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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
PUTZELL-JOSEPH
 WEDDING OCCURS

Mir and Mrs. Leance c. Joseph an- nounce the marriage of their daughter, Celeste, to Mir. E. J. Putzell. The we'd ding was quietly solemnized yesterday morning. only the immediate family circle witnessing the vows. MT. and Mrs Putzell left soon afterward for a They will make their home in this city where MT. Putzell is a we'll known and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
For a Sprained Ankle

For person who has a sprained ankle, put pint of sweet milk on the stove in porcelain kettle; let the milk come to boil, then add common barrel salt, just as you would if you were making mush. At first this will eurdle. Keep adding the salt until the milk is quite thick. Spread the mixture on a strong cloth and bind it upon the ankle as hot as you can bear it. Make the bandage very tight. In three or four treatments your ankle will be we'll This has cured sprains of 20 years standing. This is my first letter. I hope you will try this. C. E. W"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MRS. BUSH
 LUNCHEON HOSTESS

Mrs. T. G. Bush was among the lunch con hostesses at the club yesterday. She entertained for Miss Margaret Chambers of New York, who is her guest for the Warren-Orr wedding. In the party were Mrs. Bush, Miss Cham bers, Miss Dorothea Orr, Miss Eliza beth Joring, Miss Gamaliel Dixon, Miss Emily Somerville. Miss Anne Gaston of Montgomery, Miss Bessie McCrossin, Miss Helen Rosa Randolph, Miss Joy Tomlinson, Miss Anne Richardson of Tacoma, Wash, Miss Margaret Pig gott of Toronto, Canada. Miss Elizabeth Bonie, Mrs. W. D. Nesbit and Mrs. c C. Meriweatler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MRS. DOOM
 ENTERTAINS CLUB

Mrs. N. N Odoms entertainment of the Norwood Forty-two was an enjoya- ble incident for the members of that club. The house was frightened with foliage and flowers in red and green. A wicker fruit basket was awarded for consolation prize and for points rope china jardaniere. A delicious salad and ice course was served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
Spanish Sandwiches

Spanish Sandwiches.-This recipe will make three sandwiches. Six slices of toast, six slices of bacon, one large Mex ican onion,' one large tomato. Cut crusts of bread off, fry the bacon crisp, drain off some of the fat, mince onion and fry to a light brown. Put in two tablespoon fuls of flour and stir until smooth; put in pint of milk, salt and pepper to taste; stir until it boils to'a smooth sauce. Have ready the hot toast. Upon one slice of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING
 HAND HINTS FOR THE HOME
By MARION KIRKLAND

toast lay two slices of bacon; on top of the bacon lay slice of tomato; sprinkle the tomato lightly with salt and pepper. Next lay another slice of toast. Then pour over this some of the cream sauce. You may serve them alone and have the sauce passed to pour over them.
 ROSE A M L.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
FOR MISS CASH AND
 MISS WILKINS

Mrs. Chapline Hodges box party this afternoon will compliment Miss Cash and Miss Wilkins. At it's conclusion an informal tea will be enjoyed at the hostess home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
Feather Washing Indorsed

T read in the Corner of some German hausfrau telling how to wash feather pillows. Her way is all right, as my mother has washed them in that way a number of times, so no one need be afraid to try it; but it takes nice hot sun- shine and all day at that. c. L. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MRS. CRAWFORD JOHNSON
 A BRIDGE HOSTESS

Two pretty visitors, Mrs. Fairchild and Mrs. Love of Chattanooga, shared honors yesterday at Mrs. Crawford Johnson's bridge party. There were but four tables of players-an ideal number, many deelare-and all con- genial friends, with the loveliest of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
Takinp Stains From Skirt

q thing if J. D. NJ will follow these directions she will save her skirt. Soak the stains in strong solution of iodine, which will convert the stain into iodide of silver. Then apply strong solution of cyanide of potassium, which will set the silver free and leave the goods white, and I think uninjured. I do not know the effect upon colored goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MRS. SAKS AND
 MRS. FILLER HOSTESSES

Mrs. Herman Saks and Mrs. Eugene Hitler will be hostess at the Phoenix Club on Thursday evening, December 12, the occasion of the entertainment "A Night in Monte Carlo" All plans are complete and it will be an evening
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
Author of Ida May"

q saw a request for the author of a
 book called Ida May It was written by Mary Langdon, edited by an English
 clergyman, published by Ward, Lock & Co.,, London, Warwick House, Salisburg
 square, F. C., and in New York, 10 Bond street. MRS. H. F."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MRS. EDMONSON
 LUNCHEON HOSTESS

