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The Dolores star., 1924-10-03

Oh for the good old days when q
snare bedroom instead of a spare tire
was the mark of affluence.
We all have our limitations and we
invariably fail when we try to deliver
the goods we haven't got.
The supply of trouble always exceeds
the demand, but the excess doesn |
reduce the cost any.
Failure is what happens to man
when he achieves success and then sits
down to enjoy it.
When somebody discovers a way to
utilize the parked chewing gum, the
pinnacle in retrieving junk will have
been reached.
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03

Inspiration is fine th;,.
family. ''pp@ |
With all our improved bi,,.
one has ever improved the du,, ! !
the car in front you have to ca, ~
Good government can't be g..
the bargain counter, but Il, su' :
than poor government.
II the Chinese civil war re,r,,
rout of mah-jongg. it will ~.
been in vain. asH
Ho hum, and the girl who va, :
Atlantic City beauty contest Sa Az Y
have bobbed hair. H
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03
The Titleholde,

The talk turned TO the ms.,.
record. 1t was achieved by n.
ployer who had his stenorrsnba.
after hours and then charged h.,
the telephone call to say she wor,..
be home for dlnner.-New Yor. NJ.
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03
To Pronounce Arkansas

There is hut one correct way to
pronounce Arkansas. The pronuncia-
ton was officially adopted about thir-
ty-ave years ago. The accent Is on the
first syllable. The third syllable Is
pronounced as II spelled saw"
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03
Bib.e Thoughts for
the Week
Sunday.

Sunday.
n Have Withheld the poor
from their desire. or have caused
the eyes of the widow to fail; or
have eaten my morsel myself
alone. and the fatherless hath
not eaten thereof; II have seen
any perish for want of clothing,
or any poor without covering;
then let mine arm fall from my
shoulder blade, and mine arm
be broken from the bUue.-JoO
81: l6. II. 10. 2l.
Monday.
Thou Shalt Love the Lord Thy
God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul and with all thy
strength. and with all thy mind;
and thy neighbor as thyself. This
do and thou shalt llve.-l.uke
10 :27. %.
Tue,day.
Peace ! Leave With You. my
peace | give unto you: not as
the world giveth, give | unto
you. Let not your heart be trou-
bIed, neither let II be afraid
John IA :27.
Wednesday.
The Righteous shall inherit
the land. and dwell therein for
ever. The law OF his God is In
his heart: none of his steps shall
slide.-Ps 81 90. 81.
Thursday.
Oh That Men would praise the
Lord for His goodness, and for
His wonderful works to the chill.
dren of men.-Ps. l07 :2l.
Friday.
eehold at Eveningtide trouble;
and before the morning he Is
not. This is the portion of them
that spoil US, and the lot Of them
that rob us.-Isa. IT IA.
Saturday.
Happy Is He that condemneth
not himself in that thing which
he alloweth.-Rom. IA %.
. 4 IL -
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03
Notice.

The Boosters section of the La
Toilette Wheeler Club will be at the
following places for the purpose Of
helping organize clubs on the following
dates: Friday evening, at s O'Clock.
October 8. at Dolores. Saturday even
ing, October 4. at Arriola, Monday
evening. October 8, at Lewis, Thursday
evening, October 9, at Lakeview.
Special invitation to the ladies.
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03
Life Story Depressing

1t is not the story of his life that
denresses a man. but that there Is no.
body who cares TO listen to II,
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03
Women Equal in De,n..,

In Denmark women enjoy the =.
pay and equal opportunities win -
in practically every line Of busin...
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03
THE HEN is A GOOD
ADVERTISER

You have seen the little. hen strut
ting about, advertising the fact that
she has just laid warm, white egg
guaranteed strictly fresh. She knows
she has good product-so she adver
tises it.
You patronize the hen that adVer
Uses. Accord the same fair treatment
TO the merchant who advertises. Read
thead vertis ements and reap pleasure
and profit.
Every advertisement, small or large
points the way to saving OF money
or time, an increase of your daily
comforts.
You can't afford to miss single aa
Head them ALL Read them every week
Advertising is the lighthouse tha'
Keeps the family budget off the rocRS
OF commerce.
Advertising is to make buying easy
and economical.
The Dolores star., 1924-10-03

No one has ever discovered why
rough roads are always the longest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
My Husb0nd---1he BOOtIegger
By Caroline Beecher

