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Arizona republican., 1908-02-10

] 000, coo Of these were actually required i 10 make daily clearances to the amount of s230 000, 900. Retirements of the certificates began almost as soon as ! they were issued, and at the present ! time practically the whole issue has been retired.
 Kipling named three spots in the world where. If one remained long enough he would be sure to meet any man Of his acquaintance. To these must now be added fourth. A sta tistical calculation has shown that the hub of Greater New York Is Herald , Square, where during any four days in the week can be counted 4,27S,000 persons. or a number equal to the to- tai population of Greater New York. Broadway. Sixth avenue, Thirty-thira and Thirty fourth streets contribute the streams of humanity which make Herald Square the vortex of the city. counting pedestrians and travellers upon the roadways and in the surface and elevated cars. The record for one day of travel at this point is l,O69,IeO persons. Il is estimated that S0000 pass on the Sixth avenue surface cars which run six to the minute in the rush hours, that the Broadway cars carry 12O.0O0, running seven cars to the minute the greater part oi the day and that the elevated cars running on one minute headway carry 293, 760. Pe- destrians pour into and out of Herald Square in eight different directions The human tide crosses and recrOsses. goes up and down and cross town, gets on and off cars and vehicles and flows in and out of the stores continuously. In all they number about 432, ,0O0 count ing those who come and go more than once separately for each appearance. Persons who travel through this point in wagons. carriages. trucks and auto mobiles total about l44,000 a day. There are, of course. places in New York where for a limited space the crowds are denser. but no spot in the city is passed and repassed by more people in twenty-four hours.
 That slight events may change the course of great aaffirs was strikingly demonstrated last week in an untow- ard accident that prevented the recon ciliation of Big Bill Devery and Frank J. Goodwin, who have been bitter rivals for the Tammany leadership of the Seventh district for the past half dozen years from taking place amid the public rejoicings of the faithful of the district as had been planned. Ar engagements had been perfected for pulling off this momentous affair at the annual ball of the HoratiO Seymour Club. The guests, resplendent in hired dress suits, were all assembled and Tom Smith. secretary of Tammany Hall, in the role of a dove of peace, was standing beneath a gorgeous can Opy ready to join the hands of the two warning leaders when a telegram from Big Bill was handed to him. The mes sage. read amid impressive silence, ran: Too bad. New dancing pants burst at last moment. Love to Frank and all the boys" Gloom fell on the assemblage. and ever since the Tam many politicians of the West Side have been asking one another whether the message meant that Big Bill was not yet ready to come back in the political reservation or whether it was really the fault of Bill's pants"
 LONGACRE.
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will make it the most delightful social event of the season at the club, while being perhaps the most interesting game of the winter series.
 Adding inspiration will be the group of handsome sponsors and maids of honor, number of beauties and bellies in Bir- minghams social life to grace the occa- sion.
 Miss Lucille Gaston .s sponsor for the Athletic club and her maids of honor will be Miss Florence Rogers and Miss Annie Rowan Gaston. the latter of Montgomery
 In their immediate party will be Mr L.. H. Putnam MT. Mel Smith and Dr. John , H Edmondson.
 Miss Marion Mclean will be sponsor for Wabash college. and the maids of honor will be Miss Rita Evans and Miss Sadie Hayes. In their party at the club will be MT. E. Schoaff MT. Robert Ken sil and MT. Lawrence Smith. The Wabash team is one of the best that has been south this winter. They have only lost three games within the last four years.
 The spectators gallery will be tbronged on the evening of the game and there will be the usual dance in the hand some gymnasium. The entertainments at the club this winter have been charm ing socially, and the popularity of the club team gives an added interest to the game.
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SETTLEMENT WORK.

