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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09

construed this vote as pointing to de- feat of farm measures. General sell ing ensued, and the resulting down. ward swing of the market brought into operation many automatic orders to sell out and thus stop losses to holders who had been expecting the market to ad- vance if various farm measures were successful, the McNary-Haugens bill in particular. Subsequent temporary renewal of speculative demand was eased more or less on hopes that a substitute farm bill would be agreed upon.
 Timely relief from dry weather eff fects in the spring wheat belt did good deal to weaken prices further during the last of the week, and so too did chances that holidays at Liverpool would tend to curtail export business on this side of the Atlantic. Germany's acceptance of the Dawes plan, how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
O'NEAL AND SMITH
 NAMED BY DOWELL
Will Represent Public In Cotton
 Association

AUBURN, Ala, June s.-(Special.) Dr.. Spright Dowell, president of the Alabama Polytechnic institute, an- nounced today the appointment of Ed ward A. O'Neal, Montgomery, and Will Howard Smith, Prattville, as directors to represent the public on the board of directors of the Alabama Bureau Cotton association.
 MT. O'Neal is president of the Ala bama Farm Bureau Federation, and owns and operates a large farm at Florence. Mir. Smith is manager of the Mcqueen Smith Farming company at Prattville, which is one of the larg- est farms in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
TICK TICK GAME
 SWEEPING BERLIN
Bets Made On Time Clock Will
 Run Down

BERLIN, June S.-A new form of gambling has struck Germany. It is known as, ''tick-tick," because watches and small clocks are used in this game of chance.
 the watch or clock will run down. The person guessing the minute or second nearest the exact time the hands cease to function takes the prize, which is a purse made up of all the bets on this particular watch, minus a certain per centage for the. ''house."
 Some of the games operated in the rear of cigar stores and other npoks, have scores of Ewatches running at the same time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09

ever, was something of 8 offset to pes- simism about exports.
 Corn moved up as a consequence of adverse weather, the Iowa corn out look being officially reported as the worst in many years. Scarcity of oats supplies here uplifted the oats market.
 Improved shipping call for meats was noted, but heavy stocks held down the price of lard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
2 TO 3CENTS LOST
 BY WHEAT IN WEEK
Setbacks Follow Failuree Of
 Farm Relief Legislation

CHICAGO, June S.-Sharp set backs in the price of wheat this week have closely followed congressional steps toward adjournment without en- acting proposed legislation. Wheat this morning, compared with a wreckage, was 25s @31ac a bushel lower, with corn showing A cent to 13s cent ad- vance, oats b@A to 11a cent 15sup and provisions varying from unchanged figures to 30 cent gain.
 The boggest drop in wheat prices came on the day when the House definitely voted to cease work at the end of the week. Numerous traders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09

purchase by bankers of $2,7OO,O0O Bo- livian~ government per cent bonds, supplementing a $24,000,000 loan float ed here in 1922. Funds derived from the sale of these obligations, which were reserved under a trust contract, will be used for further construction of the Atocha-Villazon Railway. Eventually it is expected there will be another public offering of Bolivian bonds.
 The large volume of new offerings to be absorbed last week was credited with delaying the sale of the $26, 6,000,000 Nickel Plate" issue. Bankers, how ever, were understood to have com pleted arrangements for it's offering on yield basis close to 6 per cent.
 The softening of money rates, with call funds ruling as low as 215 per cent, contributed to the strength of United States government and other investment bonds. The crest of the weeks advance, the treasury 4A's crossed 103 and the Liberty third AZ touched 101.12, both new high records for all time. The Liberty 3h's sold at 1909, second As at 100.23; first sec ond 4A's at 101; first 4H's at 101.4; i; second 4A's at 100.2S and fourth 4A's at 101.13.
Evening star., 1924-06-25
SHOPPING ECONOMY
By MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN.

