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ourselves over to suit the image in your several minds of what a beautiful woman is like.
 We try one style and its such a scream" that we shelve it and then go about searching for another-always in the vain hope that we may be truly lovely in the eyes of those who are the Lords of creation
 And who is it that creates these mon- strous styles for women, anyway?
 Not women-ever.'
 Search your histories and find if you can half a dozen women who invented gowns or devised monstrous innovations in hats.
 On the other hand, track down the ''origtnators" of costumes and you will Ind Worths, Paquins. Doucsts, Caliots and all the rest who twirl their little impuden, black Partisan mustachios and proudly admit that they are 'creators of styles. T
 Of course they don't wear them, cer. tain1y not; they wouldn't be caught dead fin them; but "Madame-dey ess dec yeree ting for her.
 When you see . woman at church try. ing to say her praysrs these days,s with full grown chicken sitting on her head how does 1t make you fosi7
 If you arc man. you jaugh, but va women ssfsso tho teaT under the ssui1e,
 'uf there Is ono pet .abornina4lea haye in all this vide world, 1t is . poultry yafd," women said when the "Chante- cisr' was at Its height, land yet behold mo with . natusal-enoush~to-cr roos- ter psrched up on my head for hat,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
NEWS OF THE DAY
 IN SOCIETY WORLD Comments About People
 Here and Elsewhere MRS. WHITE HOSTESS
Mrs. Webb Crawford to Entertain at Bridge and Bridge Luncheon. Miss Kathleen Stringfellow
 Entertains Bridge Club
By MYRTLE MILES

Commenting upon the southern trip of President Taft, a fashionable weekly states:
 Augusta, in sunny Georgia, is an ideal resort for tired President who seeks rest from cares of state, and for the first lady of the land after a season of great social responsibilities 1t is a place where there is opportunity for recuper- ation without seeking retreats, without any gaiety or cheerfuness, such as the log cabin in the Virginia mountains pur chased by the Roosevelts. President Taft found the magnolia blossoms with their waxlike creamy petals outspread to the sun, the jonquils, violets and honeysuckle all abloom when he arrived at the Hotel Bon Air last week. White flannes and duck suits are worn by the men and straw hats and summer gowns by the women. On Monday the President was joined by Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft and now they are mingling with the guests at the hotel and enjoying the life at the Country club, where the golf schedule has included a match play handicap for the Bon Air cups and a handicap mixed foursome, hiotSh Pioys Aoi Supo PiSoSitcu Dy thC club. On March 20 there will be the open amateur championship for cups presented by Mr. w. II. Harrison, Jr., and MT George R. Stearns. There are two splen- did 1S-hole golf courses. President Taft on the very day of his arrival put, on his golfing suit, the favorite gray flannel shirt distinguishing it from other attire MT. w. J. Boardman and Maj. Archibald Butt were with him. MT. John D. Rocke- feller is another famous golf-player at the Bon Air'
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ready at any moment to sing out "cocka- doodle-do." Now then
 Who put 1t there?
 Monsieur Rostand of gay Farce. none other.
 You men laugh at us when we try to get on and of a street car with one of those tight little narrow skirts on. and call it joke because you can't see where it fastens. and you declare that we look like we had been melted and poured into 1t: but the point is, where is the fun of being melted and poured in?
 Oh. the dressl oh, the fashion oh the ever changing stylel
 You laugh at women wearing huge hats that weigh ton, or the diminutive ones that look like shoe button and cant about our wearing stilettos in them for hatpins, and all that, but you are the ones who did it
 If left to most of us, we'd wear nice, comfortable kimonas to clothe our bodies and ample shoes in which our feet might be sho6, but to please you, the lords of creation, and have you think us bright and original and pretty. we follow the styles that you dictate. And now tell us, Sphinx. the true rid- dis of tho ages What is man that we women should continue to strangie our souls and squeeze our bodies into clothes too small for us and wear hurting shoes and hats that arc uncomfortable. just to please-HIM7"
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Iere until the combination is effected) |e could conquer worlds. So to a dinner party-after such an (perience, and see all the men there |liling and happy after ther've Slipped" ko their evening clothes without any |,uble and have them smile and glover you expecting you to dazzle them |th your brilliant wit and clever bon |ots!
 |couldn't you just kill every last one them?
 The only words that you can think of such a time are not fit for publica- kn in a perfectly good newspaper. |1h! yes, women's clothes are funny i Try funny-screamingly funny-if you Int have to wear them.
 Having to get one's self into princess Iwn, that fastens down the left side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
MISS STRINGFELLOW
 HOSTESS TO CLUB

