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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
Ny Husband---Ihe Bootlegger
By Caroline Beecher

most little girl. By the way, Stella, Lucille is growing prettier every day. You'll have to look out for her. Young people seem to think they can do any thing now and get away with it."
 I sensed the warning in Dorian's voice..
 "I try to, Dorian; but to be honest, LMcile seems to have grown away from me. It may be my own fault, at least in part. kept so busy with war work, let her do all she could also, that per haps neglected her in a way; was not careful enough of her, let her do too much as she liked; go where she pleased"
 "Wcp, don't worry about it, Stella {; we'll keep an eye on her. I don't like to see young girls with men SO much older. Often they have a fascination for the girls the younger men haven't experience attracts innocence some times. Keep her away from Mary Day ton if you can, even though she is her aunt"
 This talk with Dorian, coming on the heels of my anxiety over the influence Mary was having over Lucille, made me still more anxious. Several times I was at the poin of discussing it with Morton, of asking him to interfere Lucille always took her fathers criti- cisms of her conduct in better part than she did mine---but his tired face, his anxiety over business, deterred me- He needed all his strength, all his men tai force in the business. So l put off saying anything from day to day, hop ing the intimacy would die out.
 
 let my maid go; it seemed wrong to keep Ter when Mort was so hard pushed for money. told Lucile and Mona they would have to help me, that each must consider part of the house. work her duty. a At first they really seemed not to mind, but as the days passed and it interfered with their go- ing, Lucille complained.
 "I'm spelling my hands," she grum- bled. Aunt Mary told me they looked red and hOrrid. I don't see why we can't keep a maid as well as she can. Father and Uncle Clifford are equal partners in the business"
 "Uncle Clifford hasn't IS large a family to care for as your father has," I replied. Tt doesn't cost as much to dress one little boy like Grant as it does to outfit two big girls and boy of Grants age as we'll"
 Il know that, but I hate to spoil my hands. I'm going to ask father if it is necessary to go without a maid. I'll bet it's just a notion on your part, mother"
 Don't bother your father, dear," returned; "he has all he can attend to just now"
 "All right-but I hate to be poor
 (To Be Continued)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
Hearts of TWo
CHAPTER 1S9

TOHIS ;.-so made it easier for her.
 Marian appreciated. There was
 less embarrassment in talking with n complete stranger if one could talk to him tete-a-tete.
 Roscoe asked a few questions, and the girl m: de her answers as brief and i direct as his queries. She could come this evening and appear in one ot the dances she had been in the habit of giving at DeLisle's.
 Choose the one you prefer, the manager said. Ut will give me chance to see if you suit me-"
 Marian thought immediately of her Rypsy dance. Her red costume would he correct for this. Her dark hair would not need to be covered. Here in New York, where she was a stranger, there, was no necessity of any attempt at disguise.
 In ten minutes after she had met Roscoe she had completed her arrange ments with him. She was to report for duty" at 8 o'clock tonight.
 After this evening. we can come down to hard business" The mans glance at the clock warned her that he considered the interview ut an end.
 Shall I-dress here-or come al- ready dressedY she asked. She had all ready told him of her red frock and he had agreed that it would do for what he called "the try-out."
 "You might come dressed for danc- ing tonight" he answered. "Then, If we decide to make an engagement will have a room set apart here for you.
 She walked from Roscoe's back to her lodging, so nervous that there "as relief in rapid exercise.
 A letter was waiting for her when she reached her room. She tore it open eagerly as she saw Lois delicate handwriting on the envelope.
 It was dated yesterday and said that Lois had been to church, of course, and had asked Mir. Sumner to dinner that evening.
 "He had an invitation to Thanks giving dinner at noon," she said. At Deacon Holmes. But he was so sorry for me in my loneliness that he came to supper with me- got the m.al myself, and he said it was delicious. But for him I would have had sad Thanksgiving Day."
 She added a postscript: T meant to tell you that there is no change in fathers condition-except that he groans oftener than he did. It makes me so nervous when am alone with him. But of course 1 have to bear it. ;"
 (nIo pa ConfiOnndl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
.The WeU-Dressed Man
By BEAUNASH Correct Clothes To Meet The Obligation Of Every Occasion

