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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
DIR. NEWFIELD TO ! ADDRESS Y. M. H. A.

pr. Morris Newfeld will be the speaker at the Young Mems Hebrew association Thursday evening. Apr,l %, at 8 o'clock. His subject will be "The
 Value of the Bible Study From a Purey Educational Standpoint" The public is invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE
 AT NEWSPAPER CLIIR

An unusually large crowd attended the Friday night dance at the Newspaper club. Seated at the various tables were MT. and Mrs. Norman shannon. MT. aud Mrs. Floyd Smith, MT Given, Miss Susie Perry, MT. and Mrs. Alan Jemison, MT.
 and Mrs. Ben Cheeseman and Miss Helen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

MISS KATHLEEN VAN LOOSE TO WED MIR. ANDERSON-OTHER ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED. OPENING PROGRAMME FOR U. D. C. CONVENTION--MANY PROMINENT BIRMINGHAM FOLKS TO ATTEND OPERA IN ATLANTA--MATTERS TO IN- TEREST SOCIETY FROM HERE AND THERE = ANNOUNCE MENTS-THE PASSING THRONG
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
MISS GREGG'S DINNER
 FOR MISS TERHIJNE

Miss Katheryn Terhune was the honor guest at a large dinner party at the Country club last evening and the charming hostess upon this occasion was Miss Cora Gregg.
 A large table, beautifully decorated end having basket of pink tulips
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

vited to avail themselves of this op- portunity of attending the specializa- ton work in each of the six depart ments, led by Miss Spiva for the begin ners, Mrs. s. P. Moore. juniors: Miss Kennedy, teen age; Dr. Lola Taylor adult and Mrs. Jesse Wright. home de- partment. The lessons will also be taught in the departments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
OPIE-PICKENS

Mrs. Mary Gai1lord Pickens of Greens boro announces the engagement of her daughter, Mary Thomas, to Rev. Thomas Fletcher Opie of Staunton, Va, the wed ding to take place the latter part of May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
How to Trent
 Group Externally

Rub vick's "vap-O Rub" Salve well over the throat and chest for few min- utes-then cover with warm flannel cloth. Leave the covering loose around the neck so that the soothing medicated vapors aris- ing may loosen the choking phlegm and ease the difficult breathing. One applica- ton at bedtime insures against Q night attack. 25c, Soc, or $1.00. At druggists.
 VAPoRuB"
 MrY1E Group and GAUw vNkA0 Pneumo1la 6 6l4AN E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
ENGAGEMENTS
ANDERSoN-yAN HOOsE

Mir and Mrs. James Alexander Van Hoose announce the engageemnt and approaching marriage of their daughter. Kathleen, to MT. Frank Marlborough Anderson. Jr. The wedding to be solemn. ized late in May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
MRS. WOOD TO BE
 INFORMAL HOSTESS

Mrs. John Wood will entertain the members of the Wednesday Bridge Luncheon club at o'clock at her ho nc in Norwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
FRIDAY LUNCHEON BRIDGE CLUB WITH MRS. DOVE

Mrs. Frederick Dove will entertain the members of the Friday Luncheon Bridge club at her home on Cliff Road
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
JAGOE-WILKINSON

Mrs. P B. Wilkinson announces the engagement of her daughter Annie Laurie to Mr. Benjamin Bennett Jagoe, the wedding to take place early in June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
CLIO LITERARY CLUB MEETS

The Clio girls had very interesting programme Friday afternoon. They
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

There are now 1,248,427 acres Of
land in various counties of California
open for entry. Only 53,587 of the
total number of acres have not been
surveyed.
Many Yale students and other New
Haven citizens rushed to the new Yale
bowl because they thought the wooden
parts of the interior of the bowl we're
in flames. The scare was caused by
a fire near by. The flames were re-
flected from the white slopes of the
bowl in such a way as If the bowl it.
self was atire.
How much ammunition does a mod
ern army use? We shall not know un-
til after the war what the German and
allied forces have been expending; but
we know what the Germans used in
1870-1871. The total for rifles was
3O,000,000 cartridges; for field artillery
1852 900 rounds.
The youngest Red Cross nurse to re-
turn from the war zone is Esther Ora
min, aged thirteen, of Springfield,
Mass. She and her mother were Wis
iting in Tarnow, Austria-Hungary, and
for five weeks both dressed the wounds
Of the soldiers in the Red Cross hos.
pital there.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

