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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Community Club Made
 Up Of Young Men Who
 Beieue in Doing Things
Organization Grew Out of Former Growlers Club, Which Was Purely Social Organization Now Takes Active
 Part in All Matters of Civic Endeavor

Few reorle e,tn r.. amber tho Cow ers' club unless they happened 10 have been members and attended few 1T the social hops and 'vrowls' staged within their clubrooms, but there is not man in Birmingham who reads who does not know the Community club, and recall with pride the many things thet tney have put over'' for Birmingham since tbev succeeded the "Growlers, and turned their social club, name and all, out into the street, and ushered in civic crganization-the same membership however. but revtvified for civic service.
 so the Community club represents an evolution of the Growlers' club. The voung men who started the Growlers' cl,b had ideas then of pleasure, but they prew into manhood and went into busl- ness. and then there came the d.sire to serve instead of to amuse Birmingham citizens. The change came about one year ago under the administration of FL hert Jemison who was president at that time.
 John L. COX was recently elected pres ident of the club to succeed Joseph F. Nfudd. who was commissioned an officer in the new national army. Mr. Cox is young business man who is we'll known and highly esteemed and his ad- ministration IS expected to mark new era in the progress of the club
 The officers of the club, elected at a recent meeting, are: John l.. Cox, president; P. M. Smith, vice president. and John Bradley. secretary-treasurer. Tn speaking of the club, MT. Cox said:
 "It was not the desire to become po- litical organization, as that term is un- derstood, yet it was realized that no achievement could be gained without mixing in politics when some issue was involved which vitally affected the wei fare of the people. As is well known. Birmingham is not blessed with that con- cord and common purpose of its citizens which is so necessary to advance the prosperity of this locality. There ap- pears at times to exist jealousy among factions. We felt that if we could con tribute to eliminate this spirit by a proper example. much would be accom- plished. In judging the results. we feel that in measure this was done. and that in other lines the club did not serve in vain.
 Tt was the Community club which in- augurated the movement for greater crop production in the state. The or ganization which exists in Birmingham today for the greater production of food and better marketing conditions is one of the outgrowths of the clubs efforts. A meeting of miscellaneous business men was called by the Community club to consider the serious food shortage which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
NEW FEATURES OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS
 ARE ANNOUNCED
President Ward Outlines Modern Plans for Unify- ing New Buildings and
 Equipment

The city board of education has an- nounced through President Ward the new features of school buildings to be erected in Birmingham according to the recommendations of the consulting arch itect, William B. Itner, who is perfecting the school system of Birmingham by uni flying the buildings and equipment, as well as furnishings.
 One of the features of the new build- ings," says President Ward, lis the lack of basements. This insures a dry floor and when the floor is elevated two or three feet off the ground there will be room for the plumbing and heating pipes. This elimination of basements is the modern school idea, and every one of the new schools will conform to this idea
 Mr. Ward issued the following state ment on the work of constructing the new school buildings:
 The class rooms of the new buildings are planned for 40 pupils and they are 32 feet long and P feet wide. each with a wardrobe or cloak room five feet SIX inches wide and provided with outside light. The class rooms will be lighted on the long axis and ample ventilation is provided by means of specially con- structed windows. These windows will be uniform in all class rooms and are of the open air type, capable of giving 100 per cent air area, while excluding direct sunlight.
 Tn addition to the class rooms, each of the new buildings in Wylam, Avondale and Ensley, as well as those to be erected ] at other points later on, will contain an office for the principal, teachers rest room, an auditorium, kindergarten, a room for manual training and domestic science, library, room for medical in- spection or clinics, store rooms and toi- lets and a room for heating and ventllat- ing apparatus.
 air room win be provided where children whose physical condition warrants their being kept outdoors as much as possible, may follow their studies in the open.
 '.The smaller buildings which are to be erected at this time at East Thomas and Acipco, will be along the same lines, but will not have the auditorium, library, etc. All of the buildings will be highly modern in every respect and an ornament to the communities in which they are erected
 "The architects who are at work on the detaii plans of these buildings are: For the Avondale school, Miller & Martin; for the Ensley school, w. l.. Melton; for the Wylam school, D. o. Whilldin; for Thomas and Acipco Ben Price; for the Slater negro school, Warren & Knight.
 Tn addition to these new buildings, plans are going forward rapidly for ad- ditions to the Robinson school at East Lake, North Birmingham school, Baker school at Ensley, Fairview school, Pratt City school and the school at Gate City.
 Major Wheelock, who has charge of the eastern section high school is making satisfactory progress on his plans.
 'sThe work of repairing the old school buildings has been practically completed, except as to heating plants, and tnls work Is we'll in hand and will be finsned before the cold weather comes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

