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the steel deck. but / was able to crawl
on to the turret door. Just as / was
about to enter the gun was fired. That
particular charge happened to be de-
fective. The shell split and caused a
back fire and the cordite. fire and gas
came through the breech, which the
explosion had opened.
1t must have been a piece Of cordite
which did 1t, but whatever 1t was, 1t
hit me In the right eye and blinded it.
The ball of the eye was saved by the
French surgeons and looks normal, but
it pains me greatly sometimes and
they tell me 1t will always be sight
less.
was unconscious Immediately from
the blow and from the quantity of gas
which i must have swallowed. This
gas did me a great deal of damage
aud gives me dizzy spells often to this
day. l do not know what happened
during the rest of the engagement, as
l did not regain consciousness until
three days later at sea. But ! heard
In the hospital that the French super
dreadnaught Jeanne dare and the
light cruiser Normandy were In 1t a
well as ourselves. though not at the
time I was wounded, and that we had
all been pretty well battered. The
Cassard lost 90 men In the engage
ment and had 48 wounded. Some OF
our turrets were twisted into all man.
ner Of shapes and part of a bow
was carried away. One Of our lieu
tenants was killed In the engagement.
! was told that both the VERT and
the KaiserlIche Marine were sunk In
this engagement. I have seen pictures
Of sailors from the VERT who were
prisoners at interment camps.
When we arrived at Brest the
wounded were taken from the ship In
stretchers and after we had been rest
ed for about fifteen minutes on the
dock put into ambulances and rushed
10 the hospital. On the way those who
could leaned out Of the ambulance and
had q great time with the people along
the streets, many Of whom they knew.
for the Cassard was a Brest ship. And
Of course the women and children
yelled. "vive la Francer" and were
glad to see the boys again. even
though they were badly done up.
Some OF u men were bandaged
nll over the face and head and 1t was
funny when they had to tell their
names to- old friends of theirs. who
did not recognize them. As soon as
one OF the Brest people recognized a
friend of he would go to get cigarettes
and other things for him and some of
them almost beat us to the hospital.
do not know, Of course, just what
the surgeons did to me, but l heard
that they had my eyebail out on my
cheek for almost two hours. At any
rate they saved II. The thigh wounds
were not dangerous In themselves and
II II had not been for the rough treat
ment they got later on they would be
quite healed BY this time. I am sure.
4 really think I got y little extra At
tention In the hospital In many ways
for the French we're at all times anx-
ious to show $heIr friendliness to
America. Every dime my meals were
served there was . little American
las on the platter and always Z large
American nag drnped over the bed /
had everything i wanted g1ven % me
at once and when I was able to. all
ne ~clGerettes I could smoke, which
t>>o~s wn< unnnwJ
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are four good bedrooms, bath room
and plenty Of clothes closets. The
back bedroom for the hired man. with
its W stairway down to the wash
room, is an appreciated feature. The
big front porch means comfort for the
family In hot weather.
Eliminate the Corners.
Stairways. with their many corners,
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This difficulty can be overcome by
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angular block of wood. This is made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
RED CROSS BULLETIN

sweaters. even now when the least physical effort makes they realize what q warm, damp place Camp Johnston is Of course, they have their weather eye out for the chill of the French, Italian, or, maybe, Russian nights and l0ays
 MT. Jackson seems willing to grant , ttiat better knitting can be done by machinery, but the most of us will not grant even that. I have personally ex- ahmed great many sweaters and socks here and have yet to find one that was not perfectly knit. Of course some may be turned in to the chap ters imperfect, but the inspectors must te on the job for they are not sent to Camp Johnston.
 So, don't let anything stop the won- oerful work the good women of Bir- mlngham chapter are doing, but en- courage them to get out their allot- ment of 2000 sweaters in August and another thousand or so if they can. They can rest assured that they will serve very real and necessary pur- pose and that the men who wear them Will light the better for this tangible proof that his women folk are back cf him and are thinking of Eim---work- ms Tor him. Yours truly
 sHUBBERT SMITH
 Associate Field Director American Red
 Cross''
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Ole Miss, hit looks lak desc days dat CT Gals Character don't have ter have CT Leg ter Stan on, so long as her Own is Silk Clad! Yassum!

