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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
MRS. j. ID. MOORE
ENTERTAINS AT LUNCHEON

AT the Country club yesterday Mrs. j.
d. Moore entertained - girls at delight-
full luncheon. They were invited to meet
Miss Alice Stolenwerck, Mrs. W. c..
Shackelford's pretty Baltimore niece.
Mrs. Moore's parties are always delight
fully planned and the center of the table
was garnished yesterday by a big blue and
white basket tied with tulle and filled with
pink roses At each cover was basket
filed with pink mints and tied with pink
rosebuds, and the place cards were SINH
larly decorated. In the light from pink
shaded candles the group about the table
included Miss Stollenwercls. Miss Eliza
beth Bowie Miss Fannie Dunn, Miss May
Collins, Miss Carrie Yates, Miss Margaret
Miles of Montgomery, Miss Helen Eustis,
Miss Florence Coffin, Miss Gamaliel
Dixon and Miss Gladys Enslen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17

Some of them are very funny" said
Mrs. Bush IT recall not long ago a man
came in TO have his nails done. and he
was the worst crouch | have ever seen.
thought he had, mistaken the place. What
he needed instead of a manicurist was a
sunshine doctor or the bluebird of hap
pness to help him out of the slough of
despond he was in lie had enough dirt
under his nails to have filled in a part of
the new Tutwiler hotel lot. or he might
have started In the real estate business
with 1t and made a success. ! began to
talk to him, and before | knew it / dis
covered that he'd had a lot of trouble
that had gotten on his nerves and he'd
neglected his personal appearance entirely
and didn't care whether school kept or
not. While / was doing his nails l talked
to him about a lot of pleasant things.
and | wish you could have seen shin
change. He was like a different person
when he left. So you see the manicure
lady is often called upon to help people
out of difficulties as well as to do their
nails"
Aren't lot of men sort of shy about
going to manicure parlor?" / asked.
'rhey used to be-, was the reply, but
manicuring has become SO necessary to
the well groomed man that he doesn't hes
itate now to have his nails done as often
as 1t Is necessary
somehow 10 lie the hands are as ex-
pressive of persons character as their
face" I suggested.
They are more so in many instances.
said Mrs. Bush. BADLY kept nails, some-
times nibbled off at the end. poorly
trimmed nails and unhealthy nails can
spoil persons appearance more than
nearly anything else. 1t matters not how
beautifully woman or man is dressed.
il their hands are neglected they have the
appearance of lack of grooming that
is inexcusable."
Can the habit of biting the nails be
cured by mahicuring?" asked.
N.I have seen II done often' Mrs. Bush
told me. 'You see, the first step toward
son begins to feel in their nails AFTER
the very first manicure. They see the
great difference that it makes in theis
hands. and if a woman has any vanity
at all. that appeals to her Immediately.
Besides that, we sometimes treat such
people like we do children-put something
on their nails that Is distasteful and sick
ening when they nibble at them like a
mouse does at a piece of cheese"
'sI want to say this to the women of Bir-
mingham," Mrs. Bush remarked in con-
clusion 'T have never seen better groomed
hands than they have in this dirty, grimy
town, where It Is almost impossible to
have even clean hands. and eternal Wig
lance is required, and the manicurst
must work to keep them that way, and
she can only do it with the cooperation
of the patron
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
Chile Con Carne (2l

Boil one pound kidney beans slowly un-
til tender, set aside; dice one-half pound
bacon, fry to light brown and add to
beans. In the bacon fat put two good
sized onions minced. two cloves of garlic
sliced, two bay leaves, four cloves, dash
of celery salt. and a pinch of thyme.
one-half teaspoon. chill powder, and to
this add one quart of tomatoes. Simmer
10 or 20 minutes, pour on rne beans, and
keep at slow boil for an hour. Sea-
son with red pepper and salt to taste.
Some add one-half pound chopped meat,
which makes 1t solid. Serve with steamed
rice. Kindness of Mrs. NJ. e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
FIRES THREATEN
NATIONAL FOREST

