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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MISS BLACKSHEAR HONOREE AT INFORMAL AFFAIR

Miss Helen McClary delightfully."- enter tained few friends at bridge yesterday afternoon in honor of Miss Ella Packer
 Blacksher of Mobile, the attractive guest of Miss Alice Jones.
 Ferns and flowers were tastefully placed in the rooms, where tables were arranged for series of bridge. and box of beau- tiful note paper was given as trophy at the conclusion of the game. At the close of the afternoon a tempting salad and ice course was served
 Miss McClary's guests were: Miss
 Alice Jones, Miss Blacksher, Miss Susie Nabb. Miss Mary Ellen Perkins, Miss Gladys Allison, Miss Mary Sbley, Miss
 lreta McCrossin, and Mrs. James Garber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MRS. SHEPHERDS LUNCHEON
 FOR A LOVELY DEBUTANTE

Mrs. Charles l.. Shepherd was a gra- c1ous hostess yesterday entertaining at luncheon to compliment Miss Leonora Hassinger, a lovely debutante. A blue box, blendinf beautifully with the coloring and hangings of the priv dining room at the Ridgely, where the affair took place, was filled with spring blossoms, including pink roses, hyacinths and green and brown foliage. Corsages of pink roses were at each guests place and the cards bearing Mrs. Shepherd S guests names were dainty hand-pante ed pink roses The ices, too, carried out the pink rose motif.
 Those present were: Miss Hassinger Miss Dorothy Davis, Miss Helen Eubank Miss Elizabeth Wyman. Mrs. w. H. Hassinger. and the hostess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
Fly JANE SHELBY

Miss Anita Eustis. Miss Serena Kirk patrick, Miss Dorothy Davis Miss Bev- erly Leake, Miss Marguerite Nabers, Miss Eula Weakley, MT. and Mrs. E. M kilby, MT. and Mrs. George Eustis pr. and Mrs. Michael Nolan, MT. Jesse Adkins, MT. T. W. Palmer, Mir Tom sherman. MT. Wesley Overton, MT. John Prowell, MT. Joe Cook, Mr John L. Cox, MT. Robert Chadwick, MT Arthur Adams, Mr. William Bell, MT. w. M. Rigers, MT. Owen Gresham, MT. Robert Malone, MT. Sorsby Jemison, MT. w. B. Houseal MT. Holt Mcdowell, MT. J. A simpson, MT. Edwin Robertson, Mr. Alfred Porter, MT. Zac Smith, MT. Mark Andrews, MT. Paoli Smith, MT. M. V. Thweatt, MT John Bradley, MT. Ray mond Jones, Mir Houston Willis and MT. Basil Clark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MRS. M'NUTT HONORS
 CHICAGO VISITOR

Mrs John Walton McNIiller of Chi cago was the lovely inspiration for an enjoyable affair yesterday when Mrs Hugh McNutt entertained informally at bridge for her.
 The home of the hostess on South TWenty-ninth street was made attrac- tive with farms and cut flowers and three tables were placed in the living room where the guests enjoyed round or two of auction bridge. The prizes, awarded at the end of the game, were a plant basket and a sewing bag. A delicious luncheon followed the game
 The following guests were asked to meet Mrs. McMiller: Mrs. Rivers Carter, Mrs John Minge, Mrs. George What ley,s Mrs, Arthur Adams, Mrs. Joseph Ford, Mrs. Percy Smith, Mrs Hunter Smith, Mrs. Charles Ford, Mrs. J. D. Moore and Mrs. Courtney Shropshire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12

RANDOM NOTES

Miss Mary LeMaster of Memphis vii arrive Thursday to be the guest of MT and Mrs. Sterling Foster. Miss LeMaste has frequently visited in Birmingham anc is alyaws welcomed by a host of cordia friends.
 Mrs. John w. Tomlinson will leave Sat urday for a visit to MT. and Mrs. Johr McQuillan Carter in Philadelphia
 Mrs. Chris G. Dullng of San Antonio Tex, is visiting friends in Birmingham.
 
 MT. D. P. Zones of Little Rock, Ark is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. M Williams in Norwood.
 Mrs. Leonard T. Beecher is visiting friends in Kansas City.
 MT. H. D. Williams and his daughter Miss Lily Drake Williams, are guests o relatives in Nashville, Tenn.
 