KINDS of merchandise are probably
most valuable of all to the house
VIE. For from them she learns
more about given article than she
ever could from observing. however
closely. its mere surface appearance;
ana 50 she is better able to judge OF
its aeslra biiity. Have you not been
Intrisued-and enlightened-by a
WINDOW which showed piece of lin
oleum, say. or even so small a thing
as match. as it appears in the vari-
Gus steps of its manufacture"
Ihen, aside from the knowledge
you gain which may help you in Your
actual purchasing, there are certain
other less tangible out quite impor-
tant advantages to be gained through h
your observations
rake, for instance. the matter of
framing your color sense The ar
!lstlc decorator, realizing that color
IS What hrst attracts the attention
of the passer-by, fills his wondows
with beautiful and tastefuIy com
olned colors. So frequent and in
telllgent window shopping Will train
your eye TO See-and your memory to
retain-the exact differences. how
ever settled between all the hines
tints and shades
Similarly, in the matter of deveiop
ing your personal style" window
shopping is invaluable The age-old
rule for affecting distinction in dress
is to seize every opportunity of 60
ing Where good clothes are to be
seen, and readyto-wear garments.
displayed in the windows for their
style effect, have a smartness thai Is
well worth observing. No wonder We
are all becoming more and more ar
dent wlndowShoppers'
Evening star., 1924-06-25
Lima Beans With Sauce.

Cook some fresh lima beans until
tender, then press through colander
There should be about a cupful of the
pulp, and this will call for nearly a
pint Of the beans. Soften in sauce
pan four tablespoonfuls of drippings
from roasted breakfast bacon or roast
beef and stir into this four table
spoonfuls of -four. making a smooth
paste. Add one teaspoonful of salt
one half teaspoonful of white pepper
d pinch of paprika and one table
spoonful of onion juice. Add one
cupful of rich. well seasoned brown
stock and cook the whole with con-
stant stirring until very thick paste
is formed. Remove from the fire and
while hot add the unbeaten yolks of
two or three eggs and stir in quickly,
so that they may be partly coagulat-
cd by the heat. Add the sifted pulp
of the beans and stir the whole until
well blended. Beat until quite stiff
the whites of the eggs, and fold care
fully into the mixture. Pour into a
CREASED dish and bake in an oven
with gradually increasing heat until
well puffed up and firm. Serve with
tomato sauce.
Evening star., 1924-06-25
Hives.

Nettlerash. urticaria or hives come
household and hospital size. Then for
exclusive patrons we have a special
giant hives, sometimes called anglo
neurotic edema. That doesn't signify
that only neurotics have giant hives,
however. The only generalization we
can fairly make about hives is that
only folks with wheals have hives in
any way, shape or manner. That's
my positive declaration about hives
and 1 mean to stick to it, provided
OF course, If they see fit to correct
my spelling, as they so often do,
shall not be willing to fight anybody
to uphold the thesis. But l cannot
state the central fact too emphatic
ally: If you haven't got wheals you
haven't got hives
A wheal is a-well, take nice
fresh. vigorous young mosquito bite,
or the bite of a flea if you prefer.
that's typical wheal 1t is described
as a circumscribed elevation of skin
due to edema of the lcorium. The CO.
rum. is the true skin under the epf
dermis. Edema means swelling from
effusion of the serum of the blood
(the watery part) through the blood
gernail test of a wheal is the same
as that of edema (dropsical swelling)
in general-pressure with the edge of
the fingernail leaves slowly disap-
pearing dent or putting. Wheals de-
velop suddenly. First Redeemed spot,
which itches, and in an hour or less
the edematous swelling occurs, some
times in few minutes or even few
seconds, while you are looking at ii.
had whee1s-wheals, / mean, once,
good
watching and betting where the next
one was coming, had it only been
some one else'S skin. A wheal sell
dom lasts longer than an hour-but
while it lasts it is not at all modest
about making itself felt. The more
you scratch wheals the more wheals
you'll have to scratch. Their char
acteriStic tendency is to keep you
guessing-they break out just where
you are not scratching, and, contrary
to the logical deduction, your best pol
icy is not to scratch anywhere, and
then they won't break out with SO
much enthusiasm. Once in a while a
hive hangs on for two or three days,
but that isn't normal After the sub
sidence of hives there is generally no
desquamation, or peeling of the skin;
such as follows other skin rashes;
that is, unless the victim infects him
self by scratching and sets up COM
plicating skin Inflammation - derma-
tits.
Some individuals are predisposed to
urticaria, or, as the condition is now
understood, sensitiZed. Others are
more or less immune, perhaps show
ing little or no wheal formation, even
from the bite of a mosquito or the
sting of a bee. Aside from the little
we know about sensitiZation, allergy
or anaphylaxis, the peculiar reaction
to the entrance of minute amount of
a foreign protein into the system of
the sensitized individual, there is no
satisfactory explanation of this yari-
able susceptibility to hives.
Local causes of hives are the bites
pany), bedbugs. wasps and bees, and
contact with jellyfish, caterpillars or
the weed called singing nettle.
Constitutional causes make a list
as long as my arm when ] am reach
ing out to subscribe to drive
Placed end to end with barely space
Evening star., 1924-06-25
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to Be
Go0df
Happier = You Can Make a Good Marriage
and You Feel Right With Yourself

