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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-02
Ia.4ranoa Rarratt,n Romeo.

Irving contributed to the gayety OF
a supper a story about Lawrence Bar
rett. One night Barrett and his old
friend, Edwin Booth, met at their club
In New York. Barrett, after brief
greeting, hustled toward the door with
every appearance Of remembering a
pressing engagement.
''Halloa! Where are you of tor
Booth asked.
ITO a rehearsal" said Barrett.
"Whats the play?"
Barrett said 1t was Romeo and Ju-
liet."
"And what part do you take?" Booth
asked in sudden access Of interest
There Is only one part for me In the
play" Barrett said, drawing himself
up In lofty Indignation.
"Oh, ah, yes" said Booth; II know
the nursew
The angered tragedian stood forth In
naughty silence and did not speak to
Booth for two days.-Strand Magazine.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-02
Tn. Amateur az Bootmaker.


In the early days when Tolstoy adopt
ed manual labor as a religious duty he
took lessons IN bootmaking to occupy
him during the long winter evenings.
He was at work diligently hammering
the wooden pegs into the red sole, an
art he had just mastered, says the
"reminiscences of Tolstoy," by his son.
when Prince Obolenski came In.
Look, isn't that grand?" said my IA
Their exultantly, holding out his work
for the visitor to see.
"It doesn't seem so very difficult"
said Obolenski, half in joke.
"Well. you tryP
Right you aEer'
every good, but on one condition
every peg you drive In I'll pay you a
rouble, and every one you break you'll
pay me 10 copecks. AgreedT
Obolensh took the boot, awl and
hammer and broke eight pegs, one aft
er the other; then he laughed with his
good humored laugh and amid general
hilarity paid so copecks, which went to
the shoemaker.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-02
Tha caaed Emperor.

After Elba Napoleon became a DOGGY
to the whole world as we'll as to the
British government which had the
guarding of him. Lord Bathurst be-
lieved," says Norwood Young in ma
poleon In Exile: st. Helena QS15-
1920" chat Napoleon spent his time
IN connecting plans for escape" But,
said the outlaw to O'Meara, where
could I go to, allowing that got out
Of the island7 Every place could
arrive at 1 would find enemies to seize
me-" This panicky dread Of Napo-
Icons escape from st. Helena led to
England's annexation Of the uninhab-
tied island of Ascension, TOO miles dis
tant. The even more distant island
Of Tristan dAcunha was similarly
taken possession of the following year.
because It was thought to be too dan
gerously near the Napoleonic 1nfiu-
ence.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-02
Piano and Violin.

IL is undoubtedly true that between
the piano and the violin the latter is
the harder instrument to master. The
piano is much more of a machine than
the violin, and Its technique as COM
pared with that Of the violin Is very
much easier to get hold Of. The most
human of all instruments, the violin Is
almost boundless In it's demands upon
the skill of the performer.-New York
American.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-02
Tn. PsxohoIoaical Moment

'Now's the time to spring that new
gown on pa"
"Whyf Is he In a good moodr
1.-THE best. just heard him brag-
ging that he played the best golf Of his
life yesterday ACKNOWLEDGMENT Free
Press
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-02
Sour Grapes.

"The man | marry must have COM
mon sense" she said haughtily.
HE won't" replied he bitterly
Denver Clarion.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-02
Delayed knowledge.

When a bride begins to meet her hus-
bands relations she is astonished that
a man like him came from a family
like that-Galveston News.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-02
johnson

A COW is a very good animal in the
Geld. but we turn her out of a garden
johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Rice Crop Important

From Farm and Preside.
 The work of bringing the old lands and the new lands of the south under cultiva- ton is undergoing a marked change. The ia six is no longer so much an individual one as it is a cooperative or communal one. Two factors are primarily respon- sible for the change: the capital required and the difficulty in securing efficient labor.
 Take the case, for instance, Of the Grand Prairie of Arkansas, where the culture of rice has revolutionized condl- tions within the last six or eight years Land which will produce from 40 to so bushels of rice to the acre, selling for 6o cents to $l a bushel, can be had for s20 to S6O Sometimes one years crop pays the original price of the land. The lure to the northern farmer, accustomed to no more than 40 to 80 bushels of 60 to TO- cent corn to the acre $150 to S200 land, has been more than he could resist. The result has been such an influx of north ern farmers to the Grand Prairie of Ar kansas, within the last five years, as was never witnessed in all the south before.
 But the price of the land has not told the whole story. Unless the grower who has thousands of dollars invested in his crop can command the necessary help to harvest and save his crop his hair is pretty sure to turn gray while he is yet comparatively young man. The labor problem has been, is now, and will long continue to be the bugaboo of the south ern farmer or planter Farms give way to plantations and porches to galleries once the travellers is few hundred miles south of St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
All Prices Soar