Mrs. John Edmonson gave a lunch. con in compliment to Mrs. William Eager of Valdosta, Ga In the party were: Mrs Robert Johnston, Jr.. Mrs. Robert Gregory, Mrs. Landis Sevier. Jr., Miss Hazel Tynes. Mrs. Chapline Hodges. Mrs. John Armstead and Mrs. Edward Fucker, Jr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
When Starch Sticks to Irons

T read a complaint of starch sticking to the irons. If the laundress will satu-
 rate a cloth with kerosene, laying it on
 a. newspaper, and rub her irons every time she takes them from the stove,
 think she will have no trouble with the starch sticking. l have tried 1t long time. MRS. J. s. B."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
Society That Gives Children Home

T see an appeal from a frail mother Separated from her cruel husband) to support her two children, from whom she was willing to part. She wants to know what she can do and still keep the chill dren. Last Sunday I learned that the Illinois Children's Home and Aid society have new flat building in Chicago where they care for just such cases. As this home has placed a good many children in our vicinity I feel safe in sending you their pamphlet in case you do not know their address. FLORA l.. J"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
THE GROWLERS
 ISSUE CARDS

On cards beautifully engraved and bearing their emblem-a bulldog-in the club color, "The Growlers" have sent out the following cards
 "The Growlers' club on Wednesday evening, December 25, Country club. Dancing s o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MRS. JORDAN
 BRIDGE LUNCHEON HOSTESS

Mrs. Mortimer Jordan will entertain the Friday Luncheon Bridge in honor of Miss Anne Gaston of Montgomery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MESDAMES HILL AND
 HOOD GIVE A TEA

Mrs. Ira Wood and Mrs William Thomas Hill will give an informal tea Friday for Miss Mary Cash, who is vis- lting her sister, Mrs Frank Smith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
MISS BELLS
 TEA CARDS

The following invitations have been received Miss Marylee Bell at home Tuesday, December IT, three to five Miss Ethel Bell.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12

 ems, as it once did, but the most marvel ous results can be obtained right on a small city lot, if body knows how to manage things cleverly.
 One of the most successful Chicken Fanciers in Birmingham is MT. John S. Goldsmith.
 | Mir Goldsmith and his charming wife are recent additions to Birmingham so- cial coterie, and no more delightful popu- lar couple has ever come here within the last few years than they.
 Soon after their arrival Mir and Mrs Goldsmith bought a beautiful bungalow up in sixteenth avenue, south, nestled away right on the crest of the mountain and commanding a'beautiful view of Bir- mingham and the surrounding country.
 Their house, which is artistic from the front door to the back porch, IS situated on small lot, only 50 feet front, in fact and running back straight up the noun tain side to small depth.
 Here MT Goldsmith decided that his fancy for chickens should run riot, and before he had established himself entire | ly he had gathered nucleus, said neucleus consisting of very happy couple who had plighted their troth and were de- veloping slowly but surely their Roose- yeltian theory of big family being the only kind worth having.
 Mir Goldsmith is never happier thai when he Is talking about his chickens and what he doesn't know about them l is not worth knowing.
 | No conversation is so entertaining that Mir. Goldsmith doesn't hail with delight a word on the subject of the little feath' cred things" of which he is so fond.
 "Why, you get to know every last one of your chickens" said MT. Goldsmith when he was telling me about them the other day, Hike your intimate friends and acuuaintances. Take the hens. for in stance. Why, they are just as tempera' mental as human beings
 Look at that beauty over there, he l continued, pointing to handsome hen oi | generous proportions T know shes q l Suffragette. She never stays on her nest even when she's given all the signs that she intends to settle down and lead the Simple Life. She runs all the Clubs ano Culture Classes in the Hen house. Now that dear old Black Hen over there Cthis time indicating a good, motherly soul with fuzzy legs, dumpy figure, thai needed straight front terribly. ano big, affectionate looking wings) is mode mother She stays right at home anc takes care of her little bitties' just as fl an Incubator had never been made"
 "Chicken raising" l suggested, lis really a nice polite form of gambling, and should think Old Maids shut up in theil narrow little homes way off in the coun- | try would find as much excitement gam bling on their crop of chickens as a mar l would in Wall Street.
 | "Whatever the spirit s, Mir. Gold. smith replied. ''once you've got it. it's mighty hard to get rid of it. Why. I've come to look upon my chickens as close | personal friends
 How did you happen to catch Chick. enitis'' I asked interestedly, and when? 9 | MT Goldsmith replied:
 After deciding to locate in Birming' Imam a couple of years ago and purch lasing a home, I naturally fell for th' things that go to make for the pleas lure of it's surroundings-a yard. a few flowers and "a big lot of fine, inter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
Will Pay Freight on Magazines

