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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04
MISS ANNE M'vAY
ENTERTAINs CARD Club

: The Highland Clan held a delightful
meeting yesterday with Miss Anne Nc
Way In addition to the clan members
several of Miss Mcvay's other friends
were given the pleasure OF the bridge
games, which made the afternoon one
of SO much enjoyment. The guests in
cluded Miss May Fox. Miss Gladys Ems
len, Miss Maybelle Cosby, Miss Emily
Morriss, Miss Louise Glass, Miss Bessie
Morrison. Miss Agnes Mcdowell Mrs.
Barr, Mrs. Max Mellon and Mrs. Ralph
Russell, and the club members There
were four newly elected members present,
Miss Clara Lee Woodson. Miss Helen
Eustis, Miss Mary Tardy and Miss sallie
Evins.
The hostes gave three prizes. The club
prize was a pair of silk hose, the conso-
lation a picture, and the visitors prize a
picture. A pretty scheme was employed
in drawing the consolation. In the dining
room, where hot luncheon was served
following the games, the bon-bon table
held as central decoration a large
PLAGUE of roses. One end of the PLAGUE
was white and the other end pink. The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

guests drew the roses from this. the club
members drawing the pink ones and the
visitors the white. This was among the
interesting devices making the sum OF
a charming afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04
ART STUDY CLUB
TO MEET TODAY

The Art club will meet this afternoon at
the usual hour with Miss Kate Rabitte
instead of with Mrs. Raulston. 1t takes
place in her studio. Raphael will be the
subject of study.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Mrs Harvey Myers of Covington, KY,
who has been the house guest of Mrs.
Augustus Benners for the past two weeks,
left last night, for her home in Coving
ton, Ky. Mrs. Myers was much enter
tanned in Birmingham and left a great
many admirers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

We nave ever seen written, unlike any
thing anyone could possible write.
Just think how differently people write.
Given the same ink, the same pen, the
same paper, the same copy and a dozen
people will write the same thing so diff
ferently that only by our native intelli-
gence can we possibly know that they
are all inscribed in the same language.
You know the thing that / can't get
over about the Lord said little 7-year-
old girl the other day, without trace of
irreverance, lis how He could make a
whole world full of people and make all
Of 'em SO different!'
Have you ever thought of the south
paw" of chirography? The one who signs
his name with the left wing" as they
say in baseball parlance?"
They write as well as the right-handed
person, and sometimes do it much more
quickly.
The diItei e-t styles in handwriting are
dead e1vc-sway to ones age.
In the far sixties our grandmothers
used the delicate vine-like letters, each
finished off with a miniature beau catch
err as it were, to all letters that "looped
the loop like the "gs' and "ys" and
DIS and things"
Look at the letters and diaries of that
generation If you happen to have any in
your attic, that tell about Fort Sum-
ter and "Bull Run" and "Chickamau-
ga" and you'll find they even phrased
their sentences differently from ours,
much less their handwriting.
When 1t comes to comparing the charm
of the two, We have to concede that the
witty bellies of the long ago leave us
shivering without palm leaf left to COM
fort us, for in those days people had leis-
ure and to spare, to cultivate handwrit-
ing. as well as many other things.
In an old tattered copy of THE Com
plete Letter Writer" printed in the six
ties, l found the other day lot of funny
things. The stamp" Irritation, for in
stance, "the language of flowers" and
fan" nirtations, together with many
suggestions about "Iow to Read Charac-
ter by the Handwriting
1t told us to beware of the person who
wrote small. sinister secretive hand
Inc person uO1uB SuCH usually has SOME
thing to conceal"
"A scrawly, bold handwriting indicates
that the person is untidy and careless
"Blots," said the book, are never to be
countenanced, and only one degree re-
moved from impoliteness is the person
who indites an epistle with a pencil
1.-The best of all hands," the book goes
onto say, after filling innumerable pages
| with what mot" to do in letter writ
| ing, us a small, neat, open hand, ire
| pr oachable in the formTHisn of the let
| ters, shading of the ink nd general i'm
maculatences of the paper on which the
document is Inscribed"
| No doubt il the author of 1.-THE Com
plete Letter Writer could be interviewed
in the Realms of the Happy Hunting
Grounds" to which he has long since de-
parted with characteristic bumptiousness
he would declare for the vertical hand
writing to go, because of It's brazenness,
boldness and altogether sassy appear
ance, behind which men, women, children
and villains alike carefully hide from
discriminating character reading.
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inspector in each district said inspector
to reside as near the center of his ye
speetive district as would be most con-
venient for him to get to and from the
various points in his district The new
law calls for four additional inspectors;
this will make total of seven inspectors,
which / believe is two too many. | think
that five inspectors would be ample. as
they are only required to visit each mine
in his district once every three months.
The operators state without hesitation
that the bill will inflict upon them
multitude of hardships and will cause the
expenditure of large sum of money upon
every company in Alabama to comply
with the laws. The operators that gave
out this statement must either have had
nightmare or they are not very par
ticular about the veracty of their state
ment Section 60 of the bill may be the
cause of the above statement; II so, I am
very sorry indeed for the poor operators.
There will be an effort made to amend
the bill when it comes up before the
house and senate at Montgomery. Yours
very truly, WILLIAM COOK.
Nauvoo. Ala, February 2, 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04
Dolly Takes a Snap Shot
AT The New Handwriting
And Learns Something