The Alabama Coal Operators assso- citation, at meeting yesterday noon, agreed to increase wages of miners 10 per cent, effective October l.
 With the Pratt seam as basis, miners, on and after October 1, will be paid S21k cents per ton. Such wages will be higher than ever before in the history of Alabama coal mining
 Expressed in money, the increase, &C., cording to an estimate of George B. Me Cormack, president of the operators as- sociation, will approximate $S,oooOo0 on the per annum production.
 ACTION CAME AS SURPRISE
 The action of operators, in view of their difficulties following the announce ment of the coal price scale by President Wilson, was learned with surprise.
 MT. Mccormack stated that the ac- tion was taken to meet conditions-to appease labor in that labor might be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
LOAN BANK OFFICIAL
 TO VISIT BIRMINGHAM

Tomorrow at o'clock J. L. Collard. assistant to the general counsel of the Federal Farm Loan bank at New Orleans. will be in Birmingham at the Hillman hotel for tke purpose of meeting local attorneys of the bank and the secretaries of the various loan associations in north Alabama.
 
 The belief is held by federal farm loan bank officials that the Alabama farm CTS do not fully appreciate the plan of the federal loan bank and that when they understand more fully the value of the bank to them. what 1t actually means, they will begin to take advantage ot the opportunity offered. A large attend ance of all interested persons Is urged at this meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
WH|TE-bLAKESLEE
 PLANT IS BOUGHT D. B. Dimick Announces Its Purchase by the Ameri-
 can Casting Co.

D. B. Dimmick. president of the Amer lean Casting company, announces the purchase of the plant of the White Blakeslee Manufacturing company. manu- facurers of gasoline engines and veneer machinery, the sale having been consum- maetd on September 8. The plant Is located at Woodlawn and has been op- erated for the past few years under a trusteeship.
 It Is the intention or the new owner if ia understood, to place the plant into operation after it has been put in first class condition as to equipment, and that MT. Dimick and his associates will. in connection with their other project. the American Casting company. manufacture \ special line of machinery now being in popular demand and enjoying wide market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
Beginning at 3 O'Clock the National Army Men, With Escorts, Will March
 Through Streets
DINNER SERVED AT
 THE SOUTHERN CLUB
Red Cross, Spanish-Ameri- can Veterans and Other Bodies to March With
 New Soldiers Today

