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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

Today is the last day of the cooking classes given by Mrs. Wilson, under the auspices of The Age-Herald, in the Mer- chants Permanent Exhibit hall.
 Hundreds of ladies will regret to see Mrs. Wilson leave, but all good things must end, so every one having profited by being in Mrs Wilson's classes can go to their homes this afternoon to put into practice the many wonderful and practical ideas that Mrs. Wilson has given to them during the week.
 It is the sincere wish of Mrs. Wilson and her associates to be in Birmingham next year, and as the guest of The Age Herald, because they consider this week to have been one of the most successful in their career
 One of the features yesterday was the Lady Baltimore Cake made by Mrs. Will son, and furnished by the Roller Cham pion people for the ladies present. The cake was lovely. decorated in chrysan . themurhs copied from baset filled with beautiful flowers, and given to Mrs Will son by the Roller Champion people.
 Mrs Wilson has discovered at Folkes X Wyatt the juice of white grapes mixed with ginger, which Is called Cham pagneale. which she recommends very highly for punch fruit salads or in fact in any place where a fruit juice is needed. At Tanners market is a fruit called Pink Giapefruit' which is really pink in color Ihts makes a beautiful combination in fruit salads. Also the melons which are at Tanners are splendid, and will not be in season much longer
 Deserts Will be the demonstrations to- day, Newsome's furnishing ice cream with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

| gether with three others. but so fal will give nothing out on the subject. The revival services which are being held at the Ensley Baptist church by the Rev. Austin Crouch are being well at tended and number of conversions have alreaay been mace. Tie services will continue through next week with two ser vices daily, one at 10:30 o'clock in the morning and the other at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. In connection with the re- vival a special children's service will be held this afternoon at o'clock at the church. All the children or the Bnsley district are invited to attend
 There will be an important meeting oi the Fairview Woman's Christian union this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home or Mrs. H. H. Thomas. This is the last meeting of the union prior to the state convention which meets next week in Birmingham, and good attendance is urged At this time delegates to the convention will be selected and several other matters will be taken up.
 Capt M. J. Donlan, head of the Ems ley police department, is on his 10-days' vacation after handling the crowds at the Alabama State Fairgrounds. The crowds were handled this year, it is stated. better than they ever have been before, and only two persons were arr rested during the entire fair. Captain Donlan is being highly complimented Tor his efficient work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
TODAY IS FINAL DAY OF MRS. WILSON'S
 COOKING SCHOOL AT EXHIBIT BUILDING

which to make ice cream croquete, also
 candies of all kinds. The paper for the
 tubes will also be given today and Mrs Wilson is very anxious to have every
 lady in the class to fold and cut a tube
 to have ready for making flowers. The
 Alabama cake. which has been especially designed by Mrs. Wilson, and has never | before been made for the Alabama peo-
 pie, will be the feature of today.
 The Birmingham Railway, Light and
 Power company is giving coupon worth $2 on the purchase of a gas stove to any | lady attending the cooking classes.
 Two private lessons will be given by
 Mrs. Wilson Saturday. One from 10 to
 12 in the morning and one from 1 to | in the afternoon. These lessons are $25C
 for one or $4 for both. In the private
 lessons Mrs Wilson tries to give just | what the ladies want most.
 Two things that have especially at | tracted attention during the week are | the flavors to the various delicious dishes and the exquisite colors of desserts,
 salads and cakes. A6sroup of interested
 women fingered long after the lecture | Thursday to discuss this with Mrs. Will | son for it seems taht not all extracts will stand the heat test and still be deli- cate and palatable and so many of the coloring fluids used for icings and so on | fade out after being exposed to the lights. In reply to much eager question: ing Mrs. Wilson told the housewives that she had found just what she wanted in a southern manufacturing firm, Greever & Lotspach. Knoxville. Tenn. makers of Blue Ribbon extracts of such a superior excellence that Mrs. Wilson has adopted both extracts and coloring matter for exclusive use-Bue Ribbon extracts and Blue Ribbon coloring fluid-and Mrs. Will son saysEshe has thoroughly tested both and finds the goods will uphold the high standard set forth in the name Blue Rib bon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