''Vertical Writing Declares the Censor Unjust Go-The
Old Fashioned Spenceran Copybook Style and Some
Comments Thereon-Could You Say That Person
Who Writes With His Left Hand Was South
paw, as They Do Of the LEFT Handed Pitch
in Baseball Parlance?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

New York, February 3.-Love letters
of high voltage signed by THE Wom-
an Who Understands are made the
basis of suit filed in the Kings
county clerks office, in which Mrs.
George Orcutt Roe of Philadelphia
seeks to recover $4,000 damages from
Mrs Mamie Taylor of No. 98 Lafayette
avenue, Brooklyn, for the alienation
of her husbands affections.
: Service of the summons and COM
plant was obtained on Mrs. Taylor on
her return from the Metropolitan opera
house. She was accompanied by a
man who is said to have resembled
Mr.. Roe. The process server awaited
her until after midnight on the porch
of her home. When she admitted her
identity he handed her the papers. He
says that Mrs. Taylor's escort real
izing what WAS happening, took his de-
parture without waiting to say good
night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

Albany, February 3.-If there is the
slightest element. of jealousy i'll Sem
ator Edgar Truman Bracket, repub-
lican leader of the upper House. IL will
doubtless crop out during this session
of the legislature. There is every rea-
son why it should. Seated only two
chairs from him is William Pisrson
Flero. a gentleman of the old school,
whose hair sweeps down the sides and
back of his head in such profusion
that it looks like a silvery waterfall.
Senator Bracket whose years num-
Der the same as the newcomer In the
senate, years ago lost his last lock and
all his coaxing and urging have Vailed
to bring back any of the lost str ands
If there were such a thing as dividing
up Senator Fiero could easily Civ e his
republican collea CUES sufficient hair to
take away some of the "glisten' and
still have more than any other mem-
Der of the senate.
and may, eventually, have the support
of the entire membership. He has tho
support also of Mayor Exum and Chief
Bodeker, both of whom are in the city.
His only opponent at this time is Maui
rice Willows, at the head of the Boys
club of Birmingham. Mr. Willows has
spent considerable time in Montgomery
in the interest of the bill, which has
already passed the senate, and which
will be considered by the house next
week.
Judge Feagin attracted considerable at
tention in Montgomery. He was intro
duced as the original friend of the boys
of the state, and the father of the pro-
baton system for young criminals.
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when first we began to correspond" with
PEOPLE under the "Spencerian copybook
SYSTEM having just entered copybook
No. Q, with such things to follow as:
kind hearts are more than coronets,''
ETC., etc., etc.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

