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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05

1hls relieves tho strain on fragments, naturai expansion takes place without undue elect upon tho nerves. And as the time ap- p.oacnes' the mind has gone through . pc. this has an unguestioned influence upon the future child. That this Is true Is evidenced py the fact that three generations of mothers nave used and recommended Mothers Fnend." Ask your nearest druggist for a bottle of this splendid remedy. He will get
 It for you. And then write to Bradaeld Reg aiator Co.,, 4e7 Lamar Bldg, Atlanta, Ca, Tor most interesting book of information to prospective mothers. It is mailed free
 wE'ts today. It | book you will enjoy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05

lace inserts Receiving with Mrs. Hill were Miss Kipp of New York, Miss Gilbert of New York, Mrs. A. M. Me- Gehee. Mrs. William Fitts, IT,, Mrs. Frank M. Moody, Mrs. Eugene Smith, Mrs. Thomas Christian and Miss Me- Crossin of Birmingham.
 Assisting in the dining room were Mrs. Fitts, Mrs. A. c. Cade, Mrs. Fred erick Stickney, Mrs. Washington Moody Mrs Edward May, Mrs. Ellison Bingham, Miss Donoho, Mrs. owen Meredith and Mrs. Harry McGahee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
\ aRS. MURDOCH HONORS S MRS. JULIAN PARKE

usMrs w. l.. Murdochs luncheon at the odltwiler yesterday was one of the very
 Salightful affairs that have been given to lvompliment Mrs. Julian Parke of Selma,
 Kho is spending a few days with Mrs d rex T. London. In the interesting party
 ere Mrs. Angus Taylor, Mrs. Parke, grtrs. Cranford, Mrs Solon Jacobs, Mrs. ,.Ilex T. London, Mrs. Thomas D. Parke siriss Amelia Worthington, Mrs. Walter rh sley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
MRS. ESTES IS
 BRIDGE HOSTESS

The Birmingham Motor and Country club is a very delightful gathering place for society these days, and is the scene for many informal club meetings and parties. Wednesday, Mrs. w. C.. Estes
 was hostess to her club members, enter
 l taining them at luncheon and cards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
Maternity! fheA
 Word of " lords
It is written into life's expectations thai motherhood is the one sublime accom-

plHhment. And If there is anything. no matter how simple, how apparently trivial 1t may seem. if 1t can aid. help, assist or in any way comfort the expectant mother. 1t is a blessing. And such Is a remedy called "Mother's Erie nd." You apply 1t over the stomach muscles. It is gently rubbed on tho surface, and makes The nnvvnaIaa nysa nt .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
SENIOR CLASS
 TO PRESENT PLAY

The senior class of Louie Compton seminary will present their class play in the school auditorium Friday evening at s o'clock. It is a romance founded on Dumas Black Tulip and called by the same name. The dramatization was made by the seniors. Dutch maids in full skirts and kirtles. lads in volumin- ous pantaloons, and all in queer wooden shoes, will give a picturesque atmosphere to an attractive comedy of Holland in the seventeenth century
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
PARTIES PLANNED e FOR MISS PERKINS

| Id Miss Jessie Mae Perkins. whose mar iage to MT. Carl Holzborn will be an in- lsi -eresting event of Sunday, will be the oth inspiration of number of attractive
 parties during the next few days. To- or night Mr. Julian Dow will entertain at -ho iinner at Roebuck for Miss Perkins and N Mr Holzborn and Saturday night Miss le Mary Munger will entertain at the Coun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
WHITE SALE AT WEST END

Band No. 1 of the West End church will meet this afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. T. F. Healey on Tuscaloosa avenue. A white sale will be held and musical programme will be ren- dered which will include solos by Miss LurIine Oliver and Miss Louise Gold ston and Mrs. E. L. Motion will recite "A Mothers Dream"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
Dutch Steamer Floated