on cake making as she deftly mixed and baked chocolate cake for the audience. One ingredient she is stressing with much emphasis is the milk that goes into cakes. She told the women if they would use, as she does, Bordens condensed milk and evaporated cream. results would be more sure. If you can always have milk and cream that is perfectly clear and sweet and pure, why should you risk anything else I have tested Borden's and know what I am talking about Mrs. Wilson explained that she not only made her cakes with Borders milk, put used it in the dainty, flavorous cream soups and sauces she has demonstrated during the week and tht have delighted Birmingham housewives. Mrs Wilson was asked question that she answered with characteristic thoroughness One lady present said, Mrs. Wilson when giving out your recipes why do you al- ways say Royal baking powder. Don't you allow us any choice in this ingredi- ent?
 No said this very famous cook. IT couldn't conscientiously do so. I often wonder when housekeepers will learn the importance of this item. Most of them seem to think that because the quantity used is small. that the quality doesn't matter, but I want every lady present
 
 use Royal baking powder exclusively, but that I can recommend nothing else.'
 She told her hearers that the baking powder breads that had pleased them so much were. as they knew. made with Royal as were her cakes, but she gave them new and valuable hint by telling them that it was necessary to first-class chocolate cake. Mrs Wilson says, and every woman in Birmingham is convinced she knows, that nothing gives the rich mahogany tint a chocolate should have as does Royal baking powder, and that this ingredient should be always included in making chocolate cakes, is the advice Of Mrs. Wilson.
 New inventions are always of inter- est to housewives and doubly so when one combines safety and economy. There was a gas stove attachment demon- strated yesterday al the lecture which is a splendid one in it's line and will be a necessity to every owner of gas stove once 1t is known. This contrivance is nckle plated piece which fastens by means of hinges just in front of the gas cocks. While the stove is in use this hinged bar is down so as to be out of the way-when cooking is done. simply turn the bar up, and push stop-that locks the gas cocks, making it impossi- ble to light the stove until it is down again and eliminating all chance of leak age This very small contrivance is won derful in results. and Mrs. Wilson gives it her unqualified approval.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
NEWS OF ENSLEY

The Ensley club has renewed it's eff forts in the fight to have the Warrior river road run through this city and a committee of Ensley citizens will go be- fore the board of revenue this morning in the interest of the proposed road. Two new members were appointed on the committee at the last meeting. They are ]. A. Dupuy and C. c. Brul<e, who wieh M. H. Mcdowell Dr. E. w. Averyt
 Henry Keller. l. A. Millar and D. M
 Lewis. compose the committee. The mem bers of the committee nave selected one of the most direct routes to the War rior river which runs through Pratt City, Ensley. Wylam to Maxine It is stated that the roads to this point are in good condition, and would need comparatively small improvement as to any other route that has been selected. rhe board of revenue has had the route surveyed. to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
The Age-Herald Cooking School In Auditorium
NO FURTHER ACTION
 IN THE COHEN CASE

Charleston, s. C., October 21.-No fur ther official action had been taken to- night regarding the death of Sidney J. Cohen, and the wounding of four other persons during a shooting affrsy in the rooms of the city democratic executive committee here October 15. A coroner s jury early today returned a noncommit- tai verdict, after examining some 30 per- sons present at the shooting, which fol- lowed a bitter election fight.
 Henry J. Brown and Edward R. Me Donald, accused by the police in connec- tion with the shooHng, remained In iail tonight pending orders of the circuit court. No steps were taken today to release them.
 Two companies of militia were kept in their armory here tonight but outwardly there was no need for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
Johnson Gets Auto

Roy Johnson, 2226 Thirty-sixth avenue, north, was given the automobile offered by the Equal Suffrage association Mr Johnson was holder of the coupon which was selected at the Lyric theatre by Lew Dockstader. MT. Johnson went to church Wednesday night and while com ing out threw his tickets away. Yester- day morning when he saw the announce ment he returned to the churchyard and found the ticket which he presented yes- terday. MT. Johnson is r years old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
Oates Goes to Mobile

Montgomery, October 21.-Special.)-Dr William H. Oates, state prison inspector left tonight for Mobile, where he will confer with officials relative to he en- forcement of the new child labor laws passed at the present session of the legislature. pr. Oates will spend several days in Mobile and at other places in south Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22
German Fishing Fleets
 Driven From North Sea

