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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29

a confused and scramb ad i5sg e. sh- ing to the hospitals are toaoh.r he soldiers to make beaded bags io ems broidery, weave baskets. algs anc eh other activities.
 Many of the men uArutleais 8, make rugs and weave bas An8 like. but 1t should be C. Ali stood that this is not edu4 Heia They are given this worl tc 8o eW the hospital authorities in or 10 keep them cheerful, to prevent too much in trospection, to give some sort of in terest and make thes time pass more easily than If they were utterly idle.
 PROGRAMME ADEQUATE
 ''of those left in the hospitals who are disabled so that they are not fit for further military duty. there is a further programme for which the gov ernment is responsible and which is thor oughiy adequate for all needs.
 If it appears that & man will not be able to return to military duty, and if he is so disabled that he cannot re- turn to his former occupation, the Unit ted States government will train him for another; and when he has finished that training, will place him in the oc- cupation for which he has been quail. fled. This training commences as early as possible in the hospital. During the tedium of convalescence he is given some phase of instruction which leads up2to the course he will follow after cohEalescence is ended
 The federal board for vocational ed ueation charged by the government with the duty of re-educating the men, has in each hospital 'vocatio adviser. man of broad general information re- garding the trades, businesses, profess sions and callings, their processes and requirements. He serves under a dis trict vocational officer and these work in harmony with the medical and surgi. cal authorities, and, of course, subordi- nate to the latter while in the hos pitals.
 When it appears that man has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
Vocational Training
 Now Being Taught

One of the most important wa. ac- tivitfes which is fostered by the Civic association is the class for vocational u aiming, which is conducted by Prof. ". Mckinley. of the University of Alabama. The class meets twice each week in the association rooms, and its purpose is to train men to necome teachers in their lines of work in skilled labor. On account of the drafts made by the army. there has been a scarcity of skilled labor.
 Irof. J. o. Steendahl of the city schools is assisting in this wori1 and in the coming week he will visit the shops and organize part-time classes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
LINEN SHOWER

Beginning Tuesday, october 1. there will be a linen shower for the National Red Cross. The allotment for Birming- ham is 15,000 hand towels and 4000 sheets. Dimension of towels, 1Sx30 inches. Dimen- sion of sheets, 64x102 inches. Sheets to be made of heavyT unbleached muslin, finished with two-inch hem at top and one inch hem at bottom. A slight varia- tion from these dimensions will be ad- missbre. Where possible send new ar ticles.
 Chairman linen showers. Mrs. Oscar R. Hundley: headquarters chairman, Mrs Thomas w. OByrne; assistants, Mesdames F. J. White, Fallon O'Byrne,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
ABOUT BELGIAN CLOTHING

The Birmingham chapter of the Amer ican Red Cross has received the follow ing message from Fred E. Hamlin, which will be of interest in Birmingham:
 The following telegram written by Herbert Hoover answers the charge now being circulated that the clothing now being collected by the American Red Cross for Belgian civilians will ultimately fall into the hands of Germans: Al clothing collected in America for Bel gians is consigned to the office of the commission for relief in Belgium Rot terdam, placed in sealed barges and sent into Belgium to the neutral Holland Spanish committee which. working un- der the protection of Holland-Spansh ministers in Brussels, controls final dis tribution ofsthis clothing to Belgian civ ilians and accounts to the commission for every article of clothing sent to it. Absolutely none of this clothing falls into German hands, 9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
--------ss----------- MISS WOLFRAM ADDED TO THE Y. w. e. A. STAFF

Miss Lillie May Wolfram graduate or the Posse Normal School of Gym- nastics of Boston, has been added to the staff of instructors at the Young Women's Christian association, and she las already assumed her new duties.
 She and Miss Ethel Harrell. as as- sistant, will have charge of the ath- letic and Swimming classes which be- gin the winter season this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
WENONAH RED CROSS

The following is the report of the Wenonah rted Cross branch for the month of September: 400 covers for front parcels. 444 gauge congresses; 20 surgeons gowns. 9 swcaters pairs of socks; Slo for the tobacco fund for the Alabama toys and $o for records for the base hospital al Anniston. rhis unit will meet on Wednesday and Frida,, afternoons and is enc of the most en-
 thusiastic branches of the Birmingham chapter. Mrs. D. W. Owen is chair.nin n ani she has ( cerpa of splcLii;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
Mrs. Alex S. Carrel Dead

