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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
Marine Held for Murder

Charleston, S. C., November 19.-John -Beegs, marine on the battleship H. linois, was held on the charge of mur- der here today as the result of the death this morning of Charles Kong, a Chi nese laundryman Tn a quarrel last night Beegs is alleged to have thrown the Chinese violently to the ground, causing injuries resulting in his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

, around we saw Betty jumping up and down like a Timber Jack" and crying at the top of her voice:
 ''Take it off P-l-e-a-s-e take it off" I rushed up to her and found that the cause of all the performance was a measle-y little green Measuring Worm that was quietly pursuing a promenade on the sleeve of her shirtwaist. Don't talk to me about the beauties of nature" Betty shouted T loaths and detest the woods an all the creepy, crawl-y things in them"
 Worms are quite absurd" said one of Our Young Men, as he licked a monster Devil Horse that looked like Tarantula of his coat collar.
 Hearing a voice again from the top of the tree we all looked and listened as the little boy said:
 You're too late!" Whats the matter?" I called back. Have you gotten all the chestnuts?" "Betcher-life," said the little freekled- faced boy. Me and them O'Hooligan boys has done got every one of 'em" We promptly anathemized the O'Hool- igans and their partners in an entire l ly proper manner and the Goths and ] the Vandals came sliding down the tree utterly oblivious of us. or our maledictions.
 We sells em to the I-taliane Man. one of the crowd of Young Americans said. "Mabbe you could buy some from him."
 'If were to meet a toad" Betty was saying as We started back to the car line, utterly disgusted and hopeless as | to our success in getting any chest- nuts, "Ill just have fit outright And
 | Precisely at that psychological mo- ment scream like the death knell of some jailed creature pierced the ann bient air and 1 saw Betty mount an old and yelling like an Apache Chief. Its dead" shouted one of the party. Just an old snake"
 I'm just as scared of 'em dead as alive" sobbed Betty as she waved her hands frantioally in the air like Lady Macbeth after poor old Duncan had been made way with.
 DO you like your chestnuts roasted or boiled?' I asked one of Our Young Mem as we were about to board the car for home. | But
 This badinage didn't work worth a cent, for we were all furious and foot sore and worn and wan. 1 As we entered the car four small boys, each with huge bag of chest nuts, tooks seats near us and grinned amicably as we took our seats-sans chestnuts-sans enthusiasm-sans ev- erything.
 They shamelessly offered to sell us some of their chestnuts but we refused their generous offer and when we got , to town, being ashamed to go home without any, we stopped at the first "I-taliane Mans" that we saw and there in front of cozy looking roaster we heard him singing
 "Oh. Sole Mia. N-i-c-e-a Roasted lChestnHts!'
 | From him we promptly purchased some chestnuts-taking particular care to get those that were not roasted-as proof of our days outing.
 Heaven send Chestnuts to those Who Have No Teeth," quoted one of the party from an Old Spanish Proverb.
 And none to those who have, sighed Betty munching a big, fat, juicy one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

those noted in the changing circle about the three who had given so much pleasure each with her own lovely tal- ent, were Mrs Will Manly, who was one of those asked to receive; Mrs. E Fl cabaniss. Mrs Frank H. Lathrop, Mrs. Roland Mrs. John c. Bradley, Mrs " N Malone, Mrs. Annie E. Stol- lenwercl5 of Greensboro, Mrs. J. M Culp of Washington, Mrs. Richard John- ston Mrs w. NJ. Cosby, Mrs. w. J. Ad- ans, Mrs. T. 0. Smith, Miss Ella Hub bert. Mrs Laura J. Davids, Mrs. F. C. McVoy, Dr. McVoy, Mrs. Laureps Block, Mrs Felix Tarrant, Mrs. w. D, smith Mrs John H. Cartwright. Mrs. W. L. Murdoeh. Mrs. James Bowron, Mrs. Ma son billiard, Mrs. W. D. Nesbitt, Mrs. Victor Hanson, Miss Annie Williams, Mrs. D. G. Chandler. Mrs. William Gus sen, Mrs. Tom Joy, Mrs. Henry Howe Mrs. IT. J. Porter. Jr., Mrs Tom Stobert, Mrs John " Sibley, Mrs. Mary stobert and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
MRS. kEENES BOX PARTY