The board of city missions had a called meeting in the parlor of the First Meth odist church Friday to consider the ad- visibility of taking up settlement work A committee of four-Mrs. Simpson of Eleventh avenue, Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Jackson of Fountain Heights and Mrs. Robert N. Bell of First church, having made an investigation of the field, recom- mended that the vicinity of Ninth street church be made the first point of action.
 A small hall has been engaged and the work has begun. Mrs. Alice Johnson of East Lake, Mrs. McCarty of Eleventh avenue, Mrs Charles Lye of Wesley chapel, and others will visit the neigh borhood this week and at 10 o'clock on next Saturday Mrs. Dixon of Fountain Heights. assisted by Mrs. Barclay Dill lon Mrs. Moody of Eleventh avenue and Mrs. Logan of Woodlawn will take charge of the girls meeting for industrial and other instruction.
 At D. m. on Saturday the devotional band of First church home mission so- ciety, assisted by Mrs Mullin of East Lake will conduct the mothers meeting.
 The attendance at the called meeting . of the board Friday morning was large and enthusiastic and it is earnestly hoped that those churches which have not yet come into connection with the board will send in their delegates to the next regu- lar meeting at 10 o'clock on the morning of March 13, at the First Methodist church.
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icism but all is peace and harmony in our circle"
 The meeting was then turned over to the literary heads. Mrs. Sharpe. who gave a talk on the closing hours of Hamlets life, concluding with these worlds
 This royal flower conceived by the Bard of Avon, that has blossomed into immortality, has waited a rare, sweet perfume into my life and I trust 1t has into yours"
 The secretary then reported three resig- nations. The president called a business meeting in which began the farce. The following Is one of the resignations and the others were quite as absurd:
 Madame Leader:-On account of the youth and inability of your officers and the frivolity of your club, I herewith re- sign and will organize me a club which will study literature from the beginning of the ages, which has nothing to do with Shakespeare. Respectfully,
 MRS. FRANK BODZ. After paying their respects to their hus- bands hobbies, social gossip, local hits, they finally ended with scrap over the literary ability of their ministers, fol- lowed by general s'melee,' the president frantcally rapping with darning gourd yet failing to restore order
 The much amused audience clamored
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MRS. ALDRIcH ON BRIDGE.

In the last issue of Bridge a maga- zine for lovers and students of the game, appears an instructive article by Mrs. T. H. Aldrich Jr.. of Birmingham. Mrs. A1drich has discovered a simple formula for counting and the edl- tors of Bridge consider her sugges- tons valuable and timely. The article will be read with much interest in this city.
 On the subject of counting" Mrs. Aldrich says
 Three of us had taken numerous bridge lessons. bored faithfully over al the textbooks, problems and illustra- tive hands we could find, and eventual ly arrived at the only too familiar sticking place" where NC could have passed fairly creditable examination on the theoretical side of the game, but found our actual play hampere1 hy sour inability to count and locate with certainty the last few cards in play. We asked our teacher by what mental process he arrived al his con clusions in this regard. but as he counted by thinking of the number of rounds of a suit played and then mak ing a separate note of each discard. which was the identical process we had been failing with for years, his re- marks offered us but little hope until he mentioned that Mir Elwell in his paragraph on memory in his Cor respondence Course" suggests alim- ination .ls tEe proper principle to fol- low in keeping track of the cards.
 As all the books we had seen said 'scount and locate the cards and none of them explained by what precise train of thought the desired result could be achieved this seemed like light in dark place and we joyfuIly began to eliminate. Unfortunately. we speedily found that if We counted eight cards in Hpef cIfif 1nA 1ai ioiB B pened to be clubs, then accounted for six cards against in the diamond suit which was opened. and then counted in turn the hearts and spades. the struggle to remember the order of the suits as well as the constantly changing figures appertaining to hem was beyond our ability.
 We oYercame this difficulty by always thinking of the suits in the order of their value and upon seeing our own hand and dummy, counted first the hearts then da- mpnds. clubs and spades. In counting we were careful not to use the roundabout process of thinking ''9 hearts in sight, and from IS left l." which was our fig ure. as that took q perceptibly longer time than thinking "9 hearts in sight and Immediately assoeiating the figure with the figure g. Ne established the instant associate of and 6, and 5, and 4, etc, ana thought of those figures as ar bitrarily paired
 After establishing as our first figure, We counted diamonds of which were in sight, so s was our second figure. Eight clubs could De seen, which gave us in third place and only spades could be found which gave us 10 as our last figure.
 In only few more seconds than our usual time We had planned the play of the hand followed to the first trick, and also had in mind four fgures-, 6, D. 1G- which gave us a brdseye view of tie situation against US, and by their order showed to which suits they referred with out our having to consciously couple the suit with the figure Say the first card led was a heart, 1t was counted when our for-
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mula was made mp, i, 6. 6. 10, and IT the pone followed suit we thought 3. 6, 3, 10. If he failed to follow and discarded q, spade we left our first heart figure un- changed and thought 1, 6 D. 9. We count cd one card for every two cards played, so had ample time, and as one figure was as easily changed as another it made no difference whether the adversaries fol- lowed suit or discarded, which put the counting of all hands on a uniform basis. and made the erstwhile difficult hand with many discards s simple to count as one with evenly divided suits.
 Ry having all the suits In mind all the time, our play during the middle and end of the hand was much less vague than formerly, and by following definite and fixed train of thought, every hand played tended to m make that line of thought more of an uncon scious habit and less a special effort, whereas formerly our energies were diffused over such varying mental pro- cosses that no one of them showed any marked improvement.
 At first fearing the possibilities or the hand would divert us from our main op- feet at the time, the count. we sorted our hand and dummy and piled the other two hands backs up, following from them at random. This gave us the most sklpped- about and varied counting possible. After . trying this live or SIX tlfIleS, We Wefo ooiC to stop at the eighth trick and tell the number and suits of the cards against us. Tn the play of regular rubber we 1onnd the four figure count cumbersome at nrst and were apt to play the hand badly, but after the first six hands 1t began 10 be easier. and at the end of week we ex- perienced no difficulty in playing our usual game and could pause at the eightn trick. count and locate the cards against ns and plan our end play, We decided mon the eighth trick so we would form the habit of stopping and planning end n,ay at a definite time, instead Of allow ing ourselves to rush along with an inter- esting hand and miss a pretty end play by overlooking the proper time to be- gin 1t.
 By thus systematizing our thoughts we accumulated in two weeks result tnat had seemed impossible after some years of equally earnest but evidently misdirect- ed effort We explained our formula to friend, who after playing at bridge for two years could never even count trumps accurately, and who made no pre- tensions of being a student. Alter two !! weeks' practice she could count and To- cate the ca rds of the last five tricks With unerring certainty
 We thought if this result could De sc .a silv obtained by such ordinary players o. ourselves, the means which led to Il
 would be of interest, at least to those nsonle who entertain the same feeling to ward bridge as that expressed by the lady 1T, the .sMikado', who doesn't think sht wa1tzes hut would rather like to try
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 One box tablets equals more than two bottle liquid. Whites vaucaire Tablets contain the genuine imported Galega (Goatsrue), and Lactophosphate of Lime. Soluble. easy to take; VI per box; for e5.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
SEASON DRAWS TO BRILLIANT CLOSE
 SOCIETY ATTENDS MUSCALES, DANCES PLAYS BRIDGE

