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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-09

ficiai nization Of the French army
they INK as 4 very Important corps.
Theit work too, il often as dan
gerouaas that 81 the troops vino dash
to the assault as not only have they
to handle abandoned explosives Of the
most periious kind tn touch but often
enough their work has to be carried
on under q terrific bombardment.
But they do it as heroically. as stole
ally and as methodically as do their
brother territorials who carry the hot
SOUP UP to the fighting lines through:
q barrage Of machine gun Are, shrap.
nels and high explosives.
First there are the unused French
shells which the batteries and trench
mortars had to abandon as they dash.
led forward. Sometimes they lie III
piles Of half dozen or more and
sometimes scattered singly about. But
every one is exceedingly valuable for
the metal Of which it is made, for the
high explosives 1t contains, for the
skill and genius that has gone into
the construction Of its highly perfect
ed fuse and mechanism Less deli
cately made trench bombs and aerial
IforDedoes are likewise gathered up.
More dangerous are the unexploded
German shells, which lie scattered
about, They may explode at the first
human touch, but nevertheless they
must be gathered up both for the re-
moval Of such a menace and for the
value Of the material they contain.
Then come the hand grenades.iT These
may have been abandoned, or dropped
| by the apoi1u' as he dashed forward
to the assault. Or again they may be
unexploded ones. either French OF
German. which may still go of at the
first touch. But they must be gath
cred up
| In another pile are heaped up the
Isteel helmets gathered from the field,
| Thcey again may have fallen from the
4 head of a. soldier in the heat of q
.charge or may have fallen to the ground
las the wearer himself fell pierced BY
a bullet. Even when the helmets
themselves are riddled with bullets
land shell splinters the steel they con;
Itain is still too valuable TO leave be:
hind.
! on every battlefield hundreds Of
thousands Of rifle cartridges, both sex,
| pIoded and xploded, lie scattered
about. These must be gathered uI
\ one at 4 time, often under heavy
ARTILLERY fire.
Then there are the bayonets or rifles
that the soldier may have been forced g
sJI.tc abandon or that fell from his nerve
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-09
president SON
70 MRS Pot TER

The following letter has been re-
.ceived by Mrs. Elizabeth Herndon Pot
ter at the National American Woman
Suffrage Headquarters In washington,
d. G. Mrs. Potter Is third vice presi-
dent and congression chairman Of
the Texas Equal Suffrage Association
The Presid lent = letter reads so
The White House,
Washing ton, March 8.
My Dear Mrs Potter
s5 Through the courtesy OF Senator
Sheppard / have received your letter
OF March feel II a privilege to
express my earnest hope that the Leg
isiature Of Texas may see Its way to
adopt a statute which Will give women
the right to vote In the primaries: The
Democratic party Is So clearly commit
ted to- the principle az woman suf-
frage that 7 feel It my duty AZ the
leader OF the party. to urge this action
BY the legislature and II is also g
privilege which ! value to yield to my
own personal convict lions Ia this mat
ter and urge such action on its merits.
sincerely hope that the measure may
become Id y. ss
Cordially and sincerely yours,
fSigned) WOODROW WILSON.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-05-09
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est vionists ne peopis o Watezto~n ana vicinity
xl never have q better and one
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
Ter Welcome
 Mothers Friend A Duty that Every Man Owes to Those who Perpetuate the Race.


1t is just as important that men should know of proper methods in ad- vance of motherhood. Suffering, pain and distress incident to childbirth can be avoided by having at hand bottle of the time -honored preparation. Moth er's Friend. This is a penetrating ex- ternal application that relieves the ten sion upon the muscles and enables them to expand without painful strain upon the fragments and nerves.
 Thousands of women for over half a century who have used Mothers Friend tell how they entirely avoided nervous spells and nausea and preserved a a bright happy disposition that reflects wonderfully upon the character and disposition of the little one soon to open its eyes in bewilderment at the joy of his arrival.
 By regular use of Mothers Friend during the period the muscles are made and kept pliable and elastic. They ex- pand easier when baby arrives, and pain and danger at the crisis Is naturally less.
 You can obtain Mothers Friend at any drug store. It is for external use only. is absolutely safe and wonderfully effective. Write to the Bradfield Regu- 1ator Co, E-11S Lamar Bldg, Atlanta, Ga, for their valuable and instructive 'Motherhood Book of guidance for ex- pectant mothers and rem ember to get a bottle of Mothers Friend at the drug gistss today It is the greatest kind of help to nature in the glorious work to be performed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
A Question of Morals
Bv ROSA CLIspY JOHN

