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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26

supper can be introduced in this play. too.
by letting them have the Mad ten
party II you plan the affair ahead of
time, bake n big cake. in which you put
the novel littl> silver trinkets which
make such attractive favors for this sort
OF party. The halter. the March hare,
the white queen and Alice herself--all
of sterling silver, and only about three
fcurths Of an inch in height. can be had
for Just IS cents apiece and maybe the
lucky children who get them won't be
pleased!
or games TO play during the evening
there is an endless variety. but here is
one which the children will surely like
On large piece Of white muslin make a
perspective drawing of chimney show
ing the top opening. This might be cut
cut OF brick crepe paper and pasted on
the sheet IL you prefer cut a figure of
Santa Claus from a crepe paper napkin.
mount ON cardboard and put Christmas
tree hook through the top of his cap.
Make as many Of those as there are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-12-26
No Nervous Strain


Crawford: 'The elephant sleeps only
five hours out of every "a
BRADSHAW: Very true. but Just stop
and consider that the elephant doesn't
have to attend lectures or the opera. lis
ten to sermons or war talk, or lend an ear
to some fellows description Of his newest
baby or car, and you will realize that
no has pretty soft time Of It. taken all
In all"
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.UN|ON|ST LEADERS
LOYAL TO ASQUITH
Deserve Thanks of Country
for Support of Premier
PLOT TO UNSEAT HIM
Lloyd George Seeking to Become Pre-
mier-Refused to Sit on Inner
Committee With Balfour
and Kitchener
PLOT TO UNSEAT HIM

London. December 11.-(Special.) When
AR. Asquith made his great speech in
the House of Commons a few weeks ago
it was thought in political circles that
he had effectually killed all the plots to
get him out of the premiership and put
Mr. Lloyd-George, now minister of mu-
n;tions in his place. Old politicians who
heard him said that nothing like his
speech had been known in the House of
Commons since Gladstone's day. and a
leading unionist rushed into the lob by
and informed waiting friend that
nothing could shift the old man now -
Mr.. Asdaith had hardly sat down,
however. when a new scheme to get him
out was urder way, and now that it, too,
has failed, the story of how nearly it
succeeded can be told. One Of the lead
ms points of Mr.. Asquiths speech was
the announcement that an inner commit
tee Of the cabinet consisting of three or
five men, was to be constituted to take
over the direction OF the war / was
obvious that the five men would be
the prime minister himself, Lord Kitch-
ener, Mr. Balfeur. who is first lord of
the admiralty, Mr.. Lloyd-George, and
probably Sir Edward Grew
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sons previous volumes.
"Hempfeld'' is the story of a group OF
persons who owned and edited and print
ed a newspaper in n country town. 1t
is not western story, as so many So
called great American novels have
been. 1t is not a story of hustling bust
ness success, or insidious political cor
ruption, or determined social climbing.
1t is not a problem novel, or a novel
with purpose at all. And its slight
plot moves quietly across simple lives
But it is no less distinctively an Amerl-
can novel for all that. And for all its
simplicity, its lack of excitement, its con-
tented dealing with small things. there is
nothing duh in ''Hempfield" and nothing
Sow From beginning to end. this
small-town chronicle is interesting.
David Grayson's novel is really another
of David Grayson's adventures in friend
ship and contentment. 1t is told in the
same narrative style, the story of some of
David Graysons friends and of things
that happened to them, and of what they
did. We are told that the writer. wan
dering into town from his farm one
happy spring day, goes to the office of
the local weekly paper to find out who
is the author of an editorial that has
caused him much joy. The editorial was
an irate and scornful attack on "A Man
Named Wright Out in Ohio Who Thinks
,oe,,tarv c,,,os,t,s oo,,,a ~, ,,,,,,,,.,afro
of the history Of tho ovents that fo,lous,~
the noeteoric f1ichts NJ tha Io,,,rt,aIS SEQ
The novel is not a story of the town,
but simply of the towns weekly newspa-
per, and OF the people who managed it's
destlnies. And they are such a gallery
=; =. ,ateiius as one hi'sht wander lar aheid
4 ,,,foryat+abI,, LA - "l.,' Will one
hour on u weary day.
IEAGiilNG IN The HOME"
by Aooil a. Berie A. NJ, ID. d. Moffat
Yard 4 company, publishers, New York
This book seeks to show how. from
their ear.liast vaars li,t,a ob;,d,a,, -.
ha ,o5 49, f,,i,;a 'it"'
-e'i' "sSoeiaiioil WIN 'hS
eieinsnts OF real Knowledge, and thus be-
sil tne'i lornal eoucation at a point far
~ oi.u .iia' Usual III childreh. IL is cnar-
aeteilzeu ehieny py It's daring use of the
lnaterlal' commonly reserved for college
VIZ ior souns chiloren, ana the natu-
, n ,l ol the enid IN the atmosphere
VI hho"ieuse' lhtellectuai discipline and
Sul.uie' 10 various chapters on English.
i.s.ois' po.ahS' language, biology and
otner selelces' snow now much more
lay ~ uoie ~ these sciences at an
ga nel petioo IMAM IS now supposed to
-: esse' an inns ooes not contem-
pta'e -, 'ne shsntest desree the loss to
Ia 80 VI oiie iota OF It's freedom and
~ a. ueseiopiiei't'
..,tooNpr, ,rc ,o,,
riNo-n LIE LARGER
BY Stephen Leacock The JOHN Lane
companv nuh1isbars Nou, va.
AS all good WRITER'S sbo,,,a c+o,,.
Teacocl, fo,,ox,s -, ~ - -, ~,
''9 'ooN Win
Larger Lunacy' is by far the best work
he has done. While the humor is as droll
as that of the Nonsense Novels or BE
satisfying
Strip the sketches of their burlesoue
settings and the humor which remains
is as quiet as that IF Joseph Addison of
Leacoclz has no ak to grind and he
therefore laughs with us instead of at
us. He makes us feel that with him,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-16
THOUSANDS WHO
SURVIVE QUAKE,
FACING DEATH
CONTINUED from Page one).


