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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
SOCIETY IN
 GREATER BIRMINGHAM

Prof and Mrs. Roy Dimmitt entertained the graduating class of the Ensley High land school at a buffet supper Monday evening at their home. Lavender and white sweetpeas were used in decorating to alevelop tine class colors and .owl of these flowers centered the dining table. Miniature diplomas were used to m.r'> the places of 20 guests.
 The A. B. C. class of Ensley met with Miss Katherine Donaldson Monday after noon when games and contests We're e1i- joyed. All the members were present and late in the afternoon light refreshments were served.
 Miss Foy Russell is visiting friends in Montgomery and Eufaula. Miss Ruth Neely has returned to Orr vile after a pleasant stay with Mrs NJ V. Averytt.
 Miss Alice Graham is attending house party in Montgomery. Mrs. w. w. Garrett is at home after a i vist to Louise, Tex. | The last meeting of the Thread of tle | Story club will be held Thursday witt l Mrs c. R. Walker as hostess and a socia meeting of the Philathea class of th' Methodist church will be held at the homs of Miss Onie Mae Ferguson Friday alter | noon.
 MT and Mrs Harold Downey have re- turned from their wedding trip and are d 1 home in Avondale.
 l Mrs. J. T. Goodlove left yesterday Tor : | visit to friends in Hendersonville, N. c.
 Mrs. w. A. Miller is spending some tir1' | in Washington, D. C.
 Mir w. T. Moses is visiting in 1'usca loosa.
 MT. A. R. Lackey has returned to Se ma after visit to friends in Avai.dale
 Mrs G. w. Burke was hostess at { pretty forty-two party yesterday morn ing and Miss Elizabeth Macbeth of Detr oi
 was honor guest upon this occasion. n
 home of the hostess in Pratt City wa made attractive with white roses and fern
 and the same design appeared CT tl
 score cards, forty-two being played a
 four tables. Following the game dant. l luncheon was served.
 MT. and Mrs C. E. Cook. Mrs R. Fl
 Franklin. MT. and Mrs. R. c. Dalrympie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
PERSONAL NOTES

MT. and Mrs. Robert Darden have as their guests Mrs. J. B. Darden and her son, James Darden, of Frederick, Okla
 Miss Ada Blanche Gray has returned to her home in Suligent after spending the winter with her aunt, Miss Ada Grey, Tn
 Norwood, and attending the Louie Comp ton seminary. Mrs. Orline Arnold Shipman has re- , turned from a three weeks stay m New York.
 Miss Celia Smith of Jasper, who was the guest of Miss Serena Kirkpatrick for
 the golf tournament, is spending this week with Mrs. Dan Mason. MT. George Gordon Crawford has re- turned from a stay in New York.
 Miss Elizabeth Ramey and Miss Chris tine Nelson are guests of Miss Martha Glover.
 MT. and Mrs. Paschal Shook have re- ! turned from a delightful stay in New York city.
 Mrs. Hugh Roberts and her little daugh- ter are spending this week with relatives in Tuscaloosa
 Mrs. Mary Boshowitz Is visiting friends in New Orleans. Mrs. William Bankhead of Jasper is vis- iting Mrs. Lewis Johnson.
 Miss Sue Bergman and Miss Bessie Hamilton will go to Louisville, Ky, Fri day to visit friends for two weeks.
 Miss Helen Shropshire is spending a few days with friends in Gadsden Miss Cornelia Witherspoon of Nashville | is the guest of Miss Virginia Dixon. Miss Jean Mapes has returned lo Mont
 gomery after being with her sister, Mrs
 Mel D. Smith, during the golf lourna- ment.
 | Miss Alberta Lacey and Miss Kathleen Hayes are guests of Miss Lamar in Au- l burn.
 | Mrs George Lunsford has gone 10 Saw. | yerville to attend the marriage of MT w | G. Lunsford. Jr.. to Miss Eloise Pickeps
 Mr. Rutherford Harvie is visiting rcla- 1 tives in Richmond Va. Before returning
 to Birmingham MT. Harvie will visit il | Danville, Va. and Ashville, N. .. 1 Mrs J. B. Shropshire is at home after
 stay with Mrs. Frank Cottle in Gads i den.
 Mir and Mrs. Culpepper Exum art l spending some time in New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
MIR. AND MRS. RICHTER
 RECEPTION HOSTS

