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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
A Good Cake

One-half cup butter, one cup milk, two
cups sugar, three cups flour, three eggs.
two teaspoons baking powder. Cream
butter and sugar, add milk then flour
sifted with baking powder and well beat
en- eggs. Add spices and fruit if you wish.
Kindness of r. c. Il.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN
HELPING HAND HINTS FOR THE HOME
By MARION HARLAND

lasses, one teaspoonful soda, one teaspoon
full salt. Stir well together and bake ono
hour Sour milk may be used if butter
milk is not obtainable. 1t is pleasant to
the taste and excellent for constipation.
The II. H. is a great help indeed 1t
taught me how to make chilli con carne-a
dish new to me.
"YOITNfs uOTTSEKEEPER."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
BROWN N-BOSWORTH
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

DIR. and Mrs. j. M. Bosworth announce
the engagement of their daughter, Phyllis
Matilda. to Mr.. Edwin Stanton Brown,
the wedding to occur at their home the
morning of July at 1890 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
Correction as to Song

II wish to correct Mrs. G. F. MS an
swer to the little boys request for song
beginning:
Two little boys
Had two little toys.
Each was a wooden horse
"The name of the song is When We
Were Two Little Boys, by Morse, and
not, I'll do the same for you, as she m-
forms you. c.. A. J.'s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
A Motto From Byron

For Mrs. e. F. HIS benefit beg to
give you the following:
+" 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical
And coming events cast their shadows be-
FORE
Byron used this as motto in his
Dantes Prophecy A. Won s."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26

ner Mrs. l.. c. Branscomb. Mrs. j. NJ
Mason, Mrs. w. w. Quinn, Mrs. Julian
Gorham, Mrs. w. ]. Montgomery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26

y. +. Graham. Miss Susie Haskell and
Mr.. Lundy Il. Gaines went from Bir-
mingham with the party, Mrs. Florence
e. Buck accompanying them to New
York and in the metropolis number
of others will join them for the trip.
They will visit England, Scotland, Italy,
Switzerland and Holland, returning TO
Birmingham the middle of September.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Merrtte fJosie
Constantine) of Baltimore are guests
of their cousin, Mrs. j. c. Bonner, 923
South Eighteenth street
Mr. and Mrs. julius Marx will leave
Friday for Uniontown to make their
home. Their daughter, Miss Edwina
Marx, preceded them several weeks ago
and has been delightfully."- entertained.
Mrs. Thomas Freeland of Vicksburg,
Miss, is the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. r. I. Crook. for short time
while en- route north to spend the sum-
mer
Mr. and Mrs. Darby II. Brown have
named their little daughter Mary Ann.
Ms and Mrs. Archie Witt returned
Tuesday from their wedding trip.
Miss Nell Duncan and Miss Ruth Dun
can of Gadsden are guests of Mrs a.
W. Fulghum. 1929 Orange avenue. They
will remain another week.
Mrs Manly Foster. Miss Frances
Nimmo Greene and Miss Mary Greene
of Montgomery arrived yesterday to be
guests of Mrs. Martha Truss for the
Smith Truss wedding.
Miss Louise Musgrovc is expected the
latter part of the month to visit Miss
Hattie Sibley
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
NOTES

Miss Sara Mallam expects to spend
the greater part of the summer at
Lake Chautaqua.
Mr. and Mrs. A. =. Moore of Tyler.
Tex, and Mrs. A. G. Boyd of Sum-
tervillc. are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Pankey, 1921 South Twelfth avenue
Mr. Carlton Smith. accompanied by
a party of Birmingham folk, will sail
from New York this morning on the
steamship Celtic" of the White Star
line, to spend the summer abroad. Mrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
WEDNESDAY, A DAY OF
WEDDING CELEBRA TIONS

Miss Helen Thompson Wed Mr. HettrickLul Eaves Wedding
at St Mary s-on the Highlands Patterson Thompson Nup
tials-Other Social Affairs-Mrs. Copelands Lunch
eon-Mrs Scruggs Dance for Visiting Girs-Mrs.
Truss Entertains Bridal Party-Notes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26

wearing a becoming dancing frock made
of pink chiffon and lace. Miss Bank
head and Miss Williams were also beau
tifully gowned, the former in white lace
with bit of pink introduced in the cor
sage, and the latter in white chiffon, lace
trimmed and embroidered in wild roses.
The Mary Baldwin seminary girls were
asked to assist in receiving. These in
clude Miss Dean billiard, Miss Sarah
Wilson, Miss Marie Rosamond Miss Ma
rie Martin, and other friends of the
hostess and honorees who were asked to
assist in waking the guests welcome
We're Miss Katherine Whitfield of Mont
gomery Miss Orline Barnett, Miss Mar
suerite Robertson, Miss Mary Cobb OF
Montgomery, Miss Gladys Enslen. Miss
Annie Donnelly and Miss Mary Tardy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26

