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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

to recall the wedding invitations. If he hasn't the right feelings toward her, it will be best for all parties con cerned, and if he has, without knowing 1t, he will come to realize that some men marry sometimes because-THEY LOVE THE GIRLl
 And speaking of things like'that. a nice young map about 30 years old was talk ing to me yesterday about having just friends of his at their country home. He is brim full of ideas about what the Ideal Woman is like.
 When get ready to marry" he said enthusiastically, i've found THE GIRL. ,
 Well, if you've found the girl" I sug- gested, you ought to get ready to marry and marry quick. The tragedy of life is when THE GIRL marries THE OTHER FELLOW"
 He explained that he was ready. but that THE GIRL was mere lassie as yet and he'd be considered "cradle snatch err if he dared take her. and so he'd | have to wait.
 "When accepted the invitation to visit my friend for the week end, said ne, Il found when I got there that the lady of the house had been suddenly called away, and so the little ten-year-old daughter was doing the honors. The father -ex- plained that it was a sort of "Bachelors Hall' with mother away, but if they could stand it, he guessed I could, and so off we went. There was series of mis- haps all round. When we arrived at the house the little girl told us that the cook had been taken i'll with chill that day, which left only the maid and herself to manage everything. Betty-for that was the little girls name, had administered all the proper medicines: had given her qulnine and all sorts of things-and yet besides playing the role of nurse the house had been attended to, and every thing was in apple pie order"
 "I see wonderful possibilities to your story" I interrupted.
 "of course, I felt like an intruder and said I would turn round and go back home," the man said, but my friend in sisted that 1 shouldn't and told me just to wait and see if we didn't have the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
MISS EDWINA MARX
 A LITTLE HOSTESS

Flight little friends of Miss Edwina Marx, the pretty little daughter Of MT. and Mrs. Julius Marx, were entertained with a moving picture show party yester- day in compliment to Miss Madeline Hirschfield of Mobile. her little guest. A delightful afternoon was spent and the little folk were altogether happy in their round of visits to the motion picture theatres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
BY DOLLY DALRYMrL,s

Sometimes curious and interesting com- munications drift into newspaper off, flee.
 I fished out just such a letter from the debris on my desk just now.
 It is from man who writes to ask, ''Why men ever marry"
 'I can understand" he goes on to say, "why girls marry. They want home and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
OTHER OBLIGATION
 K|RKLAND'S REASON

Nashville. August 9-The pending con troversy between Vanderbilt university's board of trustees and the Southern Meth odist college of bishops. led Chancellor Kirkland to refuse the opportunity of heading the University of Alabama. is was announced today. The important is sues soon to be decided. he says, were tho outgrowth to some extent of his work. To aid in the proper presentation of these matters he decided not to sever his con nection with Vanderbilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
M. G. HORD WITH
 SOIONuON SHOE STORE

M G. Hord. for several years con- nected with the Guarantee Shoe Co.,, is now associated with Solomon's Shoe Store at 1912 Third avenue. MT. Hord has been in the retail shoe business here a number of years and has a strong personal trade. He will be glad to welcome all of his friends and pat rons at Solomon's store
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

to prefix the impressive Mrs on their visiting cards; then there are the wedding presents and the newspaper notices. not to speak of trousseaux'-but with man it's different. He cares nothing what ever for ventilated olive forks, and pressed glass pickle dishes, that mark the red letter day in a girls life. Why-oh! tell me why-does the mail continue to bring us wedding invitations duly attest ing that our presence is desired"
 There is lots more in the letter, but this is enough cyncism in one dose.
 I'm sure I don't know why girls marry (most anybodyll do anything ONCE), unless it's because deep down in every shelf crowded tight and fast with dream volumes of what her life MIGHT develop into with the RIGHT MAN.
 Maybe it is to this end that she sees in every man who crosses her path Gu pid's Advance Agent"
 Being a woman. she dreams of cozy lit tie dinners in the cold winter evenings before a big log fire with her Romeo at the other end of the table.
 But perhaps some woman who reads this may be able to answer the question better than l.
 Frankly-I DO NOT KNOW why SOME men-ever marry, and if l did l wouldn't tell this one who has written to ask, but if I ever meet a girl who Is getting ready to marry a man who answers to my 1M- AGINED description of the one who could write such letter as the one before me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
NOTES AND
 PERSONALS