Birmingham's second con- signment of young men se- lected to enter the American army will leave tonight for Camp Pike, Ark.
 Birmingham, this after noon, will do honor to these young men. Beginning at 3 o'clock a parade in their honor-in which they will constitute the principal part will be staged.
 Following the parade, at Capitol park, there will be patriotic exercises. Following the exercises the 327 select men will be dined at the Southern club.
 The parade will form at First ave nue and Eighteenth street at 2:4o o'clock. It will be headed by bands and platoons of police officers. The 327 boys will be next in line. As their file closes the veterans of the Span ish h-American war will serve.
 RED CROSS CONTINGENT
 After the selectmen the corps of Red Cross nurses will appear. These nurses, in full uniform. are requested +l. I91l sociation to meet at 2:30 o'clock at First avenue and Eighteenth street. to meet in as large numbers as pos sible. Others in the parade will be city officials, Boy Scouts, the Alabama h. dustrial School band and other music organizations. and the Jefferson Coun- ty Rifle association.
 Following the parade. the boys will gather around the flag -bedecked stand at Capitol park. where the exercises will be held. Borden Burr will pre- side. Addresses will be delivered by George B. Ward, Emmet O'Neal, Isa- dore Shapiro, s. J. Bowie and pr. George Stuart. Music will follow each address. After the exercises the boys will be dined at the Southern club 
 Following the dinner they will be marched to their waiting train. REPORT THIS MORNING The young men will report under orders at 9 o'clock this morning at the permanent exhibit hall Chamber of Commerce. There they will be or ganized by the appointment of cor porals to have charge of the delega- tiOn en route to camp.
 Luncheon will be served at 12 o'clock and the selectmen will be permitted thereafter to be at ease until 8 o'clock when the parade Is scheduled to move. All Birmingham Scouts who wish to take part in the farewell demonstra- ton for the new soldiers are request ed to meet at Capitol park today al 230 sharp. This will also include the drum corps. who are especially urged to turn out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

sist on a wage increase.
 "The action of local coal operators was taken because of the action of the United States Steel.
 It has been generally understood that the Woodward Iron company has plan ned for sometime a 10 per cent in crease October l.
 As to the effect the action of local operators will have on union miners, re- ported still to be restless, MT. Clemo did not venture an opinion.
 DAVIDSON'S STATEMENT
 James l.. Davidson, secretary of the operators association, after stating that the operators would increase wages Oc- tober 1, and that the official announce nent would be made as soon as scales could be worked out by accounting de- partments, said:
 "It is hoped that the advance In wages will be taken into consideration by the government in revising the selling price of coal"
 It is known that the facts in the case will be laid before the government early this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23

Birmingham lodge No. 8eS. I. o. H. R.. will hold its regular monthly meet ing this. Sunday, morning at 10,3O tn the vestry room of Temple Emanu-El. Several very important matters will come mp for discussion. and President Philip Oster expects . very large att tendance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Autumn Fashions in June

concerning the August exhibitions Of clothes
in France, and the designers in the dressmak-
ing houses are turning out very good looking
coat suits for the early September days.
Tho reason behind this extraordinary cond-
ton is that the entrance of America into the
war and the economy cry which scared so many
merchants impeled them TO throw their goods
on the bargain counters before women had
really ordered their best summer frocks. And
not knowing what else to do, they have turned
to autumn fashions as means Of persuadng
women into renewed interest in clothes.
As rule, America waits until August to get
her first importations Of velvet garments. All
the fashion resorts of Europe exploit the velvet
hat and wrap on the first dav Of August II
has never before happened ttat America has
given felt and velvet to her women in June.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

In DAYS of economy we're using silk. This
does not argue the kind of extravaganza
that cuts potatoes out Of the bill of fare
and orders vintage champagne for supper. 1t
only means that silk is cheaper than cotton six
cases out of ten.
The japanese market has been opened up to
America, and the fact that one Of the largest
firms In America has just sent three Of its
buyers to China and Japan for next winters
supply of materials shows that the course Of
commerce wends westward its way
There is a certain quality Of tub silk that
women have always worn in certain sections of
this country without feeling of extravaganza
Such frocks were made in shrtwaist fash
ion even before the separate shirtwaist was
invented. Later, as this and civilization added
to the burden Of extravaganza among our peo-
pies. chiffon. handembrOidered silk wolfe and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Economical Women Buy Silk

metal embroidered silk jersey superseded
frocks Of gingham, thin, striped silk, simply
made, and checked cottons.
Summer dressing then became more splendid,
more suggestive of wealth, more suitable to
ceremonial times. A woman felt as though she
were shouting poverty from the housetops il
she appeared at a summer resort in a Bingham
gown.
Then came swift and sharp decline toward
simplicity again. The war iE France started
it; the war in America established it. The
Southern mills poured out vast quantity of
checked calicoes in the colors which Paul Poi
ret and Leon Bakst adore and which have been
a part and parcel of Southern negro costumery
since the day the French sailed into the delta
of the Mississippi River and Ogethorpe came
to Georgia.
The markets across the Pacific offered their
tremendous supply of pongees and silk, and so
women found that it was no longer necessary
to buy costly fabrics for the summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

