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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
MY WIFE A ND /
A HUSBAND TELLS HIS STORY TO CAROLYN BEECHER

fessed desire to get back to work, wanted to know if had already grown tired of her. Then laughed gaily. polk ing fun at herself for being such baby"
 In those first days in our home she wore her wifehood with evident happi- ness. with joy. She busted herself in furnishing the apartment--I knew noth- ing of such things and she was artistic to her finger tips. Laughingly she apologized for her extravaganza, telling me she loved beautiful things, wanted our home to be lovely.
 I could afford to indulge her within reason and as a result our apartment, small but perfect in it's appointments. became a proper setting for its lovely mistress.
 My uncle. for whom I had been named and with whom l had lived. senior member of the law firm of Bruce X Hancock, did not. l knew, approve of my marriage. but as he had said subject. I was his confidential secre- tary and looked forward to being . junior partner.
 Uncle Robert had welcomed me back kindly, accumulated business made my return timely, and 1 dug into work with zest. l had now a greater incentive than ever. Natalie.
 Her love of beauty, lovely things, was a passion. Occasionally, even in those first beautiful days. I wondered if I should be able to satisfy this passion- give her all she demanded. When I voiced this she said:
 You are clever, and a lawyer. Law yers always make money, don't they?"
 Her naivette delighted me.
 Not always. dear, but you shall have everything 1 can give you"
 You see. Bruce, l have to keep my self, our home. lovely for you. l might lose you if I didn't"
 Lose me! I could scarcely endure my absence from her during business hours. The prosaic things of daily intimacy took on a different aspect because of her. Nothing shared with her seemed commonplace.
 I was sure of her love. She had seemed as eager as I to be married, to have our future settled-a future that seemed so rosy that even thought 0f spending my life with her-my Natalie, my wife, the mother of my children.
 l gave no though to her upbringing, to her environment, the kind of mother she had, the advice she might have re- ceived. What man in love considers these things?
 lTo Be Continued)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
DOMESTIC DAYS
Rv ROv N,cARnrtl

Because of a dream of Teapot oil millionaires and mysterious John T. King giving him anto-scofflaw money, Mir. Jarr. backed by his wife's com mands. had gone to his boss and re- quested raise of salary and his em. ployer had countered by asking Mir. .Iarr out to lunch, because said employer was one of those cautious spendthrifts who will pay out $50 or dinner whereat they will explain why they cannot contribute s to a worthy cause.
 Mir. Jarr's boss knew Mir. Jarr needed q raise in salary, for his salary had been begged for sope years while the cost of living had nearly doubled.
 Mr. Jarr's bOss,, having an expensive young wife. had also felt the increased cost of living. He had increased the prices of the goods he sold wholesale in consequence. And yet, before Mir Jarr could get to the point that he'd have to have $10 more week. the boss. began his own tale of woe.
 MT. Jarr." he said nuskily. T have taken you out to lunch-we must have a bottle of wine, but these cursed rob bers charge SSO bottle for it-becaus do not want it to be heard in the of flee. what l am going to tell you. What l am gong to tell you is that unless can get larger line of credit. unless the banks will more generously take our paper, l will have to liqudiate. perhaps go into the hands of a re- ceiver.'
 Mir. Jarr was properly impressed. but remarked that he didn't see where $1O a week more would wreck the firm. If he didn't get it he'd have to get another job that would pay him more money or else go into the hands of the United Charities. .r
 Do you know what I had to pay for new motor car, Mir. Jarr!" said the boss severely. Do you know what advance of rent I have had to meet for my apartments in the Highcosta Arms: Do you know how the over head has increased 40 per cent in our business: Do you know how woolens have gone up? Are you aware that. owing to mild winter, demand for our goods is off fully 20 per cent? Do you realize how the tariff affects us ! Look what champagne costs, and yet my physician advises me that I must have 1t. Waiter, another bottle. And then there is the income tax"
 MT. Jarr took another glass of wine and then burst into tears.
 Is there anything I can do for you!' heasked. T can borrow some money on my life insurance policies"
 That's noble of you, Mir. Jarr," said his employer feelingly. But I shall worry through, I shall worry through. :" and he paid the bill and tipped the waiter 50, and Mir. Jarr went back to work thankful his salary hadn't been reduced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
HOME NURSING
By M. JESSIE LEITcH WHEN MIND RULES MATTER