Mrs. Joseph R. Estes and her sons, Rid- dick and Willard, have gone to Atlanta to visit relatives before going to the mountains of North Carolina to complete their summer outing.
 Miss Sara Mallam has returned from Roanoke, Va, where she was the guest of MT. and Mrs. Edward McComb Mrs McComb is remembered here both as Mrs McComb and as Miss eElizabeth Sowell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

 STIJDENTS TO MEET

There will be a meeting tomorrow morning at II o'clock of those who have been students of Randolph Macon Wom- ans college, at the home of Miss Vlr- ginia Bell, 12l6 North Twenty-sixth street All who have been students at any time are requested to be present The meeting is urgent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
FIVE HUNDRED GLIB

The Five Hundred Card club was roy ally entertained last evening by Mrs. F. H. Linnehan at her apartments on Sixth avenue and Twenty-irst street. There were number of invited guests present. Mrs. Linnehan leaves this afternoon with Miss Lucy Bickley for Wrightsv,lle Beach, N. C., for a two weeks stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
TODAY IN
 SOCIETY

Miss Adelaide Cunningham of Atlanta will be the honoree at an afternoon bridge party. limited to some of the girl friends of Mrs Van Renssalaer Mason.
 The North Haven circle will meet this afternoon with Mrs. NJ. M. Williams at $40 o'clock.
 Miss Virginia Bell will entertain this evening at her home in West End in com- pliment to her guest, Miss Cooper of Au- burn.
 Miss Amelia Worthington will entertain few friends with an informal musicale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
Apple Shippers Convene

Detroit. August 9.--The seventeenth an- nual convention of the International Ap- ple Shippers association began in Detroit today. Delegates representing nearly every state in the union are present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
ENGAGED

Letter With Some Asnine Questions Regarding the State of Single Blessedness and Married Cussedness-If Knew Wouldn't Tel-Cynicsm in Anopathic Doses-Quite Refreshing to Hear From One Young Man That
 Ideals Exist and That He's Marked Taken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
MISS AMELIA WORTHlNGTON
 A HOSTESS AT BRIDGE

Miss Amelia Worthington will enter tain at cards Saturday afternoon in com pliment to her guest, Miss Adelaide Cun- ningham of Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10
BOMAR-PEARCE
 WEDDING ANNOUNCED

Mrs. Julia A. Pearce announces the marriage of her daughter, Olive Lamar to MT. John Earl Bomar, Friday evening, August 4, at S3O o'clock, Woodlawn, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

CHICAGO AND DETROIT SLEEP FRS LEAVE BIRMINGHAM 6,O5 F. M VIA QUEEN & CRESCENT AUGUST 12. GET BERTH TICKETS 1925 FIRST AVENUE,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

Notice to Engineers of Industry
 We own and operate the best electrical repair shops in this city. All work guaranteed. Selman Heating aud Plumbing Co. Phoness Bell 3311, Pe0- ples SJ7. 10 South goth .ztreet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

The following Birmingham people were among the weekend guests at Ingram Lithia Springs: Miss Louise Commings, Miss N. B. Hinson, MT. T. S. Krahem- bulel, MT. J. R. Cummings, MT. c. A. Avant and family, MT. H. L. Burwell and family, Mrs. Nat Miller, Miss Emily Bros claif, Miss Minnie Rivers, Miss Lllie Brosclaif, Miss Margaret Evans and Mrs. McCarty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

MT. and Mrs. c. J. Manson have as their guest the formers mother, Mrs. Man son, of Colorado.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

Miss Jennie Brock and Miss Ina Brock of Piedmont, who have been guests of Miss Helen Shropshire, are now visiting in Gadsden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-10

MT. Robert F. Nelson, MT. Charles s. White and their mother, Mrs. John White, have returned from Georgia and a stay of several weeks in the mountains of North Carolina.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13

w. e. Swatman, who is in
town on business from Westlake,
announces to the farmers of Ida
no county that there viii be three
months of exceedingly dry wealth
er this spring, and urges them to
get busy and rush in their crops
while conditions are favorable.
He also says there is great like
lyhood of hailstorms from the
unsual dry period, and advises
insurance on all crops.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13
NO posToFFIcE RESTORED.

