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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
NEWS OF THE DAY
IN SOCIETY WORLD
Chat About Alabama Girls in
Eastern Society Magazine
NOTES HERE AND THERE
Small Parties and Club Entertainments
Yesterday in Birmingham-Gossip
of Prominent People Here and
EIsewherc-Persouals
BY MYRTLE MILES


The following notes in regard to the
celebration of Mardi Gras in Mobile,
taken from clown and Country" will be
read with interest in Birmingham, espe-
cially as several of the young women
who were prominent features in the
social affairs are we'll known in Birming
ham, Miss Ameie Lyons was guest
of her uncle, Mr. ]. V. Allen, and Mrs.
Allen last winter, when the season was
at its height and Miss Mabel Goode, who
visited Birmingham friends previous to
her debut and briefly again this winter,
is also favorite in Birmingham, while
Miss sKirkbrige is prominently connected
here and much admired.
Miss Mabel Heustis, who is mentioned
as carnival visitor, is a sister of Mrs.
George Huntington Clarke of Birming-
ham, as well as of Miss Louise Heustis,
the artist, several of whose portraits
were admired by Birmingham art lovers
during the recent exhibition of the local
art association.
With the coming of Lent, says Town
and Country, the three gulf cities, New
Orleans. Mobile and Pensacola, look back
to the carnival season preceding Ash
"Wednesday. Pensacola had an unusually
brilliant Mardi Gras due in part to good
judgment in choosing Miss Nellye Key
ser for the queen. Miss Keyser, who is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs William
Swift Keyser is well known in Washing
ton. as she was educated there at the
National Cathedral school and was a
classmate of Miss Ethel Roosevelt. In
coloring she is not unlike Miss Roosevelt,
and at a theatre partN given by the ex-
Presidents daughter& during her school
DAVIS was mistaken forsthe second daugh-
ter of the White I4e,ise. tThe daily pa
neys referred to her as ETiss Roosevelt;
even the Journalistic eveT was misled
Her parents have a sumher estate at
Norwich. Conn Mobiles Mard Gras
oueen of 1910 was Miss Corinna Kirk
bride. one of the seasons debutantes.
The king. Felix the III, was Mr.. Henry
Tuscber. so the royal couple were very
handsome. There was much entertaining
in their honor by loyal subjects-in fact,
there were very busy carnival days and
nights The presence of the U. S. S.
Marietta added much to the festivities,
as the officers were indefatigable enter
tainers. Among the debutantes Miss
Kirkbride. Miss Mabel Goode and Miss
Dorothy Carter were the recipients of
much attention. Teas and luncheons
were also given for Miss Amelie Lyons
and Mrs Rlakelv (the wife of Iieuten-
ant Rlakelv of the navy), both of these
fair ladies' being ex-carnival queens
cantain Hill gave a luncheon on board
tba Marietta for Miss Amanda. Moore.
whose guests were Mrs G. NJ Luce and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
No Likelihood Of strike

Augusta, Ga, February 2S.-Fourth Vice
President A. P. Kelley of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen, stated to the As
ISOLATED Press tonight that there is no
likelihood at this time of another strike
OF the Georgia railroad firemen as re-
ported in neighboring cities. Kelley says
that the agreement made under the Erd-
man act arbitration last May is be-
ing lived up to by both parties thereto
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
Rural Carriers Organize

Huntsville, February 23.-(Special.)--T
rural mail carriers of Madison COUNT
organized yesterday afternoon at we
attended meeting and elected A. p. Bear
president; r. r. Farley, vice president
E.. A. voel1el, treasurer, and ]. d. Trot-
ter secretary. A meeting will be held ir
Decatur on May 80 to complete the organ
ization of district association for tn
Eighth Congressional district
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
NOTES AID PERSONALS

