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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. L. w Collier will return today from Atlanta. where she has spent the last week with friends. Mrs Frank Grider and Mrs John Marks expect to leave this week for Detroit, where they will spend several weeks.
 Mrs J. A. T.ountree leave today for Meridian, where she goes to address the Mississippi United Daughters of the Confederacy on Thursday on the interesting sutject Of War Relief Work" On Friday Mrs Rountree will go to Livingston, where she will ad- dress the Red Cross chapter and the Y. P. C. members. Mrs. Rountree is the national chairman of all war relief work.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Rush have re- turned from thelr wedding trip, and arc at home on Cottonwood Avenue South Highlands. Mrs Rush was for merly Miss Dorothy McFadden of Greensboro.
 Mrs. Mary Gillen and Mrs. Cecil 1 Gaston have returned from a short stay in Montgomery. Miss Olivia O'Neal is the guest of | Judge and Mrs. John Anderson at their 1 horne in Montgomery. Mrs. Henry Jones who has been the guest of relatives in the city, has e. turned to her home in Tuscaloosa Mir. and Mrs. Frank Fowlkes who have spent the past 10 days at French Lick Springs, will return horne today Friends of Mir John s. Andrews who has recently been operated upon at the Birmingham infirmary, is re- ported to be improving.
 
 l Mrs Emma Newsome is i'll at the Birmingham infirmary. l It will be of interest to MT. Mervir Blachs many friends to learn that he left a few days ago to enter the fourth off. cers training camp at Camp Custer, Bat tie Creek, Mich
 l Mir James 1Sirl1man Jackson has re turned from the Marion Military insti- tute, where he was student the past l season.
 ! A very attractive picture of Mrs Nave, w. 4Aldridge appeared in the Montgomery Advertiser of recent date with the fol 1 lowing lines
 l Mrs. Mayer W. Aldridge. a lovely bride l of April 6. Mrs. Aldridge before her mar riage was Miss Annie Mae Shook a pop ular Birmingham girl and a talented mu. sician. MT. and Mrs. Aldridge are at home to their friends in the Martha departments"
 | A recent picture of Miss Eugenia Byars of Montgomery appeared in the Montgom- 1 cry Advertiser and the following lines with the picture will be read with much I interest by her many friends who vemen,- Der her most pleasantly as the guest ot Mir and Mrs. William Moughon: | Miss Eugenia .Byars, one of Montgom- Iery's most charming young women. will | head the American Red Star parade Fri iday afternoon as marshal. Miss Byars will also serve as chairman of one ot the tag committees Saturday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
E0STWICk- -T0MLISSON
 WEDDING BRILLIANT

