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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
By EMMA REID RYALL

to learn that he is seriously i'll at his home at Norwood.
 Mrs H. B. Abernathy and Miss Coral Wood are the guest of Mrs. c. R. Baker and Mrs. w. F. de Miller at their home in Mobile. During their stay they are being delightfuly entertained.
 Miss Lucy Lyman Powell is the guest of friends in Tuscaloosa.
 Miss Juliet Jolly Perry who has been the guest of relatives in Murfreesboro. Tenn, for the past month has returned home.
 Miss Annie Byrnes, of Murfreesboro. Tenn. arrived last evening ot be the guest of Miss Susie and Miss Julie Perry.
 
 Mrs. Kate McD. Thornton Is visiting her parents in Triton. Ga.
 Mrs. Hervey w. Laird of Atlanta is visiting her mother Mrs. c. E. Cassa- day. The many friends of Mrs. Cassady will regret to learn that her condition does not improve.
 ne many TrlenQS or MfS. w alter Mccoy will be glad ot learn that she J improving at McAdory's Infirnary, owing recent operation.
 Miss Julia Casey will return home tomorrow after a visit to Mrs. William Ratliff Jr., in Jackson, Miss.
 Mrs. Rolie Born of Chattanooga is the guest of her aunt Mrs, A. L. Gibson. She is being delightfully."- entertained dur ing her stay.
 Miss Jeanette Hickman and mother Mrs Malinda Hickman will leave to- morrow for New Mexico and will visit points in Colorado and Texas before re- turning later in the summer.
 Mrs. M. l.. Melton of Jacksonville, Fla, is the guest of her son MT. T. o. Mel ton and Mrs. Melton at their home on Cliff road.
 Mrs Henry B. Poster, Jr., who was the guest of. Mrs. E. L. Anderson left yesterday for her home in Montgomery.
 MT. and Mrs. E. w. Pettus, MT. and Mrs. Howard CrandaI, Dr. Eugene Galloway and MT. Robert Mangum left Thursday in the Pettus car for Birning- ham, where MT. Pettus and Mir Mangum will attend the meeting of the Bar As- sociation. The party will be the guests oe friends at the Roebuck Golf club Selma Times.
 Dr. and Mrs E. w. Fucker Jr., who have been the guests of her parents Dr. and Mrs. L. l.. Hill have returned to their home in Brming ngham.-Montgomery Advertiser
 Mir Birch is spending the weekend in Montgomery with Mrs Birch who is the guest of friends there.
 Mrs George M Webb who has been i'll for the past few months following fall, left a few days ago for Shelby, N. C., where she will visit relatives, re- turning to Birmingham in the fall.
 MT. Charles Webb who is the guest of friends in ohio will join his mother Mrs. George Webb in North Carolina and will | spend the remainder of the summer. | MT and Mrs D Ray Price are the guests of relatives in Indiana Miss Emily Ford is home from visit to relatives in Maryland and will spend the summer at their cottage at Blount Springs.
 Mr. and Mrs. w H. stockham. ac- companed by Miss Florence Ballard, will leave next week in their car for stay in North Carolina. Mrs Luke Hunt is the guest of friends at Fort Payne for a few days. Mrs Alexander Mcintyre is visiting friends in Atlanta. Her son, MT. Osgoed c. Mcintyre. is in thv second battery at Fort McPherson.  MT. John F. Antwine left last week for an extended trip east, including Bos- ton and New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Ladies Auxiliary of the First Christian church will hold a mass meet ing at the church at o'clock tomorrow afternoon to organize Red Cross unit. All ladies of the church are urged to be present.
 The Jefferson County Orphanage as- socation will give Q card party tomor- rev afternoon at Steers-Smiths tearoom at 3 o'clock. Bridge eucflre, 5e0 and
 tContinued on Page Tsyol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. H. c. Abell of New York city is the guest of her sister. Mrs. Key Mii- ner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

