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WINTER DOUBLES WORK

In summer the work of eliminating poisons and acids from the blood is helped by precipitation. In cold weather, with little out door work or exercise to cause sweating, the kidneyc have to do double work. Foley Kidney Pills help overworked, weak and diseased kidneys to filter and cast out of the blood the waste matter that causes pains in sides or back. rheumatism, lumbago. stiff ness of joints, sore muscles and other ills resulting from improper elimina- ton. For sale by all druggists.
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Ensley High school under the auspices of the High School Improvement associa- tion.. The hours are 1:30 to 10:30 and the social occurs in the library Of the school.
 AIr. Charles Wesley McEwen of Rock ford, Ala, and Miss Matte Moore were quietly married at the home of the bride S mother, Mrs. S. l.. Moore 2116 North Thirty-ffth avenue, Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. The bride wore a becoming suit of Copenhagen blue and carried pink Killarney roses. Miss Madge Waldrop, the brides niece, played the wedding march. Rev. l.. s. Stansell, pastor of the Mt. Vernon NJ. F.. church. performed the cer- emony in the presence of the immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. McEwen left inn mediately for their home in Rockford, Ala.
 Mir. E. l.. McGhee of Butler, Ga, has returned to Butler, Ga, after a visit to his brother in Pratt City
 The Rev. J. E. Boyd has returned to Florence after visit to Rev. and Mrs. W. T. McGlaun.
 Mrs J. R. Maclley and Mrs. w. L. Low cry have returned to Pelham after visit ing Mrs. !. l.. Little.
 Miss Bertha Forshce has gone to Adamsvile to visit Miss May Edwards.
 Miss Jennie May Scott of Jacksonville, Fla, is visiting relatives in Pratt City.
 Mir. and Mrs ". w. Ferguson have gone to Philadelphia to spend several weeks.
 At the home of Mrs. F.. l.. Bridges in Thomas. the women of East Thomas Bap- tist church gave a pleasant entertain ment last evening. Fifty young people were present and games and music were enjoyed.
 Mrs. Claud DeHart and little son have returned to Louisville after visit to Mrs F. O. Edney.
 Mrs. C. s. Bicker of Chattanooga is the guest of friends in Inglenook this week The Neighborhood club of Woodlawr met yesterday with Mrs. Ernest Bliss and spent the afternoon in embroidering and other types of fancy work Salad was served to the l5 members. Mrs. John I<ilgo who has been i'll al St. Nincents hospital has recovered suf- ficiently to be removed to her home. Mrs Thomas Reese of Quitman. Ga, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. M. A Maus.
 Mrs. ]. C. Jones of Demopoli is the guest of her son, MT. Emmet Jones, or Princeton avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. John Schlerhaus of Tus- caloosa are guests of MT. and Mrs. John Powell in West End.
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 the rival merits of American Indigo blue American shirting print Amer ican red Washington print and the rest?
 Have you noted the clerks assurances of fast colors' and have you seen the country 'belles" in conclave over the simplicity of checks that were small and the relative style of checks that were larger"
 And you have noticed how fresh and pretty these country girls looked in their simple gowns of cotton print and their pink or blue gingham sunbonnets with calico curtains and "ruffes?"
 Have you ever drifted about the guests 'color scheme of log cabn,' and blazing star handmade quilts wrought out of fast" calicoes?"
 If you have you still possess a modicum of affection for cotton prints calicoes and the like-that will make the prospect hardship.
