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perceive the advantage they would
have in permitting their citizens OF
wide experience at the front to come
to their own armies and to impart to
their comrades at frst hand all that
they had learned in the legion-a per-
feet harvest. The United States alone
has not only not profited by this op-
portuntty, but would seem even to re-
gard these splendid specimens Of their
valiant manhood as band of ad-
recommend them. In the meantime
they plod on and a golden opportunity
Is lost.
Strange, But Brave.
Yes. the legion Is a strange place. II
is perhaps the best answer to the
critics of its officers and men to say
that out OF mass of men from every
nation in the world they have welded
together regiment which carries or
medal with five citations, and the
right to wear the yellow and green
fourragere.
Personally. I shall never see the uni
form of this regiment without a thrill
Of pride and a quickened beating OF
the heart.
Especial Correspondence of The Even
ing Star and Chicago Daily News.)
ny PAUL AYREs ROCKWELL.
PARIS. France. August 11.-In trans
hitting the foregoing article. which
was written at my request. I wish to
call especial attention to what Legion
naire Sartoris says concerning the at
titude of the United States War De-
partment toward the American volun-
teers in the legion. OF the several
hundred boys from the United States
who have fought during this war in the
legion, only about ten are left active
at the front Virtually every one of
them has been decorated with the
French war cross for courage and de-
votion.
AS soon as their own country sew
cred relations with Germany these
courageous American boys wrote di-
rectly to President Wilson and to vari-
Gus other state and army officials of
fering their trained services to the
United States Army. Some of them
came to Paris on leave and spoke with
members of the American military mis-
sion and to various persons at the
United States embassy here. without
getting any satisfaction either by word
or by writing. Not one bit of official
attention has been paid by the United
States government to these brave
American soldiers. who have been SO
often honored by France.
Virtually all the men are content TO
serve until the wars end under the
French tricolor. but they feel that they
would be of more real use-in View
of their long experience in this war
II put with their less war-hardened
countrymen.
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Courageous Group ofHghters
LsDescribed by A. c. Sartoris
Grandson of the Late Gen. u. S. Grant, Now
Serving in the Fonai9n Legion Gives Story
of His Experiences and Impressions.

fAlgerncn Charles Snrtoris. grandson Of Gen.
Army during the Spanish-American war and later
member of the consular service. He has worn
the uniform of the foreign legion since early
the trenches in Champagne and arounfi the bloody
Chemin des DANES. He is at prescut conyales-
cent after slight attack of trench feyer.1
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CARDS OF THANKS.

HUppNANN. We wish to thank the relatives,
friends and neighbors for their kindness and
sympathy and beautiful floral offerings to our
dear daughter and sister, THERESA HUPP-
MANN.
By HER MOTHER. SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
MITCHELL. We wish to thank our friends for
their sympathy and floral offerings at the death
of our dear one. LAURA PERRY MITCHELL.
THE FAMILY.
WAGNER. We wish to extend our gratitude
and thanks to our friends npd ncighbors for
their kindness and floral tributes during the
illness and death Of mother. ANNIE V.
WAGNER
BY HER DAUGurERs. NELLIE AND ROSIE. .
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The latest idea of speeding up the
automobile calls for propellers in addi-
tion to the usual gear to help it over
the ground.
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Glad to Go to Front,

I think-that nearly all of US heaved a
sigh of glad1ess when ordered to the
front. for life at the camp was monoto-
nous and dull. There were no amuse-
ments Of any kind. except a well mean
ing but somewhat tame cinema. Sa-
looms were in plenty. but of a very un-
appetiZing assortment.
Our departure for the front was not
without certain eclat. The girls en-
ployed at the depot presented US with
fine bouquet of flowers, which the
oldest leRionnaire carried on his bay
onet. The band played and on our
progress through the streets l noticed
that not few old women, and indeed
some young ones, were publicly weep
ing.
l was attached to n company composed
mainly of old leeionnaires, Just back
from several years service at Tonkin
These men differ In every way from the
new engage volontaire," except in the
common attribute of courage. They are,
as whole. dashing. staggering lot,
with names often not their own. and
with pasts that would not bear too
close inspection, Yet of an extraordi-
nary simple and engaging nature. Their
disputes and arguments resemble those
OF chlldren. Their main pastime is
drink when they can get it, and card
games. of mild sort. when they can't.
Ihey have the old soldiers contempt
tor the new volunteers and are apt to
consider their exploits in the east of
Africa as Of far more Importance than
the present trouble
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charge that this patriotic work VIII
meet with an enthusiastic city-w1oe
response.
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MARRIED.