lists. There are still many rumors atioat and l think few could be affirmed juds- ing from the interest I saw recently dis played over the counters of dainty lin- gerie and negligees-and when question is asked I wish that you could see the expressions.
 You know that they are having the greatest time on these week end camp ing house party affairs! One of the most delightful of the season was given this week by Eleanor Massey on the Warrior river complimenting q very popular and pretty young visitor, Jeanne Marie Sut- ton of Memphis, who is the guest of MT. and Mrs C. J. Palmer. You remember seeing her here last season, I suspect. Well, she is quite one of the prettiest of the many visiting girls who come to Br- mingham and very delightful to know
 Speaking of house parties, not this one, however the tales that do come back are many and varied-and I am afraid that half will never be told. They are all well chaperoned, but still accidents will. hap pen even with the best regulated chap erones."
 Truly is this summer of 1917 an unusual one. Not alone is it an epoch making summer in matters of vital import to the whole world, but it is also an un- usual summer in smaller ways and per haps none more so than in the matters of dress Speaking of dress, you must read Anne Rittenhouse on clothes in The Age-Herald every day. This is a new feature and is quite clever and worth a bit of your very valuable time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

10 ecKY DEAR; can ''0-''.' realize IGN that June has gone and that July ~ has most gone, too, with so many of the social set still in the city or near town. The war is furnishing excellent excuse for many things and it seems that many are grasping the opportunity to stay at home and yet keep up with their more fashionable neighbors.
 There are hundreds of women working these days, really working, for some branch of the war relief and as a dear old lady friend of mine said to me, Hat tie Highlands, do you realize that every one who creates or cultivates a garden feeding the nation, and every woman who is ever watchful in her home, careful of all the food used. is serving her country just as well and just as effectively as the Red Cross nurse or our soldiers in France or those on the high seas?" She continued, Cant you help to explain to the girls and the women that everyone who can use needle or who can use garden tools or has any one useful talent can be of much use to their country just now.
 We have been in the shops quite bit the past few days and one can learn many secrets if we are inclined to watch the young women with their long shopping
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
E N G A G B M B N T s
BLOCH KLEIN

BIOCHKIEIN T.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04

Baker. a boy of his own age and
height, who was very carless.
When they met, Joe said. Come on
slSatin'. The ice Is great
! Nav. have to go down street fer
my mother. and anyway, the ice isn't
safe"
THAT isn't why. You don't want to
go skatin'. because you are afraid.
Robert not waiting to hear any more
walked away.
While he was on his way back he
heard cries for help Running in the
direction of the sounds he soon came
to the pond. where Joe had intended
to go skating. Instead of skating he
was now struggling in the water
Robert soon had his coat off and
plunged into the water. After hard
struggle Joe was brought safely to
land.
When Robert was about to start for
home, Joe called him back. He shook
hands with him and took back the
names he had called him and wanted
to be friends.
CARL ANDERSON, Age ii.
Baltic
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04
Gasoline From Oil shaIss.

In anticipation of the day when, on
account of the advancing cost Of gaso-
line and other products obtained from
petroleum, it might be found CONNER
cially profitable to utilize some OF the
enormous supply of petroleum to be
derived from the distillation Of the
vast deposits of So called hydrOcarbom
shales of the Green River formation OF
northwestern Colorado and northwest
ern Utah, the u. S. Geological Survey
has for three years been making field
Investigations of these deposits. The
examinations have been accompanied
by mapping of the areas Of hydrocar-
bon~shales and by such field measure
ments OF the thickness of the shales
in workable beds and such rude field
distillation tests as will afford prim-
airy Information concerning the
amount and richness of the shaleg in
different parts of the region
Very rough but cautious calculations
OF the contents of the shale in parts
Of the area examined indicate that the
dIstillation of shale from beds over ?
feet thick in Colorado alone viii yield
more than 10000, 600, 600 barrels OF
crude oil from which more than 1000 o.
0O0,0 barrels of gasoline can be ex-
tracted by ordinary methods. A re-
port giving the results of these eX-
plorations and tests and an account
Of experiments as to possible gasoline
production, both by the ordinary COM
mercial processes and by the Rittmau
process is now in press.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04
Traffic on the Ocean.