London, october 21.-The British fleet hunting German trawlers in the North sea, especially on Dogger bank, has driven German fishing fleets from the North sea, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange telegraph. As result, the message adds, the price of fish in Germany is going up and the price of fish in Sweden is rising in sym pathy.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
TO PREVENT LOSS
FROM SOIL EROSION

Loss from soil erosion in the
South has been found to be a most
important factor in that sections
agriculture, by investigators of the
department. The loss, in fact, is
said to be greater in that than in
any other section of the country,
and whatever hilly land is used for
crops, Investigators urge that meas
ures for preventing further damage
be adopted. The results Of the in
vestigation have just been published
by the department as Bulletin No.
1870, "Soil Erosion in the South"
This bulletin also contains a study
of the problem of erosion in gener-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01

only beans and tomatoes during the
fall and summer. Miss Farrar, how
ever, having grown these crops put
in onions during the winter which
she sold at a good profit early in
February. She then proceeded to
plant cabbages which brought her
an income during April and May,
while peas were her main crop in
June. This brought her back to the
tomato and bean season and round
ed out year of profitable vegetable
growing.
Another young woman found
peach orchard into which hogs had
been turned. She took her Gamer
with her and established herself in
the orchard to save what was left
from the hogs, and made $50 in
one week. Similar instances have
demonstrated the possibilities Of
saving waste in that section and
there has been a more general in
terest exhibited not only by the
farmers daughters but by many of
their wives.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
APRIL SHOWER

Mrs. viii A. McTeer arranged a
unique bridal shower for her daugb
ter-in-law, Mrs. Maurice Wilson at
the Wilson home KozEnuK, on
Main Street last Thursday nipht.
Mr.. and Mrs, Wilson arrived from
from Concord in the afternoon. and
were invited to supper at the Me
Teer home. While the meal was in
progress the guests, twenty-five in
number, assembled at KozEnuK.
An excuse was made to induce the
bride and GROOM to go to their home,
and when the lights were turned on
the guests were fo"~d, A number
Of very pretty and useful presents
were included in the shower. Be
cause Of the surprise feature it was
impossible to ARRANGE decorations,
but refreshments had been planned,
and these we're served After y
short social visit the guests left
wishing Mr., and Mrs, Wilson d long
and happy married life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
ODD BITS OF NEWS

Selinsgrove, PA hog owned
by Mason Hoover became enrag-
e ed because a COW ate some of its
food and killed the cow.
Udall, Kan.-H. c. Hall, farmer,
unearthed a petrifed human skull
on his farm near here. Experts say
it is more than 10000 years old.
Panama City, FLA printer
found a chunk of ambergris in the
bay here the other day. 1t weighed
9 pounds six ounces and sold for
$1,000.
Hyde Park, William Ru-
pert caught a magpie in Cimarron,
N. NJ. and made a pet of it. He
moved here, bringing the bird with
him. The bird escaped from its
cage and flew back to his old home,
more than 1000 miles. 1t made the
trip in less than three days.
Hutchinson, KAMA mouse short
circuited the electric wires here re-
Gently and for hours the town was
without power or light.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
GIRLS AID FARMERS
TO DIVERSITY CROPS

Washington, ID. G., Aprl. D.:
Daughters of Southern farmers,
who have been members of the Uni
ted States Department of Agricul-
lures garden and canning clubs
have been able to give their fathers
practical demonstrations of the val
ue of crop diversifcation during the
present bad cotton year. The actual
products which the girls have put
up are proving an invaluable asset
in many farm homes where the cot
ton crop has not brought the Gus
tomary returns and many farmers
are now substituting whole acres of
onions and tomatoes in place of cot
ton after seeing the success which
the young women have made with
these crops.
A conference of the women
agents from Is Southern States is
in progress in the United States
Department of Agriculture's Office
of Farmers Cooperative Demonstra-
ton Work in the South. Fifteen wo-
men agents are present, each re-
presenting a State in addition to the
members of the Office who have
charge of the work. These agents
supervise the work of 1863 county
agents who direct the work Of 49,
420 girls. Data of some of the
State reports given here is merely
an indication of the general inter
est that is being taken more and
more throughout the whole South in
the enhancement work.
TENNESSEE GIRL DIVERSIFIES CROPS
Madge Farrar has proved the
ps ssibilities of growing crops all the
year round in her State. By raising
and selling vegetables throughout
the year she made a net profit Of
$131.62, while the second best girl,
who also did good work but did not
diversity, made 5000 profit. The
girl with the second average grew
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
STEEL TRAINS FOR
SOUTHERN TRAVELLERS