DOES it % be sood?
Girls asking before
Every day dozens of
Shall
shall let the boys kiss indulge pettng parties and
plenty OF dates? To be
h.s With M s s ss @ n
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is he desirable husband he we're " ~ marrying A"' nor
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Evening star., 1924-06-25

Ma was darninE holes out Of stock
ings and pop was smoking to himself
and l was laying on the floor think
ing, and 1 sed, Hay ma, is it better
to sleep with your mouth open than
with it closed?
Certeny not, wy should it be? ma
sed, and 1 sed, Because you get more
air.
Sutch an ideer. you're Supposed to
breethe through your nose because 1t
was given to you for that perpose,
ma sed.
How can you tell? I sed.
o for pity sakes, 1 cant keep up
with your questions, ma sed, and pop
sed, The ony way Children can lern
is by asking questions. Each time
childs question goes unansered it
stunts his growth, he sed.
Well If Benny had had his growth
stunted for every question he ever
asked that nobody in the world could
answer, you would need a magnifying
glass to see him by this time, ma sed.
Jest then me thinking of another
one. saying, Hay ma, wy is it some
people have freckels and some don't?
ASK your father. he'll be glad to tell
you. ma sed, and / sed, wy is it pop?
Wy is wat? pop sed, and / sed Wy
is it some people have a lot of freck
els and some don't even have one?
~, tnat, pop sed. Well, you see,
it's all meerly a question of the eppi-
dermis or skin and the pigment or
coloring matter wich in some cases is
thinly scattered and in others, vica
versa it forms little groups or clus-
ters. Do you understand? he sed.
Yes sir. but wy is it some people
have freckels and others don't? I sed.
Iee gods, ware have you bin for
the last minutes. now get a book
and reed something elts or go to bed,
pop sed.
Hee hee, ma sed.
Evening star., 1924-06-25

housewife. the darnfnc bag did mn,
Always get emptied before I had tba
Idulo Like most women. bate "a
uarh stockings more than any OH
uo'iestic task-yes. even more than
GnII G.shes. Darning is such a
You absolutely cannot do anythins
Use wnlle you are darning. Yon
cahhot read. and you haven't a1wavs
some one to chat with, as have to
, me result is that one darns
only the least worn STOCKINGS snS
the necessary ones and sims The rast
oack INTO the bag at the least bint
OF Someth1ng else to do
put When we got our radio last
spring, 1 suddenly found that I loved
dsrninn DO earn san stockings, I could get my
o1fterent colored darning cottons. INV
SCISSORS and darning egg, then put
the edrphOneS over my head and sit
pack 10 listen to concerts, lectures
famous actresses, club meetings and
/ forgot all about the great rouees
or holes, the worn knees, the rms
and drop stitches, and just lived in
diHerent world. You'l laugh, but
| used to be downright sorry when
the bag ~
"Mending is a good radio occupa
ton. too, but you have to keen yonr
mind on a three-cornered tear of a
camoufiaged patch, whereas darnine
takes no brain power whatever. II
simply does itself.
"Of course, it isn't SO good in the
summer, when the static is so much
worse; but even then there are occa-
sional days when the air is as clear
as in winter. 1 am looking forward
to the shut-in days of next year, how
ever, and rejoicing in the fact that
shall never dread my darning bag
again-provided good programs are
planned and better and better fea-
lures are broadcasted, and / believe
they will be-
Evening star., 1924-06-25
SO BOBBY WAITED AND LISTENED

