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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
Society
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Linn Motion will leave Wednesday for
New York, where they will sail Satur-
day, August s, on the Hamburg American
liner. ''Imperator," for Paris. They will
spend three months travelling in France
and Germany.
Mr.. George NJ. Webb will leave Mon
day for Palm Beach. Fla
Mrs Myra and daughter, Miss Bessie
Harne, of Savannah, Ga, are visiting
Mrs. H. ]. Clarke.
Mrs. Harold b. Hayes and her two
sons, Burton and Harold, will leave
Wednesday for Petosky and Mackinac
Mich, to be gone the month of August.
Mrs. Max Sommer and daughter. Cla-
rice, left for Muskogee, Okla, Satur-
day, to visit her daughter. Mrs. Dave
FRANKIE.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Hammet, Mrs
Redd and Master Henry Proctor have
returned from prolonged stay at
Mentone.
Mrs. r. F. Wood. who has been visit
join Mr.. Wood and spend a month al
Wrightsville Beach and other points.
Miss Odalie Ramser of Greensboro is
visiting Mrs Stanley Atkins on
Twelfth avenue. south.
Mrs r. E. Steiner and Miss May
steiner of Montgomery are the guests OF
DR.. and Mrs. James NJ Mason.
DR.. and Mrs. E. M. Mason are expected
home from their wedding trip Monday.
MISS Bette Cohen and Miss Myrtle
Landsberger will leave today for New
York, Atlantic City and other points fr
the east.
Mr., and Mrs. J. A. Turnipseed are
spending the week end with friends ir
Chattanooga.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Shelton have named
| their little son John Ellis Shelton, Jr.
Miss Fannie Selkowitz will leave today
for a two weeks visit to Atlanta. Annis.
ton and Rome.
Miss Annie Brill of Johns is the guest
Of her aunt, Mrs. Herman Ploeger.
Mrs. Q. H. Montgomery and son, VII.
liam, and Misses Avice and Fave Emonc
are spending while at White Sulphur
Springs.
Miss Bessie Bethea is visiting Miss Bes-
sic Scarborough in Lafayette.
Miss Annie Lou Darby left Saturday to
visit friends in New York. She will else
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
Modern Witchcraft

Paris. August 2.--(Special)-An extra
ordinary story of woman's superstition
comes from Etamres. Acting on informa-
ton received from some neighbors, the
police yesterday visited the dwelling of
woman. known as Nine. Cheneviere, who
lived alone with>her daughter, Marcelle,
a girl of II. who had not been seen for
over six months.
When the police entered the place they
discovered the girl lying in a sort of cell
lar She was terribly emaciated, and un-
able to speak or stand. She was immedi-
ately removed to hospital. but it appears
doubtful whether her life can be saved.
She has eaten nothing but herbs for six
months.
The mother, who does not seem to he
perfectly sane, made a statement in the
following terms: Several months ago
spell was put on my daughter and my
self. 1t was question of our lives, and
when the magicians are after you you
must defend yourself. I am not married
and that is why the devil Is $50 difficult
to chase away. He wants to kill my
child. / know it. because he told me so.
Therefore l purify Narcotics body by
making her drink an infusion of poppies
and sage and other herbs. which l may
not mention because it is secret.
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By MRS. }. n. REID

who was the chief beau of the season,
explained to the children the letters sim
ply meant Dear Devil Do Decently
Damn DR.. Dudley and mat all that was
left of him was his buggy wheels-he had
ridden the horse out OF town.
After the hotel was burned guests oc-
cupied the cottages in 1870. When the
railroad was being surveyed Col. J. F. B.
Jackson bought the Blount Springs prop
erty and built very temporary hotel,
which was in use for years Even then
Blount Springs held the crowds. New
Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery and other
parts of the state gathered here.
Duties Move to Mountain
Mr. sDuffie and his family moved to the
mountain known today as DUTIES noun
tain, and no visitor ever left the springs
without going to this mountain to pay
their respects to the venerable couple
who had done so much for the welfare
and contributed so much to happiness
of their guests. They never came back
without some fruits from his favored
tree, and his family inherited the love
and interest they so well deserved. No
child ever came to Blount Springs with
out kind word from Jim Duffie" As
we grew up and brought our own children
TO drink the waters we always wanted
them TO know the man who loved the
children and had done so much for
their pleasure.
Col. Jackson Built Present Hotel
Thirty-six years ago Colonel jackson
built the present hotel and this at that
time changed the business center of
Blount Springs. The Slosses bought the
property from Colonel Jackson and for
several years operated the rock quarry
on the mountain side near the hotel. This
operation of public works brought in
many new people, both black and white.
Later Drennen e Co. bought the prop
erty of the Slosses and since then we have
understood Mr.. w. M. Drennen (Mel) is
the sole owner.
Is it a wonder we see the Blount
Springs of today as rip Van Winkle'
saw the changes of his age?
Awaiting Railroad Changes
These are the changes time has
brought about indeed, for Blount has
been waiting for the developments indi-
Gated in the strides of time. For years
we have heard of the changes in the
road bed of the Louisville and Nashville.
and this has given good reason for delay
in improvements. Now it is an actual
fact that the passenger trains will enter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