Deadwood, S. D.. April 1e.-Forest
fires. the first of the season IN the
Black Hills, are again menacing the
national forest
The last rev days of warm, dry
weather has cost the government
heavily.
Six fires In the national forest are
reported today, the worst one being
near Pringle, in the southern hills
where the flames are 20 miles wide
Three ranches are reported destroyed.
A devastating prairie fire OF wide ex-
tent, also is reported to be sweeping
the country near Buffalo cap: D. ~
rhe sheriff of buffalo Gap, it is said,
has sent out appeals for fire fighters,
saying it would require 1000 men to
fight the fire which was beyond con-
troll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO FEMININE READERS
Teas Luncheons = Weddings = Club News-Miss Margaret
Patton Weds Dr. Joseph Leland of Tuscaloosa-Mrs Arm
strong Hostess at Tea--Tabe d'Hote Luncheon
Parties at the Cub-Today in Society
By MYRTLE MILES

IN nar3.YeL. matrimonial event of
yesterday occurred at s o'clock in the
morning, when Miss Margaret Patton,
niece of Mr. James Patton, became the
bride of Dr. Joseph Leland of Tusca-
loosa at her unole's home. Owing to a
recent bereavement in the family of the
groom the ceremony was very quiet,
only the immediate family and a few
very intimate friends Witnessing it.
The residence was tastefully decorated
for the ceremony. wild flowers giving an
air of picturesque beauty and youthful
ness to the entire interior. Dogwooa
blossoms banked the altar at which the
young couple stood to receive the VOWS
in the drawing room of the home and
elsewhere in the house, the perfume of
honeysuckle blossoms indicated the pro-
fuse use of these dainty woodland beau
ties
Palms and ferns made a wealth
O. fresh greeneryN introduced among
the flowers of the altar, where
seven-branched candles gave churchly
light The ceremony was pronounced by
the Rev. DR.. Willoughby claybroaS, rec
tor of St Mary's on-the-Highlands
Miss Patton was given TO be married
by ',sr uncle, Mr.. James Patton, with
whom she has made her home for four
years DR.. Leland's best man was Mr..
James Person of Fort Gibson, Miss.
There were no other attendants.
The bride was attired for travelling In
a smart blue tailored suit and a becom-
ing chapeau crowned with plumes. Her
flowers were valley lilies made into a
loose bouquet with a single pink rose
In the center She is extremely pretty
and In the sweet seriousness of her mood
was exceptionally winsome.
DR.. and Mrs. Leland left yesterday
morning for New FORK city, whence
they will sail Saturday on the steamship
Caledonia for Europe. He will spend the
next two years in study at the leading
hospitals of Paris, London and Berlin.
His bride has been very popular in
the younger set of this city and will be
sincerely missed. DR.. Leland is mem-
ber of one of the most prominent fam-
lies Of the state and is considered among
the leading young men of Alabama. lie
and the members of his family are well
known here through frequent visits. and
his sister, Miss Carrie Leland. who was
in the city for the wedding yesterday is
always popular visitor, coming often
for brief stay In the ]. A. VanlIoose
family. DIR. Lelands marriage has
aroused friendly interest throughout the
state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
LONG ACCOUNT OF
ADR|ANOPLE SIEGE
English Newspaper Depicts
Military Operations
Around Fortress