Miss Leila Dean of Fort Payne is the
guest of Mrs. T. F. Dean.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

Miss Elizabeth Moore is at home after
spending several months in North Car
DINA.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

Mrs. Ellis Hickman of Hattiesburg,
Miss, is the guest of Birmingham
friends.
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Mrs. E. T. Conner of Eufaula, formerl,
Miss Catherine Jelks, is expected in {
few days to visit Mrs. William Dorse,
Jelks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Tooole have as
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. McAlpine
OF Talladega
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Mrs. Thomas Struggled of waynes-
vile, N c., is the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Sydenham Moore.
Mr.. w. 7. Wood of sol Twenty-second
street, south, who is very III with pneu.
monia, was reported slightly improved
yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04

You know the thing that I can't get
over about the Lord" said a little 7-year-
old girl the other day, without a trace of
irreverance, lis how He could make
whole world full of people and make all
Of 'em so differenti,'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
ANOTHER REGIMENT
TO MEET IN CITY

Arrangements for the reunion which
will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of the mastering in of the regiment at
Camp Morton near this city and which
is to be held in the Wayne county
court house, Friday. September Is,
have been completed by Joseph L.
Smith and John G. Livezey, both of
New Castle, president and secretary
respectively of the Thirty-sixth Ind
lana Regimental association. The reg
iment was mustered in September 16,
1861. Because of the golden anniver-
sary it is expected the reunion will
be largely attended by the members
of the historic old organization, their
wives and children. au
Other than the transaction of Off
cial business. no special program has
been arranged. The greater part of
the day will be spent In rehearsing
old campfire tales and in renewing ac-
quaintances made in those strenuous
days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01

Nine flavors of the best Ice Cream
ever. at Prices. 31-2t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
NO OPINION GIVEN
BY R. c, v. COMPANY
Regarding Recommendation
to Compel the Company
to Open Its Books.

Representatives of the two COM
panies which submitted bids for a wa
ter works franchise were asked today
for their opinions on the report OF
the franchise and contract committee
of council. composed of Messrs. Wal
dele, Engelbert and Weishaupt, which
report council will consider at it's next
session. The report recommends that
the present company be compelled to
open it's books for inspection.
Attorney A. c. Lindemuth, of the E
NJ. Campfield company, declared that
it was immaterial to his company
whether an investigation OF the affairs
of the present company was ordered
or not. Howard Dill, superintendent
of the Richmond Water Works com
pany, stated that he was not in pc
sition at this time to express his opin
ion on the matter.
In answer to the question as u
whether a lower valuation would Ell
feet his company's proposal in the
matter of the purchase clause as well
asc rates, Mr.. Lindemuth said that the
rates in the Campfield proposal were
as low as it was possible to make
them He afterwards asserted that
providing an investigation revealed
the fact that the valuation of the pre-
sent plant was much lower than the
valuation placed upon it by Engineer
Maury, that it might make a differ
ence in rates. When asked If his
company would submit another bid in
case the board of works rejected both
proposals, Mr.. Lindemuth said that he
did not know.
Argument on the two bids has been
completed unless council calls for fur
Their exclamation of the bids.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
WILL Use GROUND
RECENTLY BOUGHT
Pennsylvania Railroad Plans
to Enlarge Its Yards in
Richmond.