plain or striped, this garment has the shawl collar, sleeve facings and patch pockets set off in a color contrasting with the ground. Slippers come to match, if desired, and so, too, does a handy waterproof bag to contain ones swimming suit.
 If you do not fancy the full-length robe, you may choose the three-quarter length, which is rather sprucer and not so awkward to manage. Then, there is the half-length garment to which many youngsters are addicted. In place of the conventional shawl lapels you may select a robe having peaked lapels and being cut dOuble-breasted 5:th great pearl buttons just like polo coat.
 The possession of several robes is a downright necessity to The We'll Dressed Man. One should be of soft absorbent Terry cloth or Turkish towel- ing; another of light silk or silk-and- linen; the third heavier fabric for cool nights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
CHATTER 8

CHATTER 3
 HAD one very intimate friend, Do.
 rian Matthews. Dorain had beer
 an old sweetheart of Mort's before | knew him. She was still fond of him and when I first met her, soon after we were married, had been a bit jeal ous of their old romance. Dorain wal about three years older than I and had married after she and Mort had driftct apart. :
 Dorain was not happily married. Her husband was something of a sport and very popular with the women. OI at least he tried to be. When I first met him he had tried his Vaccinations upon me. He had disgusted- me with his careless treatment of Dorian. But she never seemed to notice and went on her quiet way in spite of his fire quent philanderings.
 For years Dorian and I had been very close. She had helped me over more than one difficult place, had been q tower of strength. She was very beautiful woman--no one would eve1 call her pretty. She was tall, stately Her eyes and hair were black and she wore the hair smoothly off her face in a French twist, a mode few could afford to adopt, but which gave her distinction.
 Dorian was, even after all the years that had passed, still very indulgent toward Mort; was very fond of him She told me they had been engaged that she was quick-tempered q knew Mort), that they had quarreled over some little thing, and that in pique she had married Fred Matthews.
 Not that I didn't care for Fred she said. I did. But l should per. haps not have married so soon had il not been for my quarrel with Mort" And while believed my husband truly loved me, knew he was as fond of Dorian as she was of him. Yet at times he appeared to resent her mixing in our affairs" as he expressed it.,
 There was one subject never had touched upon with Dorian-Lucile. ] couldn't bear to disparage my lovely young daughter, what she did, even to Dorian. Neither had I ever spoken of her intimacy with her Aunt Mary. Ii was Dorian herself who first spoke of it.
 T saw Mary Dayton and Lucille at marked. How young Mary looks."
 "Yes-she keeps herself young. l don't think anything ever worries her unless it is being cramped for money, as we all are now"
 "Men seem to admire her," Dorian w.nt on. Their table seemed a magnet for all the men in the room. I thought at first it was Lucille who drew them, but I'm not at all certain it wasn't Mary. They were mostly older men, men to whom Lucille would seem al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
"EVEN As YOU AND r

Any examination into the activities in the Hollywood studios leads one al- moss immediately to the direct IS, and soon convinces almost any reasonable person that there is hope.
 Not long ago the badge of the movie director was he eye9hade. Anyone seen on a movie lot wearing an eycshade was a director. There was no escape from this deduction.
 Eventually the eyesnade passed out as director badge, just as large hips and monkey jur vanished from feminine wearing apparel and all directors took to wearing leather puttes. They had no reason for wearing puttes except that they were directors; but that was sufficient. They were directors; there fore they had to wear puttees.
 It was a good thing that no director started the fad of wearing bustles, for then all directors would have had to wear bustles, whether they wanted to or not.
 The most recent change in directorial garb is in the direction of complete normalcy. Puttees have been banished into the limbo of impo sible things; and it is now the fashion for directors to wear ordinary business suits, with the vest completely buttoned and the trOus- CTS carefully creased. All directors con seauently wear ordinary business suits while engage in their pnerous direct mig duties. The director who wore an eyeshade or puttees or golf trousers on the set would be viewed with horror by his entire entourage.
 Since, directors are approaching nor nal in this respect there are many close observers who hold out hope that it will gradually become fashionable in the near future for directors to make films in which the people act like nor nal human beings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
Luck Is Small F actor In
 Business
By sOPLTN IRVyINfLOEB