Friends of Mrs. Alex S.. CarrelI will regret to learn of ner death in Au- gusta, Ark. sunday. September %. She is survived by her husband. two daugh- ters and two sons; Mrs W.Bs Lawson and Mrs Frank c, Mcguire of Augusta, Ark.;s Alex $. Carroll. Jr.. j3essemer, and Frank F. Carrel of this city. Mir
 Alex Carrel Sr., is with his son, F. E. Carrel, 712 North Twenty-f first street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
RED CROSS BULLETIN

The work of the American Red Cross has grown to such proportions in it's efforts to relieve suffering hu- manity that The Age-Herald will publish Red Cross bulletin daily. Contributions to this column from workers throughout the district will be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
APPEAL TO GAUzE WORKERS

The following chairmen of gauge units are asked to come to headquarters to work on Monday instead of on their usual days this week, as it is impera- tive that .259 first line packages must be completed on Monday. Mrs. H. K. Mill ner, Mrs. Saff Smith, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. McLester. Mrs. Dill, Mrs. South Smith. Mrs. Dewstoe Miss Agnes Terrell and Mrs. E. E. Vaughn
 Every chairman is urged to call up every member of her unit and ask that they be present. Monday is the last day before these packets must be sent, and it is imperative that they be fin- ished. The Red Cross is a military or ganization. and it's members are expected to respond to every call If the units named above come on Monday, the pack cts will all be finished that day and sent to New Orleans on schedule time.
 MRS. w. S. LOWELL, Chairman, Pro Tem., Woman's Work.
 All members of Mrs. Middleton's unit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29

All members of Mrs. Middleton's unit report on Monday morning at Red Cross headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-29
RED CROSS BULLETIN

Forney Harrington, Laurence Bramlege and Miss Alice Harrington.
The Press., 1918-05-02
ANIMALS ARE GOOD slSlAalA
Polar Bear, Who Passes His Tinle in icy Waters, is Regarded Best,
 Though Not swiftest.

Nearly all animals are better swim merS than man and take to the water naturally. The rhinoceros and hippo potamus are wonderful swimmers and divers, while the Indian elephant crosses great rivers with heavy loads, London Tit-Bits states. #
 The elk and the reindeer are first class swimmers. The elk keeps his head above water and crosses directly froln bank to bank to avoid turning. The reindeer on the other hand, turns as often as he likes, keeping his head only little above the surface. But of all swimmers of all climes the best, though moi the swiftest, is the polar bear, who passes half his time in the water swimming and diving. His swimning power is nothing short of the water in the regions he freQuentS is invariably cold and that cold is nor maiIy prohibitive to good swimming. There are bears that can swim from twenty-five to thirty miles without great effort.
 One of the swiftest swimming ani- mais is the SquirrcL@ A sportsman on one occasion. having at hand squir- rel born in captivity, which had never seen water, wanted to see if ii could swim and took il Nyilh him in row- boat to the c.nter nf the lake. EAe squirrel turned toward lhe hank, head and paws above he water, back and tail underneath il, aud began to swim so rapidly that it was with the great est difficulty that the man recovered it when it reached Ihe shallow water near the land.
The Press., 1918-05-02
PRACTICAL USE oF POETRY
Without Verse People Would Go About Isolated From Each Other by @s
 Chaos of Misunderstanding.

If poetry could lac in an instant swept not merely out Of print, but out of language and. traditions there would he Babel indeed. We. should go about isolated each one from each by a chaos Of miSunderStanding, with no more communication than we could imprOViSe out of intellectual terms, says 8 writer in Century Magazine. We could suggest nothing, connote nothing, say nothing but what we could define. The practical reality of that loss one may measure by our prOyerbtal ignorance of certain sav- ages and oriental races whose poetry is alien TO- our own. Nor is that all {: for poetry is not alone our common repository of past experience, hut to a degree far greater than we realize our source of present action. There is no need more than to remind any observer of human mature that man. Kind acts rather upon passion than upon conviction. BrutnS demonstrated his p0inr in prose: it was poetic ap- peal that made the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny. We define and de lermine and decide, and still do noth- ing; but when we begin to feel. some thing is done.
The Press., 1918-05-02
Evolution of the Lamn.