 Given such experiences you know the fascinating possibilities tucked away in these home-manufa ctured fabrics The southern women have shown their loyal patriotism by complying heartily made about cotton since the recent war began and in nearly every southern city a cotton ball" has been held the
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MRS. P. E. BOWERS
 TO GIVE LUNCHEON

In compliment to Mrs. B. H. HarGa way of Columbus, Ga, Mrs. Philip E. Bowers will be a luncheon hostess Wednesday al the Country club, enter taining a party of eight
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EPISODES OF SOCIETY
 MENTIONED IN BRIEF
MT and Mrs McDavd Give Dance at Roebuck Springs for Their Niece-Mrs Morris Hostess at Bridge-Social Events Compliment Visitors-Prospective Al
 fairs-Notes- -Personals-Announcement
By MYRTLE MILES

Major. Mr Lamont Major, Mr. Robert Major MT. Francis Brown Of the Univer- sity MT. Lee Allen Brooks. Mir Bates Whatley. MT Emory Avant, MT. Howard Fulenwider MT. Leslie Fulenwider Mr. John Sharpe Gillespy, MT. James Gill lespy, Mr. Ravee Norris, Mir. Alwyn Lewis MT. Lonnie Munger, Dr. Garber and others
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Tells a Glad Story

The woman whose address you sent gave me a nice lot of clothing for baby also a pretty hat for myself and hat for my husband. for which we are very thankful ANNA B.
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Mrs. Owne Gillespy, Mrs. Roy Knight, Mrs. Chalmers Moore. Mrs. I. Groom Beatty, Miss Myrtle Miles, Mrs. Tom Stobert, Mrs. Ed Wilkinson, Mrs. Paul Gorham, Mrs. Clarence Mason, Mrs. E.. M. Mason, Mrs. John Jemison, Jr., Mrs. Lewis Morris, Miss Susie Whitside, of Salisbury, N. C.. Mrs. Beach Chenoweth, Mrs. George Yancey, Mrs. A. B. Harris Mrs. Edward H. Cabanss, Jr., Mrs. Clara Brown of Youngstown, O.; Mrs John C. Henley, Jr.. Mrs. w. A. Quinn.
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.dEsnAr1rx:S1 IPHLOSOPHH1

Ole Miss, dar's CT lot uv Wimmin Folks dat don't un- derstan' dat dey don't have ter Nick Talk ter fascinate de average man, all dey've got ter do is ter Nick Eyes !! YaSSunl.
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Mrs ]. C. Jones of Demopoli is the guest of her son, MT. Emmet Jones, on Princeton avenue.
 Mr. and Mrs. John Schlerhaus of Tus- caloosa are guests of MT. and Mrs. John Powell in West End.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18

horrible efficiencies and increduuties Of
science. For that Is the true meaning OF
this war: the contest Of science against
faith. Of the concrete against the abstract,
OF world Of formulate and equations against
world OF mystery and fancy and art
The foundation OF Venice was caused BY
the invasion Of the older Huns-the Huns
who could not help being barbarians OF the
lowest class because they never had had the
chance to. be civilized. They came raging
and ravaging down into Italy, and the
people OF Aquileia fed from their fury and
took refuge on the islands among the
iagoons, where they founded first Torcello
and then Rialto (afterward called Venice).
Iorceilo still remains. like a stranded vessel
OF an ancient type, upon its sandbank with
churches that look older than they are, but
yet. are ancient enough. The soil of Tor
colo yields carved stones that may have
come from hquileia itself, and below them
yet older antiquities, going back even as far
as the days when Mediterranean commerce
was In the hands Of the Mycenaean people,
Venice. Torcello, Murano, Malamocco
!Chioggta-how they sing through ones
memory. Fort these places capture the az
lection OF every one as no other place can.
Even Italy cannot rival them elsewhere
Florence. Rome, Capri. Palermo. lovely and
1air as they are. possess mo equal fascina.
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Eight shock would send the irreplaceahle
Leaning Tower topping to the ground, shape
less heap Of stoneh Extraordinary care has
therefore been taken to preserve 1t from injury.
Rome presents The two most conspicuous
marks In Europe to a hostile aircraft One ia
ST. Peters. the largest cathedral The other IS
the Vatican. the largest palace. Would the
enemy dare to attack them7 The Vatican
authorities are apparently assuming that these
buildings will be treated as neutral.
In the Vatican galleries are the greatest
treasures OF painting and sculpture In the
world Among them. for instance are Raphaers
stupendous masterpiece. 1.-THE TRANSPORTATION"
and the superb statue called THE Apollo Belye.
dere."