 Miss Netta Jones of Montgomery VII arrive Tuesday to visit Dr. and Mrs. E M. Mason at Mountain terrace.
 Miss Elizabeth Caldwell Locke has re turned from a brief visit to Mrs. W. J Partlow, in Tuscaloosa.
 Mrs. H. M. Edmonds left yesterday fol a visit to Mrs. w. T. Sheehan and Mrs R. E. Sommerville
 Mrs. John Stokely and her little son of Newport, Tenn, who are visiting Mrs E. A. Graham in Montgomery, will arriv, next week, to be guests of MT. and Mrs Hugh Stokely
 Miss Margaret Houser of Anniston wa. the weekend guest of her sister, Mrs Horace S. Miller
 Mir. and Mrs. James Herbert Mccall o1 Athens were the recent guests of pr. anG Mrs. R. l.. Edwards.
 Mrs. J. Patton has returned from two weeks stay in Nashville
 MT. and Mrs. John Morris Barker oi Mobile have come to Birmingham to re- side and have taken an apartment at the Fairmont
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick E. Meyer, MT. F. E. Meyer, Jr., Mrs. Beale Travis and Mrs. B. A. Taylor have returned to their homes in Montgomery, after attending the Meyer-Gregg wedding.
 
 Miss Virginia Abbott of Atlanta, who has been the guest of Miss Florence Cof- fin, will be with Miss Helen McCarty after today.
 Miss Grace Murphy will come from Greensboro Wednesday to be the guest of MT. and Mrs. Campbell Maben. Mrs. Frank Holland Lathrop is spend ing two weeks with her brother, MT. B. B. Conner, Jr.,> at Sylacuaga
 Mrs. Beach Chenoweth and Mrs. Arthur Chenoweth returned yesterday from Co., lumbus, Ga. where they spent the holi- days with their mother, Mrs. Illges MT. and Mrs. w. w. Croxton and their little daughter have returned to Atlanta after spending some time with Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Dearborn
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert Gibson will ar rive Sunday from Washington to visit Mir. and Mrs. Sumter Bethea at their home on Highland avenue.
 Miss Helen Futile has returned from a visit to friends in Mobile
 Mrs E. l.. Moore and children expect to leave this week for visit to Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Smith in Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
LITTLE MISS SHOOK
 ENTERTAINS FRIENDS

Little Miss Mary Hansel Shook was a lovely hostess at a dinner party last evening at o'clock at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs Paschal G. Shook, on Highland avenue. The event was to celebrate the tenth birthday of this pretty little girl and she asked 10 of her friends to share the pleasures of the evening with her.
 The table was beautifully decorated with roses and ferns and following a delicious dinner dancing and games were enjoyed Those included in this merry party were Lestra Kinney Exum, Susan Shook, Eugenia Woodward Vir- ginia Cameron, Julia Mae Drennen. Jane Barrett, Virginia Kaul, Pauline Maben, Margaret Shook and the hostess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
TODAY'S EVENTS
 IN SOCIAL REALMS

Mrs. E. H. Cabiness compliments Miss Divine and Miss Roberts at luncheon.
 Mrs. Young's luncheon at the Coun- try club for Miss Nora Screven.
 Mrs. McCarty's reception for Mrs Coleman Ward, Miss Dorothy Davis and Miss Helen Eubank.
 Miss Olivia O'Neal gives luncheon for Miss Hill of Montgomery.
 Norwood Forty-two club meets with Mrs. Frank Hammond
 Wednesday Auction club entertained by Mrs. F. R. Thurman.
 Mrs. w. A. Currie entertains Wednes- day Bridge club.
 Wednesday Luncheon Bridge clu, meets with Mrs. c. A. Schoen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
Dolly Has q Gus11y Chat With MT. Carson
 About Red Heads and Hears That Some
 Are "Titidn and Others 'Tnl-I-T Titidn
By DOLLY DALRYMP1E