Mrs. I. D. L. has @ large assort- ment of magazines to give. I will gladly pay freight on them. M. E. B."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The executive board of the Music Study club will meet this morning at 10 o'clock in the Clarke and Jones hall on Fourth avenue. Important business will be dis cussed.
 The Study Circle will meet Friday aft ernoon at o'clock with Mrs. Robert N. Brown.
 The ladies of the Third Presbyterian church will conduct a bazaar and oyster supper in the basement of the church on Twenty-second street and Avenue c Fri day afternoon from to 10 o'clock for the benefit of the basement fund.
 rhn n1,oat cli1I, ,,ill t,nnnt r.,itL AIre Irl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12

public square, caused quite lot of ex- citement. The negro is pretty badly shot, one arm being in a bad condi- ton, the most of the shot going into his back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12

SOUTHERN RAILWAY OPERATES THE ONLY THROUGH AFTERNOON SLEEPING CAR TO NEW YORK. LEAVES 5sJO F. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
DOLLY HEARS THAT
 CHICKENS IS CHICKENS

What Gan Be Done the Way Raising Chickens Smal City Lot-Mr John s. Goldsmith Gives Some Pointers About His Experience in this Line-When Chicken
 itis Gets You Why You'd Better Look Out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12
NOTES AND PERSONALS

The Quest club will meet with Mrs. El- liott Cooper Friday at 2:30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-12

Another thing, it doesn't take acres and acres of ground on which to raise chick
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13
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all ready to be lighted. They are so ready that
when Pantaloon looks out of his window before
making up his face for the day he sees that
the candles have burst into hame-howers in the
night
Then Columbine takes out pipe and she puts
some magic soap into nectar and stirs 1t round
with the bowl Of the pipe until frothy suds APP
pear And then she blows bubbles that float up
and out Of the window until they reach the
Christmas tree, when they turn into great, gilt
tering glass balls all sorts of colors, and show
pictures Of the world all colored and shining.
The children in the World look up and think
they see Harlequin and Columbine floating down
as gently as feathers, but they don't say so be-
cause their elders would only tell them it was
the clouds. But it is Harlequin and Coumbine
and Pantaloon end Clown follow soon after,
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13
NEVER TIRES
OF the Food That Restored Her to
Health.

Something was making me ill and
didn't know the cause" writes a
Colo. young lady: For two years I
was thin and slckly, suffering from In
digestion and infammatory rheuma-
tism.
81 had tried different kinds of diet,
and many of the remedies recommend
ed, but got no better.
Finally, Mother suggested that L
try Grape-Nuts, and l began at once,
eating it with little cream or milk.
A change for the better began at once.
To-day l am well and am gaining
weight and strength all the time. I've
gained 10 lbs. in the last five weeks
and do not suffer any more from In
digestion, and the rheumatism Is all.
gone.
Il know 1t is to Grape-Nuts, alone,
that owe my restored health. Istill
eat the food twice a day and, never
tire of it." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
The favour of Grape-NutsiB peculiar
to itself 1t is neutral, not too sweet
and has an agreeable, healthful qualify
that never grows tiresome,
One of the sources Of rheumatism IL
from overlooking the system with
acid material the result Of imperfect
digestion and assimilation.
AS soon as improper food is aban'
doned and Grape-Nues is taken regu'
larly. digestion is made strong. the
organs do their work OF building up
good red blood cells and Of carrying
away the excess Of disease-makina
material from the system.
The result is certain and steady
return to normal health and mental
activity. ~There's a reason" Read
the little book, "The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time 10 time. They
are genuine. trues and fun Of humaa
interest. Adv
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13
OLD DUTCH HOUSE
Dwelling in Staten Island Was
Built About 1884.
Bought In 1s4s for $4,000 by Father Of
Present Owner, Who Has Lived Ia
Il Ever sInce-Never Married;
Never Loved a Woman.