Itslian peasants are facing death
today. Only the outer rim OF
the great zone transferred from pros
perity to desolation by Wednesdays
great earthquake has been touched by
the relief workers. Nothing has been
done in the Campania and southern
AbruZzi regions where narrowing con-
ditions are known TO prevail. This is
not due to lack of effort. but because
entire roadsides have disappeared and
communication Is impossible, al.
though peasant and noble, soldier and
private citizen are working side By
side. desperately striving to restore
the roads so that the relief automo.
biles may proceed.
Whole families have been sep
arated by the disaster In many in.
stances the parents have been killed
and the children still live. In others
only a father or mother survive. For
tragic developments OF this kind even
the records OF the terrible Messina
disaster are outdone.
Now that attention has been dis
tracted from Avezzano. where the
worst is known. IL Is realized that
there are many cities and towns
where the loss OF life also has been
enormous. At Sora IL is estimated
5000 are dead. Four thousand are
still buried In the ruins AT Pescina:
1900 at San Benedetto and figures
are still unobtainable from Pesdesol-
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Scotch ballads in the sweetest of so
prano voices; Harold Jarvis. Detroit S
tenor: J. III. Cameron, Toronto, humor-
ist; Robert sheldon, violinist; Dun
can McPhail and company in Scotch
dances, and the Boy Scout Pipe band
from Chatham Ont. Tickets for the
col cert are on sale at No. l79 Jeffer-
son-ave.
A movement is on foot to give a
series OF Sunday evening concerts OF
a popular nature as to price and pro
gram, by the Detroit Symphony or
chestra. whose efforts in this, its first
season OF existence. are confined
wholly TO a series of matinee con
certs. In Cincinnati and Minneapolis
the symphony orchestras OF those
cities have series of popular con
certs which are well-patronized and
have been found of most helpful edu-
cational value. The directors OF the
Detroit symphony society are coop
Grating with number of men and
women interested in the advancement
of music in this city, on plan to
make possible the presentation OF the
Detroit symphony orchestra in a
series OF these popular concerts. the
tickets for which it is hoped TO place
on scale running from Is TO 80 cents.
The New York Symphony orchestra
will give the third concert in the De-
troit Orchestral association series. Sat.
urday evening. in the armory. with
Tschaikowsky's Fourth symphony as
the principal number of the program,
This symphony is said to have been
the composers favorite OF all his
works. Twenty years ago. Conductor
Walter Damrosch. director OF the New
York orchestra had Tschaikowsky as
his guest in New York. for a series
OF concerts OF the Russian composers
works. and the Fourth symphony was
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-16
"BOY HEALER" LAYS
ON HANDS: YOU
GET THE GIFT
,contlnue1 from page one3


