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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
ANNUAL MEETING
 AN) PLAY AT Y. w. C. A.

l The annual meeting and membership rally of the Young Womens Christian
 association was held last evening at $
 o'clock. After hymn and prayer of thanks l giving, the president, Mrs. Joseph Me Lester, gave a talk of greeting, minutes of last meeting were read by Mrs. T. O.
 Smith; statement by treasurer, Mrs l Merrill Northington; statement by build | ing fund treasurer, Mrs. c. T. Randall report of nominating committee; elec- 1 tion of board of directors. l The Association in Action,' a one act play with five scenes, was presented | in a most delightful way. | The programme included:
 Scene 1.-Terminal station, Travellers aid work.
 Scene 2-Office and Lobby of Associa- ton, daily routine.
 Scene 3-Parlor of Association, special l life.
 | Scene 4--Class rooms, educational work, l Scene 5-Clubroom extension clubs l Scene 6-Gymnasium, physical educa- | ton.
 Scene 1.-The Spirit of Religion. CHARACTERS. l Station master, MT. $. J. Bowie Traveller aid secretary. Mrs. Helen Wall
 pole
 1 Mary Fisher, Miss Josephine Wicks. l Thomas Jefferson Fisher. Judge Alvin Douglass.
 Mrs. Ophelia Smith, Miss o. Mary l Jones.
 l The Smith children, Mountain Terrace ] brigade. | Florence Lee, Miss Leona Plosser 1 Office secretary, Miss Elva Brakeman. | Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, MT. and Mrs. Arthur Hale. | House mother Mrs. James Bowron. | Kate Green, Miss Lucy Graham | Annie Moore, Miss Beulah Lawrence. l May Colvin. Mrs. Edna Whitehead | General secretary, Mrs. Robert Jemi- | son, Jr.
 l Hattie Davis, Miss Agnes Crawley. ] Sarah Smith, Miss Jennie Brown l Miss Early. Miss Lutie Wyatt. | Miss Woodhead. Mrs. Studiville. I Miss Rosser, Miss Pearl Hooper. | Club leader, Mrs. H. l.. Moore. I Physical director, Mrs. S. l.. Yerkes. | Spirit of Religion Miss Dixie Jackson. | Groups, gymnasium, educational classes, extension clubs, Glee club. l The following statistical facts are given | 2O6 young women found in the association permanent home; 673 transient guests; 172 enrolled in mission study classes; 11O enrolled in Bible classes; 3O61 attended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
CHURCH TEA GIVEN BY ST. MARY'S CHURCH

Mrs. II. R. Johnston's band of the St. Marys Aid society entertained at tea Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs A. G. Smith on Nineteenth street, south. Mrs. Earle Drennen, dressed in the costume of an auxiliary Red Cross nurse, gave a very interesting talk on the conditions in Europe as existed when she and pr. Drennen were there. Mrs. Drennen illustrated her talk with pictures she had taken. After a de- Iightful musical programme, tea and sandwiches were served The follow ing women composed the band: Mrs. R. H. Johnston Mrs. D. B. Vaughn, Mrs. Head, Mrs. John Kaul, Mrs. Greaves, Mrs. w. M Jordan, Mrs. George H.
 Clark, Mrs w. M. Drennen, Mrs. Kate Hopkins. Mrs. J. T. Stokeley, Mrs. Alex
 Birch, Mrs Norborne Cooke, Mrs. Ster- ling I4anier, Mrs. John London, Mrs. U. J. Peters, Mrs. Oden, Mrs. Mamie Williams, Mrs. Mewhinney, Mrs. T. V. Boardman, Mrs. c. J. Palmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02

