The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-29

niece, and maybe the frou frou part of 1 it was due to the younger girl who went on from Georgia this fall, but l think not. Anyway, there was a charm l ing mixture of businesslike utility and | frivolity in the satin cushions and Jap anese kimonos scattered about among typewriter, papers and wastebaskets. The thing that u little Birmingham boy liked best about Miss Lincoln this summer when he met her in New York, was that she writes photo plays. He thought 1t was astonishing and very | re grettable that, with his devotion to 1 the movies" he missed the presenta- ton Of one of her very best ones last winter "A Problem in Reduction" but possibly he would not have appreciated 1 it as would some of the fat ladies of his acquaintance who arc doing without everything that they want that they nlay get thin. Other people here re- member it. though and relate it's sug- gestions with appreciatiye smiles. The problem" related by this bright
 southern girl was seen here by many stout women in society who recognize
 the blessed entertainment furnished by
 the moving picture films. It Is a pctoral joke recommended by o.Ie woman to another in discussing the methods of losing flesh, and the rainy afternoon l saw it presented, all of the large ladies of the audience were con vulsed with laughter, applauding with genuine appreciation when the fat he roine finally abandoned her fioor-roll- ing, the starva ton and gymnastics and sat down to generous dinner. Miss
 Lincoln also wrote the Pink Pajama Girl, a humorous account of the predic- aments of n girl who runs out into the hotel corridor arrayed in her bifur cated robe de nuit and Is locked out. These are evidence enough of Miss Lin colns sense of humor. She has, how ever, collaborated with James Young, the actor, in picturizing for the Vita graph, "The Little Minister" Beau
 Brummel" and other plays.
 It is gratifying to know that this brown-haired girl with the soft voice and keen glance that studies one, pleasantly yet critically. as she talks non -committal platitudes, (for she is very reticent about herselD, is one of the southern girls in New York who are making good"
 Highland Circle, has been in times past the cause of contention; whether to retain 1t and the curving carlines. which necessitated loss of time to the street railway company, danger to. pe-
 destrlans and wear and tear on the
 tires of automobiles, or to totally re- -pove the only park space then avail
 
 it in half and let the cars run through it--which course was finally followed was for q time the cause of an agita-
 ton worthy of larger cause It was finally. however, divided in half for the
 cars to pass through--a wise arrange
 ment in every way. a The divided circle, however, while kept neatly has been devoid of orna-
 ment. It Is now proposed by the Daughters Of the American Revolution to erect a boulder in the circle which may be seen from far and near and will add to the historic interest and the beauty of the highlands. It will mem- oiialize the revolutionary dead in Jef- ferson county bearing on a bronze tab let, tho names of all who died on the field of battle, and besides being an or
 nament will keep alive the patriotism which the Daughtrs are earnestly fos- tering.
 A committee of Daughters of the American Revolution which includes, Mrs N D. Trimble, regent. Mrs. Nor gan Smith, Mrs. John w. Tolinson, Mrs
 Henry Dee Badham, Mrs. Felix Black
 burn. Mrs Ned McDavid and Mrs Ar thur Adams, is arranging the details for erecting the boulder. the final plac- ing to be done when the necessary funds are in hand. They state that they are meeting with gratifying re sponse from the residents near Five
 Points and on the South Highlands,
 some of the bachelors in the neighbor-
 hood having indicated wish to help
 in the matter.
 Birmingham is deplorably lacking in
 monuments. this type of decoration and
 apprecia ten for service being more in evidence in some of the smaller and l less wealthy cities of the state than
 here. Ths public spirited women of the
 Daughters of the American Revolution
 are displaying commendable anxiety
 to oeautify the city and 1t is deserving
 of encouragement