some puzzling ailment. and after one
treatment he was strong enough 10
hold up the business office for a dol
lar expense account, Mr.. Gallagher
being 81 ahead by the transaction.
This boy Healer" who has a sign
with that title on II In the upper sash
OF the first-1oor-front at No. 643 JEFF
ferson-ave.. is perhaps 30 years old,
perhaps 37-maybe 40 He Is smooth
shayen ruddy- checked. ordinary-look-
ing. with the one exception OF slight
ly large upper lip. To al least one Of
his patients the explanation for the
enlarged lip is, that Mr.. Gallagher
strained it, pressing down on the low
er lip to keep from laughing while he
was treating patients and taking 81
treat.
The corners OF his mouth turn up
ward in spite of him. His eyes have
little merriment wrinkles around
them, that he tries hard to work into
an expression OF great gravity. AS
a guesser of symptoms, Mr. Gal
lagher's batting average is 900.
Which is TO say that out of three
guesses he didn't hit safely once.
There Is ground for suspicion that
the mirthful Mr. Gallagher has lot
OF fun trying TO see how sick some
persons may think they are. There
doesn't seem 10 be any other explana>
ton for his action i'm placing one
hand on the right collarbone of a
patient being treated for nervous dys-
pepsia. and saying You have pains
there, don't your To which the patti
ent replied grayely, Yep. some
times"
To one who went TO him in evident
anguish, and asked whether the heal
er could cure him, Mr.. Sallagher said.
Certainly. What is the trouble?"
Immediate inventory by the patient
brought forth nervousness. dyspepsia
indigestion. slee2lessness, and general
run down condition.
Mr. Gallagher took the right wrist
OF the patient. ever so lightly. in his
left hand.
Your flesh has peculiar feel to
II. he said And then he ventured
symptom No. lone OF the old, old
gags" OF the patent medicine fakir.
He was away. way wrong.
Now viii you tell me how you are
going 10 treat a case like miner" he
was asked.
Just the same as any other case"
he replied. "by the laying on of
hands, at the wrist. and the base of
the brain"
Sort OF massage? Anything like
osteopathy? Any incidence"
MIR. Gallagher looked at the patient
almost sadly Then he started TO
laugh.
you had better take medicine for
your sickness" he said.
discovered" muttered the patient
under his breath.
Mr. Gallagher FASTENED 10 soothe
the startled look away.
n was fooling." he said ANY hon
ost doctor will tell You that medicine
~ no good for your stomach. The
more you take. the worse yon get.
Tho cure--I lay my hands on your
wrist. and the base Of your brain.
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The Confessions of a Wife
On With the Dance

| "She does, my dear Mrs. Waverly;
she does"
"You can't dance with Margie all
the time" said Jim Edie. and was
whisked away before | could say any.
thing more
MIR. Hatton is right, Jim. You are
not at your best while dancing"
I'm always al tiny best when | am
with you he answered. "Do you
know, you are like a girl tonight.
Margie. Your color comes and goes
In the most tantallzing manner. and
have never i'm all my life seen you
look so happy or so lovely. | did not
know II was possible for any woman
who loved her husband as you are sup
posed TO. TO be as happy during his
absence.
III you don't stop looking and talk
ing TO me like this. Jim. I'll begin to
fiirt with you. and you know II do
you're lost"
I'm lost now, my dear"
He looked at me so curiously that
| grew embarrassed and stopped dane
ing just a moment beside Harry Sy.
none.
"Sit down here by me, Margie. for
been dancing like dervish for the
last hour"
but ] love 10 dance. Harry" | said
somewhat breathlessly
n wonder Why women are fonder
OF dancing than men? ! mean men.
not boys said Harry. as ! opened my
mouth 20 demonstrate.
Look az Eliene She has danced
like mad all the evening There she
goes now with Chad Hatton ! am
afraid that she will make herself ILL
| I'll bet shes danced 30 miles this
evening"
Not quite as bad as that. Harry"
! We'll. I've not had a chance to
dance with her but once, and when 1
did she acted so queerly seemed TO
be afraid Id talk to her said some
thing about the twins Usually She
can be counted on TO talk blue
streak when they are mentioned. and
what do you think she said TO me-
Harry, do you think you could ever
love another child as you do Bulge
and To-day"
ITO no Coufinucd \
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SO glad we found YOU" calls Har
rvs cordial voice as the hall door
opened and he ushered me into Sy
none ballroom.
come on, Margie." shouted Bill
Tenney. You are said TO be the only
one In this crowd who can teach an
awkward man like me- the tango"
Evidently II Bill Tenney is to dc
any stumbling he will not be like his
wife and stumble on alone" Rather
II will be stumbling through the new
dance steps and he'll think some girl
must help him do IT.
| After ] had taken off my wraps
found myself in the midst OF the
whole room OF dancing fans" OF
which Eliene was the maddest and
gayest
While Bill Tenney and Jim Eide
struggled for the first dance. | felt
myself quietly taken In tow by some
one whose step was In perfect accord
with mine
Never mind those belligerents"
said Mollies boss Neither one OF
them knows how 10 dance Just be
cause you have been a school teacher
Is no reason why you should be con
demned to teach dancing 10 a lot OF
bears"
Goodness! thought you much too
serious TO dance like an angel, MIR
| Hatton," / remarked
DO angels dance" he inquired
Il suppose so. never thought
much about &C."
"Someway. I've always felt that an
gels were OF the feminine gender anc
that as they were most composed o.
wings and no other things, they coult
mot he at all interesting. Having
however, been called an angel twice
today by two very clever young won
en-, | have really been able TO get M
a little interest on the subject"
What did Mollie call you an ange
for?" / asked bluntly
Are you sure II was Mollie?" h.
lparried
That's one OF her pet names 70
people who please her"
Il like TO please her" he said unde
his breath.
II thought II was more importan
that your stenographer should pleas,
you"
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suite of the Hotel Pontchartrain, Fri
day evening, for the ball given by q
number OF the bachelors and younger
married men. The ballroom was trans
formed INTO conventional English
garden with hollyhocks set in
prirl rows, and white lattice fence
giving quaint effect. The ball was
largely attended and proved the most
attractive function of the season.
o
An interesting and illuminatiye pa
per by Mrs, Lucy +. Leggett, was read
| by the REV. c. l.. Arnold before the
Michigan Authors association. in the
monthly meeting held Thursday even
ing. in the Hotel Cadillac. Mrs. ID.
Francis Murphy, known to the literary
world as Katherine Ward. recited sew.
eral of her poems
Mrs. George j. Brett, chairman. and
Mrs. j. G. Longworth. vice-chairman.
VIII be assisted by the following com
mittee in the card party for members
and friends of Providence auxiliary.
In the hospital, Friday afternoon, Jan.
y; Mrs. Frank ]. Look, Mrs. j. A.
Ouellette, Mrs. W. L. Mahon. Mrs.
I. w. Sorenson. Mrs. John II. Pringle,
Mrs. Allan Macdonald. Mrs. Arthur
+, Loerch, Mrs. Frank J Blake. Mrs.
A. Wigert, Mrs ID. o. Donovan. and
Mrs. John " Finn.
o
George Theodore Hamilton. director
OF the Detroit School OF Design. will
give a talk on The Relation of Art
10 Life. before the Northwestern
Woman's club, in Diamond temple.
Monday afternoon. Miss Jessie Scott,
contralto' or Windsor. and Mrs. Regi-
maid Steele, soprano, will give must,
cal numbers.
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"Hedler" Was Arrested
On Assault CHARGE