"The little we spend won't make any difference" he replied.
 My mental processes couldn't grasp his arguments, and if persisted he be- came angry or impatient. Yet, to quiet with him, to discover what he had in his mind, what he was doing. Fears of something too vague to name.
 "I shall be late tonight, perhaps may not be able to get home at all, so don't sit up for me-" Mort said as he arose from the dinner table.
 You're going out of town"
 q may" without looking at me.
 Wont you telephone if you are not coming home Lately so many people barrassed when I have to say 1 don't know where they can find you or when you will be at hOme."
 "All right, if I can't get home I'll phone" But he couldn't hide that something was on his mind, something was worrying him, although he spoke carelessly.
 Later he telephoned he wouldn't be home, and after Lucille came in went to bed. She stopped in my room a few minutes ana, IO my surprise, SpOke of her father, his ability to earn money if he wanted to.
 ''The idea of his sticking over in that old factory when he can earn so much more other ways. What does he do anyway? What is it he imports? One of the girls asked me, and I told her bronzes and things like that. I wasn't going to let her think didn't know"
 You probably told the truth. As I understand it, he handles a variety of things. Now run along to bed"
 Alone, I kept thinking of Mort and did not fall asleep until after the clock struck twelve. Suddenly I was awak- ened. I was sure heard the front door open. There had been a great many burglaries, and naturally my first thought was that some one had come in to rob us.
 Without making the slightest noise I crept out of bed, to the head of the stairs, just as man disappeared down the stairs leading to the basement. Something about him made me think of Mort, still l made no sound. Re turning to my room, slipped on my room slii ITS and kimono and silently
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06

made my way down the stairs. A draft told me the door leading out to the areaway was open I crept cautiously down the second flight of stairs, and by the dim iight-I was sure all the lights had been put out before I re- tired-I saw Mort and two other rough men. Mort seemed to be telling them what to do.
 The men went out, leaving the door open, then returned carrying boxes, wooden boxes that were heavy. Mort directed them to the cellar, while I crouched in the angle of the dark stairs, scarcely daring to breathe. What kept me from crying out to him, asking what it was all about, don't know. I only know l felt that I must keep still.
 The men made great many trips to the cellar, then one of them said
 "One more trip and it's all in"
 l crept back up to my room and ran to the window. Outside stood an i'm mense truck, and as looked it moved away, the powerful engine untitled so that there was scarcely a sound.
 (To Be Continued)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06

taken the place of the old desperado. There have even been bobbed-haired ban ditsses, who, having made their haul, drove casually away from the scene of the hold-up after tying and gagging the chauffeur. Mail robbers have utilized the motor car also.
 But the motor car bandit seems des- tined to 30 the way of the James boys" and Cole Younger, The airplane bandit--for banditry is nothing if not in step with modern civilization threatens to take his place.
 | The first intimation of this is a statement of Postmaster General New regarding classes of valuable mail to be carried in the postal airplanes. Only non-negotiable paper will be accepted. says this statement, and coin and cur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
CHAPTER 1s

CHAPTER 13
 THERE was another thing about
 Mort that worried me. He had
 always been the frankest of men, but now he scarcely spoke of his af- fairs, and when 1 questioned him never looked straight at me as he used to do. It was as if he tried to avoid my eyes.
 "You are working too hard, Mort" I told him when he took out a large roll of bills and told me to get what we needed. Put this in the bank. I haven't spent what you gave me last week. We can get along nicely, even here, on much less than you give me.
 ''I don't want you to get along on less. You don't have any more than Mary has, and Clifford has only the factory to draw on. It was all very we'll to be economical when it was necessary, but it is foolish to continue to save when there is no need"
 "You mean you are in this import ing business for good? do wish you would tell me more about it, Mort. l am such a home body and so interested in all you do, and you make me feel shut Out-as if l weren't worthy your confidence"
 Nonsense! There's no use bothering you with lot of detail. Just take the goods the gods provide and be happy"
 Whenever saw Mary Dayton she was frankly curious as to what Mort was doing to make so much money. But as 1 knew nothing I had nothing to tell. I repeated what he had told me-that he was acting as agent for an importing firm, that his long stay in France made him valuable. She, like me accepted the explanation even while she grumbled that Clifford had to work so hard, was too quiet and stupid to branch out as Mort had done.
 When I spoke of the factory, where Mort still spent some time each day, he told me that in time it would pay again, and that as soon as he had enough money to run it as he wanted to he would devote all his time to it.
 ''Then why not be more saving SC that you can do it sooner" I asked I had a curious feeling that were he once more back at the factory, attend ing only to the business he had been brought up to know, everything would be all right again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
LittLe Stories For Bedtime
Ry THoRNroN V. BURe Ess
Buster Bear Follows Busy Bee