1 Locke at his very best. Need more be said?
 As I observed, had just finished reading 'The Rough Road" the other day and Doggie Trevor's letters and Jeanne. Boissiere's letters and Peggy,s letters and everybody's. letters in the story sort of reminded me of the nu- merous letters we receive and others received by somebody else and printed here and there--letters from the war |zone"--letters who wing that high cour- age, that noble patriotism, that fine philosophy which characterized the let ters of MT. Lockes people written in The Rough Road. And when you real ize the bold front that these wonderful people lover there" put on, in spite of discomfort in spite of obstacles, in spite of war--you feel very like little Jeanne when she said:
 The war. mon ami; the haunting tragedy of the war. I don't know how to express what I mean. If all those brave fellows there went about with serious faces should not be affected. Mais, voyez, leur gaite fait peur.''
 Their laughter frightened her. She had
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By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

P ".s1Fs IT sss, ssss ss,' !:a ':s .;,s. v.s
 S be in the least interested in this
 story. Two of my hobbies are MT. Will liam T. Locke and MT. James M. Barrie, If anybody has ever written more de- liciousiy interesting, human, sympa- th,tie. beautiful things than The Be- loved yagabond,' .'Septimus," Stella Maris" The Red Planet" The Glory of Clernentina," belonging, of course, to MT. Locke, or Sentimental Tommy Tommy and Grizel.'' "The Little Min ister' and some plays, especially ."The Legend of Leonora,. and, of course, Peter Pan" of Mr. Barrie's, I'd like for you to name them.
 Any way, I had just finished read ing MT. Locke's tremendously appealing story of the war, The Rough Road" and if you haven't read it, do so. Don't let another day pass without reading it. It is worth while and think can safely say of it as did one of the char acters in 1t. Phineas McPhail, of Dog die Trevor's playing, Tt has the power to take your heart by the strings and drag 1t out through your eyes, To me it is the quintessence of war stories; unrivaled; it is MT
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Letters From the War Zone of High Courage, Noble
 Patriotism and Fine Philosophy Which Reminds You
 of MT. Locke's Interesting Novel, "The Rough Road,

put into the phrase 'leur gaite fail
 peurT-t1e haunting tragedy of the war the eternal laughter of youth ouenche5
 in the gurgle of the throat. Do you get what I mean? The snirit <, the thing-the highmindedness-the mo-
 bility, the courage of suffering? I've some extracts from letters before
 me typifying what I'm trying to say Here's one:
 we are all ready for the big Hun oriVe. Oh, yes, it's coming, and it cant come too soon to suit us doughboys We are Just waiting and when the signal eoines 10 go lover the top" Geel b,,. snere going to be a bully lot of fellow happy. That's what we are here for zee! It's great to be a soiuierl s
 /. giri-a worker in the Young Wona-e to a friend:
 The air raid few nights ago was interesting to degree Afraid? Not a pll or H. l could not seem to realize tnal there was any danger, so I stood al ine window trying to see as much as possible It was pitch black night. Some or the planes were lighted and the air was full of them. I was staying At a notel for women only and you can irna,z- >-tS otoiie' saw, WltH QOZ6nS Of women running about in fur coats with ettle else on. Everything was quiet though, before the bugles sounded and many Of the women curled up sound asleep in chairs and on sofas, and every body was happy
 Another girl doing Y. w. C. A. work wrote to friend in this country: Last night 1 started off with two men in an auto which was packed with bags of cement, two trunks and numerous pack ages we had to deliver and we were damned like sardines in a box There was wonderful baby moon hanging up n the skies and everything looked peaceful, but it wasn't. Guns roared in the distance and havoc was being piayed everywhere; but we got much consola.s ton out of distributing necessary arti- cles to the soldiers and that's the main point. Just doing something for them thatss the joy we get out of it.,
 You see, don't you, what I near? Be- tween the lines of all the letters wa ra- oeive there's much to be inserted, much that is born of true patriotism-trua courage, and true philosophy-but ths thing that hits us rirht hetween tna eyes, so to speak, is just the thing that little Jeanne of "The Rough Road, ob- served:
 "The haunting tragedy of the war. If all those brave fellows there went about with serious faces should not be af- fected. Mais, voyez-vous, leou gaiete fait peur."
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Mrs E. c. Chandler will leave this evening for Kanuga Lake, North Caro- lima, where she will join MT. and Mrs. Jesse F. Yates and their children for a visit of several weeks: Mir. and Mrs. Yeates have cottage there.
 MT. and Mrs. Crawford Johnson have as their guest Mrs. Johnsons sister, Mrs. Fairchill, of Chattanooga.
 Mrs. Louise Woodward Ball left Mon- day to join MT. and Mrs. Stanley Wood :. ward in Montgomery, who go to New York, where they will in future reside. Mrs. Ball has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. Robert R. Meyer since Mir. and Mrs. Woodward left Birmingham last week.
 Miss Berney Gillen of Bessemer left Monday for Mobile, where she will in fu- ture reside.
 Mrs J. w. Wotendorfs s many friends will be glad ohear she is recovering from a recent operation.
 