inc man Whose leg had been broken lay in bed and groaned. He was doubt ly unfortunate because he was far from civilization and city comforts. It was the end of a cold winter and he was away up in the snow-covered northern woods with a party of men who knew little about first aid. They had car ried him to little cabin in the pines after his fall from a tree and kindly but roughly had strapped the bone into place.
 One of the men had gone on snow- shoes to the settlement and brought q doctor back with him. After an examination of the leg the physician had declared it to be clean break, a simple fracture, which means that there was no injury of the flesh. He had de- cided, after setting the bone and apply ing a splint, that it would be just as we'll if the sufferer, whose name was Tom Harvey, should stay in the cabin until the leg healed.
 I'd mush you into town to the Union hospital" he said, If it were not for the fact that at present there is an epidemic of scarlet fever in the village. You are better off out here as long as those men can see that you get food and tobacco and reading material. TIT be back in four weeks to take the splint off. Consider yourself lucky to have the peace and quiet of the woods, the companionship of the stars and the trees and the sunset. That's all I've got to say
 At the time Tom Harvey had as- sented and the doctor had gone back to the half-breed village beside a strag- gling railroad.
 It was composed of handful of ignorant breeds and Indians and the doctor was endeavoring to teach to peo- pie who were unresponsive, the com mon rules of hygiene and preventative medicine-the ordinary rules of health and cleanliness. It was discouraging work, but the young doctor somehow re- tained his enthusiasm
 Meantime, Tom Harvey lay on his bunk and groaned. His leg was pain full and he, could no longer move with out difficulty. He was afraid of get ting the bone out of place, that it would not knit, that he would be lame for life This is usually the case when a person has a broken leg and has nothing to do but lie around and think about it.
 Thought I'd come in early and make some soup for you,' said cheerful voice. Len Yule, one of the trappers opened the cabin door, and flung a brace of rabbits on the floor.
 Skillfully he skinned and cut up the rabbits and put them on to stew While they cooked he busted himself about the cabin, picking up articles of clothing. papers month old. ranging firewOod in neat piles behind the stove, sweeping the floor awkwardly but care fully. He even polished the windows with an old rag and some crumpled pa per and explained. little, apologetical- ly, II know how it is-beihg bed-ridden
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seething with half-formulated thoughts and desires and when she has morbid curiosity about life.
 She has no idea what she desires of fate. Only it must be something to- tally unlike the safe, quiet sMain street she has known all her life, and she is so eager for a change that she is ready to throw her cap, over the windmill and follow the forbidden path, without ever even asking where it leads.
 Sixteen with girls is the romantic age. Their heads are full of dreams that they fit on anything that wears trousers. They see the Fairy Prince in every varnished-haired little jeliybean of youth. They worship at the shrine of film stars, and they yearn to become lifesaving stations for all the drunk ards and old rounders they meet.
 They bestow their affections indis- criminately on the fit and the unfit, and like the heroine of "Floradora," they say, in effect, to every man: II must love>some one an it might as we'll be you" They are boy crazy, as the say ing goes, and without knowing what they do, they do not hesitate to sell their birthright of maidenly modesty and purity for the mess or p0ttage 0t popularity. For the sake of automo- bile rides and gay parties and always having plenty of dates" they take risks at whose memory they shudder the balance of their ives-if they es- cape destruction.
 At sixteen girls are just beginning to realize sex attraction, and they are drunk on it. --
 The realization that a mans kiss can thrill them goes to their heads like wine. The knowledge that they can play upon the emotions of men make men desire them turns them into Bac- chantes. So we have the sad and ter rible daily spectacle of little, young girls, half clad, playing the old game of sex allure with an openness that would shame hardened woman of the streets.
 Sixteen is the creduious age with girls. They will believe anything be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
By THoRNroM W. BURG Ess