One of the beautiful events of the sea son was the brilliant gathering of d number of guests at the home of Mrs John w. Tomlinson, on Highland avenue to witness the marriage of her daughter Miss Bland Tomlinson, and Capt J. Vaughan p Bostvick of Philadelphia which was solfmnized at 5:3o o'clock yesterday. ~ The handsome home was thrown open and beautifully decorated with palms. ferns and smilax, combined with many pink roses.
 The artistic floral altar was erected be- tween the windows. at one end of the with roses and lighted with candies, and United States flag.
 rendered an appropriate programme and tho bridal party entered to the sweet strains of Lohengrins march.
 The bridesmaids were q group of Bir- minghams most admired society belles. Miss Augusta Clarke Miss Helen H.9- bank. Miss Margaret Nelson and Miss Lydia Eustis They wore attractive frocks of pink organdv and white, Leg horn hats, trimmed with bows of pink ribbon. They carried showed bouquets of daisies roses and b1uettes, tied with 1sr1 ribbons.
 Miss Lucy Bostwieiz Of Philadelphia a sister of the groom, was the maid of honor, and was very charming in q gown of pink georgette, and bar white picture hat was trimmed with pink plumes.
 Mrs. Jack McQuillian Carter of Phil adelphia, a sister of the bride, was ma- tron of honor. and was very lovely in
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dren's dancing classes, which will give the dance carnival for the Boys club, as an example of what early training can do; there are one hundred children who will take part in the dance carnival. Sew erai of these are under years of age; the others mere boys and girls. Starting as these children did, when they are young, they acquire all the grace of body and mind that is possible to acquire, whereas if they had waited until they were old they would be stiff and awk- ward and clumsy, besides being physical 'ly unfit in many cases.
 "In the dance carnival," MT. Miles said, i've will show in two different set tings the interesting features of ball. room dancing and folk dancing. First, a setting will be made for regular danc- ing school with orAe hundred children in pretty white frocksN and dainty ribbons; group, couple and solo dances will be given and the entire hundred members of the classes will be employed. On the second half of the programme will be featured fancy dancing garden fete scene will be shown and the national dances will be presented, while Mother Goose Rhymes,' with the setting of the 7" Old woman who lived in a shoe,
 Who had so many children she didn't know what to do.'
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will be employed. The Mother Goose rhymes, illustrated by appropriate dances arranged by Mile. Sonia Serova. who is recognized by the leading dancing teach- CTS of America as a splendid authority on children's work and on nature danc- ing, will be one of the most exclusive novelties ever presented.
 "A number of beautiful group dances will be given' said MT. Miles. Among them La Russe,' the Russian folk dance by 16 boys and girls in Russian costume. The Scotch Reed The Columbine, The Dresden China Gavotte, The Pipes O Pan,' Diana Psyche (which is one of Chalf's masterpiecesl, La Petite Co., quette, danced by a little tot not yet years of age, and The Naiad will be among the beautiful dances presented''
 We are very proud of the patriotic number We are going to put on, Mr. Miles said, which is called The Dixie Division, a military group dance of Is in khaki uniform, with the drills and military effects, as a big finale The committee in charge of the dance car- nival for the Boys club are making elab- crate preparations for the event and our plan is to make it the most artistic and the most beautiful dancing carnival which has ever been presented in tfiis city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF
 MOTHERS

The fifth annual convention Of Ala bama branch of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers asso- citation, will be held on Tuesday ana Wednesday, May 21 and 22, at Woodlawn Methodist church. The chairmen of the local comittees will be:
 Entertainment-Mr R. A. Clayton. chairman; Mrs. J. K. Terrell, Mrs. G. w. Hopson, Jr, vice chairman Press and publicity, Mrs J. K. Gentry. Hospital- ity, Mrs. D. B. Dimick, chairman; Mrs. H. Nj. cowart, Mrs Wallace Johns, Mrs. J, N Merrill, vice chairman; Mrs. A. Il. Riviere, Mrs. E. J. Jennings. Music, Mrs, C. r. Underwood.
 The programme will be as follows:
 TUESDAY, MAY 21.
 2:So--NieetinS state board of managers l to 6--Reception by the Woman's club. Woodlawn, at the home of Mrs. R. A. Clayton. | TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 21. ! S-Invoaation, Rev. Robert Echols | Song, "America-'' | Violin solo, Mir. M. U. Sharp. 1 Addre $ Of welcome, Mrs. c. P. Under wood, Birming gham,
 Response. Charles R. Bucken. Mont
 gomeTy. | Organ solo, w. N. Sharp.
 Presidents address, N. l.. Bagley, Sir. | ming ghall. l Song, '5tar-Spangled Banner Mrs. E. 1 N. Strickland. l Address, pr. J. A. Duncan. ! WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY %. i 9Aiectins credentials committee. 1 9:15-lnyocation, Mrs. l.. A. Daniels. Minutes. Report of credentials commit ! tee. Three minute reports of state off, cers.
 i 9:45--.l 1dress, "The Girl Problem Mrs
 James Weisel, probation officer juven- 1 ie court.
 10-Reports of circles and Parent Teach CT pres! tcnts. 11-R9port of nominating committed Election of officers and special business. | l to 2--Lunchcon. l 2:15--lnvocation, Mrs w. H. Jeffries. ] Minutes. Music. 2.3o-Sy Work of council of defense Mrs N. H. Shell. Duet. Misses Annie Watson and MabIe Lovelady. 2:i5-- Address, "W omen and Children as Effected bs- the War 3:45-Atttress, Conservation of tho Home Mrs. W. l.. Murdoch, Miss Rosa Strickland. Report of resolution committee. Adjournment. eAutomobile ride.
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NEWS OF SOCIETY AND
 ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