London, April 1.-THE Times publishes
long and critical account of the siege
and capture of Adrianople from corre-
spondent who visited that city ir1me-
diately after it was taken by the allies.
It shows that the defense of Adrianople
though stubborn was not as skillful
and spirited as had been supposed and
that the difficulties the Servians and Bull
garians had to overcome in the final as
sau1t have been very much exaggerated
The correspondent attributes the fall
OF the fortress in a great measure to lack
of spade work on the part of the Turks
and says that in the final assault the
main works were almost indefensible. The
infantry trenches on Arnutkeui ridge
were nothing more than field works that
q brigade of Indian infantry would have
been ashamed of.
when remember the Ladysmith de-
fenses and the Russian works which the
Japanese had to force at Lilo yang
continues the correspondent, "and COM
rare them with the parodies on military
engineering which were defended at
Adrianople for five months. nv opinion
is that Adrianople could and ought to
have been talten at any time during those
five months. Along the whole line of
barbed obstacles We're none of those
signs of desperate passage which those
who were in Manchurla win remember
in their dreams to their dying dav.
1.-The fortihcations in the positions
around Adrianople We're miserable In de-
sign and totally devoid of military acu-
men in their construction.
"The marvel is that the Bulgarian ar
tillery did not pound these batteries TO
pieces They apparently feared to get
into range of the Turks heavy guns
The correspondent thinks that it would
be kinder not to examine into the allies,
OFFICIAL estimates of the losses ON either
side in the final assault.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
CIVIC BODIES OF
SOUTH ARE ACTIVE
Steps Taken in Many Cities to Bring
New Industries to Various
Sections

Columbus, Ga, April 16.-(Special.)-Th
Industrial Index says this week:
The enterprise of trade bodies Is an
interesting feature of the southeastern
development news for the week closing
today. AT Jacksonville, Fla, a 100000
corporation is being organized by board
OF trade members to encourage the 1oca-
tion of new manufacturing plants in that
city. The Columbus, Ga, board of trade
is inaugurating a lively membership cam
pagn and plans to raise 5000 with which
to advertise and promote the business in
terests of the city The Huntsville, Ala.
commercial body is promoting the Or
ganization of company to operate
ferry across the Tennessee river, and the
board of trade at Northport. Ala. is
working for the construction of bridge
across the Warrior river and the establish
melf. of an electric railway between that
town and Tuscaloosa. The building of an
electric Railway between Rome, Ga, and
Gadsden, Ala, is being actively agitated
by the commercial bodies of the two cities.
"Civic enterprise continues TO be very
much in evidence and counties viii ex-
pend still more money for good roads.
NaHSdu county, f1Dflud, Will NVl6 bH tiic
issuance of $1S0000 of bonds for road con-
struction. Albany, Ca, will vote upon the
issuance of $4,000 of bonds for various i'm
provements; Rochelle, Ca, voted electric
lights and waterworks bonds. and the
citizens of Abbeville, Ga, authorized the
issuance of lighting plant bonds. Lyerly,
Ga, voted $4,000 of school bonds. Bids
are invited for constructing roads in Mar
shall, Dale and Lee counties, Alabama.
tr1tof snn - n fa
awarded during the week were: Hotel,
Daytona, Fla; s32, 7OS fraternal building,
Atlanta clubhouse, Waycross, Ga; $73,2OO
armory, Savannah Elks' building, Macon,g
Ga and $4,000 of street paving, Washing
ton, Ga.
Jacksonville, Fla. Pensaloca, Fla, and
West Point, Ca, will soon receive pro-
posals for street paving and Opelika, Ala,
opened bids this week for about 5000
yards of paving.
Among the manufacturing plants an
nounced are. Fire. apparatus plant, Tam
pa Fla; enlargement of power plant near
jackson, Ga; s150,00o structural iron plant,
Admission, Ala cotton oil mill and fertil-
izer factory, Tuscumbia, Ala; packing
factory, Plant City, Fla
Among the items of construction news
are: Proposals invited for erecting church
building, JJniontown, Ala, and new church
buildings for Macon, Ga, Northport, Ala,
and LaGrange, Ga, the latter $4,000
structure: factory building, Augusta, Ga;
apartment houses, Atlanta. Columbus and
Savannah, Ga, Jacksonville, Fla, and
Titusville. Fla; hotel. Coden, Ala; pas
senger stations, Lawrenceville, Ga; city
hall, Iithonia, Ga. hospital building, Sa-
vannah; three school buildings, Augusta.
Spalding county, Georgia, invites plans
for rex,,odeljng old courthouse into Jail.
New corporations of the week for three
states are "a in number with minimum
oanita1 stock of $691, ,S00.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
MRS. A. c. RAMSAY
HOSTESS FOR MISS WARE