MT. and Mrs. Alphonse Richter enter- tained at large reception Monday even- ing at their home, the occasion celebrating the birthday of the former. The house was beautifully decorated and delicious refreshments were served.
 The invitation list included: Mr. and Mrs. David Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Walter Cottingham. MT. and Mrs. Ottis Kinney, Mir. and Mrs. Bert Coe, Mir and Mrs. Phillip Hartung, MT. and Mrs. Harry Parker Dr. and Mrs. Culpepper, MT. and Mrs J. c. Norwood, MT and Mrs. William Richter Mr and Mrs. Alvin Wachter, MT. and Mrs. Jesse Oldacre, Mr. and Mrs. 1 Henry Arnold, MT. and Mrs Scott Leether, MT. and Mrs. J, R. Griffin, Mir. and Mrs D. T. Thompson, MT. Harry Bromberg of Cincinnati, Judge George H. Parker, Mayor M L. Robertson, Col. w. E James, sMr. Sebe Moore, MT. Claude Griffin, MT. Carl Thompson, MT. Henry Martin, Miss Violet Hartung, Miss Bessie Arnold and Miss Alma Leeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Indorses Weller's Suggestion
the Editor of The Age-Herald

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 MT. T. A. Weller's article and map in your issue of yesterday, showing prcpd bilities and possibilities of the "Canaliza- ton'' of Valley creek up 10 and as Tar as McAdory, which is at the very dpors of Bessemer and Birmingham as well, al 1e certainly fine His arguments and an alysis show a deep study of the condi- tons as they exist, and he makes them clear concise and forcible. His article Is worth the careful perusal and study ot any one and those who may not have read it should do so without delay. His statements regarding the engineers re- ports as to the Possibilities of the canal are entirely correct. l had the privilege of reading this report several years ago.
 There is just one and only one reason why this canal will not be a realization, and that is we fail to make concerted effort. Had Atlanta the Warrior or any other stream of like GOT even near .lhe) size in as close proximity as the Warrior is to Birmingham, with their capital, their brains and their unlimited supply cf hot air" that they constantly command, they would in a short while ndva the world believing that they had river the
 
 mighty Mississippi flowing right down the main street (WhitehalD of the city, and as far as the benefits would be cor.- cerned it would be a fact. l am not l speaking ironically of Atlanta or cf Allan l tians. l like the town, it's people and tnelr 1 civic pride and public spirit. lis d file asset for any community to possess and is "a wnner,' as has been demonstrated I in their case They deserve untold credit 1 for building a city. a real city, when to begin with there was not a single logical reason on earth why there should even 6e a hamlet, much less a city. but it's there all right, and a good one. In its early 1 days I am told that the crows aS they flew over the red hills and hollows where 1 Atlanta now stands, shed real tears ol grief to think anything or body should oi | would expect to make even a scant living l in such a poor, God forsaken country l doff my hat to Atlanta, her energy, Esi pluck, her enterprise. l like Atlanta, bui my home is in Birmingham, and I like Il ] best.
 | l have gotten away from my subject | however. I only digressed in order {. show what can be done even without any natural resources, as in Atlanta's case while in ours we possess unlimited nat
 ural resources except water, and tiat l: thoroughly within our grasp. Our rs. | sources are unmatcnable ana we only have to imbbe a little more deeply of the Al ! lanta spirit and success will be ours anC Jefferson county and Birmingham wil blossom like a rose in the springtlme. 4 few more Welers In Birmingham and a,
 will be we'll II. H. THOMAS.
 Birmignham, May 3l, 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
Long Way From a News Stand