Mrs II. S. Ryall will entertain L of
her girl friends at bridge this sfter-
noon in honor of her guest.
Mr.. Samuel Ledbetter, the elder son of
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Ledbetter of
this city, was recently the recipient of an
honor which has been the cause OF sin
cere congratulations from his large cir
Gle of Birmingham friends. Mr.. Led
better is student at Johns Hopkins
university, Baltimore, and will be grad
uate in June. He received the appoint
ment a few days ago of inferno at
Lakeside hospital. Cleveland, o., in the
surgical department with the eminent
Dr. Cryer as his superior.
When it is known that there were $50
applicants for this post and similar ones.
only four succeeded in passing the neces-
sary examinations the distinction con-
ferred upon Mr.. Ledbetter will be under
stood. He will assume his duties prob
ably Immediately after graduation at
Johns Hopkins, and his friends in Biz
minghan, especially in the younger set,
where he is very popular. predict for
him a. brilliant career to which the pres
emit honor is but an introduction.
Miss Maybele Cosby left yesterday for
Dryseburg, Tenn. to be the guest of Miss
Zelda King at a house party.
Mrs. J. II. Nixon returned yesterday
from Tuscaloosa after a weeks stay with
her daughter, Mrs. William Dempsey
Partlaw.
Mr.. and Mrs S. A. Benton will return
today from a brief visit to Tuscaloosa.
Mrs. Barnes Morgan has returned from
Florida, where she spent several weeks.
Mrs. Thomas Stobert is at home after
a delightful Florida trip.
Mrs. j. E. Miles has come up from her
home, 1.-THE Cedars,' at Columbiana, to
spend week with her daughters, Mrs
Richard Johnston and Mrs. S. A. Ben
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Snow have re-
turned from wedding trip and are at
home with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Bigsby,
Mrs. c. II. Jernigan's friends will re-
greet to learn that she is seriously i'll at
her home, 9O1 South Twelfth street. Her
daughters have been called to her bed
side.
Mrs. C. A. Breast and son and Miss
Elizabeth Creighton are guests of Mrs
Henry Morscheimer.
The Council of Jewish Women will hold
it's meeting this afternoon at o'clock at
the home of Mrs Morris Adler on High
land avenue.
The ladies' interested in the Girls Home
for the F'riendless will serve turkey din
ner Thursday, Friday and Saturday on
Twentieth street between Third and
Fourth avenues.
Miss Bessie Winton will entertain Sat-
urday at tea In honor of Mrs. Mitchell
Coxwell.
The Review club will meet Friday
afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. G. w.
Dodson, $500 Thirty-flrst avenue, North
Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
Mrs. Bette williams Dies

Huntsville, February ESPECIALLY D.
Mrs. Bette Williams, aged Sc years, diet.
In East Huntsville early yesterday, afte;
"a long illness, with tuberculosis. She
moved to this city two years ago from
Russellville, Ga. Her husband and -four
sons survive her
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
LONG BalIoon Trip Planned

San Antonio, Tex. February 23.-Weath-
err conditions permitting. Clifford B. Har-
mon, the amateur aeronaufl will start
from San Antonio Friday afternoon in an
effort to break all long distance balloon
lights. He expects to land In Canada
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-24
A BIRTHpAY PARTY

Robert Ware and Mr. Sterling Bag
gett will lead the cotillon numbers.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19
THE ScHOOLMA'AM AND TEN
ACRES

There is little doubt that the con-
sentative purchase of favorably sit
uated fruit lands in many sections Of
the west is perfectly safe PROPOSE
ton, but such purchase ought to be
made with fairly comprehensive
knowledge of the future contingencies.
especially In some Of the heavily tim
bered sections. The point we would
make in this is nicely illustrated In the
case Of an eastern schoolma'am whose
purchase was detailed to US the other
day. This girl. who has saved nice
little nest egg, has thought to insure
her material well being for coming
years by purchasing ten acre tract
Of raw land In heavily timbered sec
ton, not seeming to have taken into
account the fact that the cost of clear
trees are set will range from 1926 to
SITS per acre. the word Of Jealous real
estate agents to the contrary nowith-
standing. At best there must be
wait of five or six years before the
trees begin to bear, and then not
enough to pay for their annual care
OF course potatoes. strawberries and
other small fruit crops may be grown
between the tree rows during the first
few years. but this means degree of
hard and painstaking work that one
who has not had experience in horti-
culture has little conception of. On
the other hand, if the tract in ques-
ton was bought as an investment
only, to be sold to some one else to de-
velop, the question is entirely different
so far as the schoolma'am Is concern
ed. When she starts to develop her
tract she will doubtless consider it
wise to sell
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19
THE FARMER NOT RESPONSIBLE.