JACKSON, Mich, Jan. 16.-(Spe-
cial. )--Gallaghe who went under the
name OF the Minnesota boy healer,
was arrested March 2S, 1914. charged
with assault and battery by A. 4.
Barnett. The latter accused Gallagher
OF swindling his mother-in-law out
OF money by fake healing An alter
cation occurred in Gallagher's Office,
and when Barnett attempted 10 call
the police, he was assaulted. Gal
lagher was released on his own rec.
ognizance to appear for trial. He dis
appeared, but returned six weeks
later. The case was not pressed
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given at that time with Mr. Damrosch
receiving the benefit OF the compos-
ers instructions with regard To IT,
The symphony has not previously
been heard in any OF the Detroit or.
chestral concerts The Saturday
evening program will offer also three
nc vements from Delibes' ballet suite
sylvia" and Grainger's orchestral
suite on British. folksongs for orches-
ira. and a novelty in Handel con
certo for two violins and cello played
by Saslavsky. Finkelstein and Renard,
players in the orchestra. Tickets for
the concert may be had in Grinnelrs
box Office
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g.

tions upon march theme. which is
said TO be an old Provencale Christ
mas melody; the minuet is daintily
the strings. and the composition closes
with the Carlton, which is festive
music of brilliant character, Tick
cts for the concert will be on sale
Tuesday Jan. 10. in Grinpell's box Of
fee.
Clan Campbell, Will give Scotch
concert Friday evening, Jan. %, in
Moose temple, in commemoration OF
the birthday anniversary of Robert
Burns. The program will present Bes-
sic Thompson, pretty Scotch lassie.
fromPhiladelphia. who is said TO sing
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-16
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

