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maker told her with sigh.
Miriam's Mirror told her the same
thing and showed her her angles and
honey elbows. Yet Miriam spent all
her allowance on almond meal and CO.
Goa butter, which she bathed in and
rubbed in and on and remained as
angular as ever.
She had attacked her thinness from
the standpoint of diet and ate so much
fat beefsteak and gravy and potatoes,
and buttered toast, and whipped cream
that she shuddered at the sight of them.
She drank milk until she positively
could not swallow any more. She even
ate doughnuts, but nothing happened,
except that her skin became blotchy
and she had frequent attacks of bill
iousness.
Miriam was one of the thin girls one
meets occasionally who sincerely want
to become plump and well padded with
flesh.
T When she said to Ellen Burke, who
| tipped the scales at a comfortable hun
bred and fifty odd, my dear. envy
you-how do you do it?' she meant
what she said Most willowy women
only say such things to aggravate the
girl who is overweight, congratulating
themselves meanwhile upon their own
slim figures.
But Marian wanted to be plump.
She wanted curves and dimples instead
of corners and angles.
What Miriam did not realize at first
was that while thin person may eat
great deal Of food, more perhaps than
Co. Ia IL al he
kinds of food. Or they are so energetic
and by their capacity for worry.
Stout people seldom worry. As a
rule they sleep a great deal more than
il good for them, and eat altogether too
much food without recognizing the need
for exercising.
Thin people should worry less and.
strangely enough, exercise just as their
stout friends should The exercises
that make one woman gain will make
another lose weight, because the ten
dency Of regular health exercises is to
reduce the muscles to their normal de-
velopment.
Miriam learned, through a physician,
that the food she should eat in order
to gain weight was very simple and not
necessarily of extreme richness. She
learned that butter, cream and milk,
beans, nuts and raisins, cereals and
olive oil were all important to the
building up of flesh and that orgies of
whipped cream and French pastry were
unnecessary. Even foolish.
She gave up a few dances and i'm
posed upon herself the task of going
to bed at 10 o'clock, though she Just
knew" she would never sleep"
She did, however. partly because she
took a tepid bath before going to bed,
under instruction of her physician, who
advised her to remain in for at least
thirty minutes, keeping the tempera-
ture of the bath at exactly tepid heat
Thsi brought about a state of muscular
relaxation which was new to Miriam,
who was accustomed to dash in and out
of her bath, seldom spending more than
ten minutes in the water
Patience, determination and strong
will power will help solve the prob
lens of the too-thin girl as well as
those of the girl who is overweight.
Food. fresh air, exercise and sleep are
important in either case.
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puppy dogs photograph this time J"
All the rag puppy dogs began bowling
in their soft cottony voices as the men
came closer, but just as the three men
stepped upon the porch around the
house walked Berry Bears mama and
daddy. They were very large bears.
"Here!" Berry Bears daddy cried when
he saw the three men with the stove
pipe around their legs, something
must be going on, or they would not
have stove pipes around their legs
I'll just give this one a cuff! And this
one a cuff! And this one a cuff !"
And he did. Then l shall ask them
what they are doing here! Now what
are you doing here with stove pipes
around your legs?" he asked the three
men when they sat up and rubbed their
heads.
Berry Bear put his head out of the
window and told his daddy "They want
ed to take the nice puppy dogs new
photograph which Raggedy Ann made
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26

the barrel happened to be above him.
OF course he couldn't get out, because
he was rolled over and over so fast he
didn't have a chance to try.
Now of course Reddy didn't know
who was in the barrel. He just knew
by the sounds that some one was. So
he started down the hill after the bar
rel to see what would happen when the
barrel stopped. All the time Peter
Rabbit was dancing about in the great
est excitement, but taking the greatest
care to keep close to- the old house of
Johnny Chuck's so as to pop into it in
case of danger. He saw that Reddy
Fox had quite forgotten all about him
in his curiosity as to who was in the
barrel and he chuckled as he thought
of what might happen when the barrel
stopped rolling and Reddy found out.
Sammy Jay was flying overhead
screa ming enough to split his throat
Altogether it was quite the most ex-
citing thing Peter had ever seen.
Now it just happened that Old Man
Coyote had started to cross the Green
Meadows right at the foot of the hill
just as the barrel started down. OF
course he heard the noise and looked
up to see what it meant. When he
saw the barrel rushing right down at
him it frightened him so that he just
gave one yelp and started for the Old
Pasture like a gray streak. He gave
Peter a chance to see just how fast
he can run and Peter made up his
mind right then that he never would
run a race with Old Man Coyote.
Down at the bottom of the hill was
a big stone and when the barrel hit
this the hoops broke and the Darrell
fell apart. Peter decided that it was
high time for him to get out of sight
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
The RevOh Of Susan Hyde
By cARoLVM sEEcHER