the social season Mrs. Wilson will be missed, as the new mistress of the White House is travelling in the west with the President, but the White House will enter again the social calendar this week, the judicial reception being on for next Fri day night. It is being as keenly antici- pated as was the first one, at which the new mistress of the Presidents home did the honors. It would seem from the pop ular interest shown in Mrs Wilson S movements that the same thing can be said of the future receptions over which she will preside during the next month.
 Last Monday she met her fellow mem- bers of the Washington club at a hand some reception arranged there in her honor, and at which the Honorary mem bers of the club-wives of the cabinet officers and of the diplomats-were also present to add increased eclat. There were no suggestions of formality about the reception, which was entirely as Mrs Wilson desired to have mark her pres ence again in the club and in the con- pany of so many personal friends in the organization.
 Mrs. Wilson looked particularly attrac- tive in a pretty shade of blue chiffon and lace, very smart, and up-to-date in it's lines. Her black hat turning up sharply at the left side is always a becoming i quently wears"
 A very interesting feature of the capi- taPs entertainments is the Southern Re- lief Ball." This is one of the largest balls given each year and is especially attrac- tive to the people of the south as it is given entirely by southern people in Wash ington.
 The following plans were announced in the Washington Star:
 Final plans were announced last night for the Southern charity ball. under the auspices of the Southern Relief society, 10 be held at the New Willard hotel to- morrow evening.
 Among those who will be in the receiv- ing line will be Mrs. Thomas R. Mar shall, the wife of the Vice President; Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs. William G. McAdoo, Mrs. Lindley M. Garrison, Mrs. Thoma S W. Gregory, Mrs. Albert S. Burleson, Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Mrs. Franklin Lane, Mrs. David Houston, Mrs. William Red field and Mrs. William B. Wilson, repre- senting all the ladies of the cabinet
 "Others in the receiving line will be Miss Mamie Randolph Heth president of the Southern Relief society; Mrs Claude Swanson, wife of the senator from Vir- ginia, vice president of the society; Mrs. Frank Odenheimer, president general of the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy.
 "The introductions will be made by Fred Beall, Judge Charles B. Howry and local chapter of United Confederate vet erans named special committee of dis tinguished veterans of the southern cause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
BAUGH ISSUES CALL FOR MEETING OF 1916
 SCHEDULE MAKERS
Will Meet Tuesday At President Baugh's Office. Preparing Schedule to Submit At Spring Meet ing of League Officials In Atlanta During Later Part of Month

President R. H. Baugh of the Southern league, issued call yesterday for the members of the schedule committee to meet in Birmingham on Tuesday, Feb ruary 8, to draw up the playing schedule for the coming season, which will start an the early part of April.
 The committee, which is composed of A. J. Heinemann of New Orleans, Charley Frank of Atlanta, and R. G. Allen of Little Rock, was appointed at the meet ing of the league here last December by President Baugh. The meeting will con- vene at 9:30- o'clock on Tuesday at the leagues headquarters in the Jefferson County bank building, and will remain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02

''The Marine band will furnish the mu- sic and the two large bathrooms will be required to accommodate the throngs. Mrs. l.. H. Quirollo of 2114 Connecticut avenue has charge of the ticket sale.
 'The committee in charge of the ar engagements comprises Miss Mamie R. Heth, Mrs. Claude Swanson, Mrs. Francis Chisholm, Mrs. Arthur Lee, Mrs. Theo- dore Filler. Mrs. Lawrence H. Quirollo and MT. Horace H. Wescott. Mrs. Fred Mcclure, chairman of the Southern Re lief home board, has also assisted. The committee expects this to be the largest ball in the history of the Southern Re- lief society,""
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
COLLISION SECRETARY

Atlanta, February 1.-Charles z. Cols- son former secretary of the Mobile Base ball club of the Southern association, to- day was appointed secretary of the At lanta club by President Frank It also was announced that President Baugh of the association had appointed Colsson sec retary of the leagues schedule committee, which meets in Birmingham Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
LAMAR COUNTY HIGH
 ROMPS TO VICTORY

Vernon; February 1.-(Special.) )-In the hardest fought game seen on the local court this season, the Lamar County High school quintet defeated the West Alabama Agricultural school team by a score of ? to b yesterday afternoon This is the first defeat the Hamilton team has met with in two seasons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
BEALL WINS GOLD
 MEDAL AT PINEHURST

Pienhurst N. C., February 1-E C. Reall, Uniontown, Pa, with card of 7S, won the gold medal for the lowest qualify ing score in the St. Valentines golf tour nament, which began here today Philip Carter of New York was runner-up, with S1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
MRS. DAVIS GIVES
 LUNCHEON PARTY