Ocean traffic has taken on quite a
different aspect since the time of the
Fulton, the first invention of the
steamboat. The first ship to cross the
ocean was the Savannah She made
the trip in rs days and 1t was a ship
of 800 tons. She made the return trip
in 20 days, but never crossed the ocean
again.
Now a ship carries 10000 tons or
even more. The figures that state the
size of these ships are startling A
cargo of 10000 tons would fill a train
five miles long. A big liner carried
5000 persons without crowding, and
uses from 500 to 600 tons of coal a
day. A boat like this rises from 20 to
40 feet above the water.
|, Ocean travel is much easier than
railroad travel. The ships are driven
by two screw propellers so if one
breaks the other may keep on going
50 the ship does not have to stop. 1t
is said that the best of these ships are
unsuitable. but this has proved I'M
Every ship is fitted with wireless
biography to summon help if needed
and under the vessels are telephones
to catch the sound of submarine bells
The luxury of these ships is as won
derful as their size and safety.
The staterooms are fitted with fine
furniture. There are dining rooms
be tn and barber shops. On the biggest
boats htere are palm gardens, ball.
rooms and swimming pools. The cos
Of one of these boats is SIS, ZOO, 900.
FRANK MARIE, Age IL.
Stonington.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04
Stoning ton.
The Automobile,

Years ago in the eighteenth century,
the people were using horses. They
used them for work on the plantations
and for travel. During the latter part
Of the century automobiles began to
come into use. From that time on
automobiles have taken the place of
horses on the plantations.
If you want to make a tour to any
other part of the country you can
go there in an auto and get there in
less time than horse could. An auto
does not cost so much as a horse. On
farms automobiles are what the men
want to carry their milk. cream, po-
tatoes and other vegetables to town
In. Many men have proved to men
on the farms. that autos are the
cheapest means of Transporting any
articles you have.
They will double your trade you
have and also increase your savings.
They take the place of steam cars.
You can have one come right up to
your door and take you to any part
of the town that you want to go.
In one factory where they make au-
tos, over fifteen thousand autos are
turned out in week.
In years to come. all the horses will
be done away with, and electric power
will take it's place. Every now and
then new factories have sprung up.
The price of a good car is six hun
bred up and in due time it will pay
for itself.
JOHN TANNER, Age IA.
Stonineton
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04
TWO LITTLE STORIES
THE MOTHERS EYE.

A Home Council mother says that
u she can persuade her little SON to
look her straight IN the eye and make
her a promise. he never breaks his
word. Norman Duncan's mother, too.
In DIR. Luke" seems to have had faith
IN eye suasion. If one may call it SO.
She sat me back in her lap, he
writes. -
Look in your mothers eyes. lad, t."
she said. land say after me this: My
mother
MY mother" I repeated, very sob
srly.
Looked upon my heart"
Looked upon my haert," said I.
And found 1t brave"
AN found it brave" y
And sweet
AN sweet
willing for the days work.
Willing for the days work"
And harboring no shameful hope
AN harboring no shameful hope"
Again and again she had me say it,
until ! knew 1t every word by heart.
"Ah," said she at last, ''but you'll
forget"
mo, moi" L cried; I'll not forget.
My mother looked upon my heart"
ratified, IAN found it brave an sweet,
willing for the days work, an har-
boring no shameful hope I've not
forgot! I've not forgoti"
He'll forget" she whispered, but
not to me, like all children.
But I have never forgotten that,
when I was a child, my mother looked
zpon my heart and found 1t brave and
yweet, willing for the days work, and
Earboring no shameful hope.-The
- s----~f,g Z
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04
THE LESSON OF rHE.HoRsEsHoE

! a countryman. walking his little son.
tnomas, to a neighboring town. no.
tlced horseshoe lying in the road
See" said he. there lies a broken
horseshoei Pick it up. Tom, and put
j it in your pocket"
oh, replied Thomas. at isn't worth
while to stoop for that!"
His father made no answer but
stooped down himself, picked up the
horseshoe and put it in his own pock-
ct When they reached the next vii
lase, he sold it to a. smith for a half
penny, and bought some cherries with
the money. Cherries often grow by
the roadside in Germany, so he got a.
good many for even this small sum
Then they went on their Journey
again. The day was very hot. Not q
p1t of shelter was to be had for far
and near. not a house, nor a tree. nor
a wood was to be seen. Thomas wa .
nearly dying with thirst, but not a
spring nor brook was at hand. And
the little fellow. unable to keep up
with his father. Jagged some way be-
hind him.
By and by. as If by chance, his IA
ther let fall a cherry. Thomas picked
It up eagerly and put It in his mouth.
Some steps further on, his father let
second cherry fall which Thomas
seized with the same greediness This
went on until he had picked them all
up.
When he had eaten the last, and
vas row quite refreshed, his father
turned to him and said, "Ah Thomas
lad, If you had taken the trouble to
stoop once and pick up the horseshoe,
you would not have needed to stoop
a hundred times for the cherries."---
From tss German.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04