Charlton Bates Strayer in Leslie's.
 Practically all prices have scared during the past IS months. The greatest outcry is raised over gasoline, which has in- crea sed about 50 per cent in price, though there are other staples which have in creased double that amount. Copper has jumped from 15 to 291s cents 8 pound all metal manufacturers have advanced; 36 classes of articles used by railroads have advanced from 80 to 700 per cent; hides, paper, chemicals, building mate rials and foodstuffs are all higher. The advancing prices of such commodities are hailed as a sign of prosperity or as a result of good times, but in the case of gasoline a great outcry is made. There has been also a tremendous increase in demand and diminuton of supply A few years ago the Standard Oil company was abused by independents" for fore ing prices down to kill competition. Con- gress now talks of investiga ting the Stan. dard Oil companies, because petroleum and it's by-products have advanced. The report of Secretary of the Interior Lane on the gasoline situation shows that for a number of years the production of crude oil has failed to keep pace with the de mands for gasoline. The crude oil pro duction in 1914 was 265, 800 900 barrels. IT 1915 a trivial increase brought it up tt 1 267, 600 barrels. The gasoline require
 ments of the country in this same period | increased 25 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
R A NDOM NOTES

from Shipley school in Philadelphia, hav- ing graduated from that institution last week as the president of her class Miss Nelson was accompanied home by Miss Natalie Caldwell of Philadelphia, class mate, and Miss Caldwell will be her guest for sometime.
 Miss Mary Lee of Selma is the guest of her sister Mrs. R. James Lide.
 
 Mrs. Earl Drennen will spend several days this week with friends in Gads- den.
 
 Mrs. Herman Rich and children are visiting relatives in Atlanta. Miss Ruth Cowan of Gadsden is the guest of Mrs. Charles Sharples and Mrs. J. B. Stapleton.
 Miss Theodosia Lee of Montgomery and Miss Nell Scarbrough of Columbus, Ga, are guests of Miss Eleanor Massey. Miss Hattie Morton has returned from trip to New York, where she was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Webster Davis. Miss Helen Ledbetter of Anniston has returned to her home after visit to Miss Hortense Simpson.
 
 Mrs. Margie Price Camper was the guest of friends in the city, en route to Burlington, Vt, where she will visit friends before entering Columbia institute, where she will take course in domestic science.
 Miss Grace Dunlap will leave in few days for New York, where she will enter Columbia
 Mir and Mrs. H. L. Turney have re- turned from their wedding trip and are at home in Fairview.
 MT. and Mrs. T. H. Aldrich are spend- ing several eays on the coast. MT and Mrs Ernest McIver have named their little son Ernest, Jr.
 
 Miss Valley Young White will return in a few days from Agnes Scott col lege.
 Mrs. Louise Wilson left last week to make her home in Gulfort, Miss. Mrs. Pearl Weiss Smith left Satur- day morning for New York for a visit of two weeks with friends
 Miss May Cooper and Miss Martha Sweeney left yesterday morning for visit to friends in Mt. Pinson. The friends of Mrs. w. S. Cherry will regret to know of her illness, she having been removed from her home to South Highlands infirmary on Mon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15

MT. Vadenon Carson of Meridian is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Barnett and was among the out-of-town guests at the Moore-Barnett wedding last even- ing.
 MT. Edward Shivers and son of Marion are spending a few days in the city with friends.
 Miss Jack Wright of Dadeville is the guest of Miss Katherine Heron at her home on Eleventh avenue.
 Little Miss Dorothy Lathem of East Lake left a few days ago for St. Louis, where she will visit relatives
 Miss Ida Collins and Miss Sarah Col line have returned from a visit to Tate Springs.
 Mrs. Davidson of Uniontown is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. w. H. New ins, on Hickory street.
 Mr and Mrs. Frank P. Glass, Jr., will return in a few days from their wedding trip, having spent sometime in Canada and Princeton.
 Mrs. Estelle Bethea Hale left few days ago for Oklahoma, where she Will be the guest of MT. and Mrs Herbert Gibson
 Mrs. Archie Gibson and little daughter are the guest of MT. and Mrs. Beverly Head at their home in Tuscaloosa.
 