est in our chatter. When the taxi
drew up at the curb / sighed with re-
greet. Lawson echoed the sigh and ex-
pressed his sorrow that June and did
not live miles and miles apart instead
of but a few short blocks.
MAY l run in some afternoon and
present my respects to your auntw
He had -hesitated, then the tone of his
voice had changed so patiently as he
made the last request that we both
laughed merrily. A foolish thing to do
when Aunt Cynthia was watching from
her window. l had seen the curtain
move and knew she was there.
Not in bed yet, Aunt Cynthia" /
called as l passed her door. 81 saw
you in the window" I would let her
know 1 was aware she had seen my
escort.
mo, 1 have been trying to read to
pass the time" Her voice was very
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
The Trend Of Fashion
TNouEsrroNABLY there is q
new line creeping into the SIT
houette. Not that the perfectly


new line creeping into the sill
houette. Not that the perfectly
straight frock has been ousted from the
ranks of fashion, but it has given way
bit to other influences. On more
than one of the most recent acquisitions
to collections of summer models there
is unmistakable evidence that designers
have recognized the fact that women
have waistline. These frocks have
certain slim, rather tight look at the
waist and hips, and below this the skirt
flares until It is quite wide about the
hem.
One sees this newer note in afternoon
and evening gowns more often than in
street costumes which still adhere to q
straight slender line. Recently there
have been shown number of lovely
dance frocks with straight dance
bodices and wide skirts that flare
gradually from the waist to the hem.
One charming model has Accumulation
slip of flesh color chiffon delicately
embroidered in gold. The overdress
is Of light brown tulle with full skirt
picoted at the lower edge. The full
ness is arranged at each side, leaving
the front and back flat. At the waist
line in front are three large gold flow.
ers arranged in a fashion similar to
those in the sketch.
This model calls attention to the
bright shade of blue that is so much
in vogue at the moment. Fashioned
of chiffon, the skirt of circular ten
denotes is composed of many layers of
chiffon which gives particularly
graceful effect and an indescribable
softness. Dropping sprays of flowers
of an exquisite shrimp pink are the
only trimming, but the color effect is
remarkably attractive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
Daily Exercise |:
Invaluable
For Health
BY DIR. LILLIAN WHITNEY

.nNE is either too stout or too lean.
" Rare, indeed, is the woman who
retains into maturity the slender
lines of youth, unless she has real
lied early in life the value of syste-
matte exercise. 1t is only within quite
recent years that physicians in partic-
ular, and the public in general, have
realized fully the place which light,
enforced, daily training of the body
occupies in the scheme of personal hy-
giene, in other words, of health and
beauty.
The effect of such training is so far
reaching that, once having enjoyed its
beneficence, one cannot be induced to
give up the half:hour thus daily en-
ployed.
Before entering more fully into the
subject, two conditions must be empha-
sized. The body should be loosely clad.
or, better still, not clad at all, and the
exercises should be done in a room flood.
ed with air and light, or in the open.
The effect, of the actual exercise will
be greatly heightened if these details
are regarded. In this connection it is
interesting to note that comparatively
new method of treating disease includes
the use of color and intense heat in the
form of yellow lights and the inhala-
ton of medicated ozone. The results
attained are startlingly electrical.
But natures means are at hand. No
one need go to expensive sanatoria for
this treatment, because one has but to
let the fresh air and the suns rays
strike the nude body while stimulating
the circulation with systematic calls
themes to produce similar effects.
The ancient Greeks were further ad.
vanced along these lines than any 9th
er people, and their statues testify tc
their physical perfection. The Greeks
abhorred a physical defect and resorted
to exercise as a means of overcoming
weakness.
Physicians realize that many ills OF
the body can be combatted more sue
eessfully by exercise than by any other
method.
Exercise is like massage in that il
takes off fat and puts on flesh. Fat
is waste. 1t is an inert substance. II
is not, as so many people suppose, flesh
All flesh is muscle. BY exercising the
muscular system fat is gradually elimi
mated, while in lean persons pure blood
and fresh air act as powerful stimu
lants to improve and to develop mus
cular tone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
New listeners
For Lingerie
Easily Made