Plans to put into use the ground in
the east end of the city purchased
by the Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany are being considered by the CON-
pany. though it is understood nothing
definite has been determined by the
officials. When purchased the an
nouncement was made that the shops
would be located on the land now
known as the show grounds. The COM
pany also purchased the Mill Works
property.
1t. has since developed that the COM
pany proposed to lay four tracks from
the yards in the city to the yards at
the Junction, and that this work like
ly will be commenced within the near
future. City officials while out on an
inspection trip Friday visited the
Nineteenth street bridge, which will
have to be rebuilt in a few years and
while inspecting the structure their
attention was called to the intention
of the Pennsylvania to build two ad-
ditional tracks at this point. 1t is
understood the railroad company ia
willing to share in the expense of a
new structure, possibly a concrete one
which will be much wider and longer
than the present overhead bridge.
There also is some talk of opening
up Eighteenth street over and across
the railroad by the construction of an
overhead bridge and improving the
street, which is laid out north OF the
road and which will lead to the Rich
mond Lake and Park The officials
visited the proposed lake and park
property and inspected the site for the
proposed dam and roadway leading
over the dam to the New Paris pike.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
ALL IN READINESS
FOR THE OPENING
Of the Richmond Public
Schools the Latter Part
of This Month.

According to Superintendent Mott,
affairs at the public school headquar-
tiers are running smoothly on the eve
of the opening of the school year on
the eighteenth of the present month.
All the arrangements for the coming
term have been completed, and the
school officials are merely waiting
for the pupils to enroll before COM
mencing operations. The staff of in
structors for the entire school system
has been filed, and unless some unex-
pected designations are handed in, no
changes will be made. The teachers
are spending their hours at present
out at the Teachers Institute in the
Glen. The superintendent reports that
the instructors are adding much to
their knowledge, and are also having
an enjoyable time at the Chautauqua.
They seem to be unanimous in their
belief that Dr. Vincent is the best of
the orators that have addressed the
teachers in the past.
The arrangements for text books
have been COMPLETED, and the books
will be in readiness for the opening
day. Practically no changes were made
in the books used, as the authorities
think the ones employed last year are
satisfactory.
With respect 10 the high school fra
ternity situation in the Richmond
schools, Mr. Mott said that if the fra
ternities maintained as good record
as they did last year, the school board
would not attempt to disturb them. He
says that under the state law, no ac-
ton can be taken to suppress them,
and that he has no objections to their
continuance as long as the boys keep
up their standards of scholarship.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
BUSINESS MEN OF
CAPITAL TO come
Indianapolis Trade Associa-
ton Members to Visit
City This Month.

Announcement is made today at In
dianapolis that 100 members of The In
dianapolis Trade Association, accom-
panied by the indianapolis News
Newsboys Band Of fifty members. will
visit this city on It's next trip Tuesday
and Wednesday. September 26th and
9th.
On Tuesday the party will travel in
three special cars over the lines of the
Indiana Union Traction and the FIT.
Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction
Companies, making stops at Royerton,
Shideler. Eaton, Hartford City, Mont
pelier, Keystone, Poneto, Bluffton,
Kingsland. Ossian and FIT. Wayne.
On Wednesday n special train on the
G. r. & I. will carry the party from Fl.
Wayne to Richmond, with intermedi-
ate stops at Decatur, Monroe, Berne,
Geneva, Briant, Portland, Ridgeville,
Winchester. Lynn and Fountain City.
To Get Glad Hand.
Banners will be flying, there'll be
music by the band and round of hand
shaking when the party arrives here.
Tho stops will be from fifteen minutes
to one hour each, excepting on the
second day when stop of two hours
and Afteen minutes will be made at
Portland for dinner. No dinner hour
has been scheduled for the first day,
for the members Of the Trade Associa-
ton desired to make as many stops as
possible and decided to forego that
one meal In order to Sandwich" in
another town or two.
Membership IN the Trade Associa-
ton IL held exclusively by Indianapo-
liz Wholesale. jobbing and financial
houses. and manufacturers 1t being
their purpose to interest Indiana mer-
chants in Indianapolis from these
standpoints. Keep Indiana money in
Indiana" Is the line they are hewing to
and II IL also their desire to see each
retail merchant OF the state hold his
own local trade.
While the Association has these
purposes In view, the coming trip is
one Of pleasure rather than business"
said Richard Lieber. president of the
Association. 1.-THE members-all Of
them the heads Of big Indianapolis in
stitutions-look forward to these trips
an an opportunity to get out and be-
come acquainted with old customers
that they might possibly meet in no
other way. They want to show their
appreciation Of the trade that is al
ready coming to them-and. of course,
they are not averse to making new
friends" Mr.. Lieber will be one of the
party OF 100. as will Lew w. Cooper,
Chas. A. Bookwalter. vice-presidents;
leroy e. Snyder. secretary and other
omcials.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
TWO MORE LETTERS
ON VOTE MACHINES
Bartholomew County Op-
posed to Them, Wander
burgh Is for Them.

