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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
Have Yo,1ul ,1l. Made Study Of Your
 Complex?
By SOPHIE IRENE LOEB

c ONE time ago in these columns
 under the heading Murder and
 Self-Expression," presented the case of the boy-murders of Chicago, and the frantic efforts being made to ascertain the complex in their mental processes,
 And now comes a woman with mystery" complex. Everything she does is in a secretive way, and they have dubbed her as having complex" Then there is the runaway complex- the girl who is forever leaving one place and going to another.
 In plain parlance, we are sick to death of "complexes." It will come to pass that the weak individual will have every complex in the calendar of the curious; just as in reading a medical book he imagines he has every symptom of the sicknesses de- scribed. Most of the time, every com plex is merely a form of ego, or com monplace conceit. sau
 As I have stated, every little com plex you meet is usually a sign of cussedness in the person. In nearly every case where somebody does wrong, he knows it and is taking his chances with full speed ahead, and any muddling effort to fathom what his complex is and blame it on the perversity of the person is all tommy rot. eF
 It is a new way of finding an alibi -an excuse-which only gives immu- nity to the wrongdoer, who begins to pity himself as soon as the ultra psycho-analysis crowd gets busy on him. The result is that he becomes martyr instead tof menace, which he really is.
 should like to cry aloud from the housetops, at least into every home where there are young people:
 ''Stop this complex stuff! It is ex- cusing crimes and criminals and put ting the burden on an unknown Quanti- ty in the human equation"
 I can hea rthe disapproval of this from the gallery gods of the psycho- mad world-people who mostly refuse to call a spade a spade and delight in visionary volumes against the vigor of truth.
 It is easy enough to find a complex for anything anybody does that he oughtn't to do. In this way he hopes to avoid the payment of the penalty that he justly deserves. The sickening sentiment that is wasted, if put into the right kind of energy, would soon rid society of the selfish, do-as-I-please people who contribute nothing but com plexes.
 The other day a man who has been behind the bars for two or three of lenses was finally liberated. His pro- testations of going straight would have made any Doubling Thomas be- lieve that here at last was a reforma- tion. He was not out 30 days until he went back to his complex" of sec ond-story climbing and stealing every thing he could lay his hands on.
 Of course, there is the occasional individual with real disease of mind, who is more to be1 pftied than blamed, but his is a radical case and should be relegated to the proper place-be it psychology, psychosanalysis and all the rest. .ss
 But for the everyday human being to become absorbed in the erroneous notions that are propounded by every young thing-that will make him least responsible for his own actions, is dangerous doctrine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
. FOLKs, AIEET THE KINGl
"GO-G -Getter'' American Plans "Clubbv
 Geaainv, VVJSh egov,.1. rs.T

OO'Oo5ter AmeF1can Plans "Cfubby"
 Session With Slams Ruler
 In the office of a tourist bureau, Singapore, where we go for tickets, there is go-getter, up-and- coming American, who has developed his per- sonality, He is buying tickets to Siam and telling the clerk he wishes a letter of introduction to the King and will pay good price for it.
 T want" says he, ''that I and my family should have a chance to take tea at the palace and I'll pay f5 for the right letter of introduction
 The clerk stupidly tries to say that this isn't done, but the American is one of those sterling types that have worked up from nothing and learned not to take no for an answer. He repeats his offer-&5 for simple letter of intro duction to the King of Siam.
 The clerk, it is plain, would like the f5. But 50 wOulS we. Of course, it isn't much at present rates of exchange, but every little helps. We are about to tell our eOmpatriot that we, our selves, will give him a warm letter to the King of Siam, not only mentioning tea for him and his family, but a nice little homecoOked dinner, with perhaps a few twins in to meet them, and charSdes afterward in the living room.
 But the clerk has recovered his wits. He writes the letter himself and gets our E5 for something probably not half so good as our letter would have been.
 We are tempted to trail our Ameri- can to the palace door, but time presses. We leave Singapore the more regret fully because the orchestra at dinner with never a saxophone plays Loves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
Hearts of TWo
CHAPTER 2o2
THE Crosby house was an old-fash