 Mrs E. M. Mason has returned from a short stay in Montgomery
 
 Miss Katherleen Moore will leave today for a visit to friends in Athens
 Miss Lizzie Lamar who has been the guest of Mrs. Nelson Andrew, has re- turned to her home in Texas.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Otto Hodges have named their little daughter Lola for it's mother. Mrs. Hodges was Miss Lola Rideout.
 Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Frazier have named their little son Sidney Fletcher Frazier. Miss Mary Knight Rush. who has been enjoying a camping party given by Miss Augusta Harwood and which has been chaperoned by Mrs. Jack Meredith, spent Thursday in Tuscaloosa, and returned yesterday to Birmingham, where she Will spend several weeks as the guest of Mrs Clyde Hunter, says the Mobile Register She will visit Miss Sue Rainer in Elba and will also visit in Selma and Jack son. Miss, before returning to Mobile later in the summer Mrs. Clyde Hunter will come to Mobile in few weeks to spend sometime with her parents. Miss Margaret Nelson has returned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Ole Miss, CT Sho' Cure fe, de Heart Burn is CT Mouth. full uv Hair, CT Armful uv Gal, an CT Moon! Yassum!

Kindergarten children have advanced from the prim propriety of Kate Green way frocks to "rompers," wherein their emancipated legs can frisk about to their hearts content
 School girls, as every one knows are all legs and hair ribbons, the two seem to go tcgether-while she whom the French caii tune jeunne fille," remains so long a school girl, one scarcely knows by her attire when she has attained woman- hood.
 And now at last "everybody's doing it" from the "kiddfes" to the up-to-date grandmothers - wearing abbreviated skirts; only once in a great while does the old-fashioned grandmother type ap- pear, with long, bombazine skirts, trailing about her ankles and for this there's no excuse; for she of all people should havo conveniently short skirts to help her along in her old age.
 Look at the peasant women of Europe, how great their vigor and how short their skirts.
 So it argues well, not only for looks and dame fashions dictates, to wear short skirts, but for convenience and health as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Pertaining to the Upward Trend of
 Skirts and Dame Fashions Decrees
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

ARTOONISTS delight to draw lE humorous pictures of gallants O who upon the near approach to a modishly gowned woman, discover to their chagrin that they are flirting with their grandmother, instead of with their daugh- ter.
 There's a cunning little rhyme which ex- presses Dame Fashions dictates today in apt language, and goes like this: Lives of chickens all remind us As we see them now and then That the way the women dress these days You can't tell a chicken from hen" Watching an elderly lady with long and spreading skirts boarding street car the other day, the impression was insistent that old ladies more than any other class of women, should adopt the high tide skirts that now distinguish the costumes of women of extreme fashion.
 The grandmotherly old lady thus ob- served was clambering laboriously on to the rear platform of a street car and was really having quite a perilous time of it; long she had waited on the pavement curb until the street was comparatively CIedf or SpeeQlng LrafIlC, and much was she hampered by skirts as she was as- sisted by the conductor, who showed that kindly consideration for age and in- firmity that distinguishes the average Birmingham conductor.
 She was hopelessly out of date, and if she had only known it, shorter skirt would have been much more convenient and she would have gotten along twice as last as with the long, clinging skirts.
 Old people can't skip lightly as chil- dren do, across streets and thoroughfares congested by traffic, nor step lively into cars where they must oftimes stand tot tering about while their money is changed, nickles are dropped into slots, and transfers obtained with the cars in rapid motion, and elderly women should have every convenience for locomoton that is known, especially in the matter of dress.
 The "high-tide' skirt may appear to be a dictate of fashion which indeed it is, but it is also along the line of dress re- form, leaving the body free of movement and the limbs unhampered and uncon- fined.
 Somehow this applies even to babies; for almost before a new born ba be is able to see out of it's little eyes, you hear that it is ''out of long clothes," and you begin to wonder if it ever had any long dresses at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM
 F,NCAMPMENT AT PELHAM

Prof. Roswell B. West of Birmingham has prepared two feature stories for northern magazines, one dealing with the origin and growth of the encampment, illustrated with views, and one dealing with the intensive part of the summer programmes.
 Dr. w. B. Crumpton, the pioneer in this work, as in many other progressive movements in this state, has been on the grounds for several days. He spoke to the students very interestingly Tuesday evening about his new work as assist ant to the secretary, Dr. Yarbrough, who succeeded him on the state mission boa rQ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Auburn Graduate Dead