Two more letters have been filed
with county auditor Demas Coe by
Chairman r. N. Beeson of the board
of commissioners, relative to the mer-
it's of voting machines as the officials
of Bartholomew and Vanderburgh
counties have found them. Bartholo-
new county officials declare the ma
chimes are too uncertain to justify
their use jusa now, while the Wander
burgh officers were pleased with the
results of the election held by the use
OF machines there. The letters fol-
low:
Columbus, Ind, Aug %.
Honorable Board of Commissioners,
Wayne County, Indiana:
Gentlemen:-In reference to our
voting machines-viz. Columbian
must say that we were hasty in buy
ing. The machine is the coming way
of voting, but 1t is not perfect enough
at present. We have had more or
election one machine failed to regis
ter about three hundred votes for one
man. There Is an uncertainty about
1t that makes the candidate little
nervous about the count.
Respectfully yours,
Z. S. Carter,
Clerk of Bartholomew Circuit Court
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01

rested by . state inspector On the
charge OF selling milk which did not
contain the required amount Of butter
fat
The Judge declared today that the
Indiana legislature cannot regulate
the workings OF nature and repeated
that milk is pure as long as II 10 CIV
en- by . healthy COW. whether it con.
tains the amount Of butterfat specified
by the law or not. The caption OF the
law does not cover the subject mat
ter and Judge Abbott bases his con-
tention on this fact also. State Off.
Gals may take an appeal to the decis-
ion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
He DEMANDS APPEAL
Food Expert Barnard Acts
in a Local Case.

When informed this morning that
HI. E. Barnard. state food and drug in
spector. had appeared before the state
board OF health at the meeting We'd
nesday and had declared that Prosecu-
tor Ladd should appeal to the higher
courts from the decision in the case
OF the state versus Harry Hodgin. q
local dairyman. Judge Abbott declared
that the state should appeal instead
OF grumbling over his decision. Re
Gently Judge Abbott refused to con-
vict the dairyman who had been ar
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
Aliens In Medieval Times.

q Auso0o IN mootevoi utmous
Medieval England had rough and
ready why Of insuring the good bebav
Tor Of aliens. According to the Sax
on law Of frankpledge. which remained
In force until 1870. no ''h0steler" might
entertain foreigner longer than u
dry and night unless be undertook IN
answer for his guests behavior. No
foreigners We're allowed to keep hotels
IN London. Some became uaturalize,i
In order 10 qualify for this privilege.
Even these we're not suffered to com
pete ON equal terms with the natives,
being required to keep their houses
'.In the heart OF the city" and rigidly
excluded from the more profitable re-
gions near the Than
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
A Well Drawn Distinction.

A We'll Drawn Distinction.
Professor Brander Matthews, in an
address at Columbia university, once
made striking distinction between
the two words gormand and gourmet.
1.-THE difference between these two
words" he said. lis plain.
'Gormand and gourmet alike enjoy
a good dinner. but as soon az 1t ia over
the gormand asks:
"'What is there for supperY"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-01
CIGARET DROPS IN
TO CAN OF DYNAMITE
(National News Association

BLuFFTON, Tenn, Sept. 1.-Three
men were fatally injured in building
which was partly wrecked shortly be-
fore noon when A. l.. Seward, a car
penter dropped lighted cigaret into
a can of dynamite. The injured are
A. L. Seward, Joseph Cooper and
John Hamilton.