London, May 1.-The Dutch steamer Mashaven, which struck a mine last Fri day while bound from London for Rottcr- dam and later was beached near Harwich, has been floated and is proceeding un- der tow for the Thames, according to dispatch to Lloyds from Harwich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05
:FRECKLE FACE
ssun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots.
 How to Remove Easily

Heres a chance. Miss Freclle-f face, to try remedy for freckles with the guar antee of reliable dealer that it will not cost you a penny unless it removes the freckles; while if it does give you a clear complexion the expense is trifling.
 Simply get an ounce of othine-double streng gth-from any druggist and few applications should show you how easy lfreckles and get a beautiful complexion. Rarely is more than one ounce needed for the worst case
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the eouble strength othine as this is the prescription sold under guarantee of honey back if it fails to remove freck- SIS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-05

try club. Saturday at noon Mrs. Robert Burnett will give luncheon at the Tut wiler to compliment this lovely oride- elect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
The X-Ray Microscope.

T1HERE is a method of using N-rays
with the microscope called micro
photography. The apparatus ena bles q
person quickly and thoroughly to ex
anime the internal structure of small
Opaque objects. the dissection of which
for microscopic observation is ordi-
narily very slow and unsatisfactory.
So clearly does the instrument reveal
the internal structure OF dia IONS and
other minute organisms that specimens
apparently belonging to the same spe
cies have in some cases been easily
seen to belong to different species.
Moreover the apparatus shows tho
bones and other parts of large animals
and fossils in extremely minute detail.
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German and Scandinavian.
Tact Lacked.

6S~ ERMANY in her treatment Of neu-
VI trails shows. to put it mildly, .
lack of tact" said DIR. Clement Burns
of San Francisco. who worked with the
American ambulance service in Paris.
"In her tactlessness Germany is as
offensive as the man at the New Year
party.
"A number of ladies were asked to
make wishes at the party, and one
wished for the finest house in New
York, another for the finest jewels in
Chicago, third for the richest hus-
band in America, and SO forth and
so OF.
The tactless man listened to dozen
or two of these wishes, and then he
roared out. impatiently:
Great scott, don't any of you care
for beauty
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DISINFECT LIBRARY BOOKS


II LIBRARIANS, at times. despair OF
winning the confidence of the
general public concerning the
care and precautions which any ordi-
nary public library takes with it's
books Fastidious people frequently
make unpleasant comments about
Books from a public library, some of
them going SO far as to declare that
they prefer to buy the books they read,
and when they cannot. they will quite
cheerfu]ly forego the pleasure of read
ing rather than run the risk of using
u public library volume.
This is an erroneous impression, and
G. r. Bowerman, librarian at the Pub
lie Library, maintains that every care
is exercised to keep a book fresh and
attractive. When it ceases to be SO, it
is Immediately withdrawn. Library
employees are requested TO report any
book that they. themselves might find
distasteful to handle because of spots,
dirt, sickness. griminess or blem-
ishes in general These books are
condemned and eventually are sent to
public institutions that house unfor-
Inmates.
Each morning Mr.. B5werman finds
awaiting him on his desk a letter from
the department OF health, notifying
him OF cases of conta gious diseases in
the city The librarian forthwith as
certains whether or not there are libra :
ry books in any of these homes. If he
finds there are, he Immediately COM
municates with the holder of the book
by letter. stating that he has received
a report from the health officer in
forming him of the contagious disease
which has made it necessary TO. him
to ask them not to return the book
until the house and book have been
fumigated
If the book has been handled by a
patient with diphtheria, or any one of
other diseases extremely contagious, it
is subsequently, burned. If book does
not fall directly into the hands of a
patient. but is in the house with him.
it is re!egated to the shelves of pest
house for the rest of it's days.
Books are fumigated by stringing
them on wire in box especially
built for this purpose. This separates
the leaves sufficiently to admit the dis
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of Bernhardt's life. facts well chosen
and illuminating. are recorded mere 10
light up in a great degree the genius OF
the woman TO make clear such llmita-
lions as beset her, to define the trend
and quality of her art. The writer does
not dwell entirely upon the acting OF
Bernhard. though he does deal with
this in a spirit of sympathy and COM
pr,ehension nor does he elaborate her
tantrums and frailties of temperament
nor again does he overstress the facts
of her birth and neglected childhood
But all of these. in fair proportion.
does he weave into the life of the great
stage woman. giving one reasoned
and convincing view of Bernhard An
exceptionally fine study by a most COM
petent writer on the theme OF he thea
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
The Road to Success.

