The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-07

moving picture film to be made at the clubs at that time.
 The entertainment committee at the Southern club is making every effort to- ward the pleasure of the members, and many interesting affairs are in prospect during the season.
 Discussion of what Is good form and what is not; of good manners and bad nearly always end with the deduction that after all, kindness and consideration for others furnish the best guide for rules or conduct, and almost may be said 60 provide the 'polish,' too, supposed to distinguish the born courier from ma tures gentleman Tn the rush and hurry oe the times, however, we are all prone to adopt habits lacking in courtesy, just i'll pure thoughtlessness. One of these was the topic of bridge table conver- sation the other morning precipitated by a young matron who was explaining her delay in keeping her gagement. "I was called to the telephone three times just as I was leaving the house. she said. and being in a hurry, was in mood to notice any variation in the usual rou- tine of telephone talk. In each case the friend who wanted to speak with me had a servant to call me and then l had to wait until she arrived at her end of the line. It seemed to me that the wait was endless--naturally, since I was in hurry-but am morally sure one of them finished giving her servants their in- structions for the day, kissed her chil- dren goOd-by and gave them their part ing admonition upon sending them off to school, all while I sat and waited for her to come. And she had called mel Now it is taking advantage, think, to make the other person wait when it is you who is wanting to speak to her" And everyone at the table agreed with her. though one admitted that she had drifted into the habit of having some ono secure her party" before going to the telephone 'Tt is not courteous" she admitted, especially for women whose hours are their own. Of course, it is different in the case of business men, to whom every minute is valuable. They can all very well treat each other that way, because the conditions are prac- tically the same in every office
 ] But evidently some Birmingham men do not feel so about 1t, because this is what happened a short time ago: The | stenographer to a wealthy banker, hav- | ing called well known lawyer to the telephone said "Wait minute, please; Mir. s. would like to speak to you. MT. S. arrived after the usual interval, ! to bet met by these words, delivered courteously but firmly, ''NIr. X, want you to understand that my time is just as valuable as yours, and hereafter when ycu want to speak to me, kindly be at
 the telephone when I answer" To this
 MT x replied with equal courtesy: MT.
 S, I quite agree with you, and I shall | be in your office within a few minutes to apologize for my rudeness. And he went.
 Moreover, he afterward related the inci- dent to a party of friends.
 
 1 The Birmingham custom of breaking | in the dance-one might perhaps call it a southern custom, since it prevails in
 many nearby places of size and conse- quence-receives various criticisms from l visitors, most, of them unfavorable. Re- gently a northern bachelor on his first visit to Birmingham experienced the cus- | tom for the first time He was dancing at the Tutwiler at one of the after-theatre parties and his partner was a pretty, | popular society girl, who is much in de- mand as a dance partner. After a. few steps in the foxtrot the young woman was captured by a smiling member of the younger set and trotted off in the approved fox manner. while the visitor iretired in dismay to the table at which l he was a guest. His host, not De.ns | oencing man, sat there alone awaiting