sure that everybody must be dying to hear all about the row we had with the boss, or the compliments somebody paid us, or to have us read them our latest effu- sion, and to have their minds set at rest on all the big public questions by hearing our opinion of item. Poise is the quality that makes us give other
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people a treat by talking to them about ourselves, and we regard it as a most interesting characteristic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Dorothy Di1's Letter Boz

We Are ALI Our OaOm Dictionary Makers-The Some Quality Thot We Consider 4 Shining
 Virtue Im Ourselves Is Often Am Aggravating FG&H In Others = Sedrcb For Weaknesses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

others find lemon juice, unsweetened, or tart fruit of some kind-apple, in most cases-very helpful in keeping an attack at bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

TURIOUS, isn't it, how differently we describe the same quality in
 ourselves and others? Take for example:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Stingy-Thrifty: Stingy people are those who have Yale locks on their pocketboOks, and who squeeze every nickel until the buffalo hoWls in agony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Thrift is the quality in ourselves that makes us prudent about mon- ey matters, and that enables us to lay the foundations of our fortunes by taking care of every penny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Transformed the Jenkins place
 into charming home

Everyone agreed that Mrs. Turner was clever. So when she bought the Jenkins place-the plainest house on the street everyone knew something was up.
 True, the old house was wel[built but 1t was so ugly. What could she want-or do-with iti
 She used the Barrett Book
 Study the illustration and plans above: They show what she did. Shutters, dormer windows, a sun porch and a new entrance performed the miracle. And she got her ideas from the Barrett Book.
 This fascinating volume has shown thousands of home-owners how to save all that was good in their old homes-the solid, honest construction and comfort at little costI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
They are deaf to

argument, imper-
 vious to reason, facts beat upon the stone wall that hedges in their under standing without making dent upon it. Stubbornness is most reprehen- sible and aggravating fault in others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

We are no straws blown about by every chance wind. We are no weak lings who can be talked or jollied into changing our minds and altering our opinions. When we take a position we hold it unalterably. We invaria- bly, regard firmness as our most shin ing virtue and boast of possessing it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

stubborness and Firmness-stub.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18

Firmness is the quality that shows that we have strong and stable character.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
A Wealth of Ideas
 in the Barrett Book

For little changes are all that is nec- essary to rejuvenate one of these sturdy old places. And in Better Homes from Old Houses" you'll find a wealth. of sensible, low-cost remodel ing suggestions practical sketches and plans for all common types of old-fashioned dwellings = doubtless one resembling your own. Take the first step today-get the Barrett Book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Hearts of TsOO
CHAPTER POS

CHAPTER POS M TARTAN HORTON'S heart gave sudden throb at Frederic Par
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(To Be Continued)
The Delta independent., 1924-12-12
CENTRAL BLOCK
MAY BE SOLD TO
MASON BODIES

A realty deal Of considerable i'm.
portance Is being negotiated by Mil.
ard Fairlamb owner of the Central
Block on Main street, and the Ma
sonic bodies Of this city.
The lodge has a long time lease on
the upper story Of the building. but
a very attractive offer Is said TO have
been made by Mr.. Fairlamb extending
over a long period of years and
which the lodge may be able to fin.
ally accept.
The Central Block Is one of the
very best buildings in the city It was
built about IL years ago. Has a full
basement, two splendid business
rooms on the ground floor, being oc.
cupied at the present time by the A.
Frost grocery and the Western
Slope Candy company. The entire
second floor Is now used by the var.
lous Masonic bodies for lodge quar-.
ters, banquet hall and in the front of
the building a reception room, which
is said TO be the finest equipped
quarters in the city.
Should the deal be closed II Will
give the lodge very handsome and
convenient home, good for many
years to come.
The Delta independent., 1924-12-12
California Mesa
, ~%>>>>+>%s>%% .

Vernon Miller was over the mesa
this week taking crop reports.
Mrs. Paul Mclaughlin, who has
been receiving treatment in Mont
rose, returned home Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. Bullock of Montrose
we're Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
S, P. Lutes.
Frank Woodruff arrived here on
Tuesday to visit his father, D. F.
Woodruff, at a hospital in Montrose.
The revival at Coal Creek is still in
progress with an increase in inter
est. There have been several CONVEX
sions.
Miss Gertrude Torrey and brother
John Of Delta spent the weekend with
their mother, Mrs. Ella Torrey.
The condition of Mr.. Bagley, who
has been seriously i'll for some time.
remains about the same
Torrey Bros. loaded out two cars of
onions on Monday.
The w. c. r. U. will meet Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. James And
ers. All ladies OF the mesa are in
vited.
Dean Foster was taken to Mont
rose Friday where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis. He is
doing nicely
Miss Lucille Deges visited over the
weekend with Mrs. Hurd Vaughan,
in Olathe.
Ed Flaiz threshed 91O lbs Of fine
clover seed for Ralph Hogan last
week, and 1,7SO lbs. of Grims' alfalfa
seed for Max Boyer.
d. F. Woodruff was taken to
Montrose Saturday. and on Monday
he underwent a major operation from
which he is recovering nicely. This
is considered remarkable as Mr..
Woodruff is past 70 years Of age.
T. c. Anderson went to Denver on
Monday to attend a business session.
Frank and Robert Golighty. who
went to Yuma. Arizona, write rela-
tives that there is plenty of work in
the cotton fields and that it is very
warm there
The Columbine club met Thursday
afternoon with Mrs II. NJ. Thomas.
After the business meeting and pro
gram. Mrs. Thomas served delicious
refreshments, assisted by her daugh.
ter, Miss Iva. The club viii meet in
two weeks with Mrs. Torrey.
The Embroidery club met Friday
with Mrs. Carl Westeson for an all
day meeting. At noon a bountiful din.
ner was enjoyed which Mrs Westest.
on had prepared. The afternoon was
spent in visiting and sewing. The
club will meet in two weeks with Mrs.
Charles Phillips.
The John Anders family attended
church services at Coal Creek. Sun.
day, and were entertained to dinner
at the A. p McKelvey home.
Rev. Evans, the evangelist, who IS
holding services at the Olathe Bap
tist church, preached very fine
sermon at the Stone schooIhouse on
Sunday afternoon.
The Delta independent., 1924-12-12
DOUBLE DUTY

Live merchants VIII be telling you
about II in The Independent from
now until Christmas. Use our eyes
and save the pennies.