She is going with party of women who
have been many times before and who
know the ropes pretty WELL" who know
how to do things very inexpensively wl1er
1t comes TO conserving resouroes-always
an important item to anybody.
The number of school teachers goins
abroad each year for study and sight see.
ing Is increasingly large, and everybody
Knows they don't set extra large salaries
birmingham school teachers are wei
represented annually among Cooks tour.
ists ana other travellers to foreign parts.
ana one who Is really determined to visit
pohihe Scotland' or the Black Forest OF
LONDON, Paris or the Mediterranean in
these days of quick travel and many re-
sources, can accomplish her desire, fol-
as the old saying goes;
Inc first thing toward getting any.
thing is to want it,
Even II you can't join the European
,ateiers e,'.' yourself and expect to go not
lurther away from home than Atlantic
CITY or the Adirondacks, YOU can add a
great deal TO tile pleasure of those friends
WHO are going abroad.
"A steamer letter. n basket of fruit a
box of flowers, or any other little remem
prance or token of thought and affection
makes very happy the person who is sail
a. from
friends and their ''ain countree.''
An awfully nice idea about steamer let
ters is to send Il bunch" of them, each
marked TO be opened on a certain day of
the trip.
One jobs eomforters" always sends her
friends who go travelling DER seas a conn
pact little case of familiar, true and tried
remedies for sea sickness. but il you be-
leve at all in the power of suggestion.
this is gift 10 be avoided.
Flowers are to the traveller going abroad
what they are to the sweet girl gradu-
ate or the pretty debutante. quite as much
appreciated and equally expectant OF re-
ceiving them.
Anything that takes up room, all sorts
of trifling knicknacks and foolish things.
are to be avoided as the plague by friends
who are presenting 'mere trifles'' %
those going abroad, because there is alb
solutely nowhere to store them.
The woman who is making her plans for
a summer of European travel wants to go
as lightly as possible
In her steamer trunk and suitcase
there is no room for fads or frlly moth
ings which her friends would like to send
her.
One little gift is always acceptable and
appreciated. and that is a tiny sewing bag
with needles, assorted buttons. safety
pins cotton and silk thread of all colors.
earning cotton, scissors. thimble, emery
and black and white pins.
A fiat comb and brush set that comes
III the regular travelling bags may be had.
and is just the thing for the girl who
wishes ito see Europe in a suitcase to
quote the guide books"
The little "week end cases of toilet
things. talcum powder, toilet water tooth
paste, soap and the accompanying things
for such purposes, come in such compact
form and are so conveniently handled that
the travellers will find it a positive joy to
have some friend remember her with a
complete case of such things.
In fact, any woman who has Travelled
abroad at all knows pretty well what to
give the woman who is arranging trip
to Europe for the summerl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
THURSDAYS SOCIAL CALENDAR

Miss Florine Hodges gives a buffet
luncheon at | o'clock in compliment to
Miss Zelda King.
Miss Gladys Enslen's box party in COM
pliment to Miss Marion Bankhead and
Miss Lynda Williams
Mrs. L. C. Branscomb's tea for Mrs.
Coleman.
Mrs. J. s. Kennedys house dance from
. to O'Clock for her daughters, Miss
Esther Kennedy and Miss Mary Ken
nedy.
Mrs. ]. G. Whitfields bridge party for
Miss Katherine Whitfield.
Miss Annie Sibley's dance for Miss Elig-
gins and Miss Conger.
The Smith-Truss wedding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26

The ladies of st. Andrews church will
serve ice cream on the lawn tomorrow
afternoon and evening from to 10
o'clock. Attention is especially called to
their plan of serving passing motorists
with ice cream cones
Prof. Fred l.. Grambs is arranging a
choral service to be presented Sunday
evening at ST. Andrews Episcopal church
by n chorus of the best local talent. The
service will occur at. o'clock and the
public is cordially invited. An offering
will be taken as usual the funds to he
used for the benefit of st. Andrew S
guild.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
Recipe for Bran Bread