Mrs L. A. Keene was hostess yester- day at box party to see The Shep- herd of the Hills,s in honor of Miss Marie Tanner and Miss Bessie Scar borough. In addition to the hostess and honor guests, Miss Haywood Motion. Mrs. W. s. Motion and Miss Bessie Be- thea were invited
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Betty and I Gdily Go CheStnutting
Seeking What We May DevOurSmall Boys Reach Chestnut Trees First-sel Them to the Italian Man-Frogs and Other Creeping Things Make Our Acquaint-
 ance and Life Mserable-Oh, Hoi
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

Only an incurable and viruIent Opti- mist would think of organizing chest-nutting Party with the idea of getting chestnuts,s said Betty, as we looked at each other disconsolately.
 But I suppose we'll have to go" I said reluctantly. We've promised"
 T guess so.e said Betty. Its like going fishing, though I never get any fish and-know 1 won't find any chest nuts! Somebody has always gotten there before me"
 Like poor Mr Opp. You remember what a wonderful talent he had for just missing things?" I recalled, as Alice Heagan Rices funny caricature suggested himself to me.
 T wouldn't care so much about go- ing If I only had the proper clothes to wear said Betty peevishly. "A girl in a novel would wear Corduroy skirt. and a smart jacket, and jaunty lit- tie toque-while I shall have to wear the same clothes I go shopping in, and can tell you it is modification to the flesh not to be dressed properly"
 Our Young Men, called for us, wear ing a cheerful smile and an air of pleasant anticipation and their old clothes and leggins.
 We'll take a car and go to the very end of the longest line around Birming- ham, one of them announced, and then we'll walk out into the woods about six miles and get the chestnuts." Betty looked at me and winked- knowing how I loathe walking-and as for her-we1l-Betty has regular au- tomobile figure, she's ridden in one so long.
 | We boarded the car and first thing we knew we were spinning along at il rapid rate. tired and weary before we ever left town.
 Finally we got to the end of the car line and all of us Jumped out and started up towards the woods. Up, up we climbed, and still farther, panting, breathless hoping at each turn to see loads of chestnuts right with in our grasp. but so far nothing loomed up before our view that even so much as resembled a chestnut
 Here we are at last" shouted one of Our Young Men9 loudly as he picked up a handful of rusty looking things off the ground.
 "A Chestnut burr shouted Betty, "ly- ing right under a chestnut tree, as, of course 1t had a perfect right to dow
 It's empty. .I said as I examined the burr and so are all of the little sister and brother burrs lying around" One of the men decided that he'd climb the biggest tree in the bunch and just as he started we looked up and heard some one calling.
 There's no use, for anybody else to climb up here. There ain't no chestnuts on this tree"
 We all craned our necks and from the very topmost branch we saw grinning at us the very cunningest, cutest red headed boy you ever laid your eyes on. From another quarter we heard the most diabolical shriek and looking
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the west, and are at home. POPS Thirteenth avenue, south.
 Miss Ann Early of Virginia, will ar- rive Wednesday to visit Miss Mary Lou Cobb and Miss Florence Coffin.
 Miss Helen Thompson and Miss Marga- ret Cameron will leave Thursday to att tend the Yale-Harvard football game.
 Mrs. Thoms M. Owen of Montgomery, is visiting friends in the city.
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FRIENDS NOT
 ENCOURAGING
After 20 Years Illness, Friends of Mrs. Bowen Thought She
 Could Not Recover

Arritts, Va.--"For 20 years, suffered with womanly trouble" says Mrs. D. J. Bowen, of this place, "and although I tried different treatments. I did not get any relief.
 work, and my friends thought l could not get well.
 Finally. began to take Cardui. the lwoman's tonic, and hadn't taken one third of the first bottle, before I could notice it's good effects.
 Now I can do all my work. feel like I'm not more than le years old. but am really 49. My friends say I look so well, they hardly know me when they meet me in the road.
 My daughter is using cardul. now, and she says it is a fine medicine I also have number of lady friends who are taking it. since they found out how it helped me.
 Whenever feel little fatigued after days work, I just take dose of Cardui. and am all right
 cant say too much for Cardui."
 No matter how long-standing the trouble. Cardui is almost sure to help you. It is a tonic remedy. It is pre- pared for women, to bring relief from womanly ailments.
 You can rely on cardui. It will do for you, what it has done for thousands of others It will help you.
 Begin to take cardui today.
 N. 'B.-Write to; Ladies' Advisory fv6atfan00Oa shok
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
TUESDAY BRIDGE
 WITH MRS. DEAN