Miss Kathleen Stringfellow entertained the members of her Monday Night Bridge club very pleasantly last evening at her home. A chafing dish supper followed a series of interesting games. Those who took part in the pleasures of the evening were Miss Mabel Wheelock, Miss Ellen Linn Motion, Miss Jean Campbell of Aus tin, Tex, MT. Roy Knight, .Mr. Elliott Knight, MT. William Conniff and MT. Val kolb.
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seeking every opportunity to cooperate with the people. He realizes the great need of more people just at this time and is active in ways and means of adver- Using the advantages of Alabama for in- telligent agriculture.
 He is ready and willing to cooperate with all the people in every section of the state in the important task of securing more people and he should have the CO., operation of all the people
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CAR FRAUD MEN
 BEGIN LEGAL FIGHT

Chicago, March 20.-Frank B. Harring- ton, Joseph E. Baker. Charles Ewing and John M. Taylor, former Illinois Gen. tral employees, are under indictment on charges of defrauding the railroad out of large sums in alleged false and H. legal car repair bills, today attacked the Jurisdiction of the grand jury which voted indictments.
 Arguments which ask the indictments to be quashed will be heard Satur- flaw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

preservation of the soil almost continu- ously for half a century. The white far mers live in town and know nothing of practical farming. The negro tenants cannot grow cotton with the boil weevil. The merchant will refuse to advance SUD- plies to them when the weevil arrives and the tenants will desert the farms. This exodus has already started. There are now thousands of vacant acres of good land all over the cotton belt of Ala bama.
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2 The marriage of Miss Edith Maynor and MT. Bennette Bibb will be solemn ized Saturday at high noon at St. John s Episcopal church, New Decatur, Ala. The nuptials will be witnessed by the re- latives and few friends. Miss Maynor's S only attendant will be Miss Nell Bal dauf of Birmingham, who will be maid of honor. She will be given in mar riage by her brother, MT. John H. May nor of New Decatur Ala. MT. Bibb's best man will be MT. Charlie Baldauf of Birmingham. The bride will be at home to her friends in Birmingham aft CT March 30
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Expect Seamen's Strike

Antwerp, Belgium, March 20-The im- precision deepens among continental ship owners that while an attempt by the International Seamen's union to bring about universal strike would fail, a serious strike at English ports may be expected. This eventuality Is dreaded on the continent, where 1t is believed il would cause . condition of chaos in the worlds shipping trade. It fig admitted. however. that there are enough other sailors available to take the place of the union If the latter should go out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
FRENCH SENATOR
 IN NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans. March N-Baron D'Es- tournelles De Constant of the French senate, credited as being one of the most distinguished peace apostles of modern times, arrived in this city today from the east. He will deliver the Founders day address of Tulane university next WednesdaY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
MRS. WHITE A HOSTESS

Easter lilies and hyacinths made a floral motive of exquisite harmony at the bridge party given yesterday after noon by Mrs. J. Frank White. Clusters of these lovely blooms stood in the win dow recesses and on mantels and buf- fets in the residence, while they made a oenterpece of exceptional charm for the bon bon table in the dining room.
 TEis graceful hospitality was arranged in, omplimcnt to Miss Helen Condon of Knoxville who is the house guest of Mrs. Courtney Shropshire.
 Following the bridge series a lunch con of four courses was served at the individual tables. Several attractive prizes were awarded by the attractive hostess. One, a pair of silk hose-was given to her honoree. The other trophies included a cut glass fern dish, filled with hyacinths, pair of silk hose and a spangled fan. The latter, the conso- lation, was drawn from Easter baskets with tiny chickens perched on the han dleS.
 A punch table in fern-bordered alcove was presided over by Miss Gertrude Me Cormick and Miss Julia Carney, assisted by Miss Julia White and Miss Virginia White. The favors were distributed by Miss Katherine Ledbetter and Miss Eliz- abeth White. Mrs. William Leedy, Jr.. kept the score. The score cards were dainty Easter scenes in water color. There were about 40 friends of Mrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
OLDHAM-YARBROUGH CARDS ARE OUT