When Sammy JayI1eft Mr., Quack in the swamp over by the bank of the Big River. he flew straight back to the Smiling Pool. At first he thought of flying out over the Big River and screaming the news to Mrs. Quack, who, you know, was. swimming about out there But he knew that if he did that she would very likely fly right over where Mr. Quack was and that wouldn't do at all. No, indeed, that wouldn't do at all. One of the hunt CTS would be sure to see her. So Sam my wisely flew back td the Smiling Pool to- wait until Mrs. Quack should come back there for the night.
 Of course he told Peter Rabbit all about MT. Quack, and Peter was so delighted at the thought that, Mir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
FILM FABLES
By DON ALLEN

Once Upon Time there was Brave Author who, after seeing what the Movie Producers did to his Brain Chil- dren, organized the Eleventh Com mandment club. And the only Bylaw was to the effect that "Thou Shalt Not Convert My Stories in Screenese."
 And, Sticking Close to the injunction, the Writer made a contract with big Producer who Agreed Not to use the Adze or the Draw Knife on the Authors Original Idea.
 And it Came to Pass that the Story was produced on the Screen just as the Author had written it and the Screen Multitudes Wondered What it was All About and Demanded that the Producer Force the Writer to Pull Down his Hat as his Brow was too much to the Soprano.
 Moral: Iris 1, Wise Writer Who Writes Down to His Public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11

cause they have no knowledge of life with which to test truth and false hood. Still less do they ever apply the acid of doubt to any love VOWS. They have absolute faith in the honor of the man who begs them to elope with him without bothefing about going through the archaic marriage ceremony. They never doubt that the married men who make love to them will be faithful to them, although they have been faithless to their own wives and their own flesh and blood. =. .@e ! They believe all the wicked lies that are written about the beautiful girls who ran away from home, and went to Hollywood and became movie stars the next day, with million dollar contracts and limousines and pearls; or who went to some big city where they met mil lionaire's son as they were coming put of the station, who fell in love with them at sight and married them and took them off to Europe on a solid gold yacht.
 At sixteen they have never been hungry; they have never been cold they have never lacked any comfort or known any anxiety about providing for themselves. They have been shielded from the rough side of life and they know no more of the real world than a babe in it's cradle.
 So they believe in white magic, They believe that nothing can hurt them, and they wreck their lives by clipping with strangers aiid running away to follow impossible careers. through the fool hardness that is born of ignorance.
 At sixteen girls are nearly always dissatisfied at home, and sresentful of parential control. s
 This is inevitable, unless the parents are wise enough to usej 1.-the iron hand in the velvet glove in dealing with their children, and few parents have the finesse or are willing to take the trou- ble to do this. ta.4
 At sixteen girl feels older than she will be at eighty, and she is more sure that she knows it all than she will ever be again, for there is no wisdom and |cocksureness equal. to that. of. youth. ;
 On the other hand, mother regards the sixteen-year-old girl as mere child. who is treated as child and made to obey as a child. Hence, there is per- petua1 conflict between the two, and sixteen is ready to do almost anything to get away from what she considers the grinding tyranny of mother and the jail of a home. -
 Worst of all, sixteen is the age when a girl thinks everything is final. You cannot convince her that she is in a stage of evolution, and that six. years hence she will not be the same person she is today. 'es .,'
 She feels that her fancy for some boy is the eternal passion, and so she mar ries him and is miserable ever after. Or she makes some other wrong and foolish decision that blasts her happiness.
 Yes, sixteen is the dangerous age. Happy. and fortunate are those girls who have wise and loving mothers to watch them, and guide them through that periious passage between child hood and womanhood.
 ' DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
NEWT DOOR NEIGHBORs