 Among the additions to Birmingham society in the near future will be MT. and Mrs. Claude I. Allen of Jacksonville. Fla, and their daughter, Miss Eleano- Allen. Miss Allen is said to be must clan of unusual talent and she has been most generous in contributing her voice to the pleasure of the soldiers at the cantonmGnt at Jacksonville. Miss Alien will spend the remainder of the summer with relatives in Sumter, $. C., and will join her parents in Birmingham early in the autumn.
 Mir Waiter H. Nelson of the Unitso States hospital ship Comfort was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Joseph Steiner Nicholson. last week.
 MT. R. M. Smith, Sr., and MT. R. M Smith, IT,, have returned to. their home in Albany, Ga, after visit to MT. F. Trice Smith of this city.
 Mrs. W. A Gunter of Montgomery aud Mrs. Darlington Semple of New York city are expected to arrive Thursday fer a visit. Mrs. Gunter will be the house guest of Mrs. James H. Hillman and Mrs. Semple will be with her sister, Mrs. kirkman Jackson.
 
 Mrs. Emmet ONeal and Miss Olivia O'Neal returned Sunday night from Flor ence, where they attended the centennial celebration of the founding of that city. Miss O'Neal took part in the Spirit of the Tennessee,' the pageant arranged from the Legend of Muscle Shoals. < written by Mrs. O'Neal, and was highly complimented for her beautiful work.
 Mrs. William Redd leaves this week for stay of several weeks at Battle Creek, Mich.
 Miss Eleanor Kinzer is the guest Of her grandparents in Covington, Ky. She will remain throughout the winter and continue her violin studies in Cincinnati MT. and Mrs. Ben Hagood (Mamie Nor. row) are expected the latter part of the week for visit to MT. and Mrs. John Milner Caldwell
 Mrs. Francis M. Brown and baby ars now with MT. and Mrs. Hugh Morrow on Monroe avenue.
 Dr. and Mrs. z. B. Chamblee ana daughters, Miss Mamie and Lorie, aud
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son, Horton. will return home in their car the first of the week from Chatta Eooga, Tenn. where they have been wis iting for 10 days
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur A. Adams have returned from weeks stay in New York.
 MT. and Mrs. George Kelley are spend ing a few days with MT. and Mrs Wilbur Kelley, en route from Atlanta to the.i home in Tulsa. Okla. J
 MT. Harry Dashiell of Columbus, Miss, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. F. J. Dunn, on South Nineteenth street.
 Mrs Wilbur Kelley has returned from New York and New Albany, Ind, where she has. been visiting.
 Miss Margaret Moore is expected homo Thursday, having spent several weeks with friends in Buffalo.
 Miss Antoinette Walker has returned from Macon, Ga. where she spent the past month. arrive today to be the guest of Mss Mary Ada Tarrant.
 Miss Dorothy Cobbs has returned to her home in Montgomery. after month,s s visit to her sister, Mrs. w. R. J. Dunn, on Chestnut Hill.
 Mrs. Hale Tarrant is attending a Sun day school conference at Sewanee this week.
 Mrs. Celia Cummings is visiting friends in Carbon Hill.
 Mrs. J. c. Puclsett has gone to Talla- dega to spend several days.
 Mrs. Gertrude DeArmond has gone 10 Sewanes to spend several weeks.
 Mrs. J. c. Phelps has returned to her home in Dallas, Tex, after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. c. White.
 MT. an.l Mrs. B. M. Kilby and MT. Kil- by's sister. Mrs. Newell, have returned from motor trip to Anniston.
 MT. Willis Britain is in Birmingham to spend hin furlough. Mr. Britain Is in the medical department at Camp Pike. Arkansas
 Mrs Charles Donoho will leave today for Memphis for an extended visit to her sister.
 Miss Ethel Gillen has returned from a two weeks visit to friends in Tusca' loosa.
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so all members are urged to be present and bring their friends.