The Tuesday Bridge club was enter tained yesterday by Mrs. Henry Dean at the home of Mrs. Tom Bowron.
 Prizes of Parisian work are given every week by this club to the winners.
 The club members and guests in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
potafoes An Gratin

Peel white potatoes and parboil them. Slice them very thin and arrange in lay CTS in greased pudding dish. sprinkling each layer with salt pepper and Is of butter. When all the potat pes are in the dish pour in a small cup Of hot milk and sprinkle the top layer of the potatoes with bits of butter and slightly salted cracker dust Then stew lightly with grated cheese and bake. covered. for a half hour. then uncover and broWn.-By request of Constant Reader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
Home Treatment

hped h at Bnst K Worth Morc tv d will be ir- Woman Than Beauty reslstible.
 s,.sy aey there is nothing new under The sun, but l have perfected a 1reatment that I want to share with my hlstcrs.s What it did for me 1t can and win he for you, and now offer 1t to VOL.
 with drugs, greasy skin foods, creams. 0ietine massage and expensive instru = nfnls and devices I have done away With all thcse injurious methods and have given a legion of women a luxu- liant natural development by "a treat ment never before offered tho public. No massaging, nothing to take, noth- ing to wear.
 Why he skinny, scrawny, fInt and nnasfracfi,e: claim to be the htehesf priced artistS model in the United states, and what 1 did for myself can do for yoi.
 | don't care what your age may be, ] ask only that you be at least sixteen aud not an invalid, and 1 will under take to develop your bust in two weeks. All 1 ask is five or ten minutes of your time every day.
 Write to me today for m. treatment NBt wall only cost yOu penny for u Rs,st card and l will mall you this vasterfui information in n plain cover SD that one will know -four secret.
 Don't les a false pride and silly sense or shame keep you from enjoying to the fnli theNcharms you should have to be perfect Meeimen Of womanhood. slall be held in absolute confidence and stcreey Write nN today.
 ELOISE RAE
 l;i.5 Michigan Aveaue. Suite 2264,
 Chicago, H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
PELHAM CHAPTER
 HOLDS A MEETING

Pelham chapter, United Daughters of the Confectionery, wNl hold their regu- lar monthly meeting this, Wednesday. afternoon at o'clock at the residence of Mrs. o. T. Dozier. 2106 Humboldt avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
MISS BESSIE BETHEA TO BE A HOSTESS

Miss Bessie Bethea will entertain the guests of Miss Haywood Molton, Miss Marie Tanner and Miss Bessie Scar
 borough. with box party one day next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

cluded Mrs. Felton Wimberly. Mrs
 David Roberts, Jr., Mrs. l. c. Beatty, Miss Mary Ware, Mrs. Robert Greg ory Mrs. Ed Durham, Mrs. William Mudd, Mrs. Harrington Hefiin, Mrs An drew c. Ramsay, Miss Agnes Terrell and Mrs. Henry R. Carse of New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
ADDITIONS TO THE CRECHE FIND

Several other names have been added to the Greene fund. The list is fast growing, and since the contributions men tioned yesterday morning were listed, several checks were received. The. fund is now as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
LOCKWOOD CLUB OPEN MEETING

One of the pleasant events of the week will be the open meeting of the Edgewood club at the home of Mrs. H. H. Shell Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
MISS MACON
 TO ENTERTAIN

Miss Frances Macon will entertain Friday evening with a reception in honor of Miss Bessie Scarborough and Miss Marie Tanner of Selma, the guests of Miss Haywood Molton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
MRS. WILLIAM A. PORTER HOSTESS AT THE CLUB

Mrs. William A. Porter will be hos tess today at the Country club enter taining in compliment to Mrs. Annie E. Stollenwerck. Her guests number eight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
UNIVERSITY CLUB
 DANCE TOMORROW EVENING

