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Show H Colored Woman Nearing End of Useful Life ASHEVILLi:, N. C In tho midst of ono of the fine residential sections stands tin' old cnbln of Aunt Temjiy Avery. Her front ynnl runs down to BBJ the paved Hired, nnd from lier back door she commands n view of the fur- BBJ fnmed Mount I'lsgnh ntiil "the Hut." tvV'stl&&i4jlZ&46Ct!y BBJ Many tempting offers have been re- . BBJ celved hy the old mnlmny for her vnlu- Tn BBJ iililc holdings, hut never has she wav- 'VJK)?7 BBJ rl In her rcftiMil. "My ole innrster '- BVN &s BBJ ujve me (lis home when he died," she -Sp9f j? ,yr H would explain, "to ho mine ontel I --4TS&?d r BBJ Nobody knows just the nge of -jKL I ($? BBJ Mummy Temiy, though she unhesltnt- (fiCiL l uBSr"""""- BBJ Ingly iiHserts tlmt she Is one hundred """"'l"" I jMLi y2 BBJ and six. It In said tlmt she wns a clmt- vd" BBJ tcl of considerable value In IS 10, when '" "" ' BBJ iMie was Riven as a wedding present to her "Young Mlstls" from her "Old Mls- BBJ Us." This new "mlstls" and her children nnd children's children .she served BBJ .faithfully many a year. In all these and the later years when she "hired BBJ out," bhe cared for between lliu and fix hundred bable.s, "fust and last." BBJ As a girl she vih married to one St Iliijm, a servnnt on a neighboring BBJ limitation. After seven children hail been born to them, the pair depurated. BBJ "I idu' never wen him from Hint day to dls," mummy explains. "After so BBJ Jong a time I reckoned he was dead." BBJ In nil she has had ulno children (two by n second huMinml). She points BBJ -with delight, as her visitors listen to her tales of olden times, to the little BBJ if tli genciiitlun In Its mother's arm". Under the home roof are Mill Illng BBJ representatives of four generations, the baby, Its mother, great-grandmother, BBl unci grent-greut-graudiiiutlier, relates the Cliilstlan Herald. BBJ Day by dnj mammy sts by her fire, or on the little front porch In tho BBJ Kitisliliio. She bus many friends new and old, but her heart Is with the an- BBJ cleat regime. Her hnlr Is while now, her face seamed with wrinkles, and BBM Iter shoulders bent; hut her eyes sparkle the cheerful ring of youth. H Milwaukee Father Had to "Set 'Em Up" Twice MILWAUKEE. The proud papa la expected to "set 'era up" nnd buy the cigars on the urrlval of a son and heir, hut to do It 11 years after the BBJ event, as well as at the time of birth Is too much. At least that Is what I.ouls r Nue.sse, secretary and treasurer of PSf J Itockwell Manufacturing company, "" MOTHER. Hilnks. "N-ftSK s " When Elmer Carl fiustnve arrived (3cpzZS. 'n "''s "vn' "' 't,lr!," "s tills world YMmfiajwSsX of ours Is sometimes culled, one May 'fwtlfej. XJi day In 1003, Papa Nuvs.su wore the lAffWrsJ' usual cxpansUc smile acconipunyiug iil& the completion of that successful JrUtfR Journey. He also did the right thing Hmm wn "l'lu koys" mu- sundry other k r""""-'- The M. I), who personally conduct- BBI & joung Elmer Into tho world fulled, however, to record that Important BBS -emit as prescribed by the statutes of the state of Wisconsin. So when Bb 33mcr Carl (lustnve, now aged fourteen, asked for a permit to labor In the BBS fields during his vacation, nnd Incidentally serve his country, no birth cer- Bm tlOcntc could be secured. The doctor was hastily communicated with nnd be jurndu-il the health department with the uecessury ami reiiulslte Information, BBl ulbelt It was about fourteen years late. BBI And that Is the reason tho papers the other day bore the glad tidings BBB that a sou ami heir had been borne to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nuesse. 