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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
DEACONESS MOVEMENT
OF M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH
BY ANNIE KENDRIcK WALKER.

ords of every family taking note of ma
tionality, church membership and the
number of children available for Sunday
school. They assisted in conducting boys
and girls clubs, kndergartens, sewing
schools
A candidate for deaconess work must be
at least twenty-three years of age. Her
application for admission to the training
school must be endorsed by the quarterly
conference and her clergyman. Two years
of probationary service is required. No
VOWS are required of the deaconess and
she is at liberty to retire from the work
after three months notice to the Wo-
mans Home Mission board.
Briefly the duties outlined by the board
for the deaconess are:
ITO minister to the poor, care for the
sick, provide for the orphan, comfort the
sorrowing, seek the wandering and sin
full, and do any religious and teaching
work to which she may be assigned, re-
inquishing all other persuits and devoting
herself to these or other forms of Chris
tian work to which she may be found
adapted"
During the quadrennium the Home Mis-
sion society has been the recipient of
several donations. Among these were
the Homer Toberman Deaconess home at
Los Angeles. Cal, $4,000; the Rebecca
| Sparks Depconess home at Waco Tex
| worth $780, and the Vashti Blassingame
home at Thomasville. Va. valued at $3000
| also a donation of $4,000 from Mr.. and
Mrs. j. n. McIsachern of Atlanta. Ca,
| upon condition that the children of the
| church will raise a like sum for a dea-
| coness hospital.
| Some time ago a deaconess was ap-
! pointed to the Birmingham district. but
| the work was temporarily abandoned.
| At a meeting held at the Five Points
Methodist church about two weeks ago
i the question of continuing the work was
| discussed favorably, more than hum
dred women being present. Owing to
| the conference 1t was decided to post
| pone definite action, but it Is understood
| that in a few weeks the Birmingham
| district will again have deaconess
The modern development of the dea-
coness movement came from the Lutheran
church, but 1t has extended to all the
protestant churches in Europe and was
| introduced in this country in 1S49. In
| the last fifteen years no less than one
hundred and forty deaconess institutions
have been founded In the United States
| alone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
KINDERGARTEN CONVENTION,

The first meeting of the Southern Kin
dergarten association which will be held
in June at Knoxville will be of general
interest to kindergarten workers. The an
nouncement of the meeting Is made by
Mrs. d. Il. Walsh, corresponding secre-
tary, and is as follows:
The convention of the Southern Kin
dergarten association will be held June
"a to 20. in connection with the summer
school at the University of Tennessee in
Knoxville AS the association was only
organized in July, 1905, this will be its
first meeting, the purpose being the de-
velopment of the kindergarten work in
the south. All kindergartens and others
interested are not only cordially invited
but urged to be present.
The railroads will sell round trip tickets
at one first-class fare on the following
dates: June 10. g. "a, good for 10 days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

aries, old worn looking things, wonderful
things of brass, of wood, curiously col
ored, and worshpped as Gods, are seen.
A curious thing brought from Mexico is
an instrument of torture. series of small
prongs to lacerate the flesh as means of
doing penance are used to lash the
shoulders, while others say that these
cruel bands are worn about the bare legs
for hours.
In the collection Of Chinese curios is
set of Dr. j. Young Aliens books, bound
In wonderful silk and clasped with old
ivory. Only four sets were so exqustely
bound the emperors of Japan, of China
and of Korea being presented with a set,
seven volumes, and one set being sent to
the foreign board
The Mission schools under the direction
of the foreign board, are most interest
ing. Pages could be written Of the work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
TO VISITING WOMEN.

The reception to be given in compli-
ment to the wives of the visiting bishops
and to the many distinguished women at
tending the conference will be one of the
largest and most brillian events of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
LITTLE FOLK DANCE.

Virginia McDavid and Robert McDavid,
Jr., gave dancing party on Friday even
ing, the occasion assembling large and
delightful gathering of their little friends
among whom were Leila Smith. Edith
Hopson, Lois Thompson Matte Fowlkes,
Eula Wealkley, Julia Carney, Eula What
ley, Johnsie Evans, Bessie Evans, Nam
ME Evans, Imogene Poe, Celia Wood.
Mary Lou Cobb. Bland Tomlinson, Leona
Loveman, Leona Plosser, Alois Wyatt,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
Antique Furniture

II you want to buy or sell antique ma
hogany or rosewood furniture of every de-
scription. Call at Louisiana Antique Fur
niture Co., 522-524 s. goth street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

Miss vannie Reynolds left yesterday
afternoon for New York where she will
study Marcelle waving and other forms
of hair dressing under Shaw. During her
absence Mrs. Hayes will be in charge of
her place, 20s Eighteenth street. north.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

will assist in receiving are Mrs. ]. A.
Duncan Mrs. w. r. Hendricks, Mrs.
j. H. Mccoy Mrs. Frank P. Culver, Mrs.
s. w. Brandon, Mrs. j. o. Hanes, Mrs.
]. Persinger. Mrs H. o. Horton, Mrs.
j, A. Brock
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