The following cards were sent out yes- terday
 MT. and Mrs. Augustus Benners an- nounce the marriage of their sister, Jes- sic Yarbrough, to MT. Wade H. Oldham, on Wednesday, March 15, 1911, Birming- ham, Ala.
 At Home after April 18th, Hanover Circle"
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DIR. ANDERSON DIES
 IN 500 CHOW, CHINA

Atlanta, Ga., News was received by relatives here today of the death Of Rev. David l.. Anderson, head of the soo Chow university at Soc Chow, China. on March 16, of pneumonia. pr. Anderson formerly lived at Augusta. Ga, and is we'll known throughout the south.
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MRS. FRANK RUSHTON
 POSTPONES RECEPTION

Mrs J. Frank Rushton's reception in compliment to Miss Louise Rushton, an- nounced for this afternoon, has been in- definitely postponed because of the ill., ness Of her little daughter, Charlotte. The little girl became quite i'll Sunday, and it is feared has developed into pneu- monia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

ends flying about and tickling your face; wear high-heeled shoes, usually a No. 2 on No. foot; gloves entirely too small for you; veil to cover your face, with spots in it the size of dollar, and yards of it hanging down your poor little back; and let that be pinned on with a half dozen hat pins, so that every time the wind blows your hair is almost pulled out by the roots, and then with short sleeves, openwork silk stockings, and the wind blowing at a rate of so miles an hour, saunter forth on the avenue for walk. Oh you'd like it, hugely"
 And then tn man laughed, laughed loud and long and then some more.
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PREACHER ADMITS
 BIGAMY CHARGE

Amte City, La, March 20.-Rev. Clyds Doyle today pleaded guilty to bigamy and received a sentence of four years in the penitentiary. Doyle came here two years ago and married a Miss Nixon Later 1t was learned that he had left wife in Texas. He fled but was cap- tured and brought here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
BALLINGER SAYS
 GOODBYE TO TAFT

Washington, March 20.-Former Secre- tary of the Interior Richard A. Ballin- ger called at the White House today and said goodby to President Taft. Ire left Washington later in the day for the west. He will stop in Chicago and then proceed to his home in Seattle to resume the practlve of law.
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MRS. WEBB CRAWFORD TO BE HOSTESS

Mrs Webb Crawford will extend two Inequalities this week-the first of series of small affairs. Thursday she will have a small coterie of friends at lunch con and Friday will entertain with bridge luncheon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

Of course our clothes ARE ridiculous.
 Don't you think we know it as well as lou do?
 And not only ridiculous, but fearf1lly uncomfortable.
 Where is the woman with a modicum If truth in her heart who would rise up nd champion the "Harem-Scarem Skirt" If today?
 There's not one kind thing that can be laid about it. It is outrageously, scan- |alously shockingly, vulgar and hideous. It comes from Paris, though, and Fash on dictates that we must wear 1t. I wonder if we will The ''tube'' skirt has been bad enough marrow and ungraceful and the com- |lexity underlying its outward simplicity If outline, is known only to her who has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

This afternoon at o'clock an important meeting of the Woman's Christian Tenn perance Union will be held at the First Methodist church in the parlors. Ad- dresses Yill be made by Mrs. T. A. Ham, ilton, Mrs. Arlie Barber and Mrs. W. NJ. Glass.
 The Nineteenth Century club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Herold Samson.
 There will be a social of the Wood lawn Presbyterian church Endeavor so- ciety Friday night, March 24, at the home of Mrs. R. K Kennedy, 115 North Sixtieth street. Everyone be sure to come You will realize how pleasant and helpful Christian Endeavor social is. The Highland Book club meets Wednes- day morning at 10:30 with Mrs. George W. Connors, 22O5 Highland avenue. NOTES AND PERSONALS
 Mrs. Burr Ferguson expects to leave soon for Nashville where she will visit relatives.
 Miss Mary Gardner has returned to An niston after a visit to her cousin, Mrs. Elias Davis.
 Dr. and Mrs. Frank Lupton are in Charlottesville, Va.
 Col and Mrs w. H. Sims and Mir. and Mrs Henry Upson Sims left last week for their country home in southern Flor ida.
 Miss Jeanette Ellis is the guest of relatives at Plantersville. sL sssssl s.te --s . hsas 'sfss l-=- Miss Lucy Bowers is in Nashville.
 Miss Dorothy Hancock of West Point, Miss, is the guest of Miss Martha White. Miss Agnes Terrell. who has spent sev- eral weeks in Virginia, is expected to re- turn home this evening.
 Mrs Helen Condon of Nashville is the guest of Mrs. Courtney Shropshire.
 