Buster Bear Follows Busy Bee DUSTER BEAR couldn't get out of ND his head the memory of those
 sweet dreams of all the honey he could eat. No, sir, he couldn't. The more he thought about them the more he wanted honey. Whenever he didn't have anything else to do, which was a good part of the time, for the only real business Buster has is to fill his stomach as often as it gets empty, he wandered about looking for Busy Bee. He suddenly took the greatest interest in flowers. There were not many flow CTS in the Green Forest, for most flowers, as you know love the sunlight But there are , few who prefer the shade, and whenever Buster Bear saw any of these he promptly looked them over, hoping to find Busy bee. For several days he was disappointed. He found plenty of other people of the in sect world. Once he heard a sound that sent him hurrying toward little clump of flowers. It was familiar hum. Surely this time he would find Busy Bee. But instead of Busy Bee he found her cousin, a big fusSy fellow who had made a great noise and ap- peared to think himself the most im- portant person in all the Great World. It was Rumble Bee.
 Buster was so disappointed that be- fore he thought he lifted one paw and knocked Rumble Bee down. In just about one little second he was sorry. He wished he had let Rumble Bee alone. You see Rumble Bee, like his cousin Busy Bee carried a sharp little lance and isn't afraid to use it. In fact, is very ready to use it whenever he thinks anyone is interfering with him. Certainly no self-respecting Bee would stand being knocked down that way. He was up in twinkling, and before Buster could blink he had thrust that sharp little lance into Busters nose.
 "Wow!" roared Buster.
 Perhaps that will teach you to leave honest people alone!" hummed Bum ble Bee angrily, and flew away still humming angrily.
 "Ouch " whimpered Buster Bear, rub ping his nose. How can such little thing as humble Rumble Bee carry so much hurt around with himY He was still rubbing his nose and wishing with all his might that he had let Rumble Bee alone when he heard another hum, only this time not so loud. He looked to see if it was Rumble Bee returned in better nature. It wasn't. It was Busy Bee! Right away Buster forgot all about his smarting nose. He fixed his eyes on Busy Bee and watched her fly from flower to flower. Presently she flew up high and disappeared over the tree tops. This time Buster saw in just what direction she had flown. He gave a little sigh of contentment. He had found out what he wanted to know, the thing for which he had so long waited. He knew now the direc- ton i1 which Busy Bees storehouse was. He knew because when Busy Bee has load of sweets gathered from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
Flowers Can Do Wonders For
 Everyone
By SOPHIE IRENE LOEB

NEW people realze the value of
 flowers-what they do to you While
 as a general thing it is natural to love blossoms and to like to have them about, the real good that flowers ac- eomplish is inestimable. @.
 As Henry Ward Beecher puts it. 'Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into."
 A great author tells story of how once when he was in the heart of the forest he broke his leg. He was en. tirely alone and was just able to crawl to a shed that had been abarGoned There he lay for several days without any human aid, ministering to himself as best he could.
 On the second day he noticed com ing through the crevice of the stony floor little blue flower. and he has written a story of how thiS flower was his one beacon of hope Watch. ing it grow, seeing it's beauty seemed to inspire him and keep up his spirit
 Every morning the first thing that greeted his eye was the blossom. Il was like some friend come to buoy him up and to give him courage When he was able to get out on the highway and secure help his strong. hold on things was that little delicate flower that seemed to him to have come from heaven itself.
 My good friend, Margaret Wilson, is never so happy as when she has a few pink roses at her bedside. She gets inspiration from them. They stimulate her thoughts and give her much solace and comfort.
 As for myself, I can accomplish twice as much when 1 have some : flower to look at when I am working don't care what it is. It may be a wild daisy or the loveliest pink rose. There is something about the sweet ness asd beauty of it that gives solace to the soul
 The love of flowers should begin in the school room. I know several eld- erly people who have most lovable dis positions and attribute it to the fact that they wander in their old-fashioned gardens. You will seldom, if ever, find person who likes flowers to have harsh or biting manner. People who tenderly care for them are usually kind. ] Nothing is more beautiful to me than the smile on old Higgins's face, my old gardner, as when he brings me the first iris that he finds in the early spring. How graciously he cares for each kind of blossom as it comes. He is 72 years young because he has learned to love these beautiful blooms.
 Flowers in the sick room-how much they mean to the sufferer. What is there about it? There must be some thing in the nature of the flower that gives comfort and hope. It is worth while for every mother to teach her children to cultivate an appreciation of all kinds of flowers-for both boys and girls.
 The one who coined the phrase, Say It With Flowers" knew that there is no messenger, no hamburger of happiness that gives joy to greeting as much as such fragile gifts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
THINKING
It Is One Of Most Difficult And Try
 ing Occupations