There has not been a time In the
past thirty years when the prices of
the necessities Of life, and particularly
foodstuffs, have been higher than they
are today and no time when folks were
looking into the cause Of high prices
more than now. 1t Is very easy to
take it for granted that the Original
producer-the tiller Of the soil, farmer
and garderer-iS the person chiefly
responsible for the high cost of living.
but a close study Of price conditions
which is being made does not seem to
bear out this contention. Investigators
have found that of the dollar which
the consumer spends for meat, bread
stuffs, fruit and vegetables, the pro-
Queer or grower, who does the bulk of
the working and sweating and who
bears all the loss in case Of unfavora-
BILE weather conditions. receives the
IEnificent sum of 35 cents. and out Of
this must come all expenses Of produc-
ton. The other Go per cent is appro-
priated. absorbed, or whatever you
want to call it, by the chaps who han
die 1t after it leaves the producers
hands-the transportation companies.
the commission or middle man and the
retailer. On the supposition that these
three factors in distribution share
equally. they absorb close to % cents
apiece on every dollars worth Of stuff
which the consumer buys, but this is
certainly not the case with many arti-
cles of consumption. However, In the
case of meats. recent investigation
showed that tue town and city retailer
was exacting profit ranging all the
way from 20 to 55 per cent. On the
supposition that middleman and retail
err appropriate 10 cents each, the rail
roads absorb the balance, which is 40
cents. While feverish agitation may
not result in lowering prices in an ap-
preciable degree, the average consumer.
out of sheer curiosity, If for no other
reason. would like to know a little
more definitely where that 65 cents
goes to.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19
AN THE BARNYARDS."

A well known agricultural authority
and student of conditions prevailing
throughout the great cotton belt has
recently said that the economic and
agricultural salvation of the south in
years to come lies in the barnyards of
that section. meaning thereby the
adoption Of dairying and stock rails
ing with attendant crop rotation in
place of the present shortsighted, one
year leaves the land poorer and keeps
the cotton grower dependent on the
outside world for his breadstuffs, meat
and dairy products and for the grain
and forage supplies needed for the few
beasts Of burden he does keep. In
some sections of the cotton belt the
force Of the above agricultural truth
is already being realized. and the
better way" is being inaugurated.
What is true Of the south Is true, If In
less degree, Of the east, west and
north, of New York and Massachu-
sets, of Iowa and Minnesota. Of Kan
sas, California and Nebraska, Of Geor-
gia and Mississippi. This doctrine Of
agricultural salvation needs preaching
in season and out Of season from ev-
cry platform and in every newspaper
and magazine In the country. It IL
the only way out, and the sooner we
realize 1t as people the better VIII 1t
be for our own generation and those
to follow.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19
Our Lodges

AmWell Lodge, NO. IL, +. d "A. M.
W. NJ, Geo. r. Kline; S. W., Thos.
Thorne, J. W., Harry V. Swallow;
secretary, Charles M. Dilts; treasurer,
Geo. w. Massey; S. d., A. G. Smith;
J. d., G. S. Middleton. Meets second
Wednesday of each month-April un-
til September, 8 o'clock, Oct. until
March 1880 p. NJ.
Leni Lenape Lodge, 1. 0. o. F., No.
Is, meets at their hall every Tuesday
evening on Bridge street.
Evening Star Caste, No. Is, A. o. X.
of M. c., meets in the Hooker building
Union street, every Wednesday even
ing.
Lone Star Lodge, No. 20, X. of p,
meets at Odd Fellows hall, Bridge
street, every Wednesday evening.
Brotherhood of America, No. 4S,
meets at Treftz hall, Church street,
every Friday evening"
Franklin Castle, X. of the G. E.,
meets in Rittenhouse's hall, corner
Union and Coryell streets, every Tues
day evening.
Lambertville Council, National
Union, No. $50, meets 3rd Thursday in
each month at Odd Fellows Hall,
Bridge street.
Alexauken Council, Royal Arcanum
meets second aud fourth Mondays of
each month at Odd Fellows Hall,
Bridge street..
Division No. 8, A. o. HI. meet at
Botti's Hall on Union street, the first
Tuesday evening in each Wonth,
Major G. A. Angel Post, No. 20, G.
A. r., stated muster every Friday
evening at Rittenhouse's Hall, on
Union street.
Lieut.. J. w. Arnett Camp, No. 10,
Sons of Veterans meets every Monday
evening at Rittenhouse's Hall, on
Union street.
Washington Camp, No. l, p. o. S.
of A., meet every Friday evening
Odd Fellows Hail. Bridge street.
Junior Order American Mechanics
No. 81, meet every Tuesday evening
at Wilson Hall, corner of Union and
York streets
Tuscarora Tribe, No. IL, l. o. r. NJ.
meets every Monday evening at Phil
lips Hall, Church street.
Red Jacket Tribe, No. %, I. o. r.
nj. meets every Monday evening at
Cochran's Hall, on Union street.
Benevolent Order of Elks, No. 1910,
meets at Odd Fellows Hall, first and
last Thursdays in each month.
The Loyal Order of Moose, No. 217,
meets every Tuesday evening, in
Cochran's Hall, Union street.
Ancient Order United Workmen, No
%, meets I'd and 4th Friday eve'g in
each mo. Cochran's Hall Union street.
The 80" Club rooms over the Lam
bertville National Bank open every
night in the week.
The Reliance Club rooms in Fishers
Hall, Union street, open every night
in the week.
The Social Club rooms in Solliday
Hall, corner Union and Bridge streets,
open every night in the week.
Prize of Life Lodge, colored, meets
every Saturday evening at Roberts
Hall, Main street.
Ladies' Lodges.
Ladies of the Golden Eagle, No. 5,
meets every Friday evening in the
Hooker building, Union street.
Degree of Pochahontas, No. 8, meets
every Wednesday evening at Phillips
Hall, Church street.
Council of the Daughters of Liberty,
No. 40, meets the first and last Thurs
days of each month in Wilson'S Hall,
Union street.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