The usual semi-monthly dance at the University club will take place tomorrow evening and promises to be most pleas ant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
Develop Your Bust
 Nm 15 Days
New Way Instantly
 

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 u . Il { care h Q " thin you are, low old you are. how fal- len nnd fac cid are the ines of your fig Il re or how f 1 a [ Your chest Is can give you a full, firm. youth 1u1 b Il s { quickly. that Mlli bc the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

| The COuncll or JtWfSH NOliicn NiAA i@ChS the regular study meeting Thursday aft l ernoon at o'clock at the residence of Dr. Newfield A business meeting will follow
 There will be a called meeting of the South Highland School Improvement association today at 10.30 a. m. in the school building.
 The Qui vive club has issued invita- tions for an open meeting Wednesday art ernoon at 2:so at the residence of Mrs. J. c. Scott.
 Each literary club has been asked to send a representative to make three minute talk on a sociological question pertaining tc this city
 The Huntsville Avenue Chautauaua cir ele will meet with Mrs. Richard Fell, Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
 The Edgewood club will hold an open meeting Thursday at D. m at the home of Mrs. H. H. Shell. Miss Norma sea- bode will lead
 Prof Thomas of the State University will speak on local taxation for public schools. Miss Evelyn Going will fur nish the music.
 Mrs. W. S. Brown will entertain the visiting ladies of the conference for the missionary societies of the First Metho- dist church at her home on Highland ave nue Thursday afternoon at o'clock. The ladies of the doll bazar commit tee will meet this morning at 10:30 with Mrs. C. Il, Nabb, 26os Highland avenue The Twentieth Century club will meet Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock with Mrs. F. H. yirden. 1851 North Twenty-fo nth street.
 PERSONAL NOTES
 Mrs. B. H. wilkins of rullahoma Tenn who has been the guest of Mir and Mrs. Robert MeDavid, is now the guest of her brother. Mir Ned McDayid, and Mrs. McDavid, in Graymont
 
 Mir and Mrs McQueen have returned from a delightful eastern trip. They were accompanied by their son. Will Me Queen, Jr.
 MT and Mrs. Zellner of Louisville. Ky. arrived yesterday to visit their sister. Mrs. J. Sandman.
 Mss Mary Ratliff of Raymond. Miss. is visiting her brother, Mir P. c. Ratlif. on Mountain avenue.--
 Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Benners and family have gone to Bayou, La Batre.
 
 Mrs. Henry Wyatt of Marietta, Ga, is visiting her sister. Mrs. John Warren. Mrs. J. W. Eveno, who has been vis- iting Mrs. c. l.. Davis (Aliss Sallie Evans), in Trinidad, Col, wll return Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert J. Baum have. returned from a five months tour Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

N 'B.-Write to; Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chattanooga Medicine Co, Chat tanooga, Tenn. for Special Instrue- tions, and 6< page book. "Home Treat- ment for Women" sent In plain wraDs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Council of Jewish women will hold the regular study meeting Thursday aft ernoon at o'clock at the residence of pr. Newfield. A business meeting will follow.
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A reception for Mrs. K. N. Matthews this afternoon at the Eleventh Avenu, Methodist church at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
An Appeal Renewed

''To Marion G. N: Seeing your offer
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There will be a called meeting of the South Highland School Improvement association today at 1o.30 a. m. in the school building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

MT. F. A. Clarke entertains at the Hotel Hillman in the evening Table d hote luncheons at the Country club.
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Mrs. W. C. Agee entertains at luncheon in compliment to Mrs. E. w. Fucker Jr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
Heid-Hudson wedding.

Musicale for the benefit of the orga fund at the Phoenix club,
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The Huntsville Avenue Chautauaua cir cle will meet with Mrs. Richard Fell, Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
Something New in Education.

