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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
MISS MARTHA DRAKE
MISS JOHNSON'S GUEST

Miss Martha Drake of Griffin, Ca, who
was the guest of Miss Louise Long dur
ing the week end, is again the guest OF
Miss Dorothy Johnson. She will remain
ten days before returning to her home
and a number of attractive affairs are
planned for her
Mrs. NJ. F. Stevens will be hostess
today at luncheon at the Gold Lion IN
compliment to Miss Drake. This even
ing a dinner party will be given for her
on Shades mountain at Bluff Park hotel
by group of young men, and Friday
evening subscription dance at the Mar
garet Allen school will be the function
arranged especially in compliment to her
Miss Drake is decidedly bell in the
younger set and her visit has done much
toward relieving the summer quiet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20

Mrs. Joseph Mcnamara Of orangeburg,
N. c., a sister of the bride. Miss Byers
will be given in marriage by Mr.. Nc
Namara and Mr. Hooper will have as his
best man his brother, Mr. F. F. Hooper
of the city.
The bride will be attended at the altar
by six of her girl friends, serving as
bridesmaids. They will be Miss Mary
Smith, Ozark, Ala, Miss Sue Rainier Of
Troy, Miss Lucy Boyd of Troy, Miss Ma
bel Myers of Gadsden, Miss Effie Hodges
and Miss Irene Embrey of Ashville. The
six groomsmen are all Birmingham men
Mr.. Carl Platowslxy. Mr.. Harry Strong,
Mr.. liner Hood, Mr. Marvin Randall,
Mr. Robert Lee Smith, and the ushers
include Mr.. Burke Phillips and Mr.. A. w.
woodliff of Gadsden, Mr.. Lee Hooper OF
Birmingham. and Mr.. ]. L. Byers OF
Gadsden. brother of the bride.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20

ticular line. while florist. botanist, natu-
ralist, professional and otherwise, each Is
eagerly planning to enter mis- or her spoils
in the coming exhibition at the fair of
1912.
A word to those who are not yet In line
for the work: Shakespeare made one OF
his characters in King Heny V to say
that 'Self-love, my llege. is not SO vile a
sin as self-neglecting. which, il consid-
cred carefully, is really only another way
OF exclaiming that the sins of commits
sion are not so black as the sins of omis-
sion, a theory which is likely to give rise
to some disagreement. To those who are
in the affirmative of the argument 1t may
be of some consequence to know that no
less person than Robert Browning took
the idea of accomplishing as his religion:
do something. Do something wrong If
you can't do something right-but do!
Action, after all, is the test-not supne-
ness" was his motto.
"Oh! a crime will do
As we'll, / reply, to serve for test
AS a virtue golden through and through"
To browning the sin of the ''unlit lamp"
and the 'unrirt loin" was as much to be
undermined as the lamp burnt in wrong
oo,,se -. Tor ,nist.1sen nnrnoses.
Ana so much for those who are laggard
II thera is a woman in Alabama who can
do something, 1t is her duty to 40 1t; and
Mrs Reid begs that women all over the
state will start their work now and get
ready for the Fair.
A few DAVIS ago / received a letter which
hears very distinctly on this subject, and
a letter hrimfuI Of humanity and kind
ness and calculated TO bring about much
good
me yritar sneaks In the highest terms
~ Mrs Reid and il occurs TO me that the
letter 10 very anronos inst here in con-
nection with her work at the Fair
MY correspondent says:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
Miss Mary Allen Cunningham gives a
BIRMINGHAMS BLUE BOOK"
A CHARITABLE VENTURE

BIRMINGHAM has been much interested
Il Mr. Thomas X Bryne's Blue Book,
nee the announcement a few weeks
70 that he would publish it on or about
he first or middle of September.
II is a much needed Institution In Biz
Iningham ami the residents of this COM
are to be congratulated upon hav-
ing it complied and arranged by SO cap-
able and reliable a young man.
Mr.. Byrne is very much encouraged
over the cordial reception '"The Blue
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
TWO KILLED BY
LIGHTNING AT MACON