n CHARLES NJ. SCHWAB was talking
" in his native Loretto about success
Il married on Sc week" he said,
but L knew success would come, and
before the winter was out l was maxi
ing $1,000 year
I'm everything-in war, in munition
making, in blowing up powder fac
tories-theres one road which leads
straight to success.
III for example, you're playwright
the road to success is the happy end
ing. Every successful playwright
bears in mind the dialogue of the
young couple at the end of Hamlet
How silly of that Shakespeare.
said the girl, to drown Ophelia and
murder Hamlet. Why, they ought to
have married.,
u amt no high brow critic the
young man agreed, but that's how Id
"a fixed it,
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Moth" etc. New York: Harper &
Brothers.

Fears to nave been the single aim of
Mr.. Orcutt in putting out The Bach
elors" There is no problem, no sermon.
no message here-only the good story.
There are three of the bachelors, not to
mention Il coupe of youngsters who.
thinking they have arrived, get under
foot now and then to the temporary
disarra cement of events. ihe three.
ali fine men. represent three different
tynes of the order of bachelor, coming
together chiefly through their unison
of purpose in respect to one and the
same Young woman. This oneness OF
design supplies the basis OF SUCH COM
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of ouk most distinguished contemporary
painters and al exhibition of his works
is event of note.
Edmund c. Tarbell was born at West
Groton, Mass, in 1862. He studied. first.
at the Boston Museum School and then
in Paris. under Boulanger and Lefebre.
The French impressionists were turn
ing things upside down at the time he
was a student in Paris, and no doubt
he and his fellow-students, Frank Ben
son and Robert Reid, were much in
fuenced by revolutionists, who were.
indeed. literally the discoverers of light
and air. But Mr.. Tarbell never adopt
ed the impressionsts' manner of paint
ing. Instead. with wide open eyes. he
came home and began experimenting
for himself. feeling and finding way
of his own. which was both fine and
expressive.
Another influence. which. presumably,
has affected Mr.. Tarbelrs work. is that
of the little Dutch masters. the men
of earlier centuries. who painted SO
wonderfully well pictures Of their own
time. This influence, with that of the
impressionists, made an interesting
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Grosvenor glacier on the slopes of
Mount Salcantay. off the surface of
which, for the first time lit many years,
the snow had melted. leaving the ice
exposed. In this group also is an eN-
tremely interesting picture of a noun
tain path leading from a land of YER
dure to a suoW-CoVercd peak thousands
of feet in height. The measure of size
is given almost invariahly by man
50 placed in the foreground as to be-
cone an integral part of the picture.
There are other views of Cuzce
which are very picturesque and some
excellent portrait studies, typical and
Characteristic Such photographs have
great value and significance, and go to
show what the camera can do when
skillfuIIy handled. The exhibition.
which opens Tuesday, will continue for
some weeks.
n exhibition of paintings by Ed
"a mund c. Tarbell of Boston will be
opened in the Corcoran Gallery Of Art
Friday of this week. Mr.. Tarbell is one
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combination and one which is rare. A
painting. entitled The Venetian Blind.
owned by the Worcester Art Museum.
shows a young woman, with back and
shoulders nude. reclining before
shaded window, between the Stats of
which hot summer sunlight pours in
In this picture the impressionist inhu-
ence is uppermost, the painter was
chiefly interested in rendering the eff
feet of light-it was a difficult problem
and brilliantly solved-a picture full of
technical excellence, as well as charm of
color dtone.
In various pictures giving glimpses
of American home life, however, the
other influence, that of the Dutch genre
painters, has been more perceptible,
and after a time in these both inf1u-
ences became mingled. None other has
painted as Mr.. Tarbell has painted pic
, lures of rooms flooded with light from
open sunny windows and inhabited by
perfectly natural genuine people. A
splendid example is the picture by Mr..
Tarbell entitled Josephine and Mer-
cie," purchased some years ago by the
Corcoran gallery for its permanent col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16
Unlimited Potash Supply
i'm Rocks of United States