Dr. Walter Clark of Philadelphia has recently made some interesting in- vestigatiOns to find out how the old time lighting conditions in bis, city compare with those of today, says the Popular Science Monthly. He has dis covered that until as late as 1885,. enlS f1ickering sperm oil and candles were in use. NOt until the following decade did the highly imprOved'' kerosene lamp appear. Gas did not come out until the period between 1865 and 1S11:1rii And then only the wealthy could use it. It sold at S2.50 per thousand cubic feet! The efficient Welsbach mantle came out ten years later, reyolutioniz- ing artificial illumination. The pres ent era began in 1895, when gas and electricity came into general use-ga $ selling at $1 per thousand cubic feet and electricity at 10 cents per kflo- watt hour. Since that time the gas mantle and The electric f1lament have seen vast improvements, so that today the average family is obtaining about eighteen times as much light m the people of half century ago.
The Press., 1918-05-02
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1918.

sI5o a year in advance. When not paid in advance, at the rate Of St.75 year.
 Resolutions, obituaries or cards of thanks in- serted at one-half advertising rates. Births, and deaths inserted free.
 We are not responsible for, nor do We by pub- tishing endorse the opinions of our correspond snts.
 This paper Is mailed regularly to its subScrib- CTS until a definite order to discontinue Is re- eeived and all arrears are paid in full.
 We are always glad to have netos items sent in, but request that they reach us by Wednesday morning or earlier, if possible. It Is often nee sssary 10 abridge items that are received afler Wednesday noon. Forms closed Thursday at l. m.
 Communications received without signatures always committed to the waste basket without attention.
 Advertisers desiring change should have copy at office by Wednesday at 10 q. m otherwise we cannot guarantee change.
The Press., 1918-05-02
SoMERS.

Mrs. Myrtle ID. Davis is visiting the home of her son, Frank Davis III Philadelphia.
 Mir, and Mrs. Frank Chapel and daughters, Misses.Trma and Ruth Chap ell, spent Sunday in. Suffield
 Harrison c Thayer has sold his farm in the NWachogue district to Wm. Atkinsop of Springfield.
 Miss MahelIe P Gager is spending several days in Hartford as the guest of her cousin, Miss Jean Spencer.
 The Prink street school stands 100 per cent. in the purchase of war say. ings stamps and have formed a war savings society.
 Miss Elizabeth Banon is spending two weeks in Montclair, J., where she is a guest in the home of Mir. and Mrs Rosenburg
 Mrs Glen Smith and little son, Wayne of Springfield were week end guests in the home of her parents. Mir. and Mrs E. J. Worthington
 The Somers grange will entertain the Vernon grange in the town hall Thursday evening The visiting grange will present the program
 The regular monthly business meet ing and social of the Christian En- leayor society will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs s. Dwight Peroival, Saturday evening at o'clock.
 The schools of the town have closed for weeks vacation and the teachers have gone to their homes. Mrs. Reginald Cone. formerly Miss Amy Collins, who has been a teacher in the SomeIsville school for the past three years, has resigned, the resigna- l tion taking effect last Friday night.
The Press., 1918-05-02
WAYS OF KEEPING YOUTHFUL
Asan Who Is Determined Not te Grow
 Old Really Has Only to Make 7. ...., ,e.. an Effort" r....... j.
I see 1t in my changing hair,
l see it in my growing heir, My growing thirst for early new


 My growing thirst for early news
 II is fact, am growing old.
 And so growing old is just case of finding what ones looking for, observes the Minneapolis Journal. A man der eides that the time has come for htIn ta be old, and so instead of bracing up, ignoring the symptoms and finding some other explanation for the change fin the color of his hair, he negleets his dress. walks with stoop, uses cane. stops taking exercise, eats too much, .indulges in "reminiscences, retires from business. and in general acquires the foolish habit of growing old. He should remember that it is possl, ble to keep n youthful spirit. an active mind. an interest in current events and a purpose to serve his'fellows, and that he who does these things will always be young. s.e..ss :. ...s The fact that women generallN s1eSs cline to contract the old-age habit and, that some men have also resisted the temptation to fall Into 1t would seem to indicate that If those who do yield to it would only take the advice of Dombey to his wife, and make an ef. fort" they would learn how foolish and how unnecessary it is to grow old.
The Press., 1918-05-02
To the Customers of The Rockville WiIIimantic
 Lighting Co. and the Public:

The Rockville Willmanic Lighting Company with other individuals and corporations has felt the the greatly increased of doing business.
 By reducing expenses possible way by practising the most rigid has avoided change prices the present tm and i therefore among the last of the companies make But order be able tnue to the Public advance must be made.
 After careful consideration of the subject with the Directors believe that will be possible along for the time being by eliminating Q0 of the discount allowed electric lighting by making propor- tOnate arrangement with power customers
 Time alone will show whether these small changes sufficient but the Public assured that the Company will make which be avoided that these temporary changes will be eliminated permit
 It is proposed to put the into effect and electricity consumed after April 30th 1918.
 Respectfully,
The Press., 1918-05-02
Thrift stamp Drive.