New York.-The oldest mansion and
colonial house on Staten Island is al
Willow Brook, a secluded and pictur.
esque place, mile from Port Rich
mond. It is supposed to have been
built shortly after the arrival of the
first Dutch settlers on Staten Island
in 1884.
The old mansion has ten rooms,
The walls Of field stone, gathered near
by, are two feet thick, keeping out the
cold in winter and the heat In sum.
mer. The flooring in the bedrooms
is two feet wide and two inches thick,
and, like the rafters in the roof, were
hewn with an ak. The other parts OF
the building that decayed were re-
placed with modern lumber.
An old Dutch oven, wherein a
weeks baking for the family was done
at one time, is in the same state Of
neatness and order as when the good
Dutch hausfrau left it, in readiness for
her next baking day.
There are beautiful rosewood ia
bles, chairs and other pieces of an
tique and colonial furniture in the
mansion that would I'LL the heart of
an antiquarian with Joy.
The present owner and occupant,
Samuel w. Standring, now seventy.
two, has lived in it since he was
seven years old. In 184S the 20 acres
of land and the mansion were pur-
chased by his father, Samuel w.
Standring, for $4,000. Part of the man.
sion is rented to a young couple
4 was born in Lepwich, Yorkshire,
England, and came to Staten Island
with my parents when seven years Of
age" said Mr. Standring. 81 had two
sisters. One died young, and the other
is married to my neighbor, Joseph
Sykes. | am a steel comb maker by
trade, and began work when | was
twelve years old in my fathers mill,
which is now run by me-
Il come from asfamily of steel comb
makers. My father, my grandfather
and my great-grandfather were steel
comb makers.
in 1889, my father, then seventy
seven, began to fail in health, and
wishing to be buried with his kin in
Lepwich churchyard, he tried to get
my mother to return to England with
him. She refused and he started alone.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13

but hole in 1t in the morning.
And when 1t is dark these four quaint figures
fit through the country city, town and village
like conspirators, Harlequin tapping doors and
windows with his magic wand. open, open!"
he cries to the Spirit OF Christmas. Let the
rich uncle reward his needy nephew, and the
unforgiving father his repentant SON. Mothers,
forget to be jealous Of your elder daughters
growing beauty, Children, forget your spite and
naughtiness. Let's be old-fashioned. Let's be-
lieve in ghosts Ill tell you ghoststories stories
Of yourselves when you we're children and played
Pirates on the stairs.
And Clown says as he taps on the doors with
his red-hot poker:
Open open you old grousers! And let the
Spirit Of Fun come into this house Romp bit,
and lose your twopenny dignity for pompous
stiffness makes the gods laugh"
Pantaloon taking his turn. taps with his walk.
ing-stick, and says
open. open. and let in the food of memories
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13

stirring up old memories in dull people, so that
uncles must remember all their nephews in re-
membering when they were nephews themselves,
and had peculiar hunger at Christmas.
Columbine is awfully practical. Her sentiment
extends from the Joy of watching the making Of
baby-clothes to the pleasure of remembering to
put nice soap in the spare rooms 1t is she who
sees that children get the right presents, and
when they don't 1t is not her fault, but the fault
Of some stupid person in a shop.
It is she who suggests the secret, delight Of
keeping presents hidden at the bottom Of the
wardrobe; and it is she who suggests the secret
delight Of peering at children when they are
asleep.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13
CAVE-INS ADD ZEST TO GOLF
Extra Hazards Break Into Games or
Unique Links at Scranton,
Pa.

Scranton, Pa.-While playing golf
on the links of the Scranton Country
club Rev. ]. H. Odell and Valentine
Bliss discovered that the course
passed the unique character, that in
addition to the regular hazards, new
ones are appearing daily Doctor
Odell was preparing for long drive
and approached his ball with well
delivered stroke. The ball assembled
and after long trajectory descended
into a mine cave thirty feet in depth.
It was a hazard that could not be
approached and the game ended.
A bell mine cave In the Cathedral
cemetery, one hundred feet from the
Hoban Memorial chapel, wrecked five
graves. Four rough boxes were up
tilted and one casket broken In half,
exposing the corpse. The cave was
thirty feet in diameter and about the
same depth.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13
Transmlaratino Turkey.