The Ilo postoffice, the discon-
tinnance of which some months
ago caused such an upheaval and
bitter war between the twin towns
of Ito and Vollmer, and in which
controversy Congressman Thomas
Hamer was involved to his great
detriment as a candidate for re-
election, will be reestablished at
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13

once, with Miss Nellie Under as
postmistress, according to an an
nouncement from the postoffice
department at Washington. The
news is the occasion for great re-
joicing and demonstration among
the citizens of lilo.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13
WALL PAPER.

We are just receiving from the
east full line of the newest and
latest designs in wall paper-Call
and look them over.--BIG BAR
GAINS IN REMNANTS of last
years stock.
A. w. ROBINSON & SON.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13
IF YOUR EYES TROUBLE
YOU.

Remember that DIR. L. Beaud-
cite, refractionist, eye specialist,
will be at Hanson's photograph
gallery on the 3rd, 4th and
18th and 10th of each month and
guarantees satisfaction. Examin-
ations made free. m30-tf
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13
FOR SALE.

Two hundred thirty head of
ewes, fifty to lamb this spring,
balance last years eve lambs.
Call on or address,
T. A. LONG,
m23tf Tolo, Idaho.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13
Notice to the Public.

AL persons knowing themselves
indebted to ]. r. Jackson. will please
promptly cali at the Grangeville Saw
ings and Trust Co. bank and settle
same. J. #. JACKSON.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13
EGGS FOR MATCHING.

Pure bred single comb white
Leghorn eggs for Matching, in
cubator lots $500 per 100; or 81.
for Is.
GEO. F. BYERS.
Phone IA. Grangeville, Ida. m23
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13

stallion, 4 years old. Good work
horse. He is dirt cheap at 5000.
Call on
j. w. BYERS
tt County Farm
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13

You can get choice new Garden
Seed of Eimers- Wood Co.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13
FOR SALE.

A young Grade Percheron
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-13

m23tf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31

disease VIII Immediately infect that
person. and they will become seriously
III. The owner of dog. therefore,
must be muzzled or led by rope. ex-
cept those which are ted up or COM
panied to the house or enclosed WITH
In the railing, according to the Order
OF the Metropolitan Police. No. ii.
April, Meiji 42nd. and must never be
touched by another dog"
The precaution IS wise: If more mon
were muzzled or tied up 1t would be
better for the dogs and better for
the community generally, perhaps. Yet.
Is must be said that hydrophobia is a
fearful thing, and that every precau-
ton should be taken to prevent It.
one OF the best and surest ways is
Tor the people who own dogs and
other pet animals to take better care
of them. to feed them well. to provide
'hem with water to keep them out of
the streets. to avoid giving them to
Nioieht exercise in this hydrophobia
weather we are now having The dogs
ana cats can't go off to the mountains
ana the seashore. but are kept in town.
where they often receive little att,n-
ion If men were treated as they are
treated. men would have hydrorhobia
too. or something worse. If. indeed.
there can be anything worse.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
CUTTING PRICES.

If the cost OF living Will not descend
unaided, there are those who Will as
sist 1t to come down. The people of
Des Moines are among those who have
taken hold and as their first united
effort was fruitful of good results they
will probably keep tight grasp on
the money menace.
When their minds were fully made
UP that there should be better buyers
prices than prevailed in Des Moines
these people went to the city authori-
ties and got permission TO open a pub
lie market They not only secured per-
mission. but site; namely the front
yard of the City Hall. There they cut
down the high cost of living, and
when the invited vendors OF vegetable
and farm produce had arrived prices
were cut an average of sc per cent.
The market has been made permanent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
LIMITED DIVORCES.