TT SEEMS strange to speak Of velvet when
the hot weather is just beginning, but il
one keeps up with the fashions one disre-
CARDS the calendar ard the climate.
A woman who went to buy new straw hat
on the first Of June was shown most attrac-
tive affair in felt and embroidery which she
was told had just arrived for the autumn. The
statement rather shocked her. She involunta-
rily felt that she was being shown last years
style when she insisted upon getting straw
hat, and the saleswoman regarded her as per-
son who was not abreast of the times.
It is a silly fashion, this idea Of introducing
felt and velvet hats on the first day Of June,
especially during year when there has been
TO spring weather Of which TO brag.
The air is filed to-day with the fashions Of
October. One hears nothing but SpeculatioRs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

graceful way. But the fashion, as fashia
still hung fire among the people.
New, it has been adopted on five gowns u
of ten. one can safely say. Even gowns 4
dark blue taffeta which are offered as demvn
and sedate for dining in public have squss
decollete in front and dark blue tulle streteAs;
straight across the back and arranged to a
in wing-like sleeves caught at the wrist andt
a sweeping double panel down the back.
One gown of this kind has two Chinese a.
clcs done in dull gold to enliven it. One hs|
the bodice and one on the skirt.
THE WEARING OF CALICO
Among the many things violently discuat
among those who make clothes is whether tbs
summer shall be stricken off the calendar n
manufacturers. 1
In the year of 1916, when all the world W.
fighting, as it is now, there was no actual SUD
NOR. Billiards in New England, ice In Psss
sylvania and animals perishing from the as
in the West were the happenings Of July rl
August in that fatal year.
One hundred and one years later, the apptnf
people insist that there is no summer IN us1
business, and it will go down into history 2
such. The war, the long delayed hot weasss
the uncertainty in all the shops, gave the ma
ufacturers and dressmakers a good reason 70
no: making up large quantity Of SUNNI
costumes.
So hot weather clothes are haphazard to-dr
The striking feature of the season is the intr'
duction of bingham and calico. Silk jersey m
given way entirely to thin, woollen jersey
tho experts said it would.
Georgette crepe has taken the place OF ca
fon. Taffeta has had recrudescence.
Satin held its own for evening gowns, "
dropped out of first fashion for coat suits, ~
the cotton fabrics, such as we used to consiSe
most ordinary, went upward to the very @f'
in seven-leagued boots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

peacocks do sponsor are not exactly becoming
to every woman and grow tiresome and monot-
onous when constantly used as a motif for
ornament.
THE TRANSPARENT DINNER COAT
The French designers have brought out a
Chinese coat, if one wishes TO be elastic in
phrasing, which smart women are wearing
over half low or very low gowns in the evening,
to give them semblance of seriousness.
You know, there has been Continental OPP
position to the extreme decolletage since the
day war was declared There should be no
regret about this for the American woman,
especially the young girl, had arrived at
state Of nudity in the evening that was dis
agreeable to even the most tolerant onlooker.
There are several varieties of this dinner
coat among the dressmakers in Paris, and they
are repeated over here. They are made Of
chiffon, of strong silk net and of that new,
exquisite weave Of Georgette. They are high
in the back have long, flowing sleeves. and
present, in the hand, a shapeless mass of filmy
beauty that could seemingly serve as scarf,
a veil or founce on gown.
When they are put on the figure they are
quite enticing and it is the opinion Of artistic
women that they redouble the allurement of an
evening gown.
Tho highest artists IN clothes always con-
tend that it is more lovely to slightly veil the
skin than to leave it as it is, and these colorful
coats carry out that idea.
Jade green, mauve, mandarin yellow, Vati-
can purple and American Beauty red are the
coors that are most frequently chosen. AS
green is the color of the moment in anything
from tub silk frocks to Chinese brocades, it is
natural that every woman who can possibly
wear it uses it for transparent coat to en-
lven dinner gowns that are new, as well as
those that have given their full quota of
service.
The best Of these coats are touched here and
there with Oriental embroideries done in tiny
crystal beads. The effect is as Eastern as
the Tai.
These coats were possibly suggested by tho
tulle cape that is amazingly popular. Tho
house of Callot has always stood for the lace or
cobweb tulle draperies that swing from the
shoulders over the arms and down the back Of
thu frock and here and there this custom Of
wearing a tulle cape was adopted by women
VINO were guided by Callot In most of their
costumery.
Stage folk saw in the drapery a chance to
project their gowns against good background,
and more important than that an admirable
opportunity to use their arms and hands in a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
r UCILE firmly believes that the time has