 The average man works about eight hours a day, or is supposed to. The rest of the time is divided about equal ly, so the theory runs, between recrea- ton and sleep.
 Of the 16 waking hours how many are devoted to thinking? Psychologists tell us that a tenth is liberal allow ance, and, in actual practice, from that down. Only little more than an hour and a half out of the 24 occupied in thinking! s
 Thinking is one of the most diff ficult and trying of occupations. Were this not so, it is probable that we might spend more time at it. To prove this, try to concentrate your mind on the book you have just read; on the lecture you have recently listened to 1; on the important interview you have just had. Try to remember and re- count to yourself, item by item, just as much as you can of the thing you read or listened to. It will tire you out. Unless you have trained yourself to the task, your mind will wander you will lose the thread.
 Psychologists recommended the cul- tivation of thinking habits; they reeom- mend what you have read and heard and seen.
 ''As we do this well or ill.," says John Stuart Mill, "so will we dis charge well or ill the duties of our several caIlings. ."-Collier's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
.ettlerash And
 How It Should Be Treated
By DIR. CHARLOTTE c. WEST

 EVERYBODY is acquainted with
 M the condition popularly called
 hives. Some persons are peculiarly susceptible to those agents usually held responsible for an attack of hives. Among these are shell fish, berries, oat- meal, mushrooms, pork, sausage; some times. ceal causes an outbreak, some times drugs. External causes are con tact with the plant called nettle, with the starfish, the jellyfish, the bites of misquitoes or other insects, or coarse underwear.
 Hives appear on the skin in the form of wlfeals varying in size from that of a split pea to that of pigeons egg. These come on abruptly, without any previous symptoms, accompanied by burning, stinging, tingling and itching of the skin. The eruption appears, dis appears and transfers itself from one part of the body to another.
 Some persons experience a periodic attack of hives each year during the berry season. Others cannot partake of shell fish without at the same time suffering more or less with an outbreak of the skin. As a rule it does not last long, but one can never tell whether an attack of hives will be transient or will ramein to make the life of the suf- ferer a burden, for chronic hives. is a difficult condition to overcome. The disease may attack persons of any age, but it is most frequent in children.
 Because of the uncertainty of its character and duration, it is a great mistake to treat hives lightly-yet this is the popular attitude. Therefore, there are many young adults chronically affected who have resorted to every known method of treatment without permanent relief.
 As soon as the eruption appears it is good practice to empty the stomach and bowels. Should it occur right after a meal, an emetic will usually cut short the attack.
 This may consist of teaspoonfnl of mustard to a cup of warm water, or the same amount of wine of ipecac with or without water.
 If some hours after the meal, dose of castor oil, Epson or Rochelle salts should be given.
 The diet for the following few days must be light-bread and milk, or broths.
 The following lotion is good to allay the eruption:
 Carbolic acid (phenol), 15 dram; al- cohol, 4 drams; camphor water, 6 ounces. Mix. Mop on with absorbent cotton and let dry into the skin.
 The late Dr. Shoemaker advised, in cases of chronic hives, 10 drops of fluid extract of jaborandi, three times a day Gin wine glass of water). It allays the itching and keeps moist the skin which is apt to be dry and harsh in chonic cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06

Dee.
 the flowers she always flies in a straight line to her storehouse. She knows that the shortest way to a given point is in a straight line, and she is far too industrious to waste any time following a crooked course.
 the fact that Busy Bee had headed deeper into the Green Forest. If she had headed the other way he would have suspected that her storehouse was be- yond the Green Forest where he wouldn't dare go. But she had headed straight in and so Buster Bear counted that storehouse as good as found. He in his turn wasted no time. He start ed after Busy Bee. All he had to do now was to keep going in straight line until he came to that hollow tree. It might be very near and it might be a long distance away. But he didn't worry about that.
 Now, it seems a very simple matter to 20 in a straight line, doesn't it? Just try it some time especially in the Green Forest. Trees have most in- convenient habit of growing right in the way. After you have gone around few it is not so easy to be sure that you are still going in a straight line. Buster Bear had not gone far before he found this out. It had seemed sim ple enough when he started, but in a little while he wasn't at all sure that he was on the line Busy Bee had taken. He had found no hollow tree, although he had looked sharply at every tree he had passed. Still he plodded on and still studied the trees. But there was no sign of Busy Bee or her store house. Finally Buster sat down to think things over. Should he keep on or should he go back to the place he had started from?
 Next Story: Buster Bear Seeks Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
Mothers And Their Children

One Mother Says:
 When the baby is asleep l. don't tell the other children to keep quiet." for this only makes them wish they could make a noise, and before long the re- pression is too much--some one wakens the baby. Instead, we play a little game; I whisper to each child the name of a quiet animal he is to initiate, such as a mouse, butterfly, mole or rabbit, and as they creep, fly and hop softly about the room each tries to guess the animal name of the other, all in whis- pers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06

Mir. and Mrs. W. c. Duncan and two children of Memphis are the guests of the latter's 4-othe Mrs. c. J. Good rich, in Woodlawn. They made the trip by motor.