 Mrs. H. K. White has gone to Stafford Springs, Vossburg, Miss, for three weeks. Miss Mary Douglass came home yes terday from Wards Seminary, Nashville, to spend a couple of days with her mother Mrs. Alice M. Douglass.
 Mrs. Pauline Rice is visiting relatives in vicksburg, Miss.
 Miss Laura Westcott has just returned from visit to Mrs. E. N. Fry at At lanta
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Bank Robbers Escape

Monmouth, H., March 20-Carl Carrol anl George Reed, charged with the rob- bery of the Swan Creek bank on Jan- uhry s1. escaped from jail last night. Men from the outside cut hole through the jail wall and then filed open Inc prisoners cells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
Y, M. c. A. Building Burns

Springfield, Mo, March N-Twenty mon asleep in the Young Mems Christian association building here were nearly suffocated before they were rescued by firemen today when fire destroyed the structure. Loss $50,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

This is the condition that faces the large landowner. He has at last realized these facts and is now driven to act.
 The citizens of Marion, in Perry county, one of the finest farming sections in the state, will meet today to form a progress sive league, the object of which is to in- duce white immigrants to come into the county and take over the lands.
 It is easy to get progressive when ca amity stares you in the face The land owners are. now willing to divide their lands and help in the real development of the state. A hungry man will chop stove wood to pay for a breakfast. The well fed man will not and you cannot blame him.
 The citizens of Marion are doing the proper thing. They have the lands, the climate and every other advantage that the progressive small farmer could desire More than that, he would not receive the welcome and cooperation. of his neigh bors
 What the citizens of Marion are doing today the people of every other county in the state similarly situated should do and really have desire to do.
 These county and town organizations should cooperate with the state immgra- tion bureau and every other agency in the state looking to the settlement of in- teligent white farmers within its bounds
 The state department of immigration is intended for the service of the people, and 1t should be used in every legitimate way possible.
 The new commissioner of immigration, c. Cowart, is anxious to be of practical benefit to the people of the state and is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
Blue Ribbon Vanilla Extract

Mado from the finest vanilla beans and aged until the flavor is per feet. Use Blue Ribbon Vanilla Ex- traot. It gives desserts the flavor you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

My word, but I envy your idleness," I heard a man exclaim to his wife the other day, Wouldn't I like to be a woman"
 Tn her reply was expressed all the suf- fering torture of the ages:
 Lust try it for one brief day." she said ptifully. 'Fasten a blanket about your legs so tight that you can't step over an inch at a time; buckle 8 strap around your waist so closely that you can't breathe a full breath or eat a hearty meal; have your hair 'marcelled' so tight that you can't bat your eyes, all the little
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
BIBB-MAYNOR

White who enjoyed this gracious occa- sion and met her honoree.
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]. great hurry got her carefully ar tnged coiffure entangled with its abom- able little short "placket' and narrow
 mensions.
 Arn't styles awful things, any way? Where is the woman whose arms are ,t an eloquent testimonial of what she lffers for style, when she is left alone
 get into gown that fastens up the hck? with the strength and nervous energy lat she wastes upon single refractory bok and eye (usually the middle one in |e back that can't be got to over ones boulder or under it-the hook that if |lr right hand could only grip firmly, |hie with the left we had the strength get the eye in place and hold it
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|Oh, Ma, l Just Simply Can t
The New Spring FashonsWho Is Responsible For All the Re markabe Creations? The Men, Not the Women The E Women Dress For Men Alone and the Terrible Styles
 Are the Connections of Their Own Brains
nx DOLLY DALRYMRLR

Fashion in the Land of Light Ha all frils barbed like Which shall with braid and buttons be bedked. Bowl thou Cal'st Hat, is a Ribbon thee thou knows We chn--not much of that!
  Myself whe young frequent Modise On Shoes and Lingerie, back poorer than
 ". question makes of Yeas" Blu And O init will adopt the latest Craze!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