Beginning next Monday morning an intensive drive for the sale of S1 300, GOO in war savings and thrift stamps in the retail stores of Con-
 neetiout will be started under the direction of.s Joseph T. McW eeney, state director of the retail merchants division of the National War Savings committees. Every retail store in the state will be assigned it's quota accord ing to the number of it's employees, and when any establishment 'goes over the top" proper credit will be given through the press and in other ways. One of the features of the campaign will consist in clerks asking customer to accept at least q part of his or her change in thrift stamps.
 Connecticut Junior Food Army.
 Boys and girls under 8 years of age are rapidly enrolling in the Con. meet icnt Junior Food Army. In six towns, namely. North Coventry. Columbia. Somers, Ellington, Stafford and Mansfield, the enrolImeut has started with Sush. Enthusiasm runs high among the boys and girls and the quota of 15O0 for Holland county should be we'll over subscribed. Town committees are working hard in every place to give the young people of their town a chance in some form of food production work and win some of the coveted prizes which are being arranged for a county exhibit to be held at the Rockville fair in Septem
 Der, when $500 in prizes will be awarded. Several towns are also arranging for local exhibit after which the first exhibits will be taken to the county fair and compete with the other towns in the county. Buttons are to be awarded all boys and girls as rapidly as they start their work and undoubtedly will be very popular in short time. It was brought out at one of the Junior Food Army com mittee meetings held lately that boys and girls could enroll in this food army whether they were attending school or not aAlso that boys already working on: farms could take up one of the projects such as corn. potato, garden or pig raising with the regular farm work and be eligible for any of the rewards offered. -,> .e.
The Press., 1918-05-02
Trees in Greenland.

Lofty trees once grew. in Greenland and nearly all of the inhospitable northern lands. Trees of the same sorts as are growing today are found as fossil remains in. countries where the climate is now so harsh that scarcely any tree will grow even a few inches high.
The Press., 1918-05-02

Vegetable Compound cured me so did not need the operation, and am telling mll rnv friends about it."-Mrs. A. w. BNzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
 It is just such experiences as that of Nru. Binzer that has made this famous root and herb remedy household word from ocean to ocean. Any woman who suffers from inflammation. Liberation, Endorsements, backache, nervousness, irregularities or e the blues should not rest until she has given it trial, and for special advice write Lydia h. Pinkham Medicine Co.,, Lynn, Mass
The Press., 1918-05-02

AT a Court of Probate holden at Som A CTS. within and for the district Of Somers, on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1916.. Present, CHARLES s. FULLER, Judge.
 On motion Of Mahlon L. Russell, acting ex- ecutor on the teBtate estate of SalOma A. RuS- sell, late Of SOmeFs, within said district, de- ceased
 This Court doth decree that six months be al- lowed ana limited Ior Gne creators or sald estate the executoF, and directs that public notice be given Of this order by advertising the same once In some newspaper having a ciFcu. ,lation in said district, and by posting copy on the public sign-p0st in said town of SomeTH, nearest the place where the deceased last dWelt Certified from Record.
 CHARLES s. FULLER, Judge.
The Press., 1918-05-02
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.