r UCILE firmly believes that the time has
come in American fashions for women
TO wear long, flowing lines Of dignity
AMI abandon the half bodices, lack of sleeves
and short, transparent skirts which have ruled
us for three years.
She is definitely committed TO this idea, and
is designing all her autumn clothes in Paris
and London to meet the purpose
The reason that her statement has such force
is that no one denies that she revolutionzed
ballroom dressing as the Vernon Castles revo-
lutionized its dancing and Irving Berlin revo-
iutionzed its music.
The Castle Berlin-Lucle combination has
been, in Europe, the symbol Of America. But
with Vernon Castle in the aviation corps, with
Mrs Castle not dancing in public, and with
Lucille stating her farreaching purpose TO GUST
irvolity and bring in seriousness in clothes,
Irving Berlin, with his ragtime music, is the
only one left of the symbolic three.
IF the women Of America follow the dignifed
gowns of Lucille as they followed her hoop
skirts, girdle bodices, bobbed hair and tango
slippers, we will see a continent Of women who
look as serious as the times.
The few models that have been advanced as
forerunners of what is to come this autumn
have about them dignity and seriousness that
the men of the community will applaud and
indorse.
There is no display Of legs, no undue showing
Of the ankles and shoulder; the bodices are sub
dued in the decolletsge; the long, winglike
medieval draperies cover the arms and fall
to the knees; the clinging skirts start at a
slightly high waistlne and fall against the
figure and cover the feet, in the manner OF the
eighteenth century.
II Is not gown for the type of youth that
we call fapper, or, as one of the dashing young
editors of the day has termed it, poulet la
Ziegfeld.
THE GRACEFUL LONG SKIRT
There is nothing startlingly new in the gowns
which will be worn during the late summer and
autumn, if the prophecies of the experts come
true. They have been shown in America ever
since January, and in a certain blaze Of Orien
tai splendor they have been worn by smart
women at ceremonial functions.
It is not, however the gorgeousness Of the
Byzantine era that is to be repeated In the
newer style Of dressing for the second half Of
the year 1917.
Soft satins, brocades that have no body,
Georgettes that look like net, chiffon that re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

feather is indicated and filled in with colors
that peacock never grew. One may be glad
of that, for the intense blue and green which
peacocks do sponsor are not exactly becoming
to every woman and grow tiresome and monot-
onous when constantly used as a motif for
ornament.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

By the way, it
may be well to re-
member that a
faint flicker of
metal is fashion
able as a final
touch to the edge
of a skirt or a
pair of flowing,
tran S p a r e n t
sleeves.
Those who look
for new designs
in embroidery are
reproducing the
peacock feather
on satin and chif-
fon. They use
the original col
ors in some cases,
but ften the
{ hane of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Sweeping Lines That Make for Dignity

EXAGGERATED styles u these America most seT
ous for Fluffy Rues to into eclipse SKIRTS
m grow longer effects Importance through
the full beauty OF line and color