The expenditure of the same inge-
nuity and energy will give larger
financial returns from the raising of
onions than fussing with ginseng and
from the growing of "murphies'' than
monkeying with mushrooms.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

Experiments carefully conducted
show that calves and pigs, like grow
ing plants, make the most rapid growth
when they have abundant sunshine
1t is a cheap tonic and should be used
without stint.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

Those school directors who excuse
school when the big circus comes to-
town-rarely oftener than once year
give practical recognition Of the fact
that attention to the subjects in hand
on the part of an active boy is a prime
requisite to the acquisition Of informal
ton. Incidentally they make a very
warm spot for themselves in th- hearts
Of the youngsters of the community.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

Owing to the difference in the
amount Of gluten in -four made from
hard and soft wheat, the housewife
moving from the east to the west,
where The soft wheat -four prevails,
should increase the amount of -four
used in her recipes close to third to
get the texture of bread or cake which
she has been used to-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

Estimates Of the 1910 cotton crop
received by the department of agricul-
ture place the average at 33,196,00O as
compared with 32,292,OOO last year.
which is an increase Of 100000 acres.
or 2.8 per cent. The condition Of the
crop on June l was placed at SO of the
normal as against 81.1 per cent year
prior and 800 per cent the ten year
average
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

AS soon as the breeding season is
over the hens will endure the hot
weather and shed their feathers just
as well if the ROSTERS are put in
yard by themselves or into potpies.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

The easiest money made today is
not by tilling the soil, but by the class
of schemers who promise gullible folks
returns from mining or other invest
ment enterprises which are more than
a fair interest return on business
proposition honestly financed. Were
there such fabulous returns from the
operation of the mines as the promot-
ers usually give their victims to I'M
the stock for sale, let alone peddling it
around at from II to 10 cents a share
C'this for short time only, as the
price will be advanced in few
dayS').
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

That cleanliness Is a very important
factor in the keeping quality of eggs
was proved to the writer quite conclu-
sively the other day June 15) when
he found six eggs in his NOW Of alfal-
ia hay which were laid prior to Jan.
Is, when the hens on the place were
removed by the former owner. In the
interval of five months there was a
range Of temperature from 20 degrees
to 95 degrees f. The eggs when
broken were not even musty. the only
deterioration noticeable being a slight
weakening of the membranes envelop-
ing the yolk.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

Young breeding animals of whatever
kind should be given roomy and com
Portable quarters by themselves where
they will be quiet and unexcited and
have conditions which will be most
conducive to the development Of the
vigor and vitality which are SO essen
tial to their usefulness as breeders
when they have arrived at maturity.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

1t bids fair to be serious problem
what the women will do with their
spare time when they all have vacuum
cleaners, freleas cookers and electric
ity for washing and ironing. Doubt
less they will be out in the back yard
trying the old mans airship
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