The illustrations on this page show the
mission schools at Chihuahua China and
at Mantanzas, Mexico, both of which
were established by the womans Foreign
Mission society of the Methodist church,
South.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

The action of the general conference or
the Methodist Episcopal church. South,
in creating the office of deaconess, was
considered a radical step, although the
Northern Methodist had established a
deaconess' home some fifteen years pre-
vious, and many women had been con-
secrated, set apart" as the bishops pre-
fer designating the ceremony.
1t was in 1902 that the office of dea-
eoness was created by the southern con-
ference in connection with the Womans
Board of Home Missions. The develop
ment of the work was left entirely to the
Home Mission society. All the printed
matter appertaning to the work was
prepared by the board and the funds
necessary for the training of the dea-
coness were raised by the home society.
The deaconess movement caused wider
interest, it is admitted by the bishops,
than any one department in charge of this
board.
Deaconesses of the Methodist Episcopal
church receive their training in the Scar
rift Bible and Training school In Kan
sas City, Mo. The course, covering
period of two years, embraces theoretical
instructions, and personal investigation
along different lines Of church and city
mission work Those who think that
the training of a deaconess is consid-
cred lightly will be surprised to learn
that her education Is a matter of great
Importance to the entire church.
The course embraces, besides Bible
study, bookkeeping. sociology, theory of
nursing, elementary of medicine, methods
of church work, Sunday school normal
course, Industrial instruction, history of
home missions and the deaconess move
ment One course is devoted entirely TO
city mission work.
Theoretical classroom instruction has
its place. but practical experience along
different lines of personal work is con-
sidered more essential. At the Scarritt
training school the deaconess is required
to spend certain hours each week in ac-
! tual personal service. The past year the
| largest mission district was divided into
| five carefully outlined smaller districts
over the work of each of which senior
| deaeoness candidate was placed as SUI
| perintendent, assisted by Junior. They
| made charts of their districts kept rec
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

Call on Hugh Scales, the
florist, for artistic floral
work, and fresh out flowers.
Will give all work personal
attention. Dester- Northlng-
toms Drug Store. both
phones Gao.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06

Continued on Twentieth Pase)
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
HOW TO swIM-THE SIDE STROKE.

Whether a man be a swimmer or not, in taking up a new stroke he should be- gin with the leg movement only. In the side stroke it is called the scissor kick. To acquire it find a place with water at least three feet in depth, where you can use either a stationary or floating support Take hold of this support and let your body rest on the water on its side. with legs straight and well to- gether and feet as if standing on tip toe Choose the side that feels most comfortable. Now proceed to open the legs very slowly, not frog fashion, but front and back, as in walking The upper should be brought forward all most straight. the under. back, bent to a kneeling position. When they are about two feet apart snap sharply to- gether.
 The position of the body is un- changed Lie on your side. with body and legs in a straight line; both arms perpendicularly over your head and the palms turned slightly away from the face. Bring upper arm down smartly, keeping it rigid at elbow and wrist, palm of hand open, fingers well together. Carry it through the water just below the surface, describing a semi-circle to end at the thigh. then bend arm at the elbow and bring it forward well above water, until it is straight before you in the original posi- tiOn. The under arm should be started when the upper one is just about through with it's stroke, and should be brought down with force, almost par alleI to it, so that at the finish it brushes the lower thigh; then it is bent at the elbow like the other and brought forward just below the surface. The upper arm should rest on the water, at full reach. while the under one re covers, until it is at the height of the head.
 The action of the arms. in the side stroke, entails a rolling motion of the body which buries the face at every stroke. This necessitates an artificial way of breathing which has to be learned before the stroke can be swum properly. It is advisable to make a special study Of it. Air should be in haled through the mouth as the upper arm is being brought down, and should be exhaled through the nostrils. under water while the arm goes forward. Some find this impossible, even after long practice. and breathe in and out through the mouth during the short period that the face is above water but if one can acquire the other way it is far the best.
 The legs should be opened very slow ly just as the under arm starts it's re- covery: they should be snapped togeth- CT when the upper arm is in the mid dle of it's stroke. If properly timed the side stroke gives a clean, even progress without a break or a check-L. de B. Handley in Speed Swimming in The Outing Magazine for August.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
NEEDLEwoRKER's WAGES.