4 MAN was cprsing It's bad luck A the other day over some loss or other. Another was congra tulatinf himself on his good luck. The two met and discussed the question of how fal luck played part in either transaction
 After carefully gong oyer each of the happenings. the man who won had made his decision through a long series Ol events which gave him a fair assurance of success, while the man who lost made his choice badly because he had done SC too hastily.
 As the famous philosopher once said "Chance generally favors prudence
 Back of e,.ch and every transaction except in games of chance, you will find that each and every, one has reasoned the thing out pretty well before taking the plunge. He may do it with an air of bravado as though it were merely throwing chance to the winds, but nev. ertheless he has thought 1t out. One of my great friends, Jack Lon. don, used to talk a great deal about luck. He rather believed in it. Once he told me story of the Klondike in which he and friend were climbing a steep grade. They were both on the same path, but his friend fell and "stubbed his toe"
 The pick he was carrying went off at tangent and at that very spot gold w..s discovered. And Jack said, "Why didn't l fall and why didn't my pick strike that goalT Had trained miner gone along in the same path he might have found the vein also. It does hap. pen that what one stumbles on another will find through study, just as in a laboratory a scientist will make a dis covery accidentally, which does not say he would not arrive at it some time by the process of deduction.
 What is often accredited to Lady Luck are things that would occur any way. The individual who trusts too much to the tickle goddess is usually loser. Play any game long enough and 1t will get you. If you don't believe it, go down to the stock exchange.
 The goblins are there all the time, and if you don't watch out they will get you. Taking a chance is good busi- ness when you have thoroughly studied the possibilities. The haphazard games. ter casts the die and trusts to luck. He wins sometimes, but he eventually awakens to the need of being more cautious.
 once lost a little breastpin in the millions of leaves on the ground. We hunted all over the pathway but could not find it. Two weeks later some friends of mine went over that pathway l was walking with one of them, arm in arm. We were talking of the breastpin, and right at her feet she picked it up. didn't see it at all.
 She claimed she was lucky. In fact she says she is always lucky, but most of the time this girls judgment is bad She had chosen the wrong husband twice, and believe it is because, in a moment of madness in each case, she took the leap and trusted to luck.
 Sometimes Reason is harti mistress urging you to withhold, sit back, keep behind the race, but she knows why
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
Sings Will Show Defects In
 Children
By pR. CHARLoTTE Q. WEST

By DR. CHARLOTTE c. WEST
 A TRENTON has repeatedly been "A drawn within recent years to the
 moral defective World wide publicity has been given the subject by the lay press in consequence of startling disclosures in so-called high life; by obscure crimes, in inception of which, from their nature, seemed un- fathomable.
 How many parents have learned q lesson and applied the facts adduced from these revelations to possibly morally defective child? Usually such a child is given greater license, and no effort is made to treat him as a de- fective.
 '"The boy who displays an ungover- nable temper; who is addicted to pas sionate outbursts of uncomfortable an- ger; who takes a delight in inflicting pain upon his playfellows; who at a most tender age evinces a keen pleas ure in cruel acts upon helpless animals these and many other traits of a similar nature go to make up that un- healthy mental state, which unless properly treated and guided, or offset by a will power more powerful than the imagination, is bound to develop along lines dangerous, not only to its possessor, but to the community" says . famous medical specialist.
 There are a great many mentally defective children, The asylums in New York are overcrowded, and 1t is said that 10000 epileptics and feeble minded are uncared for throughout the state. Many of these wretched crea- lures belong to the third and fourth generation.
 In some of the enfeeblement results from disease, from a fall, from shock, etc., and is frequently overlooked in its early stages, when it might have been amenable to treatment. Epi- lepsy, for instance, may begin so mild ly that the first symptoms is scarcely perceptible convulsion, a mere m- voluntary tremor of the body, with mo- mentary lapses of memory, not of con sciousness.
 Nervousness, irritability, hysterical outbreaks and the like are all warn. ings too often unheeded.
 Our educational methods while ad- mirable in some directions are most harmful in others. The seeds of life long misery are sown by the enforced study entailed upon many children in order to keep up with their classes. These children scarecely take time to "bolt" their food; digestive disorders superinduced upon an already enfeebled constitution result in grave nutritional conditions, affecting mainly the heart and central nervous system. Sleep is impaired, growth is impeded, and the effect of this, particularly upon young girls at puberty, is the feeble develop ment of organs and the partial estab7 lishment of functions.
 In these cases the inflence of some hereditary taint cannot be too vividly dwelt upon for it is in the early rec ognition of this fact, followed by the most cautious, persistent and scientific treatment pursued for years that the only hope of regenration lies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25

