The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-12

signboards should read:
 Remember the Eighth Com mandment," said woman the other day to a group of friends.
 "You don't know which is the eighth commandment" she questioned, as a vague look came over the faces of sev- eral who were present. Then I'll tell you; it is one of the shortest and one of the most explicit of them all: Thou 1 shalt not steal "
 Who's going to steal?" said someone vehemently.
 Unfortunately. a lot of people cannot tell just exactly what they are going to do," answered the woman, until they see something they want, which is un- guarded"
 What particularly have you in mind?" asked another of the group.
 "The general tendency to steal flow ers," replied the other There is as we all know, a national endeavor all over the United States along the City Beau | tifup lines; right here in Birmingham | Commissioner George Ward has done his valiant and splendid work to instill this | idea into the hearts and minds of the l citizens of this city, and just how well | he has succeeded is shown best by the l way they have responded in hearty CO., 1 operation and beautifed the city Wher- 1 ever flowers will growth window boxes on porches, on grass plots bordering along l the street, it is urged that they be plant | ed. Now those who take the trouble 1 to work and plan and plant flowers can't possibly stand with a shotgun to 1 protect the floral beauty they have ere | ated, so it is up to the public to have oio inn to enjoy these flowers without breaking | the eighth commandment when they see | them.'
 q recall a little woman in my neigh | borhood" the speaker continued, who | is a very busy woman. She goes to her duties at o'clock and returns at 6; she
 
 and the great-great-gr granddaughter of l Alab bama's distinguished historian, Albert Pickett.-Montgomery Advertiser.
 
 Mrs. Clem Gazzam and son are spending sometime on the Massachusetts coast. | MT. and Mrs. Charles Ungerman and | children are spending sometime in Massa- 1 chusetts.
 | Harry Forsyth is i'll at St. Vincent s hospital with typhoid fever. He is the | young son of MT. and Mrs. A. R. For | syth.
 I Mrs. A. A. Clisby, who has been the lguest of relatives in Mobile, left a few days ago by water for New York. where she resides with her son, MT. Irwin Clisby 
 Mrs. w. L. Jones of Anniston is i'll at the Birmingham infrmary.
 MT. c. F. White is ill with typhoid feve at the Birmingham infirmary..
 
 Miss Westley Drane and Miss Katherine kilbrew of Clarksville, Tenn, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. H. T. DeBaredel- eben at their home at Glen Iris Park. Miss Katherine Lynch, who has been the guest of Miss Mildred Hart in Gads- den, has returned home.
 Mrs. Henry Pell Pierpont of New York city is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. B. Cunningham. Mrs. Pierpont was formerly Miss Alice Duncan of this city
 
 Miss Laura Lee of Green Springs spent the past week with her sister, Mrs. A. J. Davis, in Bessemer.
 Mr. and Mrs. James Bowron will leave shortly for Cincinnati, where they will spend several days with their daughter, Mrs. Grover Tilden Davis. Later they will visit Boston and Portland, Me, where they will be the guests of MT. and Mrs. A. H. Ford formerly of this town, who now reside in Portland. They will spend sometime in Canada and will return to their home in this city in about six weeks.