Macon, Ga. August 19.-Violent light
ring which centered about Mercer univer-
sity at Tattnall square this afternoon
causel the death of Mrs. N. A. Crawford
and granddaughter, Flora Sullivan, and
did great damage to many buildings and
wound up in the fashionable Yineville dis
trict by causing a panic in Presbyterian
church, directly across the street from
where bolt had torn a corner from a
residence and set fire to the building
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
SPEND THE DAY PARTY
AT COUNTRY HOME

Mr.. Lovick Stephenson, Jr., gave de-
lightful all day party and dance at MS
country home to the following friends:
Miss Bessie Foster, Miss Mary Street,
Miss Grace Sibley, Miss Doris Moughon
and Miss Mollie Moughon; Messrs. Rob-
ert Barker, Frank Papot, Stanleigh
O'Kelley, J. D. Oliver, Lee Hooper. Char
lie Jones, Lee Poe, and Cary Robinson
were the gallant knights. Mrs. Moughon
chaperoned the party
After a very pleasant day of dancing
and many good things to eat the party
returned to Birmingham on the $3.50 p. M
train. The occasion will long be remem-
bered.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
REAL ESTATE DEALS
ACTIVE AT ASHVILLE

Ashville, August 19.-Real estate trans
fers were frequent during the past week.
The building and lot occupied by league
Brothers was sold to this firm by Mrs.
A. " Byers.
The store building occupied by ]. II.
Frazier & Sons and owned by Mrs. S. V.
Box of Birmingham was sold to that
firm.
Ashville is live with the summer visi-
tors now. It has made quite hit as a
summer resort in the past few years and
is fast becoming the leading summer
resort In this section Of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
HOOPER BYERS
WEDDING PLANS

The approaching marriage of Miss Ruth
Byers of Ashville. Ala, and Mr.. Walter
L. Hooper Of this city, is the subject OF
an interested note in the Lookout Maya
zine of the week. 1t is remarked that
many young friends of the young people
in the south would learn of the prospec-
tive nuptials with interest.
Announcement of the engagement was
made some time ago The plans are now
complete for the vows to be among the
first of the fall Miss Mary Ratliff, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. p. C. Ratliff. will be maid of
honor and the two matrons of honor will
be Mrs. ]. L. Herring OF Ashvtlie and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
Extra Session Called

Jacksonville. Fla, August Ex-Governor
Gilchrist has called a special session of
the Legislature to convene october l to
consider a proposed bill authorizing the
issuance of $500, 600 bonds for the pur-
pose of purchasing and equipping munich
pal docks in preparation for the opening
of the Panama canal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
w. L. MURFEE
POPE Plus DID NOT
LEAVE THE VATICAN
MARION. ALABAMA

Rome, August ia statement circu-
lated in the press here that the Pope
went out of the vatican to visit his sister,
Rosa. who was said to have been strick-
en- with paralysis. is officially denied At
the vatican today. The officials declare
that the stroke of paralysis suffered by
the Pope's sister occurred as far back
as June and was of such slight nature
that it never caused any serious anxiety.
Rosa has almost entirely recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
Submit To CHARGES

Nashville August 19.-Charles Taylor,
Oscar and Edwin Fits. all under 20 years
old today at Smithville, DeKalb county,
submitted to charge of criminal assault
on Mrs Sarah Coppard, on December
% last, and were given Is years each In
rrison. Two other youths. charged with
participation escaped from jail. They
were never recaptured. The case Is
noted one In Smithville.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
Continues Search for Wifi,

st. Louis, August 1s.-Arter Inree
davs' search of the small river towns
south of here, DIR. John s. Bogges, whose
wife, Ethel Heating Bosges, has been
today. The doctor made arrangements
70 Rave the Mississippi dragged near Her
c,,,aneum and Crystal City, where she IL
believed to have been last seen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20

Book is meeting from every quarter,
and its sucfess is assured.
1t is a big undertaking, for which ne
has been AZ work for many months, and
its compleJb n will mean great deal OF
Labor energy and time.
AS was ANNOUNCED some time ago in
those columns. THE Blue Book will be
sold by ose of the prominent charitable
organizations of the city, the proceeds
of the sale of the book going to the in
stiiuton telling it.
The entre community is Interested in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
MISS CORA GRF0
SPEND-THE-D HOSTESS