Tie pre-lenten season Arapidly' draw ing to a close. will haNe a brilliant fnale-in the bal masque to be danced at the Southern club on Tuesday even- ing.
 At preceding balls and, entertain ments al the club committees of prom inent club men are usually announced weeks ahead of the event. but the com mittees for the bal masque are sub rosa. and the arrangements fotr the ball have been made rather quietly. al- though they are on a magnificent scale
 All the dancing world will be en masque. the costume makers are put ting the finishing touches 10 ball gowns. and even as late as last night special orders for gowns wene made.
 The ball will be picturesque,and beau tiful, and no occasion of the winter has been anticipated with much inter- est no entertainment possessing so many elements to interest society
 Society will attend it's musicales. play bridge and go to many informal dances during the Lenten season. Din ner- giving and small bridge luncheons will be much in favor as during the brilliant winter season.
 Lent may mean cessation of gaietics ibut already every one is interested in the charity ball to open the Easter season. It will be danced on the first Tuesday of Easter week. Mrs. Henry Bramlett Gray. one of Brminghams most beautiful and popular women, has consented to act as chairman of the patronesses for the ball Mrs. Gray left yesterday for New York, but on her return she will appoint the bal committees.
 No better selection could have been made among all the many young wom- en who are capable of managing large ball. The ball will be given un der the auspices of the auxiliary to the district nursing work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
STUDY CIRCDN

On Thursday evening MT. and Mrs J. the Study Circle and their husbands. Once annually the women of the circle entertain their husbands and on this oc- casion they and a few other friends were invited to meet Miss Anderson, the charm ing house guest of Mir and Mrs. Don- nelly, who were assisted in receiving by Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Frazier and MT. and Mrs. Charles J. Sharpe in the gold and white drawing room. Afterwards the guests were seated In the spacious liv- ing room, possibly the largest and most perfect room in its appointments in the south.
 The following programme was charm ingly rendered:
 Piano Selection-"The Last Smile" Cwallehaupt. Mrs. Hoyt M. Dobbs. Reading-Owen Meredith, Mrs. R. C. Woodson.
 Vocal selection-(a). ((Memories"; tb). Sunbeam; Co. "Where Blossoms Crow" Miss Harriet Oneal. Readng-Hay MT Henry Hiden. Violin Selection-Ballads, MT. R. F. Johnston.
 Address-"The Impersonators of Ham, let" Dr. W. E. Evans.
 joke contest by all gentlemen present. Act of Hamlet, by Circle. The last number was very cleverly ar
 ranged by Mrs Sharpe and Mrs Fra
 zier. The circle was called to order by the president Mrs Frazier, and the im- pression made that the very thrilling
 act of Hamlet would be given However. before we begin this play" said Mrs Frazier, q wish to tell you
 something of the Study circle It's ob- ject while primarily that of study, we occasionally have a business meeting as all organizations of any consequence do, but we want you to know we have never lost our tempers or our head. as cer- tain young democrat did. We have never
 had a ripple of discontent or unkind crit>
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intends holding an exhibition and has re- eeived several of his pictures from his New York studio. His last important work. ''fhe Dawn of the Flag" has been recently purchased and presented to the Corcoran Art gallery. Many of the can vases by this artist are In museums and galleries, and in distinguished private col lections of this country. His 'Le Re- tour,' purchased by the French govern ment, is in the Luxembourg.
 Personally MT. Mosler Is most delight ful and a number of Birmingham peo- pie have already had the pleasure of meeting him. MT Mosler has received the decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honor which carries with it the title chevalier of France.
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

One of the most interesting and we'll planned club programme that has been arranged this winter was the Edgewood club celebration of Washington's birth day. The club was entertained by Mrs. Marsh, who dispensed a gracious and charming hospitality in her lovely home on Highland avenue.
 Patriotic ideas were carried out in all the arrangements. The response to roll call was by adjectives, descriptive of Washington, which afterward were in-
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RECEPTION TO MIR. MosLER.

