Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-12
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 Some people regard their religion so highly tbat they will not put it to every day use.
 ssNo wonder the people sleep during the asrmon when there are so many pillows in the church.
 sadr Montgomery and family will return ta Birmingham this fall and occupy their handson1e South Highland home known as the Hodges place"
 ssMrs. George D. Scott. who has been sfendng the summer at her home in Ma rengo county, is in the city much to the pleasure, of her many friends.
 .The- storm sewer that the city council decided ito construct on the Southside lsnotothe big sewer about which so much Vas said, but short connecting sewer. aAir. George Whatley has purchased a lQt on Highland avenue, next to MT. Cald- well Bradshaw, and will erect two story residence. Mr and Mrs. Whatley will be gladly welcomed by the South Hghlanders.
 .AIr and Mrs. E. c. Hughes have moved into their residence on Twelfth avenue near Nineteenth street, South Highlands. They have returned to Birmingham, after an absence of several years MT. Hughes was formerly in the shoe busi- ness here. Mrs. Hughes was Miss Irwin of Mississippi.
 1.-The ball in Red mountain pavilion Fri day night, extended the Philhedonian club by Messrs. Auger and Rittenberry, managers of the park, was very largely attended and much enjoyed. It was a patriarch's ball in it's exclusiveness, if not in the age of the participants. The young people present were the buds of soeiety.
 1.-The hose wives complain of the diff1- culty in getting cooks. It is serious matter to lose a cook. While the colored people have focked to Birmingham from all over the state, they soon become inde- rFndent, and refuse to enter the hot Kitchen The colored woman can make an easier and better living by taking in washing. If the Industrial School for Cplored People at Tuskegee would open an employment bureau in this city it could easily secure places for all it's grad uatess
 Birmingham has a very large number of girls in their teens. They are beauti- ful as a poets dream. They are rose- buds in the garden of girls. They are yet washed in the dew of youth before the sun of middle life has drank it up. When they pass it is as the teasing of sweet music. The rustic of their gar mentS is al the brushing of an angel S wing. The sound of their laughter is like the music of many waters. In their eyes they have caught the light of south ern skies.
 A mother was peeling peaches and gave her little boy the peelng to throw in the waste basket The little fellow looked longingly at the peach. Finally, she cut a peach half in two and gave him half Just IS he was about to put 1t in his mouth she caught his hand and ordered him+ts- throw it in the waste basket. He hesitated looked astounded, and his eyes filled with tears. But he obeyed her and toddled over to the basket and threw 1t in. .iHis mother clasped him to her arms and gave him whole peach. It was a severe trial to the little fellows sense of duty, but he stood the test.
 
 .sSausa's band is one of the most famous in the world. Manager and lessee. MT Ben Theiss, has made a contract with the band@to appear in O Brien's opera house the coming winter. It will be an event la musical circles. The band will be re- lffforced by a large local chorus. Prof. Fred L. Grambs has been requested by Sousa to organize this chorus and direct 1t when his band performs. The music
 
 Is a high compliment to Professor Grambs, but no more than his merits de- serve. During the ten years he has given musical instruction in Birmingham he has done much to elevate the musical taste.
 
 sThe motormen on the electric car lines receive, 10 cents an hour when they first begin, and 13 cents an hour after they become experienced. The length of time they are on duty according to their necessities. The married men run for twelve and fifteen hours to make enough to support their families The work in cold weather is very trying, but in sum- mer is very pleasant. The country boys who come to town and take the jub find it much more agreeable than following blow on hot day. The company is in- structing several new men in anticipation ofzthe placing of the East Lake line un- der electricity, and the extension of the life to North Birmingham and along EIeventh avenue, South Higlands.