The house next door had stood empty so long it had become real eyesore and when one sunny spring morning Emmy Wilson looked out of the window and saw. moving van drive up in front of it she clapped her hands with delight. She was going to have leighbors at last!
 She told Charles all about it when he came home to lunch. They've got a player piano and a photograph and a car and parrot and the dearest fox terrier!' she related. %
 ''Umph!" Charles. who had lived ten years longer than Emily. unfolded his napkin gravely. And children?"
 Two, quite a young lady daughter and boy. I like their looks very much."
 ''Umph!" said Charles again. "One of them's knocking at the back door now"
 Why, how did you know?" exclaim- ed Emily as she jumped up and ran into the kitchen.
 My name is Lyra Widger," said the smiling young miss who stood there, ''and may l please use your phone for an instant?"
 "why, certainly" Emily was glad to accommodate, although the telephone was in the dining room. Miss Lyra did not seem to mind that. rustled to the instrument and began to talk
 ''Aw, is that you, Grubby? Sure Lyra. Is that all right? Oh, moving. Yeah. grand !" .-.'4 ...
 This went on for long time. When at last she hung up the receiver and teetered out on her high heels, Charles burst forth.
 Well, if that's a sample, excuse me!'
 "Oh, Charles! She's just a silly young girl. You can't, judge the rest of the family by her. And anyway, she may wear better, you know"
 Charles laughed. Emmy, you're such a jewel yourself that you can't even imagine paste. You've got pretty severe lesson coming to you some day"
 Maybe" retorted Emmy crisply, but at least I made no mistake when l got you, yet every one said"
 ''Oh, l know what they said and they were right. You were far too good for me then and you are now. No one ap- preciates that fact more than l."
 '"The idea of talking about my only husband like that! I'll not allow it from you or any man," cried Emmy lcyally.
 Then they both laughed and squeezed hands across the table just as though they were new lovers instead of old ones of almost eight years standing
 That afternoon Emmy was kept quite busy. Her new .neighbors bor- lowed tack hammer, tacks and tape measure, bunch of keys and step ladder, besides making several visits to the telephone. And that evening when she sat down to play backgam- mon with Charles they came to see if he would just please run over and help them minute with the car.
 "Got a nice machine there all right, he remarked as he came back. "A seven passenger, too"
 Emmy made swift calculations.
 Doubtless they'll be very nice about taking us out" she said complacently
 Doubtless" returned Charles drily "Its your shake, wife," There followed rest of several days and then one night Emmy awoke with sweat.
 Whats that:" She gasped, gripping Charles arm.
 Its the Villagers car. They've left it running, that's all. Must be in the lane
 What an awful noise. It must be midnight.
 Two o'clock I should say It's tho young folks probably. Stuff up youi ears, Emmy, and so to sleep"
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articles very much the worse for wear.
 Ma couldn't stand this street." he vouchsafed. 'She says people are too Nunneighborly., We're going where its more congehial.'
 Emmy was speeches.. When she saw Charles coming she went down the street to meet him and to tell him the good, news. .'Thes'te' gone, Charlie boy, sonsr' > "Good enough r He said merely. then. I've got some news for yod, Emmy
 s...Whatr''
 They were asked to 20. The house has been sold. Guess who's going into
 T couldn't"
 Joe Armstrong and Helen"
 "Oh.. Charles Really?"
 Guess we'll have some real neichbors now,' Charles said. That isn't all. I've bought us a car, going to have it delivered tomorrow It will take in Joe and Helen. Wen have some great times together this summer"
 Won't we!' cried, Emmy. And she began to dance on her tip-toes just as though she were, light as thistie-down and only 16 years old. .t,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
THAT WORD?
GERRYMANDER

A famous old joke of the politicians lies concealed in the perfectly ordinary word "gerrymander." When Elbridge Gerry, he of the fur cap, was governor of Massachusetts, he devised the plan of redistricting the state in such a way as to give his party the advantage in the election.
 When the governor submitted his map to friend the friend exclaimed wonderingly Why, this looks like a Salamander No" = replied Gerry, sententiously, "'it looks like a Gerry mander."
 An the name stuck through thick and through thin to the kind of busi- ness Elbridge Gerry originated.
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and no women around to clear up the place and make. it homelike."
 II don't care about the shack-if only this darn leg would stop bother ing me-. said Tom dejectedly. But he felt better without knowing why.
 Its fact" said Yule. that sick person feels twive as we'll if the room they have to stay in is clean and tidy. Let's open up the windows and have a look at the stars and get chest full of fresh air"
 In the days of his convalsence the invalid learned that the most tedious part of an illness can be bridged by cheerful, clean surroundings, good food, kindly attentions-anything that helps take the sufferers mind off his own ailments and injuries. It's an old story, but one that is invariably true.
 There are more women over 100 years old in the United States than
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ALFALFA SMITH