The first item on the program wal
not particularly striking. A bell was
rung and a little Chinaman in black
came out and twirled and juggled a
tea tray on a chopstick. He was fol
lowed by Russian clown with
painted face, old hat and yellow wig
who proceeded to be very serious and
show the public various tricks. He
had three Chinese servants and the
fun consisted in their stealing his
things and spelling his efforts. Final.
ly he took a big stick and chased
them round and round the arena-to
the great delight of all the children
present.
The clowns turn ended, there came
forward a very handsome Chinee in
black satin knee breeches, tight stock
ings, scarlet jersey and English collar
and tie He was rather tall, had big
womanish face, cleaning teeth and
long black hair He walked jauntily
in little slippers and carried handful
of ten knives. Another Chinaman
came out with an old tree trunk,
which he held up on end. A child
came and stood up against the trunk.
The handsome Chinee then stood and
flung the knives as if to pin the boy
to the wood, and he planted them be-
tween the child's arm and his body,
over his arm, between his legs and be-
side his legs, on each side of his neck,
on each side of his ears and over his
head-and all the time as he flung
them he smiled. He repeated his feat,
placing all the knives round about the
boys head, never razing the skin.
No. 4 was the owner of the troupe,
an old fellow in a light blue volumi-
nous smock and long pig-tail. He
conjured a platter of biscuits and
cakes, glasses, a teapot, a steaming
samovar, all out of nothingness, invit-
ing the public to come and have tea
with him, and talking an amusing
broken Russian.
you laugh, you think this fine trick,
but show you mother mighty juggle;
took me ten years to learn this Jug
gle and so on.
AS the applause dies down the bell
rings again and out comes the China
man with the cast-iron head" All the
time "the orchestra" plays Russian
dances, plays them very noisily. He
with the iron head lies down on the
sand and puts two bricks on his
temples. At distance Of ten yards
another holds brick and prepares
to aim it at the head of his PROSTATE
fellow-player. He aims 1t, but the
iron-headed one pretends to lose his
nerve and jumps up with terrible
scream, pointing to the music. The
music must be Gained down. The au-
dience holds its breath as the trick is
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

Bulgaria plans to convert much of
the territory acquired from Turkey
into vast tobacco field, producing
some Of the finest and highest priced
tobacco in the world
A famous jewel, presented by a
London broker in 1885 to the president
of Dartmouth college, and designed to
be worn by him on occasions of state.
has been found in the vaults of Park
hurst hall, where it has lain forgotten
for many years. President Nichols
may resume the old custom of wearing
on state occasions.
An electrical machine that gets its
power through a cable from a light
socket has been invented to scrub 5000
square feet of floor an hour.
Count Tolstoy's secretary says that
the great writer's library contained
10000 volumes in 80 languages. There
were almost as many books in English
as in Russian. 3,415, against S,5O5, re-
spectively.
The Columbus (O.) penitentiary IL
brary now contains about eight thou
sand volumes.
A little less than 40 per cent Of Can
ada's export business is dome with tho
United States.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14
SOME QUEER TRUCES
Among Most Remarkable In
stances Of Warfare.
There Have Been Many Preoedsnts
for the Fraternlzatlon Of Euro
pean Soldiers That Took
Place Last Christmas.