Atlanta, Ga, February 27,--
Eight of the most important
through passenger trains of South
ern Railway have recently been
equipped with all steel, electric
lighted cars of the most modern de-
sign, 81 cars just received from the
builders having been placed in serv-
ice.
The trains to which this equip
ment was assigned are: Nos. l and
2, the Royal Palm, between Jack
sonville and Chicago, Nos. and g.,
the "Florida Special, between
Jacksonville & Cincinnati; Nos. Is
and IA, the "Ohio Special" between
Jacksonville and Cincinnati; Mes. IS
and 2G, the "Memphi3 Special, Lo-
tween Washington and Memphis;
Nos. 20 and 30, the Birmingham
Special, between Washington and
birmingham; Nos. 35 and So, the
"U. S. Fast MaiP', between Wash
ington and New Orleans; Nos. 81
and 80, the Southeastern Limited,
between Washington and Jackson
vile; Nos. 43 and A between
Washington and Atlanta; and Nos.
27 and %, the Carolina Special,
between Charleston and Cincinnati
Nos 81 and SO, the New York, At
lanta, and New Orleans Limited,
is an all-Pullman train and has
been all-steel since the introduction
of steel cars.
The steel-frame cars, formerly
used in these trains, have been
transferred to other through trains,
releasing steel-underframe cars to
be placed in strictly local trains, re-
leasing wooden equipment
All this new equipment is in addi-
ton to the seven steel dining cars
recently placed in service and has
been provided in line with the pol
icy of Southern Railway Company |
to give its patrons the advantage
of every possible protection and |
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
FACTS THAT COUNT

In New York there are as many
Italians as in the city of Rome;
there are more Italians in Philadel-
phia than in Florence; Chicago,
Pittsburg, Baltimore and Boston
have Italian populations equal to
those of cities of the size of Peru
gia, Parma, Padua and Syracuse.
A number of the Indian Christian
women are busy knitting for the
soldiers at the front. The mission
aries of the church of Scotland,
Eastern Himalayan Mission state
that it is wonderful how this war
with all its horrors is uniting all
parts of the empire and all sections
of the community in eager service.
A gospel hall was opened in To-
kyo on the grounds of the great
Taisha exposition Seventy thousand
tracts were given out in a single
week.
March 20, 1915, was set apart as
"Children's Day for Home Mis-
sions," by the Southern Presbyter-
ian church
Japansese elementary schools en-
roll 100000 pupils, employ 1872
900 teachers, 10000 of whom are
women. About 80 per cent of all the
boys and 81 per cent of all the
girls in the empire of school going
age attend school, Teachers are
paid So month.
During the recent visit of Mr..
Sherwood Eddy to Changsha, as
many as 1000 students turned out
to hear him on a single day. Over
$500 men and women signed cards
to enter Bible classes. All but 240
of these were men.
Russia's population is increasing
at the rate of 100000 a year, it is
said. 1t now stands at about 147,-
100000, of which about 100,000,000 |
are peasants.
China in 1913 exported goods
valued at $294,413,0 49.
1t is said that the girls in Vassar
college alone spend $4,000 each
session on dances, class suppers and
other entertainments.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
SPECIAL RULES
FOR CORRESPONDENTS