1t is bit strange that the chief
oleomargarine law before the recent
congressional hearing were representa-
tives from southern states, where for
every dollar which cotton belt farm
ers receive for cottonseed Oil made
into bogus butter they receive $107 for
bona fide dairy products. It looks as
if these beef trust allies from the
south were putting a small cart before
a pretty good sized horse.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

Pouring small quantity Of Kerosene
into the hills Of ants near the house Is
said to be an effective means of driv-
ing them away.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

1t is little wonder that good many
cows contract tuberculosis when one
takes into account the poorly lighted.
poorly ventilated, dusty and filthy sta
bles in which they are housed during
several months Of the year. Human
beings who existed under similar con-
ditions wouldn't live as long as the
COWS 10
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19
TROlLEYS
To TRENTON

Cars leave Bridge Street, Lambert
vile, for Trenton 6:ao, 1870, 8:2o,
gao, 1o:ao,112:o; A.M.12:2o,I:2o, 1870,
$40, 4:2o, $40, 6:ao, 1870, S:2o, 9:ao,
1920, 1920, P. NJ; Ia:ao midnight,
daily, Sunday included. Returning,
leave Trenton on same schedule from
$40 A, NJ, to 1870, P. M. Fare
25c. each way, or soc. return.
Connections At Yardley.
Cars leaving Lambertville at 6:ao
1920, o:2o, A. NJ; 2:2o, $40, P. NJ,
make Immediate connection at Yardley
with trains for Philadelphia, arriving
there in one and one-half hours. Re-
turning, trains leaving Reading Ter
minal at 1923, 1890, A. NJ, 1880,
2:I7, 3:I7, 4:I7, $500, 6:I7, 7:I7, P.
NJ, make close connections for LAM
bertville. Round trip rate, $1.44--
2oc. each way to and from Yardley,
and $1.o4 return, to Philadelphia.
Close connections at Morrisville with
electric cars to and from Bristol and
Philadelphia.
Trenton. New hope { LambertTlle St.RV
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

Some figures that are worth while
remembering relative to ensilage and
requires but fifty cubic feet of storage,
while hay occupies 500 cubic feet
Again. it costs GO cents per ton to put
in ensilage and $3.50 to secure a ton
Of hay. Lastly. the installation of
silo means the doubling of the value
Of the corn crop. These are practical
arguments and should be sufficient to
induce many corn belt farmer to
build silo this summer for the more
economical disposal of his corn crop.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

A good many of the so called stock
foods and tonics, while containing
certain portion of wholesome food
elements, contain more or less grain
hulls and mill sweepings, which at
the high prices asked make them
more expensive and less effective than
the same quantity Of standard feeds.
such as bran. brewers grains. flaxseed
or cottonseed meal bought In bulk. A
relish Is given these prepared foods by
the addition of herb or two and a gen.
erous amount of salt, which average
farm animals get all too little of. The
fact of the matter is that the stock
feeder can buy his own ingredients.
get them pure and free from trash and
weed seeds and manufacture a tonic
on his own hook at less than third
of the cost Of the foods put up In fancy
packages. with pictures OF fat steers.
hogs and horses on them.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-19

During the past year or two folks
in North Dakota have been biting very
hard on the grocery peddler's bait.
Briefly, the agent goes through the
country districts, shows excellent sam
pies of staple groceries and on the
strength of these takes orders. Later
those who have ordered goods are sent
notices that on certain day the car
containing the groceries will be at the
depot. When the purchases arrive
the patrons are told that the distribut-
ing agent is in great hurry and that
the railway folks have ordered the car
off the sidetrack within specified
time. This means that the stuff bought
is loaded on to the wagon without
careful inspection. On arriving home
the housewife looks into the purchases
and finds, along with some fairly good
stuff, lot that is cheap and shoddy-
a good deal cheaper than the price
paid These chaps never visit the
same place a second time, as their
victims usually remember their pre-
vious experience. However. in the
Dakota case there was another good
reason. The state pure food commits
sioner got after these takers and
found that the bulk of the stuff sold
was in direct violation Of the pure food
law, which seeks to prevent the adul-
iteration of food products, when the
fines assessed against them soon out
ran their profits. The same game has
been tried In other states with about
the same results. 1t would seem that
It was about time for rural Inhabitants
to get wise to the game.