Long Way from News otdHu
 twill you please take in a new mer,- Der? I live on farm some distance from a small town and a long way from good newsstand. I care for an old lady who Is a cripple. I have to read to her will someone send me some reading mat ter-magazines books, old ones? l will re- turn postage if necessary to the sender. Also has anyone the story of 'The Missing Bride: or Marian. the Avenger?' that she does not care for? I will return it if lent to me. I have to sit alone night after night for hours, and if I only had some thing to read to pass the time away! l shall try to do something for the Corner. Should a lonely girl or convalescent wom- an like to come to the country for a week for fresh, clean air to breathe and have eggs and milk the board and care will not cost her anything. If such a one will come I will make her welcome and give her all she can eat am making rugs for a hospital Can someone send me some bright rags to sew to weave in them ? I feel I am begging too much, for it Is little I have to give in return. Please give my address to anyone who will send me rags and reading matter.
 "E. H. l.. w." | A long letter? Yes, but don't skip one word of it. The writer means all she says-and more. The picture of her loneli- ness and longings her environment and her duties is sketched graphically and with unconscious eloquence. Will s' write to us as soon as this falls under her eye and give her address In full That which we have is not quite as legipie as we could wish in view of the almost | certainty that we shall be called upon to use it soon and often
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
TALKS ON THRIFT
Vacant Lot Gardening

'tEeonomy is no disgrace; IL ls pt.sf living on a little than outliving great deal Ralph Waldo Emerson.
 Owing to the rolling nature of the sur face in the upper part of the Borough ol Manhattan, New York city there are places where the Broadway subway is really an elevated, and one mess ride in an escalator to reach the station p'ai- form.
 From the vantage point of one oI these elevated subway stations can be seen an other apparent contradiction in terris- a garden plot in the great city
 There, in a triangular piece of ground formed by the coming together ot three streets, is a little house garden entirely shut out from the passers-by ln ie streets by the high billboards enc.oslhS the place on all three sides.
 For both economical and esthetic req sons. there ought to be many mole sucn garden spots in New York and every other city.
 If is estimated that s75,000 was realized from the crops raised on vacans iots within the city of Philadelphia last year.
 There are few cities in the Cnlted states that cover the immense area that mia delpha does. but there are none without some vacant land that could and snouiu be used for a similar purpose
 Even in the biggest and most crowded cities. like New York and Chicago, there Is considerable acreage of land not under cultivation.
 And .kitchen' gardens have become a reality in Chicago Mrs. Leonora A Meder, commissioner of public Welfare opened a five-acre tract at East 'lo.i street and Indiana avenue and 39-dcre tract at East 126th street and Indiana ave enue a few weeks ago.
 Fifty men were awarded plots in .he five-acre area and in the larger tract o' men and their families will till tnc soil ..The unemployed are given first choice, Mrs. Meder said. Each man Is giVef enough land to cultivate so as atoro | him a means of Livelihood The depart ment of public welfare has also heei | promised other land in different parts o the city and this will be turned over u | the public"
 A similar movement has been started ir | Seattle. Cleveland, St. Paul and ptpe | cities.
 A California newspaper says: War stricken Europe would today b starving were it not for the W ,ndSl fu knowledge of gardening possessed by 't
 people, who can make a few acres yicl' enough to keep family in fool TOT
 year.
 | American cities, is better than that o
 Europe and it can be made still better b work and fertilization"
 ! With little garden on every waste lo'
 big municipal garden on the waste scl
 owned by the city and fair-sized rrde
 in every suburban back yard, there woul be little danger of poverty In any Amer can city T. D. MACGREGCR
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
Starting a Garden