mistresses and one is the mother. and
the other her daughter.
I am given fresh water every day
along with German Summer Black
Rape" and Imported Miilet Seed"
Then my younger mistress scatterS
gravel on the bottom of the cage: this
I pick up and swallow. as It helps to
digest my food and makes my body
keep well and healthy. l also have
a piece of cutie fish placed in two
or three wires of my cage for met to
nibble at times.
Sometimes the older lady gives me a
piece Of cracker. or of apple and bread.
At other times she places in the bot
tom of my cage celery. lettuce. or a
small bit of mint as I can only have a
very little of the last.
I hop down from my perch or swing.
peck away and look around to see that
what I am eating isn't taken from me.
Once a day my mistress places a dish
of water on the bottom OF the cake
ard I have s. fine time splashing the
water around.
1 hop from one perch to the other
or take rodie in my swing and sing
like as thou>cl was asking a question,
then utter pur-rt, next pur-rt louder,
sweet, till, sweet. then swinging I
trill and go over it again.
the cage. like to have her do it, I
cock my head on both sides and my
little eyes will brighten and express
pleasure: but when I don't like to be
disturbed I can show I am angry, too.
One time Billy came TO board at our
house. hear he cost more than I
did but instead of having delicately
tinted coat like mine, he wore striped
green and black, with yellow breast.
He sang such low notes, although his
mistress says they are beautiful, l
did not like them, and made such a
fuss that Billy was placed in another
room.
I usually take to callers who come to
zee my mistress, but there were two
took great dislike to. The first was
an oldish man; after he sat down and
began talking I uttered a pert in a
short tone; thought then he would
keep still. but he continued to talk al
though I kept on scolding. Il was glad
when he went away.}
Then a neighbor dropped in. and al
though my younger mistress played on
the organ and the Young man sang, 1
didn't like to hear him and kept saying
pert in the same short tone as which
the other caller was there; but he fin
ished his song.
My mistress seemed to enjoy hav
ing him sing, but I was glad when he
said, Good night" and disappear
ed.
My cage is usually hung in the bay
window by the organ; but in warm
weNther it is hung on the front veran-
da, where can hear the birds sing
and have a fine time answering them.
like to have my mistress play and
whistle, and sometimes the young man,
my present owner, will set the Victro-
la going and when the record that rep
resents different birds is playing, am
in my glory.
Another record enjoy is the
"Mockfng Bird" and then I sing and
sing.
Sometimes my older mistress puts
finger L
over to the plant called the cactus and
sit there awhile. Then I'll fly around
the room and when tired I fly back to
nv cage (the door always left open
while am out). and go in again.
As have written enough for this
time, will bid my young readers good
bye.
BEAUTY.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04

CAPTAIN GYP!"

By Louella C. Poole
From over seas, where wars alarms
Strike terroS to the souls Of men,
This pleasant little story comes
! Straight from a British soldiers
A tale that serves to make us smile,
Wars horrors to forget awhile.
within the hospitals grim walls,
Whose doors are always opened
wide,
/ little dog was seen to pass.
An ugly cash In his poor side
Weak. faint, with suffering nearly
spent,
Straight to the source of help he went.
Though dumb, his pleading eyes be-
sought
The afti bestowed on suffering man,
And undenied, his wound well dressed,
Away the little fellow ran.
For several days he thus appealed
For help, until his hurt was healed.
Inst as a bit of pleasantly,
The sergeant, quite in proper style,
Entered the case in his report
sOf sick and hurt, to plsce on file;
The name he gave. with humor sly.
Was Trooper Gyp, Eighth D. L. Ia
Admitted into hospital
Shell wound In side the entry read
And homeless Gyp, with gratitude
That knew no bounds. was housed
/. and fed;
The freedom OF the house and grounds
Was his upon his daily rounds.
(which Of you men is Trooper Gyp 90
The officer one day thus spoke;
From all the sick chaps sitting round,
No answer. To explain the Joke
The sergeant came in haste just then:
And loud the laughter q the men.
'Dogg's, Light Infantry," Thus Gyp,
A well loved trooper of the same,
Took up his quarters with the guard:
So faithful, soon promotion came
To higher rank. and that is why
Hes Captain Gyp. Eighth d. L. L"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04
The Freezing Point of Mercury.