320 Six- BBM in-nth avenue. Cigars again had to bo passed and "the boys" had to have BBB -another round, although many of them shared In the original treat. BBI Mrs. Nuesse also came In for her slinro of congratulations. Just how sbe siuared It with her friends It Is not known. It Is understood, however, that tho South side physician whose neglect lias the cause of the double treat and many explanations, will huve to stuud nil eipeuses. m Vegetable Gardens Are Replacing Flower Beds NKW YnltK. "Plant an onion every time you pull up a (lower," Is one of the mottoes Mrs. Prank A. Vunderllp Is carrying out on the beautiful PPJ luaricrllp csmic In Scarbnrougb. as a simple and effective war measure for the prniluetlon of fond. Hundreds of air'li!. K acres around the home were early this &ak$$& M tpring ! !, il in potutoes, nnd Mrs, TaRJ? ') Vunderllp has gleu the whole schemu j , I B Imt personal attention aud co-opera- AwTffeK Q - P Not only has she superintended jjjtiftS' JJ f" PpB tttilK work herself, but she arranged to fPjiBa7ifflcy-fy .Twth laud near by plowed up anil J? Jf Vl llMVii i' '' Wil H1 iVXJE i in i W1U PPJ Ranted with vegetables and cared for fc - f WVoSwVv'-7 in&lW'In 11 PIB 3-y the suffragists from tho city who BmIIU"''"!,,?!''' PpB atc iiiitliiui to show their patriotism j srJv "". J jind do their bit In this way. Mrs. Van- ' erlli Is the leader of the suftrago party In Westchester county. In a trim, f ohort skirt and a garden smock, Mrs. Vtmdcrllp works dally In the garden J gunned to relieve the food pressuie. l'or a while this spring she turned the J jank'ii oer to friends and neighbors aud went out to do ulluut work for tho t u.-v'esd of the Liberty bond. P The Vunderllp menage Is on ration basrs and foods that nre scarce aro sot served on the table. In a recent talk before the women of Westchester county, Mrs. Vnnderllp utrfd: The cn-operntlou of the wife nnd mother In carefully guarding the dls- blbutlon of the food problem In her household will bo thu best way the -women of thu country cuu uld their government. This Is our job." B Poor Man Has Invested His All in Liberty Bonds SANDt'SKV, O. Andrew Trancls I'ntrlck Mnbon, sixty-seven yenrs old, hotel Iiorter ami shoe shiner for more than half n century, Is "broke" from doing 'Us "bit." "Hut I never was happier," says Million, "and until this war ends I B . , am going to keep right on shoving BVAk 19 across all the money I can scrape to- P. iii gethcr. I am going to place It where B V -l Throughout tho lted Cross earn- kVB .. w-S V h pttlgn Million turned over dally his re- B y-'J'iBV on. ct''P'8 'or th0 "y 't,ss w'iat " eost BBBl tfr1 XBPJtr CVT 'll111 toT ,cenl8. What ho uto cost him BBBl tp7t B1v -?f rom ,0 cents a day. Severul BBBl , fj AlL.-rf WftM Vfii tllI10B no I,nl1' t0 t,l Ilt'(1 Cross com- B 'j u) evfll y.' m'ttco sutns exceeding 510. B , i " &BKlJU&'S: "Now I'm going to start to save so BBBK ' ' ItfS. i j cnn (jyy somo tnoro Liberty bontl-i H I -hcn Uncle Sum finds It necessary to float another Issue," said Motion. "Hy BBBl irudlelng tho strictest economy I ought to bo ublo to subscribe for several of Jio $100 denomination." BBBl He was the first to subscribe. Ho took $1,000 worth la tho namo of a BBBl BBBv "Uncle Sum lias got to win," he said. "I am too old to fight In the BBBl trrnilio, but I'm not too old to help sustain three or four youngsters who cnn BBBK j .''. livery penny I can scrape together over aud above what It costs ra BBBl '- elf In worklug trim Uncle Bam and thu allies aro going to get." bbVm' BvaB BBBK ! "bbIb BYbV 'BtBYBYBYL BtBtBBBfBBiMtr'' BY ll |