\ graceful courtesy was arranged for
Miss Martha Drake yesterday by Miss
Cora Gregg, who invited several of her
girl friends to spend the day. In the CO.
ter,e were Miss Drake, Miss Gregg. Miss
Marguerite Sihley and Miss Virginia
White. Luncheon was served at o'clock
at a label attractively garnished with
golden glow and foliage
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
General Booth Failing

I.ondon, August 19.-Gen. William
Booth, commander-in-chief of the Saliva
.ior Army. who has been Ill from insom-
Mn and weakness since he was operated
on in May last for the removal of ca
taract in his left eye, continues in the
same condition today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
BELL-M'CULLOCH
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

MIR. and Mrs. r. p Mccullough an
nounce the engagement and approaching
marriage Of their daughter. Rebecca
Lucille, and Mr. Fred Rudolph Bell, the
wedding to take place September Is, al
the First Baptist church.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
MRS. MULLINS A HOSTESS
FOR MRS. OTTO MOONEY

One of the soclals in prospect this week
is the afternoon bridge arranged by Mrs.
II. A. Mullins for Mrs. Otto Mooney. It
will occur tomorrow afternoon at Mrs.
Mullins home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
Millionaire Merchant Dead

Chicago. August 19.-Simeon Mandel.
millionaire dry goods merchant, died at
his residence here today after an illness
of more than a year. He was born at
Kerzenheim, Germany, rs years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20

Mrs. M. F. Stevens gives luncheon for
Miss Martha Drake.
Mrs. c. C. Latta will give a matinee
party at the Majestic in compliment to
Miss Mae Wilson and Miss Mabel White
of Elizabeth City, N. j., the guests OF
Mrs. Lanning.
Miss Mary Allen Cunningham gives a
birthday party
A dinner dance will be given at the
BLUFF Park hotel, Shades mountain, with
Miss Martha Drake as tn ehonoree, by
a group of young men. The party meets
at Five Points at o'clock.
An informal game party will be given
this evening by Miss Martha Begges, in
compliment to Miss Mae Wilson and Miss
Mabel White.
A box party in the evening compliment
tary to Miss Verne Pigford and Miss
Willard Pigford, with Mr.. Harris as the
4 host.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
Boston's Oldest Actor Dead

Scituate, Mass, August 19.-Nathaniel
D. Jones, Houston's oldest actor, who
in his day was known throughout the
country died here today. He was "a
years old.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20

Mr.. Byrne's enterprise - society will
much pride duripi y Gping winter,
not only as valid ~ 4Ge book. but
one that will be ~ to any Ii
Erary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20

Miss Constance O'Keefe, who has been
the guest of Miss Luetta Gregg and Miss
Cora Gregg for the past week, left yester-
day for her home In Springville, Tenn.
Miss Blair Mason and Miss Catherine
Mason are in Greensboro visiting their
aunt, Mrs. Sledge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20

The fact that the bride and bridegroom
had known each other but twelve days
lent romance to the quiet wedding Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
SOME EVENTS IN
THE DAYS CALENDAR

Mrs. NJ. F. Stevens gives a luncheon for
Miss Martha Drake.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-22
Mrs. Fred Lehman Says She
Will Be a Christian Sci
enlist in the Future.
SCORES HEALTH OFFICERS

St. Louis, Mo. Special: Mrs. f. VI.
Lehman, wife of the solicitor general
Of h United States. say that the "ab-
solute unreasonableness' Of the board
of health in fumigating her fashionable
home at 10 Benton place had positively
made a Christian Scientist Of her. Mrs.
Lehman and her husband were long
residents Of Des Moines.
If there ever is another case OF
sickness in this house" she declared,
II shall call q Christian Science prac-
titioner."
The fumigation followed the recovery
Of Margaret Barton, q housemaid, who
was Ill Of diphtheria at the Lehman
home. It was done while Mrs. Leh-
mann was preparing to go to Washing
ton, where she will be the guest Of
President Taft at a dinner.
1t was the more embarrassing by rea-
son Of being a sequel to a quarantine
Of several weeks. and by coming on
the v Of the marriage OF MI. and
Mrs. Lehmann's son, Sears Lehman.
whose wedding to Miss Malotte Houser
= Get for February IL.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-22
STORIES ABOUT cELEBRI-
TIES AT NATIONAL CAPITAL