Exclusive Service The Survey Press
Bureau)
That 1T is not necessary to delay moth
erly oversight of the girls of the street
until the city can appoint women to its
police force has been proved by the first
six months work of Mrs. Thomas H. Ty-
Ter, Boston's street matron.
About the first of the year the Florence
Crittenden League of Compassion, desr-
ing to join preventive measures to its
rescue work, rented an apartment in the
Fenway, and established Mrs. Tyler there
in home-like surroundings. From that
center, night after night she has gone
about the streets and the parks into the
theatres and cafes, wherever girls are to
be found, and has quietly and unobtrus-
lively given her help where needed. She
has no police authority, no distinctive
dress or badge and does her work by the
sheer force of her friendliness. The serv-
ice she renders runs the whole gamut of
girls needs. 1t varies from seeing a sim
pie country girl safely on to the right
car to plucking swiftly back an equally
simple girl from the final misstep.
formula of service is embraced in the
phrase so often on her lips: "She saw I
was her friend" Nor is it an idle formula
with Mrs. Tyler. The girls she helps are
her friends-they are not cases; they are
individuals who need Mrs. Tyler.
The society back of Mrs Tyler hampers
her by no rules. Tt furnished the apart
| ment-named it the Shelter. 1t pays her
salary and provides her with a liberal
expense account. Having done this, 1t
wishes her Godspeed and leaves her alone.
Mrs. Tyler has no board meetings to at
tend-except as she tells of results-she is
not compelled to discuss Mary Jane or
Susan with supervisory committee. The
society looks at her work and is salts
fed
While generalization is difficult because
each girl has her own peculiar needs, 1t
is safe to say that the Shelter is possibly
the most effective instrument Mrs. Tyler
uses Here she invites her girl friends,
for q day or week, as the case may
be. and here they find home-many of
them for the first time. She believes 1t
to be of prime importance that the be-
wildered girl shall get chance first to
catch her breath and then to get fresh
grip on her self-respect. So the girl is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

Navarro, surrounded by the chains of st.
Louis and the cord of the Order of st.
Esprit. and this inscription as well:
Here lies the magnificent prince King
Louis XIV, King of France and of Ma
varre. Requiescat in pace"
1t was the plate that had been fastened
to the coffin of Louis XIV. When the
burial vaults of the royal family in the
cathedral at st. Denis were rihed by the
populace in 1898 it had been wrenched
from the coffin, fitted with handle and
turned into a frying pan.
The relic may now be seen in the Cluny
museum The handle has been removed.
but three holes show where it was at
tached
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