|" JESS who's the victim this N T weekl
 0 Go on and guess. girls; some body you'll be perfectly crazy to hear | about, if I'm to judge from the way you focked to the matinee yesterday. Of course, 'the boy guessed right the very first time;" yes, it's MT. James B. Carson. the clever comedian with The Red Heads round at the Lyric. Racu- ous laughter from the men, but the men don't have to read this story if they don t want to. do they?-the jealous things).
 He's lovely; awfully good looking of stage;' Frenchy and polite as a dancing
 master, and he has the most adora le little mustachios (real; the same he wears on the stage) you ever saw in your life, although he's minus it in his picture and he has wonderful head of hairl It (his hair, not his head) is wavy and sort of brownish in color and it almost curls when it's wet
 How do 1 know when it's wet? I saw it; yesterday afternoon after the matinee when he was mopping it with a towel; it curled into little ringlets all about his brow, and between mops he took chance on making all the red | ing me some things about them. My word, It would make your hair stand on end if you could hear some of the experiences this nice young man has had within the past three years when he's been starring "The Red Heads"
 Fiery? High tempered? Pussy? Bossy? |? Mean?
 Gee whz!
 I'm glad I'm a "blu-nette;" I'd even rather be a "brindle" if what they tell about Titan haired ladies is true
 The temperature as well as tempera- ment is always well above zero with the Titan blonde; of course, they are not all the real article; there are some few
 Im-i-Titians, Mr. Carson informed me yesterday.
 Believe me-" said the clever young comedian, eff you knew what I've been through trying to keep peace among red headed women, you'd think I deserved crown. When the teacher asked the little boy how many genders there were and he answered, two, the muscular and the feline.' I think the latter must have been meant to describe red-headed women"
 of course, they are attractive. perhaps the most attractive women in the world' he continued, and there's one nice thing about them, fellow always knows where and how he stands with them. They oc- cupy no middle ground they don't keep you guessing they are honest as the day is long, and it doesn't take 'em long to tell you what they think of you"
 Even red hair has it's counter-balanc- ing qualities,' MT. Carson said "When woman is red-headed, have you ever noticed what lot of hair she has? It usually appears in great quantities; you hardly ever see a thin suit of red hair and carrot-y locks are as dauntIess as Young Lochinvar It's the easiest hair in the world to take care of; neglect it and it still grows; encourage it and it grows even more; all it needs is bit of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MRS. CALDWELL'S LUNCHEON FOR MRS. LIE SOIIRD

Mrs. John Miner Caldwell was hostess at luncheon at the Tutwiler yesterday for Mrs. Lucy Morrow LeSourd of New York, who is visiting Dr. and Mrs George Morrow.
 The guests included former friends and schoolmates of the honor guest. They were: Miss Daisy Moody, Mrs. George Morrow, Jr., Mrs. Warner Shook, Mrs. Paschal Shook and Mrs. Henry Fowlkes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MRS. DULLNIG HONOREE AT RECEPTION TODAY

An interesting event of today will be the reception in honor of Mrs. Chris G. Dillnig of San Antonio, Tex, chair
 man of the wonians advisory commit tee of the Southern Presbyterian church, with Mrs E. D. Brown as hostess, at her home, 1924 North Twenty Ninth street. The hour is o'clock and all Presbyterian women of the Birmingham district are cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MIR. AND MRS. UNCERTAIN
 HOSTS LAST EVENING

One of the most delightful events in social circles last evening was an in- formal dance given by MT. and Mrs Charles Ungerman at their home on Iroquois street. Their guests including the younger set and a few married friends. Music and dancing claimed the evening and at a late hour a buff ct supper was served.
 The dancers were Miss Helen Eubank Miss Lydia Eustis, Miss Augusta Clark, Miss Margaret Chenoweth, Miss Jose phine Johnson, Miss Gladys Williams,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12

Mrs. c. B. Smith will entertain the Twentieth Century club Friday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock
 The Areme club will meet Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Mrs. A. R. Mays.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Children's Hospital association will be held this morning at 10 30 o'clock at the hospital.
 All wishing reservations for the Bir- mingham chapter of Athens College alumnae luncheon at the Southern club Saturday at l o'clock are asked to mo- tify Mrs. J. w. McQueen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MISS HARRIS TO ENTERTAIN
 SEWING CLUB

The members of the Sister Susies Sew ing club will be entertained by Miss Dorsey Harris Thursday afternoon at her home. Miss Harris will also compliment at the same time Mrs. Edward Erwin, a recent bride and Miss Lucille Strick- land of Valdosta, Ga, the guest of Miss Louis Ward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
LESTER-CARVER
 WEDDING SOLEMNIZED

An out-of-town wedding of interest to friends in Birmingham. that of MT. Hugh Lester of this city to Miss Helen N. Carver. was solemnized Saturday at the home of the brides parents, pr. and Mrs T. N Carver, in Cambridge, Mass
 The marriage ceremony was performed by Dean w. w. Fenn of Harvard univer- sity. the only attendant being Miss Mar garet Carver, sister, as maid of honor. A reception followed the wedding.
 After wedding journey, MT and Mrs. Lester will be at home at Edgewood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MISS MCLARY PLANS
 LUNCHEON FOR MISS NABB