and will, it is understand, be sold Ion approximately $500, 0,000 to a company which proposes to rent the-antira estnb-, lishment out by the day, week or month to honeymooners only, at the cate of $10O a day, with an additional charga for servants and for food. A weeks honeymoon there would cost about $1 900.
 Mrs. Welles, in describing the-island. said:
 Young people will have S5 acres fo themselves. The servants quarters are in a separate bungalow. As for the house, it is so large that the honey mooners could lose themselves in it, so to speak. The living rooms, dining and breakfast room are most artistically fur nished. The baths are spacious, equipped with large showers and marble floors.
 'Then there is the deer park, a beau tiful shaded retreat with winding paths shadowed with big trees. The yacht will carry them back and forth to the shore, the trip taking about one hour and ten minutes, as the island stands in the middle of the lake, far removed from the curious"
 The place is known as Slave Island. Mrs. Welles recently bought a larger isle somewhere in the lake and accord ingly has no further use for the honey moon island-Burlington, Vt, Letter to the New York Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
Little Stories For Bedtime
The Plungers Make Home In Green
 Forest
By THoaRTon ". suRe Ess

rOFcBL
 TT WAS very hard for Peter Rabbit
 to believe what Jerry Muskrat had told him about the harmlessness of Plunger the Osprey, better known as Plunger the Fish Hawk. Peter wouldn' t have believed it if he hadn't seen for himself how Jerry had no fear what. ever of Plunger. You see, it was very, very hard indeed to believe that there could be any member of the Hawk family, at least any la.ge member like Plunger, who was not to be feared by all of the little people of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest. But Peter remembered the mistake that had been made in regard to or Mistah Buz- gard how for long time he had been needlessly feared, and this made it a little easier to think that possibly Jerry Muskart might be right in regard to Plunger the Fish Hawk. s..s
 Of course, Peter hurried to tell Dan- ny Meadow Mouse and all his other friends what he had learned at the Smil- ing Pond. Each was as doubtful as Peter had been, but each hoped that it was true. After this they all watched Plunger whenever they had chance, Hnu not once dld any one see him try to catch any of the little meadow and forest people. In fact, he never seemed to notice them at all. He always flew straight from the Green Forest across the Green Meadows to the Big River and back. Often when he was return. ing from the Big River they would see something shining in his great claws. It was a fish.
 So it came about that after n while no one feared Plunger the Fish Hawk save the fish in the Smiling Pool and the Big River. Presently, from where no one knew, appeared Mrs. Plunger, and it soon became very clear that they had decided to make their home in the Green Forest. They made no secrer about it. They didn't seem to care who knew where it was. Peter saw them. carrying sticks and once or twice flying from the Big River with water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
FOR BATH, BEACH, LOCKEF

DE ZINC dynamic, rather, than a ND static race, always Ion the trig-
 ger," we look upon comfort clothes for the house with tolerance rather than acceptance. The art of lounging, as it is understood and practiced abroad, is unknown to many of us. Thus, the venerable query, "Is that a room robe or a Christmas present? 2" hits off our cynical attitude toward leisure garments which we cannot find the leisure to put on. The only time we wear lem is when we've no place to go.
 Latterly, there has been a remarkable improvement in the designing and making of mems robes. Their ingenu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
OIIITE A CONTRACT

He-COngratulate me on my good luck. My rich uncle has promised to meet all my obligations.
 She-Indeed! And will he marry all the girls you've becomed engaged to?- Boston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25

She is not trusting to accident. Her de- cisions are based on something more substantial than fleeting moment.
 Every time you wish to trust to luck, do so, but think it over and put behind your decision your belief in something substantial on which to bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25
HONEYMOON ISLE FOR RENT