The apprentice in dressmaking has to work six months for nothing or per haps a mere pittance as errand girl. Then she starts on Things at $4 per week. Next, she does Over-sewing and finishing at $6. Trimmers on skirts or waists receive SIP to $14 per week, and filters from $15 to SIS. A small estab- ltshment is considered better than large one for learning the trade. as more personal attention is given ap- prentices and there is quicker advance ment. Any woman who sews neatly by hand or does fine embroidery along popular lines can secure a position in shop without difficulty, and the fall rush in dressmaking opens up Septem- Der 1st.
 A girl with the shopping gift can us- ually secure a position with a dress maker as shopper. Her first duties consist of matching thread, buttons Things. etc. and later she is entrusted with trimmings. laces, etc. She starts at $4 per week, spends most of her time in stores and usually becomes a professional shopper.
 Operators in suit and waist factories do piece work principally, and as rule make $12 per week. Finishers, who sew on buttons, etc, receive no more than S7 per week.
 In underwear factories, girls start the trade by running ribbon through beading, ironing, running buttOnhole machines and gradually learn to sew on insertion, tucking, etc. They quick ly work up to S6 per week. An expert in underwear makes SIP to $14 per week-Anna Steese Richardson in WOmans Home Companion for August.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
WALKING ON HOT STONES.

In Tahiti men still believe in magic. At certain celebrations they make bed of red hot stones. A necromancer raises his bamboo wand, moves it slow ly from side to side. mounts slowly to the top of the causeway, stands for an instant with arms raised aloft. lips moving rapidly then deliberately and carefully steps from stone to stone. A second time he crosses the path of red hot fire. followed by four disciples.
 Through an interpreter all are urged to have faith. and tread the necroman- cer's fiery path A young Frenchman steps forward, defiantly twirling his little moustache; an American tourist follows: then one or two natives whose daring is applauded by their fellows.
 once more the necromancer steps up the incline of the causeway, always waving his wand. With set lips the noVices follow. shrinking fearfully at first, then proceeding with confidence. shading faces and eyes from the fierce radiation of the heated stones. Ac- complaining the transit. they show that their shoe soles were not even singed, but they offer no explanation further than. Don't ask me how it is done; I can't understand it!"
 A bucket of water is brought. one of the red-hot stones dropped into it, and up spouts cloud of steam The
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
A BIG NEWS BEAT"

Undoubtedly the boldest undertaking on the part of reporter to score a
 beat" ever known in the history of American journalism was when Thom- as B. Fielders, of the New York Times" leaped from a steamer in New
 York harbor at odds of about one hum
 dred to one of being drowned, and brought in the first graphic story of the loss of the ocean liner oregon" It is the custom of New York dailies to send reporters down the bay to met incom- ing steamers. when it is known there is "big news aboard On the ground that it is better to be safe than sorry, the editors dispatch the reporters by special permit on a government rev enue cutter, or else on a specially char
 tered tug. with a view to catching their game before the ship docks. It was known early one afternoon that the North German Lloyd steamer which had rescued the passengers of the ill'
 fated Oregon was not far out, and
 every vity editor in New York laid plans for sending reporters out to meet the incoming liner.
 Fielder was one of these. He man aged to get aboard the big steamer far down the bay and went among the sur vivors of the oregon" disaster and ob- tained some thrilling tales of escape. He took notes enough to write a book about the sinking of the ship, with minute details of heroic rescues and plenty of what newspaper men call human interest" stories. Then time began to wear heavy on his hands. It was getting late at night, and the ship had not yet passed Quarantine To make matters worse. the captain said that he would allow no one to leave the ship until she had made her way clear at Quarantine; Fielder vainly pleaded that he was not a passenger, and. therefore, was not amenable to the inspection of the ship by the health officers. His remonsuances were un- availing. The captain was obdurate.
 Ten o'clock came. The city editor of the Times" paced nervously around the night desk. repeatedly asking: Where on earth is Fielders2" Out there in the bay Fielders, wrought to a pitch of anger almost sufficient to impel an assault upon the exacting captain. looked vainly at the dimpling stream of light from his tug as she lay out in the darkened waters waiting for him. The captain of the steamer wo1ld not permit the tug to come any nearer to his ship. Ffelders stood beside the rail loudly remonstrating with man commanding the big ship. He stealthily placed one leg over. the rail, then the other. Then there was a splashing sound below and a chorus of shouts from the passengers. The reporter was overboardi Out in the rippling light his body was seen to rise, and, as it did, the dare devil began swimming toward his tug. His comrades had thrown out a line at a signal from him. ] previously given, and he made for that i line. Would he ever get 1t? Could ! they see him. a mere speck on the dimly lighted waters? He gained a 1 hold on the rope. was pulled aboard i the tug, and gave orders for her nose l to be turned toward the Manhattan shore with all possible speed. The ! Times contained a full and graphic story of the loss of the oregon" the next morning.-Remsen Crawford in i Success Magazine"
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
NATIONS STRENGTH
 TO BE DOUBLED
What Reclamation Hay Accomplish
 in Quarter of Century.