Certainly, go on and laugh at us. Laugh because we are trying to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS

This afternoon at o'clock an important meeting of the Woman's Christian Tenn perance Union will be held at the First Methodist church in the parlors. Ad- dresses yill be made by Mrs T. A. Ham, ilton, Mrs. Arlie Barber and Mrs. W. NJ. Glass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

with a double row of hooks and eyes, does somehow reduce ones sense of hu- nor oh this particular subject after a time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

The Highland Book club meets Wednes day morning at 10:30 with Mrs. George W Connors, 2205 Highland avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Mrs. Burr Ferguson expects to leav' soon for Nashville where she will visi relatives
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 oronm or Magioal 0ooutlf9oe.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

The Nineteenth Century club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Herold Samson.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-12-28

ton, he will think that I am cattI.
In either case lose.
Truth is a moon reflected in many
waters" says an eastern proverb. I
will remember that when questioning
my erring child.
Union and liberty, one and insep-
arabic, now and forever" is a pretty
good motto for married ones. The
trouble is that liberty drifts into in
significance, and union ends at the d.
vorce courts. | will be wise.
Despite the fact that love makes
the world so round, he cannot pay the
gas Bill or the rent. will look out
for the bread and cheese and love
will provide the kisses.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-12-28
It was New Years night. An aged
Volume 16

It was New Years night. An aged
man was standing by. the Windows He
mournfully raised his eyes toward the
deep blue sky, where the stars were
) floating like white lilies on the sur
face of clear, calm lake. Then he
cast them on the earth, where few
more helpless beings than himself
were moving toward their inevitable
goahthe tomb. Already he had pass
ed sixty of the stages which lead to
it, and he had brought from his jour-
ney nothing but errors and remorse.
His health was destroyed, his mind
unfinished, his heart sorrowful, and
his old age devoid of comfort.
The days of his youth rose up in a
vision before him, and he recalled the
solemn moment when his father had
placed him at the entrance OF two
roads, one leading into peaceful,
sunny land, covered with fertile har-
vest, and resounding with soft, sweet
songs; while the other conducted the
wandarer into deep, dark cave,
whence xere was no issue, where poi
son flowed instead Of water, and
where serpents hissed and crawled. =
He looked toward the sky, and cried
out In his anguish: "Oh, youth, re-
turn! o my father. place me once
more at the crossway Of life. that
may, choose the better road {" But
the days OF his youth had passed
away. and his parents were With the
dspaeted. He saw awsnderinx lights
!; fi0af oser dark marshes. and then dis
appear. y 4 such. 2 shes shid, we're the
1 asted HEIR ne NV &
fan 4 6 ysrfs1
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where she might be alone. On tho
crest of hill, far up the road, stood
the .schoolhouss where she taught. Il
was closed now and dark . j,
II will go there" Nell said to her
self, and just then a voice behind hsr
called: "supper IL ready" 'z''e; }
=: "I don't want any Nell ssd
weariiy. I'm going out for . little
while. Mrs. Mcarsgor. IIl'o b back
by ten"
Tho snow began to fall softly ~
she left tho house, and By tho time
she reached the school It was begin
ming to drift against the fences.
There was no IRE within, but Nell
lighted one, and when the warmth
began to steal into the room. she
drew the one big chair close to the
hearth and in the peaceful loneliness
gave herself up to her thoughts.
But she was not to remain In peace
long. There was a sound OF sleigh
bells without, heavy steps on the
threshold, and she looked up to see
the burly form of young farmer in
the doorway.
We'll, WE'LL" he said, 81 saw the
light and came In. Who would have
dreamed that you would be here
alone?"
Nell smiled wearily. 81 came to be
quiet"
Then you don't want me-"
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They piled It UP to here.
1t must have taken awful long
To count just once q year.
They tell me when / 30 to bed
The last December night.
III have to go without q meal
Until the next years light.
Some people think they're awful
smart,
But l know what they mean;
The next year has to be next day
There's nothing in between.
A New Years days happy time
For almost every one
1t seems sort of start of things,
With nothing quite begun,
And everybody's feeling young
And spry, just like boy,
I hope your happy New Year will
BE spilling-full OF JOY.
TOMMY.