All the world now knows the won
derful story of how the soldiers fight
ing in France and Flanders last
Christmas did OF their own accord
what President Wilson and the pope
fCiled TO accomplish.
How at the first one or two men on
either side, greatly daring, peeped
ABOVE the death trenches at one an
other and smiled dumb greetings
How then, by degrees, confidence once
established grew, until both sides were
fraternizing. helping to tend one an
others wounded. burying each others
lead. and how when these sad and
grim tasks were accomplished, they
started playing football, shared their
little luxuries, forced cigarettes and
cigars on each other, and generally
mad high old time" together.
It seems passing strange In these
days, but It has often happened afore'
times. In the Crimea, for instance,
various observers have recorded how,
on several different Sundays, a SINH
lar truce by consent was arranged.
The Russians had tobacco in plenty
which the English lacked. They gave
their enemies in exchange tallow can
dies, which were plentiful in the Brit
ish lines. The Russians did not want
them for lighting. They ate them;
sucking and biting the tallow from the
wicks as children do sugar sticks
One Of the queerest informal truces
on record occurred during the first
Maori war. For three days the
Maoris, strongly intrenched in one OF
their stockaded camps, or "pahs," had
been firing at the British, who we're
similarly intrenched behind their own
lines, and who of course, returned the
enemy's fire with interest
On the morning of the fourth day,
which chanced to be a Sunday. our
soldiers we're amazed to see the
Maorls, dressed in their best clothes,
come trooping out of their pah un-
armed, and making friendly gestures.
Thinking, naturally. that they
wished to surrender an officer hurried
forward to meet them, carrying a
,yhite flag. But the Maori chief ex-
planned that they had 40 intention
whatever of throwing up the sponge.
Only they did not wish to fight that
day, and hoped that the British felt
likewise.
The officer. hardly knowing what to
DO, demurred at first, but eventually
fell into the suggestion, adding as
an afterthought that he was pleased
to see that they had so great respect
for the white mans Sabbath.
"Oh, 1t is not that" promptly re-
piled the chief. "The fact is that we
have run out of ammunition, and so
cannot fight today. Tomorrow we
have a fresh supply coming in. Then
we will go ahead again with the war"
Tell you what, though" he re-
sumed, after moments pause, struck
suddenly by what he evidently con-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

be climbing vine at the back Of the
house that Will help to make this lit
tie back porch attractive.
One good feature of modern homes
is the care taken of the back lot.
Often it is as carefully kept as the
front, and more attractive, because
it is larger and there are more ad,
vantages in the way of planting
shrubs and flowers. A great many
thrifty house owners employ part OF
the ground in the growing of small
fruits and vegetables. The sentiment
in cities is favoring the economical
use of back yards, and the idea is a
good one, both in regard to economy
and looks.
The value of house property is gov.
erned a good deal by the manner in
which the outside of the house is kept
and painted and the lot planted and
cultivated
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

Cozy bungalow comfort is appre-
ciated by every woman. Architects
recognize that pretty sentiment and
are applying all the arts of the craft
to design bungalows to meet the
wishes of their interesting custom
ers.
The accompanying illustration
show how six rooms may be built into
a bungalow q feet six inches by 40
feet in size.
1t is narrow bungalow intended
for narrow lot in town or city, but
the depth is considerable, as it ex-
tends back close to so feet, including
the front veranda.
In most American cities it is GUS
tomary to lay out streets about 300
feet apart, measuring from the cen
ter line OF one street to the center
line of the next street. Deducting
30 feet for width of street and 16
feet for an alley, there is III feet
left for the depth of each lot.
In order to reduce the price of lots
low enough to sell readily they are
sometimes cut very narrow. Real es-
tate men are not philanthropists. 1t
makes no difference to them whether
the caves of the houses touch each
other or not. What worries them is
that public opinion will not permit
them to cut the lot in two crosswise
and sell half of it with the alley
frontage and thereby earn another
commission. But they can split the
lot lengthwise 20 please the custom
ers who are obliged to cut their gar
ments according to the amount of
cloth they can afford to buy.
There is no law against it. 1t is
better for the citizens to own their
own homes. The size of the house
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Aluminium is the most abundant OF
all metals, being an essential constit-
uent of all important rocks except
sandstones and limestones.
Motion picture makers in Europe
start Alpine avalanches which they
wish to photograph by exploding mines
in the snow by electricity.
Coal exports from Newcastle, Aus
tralia, totaled 12O,593 tons for the sew
EN- days ended September 25, the larg-
est amount ever shipped in one week.
The war service record has been
set up by Lancashire man, who left
England for the front on Thursday,
was wounded on the firing line on the
following Monday and was back in
England in a hospital on the succeed
ing Thursday--the eighth day after he
left England.
Russian tolerance toward prisoners
of war is astonishingly illustrated at
Kostroma, where a number of in
termed Austrians have been permitted
to lease a cinema theater, while an
other group Of prisoners have formed
a band which plays Czech airs in the
streets.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