"Recipe for Bran Bread--One quart bran
mot packed DOWN, one pint white flour,
one pint buttermillS, one-half cup of mo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
Mr.. and Mrs. s. ID. Cole of Chattanooga
and Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Berry of Coal

Mr.. and Mrs. Hettricl left last night for
an eastern trip, at the conclusion of which
they will make their home with the lat
ter's father. Mr.. S. e. Thompson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26
1DOLrSnAr1r1Y's
|pHILCS

Lii Honey, yer needn't
think dat jes' bekaze er man
meks hisself entertainin' dat
he's in luv wild yer. De con-
'versation NV mos men dat's
sho' huff in luv is flatter dan
one NV desc heah Marsailles
waves en- er damp maWnin'.
Yessum!
have prepared the young woman's trous-
seau to so abroad
As much expense and time would have
been given to 1t as If a person We're get
ting ready to make Il flight in airship,
with Mars rs a destination, and the time
of visitation unlimited.
Everybody take a trip to the other side
these days.
The journey is really hardly any more
costly than a fashionable summer resort.
The Birmingham girl referred to in the
beginning of this story is going to pay her
own way there and baek-saved out of
her allowance this winter.
True
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-26

The Smith-Truss wedding
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
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PraIsc Boy Soprano,

A very appreciative audience filled
the auditorium of the Y. M. C. "A. last
night to hear Master Edwin Wolf, Of
Chicago. the boy soprano who has
won for himself a reputation among
music lovers and critics wherever he
has been heard. He gave program
OF eleven numbers Of selections, from
oratorios and operas and one group of
ballads. His voice is clear and true
and wonderfully sympathetic. Mr..
John w. Norton OF Chicago, choir
master of st. James church, was &C.
companist and added very much to
the success and pleasure OF the song
recital by Master Wolf. Mr.. Julian
Tying sang group OF songs and
pleased his hearers as he always
does. Miss Eleanore Brown read In a
most artistic manner Longfellow's
King Robert Of Sicily Miss Flor
ence Brinkman played the musical ac-
compartment to the poem, an ar
rangement by Rossetter G. Cole. Miss
Brinkman has rare ability as an ac-
companist and her work has ali In.
dividuality and an art which is most
satisfying,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
CITY NEWS.

Strawberries, pipeapples, new
potatoes, sweet potatoes, new cab
bage, new onions, spinach, asparagus,
radishes, lettuce, pie plant. apples,
and all the latest the market affords
at W. X. Hodges, Eleventh and High.
Phone 35i. ADV.
There will be meeting OF G. A.
r. post members tomorrow morning
at 1000 o'clock to appoint an executive
committee for Memorial Day. This
committee will have charge Of all ar
rangements for that occasion.
Flies have come earlier this year
and in larger numbers than for some
years according to somes The reason
given is the-warm weather early in the
spring The fly will have to be
swatted a little earlier also.
No men were appointed during
the past week by Chairman Rovane
of the mass meetings to circulate the
initiative petitions for the telephone
ordinance. The petitions. it was stat
ed. will be presented to the meeting
tonight and the telephone question
taken up further
Mrs. Sam Gray of Hamilton, who
was recently taken to local keokuk
hospital died there this morning and
the remains were taken to her home
town today for funeral and burial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
Daily Stock Letter.
Copyright, 1918, by the New York

lCopyTlSHJ, 1915, Dy Ine New YORK
Evening Post Col
NEW YORK, May 8. Today,s stock
market was utterly spiritless, and ex-
cept for the new low price level for
New York Central and the show of
strength in Reading. there was no
feature to the trading. Price varia-
lions were for the most part insfgnii-
cant, and, while there was no heavy
selling to speak of, there was no dis
position manifested to buy on the
breaks. Whether or not this stagna-
tion was influenced at all by the news
that Japans formal protest had been
received by the president, and that a
prompt reply would probably be forth
coming was difficult to say. The fact
was that no operators seemed inclin-
ed to take sides in the market and
during the last hour, especially. the
trading was very quiet, and without
incident of any kind. None of the
foreign markets evinced animation
and the feeling everywhere seemed
to await developments. The bank OF
Germany made another very strong
showing, today's weekly return re-
flecting 100000 gain in cash, s1S,-
100000 reduction in note circulation
and s17000,000 contraction in loans
and discounts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
ADJUSTMENTS.
entertainment Worth while.