KISTLER-DoNNELLY. On Tuesday. septem-
Der IL. 1911, by the Rev. 2. c. Gavan. JOHN
s. kISTLER and ELLA +. DoNSELLY.
wADDEY-PLATZ. On September 4, 1917, At
Baltimore, Nd. by the Rev. J. I. Rossiter.
u. D.. JOHN A. wADDEY and EMMA B.
PLATZ. No cards.
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Of Various Nationalities.

Among these men 1 have met nc
americans and only one Englishman
lhey are OF various natioaalities. but
Spanish. Italians. Swiss and Scandi-
navian seem to be the most numerous
There are Germans. too, in the old le-
g1on. but they are left in Morocco, OF
elsewhere. .
The language of the Iegionnaire OF
colonial service is. to say the least
vivid. Not a few of them seem to pos
sesS money, and nearly all of them are
adopts at obtaining it IL it is to be
found. WAYS and means are Indifferent
II You want chicken. or game, or
something apparently unobtaina BILE
ask an old legionnaire: give him few
francs and he will get 1t for you, and
cook 1t. too. and very well-but don't
ask him any questions.
The new volunteers, on their side.
profess to despise these ancient and
war-worn soldiers. who have engaged
for the game!le." but to do them jus
tlce, l have missed far fewer Of my
personal belongings since 1 have been
the new lot. Unscrupulous some of
them undoubtedly are. but small thefts
from their comrades are practically
unknown and much despised.
Have a Rough Philosophy.
On the whole I like these men. Their
voyages and adventures in many lands
hdNc DEOduSHeu lHSlT point view.
They are all philosophers. They take
life as they find 1t. Nearly ali have
been kind to me, in their own rough
way. For the most part they are
fatalists. They would grumble and
complain, but never disobey They un-
derstand their officers and their Of
fcers understand them, far better than
they do the new volunteers. One thing
is certain. that neither legionnaire, old
or modern school, has ever shirked in
battle.
Before closing. should like to men,
ton the Americans I have known in
the legion. I have already spoken of
young Mayer. as nice and clean a lad,
morally and physically. as ever 1 knew,
a credit to any army and to any serv-
ice. Not enough has been said about
him and his noble death.
Many other boys from the United
States have been transferred to avia- =
tion or other services. Others, alas,
have been killed; others reformed, j"
but there remains still a small band of
high spirited youths who have served
France faithfully since the early stages
of the war.
1t is a disgrace to our government
that these men have been so far over
looked by the United States Army in
its search for experienced men to train
and lead the new army. All the other
a1lies-Russia. Italy. England. Bel
gium and Portugal-were quick 10
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SPECIAL PRICES ON FAMILY Y
REMEDIES

35c Castoria (Fletcher's) .23c
25c Bromo Seltzer. notwithstanding .19c
75c Jad Salts. .55c
50c Caldwen's Syrup Pepsm. 80. .39c
Csc Laxative Bromo Quinine. .21c
25c Syrup White Pine, plain or with
Soc California Syrup Of Figs. ... .39c
$3.50 Fellows Syrup. 10
Csc Sloan's Liniment. .19c
Soc Musco Rubbing Oil, for sciat-
lea, Lumbago, and Rheumatism .39c
35c Wyeth Lithia Tablets, 5-grain. .29c
35c Lapactic Pills, 100 in bottle. .25c
Csc Listerine TIC
Csc Glycothymoline .............1 .1ec
25c Tyree's Antiseptic Powder :. 19c
Use Cutieura Ointment Zoe
|35e Antphlogistine. ................29 =. .29c
75e Antiphlogistine ..............59 sec
60c Baume Analgisque .45c
$l.25 Liquid Peptonoids ''...... .98c
$1.00 Fellows Syrup .79e
35c fletcher's Castoria ........... .23c
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The Evening and Sunday Star. 800 Per month
Tho Evening Star. .40c Per month
Tho Sunday 6tar. tar.................2oc .2oc Per month
Ne sxtz. postage Is required II sent to soldier.
stationed abroad.
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GUARANTEED TOOTH
BRUSHES . ,..x~~