Miss Helen McClary has invited a few friends to have luncheon with her at the Southern club Saturday, January 22, as lovely courtesy to Miss Susie Nabb whose marriage to MT. Robert Richard Stotlar will be an event of Janu- ary 26
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
TO RECEIVE AT
 MRS CUNN'S TEA

Mrs. William R. Gum will be hostess at a tea Thursday afternoon to compli- ment Mrs. Robert John McGavock. 6 bride who has recently come to make Birmingham her home.
 Mrs Mortimer Jordan and Mrs. Ed Warren will pour tea and others who will assist the hostess are: Mrs. Me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MRS. KIDD TO HONOR
 PITTSBURG VISITOR

To honor Mrs. Thomas Coleman Ward of Pittsburf Mrs. Benjamin Kidd will be hostess at an auction bridge party Thursday afternoon at her home on High land avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12

true to life. I've been in the eastern mar kets and have seen just such perform ances and that's one eason why every body likes the show, particularly the la dies, because it is so true to life"
 When you are not playing or thinking about playing, what do you do?"I asked, not because I especially cared, but be- cause I knew that whole bunch of mat inee girls would like to know.
 Three guesses!
 He plays golf!
 Gushy story?
 Well, I guess 1t is, but reckon you could have done any better?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12

Gavock, Mrs c. J. Palmer, Mrs. W. F. Redd. Mrs. E. W. Fucker, Jr, Mrs. c. M. Nice, Mrs. Alex Birch, Mrs. c. W. Lutz, Miss Augusta Clark Miss Florence Coffin, Miss Emily Irwin and Miss vir- ginia Abbott
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12

most deeply impressed the other powers was M. Venizelos. And the task of keep ing the Balkans neutral or with the allies, was left to him. He has a dream of Balkan band" a union of all the Balkan municipalities. It obsesses him. And to bring that dream true, he was willing to make concessions which King Constantine, who considered only what was good for Greece, thought most unwise.
 Venizelos also was working only for the good of Greece, but he was convinced it could come to her only through the union. He was willing to give Kavalla to Bull garia in exchange for Asia Minor from the Dardanelles to Smyrna. But the King would not consent. As buffer against Turkey, he considered Kavalla of the greatest strategic value, and he had the natural pride of soldier in holding on to the land he himself had added to his country. But in his opposition to Veni- zelos in this particular, he was not given credit for acting in the interests of Greece, but of playing into the hands of Germany.
 Another step he refused to take, which refusal the allies attributed to his pro- German leanings, was to attack the Dar- dane'les. In the wars of 1912-1913 the
 King showed he was an able general.
 With his staff he had carefully considered an attack upon the Dardaneles. He sub mitted this plan to the allies and was
 willing to aid them if they brought to the assault 100000 men They claim he failed them. He did fail them, but not unti,
 after they had failed him by bringing thousands of men instead of the tens of thousands he knew were needed. The Dardanelles expedition was not required to prove the courage of the French and
 British. Beyond furnishing fresh evidence of that, it has been failure. And in refusing to sacrifice the lives of his sub jects, the military judgment of Constan- tine has been vindicated. He was willing to attack Turkey through Kavalla and Thrace, because by that route he pre- ented armed front to Bulgaria. But,
 as he pointed out if he sent his army to the Dardanelles he left Kavalla at the mercy of his enemy. This mistrust of Bulgaria also has been justified
 But whether Constantine or Venizelos was the better friend of Greece is now ancient history and important only as a subject for discussion. It is condition that confronts Greece She cannot now choose whether she will follow the ad- vice of King or prime minister. The all lies are using an argument that every goatherd can understand. When a man lis hungry and only one man can feed him, he may not become the ally of that man, but he will not fight him.
 Copyright 19l6 by Richard Harding s Davis).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
TISSUE PAPER BALL
 FOR NETCHRORHOOD JnITCE

The board of managers of the Neigh borhood House announces black and white tissue paper ball to be given on the evening of February 29
 These interesting matrons are plan ming many delightful features for the ball. which will be one of the most brilliant affairs of the late winter so- cial season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
MIR. HOGAN TO BE HOST AT DANCE