so BOBBY WAITED AND LISTENED.
go down in after them He felt
sure they were alone. They Wouldn't
nave cried that way il they hadn't
been. But there was just q chance
that they might not be alone. And
there was also the chance that their
mother might return and catch him
in there.
So Bobby waited and listened and
all the time kept looking this way
and that way to make sure that no
one saw him. Presently he heard
cries again. After listening a moment
or two, he was sure that those babies
were alone.
''fn take a chance. muttered
Bobby. Til take a chance. Probably
I'll never get another chance like this
one"
He put his head in at the entrance
and then started to climb down in
side. He was almost wholly inside
when he heard the sound of claws
You should have seen BODY Coon
dash out of there. He didn't waste
a second. And you should have seen
the expression on Bobby Coon's face
when he got his head out and looked
down, Coming up that tree faster
pine could climb was Mrs Prickly
Porky. One look at her was enough
for Bobby. Those usually dun eyes
of hers seemed to be fairly blazing
with anger. She was grinding
hers. The thousand little spears in in
her coat were standing. right out. She
was thrashing her tail from side to
side.
"Oh, I've made a mistake" squealed
Bobby, and started up that tree faster
than he had climbed in a long time
You see, he couldn't go down, be-
cause Mrs. Porky was coming up. Up
the tree and out along a branch that
Evening star., 1924-06-25
Wistful Window Shopping.

Do you indulge in the national pas
time of window shopping? If so.
YOU have undoubtedly found that it's
more than pastime-it's an educa-
ton,
Those work saving devices for in
stance, without which you now feel
YOU could scarcely keep house-such
as the meat grinder, the ice-cream
freezer, the vacuum cleaner, the cleo
trio washing machine, sewing ma
chine and lrOn-were probably all
. first called to your attention when
they were demontrated in some show
window.
Then. furniture displays may be re-
tsponsible for your part in the bet
ter furnishings" movement which has
made the modern home the place of
comfort it is. Such displays showing
rooms not only beautifully decorated,
but correctly done in accordance with
current styles, serve to enlighten the
as well as the esthetic in furniture
standards.
Each ahead Of the minute gown
YOU possess, also, may we'll have
been inspired by shop window crea-
Stions, for the new things usually
make their appearance, first of all. in
the show windows Probably YOU
have observed, too, that you can bet
ter tell how ready made" garments
look when you see them on the wax
figures in the windows than You can
when they are shown on hangers in
the store.
Window displays that show the
process Of manufacture of various
Evening star., 1924-06-25

Here we have the missing link.
It's almost human. 1t looks like a
monkey but talks and plays the
mouth organ" Billy Cut-out was
describing the next freak in the Col
or Cut-outs' side show.
Two stage hands" dragged out a
barrel. 1t was painted bright red,
with white hands. On it sat the queer
est looking animal with face like a
girl but 1t looked like a monkey.
This monkey suit was Mary Ellen's.
She and her mother had made it of
brown cambria. painting it with
stripes and splashes of tan.
The missing link" bowed to the
audience and then played piece on
its mouth organ. Then with a hop
and a jump it disappeared in the
dressing room to make way for the
next exhibit in the side show.
Evening star., 1924-06-25

~ INGS were worn before gloves
* and parasols were carried be-
i fore umbrellas. Men and
women generally adopted the
more fanciful and more ornate arti
cles of apparel before they adopted
j.. those built for service only
The very name umbrella might
be enough to show that such de-
vices were carried to protect us from
the sun before they were thought of
as shields against the rain. For the
umbrella quite obviously comes from
the italian umbrella, which in turn
is derived from the Latin word mean
ing shadow. 1t was a Sunshade to
begin with.
Interestingly enough, men, except
a few rather old men or victims of
previous sunstroke, avoid carrying
parasols. Not two centuries ago the
man in England who ventured forth
CARRYING an umbrella for rain was
leered at and derided for his ef-
feminate French fashion. 1t was
most womanish to carry an UNI
enough to brave the rain then you
should take coach. That was the
taunt. Now, of course, every man
jack among us carries an umbrella
when it rains. But he does not.
carry parasol. That would be too
, ,cneminate. Just why he raises the
distinction might be difficult for the
visitor from Mars to understand.
In ancient times men as we'll as
women carried umbrellas and doubt
less Tut-ankh-Amen himself seldom
appeared in public without his royal
umbrella borne aloft-to shield him
from the sun.
One thing that doubtless has con-
tributed to the revived interest in
umbrellas this year is the number
of charming and original parasoIs
that have been offered by the
various parasol makers. But even
with all these sunShades to tempt
us we do not seem to be willing to
frarry them as eagerly as did our
ErandmotherS. There is something
distinctly Victorian still about
paraSol.
Evening star., 1924-06-25
BEAUTY CHATS
Beautifying Outdoor Fads.