Boise.-Former Senator J, NJ. Carey of Wyoming. author of the Carey act, in a letter to Chairman Gwinn of the executive committee of the irrigation congress, has the following to say con- cerning the work of the congress;
 "The National Irrigation congress, during the years of it's existence, has accomplished wonders. It has called together. from year to year, those most learned in the science of irrigation and practical irrigators. also men willing and anxious to learn. Among those who have come were men prominent in all branches of bushes and profes- sional life.
 "These congresses have educated the people on a subject about which but little was known 10 years ago, outside of the states and territories included in the arid regions of the United States. one who has been alive to the subject has marked the rapid change in public sentiment with reference 10 this great question.
 That the next quarter of a century shall. through irrigation works, public and private, change the entire country west of the hundredth meridian and make places and homes for millions of people, is a fact now conceded by all familiar with the subject The results, I believe. will equal to the doubling of the strength of the nation.
 ''I am safe in saying that the irriga- ton works now being constructed will cost fully a hundred million of dollars. while the projects being contemplated and being investigated for early initia- tion will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
 "The irrigation congress has done its full share of the good work, yet it has only commenced. Let those who shall constitute the congresses always have in view the one question, How can they best promote and forward the re- clamation of the arid regions of the United States?
 Boise is an ideal place for the con gress. The rapid development of Ida hos agricultural interests, through ir- rigation works. is a great object lesson. Seeing what is being done will remove the last doubt on this great subject among those who shall be so fortunate as to attend the congress-"
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07

It is every married mans opinion that all wives are frank.-Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07

as the forty one story 'cIoudpiercer' is to be, the steel skeleton is surrounded and protected by hollow tile. Tn the making these hollow brick have been subjected to a heat 250O degrees They will neither burn nor crumble when subjected to any heat less than this. and as the hottest fire temperatures rarely run over 1500 degrees, the hol- low tiling is the most efficient potec- ton obtainable for a building where human life must be protected.
 Twenty mine stories was once de- clared the limit for building construc- tion That limit has now been raised to forty-one Is that the limit? If not where is the point at which the erection of the tall building must stop? It is not in sight at present.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
BABY'S TORTURING
 SKIN RUMOR
Ears Looked as if They Would Drop Off Body Entirely Covered - Face Mass of Sores - Three Doctors Could Not Cure-C Child Grew Worse Face and Body Now Clear
CURED BY CUTICURA
 IN TWO WEEKS FOR 75c.

Mrs. George J. Steese, of 7O1 Coburn St, Akron, Ohio, tells in the following letter of another of those remarkable
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
S.S.S. CURES CKTARRH

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Arizona republican., 1906-08-07

She broke out all over her body with 8 humor, and we used everything recom- mended, but without results. 1 called in three doctors, they all claimed they could help her, but she continued to grow worse. Her body was a mass of sores, and her little face was being eaten away; her ears looked as if they would drop of. Neighbors advised me to get Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and before had used half of the cake of Soap and box of Oin tment the sores had all healed, and my little ones face and bodywere as clear as 8 newborn babes. would not be without it again if it cost five dollars, instead of seventy-fve cents, which is all it cost us to cure our baby, after spending many dollars on doctors and medicines without any benefit whatever"
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Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
SOCIALIST WANTS sENAToRsHIP.

Richard Franklin Pettigrew wants to be the first socialist to sit in the Unit ed States senate as such. He is going to invite his state of South Dakota to elect him senator three years hence. He has served two terms already. Be- ing an eclectic in politics, MT Petit grew was first elected as republican. reelected in six years to become a democrat popuiist, and now he is go- ing to make a try as a socialist.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
A WASTE OF TIME.

We are glad to hear from the Birm- ington Post that a New Jersey gentle man has, after lengthy experiments, succeeded in producing a brood of eleven chickens each having one leg longer than the other. The advantage claimed for them over other chickens is that they are. by reason of their de- formity, compelled to walk in circles, and cannot, therefore, wander far afield"
 We think the New Jersey gentleman has wasted his time rather. He could have got the same results, at far less inconvenience to himself, by producing a brood of chickens each having one leg shorter than the other.-Punch.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07
DEVOTED TO "BLAcK ART."

The astonishing fact has just come to light that Professor Richard Gar nett, librarian of the British museum, who died recently, for years had de- voted much time to the black art of astrology. Even more extraordinary is the circumstance that business men of New York and other cities regularly consulted him regarding contemplated ventures.
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07

necromancer walks through the crowd, offering himself for inspection and for touch Like the three children of holy writ. upon his body fire has had no power. nor is a hair of his head singed. nor has the smell of fire passed on him.'-The World Today. for Au- gust
Arizona republican., 1906-08-07

Here is a story my folks used to tell on me when l was a boy: A celebra- ton was given near our house, and l opened stand. They say I ate and drank everything in stock and never sold a thing or took in a cent.'-Drake Watson.-Atchison Globe.