Huntsville, June 14.--(Special )-Maury Leslie, who graduated from the Alabama Polytechnic institute few days ago, died at Auburn after brief illness that seized him before he could leave for home. He was 21 years old and was a son of Rich ard D. Leslie a prominent farmer oi Madison county. The funeral was helc here Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Hay Growers to Meet

Columbus, Miss, June 4.-(Special., The hay growers of Lowndes county have been called to assemble at the Chamber of Commerce in this city at 2 o'clock Sat urday afternoon for the purpose of dis cussing a proposition to join the Ala bama- Mississippi Hay Growers associa ton, which is soon to be formed for tn, purpose of promoting and protecting tn, interests of growers of the legume ir these two states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15

I lyn RosenstihL Mrs. John B. Rosenstihl, Mrs. S. J. Vann, Mrs. Lathem, Mrs. Eugene Morgan, Mrs. Edward Burn 1rwin
 Mrs Goodloe McGahey, Mrs. Robert
 Dolejsi, Mrs. Murry Hitchcock, Mrs. Wat
 son, Miss Mary Chollett Berney, Miss
 Kathryn Ross, Miss Clara Yarbrough,
 Mrs James Moore Mrs. Roscoe Harris,
 Mrs Charles Heidt Jr,, Mrs. Anglin l White Mrs. James Garber, Mrs. Percy
 Meadow, Mrs. Carlton Smith, Mrs John
 Cox, Mrs. Hinson Sibley, Mrs Roderick
 Beddow, Mrs Oliver Coxe, and Mrs.
 Henry Hiden, Jr.
 l Mrs John Miner Caldwell was hostess yesterday at d luncheon at the Country
 club in honor of Miss Edith Bowron. An | immense basket filled with spring flowers and tied with butterfly bows of tulle l adorned the center of the table, about which were seated Miss Edith Bowron, 1 Miss Anna McLester, Miss Josephine Al
 dridge Miss Grace Murphy of Greens | boro, Miss Gladys Williams Miss Jose
 phine Johnston, Miss Elizabeth Cunning 1 ham and Mrs. Charles Whitworth Of I Nashville.
 1 Miss Mamie Ferguson was hostess yes 1 terday afternoon at "500'' party in com- 1 plment to Miss Eleanor Allen of Biloxi, | Miss, the charming house guest of Miss Ida Neel Ford. Included in this charm ing hospitality were; Miss Eleanor AL len. Miss Kathryn Mcintyre Miss Alma Ratliffe, Miss Hornet Smith, Miss Julia Bowers, Miss Fannie Bowers, Miss Sara McCarty Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Miss Elizabeth Crow. Miss Margaret Ashton, Miss Gladys Webb and Miss Della Dryer.
 Miss Pearl and Miss Grace Blackburne were hostesses yesterday at luncheon at the Tutwier in compliment to Miss Mo bln dec orated with daisies, large bouquet forming the center motif. The hand painted place cards held the names Of Miss Mary Scruggs, Mrs. w. M. Ewing, Jr Miss Annie Lee Horn, Miss Eunice Scruggs, Miss Martha Ellis and Mrs. Walter Mccoy.
 One of the many charming and in formal affairs arranged for Miss Edith Bowron was the tea given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Thomas BoWron at her home The house present gala appearance, decorated in ferns ana cut flowers and potted plants. There were about 50 of Miss Bowrons and Mrs Rowron's friends called during the tea hour.
 Small party of Montgomerian to spend the summer in the Arctic regions and the Land of the Midnight Sun,
 
 This evening at o'clock Miss Mar garet Booth. Mrs W. T. Northington and Mrs Julia A. Pratt of Prattville, Mrs John G. Farley, Mrs. Leon Well, Miss Mena Veil and Miss Helen Veil, Miss Della Mohr of Montgomery and Mrs s. G. Smith and Miss Leila smith of Conway, Ark. will leave for Seattle, Wash, from which port they VII sail on Monday morning. June 1s, on the steamship Prince George, Grand Trunk Pacific line, for Skaguay, Alaska.
 The marriage of Miss Helen Weiss and MT. Frank Leslie Eaves was qnlet- ly solemnized at the home "f the brides parents Monday afternoon at 2:SO o'clock. The Rev. Morris of the South Highland Methodist chllc or ficiated Immediately after the cere- mony Mr. and Mrs. Eaves left for Sa- vannah, where they will take the steamer for New York. They will visit Philadelphia, Washington and other eastern points. and after July l will be at home at 1006 Eula street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Whistling as an Art