knights of Columbus will give the
annual ball, in Columbus temple. Mon
day evening, Feb. 10.
The musical comedy. The isle OF
Spice" will be presented in Columbus
temple, Wednesday evening, FEB >,
By the Knights of columbus Comedy
club.
Association of anniversary of Michi
gan Women gave luncheop saturday
in the College club. Mrs. Percy j..
4 Farrell gave talk on Some phases
o. social betterment."
o.
The annual ball of Detroit lodge,
No. z, Shipmasters' association, will
take place, Wednesday evening, Jan
20, In Arcadia.
Miss Kate Mcdonald has returned
from three weeks stay in New YORK
where she coached with Wager
Swayne, and attended the Metropolis
tan opera season.
o.
The Woman's Taxpayers league
will meet Monday afternoon, at 2
o'clock. In the Century building. The
meeting will be open to the public.
C
Mrs. Charles r. Walker was the
hostess of a prettily appointed bridge
5 luncheon Saturday, in her home on
Pallister-ave., in honor of Miss Edythe
Sullivan, a bride-to-be.
"A o.
Church of the Annunciation guards
will give southern variety show, in
the parish hall, Sunday afternoon and
evening. and on Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings, Jan. 10 and 20.
O.
The Hypatia club program in the
Federation club house, Monday after
noon, Will be presented by Mrs. +.
j. Miller, Mrs. NJ. O. Straight, Mrs.
Il. II. Weller and Mrs. Taylor.
Mrs. w. III. Brown, OF Buffalo, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Helson, No.
697 Phi1ips-ave. Before returning
home, Mrs. Brown will spend a fort.
night with Mrs. Voakes, on Harsen's
Z island, ST. Clair Flats.
o.
Providence auxiliary, under whose
auspices cotton BALI was recently
given in Arcadia, wishes to thank all
firms and individuals who contributed
in any way to the success of the ball.
o.
The Belgian-American Relief sasso-
citation will give a card party in the
Belgian church hall, Berlin and Mel.
drum-aves., Monday evening, Jan. Is,
the proceeds TO be devoted to the Bel.
gian war relief fund
Seumas MacManus, the Irish poet.
will tell stories of Irish life fairy and
folk lore, in the Y. W. G. A. audi
torium, Wednesday evening. Jan. 20.
In the Membership Star course OF en-
tertainments.
Pupils OF the public schools of the
city. who have shown especial talent
IN music, will be presented in a con-
cert. Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, in
Central high school auditorium. The
program has been arranged by Thorn
as Chilvers, supervisor OF music in
the schools.
The senior high school girls OF the
city were the guests of Detroit
branch. Association OF COLLEGIATE
Alumnae. at chaing dish party, Sat
urday afternoon. in the College club.
DIR. Gertrude Walker, of Philadelphia,
gave a talk on the opportunities the
medical profession offers 10 high
school girls.
An Illustrated lecture on Panama
and the canal" will be given for the
~. w G. A. Travel club, Monday
evening. I'm the association parlors. by
s. -. q. Frederick. DR. Mary g. Has.
kins viii speak on Medicine in It's
application TO everyday life In the
Tuesday noon library talk.
Beautiful and very original decora.
Tens we're arranged In the ballroom
-
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have between 100 900, 900 and 1870. 900.
600 bushels for export in a few
months. Italy is said already TO have
bought 100000 bushels OF Argentine
wheat and the remainder will be COB.
bled up In a hurry.
III foreign governments keep on
buying wheat al the present rate. the
supply I'm America will be exhausted
by March. That will mean serious
conditions both In the United States
and foreign countries. because three
months Will elapse before we have a
new crop
The wholesale price OF the best
grades OF Hour was advanced To $3.50
barrel In New York today. with fam,
lilies paying more than IS a barrel Al
the retail stores. Al tho end OF tho
! Franco-Prussian war. lasting but sew.
en- months. flour sold ~ $50 bar.
rel
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pstro,i =, TI" ,.so Dob rrIotlrs Depart
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HOUSEWIVES TO
FIGHT FURTHER
RISE IN WHEAT

Continues from pnEe onea
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Detroit Times. ion rrIat,ns Depart
nent.--Main 1870
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The senior high school girls OF the
city were the guests OF Detroit
branch, Association OF Collegiate
Alumnae, at chafing dish party, Sat
urday afternoon. in the College club.
DR.. Gertrude Walker, of Philadelphia,
gave talk on the opportunities the
medical profession offers 10 high
school girls.
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The Hypatia club program in the
Federation club house, Monday after
noon, Will be presented by Mrs. +.
j.. Miller, Mrs. M. O. Straight. Mrs.
T.. III. Weller and Mrs Taylor.
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The Balalaika orchestra. under the
direction OF Clarence Hill, will give a
program OF Russian music Tor the De
troit Review club, Monday afternoon,
Jan Is. III the Century building
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Pupils OF the public schools of the
city who have shown especial talent
In music, will be presented in a con-
cert, Wednesday evening, Jan. 20, in
Central high school auditorium. The
program has been arranged by Thorn
as Chilvers, supervisor OF music in
the schools.