Here are ten rules for country
correspondents. They are prepared
by an experienced newspaper man
Cut them out and keep them. Then
try to make your next letter to the
Enterprise conform will all of the
rules:
/. Do not abbreviate Do not
write Mr.. & Mrs, but Mr.. and
Mrs; not Mon. or Sat. but Monday
or Saturday.
2. Leave space between items for
correction or additions.
8. Give both initials. Write C. H.
Brown instead of Mr.. C. Brown.
4. Write important subjects fully.
Do not dismiss the death of a well
known pioneer in half a dozen
words, but write something of in
terest concerning him. If suicide or
murder give all the details you can
get.
5. Have verbs agree with SUBJ
jects. Don't say Mr.. and Mrs. B.
was, but Mr.. and Mrs. B. were Mr..
and Mrs. B. may be one scripurally
But they are two dramatically.
6. Don't use nicknames. Use
James Brown instead of jim
Brown, Edward instead of Ed.
7. Give the time in an item. Mr.
Brown was in Lansing, the house
burned down, are incomplete. Tell
when things happened.
8. Divide words correctly. Don't
divide such words as enough,
9. Don't send articles rejecting
upon the character of individuals or
firms. The newspaper is not look
ing for libel suits; neither does it
care to right your personal wrongs.
10. Write your name and town at
top of page. Last but most impor-
tant rule of all. 1t is most ESSENTIAL
that the newspaper know from
whom the news is received and
from what place.
Important suggestion, though not
a rule: Carefully look over your
your news after it is published and
note what changes had to be made.
While the ten rules given above
ire important as relating to written
Jews, yet there is one rule super
iedes them all-Telephone really
news at once.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
THE BOY WHO
CAN DREAM

1t is a good thing for the farmer
boy to have an Imagination. 1t is d
good thing for him to dream
dreams and see visions" 1t takes a
dreamer to see the transformation
that intelligent effort will bring to
pass on the old place. 1t takes
dreamer to see how much more de-
sirable that place will be in ten
years than a job in a dry goods
store.
1t is the boy who dreams who
sees a field of thrifty alfalfa where
that stunted yellow corn is growing
on the timber forty. 1t is the boy
who dreams who sees those hungry
looking cows with burrs in their
tails replaced by herd of dairy
matrons that tax the capacity of
the milk cans at every milking. 1t
is the boy who dreams who sees
waving corn field where the cat
tails are growing, who sees a woven
wire fence in place of the old
hedge, and a new barn where the
COW shed is falling to pieces.
We need more dreamers on the
farm.-PrGirie Farmer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01
MaryviIle, Tenn.

al, which will be of interest to all
farmers in hilly or rolling country.
Terracing is recommended as the
best and most efficacious method of
controlling erosion. 1t should be
supplemented, however, by deep
blowing and the addition Of organic
matter to the soil whenever these
measures are possible. Water run
ming rapidly over the surface will
carry with it particles of the soil
and the faster it runs the more soil
it will carry. In the course of
year the amount of earth that is
thus removed reaches colossal pro-
portions. Biologists have estimated
that the rivers of the United States
annually carry to the sea soil ma
terial to the amount of 783,000,000
tons. In localities where this erosion
is carried on to an advanced stage
the quality of the soil is greatly i'm
paired, a large part of the soluble
DStANo Stl Z ACIllONCNIS Vic SUI lace SO1IS
are often washed down to the low
lands, outlying so defaces the land
that it becomes difficult to cultivate,
and the loss in organic matter fire.
quently causes the field to be aband-
ed as too poor for profitable agrl-
culture. In the South, it is said,
erosion is the chief cause of the |
abandonment Of land and in some
sections has caused so per cent Of
the arabic land to lie idle
All methods of preventing soil
erosion are directed toward lessen
ing the -amod1t that sinks into the
soil. If all Tie water that falls on a
given area were absorbed by the
soil there would be no erosion. For
this reason vegetation is useful be-
cause it checks the flow Of water
and thus affords more time for the
absorption. Hence the movement for
the more general use of cover crops
i'll the South. In addition to retard-
ing the flow Of water, such crops
keep the soil more or less open by
the penetration of their roots and in
this way further facilitate absorp-
ton. Deep blowing produces some
what the same effect, but does not,
of course, add any organic matter
to the soil which promotes the gran
ulation of the soil particles, and
thus produces larger spaces between
the particles for the water to sink ,
through.
Terracing, the use of cover crops.
and deep blowing will unquestion- ]
ably greatly diminish the loss fron.
erosion. 1t is unquestionable, accord
ng to the investigators, that it will
pay to do this On moderate slopes
n the Piedmont region of North
Carolina the decrease in crop values
alone due to erosion has been est
mated at SO an acre yearly, making
| total annual of over $2,0OO,OO0.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-04-01

The fact that there are many billy
farms where erosion has lS.en stop
ped indicates both that this loss is
in a measure unnecessary, and that
in certain areas it must amount at
present to far more than the So an
acre already mentioned as an aver
age.