Dear Friend: It is bad idea to leave any one angry. Fix the matter up. Use a little ''salve," which is an- other word for diplomacy. We are here too, short a time to let any misunderstanding go over night. The best time to settle the difficulty is right when it starts.
 This will be mighty good advice to you if you work in an office. Avoid office quarrels, but should they come, ''let not the sun go down on thy wraths." Always,
 ALFALFA SMITH.
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and by far the greater number of these were sweet sixteen. Nor need any one be surprised at this. sANs
 Sixteen is, the age of adventure with a girl. It is true that when she is restless and discontented, tired of all the old things, and eager for some thing new and strange and full of thrills. It is the time when h -, sp 4 sS
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. Sixteen is the dangerous age for girls, according to Miss Maud Miner, secretary of the Girls Service Club of America.
 Eleven thousand girls in the United States ran away from home last year,
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MY NEIGHBOR SAYS.

When making omelets allow 1 tablespoon of cream or hot water for each egg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11

Butter which has become spoiled by heat can be made as tasty as ever if soaked for two hours in cold water in which a pinch of car bonate of soda has been dissolved.
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';;;: i;;: $:'' Dorothy Dir ;::;;:;

Miss Sirteen Is Adventurous Romapstic, Trust- mgs Of Strangers, Dissatisfied With Pdrental Control Eageor For Strd,sge Ne,o 1gayills-Is It
 Amy Wonder "SaOeet SiGteem'' Is Dangerous Age,
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To clean discolored water bottles, vases. etc, put in them some garden mold. fill them with cold water and shake we'll. They will become clean and bright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11

When frying doughnuts. French friend potatoes or anything that is fried in deep fat, drain on brown paper. The paper will absorb the grease and the food will be light and soft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11

In making a boiled custard al- ways put the salt into the milk after the milk has been scalded. Never put it into the cold milk, as it will cause the custard to separate as though eurdled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11

To renovate dingy hearth bricks in fireplace paint can be used. It will not blister because bricks are so absorbent that they will soak all the paint in. leaving only coloring matter on the sur face. Use Venetian red. Get it in one-pound cans and thin it with turpentine, ading small quantity of drier. Do not start il fire until dry. Another way, but one which entails considerable work. would be to rub the bricks with coarse sandpaper, coarse files or rasps or pieces of granite.
Evening star., 1924-04-30

SO we bowed to the inevitable-or this must be
held and with no lowering of its already set high standard
of quality and maximum of value -giving-tle
of Washington look for it-tley expect it-and
determined they should have it--so here it is!
And it's uondertuI!
It's enough to unprecedented seing-we pre-
pared for just that The service will be tip toptere will be
extra salespeople wrappers extra spaceand the
shirts will be piled high and arranged according to sizes
Mems Shop and main aisle tables.
Evening star., 1924-04-30

AS an added service
feature orders will be
taken this afternoon and
delivery made promptly
tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1924-04-30

Ditto!
The outstanding features
of each and every shirt in
this sale are
High Quality Materials
Perfection Of fit.
-E1tren,e care of euery
detail of workmanship.
They were not bought
down to a price, BUT UP
TO A STANDARD.
Evening star., 1924-04-30

w y ASHINGTON men, and those who buy for
M them, have learned to wait for this event-look
w for it-because they have found that supplying
their needs from its offerings means definite
savings in shirts of superior quality of material and per-
lection of fit and general workmanship the finest detail
This has been proven by its tremendous growth
first inaugurated in 1921.
harder task this year than assemble
the quantity and quality of shirts that thought worthy
be represented in this Sale We found the market pretty
tight the type and quality of shirts especially in favor
with wel-dressed men today.