Educators hail with interest the ap-
pearance of the book just published,
1.-THE Montessori Method" by DR..
Maria Montessori, the noted Italian
educator. The work of DR.. Montessori
is remarkable in that it is the only
example of an educational system
worked out and inaugurated by the
constructive effort of woman. The
system deals with the education of
young children. 1t embodies the most
adaptable features proposed in the
theories of Pestalozzi and Froebel and
applied by Seguin, Dr. Fernald of Mas
sachusetts and others. DR.. Montessori
is the first educator to produce a system
of education that combines various
psyche physical processes recognized by
modern students in educational psy-
chology. Educators interested in the
study of methods in early education will
welcome an opportunity to study the
Montessori system in comparison with
other programmes.
with the kindergarten carries out far
more radically the principle of unre-
strcted liberty; it involves less group
teaching and more individual training;
its materials are intended for the direct
and formal training of the senses; it
includes apparatus that will aid in the
physical education of children; its social
training carries out actual social activ-
tiles; and it affords direct preparation
for the school arts. In none of these
features, however, are the two systems
rigidly antagonistic. The broad con-
trast between Montessori school and
kindergarten, according to Prof.
Holmes of Harvard university, is that
whereas the Montessori children spend
almost all their time handling things,
largely according to their individual
inclination and under individual guild
ance, kindergarten children are gener-
ally engaged in group work and games
with an imaginative background and
appeal.
1t should interest Vermont educators
that an opportunity to study and eX-
anime the Montessori method will be
afforded this summer. The department
of pedagogy at Middlebury college has
purchased, at cost of fifty dollars,
a set of the Montessori didactic ma
terials that are used wherever the
Montessori method is employed. AT
the summer session of the college not
only may the book and the didactic ma
terials be examined but, under the
direction of Professor Mcfarland, direc
tor of the session, an attempt will be
made to submit the Montessori methot
to careful comparative study and t.
adapt the system to the needs anc
requirements of children in the commu
nifty.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
State Summer School at Castle.

Plans for the summer school under
the auspices of the Normal school at
Castleton, are completed. The in
structors are all engaged, and applica-
lions coming in, indicate that from the
standpoint of attendance, the school
will be a success.
Miss Anna p. Smith of the Worces-
ter, Mass, Normal school will have
charge of the primary work, covering
the first four grades. Miss Smith is a
teacher of wide experience. She knows
conditions in all kinds of schools for she
has taught in the rural schools, i'll viii
lage schools, has had the work, in one
way or another, in all grades of city
| schools, has served as principal of a
building containing all the nine grades,
and is now teacher of elementary
methods at Worcester Such a range
of work will enable her to speak sug-
gestively and wisely. Some of the
topics which will be discussed are
THE characteristics of Drills-what
when and how habits should be
formed"
"Present Methods in Reading the
Value of Phonics, Cultivation of
Interest, dramatizing, silent reading,
etc. B."
Glow to make children workers in
school time as they are in play time. "
Methods How to Know Good ones. "
"Devices and their place and use.
profitable and Interesting seat
work. ="
"The aim of Numbers and what
should be made Automatic"
Miss Ethel V. Coolidge of Ludlow,
who is to be the teacher of music, has
had broad training and experience in
that line. For two years Miss Coolidge
had charge of the music in college in
Iowa, for three years in a school il
Honolulu, Hawaii and for four years al
the famous Hampton institute, Virginia
, This next year Miss Coolidge is to bt
one of the music supervisors in New
: York city, having under her charge
20, 600 children and their teachers. Thu
is an unusual opportunity for those whC
wish to know some of the best methods
of really teaching music. Those Wit
have not received circular announce
ments or who desire information SHOULD
S address the director of the school
Charles A. Adams, Castleton, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-28
SHOULD INVESTIGATE.

The writer is receiving many in
quiries these days from readers living
east of the Rocky mountains who are
tired of the frightfully cold winter
just past and are looking for q home
place where the winter season is mild
er and where it doesn't take quite all
a fellow can earn during the summer
season to keep him and his family
from freezing to death during the
winter. We sympathize with our read
ers keenly in this matter and are ad-
vising them to take trip to the west
country, get acquainted with it first
hand. learn both its drawbacks and
advantages and then. after calm
and sober balancing of points good
and bad, settle in Il section where one
will feel most at home. Where one
has considerable money to invest it is
well to take plenty of time in making
ones investigation of the property to
be bought, and, as said in a recent
department of these notes, it is always
good idea to limit ones mouthful in
! an investment way to what one can
masticate nicely.