Mrs. Ira Davis was hostess yesterday at the Ridgely at luncheon given in compliment to Mrs. James Munds of Nortonville, Ky, the guest of Mrs. Sterling Lanier
 Tulips and sweet peas formed the at tractive centerpiece of the table, about which were seated Mrs. Munds, Mrs. Sterling Lanier, Mrs. Munro Lanier, Mrs. Shireman, Mrs. Edward Wilkin- son, Miss Elizabeth Wilkinson and Mrs Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02

in session until the schedule is com pleted
 Birmingham, New Orleans, Little Rock and Atlanta will secure the holiday dates and the opening games of the season. The reason for the meeting is to have the schedule ready for the league direc- tors when they meet in Atlanta in the latter part of February for the pur- pose of completing the business that was not reached at the meeting here. AL though the meeting in the Georgia capital will not be of vital importance aside from routine affairs, and unusual amount of interest is always attached to the spring conference of the magnates, largely on account of the numerous deals that are made or arranged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
Society
Continued from Page EighD

was presented with a box of pink mono gram correspondence cards and the club prize was a box of crepe de chine hand kerchiefs. The club membership includes Miss Elizabeth White, Miss Mary O'Brien, Miss Dorothy Allen, Miss Julia Carney, Miss Estelle Strickland, Miss Gertrude Mccormack, Miss Helen Keiser, Miss Virginia White, Mrs. Claude White. Miss Lawson Gambill, Mrs. Harry Wilson, Miss Lois Brown, Miss Doris Moughon and Miss Baldwin. Others playing were Miss INen OKeefe, Miss Lorraine Cunning ham, Mrs. Herbert Gibson, Miss Annie Franklin, Miss Alice Jones, Miss Mary Sessions, Miss Gertrude Motion, Miss Emma Collins and Miss Augusta Katz- enotina. About 100 guests left cards dur ing the afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02

The Hemphill School Improvement as- sociation will meet today at 2:3o o'clock. Mrs. Charles Scott will speak on Pun ishment That Educates." All mothers and patrons are urged to be present.
 The Norwood Needlecraft club will meet today at o'clock with Mrs. W. A. Daw- son, 34OS Eleventh avenue, north.
 The Wednesday Morning Music club will meet today at Clarke Se Jones' hall at 1O:3O o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
GIANTS RELEASE
 PITCHER HERBERT

New York January 31.--The New York Nationals tonight announced it had re- leased Pitcher Fred Herbert to the To- ronto club of the International league Herbert was given a short trial by the Giants last fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
FRANK MORAN AND JACK DILLON SIGN
 FOR 10-ROUND BOUT
Fight Will Be Held Next Month Dillon Accepts Moran's
 Offer

Chicago, February 1.-Jack Dillon of In- dianapolis today accepted an offer to box Frank Moran. the Pittsburg heavyweight, 10 rounds in Milwaukee next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
MRS. DUNCAN TO
 GIVE BOX PARTY

Mrs. J. J. Duncan will entertain at
 box party at the Lyric on Thurs day afternoon in compliment to Mrs. R. c. Young of Anniston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS

JEFFERSON COUNTY BANK
 All depOsitOrs of the Jefferson County bank are requested to bring in their bank book at once to the Amer ican Trust and Savings bank to be bal anced. W. W. CRAWFORD. Agent State Superintendent of Banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
SOCIETY AT THE
 NATIONAL, CAPITAL,

The social season in the national capital is always interesting to the social world at large. Every day of the five and a half weeks that the social season still has to run will be full of incidents.
 The Washington Post says:
 For a few of these immediate days of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02

devotional meetings; 4403 attended religi- ous meetings held in factories, stores or laundries 175 members of industrial clubs; S9 enrolled in night school; 16O guests at vacation cottage on Shades mountain; 175 placed in positions through our em ployment bureau; 915S assisted by travel CTS aid secretaries at Louisville and
 Nashville and Terminal stations; 290 en-
 rolled in gymnasium classes; 12,500 en-
 frances in swimming pool.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-02
.PEL|CANS LINEUP IS
 NEAR COMPLETION;
 FOUR MEN NEEDED
Acquisition of Miller and Stansbury Will Give Manager DObbs a
 Good Team