The Bureau of Standards has COM
pleted a very careful determination of
the freezing point of mercury using
platinum resistance thermometers to
measure the temperature. The re-
suit of this work gives 1887 degrees
Z (37.97 degrees F.) for this temper
azure.
1t is interesting to note that as far
back as 1852 the English government
recognizing the Importance of an ac-
curate knowledge of this point, ap-
propriatedt e $50 to have it deter
mined. The value then obtained, -
1855 degrees C. 1913 degrees FL is
i'll good agreement with that obtained
at this bureau. However, other de-
terminations made previous to and
after this early work cast some doubt
as to it's accuracy. 1t can be seen
that a knowledge OF the freezing point
of mercury is of great Importance to
thermometer makers as it marks the
lower limit to which a mercurial Their
mometer may be used and furnishes a
method for celebrating or pointing the
scale below degrees c (32 degrees F..
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04
The Preservation of Our American
Forests,

We little realize the importance
which trees play in the development
of our country. Trees form protec-
tive covering for the earth. The trees
vent soil from being carried away. If
you were to go to a mountain you
would notice differences in streams.
The streams where trees have been cut
dry up in summer and those that are
surrounded by trees do not but grad
TALLY grow larger.
New York is located at the mouth
Of the Hudson river, which helps the
city to maintain her navy yards and
good harbor. This river is supplied
with water from the Adirondack and
Catslxill mountains If these forests
should ever be destroyed. the Hudson
would form SO that New York would
be second rate in importance. We
have seen what ungoverned streams
may do by the deltas formed at the
vent this washing away by covering
the inorganic soil with the organic soil
and thus forms a bed like a sponge
which will hold the water. The roots
of trees also help to hold the soil in
PLACE. and many times are used as
windbreaks and a protection for birds.
The United States only a few years
ago began to realize the value Of for
served in the west and many other
sections of our country SO that our
forests may be preserved. We have
the forest survey of the department Of
agriculture and numerous state and
university schools are being establish
ed each year to promote interest in the
preservation of our American forests
II each citizen would take a per-
sonal interest and pride in the forests
of our country, this present neglect
would be overcome, and this country
would take her proper rank with the
other countries OF the world in its
preservation Of our forests.
MILDRED L. PERRY, Age II.
Stonington.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-04
No. 1ot Limited.

One August morning the hot sun
beat down upon the few loungers who
were hanging around the depot in the
small village of Kol1oma, Indiana
Groves. the telegraph operator, tick
ct agent. and baggage clerk, was
amongst the crowd and consequently
as it INCREASINGLY licked his cali.
No: 101. Limited, was driven by
Charlie Tenney. Tenney could get
more speed out Of an engine than any
other engineer on the line-101 was
late, Tenney was urging his steed to
the utmost. He was due at Kokoma
in IL minutes.
The through freight was broken
ma No. 101 will surely hit it. Groves
negligence will cost many lives.
The whistle Of the Limited is heard
A well dressed man carrying suit
case approaches. Slowly and delib,
toys with it. AS the Limited APP
proaches he steps out on the track
and waves the flag. Tenney brought
his huge engine to stop by the de-
pot. Springing out of the cab. he
The stranger replied, urgent bus
mess calls me to Chicago. As no
trains stop at Kokoma today I took
the liberty to nag the Limited.
to his cab. Then a man dressed in
overalls came up. The through freight
is stalled at the curve he cried.
Then as he came nearer, he in
quired, How is 1t that the Limited is
stopped here at Kokoma? Whatever
the reason is. the fact that the Linn
tied is stopped has saved all your
lives. We tried to get Kokomo by tel
egraph but. couldn't"
Tenney grasped the strangers hand.
Instead of an oath he asked a bless
ing for the man who had unknowingly
saved No. 101 Limited.
JOHN CUSHMAN.
Stonington.