, Allerton S. Cushman. formerly with the
Depa rtment of Agriculture. and the
author of the bulletin named, has said
that the potash contained in these
feldspathic rocks, when ground 200
mesh fine and mixed with the soil. be
comes soluble and avaiiab Bile for plant
life very rapidly. The cost of quarry
ing and pulverzing on fairly large
scale should not exceed 50 to 81 per
ton. 1t is known that in every state in
New England, most Of the middle states
and large number of the southern
states there is an ineXhaustible supply
of potash feldspar that will run from
s to Is per cent potash.
Potash investigation by the govern
ment is not a new and recent form of
activity. The bulletin by the Depart
ment of Agriculture referred to was
written and published in 1889, when the
demand for potash was nothing like so
insistent as it was to become. Trade
rel ports now show that potash in limit
ed amounts is obtainable at about $3.50
Il ton.
Not long ago ii was reported on
what appears to be excellent author
ity that "a new process for producing
potash. now generally in demand by
all nations. but difficult to get, as the
main supply is controlled by Germany,
has been discovered by one of the
leading chemists of this country 1t
was said that mot only does the new
process produce potash, but also alumni
mum. and both in quantities sufficient
to make the labor profitable even in
competition with the German market.
al bat - min N IN.
200 miles south of Salt Lake City, is
already in operation, producing every
day about twenty-five tons of potash
and fifty tons of alumina, from which
aluminium is made"
In connection with that encouraging
news it was admitted that the only
drawback was the limited supply OF
ore. The Utah mine is the only one
found SO far in this country with
workable qua ltity of ore. but the Unit
ed States government is prospecting in
an effort TO locate more. Several de-
poSitS of a poor nature are known, and
it is believed that the field is larger
than is now known.
The extraction of potash from kelp
or seaweed has been the subject of
investigation and report by scientists
in the employ of the government of the
United States, and an incalculable sup
ply of potash is contained in Seaweed.
The supply of seaweed is ineNhaust-
ible. yet there are difficulties in the
way of adequate collection of seaweed
and profitable extraction, but it should
not be prophesied that the desired re-
suits will never be achieved. 1t has
been reported that at points on the Pa
cific and on the Atlantic coasts there
are plants devoted to the business of
extracting potash from seaweed. and
in many parts of the United States, on
or near the seacoast. farmers use the
seaweed itself as a fertilizer and very
much esteem it.
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infcctant to penetration of every
crease and crevice.
Recently there have been experiments
carried out in detail for the purpose of
determining exactly the possibility of
contracting tuberculosis through books.
The most extensive work of this kind
has taken place in London. Results
indicate that the danger is practically
nil In the first place, eXperimenters
have found that the tubercle bacillus
survives after leaving its own natural
environment. with great difficulty. Aft
er it has left the animal body it has a
tussle with existence that is. rule,
overwhelming, and the pernicious ba-
cillus succumbS to death
A few individuals have believed tu-
berculosis could be transmitted from
one person to another by merely wet
ting the thumb to enable the reader
to turn the page more easily. In
vestigators collected number of
pages, which had been treated in this
way by the offending thumb of a
tuberculosis person, and experiments
lated with the washinss from these
thumb-marked pages and bacilli which
were taken from pages two days old
showed some effect on the guinea pigs,
but from pages that had been kept two
months there was absolutely no eff
feet.
The Public Library issues books to
over $4,000 people year. When chill
dren, TO whom CARDS are not issued,
but who avail themselves of library
privileges, are taken into considera-
ton the $4,000 persons rapidly mount
to more than $4,000. Some of these
people draw one book, some two, some
more than two. But of all the books
that circulate during year, about
sO2,99S altogether, possibly one hun
bred volumes are destroyed.
Caring for books so that they will
ever be a benefit to the public and
never a menace takes time and iudg-
ment. More precautions are observed
today to protect the patrons of public
Libraries than We're ever taken before.
The Congressional Library is not free
to allow its books to circulate as do
those of public libraries. and for this
reason the question of disinfecting
books is not so momentous. However.
in receiving a shipment of books from
a broad the authorities see that such
collection Is fuinieated upon its ar
rival. This is done as a purely pre-
cautioEary measure.
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REVIVAL OF RIVER TRAFFIC
WITH USE OF BIG lBARGES