, pink georgette crepe with white picture hat, trimmed with plumes They car i ried flowers similar to the bridesmaids. 1 The little flower girl was Emily Car ter of Philadelphia, niece of the bride, a fairylike picture in her froclk of whits 1 organdy with it's frills of soft lace. She carried a basket of roses and scattered rose petals in the path of the bride, who followed on the arm of her mother. The bride is one of the fairest daughters of the southland and never looked more charming than in her bridal robes Of white tulle over Duchess satin, trimmed in rare old lace that also adorned the
 wedding gown of her grandmother. The long, filnly veil of tulle was caught with 1 orange blossoms and fell in graceful lines over the court train, which was dropped
 from the shoulders. She carried a show CT bouquet of valley lilies. Mrs Tomlin- son, who is one of Birmingham's hand sonest matrons, wore a becoming gown
 Of white lace.
 Captain BostwiclS was attended by MT. Jack 1fcQGillian Carter of Philadelphia
 as best man. and the impressive cere- mony was performed by the Rev. Dr.
 James c. Morris, of the Methodist church, Immediately after the ceremony an in- formal reception was held and Mrs. Tom linson, always a gracious hostess, was
 assisted in receiving by the bride and groom, the bridal party and Mrs. George Bostwick and Miss Margaret Bostwick of Philadelphia. Mrs. BostwicS. the
 mother of the groom, was very handsome
 in black embroidered net and Miss
 Margaret Bostwick wore girlish sum
 mer frock of cream color.
 The bride table was most attra ctive, be-
 ing centered with a huge cake, hand , salnely embossed and adorned with pink roses.
 Miss Leonora Hassiuger and Miss Helen AFeCary presided at the ice table. Later in the evening Captain Bost-
 wick and his lovely young bride left for Prout's Neck, Mich, where they will spend some time at the summer home of the Bostwick family. Later they will
 go to Camp Meade, near Baltimore, where 1 Captain Bostwick is stationed with the 3I5th infantry.
 The bride is one of Birminghan's most
 attractive young wonaen and since her debut, q few seasons ago, has been one of the most admired in southern society, and it is with deep regret that large circle of friends learn that she will make her home in another state.
 The groom is we'll known in Philadel- phia, where he is prominent in the busi- ness and social life of that city Among the out-of-toWn guests were:
 Mrs George A. Bostwick. Misses Marga- ret and Lucy BcstwiclI. MT and Mrs. ]. McQullian Carter of Philadelphia, Col.
 and Mrs NJ. P. Renfroe and MT. Joseph Renfroe of Opelika.
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'6N0 9HEN the bombs from the

RHMN HEN the bombs from the
 WV German aeroplanes burst
 over your head, the shrap. mel sings Home, Sweet Home, I" says Corporal Eddie Lee Hiuiard, Company M, ts7th regiment, in a letter to his moth CT, Hilliard says the Alabama men with the Rainbow division in France appre- ciate the cigarettes and tobacco fur nished by the Alabama tobacco fund committee.
 The thing that keeps us on the run and rearing to go after Kaiser Bill is Cigarettes says Hilliard. If it was not for our cigarettes we would be lone some All the boys sing the praise of the ladies and the folks back home who send us cigarettes
 Letters like the foregoing dne keep the smoke fund committee busy devising means whereby Alabama boys of the l51th regiment, now in France, can be kept in tobacco. Not since the tre- mendous success of the camouflage ball has the committee come before the pub lie, but in order to keep the ball roll ing and neat little sum in bank, a supper-dance will be given on the meg zanine floor of the Tutwiler this evening from 10 until o'clock Supper will be served in the dining-room from II until z' and large attendance is hoped for and expected
 The 167th regiment of the Rainbow divi- sion, as is we'll known. is the old Tight ing Fourth" Alabama, and the state Chairman of the fund is Mrs w. P. Screws of Montgomery, wife of the col onel of the 167th. The chairman for Jcf- ferson county is Mrs. Mortimer Jordan, whose husband is the popular captain of Company K, 167th.
 The following letter to Mrs. Laurens Jones, secretary and treasurer for Jcc- fcrson county, from Mrs. Screws. will be of interest to many friends of the regiment.
 My Dear Mrs Jones':
 The wonderful check from the Bir- nlingham committee was received yester- day. It will mean three shipments Of to- bacco of $l50 each for our boys, for which l know they will be everlastinglt grate- ful Under the new law the shipments can only go Gas We have been sending then) direct from the. factory to the commanding officer 167th infantry, from the Alabama tobacco fund, state of Ala bama.
 "A letter from Mrs Dent verified this. It cannot be handled through Q jobber. Please extend thanks to Mrs. Jordan and the entire committee. We will have to do some hard work to come anywhere near what Birmingham has done. Our bank book to date shows deposits amounting to N6G0
 Why not send tine Birmingham paper to Colonel Screws, so the adiutant can let the boys know what you have done ? l suppose most of them take the Adver- tiser and the Birmingham papers, but some few may rot. Let S keep this good work up and try to send at least two shipments month as long as they are 'over there They deserve all the good things of life and I am sure it will help them to know they are being thought Of by the people of Alabama.
 Sincerely yours,
 "J05EPHINE W. l.. SCREWS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
BROMN..IONES