MM ANY dresses come from the shop
IV or dressmaker equipped with in
senious little tabs to hold lin
serie straps in place. If your gowns
lack this most desirable feature, it is
a simple matter to add them yourself.
The end of a two-inch strip of tape
is sewn inside of your frock at the
shoulder seam; the other end of the
tape carries one-half Of snap fasten-
er, the other half of which is attached
to the dress. The shoulder straps of
several pieces of underwear may be
slipped under the tape and the fastener
closed over them. This is a simple
and effective way to solve the problem
of the slipping shoulder strap.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26

We will run to my home and l will
fix things so that Berry Bear cannot
nip our heels!' one funny man said.
So they all ran to his house and put
pieces of stove pipe around their stock
ings so that Berry Bear could not nip
their legs.
Now we will return and get the
photograph, but we mustn't fight about
it, for then no one will have it :" one
funny man said.
So back they came to the cunning
little house made by Raggedy Ann
with her magic books for the three rag
puppy dogs.
Look !" Ragedy Andy said when he
saw the three men. they have stove
pipe around their legs so that Berry
Bear cannot nip their legs! What shall
we do? Had / better run out and wres-
tie them?"
Dear met" Berry Bear cried, II
can never nip their legs through the
stove pipe! l guess they will get the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26

And then away pur pup-ee rocks while
we sing this song:
Rock-a-by pup-ee, cute lit-tul prune,
Mama will sing you this bow WOW
tune.
Rock-a-by pupee. tick goes the clock,
When your tail wags the crad-dul will
rock.
Rock-a-by pup-ee, hair soft as silk,
Up goes the bottle, down goes the
milk,
Rock-a-by pupyee, eyes closed we keep
And with full tummy, 20 fast asleep.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
Sour Grapes Are
Often Found In
Daily Life
BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB
YOUNG woman was telling me
\ about an occurrence, the story Of

w.
a about an occurrence, the story Of
which went something like this
It seems an acquaintance of hers
had passed a remark about her, saying
"What a snob! Who does she think
she isl" The offended one wondered
why, and she determined to find out
Therefore. she made it her business
10 be friendly to the girl and went out
of her way to be mice" to her. SO
one day she asked her why she had
made the remark mentioned. The other
responded smilingly:
"Sour grapes and went on to eH-
plain. She had thought the other girl
was more fortunate in this world
goods, and paid little or no attention
to her. But now that she was in her
good graces she had no such thoughts
about her.
In other words, she did not think she
was a "snob" any more (as long as
she was seeking her companionship)
When the woman told me the story, she
said that most of the petty jealousies
and annoyances in life are due to the
self-same human element commonly
called ''sour grapes
Many ways in which you can recog-
nize it are:
When your friend doesn't admire your
singing because she can't do so we'll
herself.
When she refused to tell you how
fine you look because she fades in com
parison.
When she disapproves of the young
man with whom you are congenial be-
rausA she admirea him herself
When someone refuses to join the
party complaining they do not like the
game simply because they cannot
learn it.
The man who drives a cheap car and
insists it is 30 much better than a
higher make.
When your little child is not as bright
at school as that of your neighbors, and
you insist that you want her not to
learn so fast anyway"
When your friends husband gets a
better job than yours and you treat
her coldly as result of it.
In many other ways you can rerog-
nize the so-called "sour grapes" When
the habit takes hold of the human it
is difficult indeed to shake off.
It is the big soul. the only truly
worth while, who is happy and takes
pride in the accomplishments of friends
and is willing to admit that life is too
short to be unkind to others who have
gained something that he has desired.
To give your friends the feeling that
you are glad at their success, shows you
have the kind of stuff of which real men
and real women are made.
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cold and very ominous. 1t fairly fore
told trouble for me.
II had lovely time! Mr.. Mckee
was there and W played bridge"
"Oh, indeed !"
yes. And I won. Goor night,
Aunt Cynthia"
ALI / had said had been in a spirit Of
mischief, spirit which now seldom
possessed me. But had spent such a
happy evening. Lawson Mckee had
been so nice to me and talked SO flat
teringly of my appearance and also
had been so entertaining that felt as
IL l had been to some gala affair
where was the belle. Even Aunt
Cynthia's sarcasm passed over me un-
resented.
The ordinary normal person avoids
Ruth Markham-to be alone with him.
suffering. But I was not normal at
this time. ! had been so unhappy ever
since Aunt Cynthia came to stay with
us. l had been SO ignored that worry
had become almost second nature to
me. So, regardless of my delightful
evening / began to think of Manville
and Ruth Markham. / recalled the
telephone conversation. What he had
said: II don't think you are to be
trusted alone with him"-whoever
''him" was. 1t sounded as If Manville
were jealous; that he had gone where
the other man was because he didn't
want the woman-I was sure it was
Ruth Markham--to eb alone with him.
He had intended to stay at home with
me until she telephoned., He had said
so. 1 sighed heavily as crawled into
bed The clock had struck midnight.
wakened when Manville came in an
hour later and while he undresse6 I
told him 1 had spent the evening at
been there and had brought me home.
Cynthia might tell him first.
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So he lodged into the old house of
Johnny Chuck and lay down in the
doorway where he could watch. He
say Jimmy Skunk lay perfectly still
and a great fear crept into his heart
Had Jimmy been killed? He hadn't
once thought of what might happen to
Jimmy when he had ,plsnne dthst joke.
But presently Jimmy began to wave
first one leg and then another as if to
make sure that he had any legs left
Then slowly he rolled over and got onto
his feet. Peter breathed a sigh of re-
lief
Next Story: Jimmy Skunk is Very
Mad Indeed.
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CRADLE CUT-oUT utREC-
TONS