Where are the censors of the moving pictures? We thought the morals of our people would be protected by them.
 When "The Planter is allowed to pass it seems they were asleep or had a tenn porary loss of mind.
 The writer has not seen the play, and she Is very thankful she was spared the deep humiliation through ignorance, which perhaps would have led her to the theatre, but she hopes her moral strength would have forced a nasty re- treat after realizing where she was.
 It is understood that advertisements of ''The Planter were cast abroad at the university--a place where we send our boys and girls to be educated-to be protected from the evil as far as it is possible by the heads of the university.
 Our boys and girls (sad to say) leave the parental roof at an age when they still need safeguarding by having ex- amples of purity of life.
 Am I my brothers keeper?" Yes. a thousand times yes. The smallest soul upon earth has an influence either for good or evil which will go to the Great Judgment Seat.
 At this time when parents hearts are torn asunder in giving their boys to the battlefields. it seems that our great humanity (the reason for our entrance into wa) should begin at home-in our towns--enforce laws that make for char acter, denounce all immoral plays or public performances, and the parents teachers and citizens use their influence to plant seeds of morality--the first step to Christianity.
 Our boys will be killed in this horri- ble war. but how much better to face the gun that kills only the body than allow influences such as moving pictures that kill the soul!
 Our country needs men and women, not moral towards or weddings: a civilization that will speed to higher, truer purpose-the culture of the inn mortal spirit-a kinship with God The youths of today will be our men of tomorrow, our girls the mothers of new generation that will be strong or weak; then why not begin today to train them for the end for which they were created-immortal life?
 God help us to wipe out all such scenes as ''The Planter" gives to the public
 Tuscaloosa, January, 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
Newest Type of Cooker
m the Popular Science Monthly

From the Popular Science Monthly.
 Out in Denver a new type of fireless
 cooker has been put on the market by
 J. E. Crook, which is frankly an im-
 provement on an idea 200 years old. It is called pressure cooker and is so small that it may be packed away in your trunk when you go away to the country or in the automobile when you contemplate long trip.
 It is simply steam tight cooker, complete in itself, without the usual box-container It is made of aluminium, so that it is light in weight and con venient to handle, as well as strong enough to resist the interior 200- pound steam pressure upon which the cooking depends. Safety devices are provided on the cover to take care of the surplus steam. The safety valve is made separable, so that it may be easily cleaned and kept in condition, The steam gauge is calibrated to 30
 pounds on a dial that cam easily, be read. When the food has been in the cooker long enough, a thumb -screw of the petcock is turned to release the steam so that cooking will stop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Nineteenth Century club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. s. R. Benedict.
 The Neoa Knitting club will meet this aea 2:3O o'clock at the home of Erlokhoeffer at Norwood.
 ThA 7Agham Association Of Col 4 @:1en will meet this afternoon a. s celx at the home of Mrs Frank Clark eH Highland avenue.
 There will be a meeting of the Red Cross unit of the First church today at the church from 11:30 to 2:3o o'clock.
 The Huntsville Avenue c. L. s. c. will meet this afternoon at the home or Mrs' Mclean at o'clock.
 The women of the Southside Baptist church will observe a week Of prayer this week at the home of Mrs. J. T. Dos ter on today and Wednesday afternoons at o'clock.
 There will be an important meeting of the East Lake Red Cross unit No. this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home Of Mrs, H. H. Eibbs on Underwood avenue. The work for the new year is to be planned and all members are urged to attend.
 There will be a meeting of St. Paul s School Improvement association at , o'clock at the school.
 The Y. w. H. A. will entertain its members this afternoon with card party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
Just Word About Mr. Robert Lawrence
 