q am beginning a garden. I wish lllies' shrubbery and vines of all kinds. Mayne some of your good Corner women would like to give me these in exchange TOT posy bean seed, velvid bean seed-both lovely vnes-roots nicely started. or the thousand mile vine for shade or china berry seed (beads) ready to string. And If they wish could give some to each per son. I enjoy the Corner and have re- ceived much benefit from it. I do wish I could be of more use to those in need. Let the good work go on. MRS. S. C. Planting and digging are in full action all over the land, and the eyes of flower lovers will glisten in reading this mes sage from one of their kind. Send to me for her address and do not trust seeds
 or plants to a newspaper mail until you
 get the desired name and residence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
MRS. DABNEY IS
 CLIJR HOSTESS

Mrs. Malcolm Dabney was hostess to the Beta Sigma Beta club yesterday at her home, and the members enjoyed q series of games and a dainty luncheon. A box of stationery a pair of silk hose and box of crepe de chine handker- chiefs were awarded as trophies.
 Those included in this courtesy were Mrs Donnelly, Mrs. Anvil. Miss Piper, Mrs. Bethea, Miss Nerna McLaney, Mrs. Mccoy, Miss Collins, Mrs. Dillworth. Miss Inez Parker, Miss Lillian Tyler, Mrs. John. Dabney, Miss Marie Moore, Miss Marion Moore and Miss Gertrude Wood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02

Mrs. B. $. Phillips, Miss Sarah Lee Cooh and MT. Eugene Cook left Pratt City Moi4- day to spend thAs week camping on Lhe Warrior river.
 Mrs. J. A. Irwin and Miss Willie Nae Irwin have returned to Bay Minetee aIler visiting Mrs A. l.. Minyard.
 MT. and Mrs. J. r. Poole have naricd their little daughter Mabel Poole,
 MT. and Mrs. A R. Moore have Te- turned to Newcastle after being guests ol MT. and Mrs. Arthur Moore.
 Miss Sadie Drake, a bride-e elect, was the inspiration of pretty linen shower yes- terday afternoon with Mrs. Robef1 hen nedy, Miss Matte Hughes Kenneds, ana Miss Emma Kennedy as joint heslesssS at their home in Woodlawn. Mrs, ken nedy, assisted by her daughters .Ilss Drake, Mrs. w. M. Peterson and MISS Bess Fouche received the guests i'll the parlor where quantities of nastu"'luiiis added a touch of color to the ID dn. Tn the dining room pink and white sweet peas were used in the table decor tlohs and here Mrs. J. F.. Bush, Miss a1oiothy Weber, Miss Olivia Massey, Miss fdrn Baine, Miss Robena Mauchlin ant Mes Katherine Reid served plate luncheon
 Miss Margaret Proctor and Miss dai garet Kennedy presided at the pai'tn bowl. Upon the arrival of the guests the folding doors of the living room Wele thrown open, disclosing a snoW-c N efco winter scene and the honor guest "as showered with snow balls cohgalhil's 's dainty linen pieces. More than o0 inViia- tlons were sent out.
 Mr. and Mrs w. T. Tanner are hosts at a house party in lnglenook Anu lhF-t guests are MT. and Mrs. J. w. B3ltes ol ! Honey, Mrs. w B. England and Mrs h. C. Baites of Huntsville MT. and Mis | , w. Boles and Mrs. J. L. Baites. Mrs. R. D. Farley is visiting h Cdll- man.
 MT. R. NJ. Jones is spending few days in Nashville.
 Miss Christian Nowlin is the slest oi Miss Kathleen Crawford in Columoiard. Mrs Leroy Higgins is visiting her hdI' ents, MT. and Mrs, William Cofb, IT Huntsville.
 Following the rehearsal of the marriage
 of Miss Irene Ryan to MT. Charles Lamp kin at the East Lake Methodist yhufcf | last evening, MT. and Mrs. w. w. Lamp | kin were hosts at buffet supper at 1heii | home Roses and sweet peas 1estoJhe' the rooms and Japanese lanterns hShtoe ] the porch, where punch was se-Ned pA Mrs Walter Boswell and Miss May Co | burn. Those present were Miss feu' -Ryan, Miss May Ryan, Miss Esteil' l Lampi<in, Miss Eileen Lampkin' HUI
 Miss Mildred Cobb, Mrs. Torrance Ryan
 little Miss Mildred Jones' Mr. and Mi | Albert Eager, MT and Mrs. J. I. LeVeS Mr. and Mrs. Lampkin, MT. Charle
 Lampkin MT. Charles Bernard, MT joni
 Montana and MT. Bedford Lampklh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
Baby Loves a Rocker