A woman in Kenosha, Illinois, far
mer's wife. has made due application
TO the county court for decree of
separation from her husband She
does not petition for complete and
permanent separation, but. lin
TIED one, say, six months or a year, t
the end of which period they may re-
sumo their conjugal relations If they
desire.
Her request is based on the idea
that separation will be good for both
of them Some time ago they sep
arated and stayed apart. hut finally
he came knocking around and proposed
that they live together again. They
did. They were happy for some time,
but once more the husband rs
wearied of the life matrimonial. and
now they are living half mad at each
other. The wife wishes this stopped.
She feels sure that when he gets
away from her he will miss her, and
VIII wish to return to her and enjoy
the double yoke again. Many a hus-
band, now grunting around. would
want to come back II he could have
the temporary experience of being
fired" He would appreciate his wife
much more IL he Were temporarily sep
arated from her. 1t isn't bad idea to
put some of these fellows through the
experiment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
THE JUDGE AND THE STENOG-
RAPHER.

me ahnua "'pFesS before 'he COZ
duo ID sOo'' ''''' a. ~. 'v','
Nessloh was eteN 0Y ! sus 'e"
; uoSe' u '''s " i-'u'S ." -
'o'''4'''e' ''''''' '-'''
'"ssa &c ." .Ns s''se' - '"s ''u''''''-
'''o'' % - ~. 'e.-S''''s va ''e "u
NM . : '''' % 'us'''f M u'So''
o'' . - ~ N'''N' ''''e anu NOV
ny, ~
,anfers h@Sn ~, ,,n l'' ,,ond f',IoSs
say they have no time Il condense.
and arc compelled to give the pro
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31

but facility has been secured at the
expense of quality. The judge who
wrote slowly was tersc. concise. He
was brief, because II diminished the
drudgery OF writing. He economical
the time OF the parties to the action
as well as OF the decision-reading pub
lie In the pencil and pad days the
greatest decisions of American judi
catnre We're handed down we cannot
judge of the present nor OF the inn
mediate past but is there much to
Justify the prediction that the same
thing may In time be said of the de-
cisions OF to-day?
The ST Louis Republic puts the case
we'll:
THE modern judee-there are GER
tam highly honorable exceptions but
.hey are all too few--produces rapidly
third-rate machine made legal liter
ature-debris to litter the sandbars,
instead OF tributary streams to deepen
the channel. Facility has bred cheap-
ness. y return to the old pad and pencil
days is to be desired
There are many causes for the pres
ent condition, winch somewhat Justify
the bench The constant cry for speed
more speed, and less delay in the
laws processes possibly influences
judges Many believe that in fuilness
there is little chance OF misunder-
standing. No judge. however is
hero to the maker of case books. who
had as lief slash out the body of a.
ohief Justices decision as not. That
is one economy secured in the pre-
liminary study Of law by the case
book method-one does not have
TO FOUNDER for hours in a sea of super
fluffy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
rKE HIGH COST OF SELLING.

81 +. Yoalkum. the aggressive rail
way magnate offers suggestion
which Will cause much interesting
tary Wilson. of the Department of
Agriculture. directed attention not long
ago TO little calculation that on the
average a farmer gets only IS cents
:or what the consumer pays 81 Last
years crops were estimated at $4,000
100000 Assuming that the farmers
kept sS.06o.QoO.00O worth of their pro-
KUN figures that the consumers paid
$4,000, 100000 for the remaining &c.
000,o0o,0G0. so that the cost of selling
their produce was s1,O0O.0O0.000 The
cost OF selling, of course, includes the
cost of transportation. There is. how
way rates. one item of expense OF
marketing farm produce was rightly
named by Mir. Yoakum as the cost OF
hauling over mudhole roads-the mud
tax
MIR. IoaKum's suggestion is that tn,
government should create II bureau
10 draw producers and consumers
closer together. lie gives Denmark as
an example. There cooperation has
increased the value Of butter and eggs
exports from Sl2 900. 900 to slOo, 100000
Whatever may come OF this sugges-
zion, one thins is plain: the middleman
is getting too much
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
a cITY,s CIVIC pEc,Ioc,iE