ing the fire in the vast kitchen of Buck
ingham palace. or cleaning the countless
windows of the palace, absorb a large
sum. The provisions for servants of the
royal household and servants of guests,
and for the endless succession of persons
who have to attend at one or other of
the royal palaces, are unstinted in guam
tity and quality, and recxoned on a scale
peculiar to the establishment of the SOW
ereign. The rule as to this scale applies
also to wages. board wages, and pen
sions enjoyed by servants and retainers.
II the work is at times rather exacting
| the reward is wholly in proportion, and
| 1t may be safely said that no royal SER
want finds himself or herself, neglected
even when unfit for active service The
pension list which the King maintains is
of abnormal length, and includes every
sort of individual who has rendered serv-
ice to the royal house.
Again, the presents which come from
the King reach at total which would sur
prise many a multi-millionaire. Occa-
sions seem to multiply indefinitely on
which 1t is fitting graceful that the
King should make some personal gift,
necessarily of somewhat costly charac-
ter, to come member of the royal families
of Europe, or to one or other of the i'm
mense number of public and private indi-
viduals who come under his notice. But
perhaps the most difficult. and yet most
interesting outlay, and one which, ex-
ercised by the comptroller of the house,
hold is under the immediate and daily
supervision of the King himself, is to be
found in the list of public and private
parties to which annual subscriptions and
donations are made.
Although scarcely a day passes without
some announcement of gift from the
privy purse, these public benefactions
do not represent "a tithe of the outflow
which takes place in the relief Of suffer-
ing and want. Applicants for help seem
| to think that the purse of Fortunatus
| must be in the dispensing hands of the
comptroller. and. although some requests
have to be disregarded it is safe to af-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

spend some time in Boston before her re-
turn.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hettrick will return
Sunday from their wedding trip spent at
White Sulphur and other points in Vir-
ginia.
Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Biggs Of Ensley left
Saturday for New York city.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
GIANT SUBMARINES PLANNED.

While the navy department CON
sistently has been extremely reticent
concerning it's submarines, it has be-
come known that the plans for the
three vessels of this type authorized
by the last session of congress, and
for which bids are about to be asked,
contemplate vessels much larger than
any now in commission.
Although the pioneer in submarine
navigation, the American navy has
been outstripped by European engi-
neers in the matter Of size, speed and
offensive power of underwater craft.
The navy department designers now
are planning much larger and more
formidable vessels of this type, and
some of them prophesy the develop
ment of the submarine into a giant
battleship that will replace the dread
noughts in the first line Of defense.
They even contend these vessels would
be able to disappear beneath the sur
face of the sea to escape a return fire
after discharging their great 12-inch
rifles at an enemy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
Pursued.

He was on the sidewalk in his make
believe automobile, and he was racing
the street car. OF course the street
car won, but he put up good fight.
anyhow. His automobile was a shiny
red affair that he pedaled with his
feet; he was all of five years old. Tied
to the rear of his racer, some clang-
ing thing tangled along at the end of
q long, stout piece of string. AS he
pedaled he turned his head once in
a while, and gazed back at the trailer,
an expression of fear on his face.
When his little, fat legs stopped
their furious pumping and the machine
came to halt, it was to be seen that
the banging, noisy thing tied to the
rear was large dustpan.
"And what's the dustpan fort" we
asked him.
"That?" He turned his head and
gave it a look; when he saw that it
lay at a safe distance his face as
sumed a rested, peaceful expression.
THAT" he explained, sis the motor
COP"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
TALKS WITH YUAN

friends. Then turning to Mr.. Lenfes-
tey he said that he was always pleas
ed to see travellers from other coun-
tries, especially from America.
When Admiral Tsai had interpreted
this Mr.. Lenfestey expressed his admi-
ration for the energetic way in which
the president conducted the affairs Of
state. I'VE Americans" said Mr. Len
festey, admire you not little for the
way in which you make enemies. We
know from experience that no one
can carry out a great reform move
ment without making enemies"
After the president had thanked
him for compliment, Mr. Lenfestey
asked what the policy of the republic
would be with reference to the invest
ment of American capital in China
The president answered that he appre-
ciated the friendly attitude of America
toward the republic of China and es-
pecially the stand which the American
government had taken on the loan
question.
There can be no doubt said the
president. "but that every encourage
ment will be given to Americans who
have a share in the commercial and
industrial development of China"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31

pies. To the south was beautiful is
land, where the golden tiled roofs of
many palaces could be seen shfning
among the trees.
Arriving at the opposite shore Of
the lake they were met by an officer
who conducted them through several
large gates to the palace now occu-
pied by the president. In the ante
room of the reception hall they were
met by AdmiSsl Tsai Ting Kan, Sec
rotary to the president. Admiral Tsai
was dressed in Chinese fashion and
wore a bronze colored gown of silk.
After a wait of few minutes 1t was
announced that the president was
ready to receive them. AS they ad-
va2ced across the spacious waiting
room they saw the curtains to the
door of the reception room slowly
drawn aside. About ten feet inside
the door stood the president framed
as in a picture.
After Mr.. Williams had shaken
hands with the president, Admiral
Tsai introduced Mr.. Lenfestey. The
president invited all to be seated at a
small table near the center of the
room. A servant brought cups of tea,
a bottle of champagne, cigars and CT
garettes. The president first con-
versed in Chinese with Mr.. Williams,
whom he has known for many years
and whom he counts among his best
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
HAT INDUSTRY STIMULATED.