CRADLE CUT-oUT DtREC-
TONS &
Cut out the square picture with the
baby pup in the cradle. mopat on light
cardboard or heavy paper, eut around
the dotted lines of the milk bottle ns
marked. cut the two Slips then cus
out the strip at the bottom insert the
ends from the back. Work Newly up
and down and the baby pup nill drink
his bottle empty and drink NDfiAs
AGAIN.
The five best color ups ys ba
awarded toy models Of Jazz. this 81
snuggle Pup prize.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
Special Records For Children

UNe Mother says
Whenever l buy some new phone
graph records l always include one es-
pecially for the children. | have found
records which give limitations of the
calls of native birds and the cries of
animals These are splendid when they
are studying natural history. Folk
dances from different countries also
may be worked in with the children's
study of geography. Whenever they
are studying anything at school which
will be made more interesting by get
Sing these special records, buy them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26

Few thin people sleep enough Plenty
of sleep is an absolute essential to gain
ing weight. The vitality and strength
which goes into the development of the
muscles is best built up for sleep.
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hen the three
men came to take the
nice new photograph
away from the three
rag puppy dogs the
three funny men quar-
relied as to which
should have the pho
nograph and they
punmelled and push
ed and thumped each
other all about the
place until Berry
Bear put his head out
of the window of the
puppy dogs house
and growled ever so
gruff and loud.
This frightened the
three funny men, fer
they could plainly see
Berty's shiny white,
sharp teeth. so the
three men scampered
away through the
woods as fast as they
could go.
Berry Bear and the
puppy dogs and the
Raggedys laughed at
this for they knew
Berry Bear was a
very nice little bear
and had a very kind
heart, so that really
it was hard work for
Berry to make his
voice sound very gruff.
But the men did not
know this and thought
that Berry Bear really
meant to nip their
heels
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
New Garter Plain
And Simple In
Design

THE loss Of garter once provoked
the famous saying, 'Honi soft
II quit NAL y pense." II you were
to lose one of the newest garters a gal
liant remark would not be needed to
save the situation. Simply because the
newest ones are not the frilly, personal
looking affairs we have been used to
seeing. They might be mistaken for a
black wrist band~or fob. When tail
ored suits came along, women decided
that tailored garters were necessary to
complete the severity of the outfit, SO
they evolved what is nothing more than
a strap of elastic, much like the strap
you used to hitch around your school
books. Eyelets are stitched into the
length of elastic and a small nickel
buckle is used to fasten the garter in
place. When the pep" goes out Of
the elastic, you merely pull the buckle
to the next eyelet and your garters are
good for a. further stretch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
FRoLIC No. 8
ROCK.UH BY PUP.EE CRADLE
SONG