Aliens Foo5-Rase. the antisepttc powder to be shaken into the shoes and sprlnkled in the EOoG- bath. It relieves painfU swollen, sTnaTtlng feet and takes the sting out coFns ana bunlOns Used by the American, British and Frencn trOops Aliens FOOC-EaSe is 8 certain relief for sweating, callOus, tired, aching feet. Sold everywhere, zhC. Always it to Break in new shOes Trail package FREE Address, Allen s. 0lmgted. Le Roy, N. '.
The Press., 1918-05-02

41N VI AAA@ operation, l cannot say enough in praise of it. Isutfered from organic troubles and my side hurt me SO 1 could hardly be up from my bed, and l was unable to do my
 housework. I had the best doctors in
 Eau Claire and they
 wanted me to have an operation, but .vrlia F. Pinkham s
The Press., 1918-05-02
sA T a Court of Probate holden at Som- A erE. within. and for the district of Soners

A CITE, WILhIn and I0E the dIAGT1CG or SOmeTS, on the 24th day of Aprll, A. ID. 1918.
 Present, CHARLES s. FULLER, Judge,
 On motion Of AlOnzO L. Hurd. executor on tbe testate estate Of Andrew Archer, late of SomerS, within said district deceased. This court doth decree that six months be ale lowed and limited for the creditors Of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the execut0r. and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertising in 8 newSpa- per having a circulation In said district, and by In said town of SOmers, nearest the place where the deceased last dWelG.
 Certified from Record.
 . CHARLES S. FULLER JufIpe
The Press., 1918-05-02

The President has designated the week of May goth as Red Cross week, during which the public will be appealed to for another million dollar contribution
The Press., 1918-05-02
NOTI(
Borough of Stafford Springs.

All persons liable to pay taxes In the Borough of Stafford Springs list of 1917, and the street sprinkling assessments, are hereby notified that am ready to receive the same All taxes are due May 1st, and or all taxes not paid by June 1st interest at per cent per annuIn will surely be charged, together with legal fees for collect. ing For the purpose Of receiving the same will be at the Hanley Shoe Store every Thursday from May 1st to June 1st, 1918. from a. m. to 8 D. n. PATRICK J, MURR AY. Collector.
 Stafford Springs, Conn.,, April 24, 1918
The Press., 1918-05-02

LrOR SALE-A desirable home with l modern improvements, situated on West Main street. House has seven rooms, with bath running water and electric lights, and nearly half acre Of land in reRA suitable for Garden, Inquire of WILLIS Fl. REED.
The Press., 1918-05-02

The annual meeting of the Hillside Gem etery Association will be held in Grange Hall, Staf- ford. May 4, 1918, at 3 D. m. - . ... k H2W --..- MISS c, HOLT. Sec
The Press., 1918-05-02
NOTICE.
NOTICE.

] The Stafford Cemetery Association will meet
 al the Town Hall next Wednesday. May sth, at 2 m. J. G. WIGllTMAN. Secretary.
The Press., 1918-05-02
AiT a Court of Probate holden af gtaf.

A I! B OOUCG OL TTOUaGe UOIU0n At SG8Ts IIA ford, within and for the district of Stanford, on the 30th day of A April, A. D. 1918. Present, ROBERT H. FISK, Judge
 On motion of the administFatTix on the In. testate estate of FZFa &. Colburn, late of Staf- ford, within said district, deceased.
 This Court doth decree that six months be: al. lowed and limited for the creditors Of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the admnistTatrlx, and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertising the same once in some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting copy thereof on the public signpOst in said town of Stafford, near. est the place where the deceased last dweI5. Certihed from Record,
 MARCUS B. FISK, Clerk.
The Press., 1918-05-02
TAXES.

Notice Is hereby given that town tax of D mills on a dollar has been laid on list Of 19l7. and will be due and payable on the 1st day ot at the Town Ha1i, Union. Monday, May 9th and 3Oth. from one o'clock until p. m.. for the puT- pose Of receiving said taxes, and will receive the personal tax at the same time. All taxes remaining unpaid until June 1st. 1918, will be subject to interest at the rate of per cent. per annum and all lawful charges.
 JOHN RIZNER, Collector.
 Union, Conn March 29th, 1918 .>
The Press., 1918-05-02
A Ia Court of Probate holden at Son- A, CTS, within and for the District of Som.

CTS on the & tn day of April, A. D. 1918.
 Present, CHARLES s. FULLER. Judge.
 On motion of the Harrison c. Thayer, eXecutor on the teECabe estate Of sarah A ThayeF, late of SOmers, within said district, deceased.
 This court doth decree that six months from above date be allowed and limited for the cred. ltors of said estate exhibit their claims against the same to the adm1nstratrix, and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertising h a newspaper having circulation in said dis btict, and by posting a copy thereof on the pub- lic slgn-pO6t in said town of 5omeFs, n. arest bhe place where the deceased last dWelt.
 Certified from Record.