Large assortment to select Z
from; every ono guaranteed q
not to shed; all pure brist1e. r.
hand-drawn bone and, trans N
parent handles. Regular 2oc y
values. This 10c
sale AO
8 for Soc.
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The Star may be sent to soldiers stationed at
training camps in this country with the Amer
ican e1peditionary forces in France at the regu-
lar subscription price.
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Send Ube Star

c1th It's ne,os from home to your soldier
boy In this country or in France.
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with the continued use Of IDEAL
i CHLORATE POTASH TOOTH
PASTE. which has an alkaline reac-
ton, does away with actd-mouth.
whitens the teeth, hardens the
gums and Is pleasant to the 10o
taste. Regular 25c tube -..... 1ON
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11
Democracy or Unity Of Heart and Purpose is the Out
Says Mrs J. F. Hooper Of National Defense Committee

Revolution, United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy, Young Woman's Christian as
ISOLATION, Jewish Women's associations,
Music clubs, Wornans Christian Temper
ance union, and other organizations To
consolidate and concentrate these differ
ent organizations in a unity of heart and
purpose Is the aim of the national defense
council and the spirit of cooperation
which we have found in the work which
We have already attempted has been most
gratifying. There can be no success In
our labors, of course, unless there Is the
true spirit of democracy; elimination of
self and concentration of purpose is the
slogan and all the women with whom L
have come in contact during our food
conservation movement have displayed a
wonderful spirit of patriotism in the
work.
II feel that after our boys have gone
to the front and are fighting for our de-
Tense that we would be very unpatriotic
as women If we deserted them in their
hour of need Mrs. Hooper said This
is the time of all others when our women
can show the metal they are made Of and
in order to do this we must coordinate
our work in the many organizations
which are so powerful.
During the next few weeks with Mrs.
Thomas M. Owen, state organizer Of ma
tional defense work, l am to make trip
through Alabama, going into the rural
districts and the smaller towns and ex-
plain the work more fully" Mrs. Hooper
said. I'm towns of $4,000 or more there
are organized clubs, of course, ready to
join the work, but in the smaller towns
there are the unorganized women who
must be visited and whom we must enlist
for service and get them together into
units for the purpose of adding their en-
erges to our activities. Each of the big
organizations, as has been explained
fully. is designated to some especial line
of work and the federated clubs under
taking the food conservation under the
national defense council is one of the
most powerful allies which women have
furnished during the war. Emphatically
women are a great world power and their
concentrated. unified efforts through their
clubs and organizations is going to mean
great deal in establishing a precedent
for feminine efficiency during this world
war in which we are engaged"
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lMas; L. J. HALEY. chairman Of, Of
&V4 Council of Women's Cclubs. and
Mrs. Prentis Reed, chairman Of the pub
iicity committee, issued the following,
which will be read with much interest by
all club women throughout the city:
"At a meeting of the Council of Wom-
ems clubs called last week by the Gil
oman club and seconded by the Birming-
ham branch of College Women, the clubs
Of the Birmingham district Inaugurated a
movement to establish and support an
army base hospital in France. This NOV
able hospital service gives first aid to the
men carried from the battlefield and
cares for those too badly wounded to
stand the trip back to the base. Each
unit cares for As wounded, and costs APP
proximately $780, One dollar from every
club woman in this district viii buy all
supplies for one hospital unit and three
hours work each month from every club
will make those supplies into bandages,
sheets and other items rapidly enough
for the complete equipment to be shipped
as Christmas present to the men at the
front.
mo money taised by assessment may
go into the fund. That it may be truly
gift of the spirit and not just one of the
hand, clubs are pledging to raise it by
club self-sacrifice. The ordinary running
expenses are to be cut to a minimum
some clubs saving on one item and others
on another. Some are pledging to serve
only the simplest Observation-Disclosures
to serve none at all Open meetings will
be held on an inexpensive scale or aban-
doned altogether and homemade or type
written or multigraphed year books will
be substituted for the usual expensive
ones Just where it shall reduce it's ex
penses will be worked out by every club
for ITSELF
1.-THE movement is a challenge to US to
prove our patriotism not in words, but
In deeds. 1t calls for unselfishness and 1t
calls for work. A central committee and
many subcommittee will be needed-but
the glad willingness and eagerness with
which all clubs are responding to this
call for definite service is earnest enough
that when final reports are all In. not
one club nor one club woman in this dis
trict will have failed to be enrolled as a
contributing member of the Birmingham
club women's army base hospital IN
France.
ANY club in this district. whether a
member of the council or not, is invited
to join in this district movement. Any
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11