T have long been interested in your Corner and read of many l should have liked to help, but owing to financial re- strictions I really have hard time try ing to help myself. Do you think any Cornerite has baby's rocking chair, no longer in use? My baby loves rocker, but l am not able just now to buy one. I would be willing to do sewing to repay the kindness MRS. E. H.
 There must be somewhere rockihs chair which the babyest of the household has outgrown that will meet the wants of our baby boy. It is natural that ne should love to rock back and forth, let modern reformers of ancient habits say what they will. The Corner assumes the risk of injury to his pulpy brain. Let him have the rockeri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
BIDDLE-DUkE E
 INVITATIONS ISSUED

Friends of Miss Duke and Mir. Riddle in this city have received the follow ing invitations:
 iMr- and Mrs. Benjamin Newton Duke request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter, Mary. to MT. Anthony Jospeh DreXel Riddle. Jr.. on Wednesday. June r, at o'clock, ct Duke Farms. somerville, N J.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
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housework now. Maybe some kind cad CT has an English or German French read CT he does not want. I would appreciate it very much and pay postage.
 A A. H."
 The writer's name is in our register It would be a shame that a fair knowledge of French should not be added to what she already knows of foreign tongues. Her ambition is praiseworthy. Encourage ment of 1t is directly in the Corners line of work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
How to Find Out

From the American Review of Reviews.
 The two British sailors had secured tickets to the dog show and were gazing upon a Skye terrier which had so much hair that it looked, more like wooden rug than dog
 .W'ich end is is cad, Bil?" asked one
 .Blowed if know" was the reply. But ere. I'll stick a pin in i'm and you look w'ich end barks."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02

cred table. The same delicate tint pre- vailed in the hints and bonbons, and pink-shaded tapers cast a lovely glow over the table. Ices and individual cakes were served.
 Little Miss Elizabeth Garden, IS cupid, brought in a pink and white wagon laden with pretty gifts for the honoree.
 More than 50 guests called between and 5 o'clock and this delightfully."- informal gathering was greatly enjoyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
OTHER BRITONS
 KILLED BY GAS

London, June 1-8:16 D. m.)-Further proof of the deadly character of the asphyxiating gases used by the Germans was furnished in the British casualty lists issued tonight. In one regiment. the Dor setshire, the deaths of four officers and n men are attributed to gas poisoning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER FOR BRIDE-ELECT

The first of a series of prenuptial enter tainments complimentng Miss Bessie Cole Smith whose marriage to MT. Wallace Journey will be an event of June 9, was a miscellaneous shower, at which Mrs. Tarke Brandmll was a dainty hostess
 Pink and white sweet peas were pro- fusely used in making the rooms fragrant and attractive and basket of pink sweet peas adorned the center of the lace-cov-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
BACHELOR GIRLS MEET
 WITH MISS KEISER

Miss Helen Keiser entertained the Bachelor Girls at their weekly meeting yesterday afternoon. A box of core spondence cards was awarded as prize following an interesting game of auc- ton bridge and a salad and ice course was dispensed
 Those present were Miss Mary Be thea, Miss Etoile White. Miss Katherine Ross, Miss Linda Otis, Miss Roberta Lamb, Miss Doris Moughon, Miss Nellie Haylow, Miss Robena Gallagher and Miss Keiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
SPIRO-COHEN
 MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