Arranged as a final pre-nuptial COM
plinient to Miss Mary Ware was the de-
lightful luncheon yesterday at the Coun-
try club at which Mrs. A. C. Ramsay was
the hostess. Valley lilies and bridesmaid
roses made a significant decorative mo-
tive, and these blossoms marked the CEN
ter of the table about which the party
met.
Those whom Mrs. Ramsay included in
her luncheon party were Miss Ware, Mrs.
Paul Chalifoux, Miss Martha Robinson of
Richmond, Mrs. Albert Lynn of Pittsburg.
Mrs, Taylor Southgate, Mrs. Archie Glib
son, Mrs. Jelks Cabaniss, Mrs Hill Fer
guson. Mrs. Otto Foley of South Carolina,
Mrs. Anna Davies, Mrs. Ed Tutwiler, Miss
Sarah McLester, Miss Marjorie Weather
ly, Miss Elizabeth Wyman. Miss Marianne
Hamilton, Mrs. Frank Crockard and Mrs
Dick Hawkins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17

Has 1t ever occurred to you what 9
| kaleidoscope life the little manicure lady
leads?
Her days are Allied dealing with every
sort and condition of people from the
pretty budding debutante to the grouchy
old dowager, and tales of woe are told
to her as though she were a sort of "eon-
fesslonal"
Somebody has suggested that the mani
cure lady is the divinity that shapes our
ends" and while the ends referred TO
more specifically are the pink tipped fing-
ers and the prettily polished nails, there
is another which the divinity by a word
or a smile, a look or gesture, sometimes
is able to shape. and that end is the end
of some difficulty that we are up
against" when everything is going, wrong
and the whole world is at skies and
sevens
Over at Mrs. A. B. Dennerle's fashion,
able and well equipped hair dressing and
manicuring parlors there is a pretty little
manicure lady with big brown eyes and
wavy black hair, and the sweetest sort
of a smile, who is perfect joy to know.
Not only does she give the very best
and most up to date manicure, but she has
a great deal of personal charm, and be-
sides she is a woman who is doing
things"
Mrs. l.. p. Bush, for that is the little
manicure lady's name, is making a fine
reputation as a manicurist and she is
building her way up. and is one of the
cogs in the mighty wheel of life, shoulder
to shoulder with the brave women of this
day, who are forging forward and earn
ing their living by their ability, perse-
verance and determination.
A few days ago Mrs. Bush was talking
to me about very different side of life in
the manicure lady's existence than l had
ever thought of before.
Sometimes" said she, II wonder If
there is any place so teenlrng with oppor-
tunity to study human nature as the
manicurist shop? The different phases of
humanity with which come in contact
have made me a closer student than I've
ever been before. For instance, the other
day customer came in who has had the
very hardest luck tale to tell that you
ever heard of, by way-of apology for the
appearance of her hands and nails. She
hadn't had cook in two weeks and she'd
been doing the cooking herself, and
didn't doubt it, for her hands looked the
part. She was going to a card party that
afternoon and came in to have her nails
done. They were absolutely futed and
scalloped, the way she had cut them, she
remarked that she never used file, and
they were the color of stove polish they
were so black. l couldn't understand how
such pretty woman could possibly allow
her nails to get in such a condition, but
she had. and that settled it. 1t was up
to me to transform them into pretty, shin
Ing things, that would do her credit when
she played cards that afternooni few
days later she came back to me and told
be that her nails were admired so much
at the card party that she felt like ought
to know 1t and so she'd come to give
me the credit. Rather nice of her, wasn't t
it?"
Il suppose the men who have their nails
done are the most amusing feature of your
work. aren't them?" I asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
Answer to Query From Nj. A. B.