"The only time ever believed in
the TRANSPORTATION of souls was one
frosty November afternoon on my
Indiana farm"
The speaker was George AIDE, the
humorist He continued:
1T was day or two before Thanks.
giving. The trees were bare. The
fields we're a russell brown color To
ward me over those russell fields
strutted very plump, very large.
very young turkey.
Then 1t was that an ardent belief
In the doctrine of metempsychosis
seized me.
YOU said to the superb bird.
you are now a turkey. And you will
die tomorrow. But, cheer up. Your
next transmigration will be into the
body of humorist not unknown to
fame"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13

Of the good old times,
Holly and mistletoe and
robins. and church bells
sounding over the snow,
And hampers all packed to
be sent away, and plenty
to eat at home.
And then Columbin 9
steals up to the windows,
and taps them with the
rose from her hair, and
she whispers:
Open, open to me all
YOU who have no children
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13
! There Were others.

"You,9 sighed the rejected lover
would find your name written in i'm
perishable characters on my heart
could you but look"
I, 80" murmured the fair young
thing who was aware of the fact that
the swain had been playing Romeo
at the seaside for something like 20
years. 80? Then you must have a
.heaft like a local directory by this
time. Tit Bits.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13

but died on shipboard in sight Of land.
His body was carried ashore, however,
and buried in Lepwich churehyard.
Il have never married; I never
loved a woman. There we're times
when l felt lonely, and thought !
might marry if l could meet good,
gentle, kindly, heme-loving woman.
never met one, and it is too late now.
l have this consolation, though;
never made the mistake Of marrying a
woman without love and then break
ing her heart because l was disap-
pointed"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13

and the chimes will be
very melodiously for you
and for those whom you try
to make happy. And re-
member, you can't feign
Christmas without being
caught as an impostor,
both by your own con-
science and by the feel
ings Of those about you.
The very value Of Christ
mas is that it puts the gem
uineness Of everybody to an
unerring test.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13
columbine.

again to twiddle between his teeth
If you know the way, and the Cheshire cat win
let you, you walk down the garden path past the
butterfly lime, and arrive at the neatest little
cottage in Olympus.
Now this is the dwelling place Of the Harle-
quin set-Harlequin, Columbine, Clown and Pan
taloon. 1t is one cottage In a little colony on
the lower slopes Of Mount Olympus (where the
high gods dwell: Jupiter and the like), and is
most important because 1t contains the oldest
Inhabitants.
The Clerk Of the Weather lives little higher
up. The Four Queens and Kings live in a square
of pagoda-Iike houses, and are waited upon by the
Knaves Pierrot and Pierrette live In romantic
secluson by pool in tumble-down place Gov
cred with blue roses. And away behind the
fields Of stars where the hocks Of clouds Craze,
there is another village where the Seven Prin-
cesses i've and the Third Son and an Ogre, and
a Talking Rabbit, and all those peculiar and
beautiful people who are entangled in our minds
with the memories Of night nurseries, and the
scent OF our mothers who bent over us In won
derful toilettes and told us to go to sleep, or
they'd be late for dinner
When 1t gets to be about Christmas there Is
a sort Of aroma of excitement on the lower slopes
of Olympus. and, especially in the house where
Harlequin lives-a delicious sense OF something
exciting happening
Columbine opens the lid Of the well that looks
down onto the world, and there comes up muir
muir Of children's voices, and you can hear the
quaintest things being said about the hanging
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13
HEIRS SETTLE BACK TAXES
5avarIan Government Collects on
Property Which Was Under
valued by Owner.

Munich.-The Bavarian government
has discovered one way of recovering
taxes where a man has under APP
praised his property and income, and
that is, after his death, to collect FROM
the heirs. The heirs of the late Herr
Won Clomm, formerly president OF the
diet, or parliament, have had to pay
over s11s.00O back taxes upon the
estate.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13

bringing the
tree with
N o W their
each to his
Columbine to
to preparing
that m us t
this season,
easily as a
in a breeze.
his m a gtc,
things must
tiful now,
must buy the
Indies. And
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-12-13

Of the rest
They com e
s e g d 8 that
ers in the
hearts. They
ence tn a t
give a man
instead of a
the being
that the bus
weighs more
timent h a d
up his stock
mas Eve, and
feels like to