The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-12
a CHRONICLE OF SOCIETY Rib r441

nm HE Birmingham public library is
launching campaign CHS week
that must appeal to every reader
OF these columns. 1t is for books and
magazines for our soldiers in camp,
training field, marine corps stations and
army barracks. A million young men
viii soon be in training and one of the
great problems confronting the govern
ment was to provide recreational facili-
ties for them The American Library as
ISOLATION has been asked to collect and
distribute books and new magazines for
these men, Birmingham must and will
d. her share.
4 The great need for books among SOL
diers is strikingly and pathetically il
lustrated by this letter received by an
English organization whose care has
Tommy Atkins" from an isolated group
OF wounded in Egypt:
I'VE have no books. All we have had
to read here was scrap of the adver-
tiscment page of a newspaper picked up
on the desert. and on it we saw that
you send books to sick and wounded.
Please hurry up and send some. The
flies are awful
Everyone is asked to give of his best,
religious tracts, but the livest and new
est and freshest his library affords. He
should remember Il say he, although /
do not forget that my readers are largely
she). that many more books and maya
zines will come to take the place of those
he gives, when this crisis is past.
Those who would like to make of this
moro personal gift, should write their
Names on the fly leaf of every book they
give. All books should be taken or sent
to the Birmingham public library or one
of its branches.
q Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Thomas Beasley
of Tampa, Fla, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Jessie Frances, to Mr.
Leonard Lawrence Collins, on Saturday
evening at O'Clock at their home in
Harbor View. This announcement will
be of interest to many Birmingham
friends, as Mrs. Collins resided in Biz
mlngham before moving to Tampa three
years ago.
The following invitation has been is
Sr, invite you to be present at the mar
riage of their daughter Mary Mabel, to
MIR. Sanford Allia Taylor, Wednesday
evening. August %, 1917, at $50, Ruhama
Baptist church, Birmingham"
Mrs. W. c. Gewin, chairman of the
West End registration committee, appeals
to all the women of West End precinct
81 to give her their cooperation, and to
show their patriotism by coming forward
and registering on Wednesday, August 15
The idea is to get registration of the
the woman power of the country as wen
as the man power, and the women must
realize the necessity of full registration.
In this time of war the women must for
get all selfishness and do their bit, for
there is plenty Of work for all. Women
who register will not be called to leave
their homes against their will and regis
tering incurs no obligation to serve.
! Every care has been taken not to in
= convenience the women who register, and
Mrs. Gewin says it is her most earnest
desire to see every woman over 16 regis
tered in her precinct on August Is.
Registration booths will be at Oxford's
pharmacy, West End library, GUMS Drug
company and the Elyton school building.
Miss Carolyn Copeland entertained at
luncheon yesterday at the Country club
con.plimenting Miss Margaret Nelson's
lovely guest, Miss Elizabeth Williams of
Charleston, S. G. There were three ia
bles which were adorned with huge bas-
kets of summer flowers in brilliant hues
The places were marked by attractive
hand-painted figures and the guests
We're: Miss Margaret Nelson, Miss Eliza
beth Williams, Miss Louise Cunningham
OF Knoxville, Miss Mary Elizabeth Cald-
we'll, Miss Elizabeth Davis, Miss Marga-
rat Davis Miss Willie Mae Brandon