The following cards have been re ceived:
 Mrs. Bettie F. Cohen announces the marriage of her daughter, Florence. to Mr Jonas Spiro, on Sunday afternoon May 30 Montgomery, Ala.
 "At home, 1114 South Thirteenth street. Birmingham, Ala"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
AFTERNOON RECEPTION TO
 HAVE JOINT HOSTESSES

An afternoon reception will be given Friday al the home of Mrs. J. R. Bidgood in Norwood, with Mrs. Bidgood, Mrs. l. l.. Williams, Miss Zoe Black and Miss Anna Dee Rogers as joint hostesses in honor of Miss Bessie Cole Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
TUESDAY SEWING CLUB
 HOLDS MEETING

Miss Haywood Motion entertained the Tuesday Sewing club at her home in East Lake. only the members were present and the hours were happily spent with fancy work and light re. freshment course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The chorus of the Music Study club will hold ar important meeting Thursday
 morning at 10:90 o'clock at Cable Hall. 1 All members are urged to be present.
 The ladies of the Hamilton Baptist church, formerly Richmond Place church, will have a white sale beginning today and continuing throughout the week at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02

the Broyles Furniture store. The public is invited
 The Playground association will hold meeting this afternoon at o'clock at Phelan park.
 The Sewing circle of Mrs. Fred Thomas band of the First Baptist church will meet Friday morning al Il o'clock with Mrs. Sellers at SIS South Twentieth street. The Woman's Graded union will hold a meeting this morning at 10 o'clock at the First Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
MILNER-M MARTIN WEDDING
 EVENT OF THIS EVENING

An intresting event of this evening will be the marriage of Miss Susie Mar tin to MT. Henry Key Miner which will he solemnized at S:30 o'clock at the South Highland Presbyterian church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
Seeks Knowledge of French

q am a lonely foreign girl without a
 home. I speak good German and fairy good English, Russian and Polish. I should like to become a lady's maid. but am not sure of what I should know. but feel I should know French. 1 am doing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
MIR. AND MRS. ARRANT
 TO BE DINNER HOSTS

MT. and Mrs. A. J. Arrant will he hosts al a dinner at the Newspaper club this evening, complimenting Miss Bessie Cole Smith and MT. Wallace c. Journey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-02
League of Writers and Authors Formed

Friends BndeEt Meetings YeserdayAmomcments
 Personal Notes
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-31
Advertlslng coon for churches.

Churches would be better sup
ported IL they spent one-tenth of
their budget in advertising" says
the Rev: DR.. Charles Sickle, sx-l
ecutive secretary Of the Interchurch
Unemployment Committee connect
ed with the, New York Federation
of Churches.
To a reporter who called on him
at the Office of the federation at
the Fifth Avenue Building, DIR.
Sickle suspended the labors of a
particularly busy day long enough
to say: :, a
II have been for years an earnest
advocate OF church advertising. /
urged the subject upon a. confer
erice' Of Cincinnati clergymen of
many denominations q short time
ago. 4 believe that the daily
newspaper is the best Of all medi-
ums for the advertising OF churches
because II has the entire into. the
homes OF the people.
IT Is we'll known that newspaper
advertising Is not looked upon with
the same suspicion which detracts
: from the effectiveness OF certain
other methods OF advertising, and
I am convinced that newspaper;
readers would have the same conf
dence in church advertising and
would be Influenced by It IA the
same way as by other advertising
they ind In the dailies.
ut would be q mighty; good thing,
In my opinion. to have people gen-
orally see that the churches are
4 spending some real money IN pre-
senting their work to the public al
B large. ~ Il
What claim has the church upon
\ theinewspaperslf for valuable spaces
a newspaper Is q private enterprise,
slsd WHISTLER or not 4 sermon sent