"HE Crosby house was an old-fash-
 toned one on East Seventeenth
 street-a part of town with which the girl was not familiar. Tom Crosby drove his wife and her guest to their destination, then leaving them at the front door, took his car around to the garage. Constance explained that on Sunday he was his own chauffeur. Tt gives our man one day off-and every human being needs a day in seven to himself"
 As she led the way into the house she took the girls hand in hers.
 II wish I could make you understand how welcome you arer' she said simply. Come up to my room and lay off your hat and coat"
 There was grate-fire in the large bedroom. Marian uttered an exclama- tion of pleasure.
 "Oh! how much like home it looks r she said involuntarily.
 "It is home," her hostess rejoined. Excuse me for a moment, please. Put your things on the bed, then sit down and warm your feet at the fire. l will be right back"
 She went out of the room to give an order to one of the servants. Left alone, Marian removed her wrapss glanced at her image in the mirror to make sure that her hair was all right then sank into a chair near the grate.
 It was indeed like home. As she gazed into the flames she might have thought that she was sitting by the library hearth in her fathers house To her consternation she felt the hot tears stinging her eyes. She must not let herself cry!
 Her hostess stayed away long enough for the girl to regain her composure.
 ''Now suppose we go downstairs, Constance Crosby suggested when sha returned. "I heard Tom come in just now, and I want you to meet my c1il@ dren before they go to bed."
 The children were well worth meet ing, Marian decided when she saw the three little girls seated with their fac ther in the library. Here also was an open fire.
 "This is Miss Horton, girls" their mother announced.
 They and their father arose to greet the newcomer Each child dropped courtesy as she shook hands gith the guest. Marian sank into a chair and motioned to the trio to come to her. They obeyed with an alacrity that mada their father smile.
 Don't lett hem bother you" he warned.
 There is no danger" Marian des clared. T want to ret a-q .Rred with them"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
LittLe Stories For Bedtime
By THoRMroN W. BURGESS

Buster Bear wanted to see me, Sammy Jay|
 ,"No," replied Sammy quite truth fully. "I didn't have the least idea what he was after. Listenr'
 The humming of the angry bees had grown louder. Buster was half way up the tree and there was a perfect cloud of them around his head. It was very clear that they didn't intend to be robbed without fighting for their own. Into the humming broke a sharp whine. Buster had stopped and was hanging on with one hand while with the other he was shaping off the bees and brush ing them away from his face.
 "He must want that honey more than ever wanted anything !" exclaimed Sammy Jay as Buster began to climb again.
 By this time there was a tremendous racket going on in the big hemlock tree. The bees were humming until the sound was almost a roar. Buster Bear was whining and growing and snarling. But he kept on climbing, stopping now and then to slap at the angry bees and to brush an arm across his face. And those bees were busy. Yes, siree, they were busy They were doing lot more than hum. They were using those sharp little. lances in their tails and every one they thrust into Buster Bear was like a redhOt needle.
 "What is that fellow made of?" nut tered Sammy Jay.
 At last Buster reached the dead place in the trunk of the tree. Near the top of it was a little hole, and out of it still more bees were pouring. Buster saw it. He climbed little higher and worked around on the back side of the tree where the bees were not so thick. Then he reached around and hookd the great claws of one hand in that little hole and pulled with all his might. There was ripping sound, and a long strip of dead wood pulled away and Sammy and Drummer could see something yellow and glistening in- side the hollow. Once more Buster reached around and hooked his claws over the edge of the opening he had made. When he pulled this time a big piece of wood gave way, leaving plenty of room for Buster to put his big hand inside.
 In it went and out it came with great mass of honeycomb dripping with honey. "Um-m-m," said Buster as he scooped it into his mouth. "Um-m-m." He hitched around where he could see what he was doing, and then he paid no more attention to those bees than if they had been so many flies. As fast as he could scoop 1t out he crowded the honeycomb into his greedy mouth, all the time making sounds which told Sammy Jay and Drummer the Wood becker palmer than words could have that he was perfectly happy.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