own instructive loathing Of a bed on
which Chinese had lain. Fortunately
was not tired.
1t was only nine o'clock, and l had
noticed as | came into the town a
considerable flare of lights, a large
white tent and a notice of Chinese
circus. A Chinese circus was some.
thing net to be missed in this empty
and outlandish country, so l put down
my pack in the posthouse and went
out to see the performance. 1t was
something truly original, a piquant di'
version after a long days journeying
in the wastes and wilds of the noun
tains of Alai Tau
1t was a circular tent, small enough
for a circus tent, having only three
rows of seats around the arena. The
price to sit down was thirty copecks; /;
TO stand behind, fifteen copecks. Sol
diers came in free, and there were
some thirty Of them with their dull
peasant faces and dusty khaki uni
forms, Near the entrance there was
a box covered with red bunting, free
for the chief of police and his friends,
The chief of police has a free box at
nearly every local entertainment in
Russia-he can permit or forbid the
show. There we're three musicians
Russian peasants, paid a shilling a
night, | understand-and they gave
value for money increasingly on q
concertina, a violin and balalaika.
The public on the bare, rickety forms
ringed round the as yet empty stage
numbered from 100 to 120, and were
a mixture of Russians, Tartars and
Kirghiz. All the Russian officers and
officials of the town seemed to be
there and accompanied by their smart
ly dressed wives and daughters. The
Tartar merchants looked grim in their
black skull caps, their women queenly
with little crowns on the tops of their
heads and long wells falling over their
hair and their backs. There was a
row of these crowned Tartar women
together; a row also of Kirghiz wom-
en- III ulSu WulCS bul DdlS WldppSo
about their broad broWs. There were
colonists and their babas-open-faced
simple-souled peasant women who
came to be petritied by the seeming
devilry of the heather Chinee. To
them the fact that the Chinese are
heathen-not Christians no joke but
a fierce reality, They look upon the
Chinese as being comparatively near
akin to devils.
Naphtha lamps swung uneasily
from the high beams of the tent, and
flung unequal volumes Of light from
dangerous looking ragged flames. The
sandy arena and all the eager people
round were brightly shown in the
plenitude of light.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

ceived To De an exceedingly brilliant
idea. III you will lend us some ammu-
nation we can start again and the day
won't be wasted"
Naturally the officer was Obliged 10
decline this naive proposal. and on
reporting the matter he was censured
for not at once making the whole lot
of them prisoners. His reply was that
he would rather be cashiered than
take so mean an advantage of brave
and chlvalrouH enemy, who had
trusted him, and who, after all, as
their conduct plainly showed, were in
some things little more than grown-up
children.
Towards the end OF the last siege OF
Paris by the Germans In 1901, the
custom grew up of observing an in-
formal armistice of about an hours
duration at sundown, when the
hungry citizens, or some OF them at
all events, used TO come out and rnr-
chase sausages from the Prussians
and Bravarians In the advanced
trenches at about ten times their nor
NAL price, After a while, however,
the custom came to the knowledge OF
Won Moltke, who efectually and
promptly put a stop to 1t by shooting
some half dozen or more OF the anna
teur trucemakers.
Finally. It may be mentioned, that
during the American Civil war the
commanders on both sides had the
greatest difficulty in preventing their
men from fraternizing after the days
fighting. Even the sentries, in many
instances used TO meet together and
fraternize.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