New Britain, Connecticut. does not
hold to the opinion that a city beauti-
tul is one composed of skyscrapers.
Immense public parks, boulevards anu
monuments.
The residents of New Britain have
gotten the idea into their heads that
city beautiful must first be a CITY
clean In New Britain they had a
general cleaning day. giving the back
yards vacant lots, neglected alleys ana
side streets a thorough securing. This
made the city look almost new. Hav-
ing tried the cure, preventive for flu
ture reference was formulated in the
shape OF the ten commandments of
d spotess town" which are:
l. Don't throw anything on the side
walk or street. Find rubbish can.
= Don't tear up paper and scatter IL
anywhere.
.. Don't let any piles of ashes Or
ruoplsh stay in your backyard
i. Don't mix ashes and garbage in
tile same can. Pigs don't like TO eat
old coal or clinkers.
.. Don't I'LL the ash tin or garbage
can too full.
Il. Don't chalk the sidewalk, fcnces.
buildings or pavements.
q Don't deface park benches, school
furniture or any public property.
5. Don't forget that horses love ba-
mana skins. a banana skin isn't dan
gerous If 1T is inside horses stom-
ach.
9. Don't do anything that will bring
disgrace to the city where you live
10. Don't expect your city to become
clean and perfect all at once. 1t will
become an ideal city only when every
BODY does something every day to help
make things better.
These are rules which fit any town,
village or city that can be named, 40
matter where Il is.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
Voice Of the People
Sheriff Kemp Protests.

To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir-In your issue of Sunday July
80. there appeared an account OF the
Beattie murder case in which the off,
GERS connected with Henrico Jail are
severely criticized for allowing wo-
day last. AS the sheriff OF Henrico
county. I cannot allow such criticisms
to pass unnoticed. In the first place,
| have two men of the highest stand
ing in charge of the jail--Mr. J. B
Lyme and r. c. Garnett, in whom
have the highest confidence, and who
have always endeavored to carry out
the rules OF the prison.
The woman, who represented herself
to be the sister of Beulah Binford $50
understand her to say), was ushered
into the cell of the Binford woman by
myself. Mr.. Garnett being at the time
in another part of the Jail. j remained
until Mr.. Garnett came in. sac re-
manned about thirty minutes. vas
bearing on the case was discussed be-
tween the two women.
management Of the ' jail. | deny IN most tns
empha tically and pronounce any in
situation as such false. II you con-
slider humane treatment In the way
of fresh air and we'll cooked food, then
ored to show the greatest courtesy to
ali the reporters Of all the papers.
without any partially to any one
paper. ami am surprised that such
an article should have appeared in
your valuable and fair-mlnded paper.
With best respects. I am.
Yours truly.
L. H. KEMP,
>, Sheriff Henrico county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
Daily Queries and Ansuers
of United States senators.

EIeEtfon OF United Stntcs Senators.
elected by the Legislatures of tho lif-
feFent States instead OF general cleo
ton? G. L,
1t was believed by tho constitutional
convention that the upper house of
Congress should be made up only Of
those men OF great experience. Intel
lectual ability and lofty attachments.
and who would be free from the local
or sectional obligations that would be
likely to rest on the members of Con-
sress from specified districts
II was expected that the Senate
i-eonsdered or eH unsou1d 1 legis haSty
on the part OF the House of Represen-
tatives. and that the members of tho
state Legislatures would be more like
~ to select the proper kind OF men
Tor the Senate than would be chosen
by popular vote. The Constitutional
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
MAKING UGLY WOMEN BEAUTIFUL

Within another twelve months the
development OF dentistry. as indicated
by its development in the past year.
will make beauty possible to nearly
every young woman" Such Is the
good news brought from Cleveland,
where the National Association of
Dentists is now in session. 1t was de-
monstrated at the Thursday session of
this body that an unattractive profile
may be made almost ideally regular
by the drawing of tooth or two or
the nudg!ng over of other teeth. A
srimace-like display of teeth may be
changed into a dazzling. winning
smile. This is IN new recognition of
the fact that beauty depends largely
upon expression and that expression
depends on that part of the face
around the mouth known as the dental
area. The most unattractive express
sions and ugly faces are medc so by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31

Frank p. Glass has changed his
residence from Montgomery to Bir-
mingham. so that he can be near the
flashing of the guns of the Birming
ham News. which he bought after the
death If Rufus Rhodes. He will still
spend half his time in Montgomery,
however. to look after the Montgomery
Advertiser, of which ne Is also part
owner. The only change. apparently,
in his status is that hereafter he will
have his washing done in Birmingham
and Will sleep part OF his time In the
great iron and coal city. But he
should have been quiet about It, as the
missionary who preached a, him in
Montgomery several months ago will
now doubtless follow him to Birming-
ham.