The ANTIQUITIES OF Rome are perhaps dearest
blow to them II the enemy should damage the
buildings on the Capitoltne HILL, the centre OF
Roman Government IN all ages. There among
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No interior In the world can compare with
that Of St Marks for splendor. The sub.
dued iuStre OF gold, the rich harmony OF
color in marble, porphyry and glass, the
bronze lamps and doors, the fine sculpture
in many materials-all are rich, all are
rare. and every detail Is historically inter
esting II We could know whence came and
who brought each marble panel or porphyry
shaft which now finds it's almost perfect po-
sition in the complex whole, We should by
them alone be able to form a catalogue OF
the great men and the great deeds of Venice
Yet even more wonderful than the objects
themselves is the art whereby they. have
been combined into this incredible whole.
this matchless unity, this summary Of the
passions and strivings and alterations of
half thousand years. and those the cen.
turtles that included the crusades and the
great age Of chivalry, and. the making OF
Europe.
Now st. Marks as we'll as Hagia Sophia
is imperilled by the curse of this deadly war
IN which are opposed in a life and death
struggle the two everlastingly hostile ideals
1.-The Ideal that made such things as ST
Marks and Rheims, and, indeed. ell that is
falr and lovely and of good report in Europe
ana America, and the ideal that would care.
!essly destroy all such things and replace
kaem- D.. laboratories and. factories and tho
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IL epoGo Of Byzantine 'splendor. the
PRESSING the revived glories OF the
Renaissance But whereas Hagis
fas built al ono effort St Marks
|nwth Two earlier churches stood
lely on It's site The third ts more
han eNher Tho brick core OF It.
IN abopt the time Of our Norman
and from that day till the ak.
century almost every generation
the beauty and wealth of the monu.
Therevdr victorious Venetian fleets
,d>they brought home some precious
|Asone- finely carved capitals. or
b objects to be. built into the shrine
own Evangelist" IL they plum.
was not after. Teutonfc fashion for
bn's sake. but in order to create.
Tx walls OF st. Marks are now
fvereai with fair. marbles, many Of
lid win sculpture or mosaic.
|sade Is adorned by scores OF col.
caritals. some of them OF exceed.
|sss. The interior vaults are wholly
| b nofaic All the affairs, the
/ q prlpits, the galleries, are pre-
In no other church, and many, OF
Fe icore from unrecorded eastern
Som ines they are built, up. out OF
/. preserved and reused in new
|ons ana haLyspeSsble in their. re:
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countless other antiquities, stands tho statue Of
the Emperor Marcus Aureliu6 satd TO be the
finest and most valuable bronze etakue In exis-
tence. This occupies very conspicuous and
exposed position, and great care will be taken
TO- protect 1t with sandbags
1t Is perhaps scarcely to be feared that an
attack will be made on the ruins Of ancient
Pompeii. because the place is comparatively re-
mote. and 1t has practically no population: But
the guardians OF Pompeii are taking precautions
to protect the most vulnerable and precioua part
OF the ruins. Such centres OF interest as "The
House OF the Centenarian." which is a wonderful
revelation Of ancient Pompeiian life. will be
guarded against attack.
The whole problem of defending the ar.
treasures OF Italy has been thought out and
dealt with In q manner that will excite the
admiration Of the world in after years when
tourists are once more docking to tho land OF
immortal beauty.
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A
Photograph
Of the
Removal
Of the
Priceless
Stained
Glass
Windows
Of the
Milan
Cathedral,
Which
Are
Now
Stored
Safely
Away.


liable to become commonplace In these Dan.
gerously material days. We no sooner be.
come conscious of what seems TO be a
mystery than we must needs examine and
drive the mystery away; and with the mys.
terry gone romance vanishes also. What q
loss! For life has nothing 30 precious to
give as romance, which is a state of mind
the very reverse OF scientific understanding.