The story is Thai it happened about
like this:
Representative Ralph w. Moss, of
Indiana, came on to Washington when
congress started up, and engaged COM
Portable living quarters before his wife
arrived. She reached here some i'm
later on a Saturday night. The next
morning she said:
Now, Ralph, Well go to church, of
course. Which church have o been
a~ttending?'
"Wh-er-un. which ne, you say?" re-
peated the congressman. why, there's
a mighty MIC little church down here
just a couple of blocks. It's such an
easy walk that Nv been going there
rather than to some of h more fash
ionab!e churches.
"All right, II you feel at home there,
that's where we'll co." said the con
gressman's wife. I'VE haven't much
time, anyhow"
So they put on their things and went
to the little church down the street.
When they got inside they made a
startling discovery.
They were the only white people in
the church.
Congressman Henry Barnhart, editor,
Is always around whenever anything
happens in his part of Indiana. Some
time ago he vas well within listening
distance when. a certain minister OF the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-22
FINDS WORSE
HABIT THAN TOBACCO

besmirched. We were all much sur
prtsed to hear of this crime he has
committed"
What do you mean when you say
good reputation and moral character?''
queried the court.
He doesn't smoke. chew or drink.
He stands we'll with the congrega-
ton"
Smoking Or chewing tobacco or both
is not to a PERSONS discredit,' replied
the court. Il have come to this con-
clusion long ago. And if a person re-
Trains from the use of tobacco it does
not rebound to his credit in my mind"
You had better SMOKE" added the
court to Abel. Much better that you
smoke h do what you have DONE"
The young postal employee presented
an honorable discharge from the navy
received a short time previous to his
employment as a postal clerk. He is
% years old. married and has a little
child, it was explained by the minis
ter.
II will continue your ease until We'd
nesday," said the court. after reading
the honorable discharge from the navy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-22
Lazybones Gets His Choice Be.
tween Rock Pile, Tread
mil! and Force Pump.
HE HAS TO WORK OR DROWN

An Iowa ~patrolman, while in Ire
land last ulnmer, gathered up some in
formation as to police methods on that
island and in london which MAJ some
time be adopted by the Sioux City po-
lice department. One of the important
discoveries made by Tedford while
abroad is q solution of the problem Of
making lazy Migrants work.
"Of course they nave their rock piles
there the same as in his country"
said Tedford, but the old adage that
you a Lead a horse to water but can
not make him drink, applies In Ireland
as we'll as here. But there they evolved
several ways to make a man work,
whether he will or not.
TreadmilI Is Effective.
"a vag is first taken to the rock pile
and given the implements OF labor and
told to go to work. If he refuses to
work, he is taken to a treadmill, upon
which he is placed. When once on it.
he will have to walk and keep walking
in order to keep ron being carried
down into an unknown dark abyss
where he can hear the sound of run
ming water, and in 80 cases out OF 100
he prefers to bear the evils that he has
h a to go to Others that he knows not
ofand so he5ust keeps walking in order to
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-22
OUR PULLING TONGUE.
snass q Foreigner Strikes in Trying
to Master EnoIish.