Consul General Thomas Sammons,
stationed at Yokohama, Japan, has re-
ported to the department of commerce
that the cutting of queues in China
has greatly stimulated the hat indus
try.
''In 1910 Japan sold to China $685.
263 worth of hats" writes Consul
Summons. GIN 1912 the sales amount
ed to $868,713. The great increase in
Japan's sales to China resulted from
the demand for inexpensive felt hats
and cloth caps for the immediate use
of the Chinese who have cut their
queues.
THE demand for hats and caps
among Chinese men is greater south
of the Yangtse river than in the
northern provinces, the manufacture
ers of this class of Japanese goods
being advised that the cutting of the
queues was more active in the south
than in the north"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
SPEND MILLIONS FOR MUSIC
Three Times Amount Spent on Army
and Navy 10 Paid for 1t by
Americans.

Saratoga.-Nearly $600,000,000 is
spent annually by Americans on mu-
sic, according to detailed figures sub
mitted to the annual meeting of the
New York State Music Teachers as
sociation by John G. Freund.
The report gave the following an
nual expenditures: Opera, $4,000, 900;
concerts of all kinds, 100000, 900;
church music, $5O,OOO,OO0 to $55.OOO.-
600; orchestras in theaters, vaudeville
and moving picture houses, $30,000,-
600; military and brass bands of all
kinds, $35,00o,O0O; Conservatives,
schools and private teachers, $175, o00,-
600; American students, expenses and
tuition abroad, $7,500.000. The ex-
penditures in the musical industries
amounting to 1920, 100000 annually. the
speaker said.
Analysing these figures, Mr.. Freund
said that this country spent every
year for music three times the amount
spent on the army and navy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
PHILIPPINE TRADE
Imports From United States by
Islands Show Increase.
LARGE Gain Is Shown In Cotton Gooos,
the Sale of Which Almost Doubled
as Compared With Previous
Similar Period.

Washington. - During the nine
months ending with March last the
value of the imports from the United
States into the Philippine Islands was
S19.4G8,592, or Al per cent. of the total
importations, which amounted to $43,-
817,234.
The increase of per cent. In I'M
ports over the previous corresponding
period was due almost wholly to In
creased importations from the united
States.
Official statistics of the foreign com
merce of the Philippines, compiled by
the bureau of insular affairs, show
also that this country figured in the
Philippine export trade to the amount
of .$1G,837,116, or SO per cent. OF the TO-
tai value, as against $15,616,S67 for
the same period Of the previous year.
Among the articles imported into
the islands from the United States,
says a statement from the insular bu-
beau, cotton goods showed the most
marked increase, the value during the
latter period being $5,1S9,464, as
against 1891 ,O36 during the former,
an increase of more than 80 per cent.
1.-THE total value of cotton cloths i'm
ported into the islands during the
nine months ending March, 1913, was
$S,625,S96, as compared with $685.
1872 during the previous year.
"Other commodities which figured
in the increase in importations were
wheat. flour, automobiles, machinery,
mineral oils and rice.
1.-THE increase in the value OF rice
importations was due entirely, how
ever, to the higher prices, as the guam
THY imported was slightly less than
during the previous year. The only
notable decrease was in the imports
of cattle.
THE United States purchased hemp
from the islands to the value or $lO,-
O1S.57O. an increase of $4,353,71 over
the same period for the previous year.
Approximately S0,000,000 cigars, with
a value of $1,7OS,293, were exported to
this country, which represents a ma
terial increase. There was a reduc-
ton in the value of sugar and copra
expectations, particularly to the Unit
ed States, due principally, however, to
reduced prices rather than to reduced
production"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
ARMY LOSES STRENGTH.