Having noticed the recent discussion of whistling as fine art, l offer the fol- lowing, which may impart some idea of
 it to those who display surprising igno-
 rance respecting it: Whistling has do-
 servedly become a recognized art in mu-
 does, the thrilling notes of natures own
 music masters-the wild birds, those first
 chorsters of the templed hills and clois- tered woods Then, too, we find the same scientific arrangement for producing har- monious results that are necessary to all development of musical sounds. People have been initiating the birds for years, it is true, but until now have not ac. tempted to combine the bird songs with the harmony of a beautiful solo, In whistling there is even wider range of execution than is possible to the voice or all instruments, with the exception, perhaps of the violin. M. D. R..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Not in Need of Anything

T have never asked permission to join your Helping Hand but just slipped in. I sent quilt pieces to Mrs. A. J. w., and now I have some more for the girl who is an invalid and whose nurse asks for pieces for her to work up. If J. T. will take the scraps to this girl I shall be glad Mrs. G. D. make a tea or saffron, then dip her curtains in it. She will find they will become like new. l tried it and friends asked me if I had new curtains I hope this will be a help and make some one happy. At this time of the year we looh for happi- ness. I am not in need of anything! Thank the good Lord for that! l do and wish to be of service to others. even in the little trifling things, when can.
 ,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Charged With Kidnapping

Huntsville, June 14.-(SpeciaI. )-Lee Bradford, a young farmer, has been ar rested on a charge of carrying concealed weapons and attempting to kdnap the daughter of w. M. Armstrong of Farley. The arrest was made to stop the elope- ment, Bradford having secured license to marry the girl. The girl evaded the officers as soon as Bradford was arrested and her people have not been able to find her since
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Bulletin on Pleas

Application to the chronological de- partment, Washington, D. C., for bulle- tin pertaining to fleas gives the last word for restriction and extermination. We used white dinner plates with candles stuck to the bottom with two or three drops of the candle before it hardens. Place around the flea infected rooms lighted candles, fill plates with water. adding two or three drops of kerosene. Put plates on the floor. c. T. s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Concerning Camp Fire Girls

Several times I have noticed requests for information regarding Camp Fire Girls in your Corner. To all who will write me, inclosing astamp for reply, will give what information I can. In write me, inclosin ga stamp for reply, over 16 years of age, as there are senior and junior groups, as well as Blue Birds which is the name of the little people under 12 years of age.
 ALICE M. G."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Prune Whips

Tn response to Mrs. G. C.'s request for a recipe for prune whip which will not fail when taken out of the oven, here IS my formula, which never fails me: Beag the whites of three eggs to stiff frCth; add a tablespoon of powdered sugar. Chop fine eight boiled and seeded prunes, or run them through the meat grinder. Mix thoroughly the beaten eggs and sugar with the prunes and bake in porcelain dish in a slow oven. Serve with whipped cream. The secret of my nrune whip not falling is that I am careful te have my oven just right Be sure the dish is well baked before taking it from the oven. This quantity will serve three persons. I know you are interested in prune dishes, and hope to see this in print K Y E."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
Used Typewriter Ribbons

T beg leave to advise that have about 15 slightly used typewriter ribbons (Un- derwood) that I will give to individuals who possess a machine that they will fit and which they use at home. M. N."
 The writer's address is in our book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
ManonHdndndsHoIpinQf1dnd
BU Marion HaHaHd

I submit this way to get rid of the roach pest; Set trap, have vessals of sour milk for them, close to the wasts or wood- work. They will gather ana just drop in until there are no more to come I was tormented until I was nearly demented by the horrible things They side tracked pepper, boraX, etc. A dish of sour milk showed me the way of relief The dish should be set in the path of the reaches, and fly paper helps. With best wishes for our Corner MRS. M. B. H."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
They Just Drop In

For the benefit of worried housewives who have written to the Corner of their disquietude under the inroads of the pests,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15

The Chatwork club will meet today at o'clock at the home of Mrs. w. J. White on Fountain Heights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15

A number of interesting groups and other photographs have been made on the mountain by the Rev. R. E. Owen, official photographer. MT. Owen is pas tor of the Spring Street Baptist church. Talladega.