 The regular monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Young Women s Christian association will be held today at 10:30 a. m. at the association.
 The regular meeting of the Children's Hospital association will be held Wednes- day at 10:30 a m. at the hospital.
 The Alexander Stephens United Daugn- ters of the Confectionery Red Cross unit will sew all day today at their rooms at College station, East Lake.
 There will be patriotic rally at Behrens Park Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock, for the children of that district, under the auspices of the national coun- cil of defense. Free movies will be given by the Boys club, and all are Invited to be present. MrS R. A. Preston will be in charge.
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] am Sincere! Stop CaIomeI!
 Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone Listen to me! Calomel sckens and you may lose days work If bilious, constipated or
 headachy read my guarantee.

s Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel fine and cheerful: make your work q pleasure; be vigorous and full of am bition. But take no nasty. dangerous calomel because it makes you sick and you may lose, days work.
 Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour bile like dynamite. breaking it up. That's when you feel that awful nausea and s-amp- ing.
 Listen to me! If you want to enjoy the incest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing that you ever experienced, just take a spoonful of harmless Dod- son's Liver Tone tonight Your drug gist or dealer sells you bottle of Dod- sons Liver Tone for 8 few cents under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
NEWS OF CLAYTON

a Clanton. August F. Special There will be no Chiffon county fair held this year, the management having decided that as so many young men have been called to the war. the people left at home will have all they can do to take care of tho crops. It Is true that the farmers have been very successful, but it is also true that the shortage of help Is already noticeable. Cotton is opening well and it is in the fields that the first pinch owing 10 labor will be felt.
 sm August 15 Dr. Ernest Mayo, pastor of the Clanton Methodist Episcopal service at his church, Dr. Mayo will be assisted during the period by the we'll shown Professor Maxim, singer and choir leader Of the Bob Jones successful re- ligieuD MorkerA V
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my personal money back guarantee that each spoonful will clean your slug gish liver better than a dose of nasty
 calomel and that it won't make you sick.
 .Dodson's Liver Tone . is real liver 1 mHdicine. You'll know it next morning | Because you will wake up feeling fine. your liver will be working: headache and dizziness gone. stomach will sbe sweet and bowels regular.
 Dodson's Liver Tone Is entirely veg etabie, therefore harmless and cannot | salivate. Give it to your children Millions of people are using Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dangerous call omel now. Your druggist will tell you that the sale of calomel is almost ] stopped entirely here.--Adv.
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Announcements

The members and friends of the com forts forwarding committee of Christian Scientists will hold their regular monthly meeting today, August 13, at o'clock at their downtown headquarters, fourth floor of Oster Bros.' furniture store Any who are interested in war relief work will be welcome at this meeting The finished garments will be displayed throughout the day
 The members of the Epworth league will entertain at their annual city union picnic this evening at 7:3O o'clock The attendance banner will be given to the league that has the largest attendance,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
WEIL-RUBLE WEDDING