Entertainment Worth While.
With good houses, the opening bill
of the week was staged at the Hippo
drome last night. 1t may be said
without fear of criticism that the
acts are clean, pretty ones with a
.plentitude of new things for the pub
lie. Wilson and Lenore are named
first on the program. Mr.. Wilson is
one of the best whistlers and imita-
tors in that art that have been heard
on the local boards. Lenore. the lady
Of the team, has q neat appearance,
and sings in very pleasing way.
The yodeiing of the team is some
thing that is worth the attention Of
those who like this form of vocalism.
Dyer & Co., in ''the big noise" have
a comedy sketch that is difficult to
surpass. A political dialogue takes
place which leaves the audience In
mirtn.
+ The three Arneres, acrobats, per
form some of the most difficult feats
/ imaginable. They have an entire
new line for the physical culture advo-
Gates. Waiman, the eccentric violin
list, drew a good hand from the
houses at both performances ADV.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Warren Holiday is visiting
friends and relatives In Quincy.
Mrs. w. S. wins has returned from
various points in California
John t. Mattern of Donnellson was
in. the city today.
George E. Rix is transacting bust
ness in Chicago.
]. G. Ash of LaHarpe. Ill, was in
the city this morning,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Kennedy of Des
Moines were Keokuk visitors this
morning
Mr.. and Mrs. P. T. Rice of Ames,
Iowa, were visitors in the city this
morning.
B. M. Cobb of Davenport was in the
city this morning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
Elect Officers TONIGHT.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
DES MONIES, May 9.-Milwaukee
and Grand Rapids are fighting for
the next annual convention of the
Western Drawing and Manual Training
Association 1t will be settled to-
night after the new officers are elect
ed.
J. w. Curtis of Memphis, Tenn, to-
day laid stress on the value of home
training for girls and added that
home making is after all the biggest
vocation for women and that it is
better to be first class cook than a
second class doctor. lawyer or teach
err
Miss Bessie Bennett OF the Art In
stitute, Chicago, spoke on home dec
Grafton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
LAND TRANSFERRED
TO NATIONAL LAND co.
Mississippi River Hotel Company
Turns Lots over to Newly
Formed Company.

The Mississippi River Hotel Com
pany has transferred to the National
Land Company, company recently
formed to- take. over the industrial
district near the Des Moines river
bridge, so feet of lots Z, 8. 9, in
.block at First and Concert streets,
lots i, 2, 3, II and IL in block 10 on
First street between Concert and
High streets. and lots s, 9. 10, IL. II
in block on Concert, High and First
tstreets. These lots on the bluff were
originally purchased for hotel pur-
poses by the company succeeded by
the Hotel Iowa company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
.D|sCUSS|N TAEG
CITY Plan HERE
Conference Held This Afternoon Be.
tween John NoIen and Com
mittee With Regard 10
Plans.
TO BE FEW CHANGES
Local Man Told Of keokuk Plan Be.
fore National Conference
Which Was Held In
Chicago.
TO BE FEW CHANGES

Z
a conference was held this after
noon with John Nolen, who is making
the city plan, by the Industrial Assoc
citation committee in charge, c. R. JOY
and Major M. Meigs to go over the
city plan In a general way. Mr.. Nolen
arrived here today from the city
Planning conference at Chicago and
Will meet the committee of housing
and building laws and Mayor Elder to-
morrow to discuss the plan with them.
Mr.. Nolen stated that the final plan
would not differ much from the pre-
lininary plan presented here a few
weeks ago but that it would be an en-
tirely new drawing OF the plans. No
date has been set for the submission
of the final plans, but Mr.. Nolen and
his assistants have completed work
on the Erie, "a, plans since the pre-
liminary plan was drawn and will now
devote their entire time to the Keo.
kuk plan.
Mr.. Nolen was one OF the speakers
81 .ne city pidhHiHS conference al
Chicago which William Ballinger OF
this city attended. Mr. Ballinger made
a ten minute speech before the con
ference on the work in Keokul1 which
Mr.. Nolen says was complimented
very highly. Mr.. Ballinger also par
ticipated in the discussions
During his stay In Keokuk Mr.
Nolen rill receive suggestions from
the co nittees and city officials.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
SAVED EMPIRE BY STRATEGY
Military Leaders Of Byzantium Made
Up by Flnesse What They Lacked
In Numbers.