1t Is easy now to realize that the culminu-
ton, OF the beauty of Venice must have
come ABOUT the beginning OF the sixteenth
century, at which time the Hungarian, AL
bert Durer, spent a year within it, and we
possess the letters he then wrote home to
his friends. In none Of them does he make
any reference to the beauty OF Venice. Yet
II IT is glorious now in its decay what must
II nave been then. when it WAS alive with an
art inspired folk. splendidly dressed and
magnificent In their ways OF life and their
almost continuous ceremonials Even the
Renaissance was splendid in Venice and left
fne old work respectfully unframed. That
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period was followed by one OF sordid neglect
and Indifference which lasted almost down
to the days or Ruskin.
And now all is in peril ut Venice as at
ConstantinopIe. and any day we may hear
OF some CHASTITY tragedy-a bomb on st.
Marks. shell in the Doge's Palace, a tor
pedo under the Rialto. Such knowledge is
not ours only but still more keenly realized
by our Italian allies. 1t will add strength
TO their patriotism and will make them yet
more determined 70 conquer and keep the
bated enemy off their sacred soil. That
they may be enabled SO to do will be- the
prayer >of every lover Of things beautiful.
With Rheims and Louvain for object les,
sons. we have had proof enough OF what
Teutonic "kultur" holds to be consistent
with its ideas OF civilization. True civilza-
ton and kultur are poles asunder, and the
one Is essentially hostile to the other.
Venice Is the most glorious and perfect
shrine OF all that is best In human achieve
ment,. Civilization stands. for that. , =.
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ton, nor docs Como, nor the Alps, nor
Geneva's lake. nor the cathedral cities Of
France, love them 90 we may. Venice Is
above and beyond them all, the very centre
and kernel OF the beauty OF the world.
day in Venice is an epoch in the lifetime OF
any really living person, anyone not wholly
dead to beauty, anyone with a eoul not al
together arophied. That wonderful lagoon.
SO sunny. so still. with the graceful boats
strewp about and the matchless tower of
st. George and the Campanile reflected to
left and right in the mirror OF tho land.
locked sea!
The incredible fascination OF the Doge's
Palace, with It's tessellated wall, family pink.
above the lace-like interlacings of the WON
derful colonnade. which Ruskin revealed to
the admiration OF the world! How it all
draws together and leads the gliding gon.
dola on to the mouth OF the Grand Canal.
that water highway fringed with palaces
where sea and city meet and blend! Palace
after palace. Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance,
succeed one another, each like the home OF
q fairy prince. glttering with broken re-.
fected lights from below.
Here there is little garden where pinks
blossom on the parapet and oleanders peep
over the walls. And there Is little court.
yard with its carved well-head in the midst,
and other little palaces looking down upon 1t
all around. Everywhere Is some attractive
DETAIL some bit Of exotic carving framed
aloft on q house facade, nero writhing,
perhaps. Of two clasped beasts. or a couple
Of birds flanking vase, or a Byzantine EN-.
peror within q round medallon-spoil from
some far away Victory which the owner of
the palace brought home and affixed for
remembrance of great deed of war.
The little canals. too, with their endless
bendings and twinings, how delightful they
are! Each house that Is reflected In them
different from its neighbor. different in date.
IN style, In size-answering the special
needs and likings Of q particular man or
family and no other. What glimpses we
get through door and window into dark.
mysterious passages and chambers. within
which surely no ordinary men and women
can dwell! Here, II anywhere, should be
the home OF romance, OF the unexpected, the
unusual. the nntmagined.
That, after all, Is the keynote OF Venice
to the foreigner-Romance! II we were to
live there. It would go. no doubt. as 1t is
liable to vanish from tho Alps and the sea
and the desert when we become too familiar
with them. The worst OF living too long
."d seeing too much is that everything u
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or Ruined Belgium to Guard Her Treasures and Antiquities
and Aeope and the Terribly Destructive Shells of Modern Warfare

monument In honor Of the supreme poet OF .tASir
rnos Dante.