''Will you inform NJ. A. b. that the
lines or words she would Know are taken
from the poem %, Why Should the Spirit
of Mortal Be Proudp 1t was particular
favorite of Abraham Lincoln. 1t was
shown to him when a young man by
friend. and afterward he clipped 1t from
a newspaper and learned it by heart. Tie
said to a friend: Il would give great deal
to know who wrote it, but have never
been able to ascertain He was told in
1864 that the poem was written BY William
Knox. MRS. L. C. >.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
Way to Wash Comfortables

I see request for method of wash
ing cotton filled comfortables. | unite
mine in the morning and wash the covers
and dry, ironing while damp. Put right
back and knot far apart, which can be
all done within am hour and a half. Then
my comfortabes are ready to go back
upon the beds after dinner. This Is no
trouble and far better way than putting
the whole comfortable into tub of water.
That method takes from two to three
hours to dry. In making the quilts l use
the best of cotton and | would not think
of putting them into water when only the
cover Is really soiled IL this is of help
l may come again. MRS. GEORGE NJ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
BATTLESHIPS TO
SOUTHERN WATERS

Philadelphia, April 16.--The battle-
ships Minnesota and Idaho sailed from
the philadelphia navy yard today for
Mexico to relieve the battieshlps sir-
ginia, Georgia, Nebraska, New Jersey
and Rhode Island that have been sta
toned in southern waters during the
warfare in Mexico
liaved will proceed to Boston to pre-
pare for target practice. -,
The battleship Connecticut viii san
from the Philadelphia navy yard Tor
Mexico next Fr.day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
MRS. RHODES
LUNCHEON HOSTESS

About a dainty table yesterday at the
Country club met a party of IA friends of
Mrs. Rufus n Rhodes, invited in honor
of Mrs. Micajah Woods, Mrs. Lupton' S
mother and guest.
1t was an especially congenial party and
assembled under the most delightful con-
ditions, since Mrs. Woods is so very de-
lightful and interesting a woman. Those
whom Mrs. Rhodes invited to meet her
were Mrs David Roberts, Mrs. George r.
Ward, Mrs. Henry Fits, Mrs. Philip
Fits, Mrs. Henry Fits, Mrs. Ernest
Gaylor Mrs. r. o. Smith, Mrs. Rivers
Carter, Mrs. ]. D. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. e.
NJ. Tutwiler, Mrs. Hugh Stokely and Mrs.
Frank Y Anderson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
Formula for Washing Clothes

The following formula for washing
clothes was copied from a newspaper, and
1t may be of use to Mrs. N. c. N: A
can of potash. cents worth each of salts
of tartar and ammonia crystals, one tea
spoon borax. Dissolve in eight quarts OF
water. One-half teacup of this washing
fluid and one-half bar of soap shaved
are placed In a boiler of cold water The
clothes are put In and allowed to reach
the boiling point and little over This
fluid should be well mixed. A little kero-
sene added to the water In which the
clothes are to be boiled is simple and
harmless whitener also No odor will be
noticed after they are well rinsed and
dried MRS. X. e ).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
EVENTS OF TODAY

Mrs. Eugene Holmes will entertain the
Norwood Auction Bridge club.
Mrs Charles Ledbetter entertains at tea
in compliment to her sister, Mrs. Samuel
Neal Of Virginia.
Mrs. j. c. Scott and Mrs. Minto enter
tain at tea in compliment to Mrs. Alex
Minto of Canada.
Miss Mary Wares marriage to Mr.. ]. ].
Asbury will be an event of the evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
RECEPTION AT
HIGHLANDS METHODIST

A reception will be given Friday even
ing, April IS, at 8 o'clock, ut the High
lands Methodist church. Five Points. to
the 1870 new members received during
the recent membership campaign There
will be an informal programme and light
refreshments
Every member of the church Is expected
to attend, and the friends of the church
are most cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
Chile Con Carne