Mir. Marshall Hogan has issued invita- tions for a dance Friday evening at his home on Ridge Park avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
EOents of the Day Tn Smart World

MISS lV1ne Recipient Aat Evmg-Litle Miss Shook McNilm Honor Lesord-Luncheons Bridge Parties For vaors-Todays
 n ndm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12

That broken hearts can be mended was clearly exemplified today at the office of the probate judge, when a young man brought back marriage license issued to him in the spring of 1915 and asked to exchange 1t for another. The first girl he said. was influenced against him and the marriage prevented; he looked about him and found another as fair, so he asked that the former license be taken back and a license bearing another girls name issued to him. This was done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12
TROY

Troy, Ala, January 11.-(Special )-Three splendid premiums have been offered to the farmers of Pike county by T. J. Wood for the best letter on the topic My Ex- perience With Velvet Beans" The let ters are to be written within a given time and will be sent to the county demonstra- tion agent and judged by a special com mittee MT. Wood thinks the cultivation of velvet beans one of the solutions of the cotton situation and thinks this will probably encourage their cultivation in this county.
 County Road Engineer Faegin has re- signed and has been succeeded by Brooks Cornell, a young civil engineer of Brun- ddge, who is recent student of the uni versity. MT. Faegin gave up his charge of the roads of this county to accept a position with the Louisville and Nashville railroad, where he will be chief engineer on a new road they are building near New Orleans. MT. Cornell comes highly recommended and has taken charge of the roads and roadwork, assuming his duties today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-12

N X lSS Blanche Divine of Carters.
 MI Ga, arrived to visit her aunt, A ~ Mrs. Campbell MahPn durin e-
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-12-29
Protesting The Grazing
Tax

One OF the important topics
for discussion at the annual mid.
winter business meeting Of the
stockmen Saturday, is the in
crease in grazing tax contem-
plated by the forest department.
II this is to be doubled in order
to made the forest reserves self
supporting, as Smith Reilly de-
clares and as Pinchot originally
intended, then by the time the
number OF clerks and rangers
and fol-de-rols of the service has
been once more doubled, and
working time cut say to four
hours a day, etc, etc, il will be-
come, in about four years, alb
solutely necessary to again give
a hitch to the grazing tax, aud
so ad intinitum.
1t is one of the regretable
features Of a bureaucracy that
the taxpayers have no say-so
regarding bills which they are
called upon to foot.
Local associations may vigor-
ously protest and the National
Stockgrowers voci'erously howl,
but we must remember that they
have only ADVISORY POWERS.
Having put our heads in the
moose, what is the West goingto
do about it?
Perhaps if we make enough
fuss, the thing will at least be
postponed, for bureaucrats do
fear public opinion, even in Rus
sia. It's a funny feeling for
Americans, tho.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-12-29

Ilifi lndependent:-The State
Board OF Equalization has re.
Gently crammed the plethoric
stockings. of the corporations
with immense Christmas gifts in
the shape of a sweeping reduc-
tion OF taxes. The State Tax
Commission had assessed them
on basis of the other taxable
property OF the state, but the
"equalizers," who in this case
were Auditor Mulnix, Treasu rer
Stocker and Secretary of State
Ramer, evidently had some cam
paign obligations to liquidate
before retiring to the oblivion to
which the people consigned them
last election, and they arbitrar-
lily reduced the assessment. To
the credit of Governor Carlson
it may be said that he refused TO
be a party to the outrage and
voted with Attorney General
Farrar against the reduction.
The public utility corporations
and some OF the big railroads OF
the state are richer by many
thousands of dollars as a result
of this raid on the public treas
ury' And it is we'll to remember
that the small taxpayer will be
compelled to make up the differ
ence in the states revende that
the "equalizers" gave az a pres
ent to their corporation friends.
1t appears to us that instead OF
abolishing the State Tax Com
mission, the law should be
amended widening the scope OF
it's power and authority.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-12-29

II the third newspaper for Gun
nisOn is started by Mr.. NonMuel-
Ter as business proposition, and
with the idea OF running it on a
commercial basis to boost the
town and county, then he may
be welcomed and his enterprise
given such recognition as it de-
serves. On the other hand. il, as
seems strongly indicated. it is n
movement engineered and financ-
ed by certain Republicans as n
private political organ. it be
comes another story. Two Re
publican newspapers would be
OVERRIDING it. However, the Re
publicans should worry.