Cp and down, all around, click-a-t tee
click we clip.
Carefully we watch each line, for seis-
sors must not slip,
Now for paste and cardboard TO make
bur cradle strong.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
Home Nursing

The Girl Who Is Too Thin
RTIRIAM GRAY was too thin.
V Much, much too thin, her dress
maker told her with a sigh.
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. Indy she ran towards the door
leading to her dressing room. As
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-27

A Las cuatro dc la tarde, tuvo lugsr
I'm animado juego de basket ball, entire
ell Team de la Escuela Hostos y su caro-
adversario, la Escuela Muhoz Rivera
de Carolina, resultandO e1 'score" de
II contra II. Sc suspendi6 ell jrego por
10 avanzado de la hora, pero rein6 el
mayor entusiasmo en- ell mismo. Pronto
volveran a medir sus fuerzas estos
dos teams. Sc distingui6 por Caroli-
ma Lanch6 Y Olivero 10. fue la "estre-
Ia por Can6vanas. FL Referee actuo
niuy acertadazRente.
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Aver perecI0....

Continuation de la Ia. pAg.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-27
la Opinion de ur1 mGd;co

Fl DR.. George Pile, de Panama, escrb.
manifestande que el TONICO ANTIFE-
BRIL- Y FERRUGINOSO DE LEO
-NARDI constituye TN excelente renedio
contra las calenturas Y fiebres.
Ell TONICO ANTIFEBRIL Y sFE-
RRUGINOSO DE. LEONARDO cura
rrnediatamenlc las calehturas las
fiebres, aun hace mas. Vigoriza y
purifica. Ia sangre Es Tin tonico que
restora Ia salud la fuerza.
Ell 7TONICO ANTIFEBRIL Y FE.
RRUGFNOSO DE LEONARDO esta
garantizado como el mejor medic de
curacion. Sc vende a condici6n de de-
volver el dinero 81 resultados no sor
satisfactorios. Pida a su farmaceutico
LEONARD.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-12-27

que los demas, Sc lanz6 al aqua, apa-
reciendo POGO despues la superfic-e,
y manifestando que no Sc veia absolu-
tamente NADIA.
Esteban Pacheco, uno de los emplea-
dos del express, negaba en- esos mo-
mentos al muelle para hacerse cargo
de la carga que venia consignada a
sus jefes. AL DIR de Iabios de los pre-
sentes 81 triste suceso que acababa de
ocurrir, y al yer que nadie Sc apresu-
raba a lanzarse al aqua, arroj6 lejos
de. ST Ell gaban, y Sc lanz6 al mar.
Drante alg1n tempo estuvo debajo
del aqua, bugc6 ansiosamente, para
yer 81 alin era possible salvar al infe-
liz, pero todo fu6 indtil, pues POGO
despu6s hizo. tambi6n su aparici6n en-
Ia superficie, anunciando que no SO le
podia, encontrar.
La compafiia naviera, inmediatamen-
to, di6s 6rdenes para que uno de sus
buzos desceudiera al aqua, y tratara
de sacar, todo trance, Ell cadaver de
la vfctima. Ell buzo estuvo bajo el aqua
mucho tempo, fue de un lado para
otro, pero todo in1til, pues ann la
hora en- que escribimos estas lineas,
ell cadaver de 0livo no ha sido encon-
trado, y Sc supone que quizAs haya
sido devorado por los peces, que On
esta epoca del aho pululan junto los
muelles, tras los desperdicios de los
vapores.
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sefaIes En- que Usted Puede creera

81 su aiento es malo y padece de yahi-
dos, falta de apetito, estrenimiento NAL
estar general, es senaI de que su hfgado
no funciona bien. Ell 1nico verdadero
remedio en- que Sc puede depender para
todos los des6rdenes del hfgado, ell est6-
mago intestinos es Herbine. Act1a
poderosamente sobre el higado, fortalece
Ia digestion, purifca los intestinos y.
restaura la, fuerza, ell vigor y la algeria.
De venta1en las farmacias droguerfas