Tho AostrtAns, II a. said. have mined me
statue Of Dante with high explosives. When
the capture; Of Trent by the Italians seems In.
esitaole, Dante will fly up In thousand mag.
mepts. and his marble remains may in1ure some
Of his admirers. who contributed to his statue.
Fortunately the monument is modern one
ne. most exquisite art possessions of Italy
are. In the opinion OK connoisseurs IN her north.
ern cities, and therefore within particularly
easy reach Of enemy aviators hnd even OF war.
ships. Such worldfamous shrinea of beauty as
Mantua. Vicehza, Modena and Cremona are ali
In the north. From purely artistic point Of
view they Tar surpass In value the historic
monuments OF Rome land the famous antiqui.
Ties OF the southern part OF the kingdom.
Florence. with It's marvellous cathedral and
uncounted treasures. lies only seventy miles
west of the Adriatic Sea- The nearest point
the Adriatic lies opposite the Austrian naval
port OF Pola Here are lurking scores OF fight.
Ing aeropanes. Zeppelins and other engines OF
destruction
The bronze gates OF the Baptistery at Flor.
once. by Andrea Pisano and Ghiberti. pronounced
by Michelangelo worthy to be the gates OF
paradise" might be irretrievably shattered by q
shell striking them or falling near them. They
will be heavily protected by sandbags. while the
whole building will be defended by scientific
methods.
florence 10 tuli OF StatuaEy ana exquisite
works of architecture, which are exposed in the
highest degree to attacks It's public places and
the walls OF many OF its buildings are adorned
with masterpieces by Donatelio Ghiberti
Michelangelo. verrochio and many others
The famous "Loggia del LanI" an openAir
gallery the Piazza della signoria. Is rich with
priceless works OF art These will be far
possible removed out OF harms way and hidden
in the deepest cellars of Florence. but the
whole structure must DO protected against at
tack. The work Of defending the art treasures
Of Florence will cost hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars. It would cost millions but for the fact
that large proportion OF the citizens cheer.
fully give their labor tree to carry out the
work
The famous collections OF pictures and statu
airy In the Pitt and Uffzi galleries in Florence
have been taken into the cellars to save them
from bombs.
Not far from Florence lies Pisa with its
unique treasure the Leaning Tower. This is
perhaps the most original building in the world.
It Is constructed in eight stages OF arcades,
with open air galleries in the seven upper gal
leries, producing eIQuistey graceful effect
The cylindrical form OF the tower is one
original feature, but most remarkable Of all Is
the fact that 1t leans thirteen feet eight inches
from the perpendicular. Although the inclina-
ton adds considerably to the attractiveness OF
the structure 1t is now reasonably certain that
II occurred accidentally during the building Of
the tower 1T Is believed that comparatively
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Eet tor n ~<zs9aA rbs sui1afns Wis
Led by ~srs noting aud sauAhasa
% tort tns engineers was presented
OTIS sroio statue OF ColleonL Gap,
sArm1ea Of tho Venetian hepublip,ss
is before the Church Of San Giovanni
at Venice This work BY verroohio
allied tho most perfect equestrian
xisten9a
le nroper ~as 10 largo thas K.would
to DISPOSE or II underground. and the
hich almost equalled II tn beauty and
as certainly too large 70 be treated
Moreover, the operation Of taking
tatue would have been attended With
@ danger to the work.
ecided to pile up sandbass untyl the
ia and pedestal are covered TO = great
that stands in great danger of attack
no largest city OF northern italy. and
to tho Austrian border. It's immenle
decorated cathedral would form 9
r target for avtators, While II Is not
I 6y art connoisseurs one of tee great
ents o. the country. modern Italians
ibuted large sums TO It's completion.
lly regard It with great affection.
5e deliberately removed it's vast and
stained glass windows to save them
ate that has overtaken the more ex-
down Of Rheims
ana have received a curious hint OF
ept that awaits their monuments from
: capital OF the Austrian province.
ne OF the chief detectives OF the Ital.
Tho inhabitants Of Trent, xho are
irely italian. have erected great
Diagram Shows How These
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Q Diagram Shows How These
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