Tn compliment to MT. Henry Mosler Of New York. the distinguished artist, the members of the Birmingham Art asso- ciaton will give their first reception on Tuesday afternoon at the residence or Mrs. W. g. Lowell on Ridge Park avs- nue. Tho hours are from to o'clock.
 !, Each member of the association is priv iAsed to bring four guests MT Mosler is at present visiting this city, the guest of, his dauxhtsr. Mrs. Otto Marx. He
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for Hamlet who never came. But they were forced to admit that women were born parllamentarians.
 In the dining room, where supper was served La France roses were used in profusion and the punch bowl was grace fully presided over by Misses Annie Don nelly and Annie Blinn.
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serted in a story of his life. Baskets the work of Miss Sarah Bruce and Miss Daisy Watkins, were decorated with cher ries
 The guessing contest was exciting and the national airs played by Miss America in stars and stripes, was most effective After this contest, the guests adjourned to the long hall at one end of which was an improvised stage. Mrs. Harsh first introduced George Washington and Sally Fairfax, who in a graceful manner danced the minuet The little girls, Carrie Yates and Frances Woodrow, who took part were pictures in their powder paint and patches.'
 The living pictures on the programme were declared almost perfect --reproduc- tions of the famous Stuart portraits. The scenes included:
 George Washington-Mrs. North.
 Martha Washington-Mrs. Bruce.
 Benjamin Franklin-Mrs. Going.
 Betsy Ross-Mrs. Dexter
 The pictures were introduced by Mrs. Hill who, In a letter from President Roosevelt CD to the hostess contributed much to the enjoyment of the guests.
 The refreshments embodied patriotic ideas
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BASKETBALL CAME.

The arrangements for the basketball game to be played on Wednesday even ing between the teams of the Birming- ham Athletic club and Wabash college
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The board of managers of the District Nurses auxiliary will meet at the resi- dence of Mrs. T. c. Bush, Highland ave- nue Monday, March 2. at 10 O ocloek. Inn portant business requires the attendance of the board.
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meeting of the board of managers of the Womans Exchange will be held on Tuesday morning at 11:O o'clock
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The friends of MT. B. w. Eddy of Hot Springs, Ark, will regret to learn of his death, which occurred on Thursday.
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meeting of the General Sumpter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock with Mrs J. W. Donnely at her residence on Highland avenue
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Miss Martha Campbell of Eutaw is thme guest of Miss Jamie Head
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Miss Leila Harper, who is i'll at the Davis inflrmary, is now much better.
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MT John Overby of Dansville, Va, il the guest of MT. Bert Meadow.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 15.)
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Lieut.. Gov. Henry B. Gray and Mrs Gray left yesterday for New York.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-23
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY
Continued from page o.

at Portland yesterday morning after
a very pleasant visit
80 y A@
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hertz with their
little son Harold are in the city from
Portland for the next week or ten
days, stopping at the Logan, on Com
mercial and Sixteenth street. During
the regatta season Mr.. Hertz will be
engaged as salesman for the Herman
Wise clothing store.
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Whipple from
Seattle are in the city to be present
at the annual regatta. Both Mr., and
Mrs. Whipple formerly lived in AS
toria, and are well known here Mr..
Whipple was one of the original pro-
prietors OF the Palace restaurant in
former days They have many friends
here who are glad to see them and
who are all biding them hearty
welcome.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-23
BUYS OLD STREET CAR.
Milwaukee Railway Man Secures /
Az A Memento.

CHICAGO. Aug.22-A dispatch 10
the Tribune from Milwaukee. Wis.
says;
President Fred D. Underwood Of the
Erie Railroad. has purchased an old
fashioned stree, car, the first in which
he ever rode, and shipped il TO Wau-
watosa where il viii be set up as an
outdoor reading room on the grounds
Of his ancestral home.
The street car opened his eyes TO
the possibilities OF traffic on rails
when b was a boy and turned his at
ten'ion TO railroading
Mr.. Underwood has kept the old
homestead, which he visits once a
year, in such condition that many Of
his friends may spend their summers
there There are three tents for over.
flow visitors.