for. helping him find that tree. He thought of nothing but that honey. With a grunt he began to climb that big hem lock tree;
 My gracious !'' exclaimed Sammy Jay, who was watching from a safe distance, doesn't he know that those bees will sting something terribleY
 q hope they will ]" snapped Drum mer the Woodpecker. If l had known that it was to rob Busy Bee of her honey that he wanted me to find hol- low trees for him wouldn't have come. Did you know it when you told me that Dream" After the BalP and the Beautiful Blue Danube" and some bits of prehistoric Offenbach; plays the stuff with perfectly straight faces, seeming not to suspect how funny it is in day when music has it's hair bobbed, it's ear lobes rouged and wears no ,eorsets Harry Leon Wilson in the Saturday Evening Post.
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 It is one of the unpleasant verities of life.
 Mir. x is very wealthy and very prom inent. He is an honored gentleman. He married a beautiful young woman considerably younger than himself. The first year of their married life was happy one. The second year was not so happy. The third was worse. Fin ally they agreed to disagree.
 The name of another mana much younger and handsomer man-was whispered about as the incompatibility of the couple increased. The older man paid only the attention which an intelli- gent gentleman will pay to such whis- pers. There had to be an end to the state of incompatibility which existed between him and his wife; and still loving her he proposed a divorce rather than a continuation of the incompati- bility.
 But long before there was ever any suggestion or talk of divorce and at the height of their incompatibility he pro- posed out of a sense of genuine fairness an investment of several million dollars in her future rather than in his.
 A year passed. They separated. Re gently they were divorced in France. They have gone their separate ways but their paths cross occasionally, and as very real and actual friends they are happier than they were as a married couple.
 "When I married Mrs" he says, T did so in a desire to make her hap py. l always will. She is happier now than she was when we were together. l am happier than was. We are both happy. In this sense, then, consider our marriage has at last become a suc- cess. If she married again and is even
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

During the summer days no chances should be taken with the meat, If not absolutely fresh it should not be used. To fFeshen it by washing with soda, salt, etc, should not be attempted in warm weather. aa'
 To improve the flavor of a meat salad, marinate the meat cubes from enc to two hours in a dressing of one part oil to three parts vinegar and salt and pepper to taste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
What Happened In The Big HemIocI
 Tree


 Tree
 WTHEN Drummer the Woodpecker w broke off short his drumming
 on the big hemlock tree deep in the Green Forest and crying Bees !" flew with all his might to safe dis tance, Sammy Jay flew with him, for sammy was of no mind to stay where there were angry bees, But Buster Bear didn't run. Not hei He gave little grunt of joy and his greedy little eyes fairly danced as he started up at the dead piece on the big hemlock tree where Drummer had started to drum. Around it the air was filled with a cloud of flying specks and the angry humming of them was music in Busters ears. He had found what he had been looking for so long, the storehouse of Busy Bee. He was so greedy for the honey that he knew was in it that he forgot his manners altogether. He for got to thank Drummer the Woodpecker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

A YOUNG man who has been good, "A kind, loyal husband to his wife,
 finds that she is unfaithful to him. They have a year-old baby to whom he is devoted, and the husband
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

Heaven knows I am no advocate for loose living among women. l agree with MT. Caesar that Mrs. Caesar, who not only bears the little Caesars, but forms their characters, should be above reproach, and I am strong for any measures, however severe, that will keer her that way.
 But why is it any worse for a wo- man to break her marriage VOWS than if is for a man to break his? Is a man more dishonored who has an unfaithful wife than a woman is who has an un- faithful husband? Is his pride hurt more? Does he endure more bangs of jealousy when he knows that his wife is out joyriding with some other man she knows that her husband is galli- wanting around with another woman?
 No one will pretend that the be-
 trayed wife does not suffer just as
 cruelty as the betrayed husband
 does, yet thousands upon thousands of women who have seen their faith made mockery of, and their mar riages dishonored, have not rush.
 ed into theidiyoree court to free B themselves from their false and
 tricky life partners. They have
 had the courage to carry on with
 their part of the contract. They
 have kept the oath they swore at
 the altar, and have performed the
 duty to which they set their hands.
 These women have he'd the grit
 to endure the torments of jealousy
 that every wife must suffer who
 knows that other women are pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
Reflections of Dorothy Di1