In spite of certain %undeniable dis,
advantages the English language,
steadily makes Roadway. There are
few tongues SO ard to master. One
foreigner who has had his troubles, but
has Won his way to a perfect command
of the language, has presented in the.
Bookman some of the humors and
some of the difficulties hich belong
to this richest OF living languages.
AS a boy 1 heard a fantastic Turkish
legend which to may mind aptly Illus
trates the actual facts concerning the
origin and formation of modern Eng,
lish.
After creating the first parents of
each of the races. the story runs, Allan
took q arg piece of meat and, cut.
ting it into slices. distributed them
among all the people to serve them as
tongues For some reason the English
man was absent when the others re-
ceived their share. AT last he came
into the presence of his Maker and
In mute humility begged him to put q.
tongue into his mouth. But nothing
was left OF the meat. So Allah was
obliged to cut q little piece from tho
tongues of all the others, md, joining
these pieces. he fashioned a tongue for
the Englishman.
The photography of the English IAN
guage does not by n means contain
all of a foreigners troubles. One Of
the most p%erplexing characteristics OF
the English tongue Is the fact that. as
a rule. the same word has different
meanings. My dictionary gives to the
Verbs see. lead. hold and draw IA. 49,
10 and 80 meaning. respectively. Now.
for a foreigner to be able to distinguish,
all these various meanings is II bremen
dous task. The words which have,
only one or two meanings are COM
paratively few. Is 1t surprising thu a
foreigner is often puzzled by the nu-
merOuS and sometimes opposite mean
ings of many an English word? Just
as an Illustration. consider the perplex-t
ity OF q p~ersevering Frenchman over
the meaning of the word fast" :
"Zis horse. sair. he go queek. What
o say?"
Yes; he is n fast horse" .
All. pardon. monsieur, but your
friend say he make fast his horse and
e tie him to a post SO he not go at
Very true; he is made fast by being
"Ah. Eat cannot be. He cannot go
fast. But what you call a man that
keeps fast?'
"Oh. he is a good man that does not
eat on fast days"
who eat and drink and ride and do
everything: Re people say he is a bad
mamie is very fast"
True. that is called living q fast
"Ah. certainement. Zen all re days
Of his life must be fast days.
mo, of course"
Eth bien. Does he eat every day?"
"Certainly he does.''
Zen how can he keep fast
why, he keeps going. to be sure"
IVY, you tell me to stand fast when
o want me to keep still and go fast
when you a me to run. How can
l understana?"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-22
FUMIGA CONVERTS
WOMAN TO EDDY CULT

The maid was only sick the first
five days of the year." said Mrs. Lel,.
mann, and she left my house last
week. While she was iii, / left her
downstairs ard l lived upstairs in the
belief that by doing SO l would make
lvmlgatlon of the upper floors unnec-
essary.
MY hopes We're not we'll founded
W. officers came here yesterday from
the board of health and the
house from top to bottom. Thev
opened trunks that had been locked
for years. They went through Mr.. Leh-
mann's rare collections of old books
and first editions. They opened INV
cedar chest and they even fumipated
my wedding clothes. which had NOT
been out for years..
II protested, but all in vain. The
~funiigators trampled and
and pried into every nook and corne,
until they had gone through the entire
house. / don't wonder at the growth
of Christian Science and similar sys-
TENS wlen people are made to submit
to such treatment.
Who is DR.. Jordan. assistant health
commissioner? He Is a politician. BIt
II he represents medical science or the
present day l am through with IT."
DIR. Jordan said Mrs. Lehman had
violated a rule OF the board Of health
In having the maid removed from the
house without a permit. He said the
fumigators had only done what they
were required to do by law.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-22
Royhood.
r. p. Dunno in the Metropolis

r. r. Dunno In the Metropolitan.
NO mail. young or old. knows what
once he was familiar With the ritual.
free of the fellowship. understood the
degrees and administered them to 9th,
ers. Suddenly he was expelled and he
has never been able to get back in
again. His mind, ruthlessly deprived
of the emo of passwords and grips
and o-bservances. seeks In vain to re-
call them. Though he beat forever on
he door, it never will be opened to
him. Nothing is more remote from the
mind Of the grown-up person than the
apparently simple matter of the divi-
sion of the boys year. Philosophers
ave studied and guessed, but they
never nave been able to explain why
at one time boys play marbles. at an
other time spin tops at still an
other time fly kites, and why in every
part of the world they abandon ono
pastime in a body and take up an
other.
The boys know. They all know. But
the rigorous freemasons won't tell. Are
they bound by some %frightful oath not
to reveal tho secrets Of their caste?
DO traitors and informers among thom
BILE that the sad little boys who are
sometimes seen gloomily treading their
way through the winter streets, wear
ing low socks and French berets or the
velvet clothes OF little Lord Fauntle-
roys, with curls hanging down their
lace collars-ls it possible that these
are the Morgans of this freemansonry,
that this is their fate because they
have communicated the secrets of their
order? 1t must be true, for no mother
in her right mind would so punish her
offspring. he wears the uniform Of
the outcast. Every boys hand is raised
against MIN. But If it is a punish
ment the punishment is excessive. No
boy could if ne would communicate
these secrets to the mature
1t would be more difficult for a boy
of 10 to explain what he knows and
thinks to a man of 40 than it would
be for a Tibetan priest to clucidate in
his own language the mysteries Of ESQ
teric Buddhism to Il Wall street broker
at q quick-lunch counter.