One pound red kidney beans, one-half
pound lean pork, six onions chopped fine,
one quart tomatoes one red chilli pepper,
one-half teaspoon red powdered pepper,
one teaspoon salt. Soak beans overnight
and cook them half an hour In morning.
Cook all together until meat is tender
Kindness of Mrs. A. NJ. d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17

field of Blossburg, Mrs William Dooly
of Cincinnati, Miss Annie May Wilmot
Of Inverness, Mimi, Mr.. Harold Silver
field, Mr. David Seldman and Mr.. Max
Seldman of Blossburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levine left last night
for Chattanooga to spend their honey
moon. They win make their home in
this city where Mr. Levine Is in busi-
ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
MISS LEMASTER AND MISS
STOLLENWERCk HONOREES

Miss Mary LeMaster of Memphis and
Miss Alice Stollenwerck of Baltimore
shared honors at the beautiful dinner ar
ranged last evening by Mrs. Frank b.
FowllSes at her home on Highland avenue.
Assembled about the pretty table with
Mr. and Mrs. FowllSes were Miss Stolen
werck, Miss LeMaster, Miss Helen Eustis.
Miss Lydia Eustis, Miss Gamallel Dixon,
Mr. Phifer Smith, Mr. Val Kolb Mr.. Sors-
by Jenison, Mr.. Joseph Mudd and Mr.. r.
A. Brown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
To Transfer Printed Pictures

Some time ago E. s. r. asked for a
recipe for transferring printed pictures.
Take one cup turpentine nearly full, as
much laundry soap as it will cut, shaved
fine; let stand 4S hours. Heat and strain.
Add one-half gallon buttermilk, strained
Mix together and shake before using. Use
wad of cotton to apply to print. Give time
to loosen. use blotter to take off sur
plus, and press on paper. linen. or wood,
etc. SUBSCRIBER"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
Expensive Parasols

Paris, April 1e.-Princess Louise Of
Belgium was condemned today by the
civil court here to pay $40 for dozen
parasols she bought between May II
and July 4. Isli, one for each of IL
dresses. The most expensive parasol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17

home of the brides grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Few, 119 Park avenue. No
cards were sent out. The bridal couple
will be at home after May I at 1880 Second
avenue. north
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
BY MARION HARLAND

water over the nuts. I have tried the
scheme and It works all right, but the nuts
must be left In the hot water long enough
TO soften the Shells and it is usually
necessary 10 pour over them second
supply of boiling water. A. M. u Is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
Recipe for Spanish Chicken


"E. A. asks for a recipe for Spanish
chicken. Try this: Select a roasting chick
en- about four pounds, cut into nine pieces.
wash and singe carefully: put on to cook
in water to slightly cover 1t. salt to
taste, boil and skim. Take one large
Spanish onion, two potatoes, three green
peppers, one stalk of celery (or German
celery roob. Chop together with a few
pepper corns. Crate four carrots: chop
one pint of tomatoes. When the chicken
has boiled until it lacks 40 minutes of
being done, add the chopped vegetables.
except the tomatoes. Cook for few
minutes, add the tomatoes and two coffee
cups of rice, steamed and faky. each
grain separate; then add one-quarter tea
spoon of curry powder and one-quarter
teaspoon paprika. Do not stir much after
adding the rice. as it breaks 1t. Serve
on large hot platter. Garnish with
parsley, placing the chicken on top. If
this dish Is served as directed it will suit
the taste of an epicure.
'ExPERIENCED."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
HELPING HAND HINTS FOR THE HOME

nails may be easily manicured If you will
take him to sunlit window and notice
the little red veins that run into his
nails. Trim the nails with a pair of fine,
sharp scissors Take care that you do
not go too close to the veins. NJ b."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-17
Tracing Old Poem

1.-The poem from which Mrs. c. I. s.
quotes is called Left on the Battlefield,
and can be found among the poems OF
Peace and War in Bryants Library of
Poetry and Song.
MRS. A. r. NJ