After the decline of Rome the CEN
ter of the worlds military progress
was, for seven or eight centuries,
transferred to the Greek empire. Con-
stantinople ruled elements Of much
less homogeneous nature than Rome,
in her prime, had depended upon
There was less loyalty to the central
rule there, and far less liberty I'M
der It,
The decisive military fact OF the
east was, however, that Byzantium
had to contend against overwhelming
numerical superiority in its enemies
South of it, from the Indies to the
Atlantic, was the Saracen empire,
burning with the zeal OF new re-
ligion. To the east were the Seljuk
Turks, while to the north were the
Bulgarians, and the Slovenian and
Hunic tribes.
Against such odds 1t was useless
simply to match man for man. The
military leaders of the empire were
full of military spirit and took keen
delight in war as a game; but they
were the descendants of Ulysses. and
they made of war game of finesse,
of cleverness-in short. a war OF wits.
BY their spying and brides, by stir
ring up treason in the enemy's camp,
by surprises, simulated retreats and
ambush, they illustrated the saying OF
Bacon that stratagem is weaker kind
of policy, used by those who are not
strong enough to win by fairer meth
ods-Engineeripg Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
THE WEATHER.

d For Keokuk and vicinity: Unset.
tied weather with showers tonight or
Saturday Cooler tonight. Brisk
winds.
s For Illinois: Mostly cloudy with
showers south and east portion to-
night or Saturday. Cooler southeast
portion tonight. Brisk winds.
For Iowa: Generally fair northeast
portion. Showers south and west por-
ton tonight or Saturday, Cooler
southeast portion tonight Frost north
east portion. Moderate to brisk winds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PIANO
Centuries Of Invention Have Been
Needed to Bring II to Present
State Of Perfection.

Have you ever thought, when play
Ing some Inelodious sonata upon your
piano, that the instrument, as 1t Is
today, is the perfection OF centuries
of Invention?
In the beginning 1t was harp
shaped piece OF wood, having two or
three strings. From time to time
more strings were added until the
citnara was invented This was an
instrument in the shape OF a capital
with ten strings stretched across
tne open space. Many centuries after
ward musicians conceived the iden
u stretching strings across an open
oox About the year 1900 this was
zone, the dulcimer made its appear
ance, and the strings, were struck
with hammers.
for another hundred years or so
.nese hammers we're held In the
hands, and then some genius Invented
= keyboard, which, being struck by
'ne myers, caused the hammers to
strike the strings. This was called a
..aSicy1ner1um, or keyed cithara, and
,rom time to time 1t was modified and
improved.
puring Queen Elizabeth's time IT
was called a virginia., and then a
splnet, because the hammers were
oovered with the spines OF quilts,
sh,ch struck and caught the strings
aug produced the sound.
puring the period between 100 and
,ooo u was much improved and err
,afeed and was given the name Of
narpsichord. 1t was in ITO tina,
aartholomeo christofoll, an italian
.lvSnted keyboard similar to the
vne we have no~s. which causes the
ainners to strike the wires from
aoove, and thus developed the piano
!, turing the last century the inven
we genius OF musicians the world
o =. mas revised and improved It until
fso. mas reached the present-day per
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
Live pay by Day.

What the world needs is more day
to-day living; starting in the morning
with fresh, clear ideals for that day,
and seeking to live that day, and each
successive hour and moment of that
day, as II it were all time and all
eternity. Each day is then set in har-
mony with the future. 1t is like the
sea captain heading his vessel to-
ward his port of destination, and day
by day keeping her steaming toward
it.-William George Jordan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-09
Found Dead In Hotel.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ST. LOUIS, May enc body of a
girl apparently is or 10 years old
was found today on the floor of a
room in the Woodford hotel number
two under circumstances which so
far have made it impossible for the
police to decide the cause of her
death.
The girl arrived at the hotel We'd
nesday night accompanied by a young
woman slightly older, who registered
'sylvia Kuber and sister" The older
girl has disappeared. The girl was
small and had red hair. She wore a
mans pongee shirt bearing the laun-
dry mark WILL"