In Admission as the guests of Mrs. J. K.
Lanning.
Miss Jennie Lou Gilliland and Lee
Gaines of Alfalfa are the guests of
Mrs. w. P. Mcdaniel.
Miss Agnes Fowlkes of Mobile spent
yesterday in the city as the guest of her
uncle, Mr.. Frank Fowlkes and Mrs.
Fowlkes en- route home from Wrights-
vile Beach.
Miss Josephine Foster and Mr. Sterling
Foster Jr., have returned from a
months visit to Mentone, where they
visited the Orrs.
Miss Hopkins Of Columbus, Miss, Is
the guest Of Mr. and Mrs. Ebert Ham
ilton at Norwood.
Mrs. Ross Bulmer, who has spent the
past few days with Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Barrett, has returned to her home in
Washington.
Mrs. Polk Davis of Florida is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Barton.
Miss Susie Will Gunter of Columbus,
Miss. is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Thurman Robertson, at Norwood
Judge and Mrs Horace Wilkinson will
leave next month for Fort Mcpherson
where Judge Wilkinson will enter the
training camp.
Miss Dorothy Dawson, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs ]. C. Dawson, is III AT the
home of her parents at East Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hagan Wright have
sona tn ST Louis and Chicago. They
will make visits with friends at several
cities and be registered at Hotel Sher-
man, Chicago.
Miss Mildred Cash of Memphis will
arrive today to join Mr.. and MRS
Franl, Smith, who will leave soon for
a visit to Pass Christian.
The many friends Of Mrs. Hollon Har-
ris Fletcher will regret to learn tnat
she is i'll at the home of her father
Mr.. George Harris. on Highland avenue
Miss Etoil White has returned to her
home on Chestnut Hill after visit TO
Miss Marie and Miss Alta Stoll in MO
bile and Mrs. Walter Needs in Meridian.
Mr. and Mrs William Gray and Will
liam Gray, Jr., have returned from
two months stay in the mountains OF
Virginia.
Miss F1orine Hodges Is the guest OF
Mr. and Mrs George Gray and Miss
Myrtle Gray at Battery Park hotel
Asheville, N. G.
Mrs. H C. Hodges and daughter,
Anita, will leave today for, Linevlile TO
Join Mr.. Hodges for visit.
Mr. Samuel H. Worcester Is critically
i'll at his family residence, 2o12 Ave-
nue. G.
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Woman's Committee of
Selma Red Cross War
Work Is Organized

Selma, August 10.-(Spe cial.) 1.-The
organization of the womans commit
tee of the Red Cross work was eff
fected at Joint meeting Of the wom-
en- members of the Red Cross board
and chairmen of the different commit
tees already at work, when a tenn
porary chairman to succeed Mrs. Mon
roe Mas. resigned, was elected. and
other officers named
The resignation of Mrs. Mas was
accepted with regret. her absence from
Selma being necessitated by DIR. Mas
entering the medical service as a lieu
tenant.
The officers elected were as follows.
Temporary chairman, Mrs. S. G. Gay;
secretary, Miss Addie Elkan; treas
urer, Mrs. H. M. Smith; chairman Of
garment cutting committee, Mrs.
Hooper Adams.
Meetings will be held monthly when
reports of the work accomplished will
be read. All women of the Red Cross
are urged to attend these meetings,
to gain wider view of the work.
/ Aside from chapter money, the work
| room has in the treasury as sep
afale Iunu SluO.5o, raised Dy the Woin-
en-. which will be used for buying ma
J terials. A smaller fund has also been
I, contributed for needs of the work
| room.
The committee has opened lucra
! tive business in dressing dolls in Red
| Cross uniforms, nurses, doctors, or
| derlies. etc. which are being sold for
| $3.50 apiece. Orders have poured In
| from all over the state and plans are
/ being made to form a larger commit
| tee to enter more deeply into the bus
mess of dressing these dolls as the
| holidays approach
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-11

1t is approved by the rich and the poor
alike. The Bingham itself is a Grip
blue, tau and white plaid. The collar
and cuffs are of linen, without any
adornment although it would not be
amiss to add an edge Of crocheted cotton
lace.
The surplice fronts broaden themselves
out into a sizeable girdle and their sash
ends are brought to the front and Topped
over to hang downward. There is q
slight umbrella drapery over the hips,
but the hem OF the skirt is just wide
enough to walk in.
Fortunately there has been no sign SO
far of return to the faulty habit of
trimming bingham in an elaborate man
ner and using it for social affairs in the
afternoon. This was done the last time
Bingham was in fashion. The hest art
lists in the dressmaking world protested
against 1t and some well dressed women
listened to them, but the majority con-
tinued to treat Bingham as though it
were chiffon and heaped upon it orna-
mentation that was Incorporates
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THE HOUSEHOLD
EDITED BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE
RAINY DAYS FOR CHILDREN