Increasing difficulty in securing en-
listments for the army Is becoming
SO grave that an appeal may be made
to congress by the secretary of war
to amend the existing enlistment laws
II the army is to be kept up to its nor
NAL strength. The reports Indicate
an unwillingness among the young
men of the country to contract away
their time for a period as long as sew
en- years, even after it is explained
to them that only four of these years
must be spent with the colors.
With growing demands for troops
for garrison duty in Hawaii and the
canal zone and for the recruitment OF
the existing regiments up to the full
strength, this failure of the recruiting
service is giving serious concern tG
army officers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
TO INVESTIGATE ELECTRICITY
DANGERS.

Experts in the United States bureau
Of standards are now making plans
for an investigation of the dangers to
life and property from electricity pro-
vided for in the amendment to the ap-
preparation bill of the last congress
introduced by former Representative
James M. Cox, now governor Of Ohio.
This investigation will be started dur
ing the coming summer and the work
will be conducted by DR.. E. B. Rosa
and his assistants of the bureau OF
standards, under the direction of DR..
6. W. Stratton.
This study Of methods of safeguard
ing life is looked forward to by cleo
trical men to produce results in the
line of human conservation more Inn
portant than any other work of the
government to lessen industrial acct
dents, except perhaps the investiga-
tons to make less hazardous the work
of men engaged in mining and the in
terstate commerce commissions rail-
way safety Investigations.
With the rapid increase in the use
of electricity as a force of production
and transportation and for purposes of
lighting and heating there has been a
marked increase during late years in
the number of lives lost and persons
injured by electric shock. While reli-
able figures are not available, it shown
throughout the country each week In
electrical accidents. and it is also
known that the number of accidents
could be greatly lessened If safety
measures now in use in some places
could be standardized and generally
adopted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31

Not many people guard their health
so carefully as Sir Tatton Sykes, who
in winter wore five or six coats when
out riding, and shed some of them as
he became warmer. Prince Poutiakine,
however, took even stronger precau-
lions against illness. If there was a
touch of cold in the air he had fires
lit in his grounds before venturing to
stroll in them. His waistcoats were
made in two separate pieces, Joined at
the sides by buttons, SO that he could
take them off or put additional ones
on without removing his coat. IL
caught in a shower he sheltered him.
self with an umbrella nearly two feet
wide, which came down below his
waist and was pierced with little win
dows. In very hot weather the prince
wore boots coated with tin, as pro-
lection against mad dogs, and carried
sponges soaked with vinegar in his
shirt front to ward off unpleasant
smells.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
He Was a FIGHTING Man.

In a cemetery at Waterford, Erie
county, Pennsylvania, is stone with
an interesting epitSph. The stone has
lain fat on the ground and was brok-
en- in pieces, but the D. A. R. had it
patched up and placed on concrete
base, where 1t is now an object Of
great interest TO visitors. The in
scription reads:
michael Hare. Born in Armagh
county, Ireland, June 10, 1927. Was in
the French war and at Braddock's de-
feat. Served through the Revolution
airy war. Was with st. Clair and was
scalped at his defeat by the Indians.
Died May 8, 1S43, aged lis years eight
months and % days. Elizabeth, his
wife, died April 10, 1843. aged ninety
years."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-07-31
LEADS IN SUGAR CONSUMPTION.

The per capita consumption of SUI
gar in the United States is 76.9 pounds
a year, according to the latest stats
tics compiled by the government ex-
perts. Americans need not believe
that they are the most sweet-toothed
people, however, fer in the United
Kingdom the per capita consumption
is said to be 86.49.
These are some of the statistics
contained in a report by F. J. Sheri-
dan, commercial agent of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce,
made public by Secretary of Com
merce Redfield
The United States is the greatest
sugar consuming country in the
world, according to the report. 1t
consumes annually almost one-fifth
of the entire amount Of sugar pro-
duced in the world. In 1909-10 it con-
sumed 3,2S5,771 long tons, as com
pared with 1,707,956 tons by the Unit
ed Kingdom, 1,199.3S9 tons by Russia
and 1,116,315 tons by Germany, all
other countries consuming less than
100000 tons each. The per capita
consumption of the United States in
the same period was 1913 pounds,
which was the highest except that OF
the United Kingdom, which had an
apparent per capita consumption of
86.49 pounds, due to the large
amounts used in fruit canning and
preserving for export.