Once when / was a child spent a
summer with a kind hearted aunt in
the country. She gave me and her
two daughters tiny plots of ground to
cultivate as our own. The practical
minded cousin went in for good solid
vegetables, 1 remember, and the ar
tistic one for wild riot of flowers
I'm afraid L never cultivated much
but weeds and morning glories.
| love the results of gardening, but
] disliked the effort, the odd insects
and worms 1 was apt to meet, and the
feel of caked mud drying on my
hands. SO, though | dutifully remind
my readers several times summer
that gardening makes for beauty OF
complexion and body as we'll as beauty
of landscape and mind | do ii. ] am
afraid, in half-hearted manner.
Yet the woman who is tied to her
home most Of the day will find that
cultivating even the tiniest garden
will give her the greatest benefit.
Most of US need more sun than we
get, more sun exposure, | mean. Do
ing little daily garden work in
some loose. light, sleeveless dress, so
that as much of the body as possible
will bet the sun, will kill lurking dis
ease germs, build up reserve of
energy, and directly benefit looks and
health. Choose time when the sun
is hot, but not at the eXhausting heat
or midday.
If you're not tied all day to your
home, try to fix up an outdoor gym
nasium, or join a tennis club; if YOU
can't do any better, set up Il croQuet
set or a clock golf outfit on your lawn
Fla nyour vacation so YOU can swim
and lie about in the sun. and alternate
with vigorous long walks. We need
air and outdoor exercise and rest; few
of US get enough of any OF these.
Ruth-As there is nothing wrong
with you physically you should not
lind il hard to build up your health
AT this season of the year. Get out
into the air a great deal of the time,
Evening star., 1924-06-25
What Today Means to You
Cancer.
BY MARY BLAKE.

- Cancer.
Today's aspects are very good and
favor aggressive and energetic tao
tics. 1t is suitable opportunity to
initiate new enterprises and assume
fresh responsibilities. 1t is an occa-
sion that justifies optimism, and it
will be found that tasks which hither-
to appeared impossible of achieve
ment will today be easy of accom-
plishment. Recklessness and ill-con-
sidered speculation must, neverthe-
less be avoided.
a child born today will experience
very little sickness: its character,
however, must be carefully watched
and its mental development encour-
will. given normal "upbringing'' con-
ditions. possess exceptional mentality
and MAI ked ability. 1t must be
guided by affectionate methods to
guard against the pitfalls of false
hood and deceit = knesSes very
frequently evidenced in childhood.
Let it be taught, both by precept and
example, to be- truthful and above
board" so that, as it attains matur-
ity. veracity and honesty of purpose
will be allied to rugged health and
exceptional intelligence.
If today is your birthday, You are
generous in impulse, a good, but not
discriminating friend, and possess a
that commands sincere ad-
Your one enemy is your
self; although you do not permit such
thoughts to affect the outward mani
festation Of a cheerful mien, you
brood over what in your opinion you
might have been. and nwardly rail
at so-called limited opportunities and
imagined endless drudgery
There are few brilliant people in
the world, favored ones whose special
gift - artistic, literary, musical. rel-
giouS. commercial - has brought to
them notable success, but, on the
other hand, there are hundreds of
thousands of US. like yourself. who
are blessed with only an ordinary
amount of brains and ability.
If you are to accomplish anything
worth while, it must be by doing lit
tie things so well, and so many of
them, that they count in the worlds
good and happiness for something
like as much as the one great thing
that some one else can do.
Great men and women do not at
tain greatness simply by getting bril-
liant naturally-they work for 1t as
we'll; generally harder than those who
never become great.
are: Summer Fairfield. poet; William
Baker, Presbyterian clergyman; Olive
Thorn Miller, author; William H.
Ward, editor; McClintock Young, in
Charles T. Yerkes, capitalist.