On Sunday last a marriage of intereN to large circle of friends was solem- nized when Miss Marie Ruble became the wife or Mir. Edwin Well of Nash vile.
 The wedding took place at the residence of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. Jo- seph Ruble, on Elm street, Rabbi Morris Newfiell officiating. Only a few inti- mate friends and the relatives of the con- tracting parties were in attendance, on account of recent bereavement. The bridal couple left immediately after the ceremony for their future home in Nash vile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
GOOD FAIRY-TELL-TRUE

A pretty play for the benefit of the Red Cross was given by the following South Highlands children: Adelaide Fox, Dorothy Kettig. Susan Shook. Margaret Green,l Theresa Shook Carolyn Sibley, Helen Jackson and Louise Porter. The play was written by the children them selves and staged in the ballroom of the kettig home, which was most artistically arranged.
 On the lawn. under Japanese um- prella refreshments, ice cream, punch and candy were sold, and the sum of $21. 15 was realized.
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LYRIC PARTY
 FOR PRETTY VISITOR

Little Miss Caroline Carper entertained at a Lyric party Monday afternoon in honor of Misses Virginia and Rosa Gun ter of Montgomery, who are the guests of Mrs. James H. Hillman. Besides the hostess and the guests of honor, Miss Dorothy Rice and Miss Helen Jackson enjoyed the hospitality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
PLAY BY GRAYMoNT CHILDREN

A patriotic play was given by Eliza beth Fox for the benefit of the Red Cross last Thursday night. August :, at the Graymont school, which brought the sum of $535O
 4 Thrift Stamp was given to the two children selling the greatest number of tickets. The winners were, first, Mfl- dred Russell, who sold 150 tickets; second, Willie May Norwood, S5 tickets. All Of the children worked hard selling tickets and the play was perfect success. They nave been asked to repeat it for the council of defense Red Cross unit of the Maccabees.
 The amount is the largest donation Tor play given by children for the Red Cross, so the little actors may well be proud of their accomplishment The Graymont children are noted for going over the top' in all they undertake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
MRS. HICKMAN HOSTESS
 AT LYRIC PARTY

Monday afternoon Miss Beulah Cal houn, charming visitor to Birmingham from Demopolis, was complimented by Mrs. Merk Hickman with a Lyric party. Miss Calhoun is the gcest tof Miss Lur- line Oliver during her stay here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
Red Cross Bulletin

The work of the American Red Cross has grown to such propor- tions in its efforts to- relieve sui fering humanity that The Age-Hef- aid will publish Red Cross bulia- tin daily. Contributions to this column from workers througho out tho district will be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
MISS DOROTHY RICE TO
 BE HOSTESS TODAY

Today charming little Miss Dorothy Rice will be hostess at swimming party at Roebuck for Misses Virginia ard Rosa Gunter of Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
HARPER R-M'FARLANE
 ENGAGEGMENT ANNOUNCED

MT. and Mrs. G. F. Harper of Wilson ville announce the engagement of their daughter, Florence Eunice, to MT. J. H. McFarlane of Minneapolis, Minn., the wedding to take place on September 4.
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SANDEFUR-KELLY
 WEDDING ANNOUNCED

MT and Mrs. James R. Kelly announce the marriage of their daughter, Elsie Gray, to MT. Virgil Sandifer, on Sunday, August r. 1918, at Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
LYRIC PARTY FOR
 MRS CHARLES MANNING

Mr. Genie Blackwell entertained few friends Monday evening in honor of his sister. Mrs. Charles Manning, cf Cheneyville. La. After enjoying the theatre hour the party repaired to Nun nallys, where a special table had been reserved
 The evening was a most enjoyable one for all Those enjoying this pleasure were MT. and Mrs. Prentis Piffer, MT and Mrs. J. W. Cochran, Mrs. Emma Shirk, Mrs Charles Manning, MT. Genie Blackwell. Miss Ella Barnes. Miss Mill dred Shirk. MT. Joe Chishon.