The following comments on the Brown- Jones wedding which appeared in the selma Times will be read with much interest ny Birininghahm friends and rel arrives:
 Cordial interest has been aroused iii Selma. where the prospective bridegroom, a rising oung attorney, makes his home. as well as throughout the entire state. by the announcement today of the ea- GagoMent and approaching marriage which will be celebrated on May P ot Miss Margaret Jones of Greensboro. daughter of Mrs. Madison Jones, 70 MT. Winston Brown. son of Mir. ana Mrs. !. T. Brown of Newberne The wed- ding will be solemnized on the evening of May 9, at 6 o'clock very quietly in the presence of friends and relatives, at the Episcopal church in Greensboro, Rev. NIT. Hanlaker officiating. The bride Will be attended by her sister, Miss Israel Jones, as maid of honor, and will enter the church on the arm of her brother. Mir Madison Jones. who will give her in marriage. Mir. Brown with the minister will meet them at the altar Immediately after the ceremony MT and Mrs. Brow;l will leave for short bridal trip. rs- turning to Newherne. where they wlli
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The members of the 1l1Sth Order of Eastern star are requested to meet this afternoon at 1 O clock in front of the r. w. C. A. building. where they will form for parade.
 The Birmingham Graded union will meet this morning at 10 o'clock. The cleo ;tion of officers will be held and all mem bcrs are urged to he present. The Qui vive club will hold it's regu~ lar annual meeting Friday afternoon at .s o'clock with Mrs. C. A. Hardwick at the Ridsely.
 The Volunteer Relief association will meet this morning at 1o.Sa o'clock at the Y. w c. A.
 The Mothers club of Woodlawn win meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the library Mrs. duPont Thompson will address the members on Home Econom-
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dishes The woman's committee, coun- ,cil of defense in Oxford, have arranged for a Hoover kitchen to be established in the domestic science room of the High school Twice each week through out the summer a domestic science teacher will demonstrate canning pro- cesses and wheatless recipes.
 Mrs Edwin Warfield, who is stop ping at the Anniston Inn. is being cordially received in Anniston. Mrs. Warfield is the wife of ex-Governor warfield of Maryland, and is here to be near her son at Camp Mcclellan. Mir Curran Goodwin has been ap- pointed to lead the Red Cross cam paign in Calhoun county. He is busily perfecting many plans to bring Cal houn up to the record of past achieve mentS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
PROGRESS STUDY CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS

At recent meeting of the Progress Study club the following officcrs' were elected for the coming year: Miss Mar tha Bradshaw was reelected president and the other officers include Miss Mar garet Coleman vice president; Miss Eva lima Wilkerson. secretary treasurer; Hiss Cecil Gastoa, Miss Emily Dixon and Miss Alice Bowie form the executive commit tee. and Miss Catherine Carey, press committee. Tie final meeting of the year wiIl be held with Miss Carey. Sat urday, May 25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE

The following is the order of exercises to be held at the Louie Compton semi nary: Baccalaureate sermon, First Method ist church, Sunday, May 19, il a. m., Rev. Robert N. Simpson. Juvenile entertainment. Monday, May 20, s D. m.
 Evening with music and expression classes, Tuesday, May q. s:so p. m.
 Graduating exercises, Wednesday, May 2, S:39 D. m. Address by Rev. Middleton BarnWell
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spend the time intervening before Mr. Brown leaves for Y. NJ. c. A. work ''oves seas.
 The wedding has been hurried soms- what on this account, Mir Brown hay ing been accepted for the Y. M. c. A. work and is only waiting for his orders to sail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Poincare at Front

Paris. May l4-President Poinca -e yesterday visited the battle front and bestowed the red "Fourragere" on two French regiments which had gained their sixth citation in the recent fight ing. Heretofore the foreign legion had been the only unit which has won the distinctive rcd. or legion of honor, col- orea aiguillettes by earning six cita- tfonc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
.WOLOWFTZ- MORSE

The marriage of Miss Frances Morse and MT. Louis Wolowitz was quietly sol emnized yesterday afternoon at o'clock at Temple Emanu-El in the presence of the families of the young couple, with Rabbi Morris Newfield officiating. lm- mediately after the ceremony MT, ana Mrs Morris Morse entertained at din- ner at the Hotel Tutwiler The young couple left for short wedding trip and on their return will be at home in the Madison apartments on South Fourteenth avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
HAND OF DoLLSn

The little play entitled "The Land of Dolls" will be given for the first time this afternoon at 230 o'clock. This per formance is for the children of the South Highland school and no one else will be admitted. The play will be repeated to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and tomorrow evening at o'clock. To these two performances the general public is cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Biz Rainfall

Knoxville. May II. ' Following a rainfall of 2.sS inches during the past 24 hours. the official reading was 53 degrees, a drop of 25 degrees since Sunday at p. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
LOUIE COMPTON SEMINARY
 COMMENCEMENT

The following invitations have been is- sued.
 "The faculty and senior class, Louie Compton seminary, cordially invite you to attend the annual commencement ex- ercises May f9 to 22, Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-17

urging the people of Connecticut to com-l mence and preserve this large local crop, and thus avoid waste, as well as loss to the peach growers. At the same time, appeals were being received all over tho country from nurses and doctors in France for jab-jam for the wounded sol- the unavoidably monotonous food; above all. to assist the healing process of the wounds. slow to improve-sugar having been found by the surgeons and nurses to be an active agent in the healing pro- cess.
 The correlation here was too obvious to be disregarded. so campaign was launched by three women members of the Fairfield county farm bureau to en- list the services of the patriotic women of that county-a ton of jam for the wounded soldiers of our allies being the goali
 "One woman went through the county speaking in almost every town and vil- ,lage, telling of the need, reading let ters from France and appeals from work tin cans were secured by permission from the government and distributed to the different towns from the Stamford can- ming kitchen, which became the center of the movement.
 ''The jam was made, as a rule, in community kitchens by the town home economies committees, suffrage leagues, or local womens rganizations, although there were many cases of individual eff fort"
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ings Tn the middle west At Fl Paso Tex June I7, the final hearings will be com. pleted, and after that formal reports to the commission will be available
 While the duty of prescribing the lim- US or the four time zones in the United States fell to the commission. as a. tenn porary expedient it adopted the de- markations of Eastern, Central. Moun- tain and Pacific time as made by rail- roads. and fixed fifth belt to govern Alaska.
 The examiners were sent out to see whether changes in the railroad time limits would not convenience business and social life if adopted They have found to date number of points, gen. erally on the eastern edges of time belts, which already had systems of daylight saving by running on the hours of the belt adjacent to them
 dual system of time has been found in several places in the United States where railroad time' and town time, have both been customarily recognized. the latter being one hour faster than the former. Some points have contin- uted the system, even under the gem eral time advance last spring, while others have adopted single standard. Rulings will perhaps affect these.
 The law is not compulsory, except for persons doing business with the gov ernment and railroads. but the exami- ners are finding that compliance with 1t is almost universal Specifically, the law defines the hour zones across the United States as centering, respectively. upon the seventy-fifth, ninetieth. one hundred and fifth and one hundred and twentieth meridians. west of Greenwich, with borders equidistant between the me- ridians. The commission exercised it's