To Forgive An Firing Wife Is No More Difficult ThGap To Tahe Back A Wondering Husbamd-If Woes Are Expected To Endure This Martyr- dom, ,Whu Not HMsbQnds2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
FRENoH HoARp CuRRENCY


 All over France men and women for years have been hoarding American currency. It became available in large quantities with the coming of Ameri- can soldiers during the war, and the French were quick to see its value. To- day people are wondering how many dollars are concealed in the "woolen socks" of the republic.
 The estimates run from one million dollars to five million dollars. Re gently a Frenchman living in Chau- mont, who kept a candy store during the war, disclosed to a friend strong box containing over $12,500 in Ameri- can bills of various denominations, which he sail he would sell when the franc reached 20 for $1. '"There are a good many men in this town alone who have more than I" this man de- clared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

ESPECIALLY FOR BEACH WEAR . Silk stockings suitable to wear with bathing suits are made extremely long in the leg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

ferred before her. They have writhed under the modification of knowing that their friends and &C., quaintances pitied them as un- loved wives, yet they have stood to their posts with the heroism of martyrs. They have pretended that they did not know the things that it broke their hearts to know. They have wept in secret and smiled in public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

This is a mat ter between a man and his own soul. It is a problem too delicate for any stranger to dare to intermeddle W t h it, or to attempt to solve it. A thou sand considerations besides the woman's 8 i 1.-the strength or weakness of her 0h 70 ro CfnVs. thu EiYd
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happier shall consider that our mar riage has become still more successful.
 ''I am too old to be romantic, senti- mental of plain fatuous. Understanding breeds broad-mindedness Broad-mind- edness makes for peace and happiness. I want to live in contentment and hap piness for the rest of my life. think I will. I am sure I will"
 It strikes me that this gentleman's philosophy is not the ordinary mush and bunk. I recognize in it, think, a genuine note of vibrant sincerity. Oc- casionally am moved to criticize men. This gentleman I salute and I would give him a medal of gold-pure gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
FOR THE SUMMER OF 1924

The bathing beach of 1924 is filled with color and gayety. The newest and smartest of bathing suits are made of figured silks, cottons and cretonnes. These gay little tunics are often worn over black satin bloometsy ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

They have put their own disappoint- ment, and disillusion, to one side, and kept their homes together for the sake of their children. They knew the value of fathers influence, and the back ground that a good home gives to chill dren. They did not want their boys and girls to grow up fatherless, and worse than fatherless, in knowing they had an unworthy father, and with the shadow of divorce over them. They knew that they could not earn enough money to support their children as their father could, and give them the advan- tages that their father could, and so they endured treachery for their chil- dren's sake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

Next Story: Farmer Browns Boy Seeks Cool Place
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11
We Women

Broad Minded Husbands N ACCOUNTABILITY is fact. There is escape from it where it exists. It is one of the unpleasant verities If life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

But, when all is said, why should not a man forgive an unfaithful wife, just as thousands of women forgive unfaithful husbands every day of the week? Men don't, of course. However much sidestepping Caesar may have done himself, he has seen to it that his wife kept in the middle of the straight and narrow path. The married woman has known that there would be no condoning of her of lenses. Therefore, she has watched her step, and it is because men have held women to stricter code of morals than women have held men that women, as a sex, are more virtuous than men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

Perhaps the man who has an un- follow the example that such wo- men set in such cases. The break ing up of his home will mean sor- row to him. The parting from his children will bring bitterness to him no less than it would to a woman, and a man is even less fitted to take care of a child and keep a home together alone than woman is. So, for the child's sake, and so that he may keep near his child and try to bring it up properly, it may often be the best thing for the man to forgive an erring wife.
 And often the woman who takes step astray is not really bad. She is only weak and vain and pleasure-loving. She wants to be flattered and made love to and given good time, and her husband can save her from temptation by being a lover as well as husband. But any way you look at it, the quet tion of whether an unfaithful husban or wife should be forgiven or divorce is a terrible one. God pity all unhapp men and women who lie awake at nigh trying to solve it!
 DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-11