If the story sent out from Cleveland to the effect that C. w. Somers plans to turn First Baseman Miller and In fielder Stansbury over to the Pelcans be- fore Roger Bresnahan or some of the other prospective purchasers move the American association franchise back to Toledo materializes, Johnny Dobbs will do very little experimenting with the 1916 Pels during the training campaign.
 Acquisition of Stansbury and Miller, to- gether with Eddie Edmondson and Fred Thomas, will virtually complete the Peli- can lineup, as Dobbs has reserved enough extremely busy figuring how to remain inside the player-limit-14 men.
 Although not officially announced, it is understood that Somers has promised to return Red" Bluhm to the Pelicans. If Bluhm is sent here, Dobbs may decline to take Miller, unless the former Louis- vile player is able to play another in- field position or take a place in the outer garden.
 Indications are that Dobbs will not have more than 20 players here for spring prac- tice, which will probably begin on or about March 10. Dobbs has delayed his arrival here because of illness of his fam ily, but as there is no necessity for any hurry and the contract rule amended so that 1916 documents can be sent out 3U days later than last year, he is expected about February 13.
 The Pelicans who are expected to re- port for spring practice are: Miller, Bluhm, first base; Knaupp, second base; Thomas, third base; Stansbury, shortstop Sylvester, Edmondson and Pezold, out field; De Berry and Higgins ,catchers Weaver Walker, Hovlik, Kissinger and Smith, pitchers.
 It is expected Proxy Heinemann will make an effort to have the club owners reconsider the salary and player limits as it is going to be next to impossible to keep within the margin and retain high-clasS men.
 On the other hand, however, the mag mates are showing a disposition to slasf salaries, and with the market overcrowdet with players, it is going to take gooo sound argument from the Pelican boss to increase the $2S00 per month arrange ment.
 According to the current issue of the Sporting News, Lefty George, who pas timed with the Pelicans for several weeks during the flag end of the 1915 season, bu who was turned loose because he coult rot win, and later won several game: for the Cincinnati Reds, has been giver his unconditional release.
 George was regarded as great pitcher by Manager Dobbs, but after Lefty go his bumps several times, Dobbs decided he could get along without the former major leaguer.
 The same publication is also authority for the statement that Bill Brennan is the only Federal league umpire certain o1 drawing pay this season. Brennan has a s50OO contract which does not expire unti December 31, 1916, and he is listed among Harry Sinclair's liabilities.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
Where, Oh, Where Is
Grandfather's "BooGiack' .?

would be sawed from one end of the
board and then lift consisting of a
piece of board about an inch in width
an inch high would be nailed on the
under side short distance below the
V end from the floor and gave place
to put the heel in when it was desired
to pull the boot off. This in effect,
completed the bootjack, with the eX-
ceptiOn of the hole by which to hang
it up. In the days when boots were SO
generally worn augurs were not as
common in the homes as nowadays,
when every household has a small kit
Of carpenters tools, but getting hole
in the bOOtjack was an easy matter.
1t was done by heating the stove I'm
til it became red hot and with it burn
hole in the bootjack about an inch
from the end opposite the V, and the
bOOtjack was completed. BOOtjacks
made in the way outlined have done
service in many families for genera
tons.
Many jokes have been printed about
the old-time bootjack, but the man
who remembers when they were SO
generally used cannot fail to recall
the place where the family bOOtjack
used to hang in the kitchen, and in
cidents of the fireside near where the
bOOtjack, which long ago has disap-
peared, used to hang.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
A QUAKER'S PROVERBS.

Never send an article for publica-
ton without giving the editor thy
name, for thy name often secures
publication to worthless articles.
Thou should not read the copy on
the printers case. He might smite
thee.
Prefer thine own paper and it shall
go well with thee-pay for it in adj
vance and the inner sanctum will rise
up and call We blessed. Yea, the daily
doings will be published regularly and
thy obituary will be masterpiece
Exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
DRINK MORE WATER.