RAllS LA . FUN Cf11LDhEN
What is drearier than a rainy Sutur-
day in school time or a rainy summer
day when children are pining to play
out of doors?
Now as children are largely dependent
on grownups for their entertainment, i.
is really the duty as well as the priv
ilege of the grownups to plan amuse-
ments for these rainy days. And 1t Is
not very difficult task. Have o cup
board or a big desk drawer for rainy
day games and other entertainments,
and you will find the task Of supplying
the youngsters with a means of making
every rainy day pleasant and easy one.
In this cupboard or drawer file away
all sorts of games that you are able to
pick up from time to time. Make out
sheets of papers for pencil and paper
games. Keep a box of pencils ready
sharpened for use. Put in some bits of
Interesting sewing for the little girls and
other kinds of handiwork for the boys.
Once in while put away book that
you know will prove good reading for a
rainy afternoon.
If you have this drawer or cupboard
always waiting for your contributions,
you will never be at loss for some way
of making the rainy day pleasant.
GU can always Work up, WIN q ilttle
cleverness some pencil and paper games,
and you can base them on the general
Information possessed by your particular
audience For instance, you can make
book title wedding party, each ques-
ton of which Is to be answered by the
name Of a book. And choose books that
your children have read TIE first ques-
tion might be. What is the brides
name?" And the answer 1.-THE Old
To rain ri rl1e
answers might include, who married
them?" THE vicar Of Wakefield
Where did they go on their wedding
trip?' Westward Ho."
Copyright. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
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1NUR1Na the brief visit Of Mrs. ]. F.
II Hooper Of Selma, who lie chairman
- of the Alabama division of the
womans committee Of national defense,
to Birmingham this week, when she came
! to attend the meeting relative to the reg
| istration of women, she gave out some
vital statements in regard to the work
| which the Federation of Women's clubs
is doing for our cpuntry during the war;
the main activity of the federation being
the work designated by the national de-
Tense movement.
Mrs. Hooper is amply fitted to be the
leader of a great movement like the one
in which she is engaged, her rare charm
and sympathetic personality making her
an ideal leader who is an inspiratio to
those who work with her
In speaking of the work which Ala
bama is doing under the national defense
council. Mrs. Hooper said:
when the parent organization for ma
tonal defense was formed 1t was intended
to reach mainly the industrial world;
later it broadened and fixed its purpose
so as to reach the intellectual and spir-
itual as well. In order to accomplish
this end, it was deemed necessary that
women should have hand III the work
and in consequence a womans division
was formed last April which included 10 i
Of the most prominent women in the
United States as an advisory board, SO to
speak. The object was for these 10
women to work through existing associa-
lions all over the country rather than
seek to create new and autocratic chan |
nels. The names selected for this COM
mittee included DR.. Anna Shaw, the COM
mittees chairman Mrs. Philip N Moore, |
president of the council of women; Miss
Ida Tarbell, the we'll known writer Mrs |
Josiah A. Cowles, president of the gem |
general Federation of Women's clubs |
Miss Maude Wetmore, president of the |
national league for womans service; Mrs.
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RANDOM NOTES

Miss Margaret Nelson and her attrac-
tive guest, Miss Elizabeth Williams, will
leave Monday for Admission, where they
will spend a few days as the guest of
Mrs. Eugene Turner.
Judge and Mrs. c. B. Smith will leave
next week for Mentone.
Mr. and Mrs Bert Meadow and little
daughter Evelyn, are at Mentone, where
they will spend several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. OFerrall
have named their little son william
Underwood for Mrs oFerralrs father,
the late w. T. Underwood.
Miss Margaret Greenlaw. who has
been the guest of Miss Mildred Seals
and Miss Mary Snider has returned to
her home in Columbia. Tenn.
DR.. and Mrs. Lawson Massey are
camping a few days at Mt. Pinson.
They have as their guests Miss Mary
Ada Tarrant and Miss Harriet Forbes.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. M Dill accompanied
by Miss Enid Carter are spending a few
weeks at Camp Walton.
Mrs. M. L. Beavers and young daugh-
ter, Miss Purser Beavers, will go to
Selma early next week to be the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reed.
Miss Irrna Merle Bazemore Is the guest
of friends in Selma.
Mrs. Eugene Flies has returned from
Montgomery.
Mrs. ]. w. Gilliland and children will
leave this week for Alfalfa, where they
will visit relatives.
Mrs. e G. Evans and Eugenia and
George Evans are spending a few days