IN ENELOPMENT of commerce on
II ii the rivers OF the United States
a. may not be so rapid as the advo-
Gates of this phase of progress prophe-
sy. or so impetuous as they would
wish, but there are signs of revival
of river traffic. The signs of this re-
vival appear to be more numerous on
the Mississippi and Ohio than on other
rivers. and II is natural that those main
waterways Of the greater part of the
country should be first affected. They
not only Drain two vast valleys, but
the country they serve is one where
in is produced mighty tonnage
of bulky freight. and it is for freight
of this character that water carriage
is manifestly cheaper than land trans
portation.
Earnest students of the problems in
VOWED in the renewal of river tratiic
understand that in the revival of river
borne traffic there is no particular
menace to railroads, though the fear Is
often expressed that boats may draw Il
! large freight tonnage from the rail-
roads There will be freight enough
/ for both the river and the rails. The
/ growth of water transportation is not
| probably TO be Il sudden growth. Fleets
are not to sprin; out of the rivers or
10 be set going on the rivers by magic.
; The best that the river champions
! should hope, say the authorities. is Il
\ slow and steady rate of growth in the
| face of railroad competition and an in
/ sistence on speed which is a national
Characteristic. and in the matter OF
| speed the railroads should always be
( able to give the better service.
! The volume ofsfrcight IN the United
| States is destined 10 a mighty increase ~
the next generation, and the freight IN
| crease in the Ohio and Mississippi val
= leys Will, Of course. have its share IN
| this advance Of tonnage. The freight
/ volume is not at the CARRYING capaci Y
| Of the railroads. though at some sen
sons 1T taxes the present equipment Of
! the roads. The volume Of freight which
I railroads carry more advantageous
! ~ to shippers and consisnees than river
1 boats Is bound to Increase and also
! will the volume Of freight originating
, AT Iion-river points and which for water
| haulage would require transshipinent,
| the expense Of which might easily equal
! iZe the difference In the cost between
! rail and water transportation. Grow tn
! OF river traffic might impede the exten-
| sion of railways. but the existent lines
| IL would seem. are destined to have all
| The traffic they can bear. Part of the
| new traffic coming from increasing popu-
! lation and expanding industries at river
| points will probably md river transppr-
| Ia ton.
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this novel proper; the other is the CEN
trail figure for a chapter of the latest
historical events Their publicatio
was "graciously permitted" though
not for the purpose of representing the
chara cters in this novel. The note goes
on to explain that the names of the
characters are fictitious. repeating also
that the "story's characters do not APP
pear in the pictures" Then why tie
pictures: After this cryptic preface the
writer plunges into the midst of af-
fairs which are unsurpa ssed for gem
eral confusion. lack of conference. fail
ure to reach any sort of logical issue,
and unimpressiveness of personality in
the characters that roam about at will
One could almost believe that there
must be key to this book. key that
If one but knew how to use it would