Dreams of honeymooners for an isolated island are on the way to real ity.
 Mrs. Frederick Welles of Burlington, Vt., owner of an S5-acre island in Lake Champlain, has received bids for it from six different men.
 The island is equipped with a house of sixteen rooms, luxuriously furnished. It has four baths, extensive servants quarters, deer park and a yacht. The house was erected at a cost of $1O0, 900, mean that you will use this same nest year after year?" h easked.
 Certainly" replied Plunger. Why no4?"
 q don't know any reason why you shouldn't t. "@ confessed Peter. Eve al ways wondered why most birds seem to prefer a new house every year. never could see why an old house, re- paired if necessary, isn't just as good as a new one."
 Tt is better when it is treated as we treat it," declared Plunger. "We just make it bigger and more comfortable each year. You see. Mrs. Plunger and I are great lovers of home. Where dc you live?
 "Over in the dear Old Brier Patch, : replied Peter.
 "Ever intend to-" continued Plunger
 "No," replied Peter.
 Ever intend to-" continued Plunger
 Certainly notw replied Peter. Tt is the best place in all the Great World"
 Plunger chucxled "You've got the right idea, Peter Rabbit" said he. Mrs. Plunger and feel the same way about our home. We've found a place we like, and we have begun house keeping in a small way. As long as no one bothers us we'll keep right on living Lere year after year ard making cnr hone bigger and better. Can you guess why?"
 "Why?" asked Peter.
 Because it is home, and in all the Great World there is no place like home," replied Plunger.
 Next Story: Plunger the Fish Hawk Catches a Prize
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25

Miss RuthMcClellan is the guest of Mrs. E. A. ONeal in Florence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25

ity and artistry would fairly take ones breath away, if Mir. Volstead had not thought of it first. In the lighter stuffs for confessedly hot weather wear there are Terry cloth, crepe, pOplin, foulard, taffeta and many more, the heavier cashmeres, flannels and double-faced cloths being reserved for autumn and winter. >
 The use of thin robes has been great ly stimulated by bathers, who wear them as protection against sunburn. In this case, they are termed surf or beach robes and are cut and trimmed with all of the style and much of the elegance of the most pretentious clothes for formal occasions.
 A typical bath, beach or room robO is reproduced here. Made of soft crepe,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25

Next Story: Plunger the Fish Hawk Catches a Prize
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25

mean that you will use this same nest year after year?" easked
 Certainly" replied Plunger. Why no4?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-25

TVHIS :..so made it easier for her.
 Marian appreciated. There was less embarrassment in talking with
, 1924-06-19
ACTRESS LIKES
MAINE WOODS
OUTDOOR LIFE

In THE Love Bandit" Doris Ken
yon plays the leading role. that OF n
New York society Girl who W has
enjoyed roughing It. who loses the
padlc of her in n rapids and
IL rescued by Victor Switzerland.
who plays the hero.
Miss Kenyon told n reporter Mt
tho Blaney studios that she liked
her role but that she certainly did
hate TO think that any OF her screen
fan friends would believe that she
knew no little about swimming or
handling n canoe . That II her one
Joy in the vacation period when she
goes to the woods in Maine.
Accompanied by n guide last sum
mer, Miss Kenyon made a nifty mile
trip through the mountains. n trip
in which she did her share OF the
work. padding. shouldcripg the can
oc over low streams and thoroughly
e.loying Il. Once when shooting a
rapids tho M overturned and Miss
Kenyon rescued the Kit bag and
swan ashore with II. Then she
swan back and helped the guide
rescue the canoe and tow II ashore.
This was In full woods dress. heavy
boots. corduroy divided skirt suit
and handicapped by a canteen and
woodsmAn's axe. which were strap
, 1924-06-19

Fire. tho Rcd Plague. Is a far
moro serious mcnnc to the nation
ms n whole than would be the theft
Of = million dollars n day. Stolen
money presumably remains In cir
culation. but n dollar, or its prop
erty equivalent. burned. II a nat loss
the wasted toll OF men and women
who labor day in and day out to pro-
duce the things upon which the prog
ross Of the world depends.