Also, often a woman who has an
 unfaithful husband ''forgives" him,
 because his sin is the one blemish
 on an otherwise fine character.
 Outside of wandering fancy that
 veers with every wind of passion
 and sentiment, he is all that is lov-
 able and fine. His sins are sins of
 the flesh, and not of the spirit.
 There are men like this who are kind, and understanding, and tender, and gen erous, who treat their wives with every courtesy and consideration, and who except for one fault are adorable hus- bands and fathers, but who are consti- tutionally unfaithful. They are at tracted by every woman, and are true to no woman. They are never domesti- cated until they grow too old to roam, but many women bide their time, and wait until the philander comes back to her at last, because she knows that even as he is, he is a more agreeable husband than many a man who possesses all the virtues, and none of the amenities of life.
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wants to know whether he shall forgive his erring wife or divorce her.
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of wife and mother she is, outside of her philandering; the mans sense of duty toward his child-are involved in the question.
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3 is no danger" Marian des q want tn ret a-q nred with
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Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-08
Here Are Jurors
Drawn for Duty
In Local Court

Announcement of the list of iur-
ors who have been drawn for duty
in the superior court for the remain
der Of the present court session. has
been made. Jurors are instructed
to be present in court on Monday,
March 10, 1T 10 o clock.
The following is the list: w. F.
Smith, John f. Carlson, A. II.
Blaisdell, r. II. Metcalf, Hiram
Dickinson, r. i. Farrell, Henry L.
Daley. George G.. Culver, Richard
H. Isom, Frank A. Wilson, Pat
rick j. Brown, Herman II. Antholtz,
W. +. kobabe, Archie w. Me Ma
hon, John c. Tate, George Roy Farr,
Samuel D. Clavenger, ID. L. Zinn,
Bruce \. Quint, G. l.. Bishop, Joe
w. Brannerman, Boyd Fury, Jerome
L. Forester, Rex l.. johnson, IL. b.
Alexander, w. X. White, Roy Swear
ingen.; John u. Hasty, james Cock,
:. NJ. Bradley, ". l.. Poole, F1etch-
n Terry, John W. Kramer. Har-
rison Brady, F. II. Magee, Louis B.
Clement. D. d. German, James Bell
wood, G. NJ. Hopgood, Ben t. Cox,
j. W. Edwards, George r. Rustin,
=. L. Anderson, c. l.. Nelson, Dell
Willingham, Romeo c. Smith, How
ard P. Fites, Charles Hinrichson,
Fred L. Palmer and r. W. Back.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-08
Takes At Least
$173O Annually
for U. S. Family
By United Press Leased Wire

PORTLAND, Ore, Mar. s.-Thc
average workingmaM S family can
not live on Il respectable social scale
for less than 81, 100 year, accord.
ing to an exhaustive survey pre-.
Sented to the board of Cancellation
for wage controversy between elec-
trieal workers and the Portland
Railway Light and Power company.
This survey was prepared by
Prof. Jessie NJ. Short, of Reed col
lege. 1t loffers some interesting
statistics and conclusions.
An annual budget of $1,730 would
permit n family with three child
rem under II years of age to live
at an absolute minimum of com
fort as regards health and decency,
the report shows.
The report does not include osti-
mates for insurance, births, wed,
dings, marriages, and unforeseen in
cidentals.
Following are figures showing n
distribution of an income of Sl,730
for family of three children:
Food $432.s1 clothing $4i3.oo4: !:
furniture $9S "a; cleaning SUPPLE
30A; rent $3.50; heat and light
ss5; school, papers, magazines
books, church. recreation, dues,
charity, vacations, telephone, toys,
dentistry and doctor $34S.10.
Moreover it was shown that s;;eh
budget was merely for upkeepNand
did not provide for new purchases
of furniture and other needs. IN
reply to questions as to how some
Iworkmcn managed to own automo-
biles at low wages, Professor Short
said that in such eases the family
must do without necessities ss,s.