In an article on caster oil, rhubarb,
aloes, cascara sagrada and other lax
alive medicines the Journal of the
American Medical association utters a
warning against relying on them in
stead of removing the cause of the
trouble. For constipation is a symp-
tom of some other condition.
cit is impossible to enumerate here
any considerable number of the caus-
es of chronic constipation" it says,
"but it is probable that its ultimate
cause may be found in any one of a
large number of habits or minor de-
rangements of various organs. 1t has
been explained that the diuretic act
ion of tea and coffee may augment
chronic constipation by increasing the
viscosity of the blood; excessive sweat
ing may do this also.
"The habitual taking of an INSULT
cient amount Of water between meals
is a common cause, and at least six
glasses of cold water should be taken
during the day in addition to any
liquid that may be taken at meals. An
even larger allowance should be TAX
Ell if one drinks much tea and coffee,
provided that this causes diuresis; or
if one sweats a great deal
San insufficient or poorly regulated
diet is probably the commonest cause
of chronic constipation, even the value
of open air exercise being due largely
to the increased appetite as we'll as
the improved circulation, and cOnse-
quent secretion Of digestive puices. =
Elk.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
.FLATTERING MOVIES"
They EXCITE OUR VANITY
Not Those In the Picture, But
Those Out In Front.
Self COngratulate On Ability to An
ticipating the SubletieS of
Performance.
(Arthur Chapman in judge

Next to an unretouched photograph,
the moving picture screen is the great
/ est flatterer in the world. 1t doesn't
fatter those who appear in the pic
lures so much as those who sit in
front.
Nobody can attend a moving pic
ture show without being reasonably
confident that he has assimiliatei
everything. 1t is not like the spoken
drama where one learns, on picking
up the paper the next morning, that
he missed just about half the sublet-
| les in the performance and came near
losing the big idea of the whole thing.
Everything is right where all of us
can get each detail without effort,
and in grabbing those details we find
great matters of self-congratulatiOn
Just as an instance, a picture of
young man is flashed upon a screen.
He is sitting at table in dreamy
attitude. Finally there appears in the
upper corner Of the picture the por-
! trait of a girl. The portrait appears
slowly, as if through a mist. The
young fellows features take on a rapt
expression. Everyone in the audience
knows he is thinking about his sweet
heart, as VisualiZed in the upper part
of the screen. A fat travelling sales
man who Emma-C hesneylizes in crock
cry, whispers loudly to his wife. Hes
thinking about his girl and then
shakes hands with himself because
of his cleverness in discovering the
point and his Quickness in making it
| known. The fat man is confident that
he was the first in all that large aud
fence to discover what the young man
on the screen was thinking about. Then
the young man in the pictures takes
which no interior scene is complete
without nowadays. WhereupOn the
fat man whispers a trifie louder than
before, He's goin' to telephone her"
! Marvellous perspicacity of the fat
man! The young man does telephone
his sweetheart, who is seen answering
and who, of course, is none other than
! the young woman whose portrait APP
peared on the screen in the guise of
mental image.
The fat man scores another putOut
for himself. Before the evening ends
he scores forty putouts without a
bobble-a record which the star short
stop in either big league could not
equal. He goes home shaking hands
with himself as a clever guy. Quick
thinking, that, guessing those situa-
tions as fast as they came up. Not
many could do it. And several humid
red in the theater are thinking in the
same strain with the fat man. They
have caught everything the playwright
threw to them. He didn't fool them
for a quarter of a second. They could
even tell how the play was going to
come out almost two deep breaths and
la gasp before the hero grabbed the
heroine for the final fadeaway clinch
and kiss. Thus it is that the movies
are getting in their evenings of insid-
uous fatteTy and sending everybody
home supremacy satisfied.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

were able to impress the governments
abroad with the value of an impartial
and unpurchasable news service, as
opposed to the venal type of journal
ism which was too common on the
European continent"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

She is a wise woman who can smile
at a complimentary then forget it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-15
SAYS A CORN ACTS
L|KEELECTR|CBELL
Tells why a corn is 50 painful and
says cutting makes -
them grow.

Press an electric button and yon
form a contact with lvie wire which
rings the bell. When your shoes press
against your corn it pushes it's sharp
roots down upon sensitive nerve
and you get shock of pain. %
Instead of trimming your c,rns.
which merely makes them grow, just
step into any drug store and ask for
a quarter of an ounce of freezone.
This will cost you very little but is
sufficient to remove every hard or
sole corn or callus from ones feet.
A few drops applied directly upon a
tender, aching. corn stops the sore
ness instantly. and soon the Germ
shrivels up so it lifts right out. root
and all, without pain. This drug is
harmless and never inaflmes or eYor
irritates the surrounding tissue or
skin.