The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-15


 Elizabeth Jordan wrote in one of the popular magazines on "The Power of Friendliness," that I couldn't keep back few words on the subject myself l quote briefly from the story
 When a truly great man or woman dies it will usually be found that a tre- mendous mass of admiring testimony comes in to show how many lives he or she has touched with really friendly hand And even in the sorrow and the loyalty shown when a reprehensible pub lie character passes oit, there is an ob- ject lesson in the value of friendiness though combined with quite undesirable qualities as to leadership. To be a friend to many is to have a certain capacity of unselfshness, though other parts of life may be selfish. To have this ca pacity of wide friendship, and an un- selfish and righteous life besides, is to become power as inevitably as the sun rises in the morning.
 Every woman can have the power of friendlness. Most women Ineghect it. It seems to be the nature of nine women
 
 household around them, to be careless about outsiders. Sometimes, as the ser wants can testify, they are equally care less about part of their own household. There are women, with natural good olial- ities, with plenty of sympathy for their husbands and children, who can keep a cook for year on the footing of a per- feet stranger, and whose tradesmen and fellow townspeople are as shadows to them. There are also countless women who make a fetish of exclusiveness, and consider friendliness as a rather vulgar thing. pond is certainly more ex- ssssss....s.s....s.......... ................o..., few days for Waynesville, N. C., where she will remain until autumn
 MISS Rosabelle Hochstadter is expected to return home today from Montgomery, where she has been the guest of friends.
 
 Mr and Mrs. Richard w. Massey. Miss Elizabeth Massey and Eleanor Massey plan to leave Wednesday for an automo- nlie tour through Canada and the New England states. They will ship their car rom Savannah and go to New York by water, motoring from one interesting place to another. and lingering at each as long as fancy dictates. They expect to pc absent month or six weeks.
 
 At Coden congenal party includes MT. and Mrs. Henry Ament and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pauley of Birmingham; MT. ana Mrs o. E. Ament, Miss Lytle Ament and MT. and Mrs. C. E. Boykin of Montgomery. They are spending several weeks on the coast.
 Mrs. Louise Pttman left yesterday for Greensboro to be absent until Septem- Der.
 Mr and Mrs. Chapline Hodges will call their little daughter Mildred Josephine, a compliment to Mrs John Edmonson. for merly Mildred Tynes. and to Mrs. Hodges mother. Mrs w. NJ. Cosby, whose name before her marriage was Josephine Plosser.
 Miss Lucy Lyman Powell has as her guest Miss Bessie Hailey of selma. Miss Anna Burne Adams is visiting Mrs. Robert Martin in Florence.
 Mrs. J. B. Simpson has as her guest Mrs. Guy Cooper of Kansas City, for mer Birmingham resident
 MT. and Mrs. Nat Mewhnney expect to leave Birmingham the first of August to spend month on Lake Huron.
 Mrs. James Downey and Miss Lucy DoMney will leave next week for North Carolina to be absent until early Septem- Der
 
 Judge D. A. Greene, Mrs. Greene, Miss Greene of Birmingham and w. l.. Greene