foundations Of the front porch. The
floor OF the porch is only few iNohes
lower than the main floor OF the
house. so that the front cellar wall Is
built UP on level with the other YER
anda foundation walls.
The space under the veranda is not
excavated, so the extending veranda
walls only reach below frost,
The grading Of the lot is a little
higher In front, to give the fashionable
bungalow effect. This may be done to
advantage, because there are no front
cellar windows to interfere. The lot
slopes gently to the back, 80 that
good-sized cellar windows may be
made free from distractions In the
way of admitting light into the work
ing end of the cellar.
The plan of this bungalow is espe'
cially interesting from the fact that II
contains six rooms, which is unusual
in bungalow construction. St1 rooms
are obtained sometimes by adding o
wing, but wings are expensive and or
jectionable,
The parlor and dining room are
built together and may be furnished
and used as one large living room, IA
by "a feet. The woodwork of both
rooms is made to match. The. furni'
ture for both rooms should be select
ed to match, not necessarily or the
same material, but there should be a
similarity.
The living rooms are entirely sep
arate from the bedrooms, which
makes a good bungalow plan. The
front room, however, is arranged 80
that it may be good for bedroom,
den or office. 1t depends on the size
of the family.
There is a space-saver in the dining
room that is somewhat unusual. A
built-in buffet reaches across the win
dow recess and comes up even with
the window sill. The china cupboards
are extended up each side to bring
them level with the top of the window
casing, so that the casing and finish
for the top of the window extends
around the tops of the china cabinets.
The cabinet doors are nicely made
and glazed with good quality of glass.
The appearance of china and glass
ware in cabinet depends a good deal
upon the glass in the doors.
This arrangement places a frame
around the window somewhat upon
the usual order of framing a mirror
at the back of built-in sideboards. The
advantage is that a novel effect is OBJ
tanned by substituting a window in
stead of mirror. Also this window
is large enough to light the dining
room.
The kitchen arrangements are
planned to save work for the house
keeper The kitchen, pantry. cellar
stair and back porch are all built to-
gether, so that the working depart
ment is all that could be desired in
any sized house, the back porch being
sheltered by the house on two sides,
and it may be easily made into an ad-
ditional workroom for use as the
weather permits.
This little back porch is intended
to be closed in with lattice work and
fly screens, and of course there should
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14
Bullet Did Its Work.

During the Boer war an Irish pri.
vate on one occasion had a bet with
his comrades that he could hit tin
mug from which Boer in distant
encampment was drinking. The sol.
dier won his wager, for from a range
Of 900 yards he knocked the tin from
the Beers hand. Later on the Incl,
dent had an astonishing sequel. The
shock of the bullet hitting the Boer's
tin caused crust to slip down his
throat, which actually suffocated him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

It was at point-to-point meeting. A
man with an eye to business put up 3
marquee and was ready to garage cars
for consideration.
A big touring car came up. How
much for putting up the carp asked
the owner.
Five dollars for the day." was the
reply, and the car went on. Other
expensive cars we're brought up, and
the same sum demanded.
At last up came small car OF a
make about which 1t is the fashion to
make good-humored Jokes.
How much?" inquired the motorist
Five dollars"
Its yours" replied the car owner.
dismounting.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

does not alter the sentiment A man
will shoulder a musket in defense Of
a little bungalow home Like this as
quickly and as effectually as though
1t were more elaborate.
This little bungalow has a cellar
wall up to or a little above the lot
level. 1t depends upon the climate,
to some extent. Fashion dictates the
manner in which bungalow cellar
walls and windows should be arranged
and built into the house siding just
above grade.
Ordinary bungalow cellar walls in
the North are Az to feet in height.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14

The final curtain had fallen and the
audience was futtering and filing out
of the playhouse In the lobby was
a picture of the author of the piece.
a parsonage with an abundant beard
and a pair of flashing eyes under
beetling brows-in short, the we'll
known Mephistophelian mask Of
George Bernard Shaw.
He has a clever face,' said one
fiuttering lady to another fiuttering
lady as they went out into the night
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-05-14
Or fINe
Fp(MTIEp
dfG1LNA
y StephenGrahaN

" OPAL is S25 miles from a rail
way station and one of the last
\ n places on earth; a town with.
out an inn. without a barber;
place you could run round in quar-
ter OF an hour, and yet having juris-
diction over an immense tract of terri
tory along the Russian frontier of
China. came there late one evening
and found the posthouse crowded with
Cinnamon; Cinnamon on the two beds,
on the floor, in the passage; chop
sticks on the table. They were all
travellers on the road to Peking, max
ing their way slowly northward to the
Trans Siberian railway.
AT once one of those who occupied
a bed got up, apologized, and vacated
his sleeping place-offering it to me.
Despite my refusal, he took off his
blanket and quilt and spread them on
the floor instead His humility was
touching especially in contrast to my