Rx nnLLY nALRYMpLE

/! I'M not in the habit of trying to wear i halos; in fact, I don't believe one tS would be in the least becoming to me
 the way I do my hair, you know, and
 the particular angle at which my little nose is set upon my little face, would make a halo rather trying, but I'm go- 1 ing to don one this morning for few brief minutes, with your kind permission l (tbank you), and when I tell you that the particular halo I like to take as my own, belonging exclusively to me, is the one I gained when MT. Robert Lawrence came to Birmingham some three or four years ago and I wrote the first story about him that was ever written in Bir- mingham.
 Don't you think that I deserve a halo for introducing you to such charming gentleman?
 Anyway, whether you do or not, I'm satisfied that I do, and so, again, with your kind permission, having worn it a few brief moments, l will now doff it and get down to business and tell you what I've got to say about this nice man to6ay-after an acquaintance with him of many months.
 MT. William Gussen, whom everybody in Birmingham regards as one of our most accomplished musicians said to me once that he considered MT Lawrence one of the greatest assets Birmingham ever had; also that there was no other man who had ever been in Birmingham who could have accomplished the things MT. Lawrence has; and think MT. Gus sen was right.
 MT. Lawrence, to my mind, spells, first of all absolute unselfishiness; there isn't another man in this town who would have worked and worked in all sorts of weather under all sorts of conditions, and with all sorts of people, absolutely without remuneration, as MT. Lawrence has with the community music; that alone shows his splendid spirit of civic patriotism and his beautiful devotion te ideals.
 MT. Lawrence to my mind spells eff cieicy; when Dr. Sheldon, the noted lec- turer, said here recently that a perfect
 qualification to service" meant that the
 person should have %, Q. and M, .
 wfich being interpreted, is "QuaIity,
 pc ssesses these to a marked degree
 MT. Lawrence, to my mind, spells courtesy; his unflinchng difference and
 kir dness-his sympathy and gentleness-
 sway a crowd and draw results as noth-
 ing else could possibly do. MT. Lawrence to my mind spells cul-
 ture and refinement; his elegance al-
 ways, his polish and his broad knowledge of people and things, make him leader who is not only followed but followed easily.
 MT. Lawrence to my mind spells a sense of humor which is deliciously re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

Nisor ana Vlln, taking a cheerful and
 alert View of life, which, after all, is as
 IL should be. specially in times of war.
 LADY CHETWYND IN KITCHEN
 By the way. I hear that Lady Chet-
 wynd, the pretty and vivacious New
 York girl who married in England and
 has come back to her native city to
 LOOK and listen," has been speaking on
 the war and it's efforts on London's life
 at some of the women's clubs She was
 the guest of honor at the Gamut club
 1ew evenings ago, when she sat on
 the right of that distinguished lady, Mrs.
 Mary Shaw. There were about 60 mem
 pers or the club present and they gave
 Lady Chetwynd highly flattering and
 nospitable greeting. She was looking
 exceedingly pretty in her perfectly
 pam almost convention gown of soft
 piack crepe de chine with thin Nhte
 muslin collar and cuffs and a broad , , oiack nat with an ornament of white ermine tails on one side of the high round crown
 Her only ornament was her rope of marvellous pearls which she wore
 tucked under the collar of her dress so that only occasionally the glimmer ana sheen of their beauty could be seen Her coat of fine black caracul Rad flounce of black monkey skins | around the hem and a huge collar ike cape of pure white ermine fall- ing over the shoulders. As she ex- piained, this occasion at the GarSut cluo was very important one to her, Tor. Lady Chetwynd confessed, she had never made "real'' speech before however her maiden effort was a seat success, her audience specially approaching her account of her expe. rience In her London home during the zeppelin and airplane raids.
 one story of an air raid night when shc sat in the kitchen with her ser- wants while the conflict in the sky went on apparently exactly over the root or her Park Lane house was par ticuiafly appreciated by her listeners. SOAP DISAPPEARING
 Tn London the difficulties of daily ciVliian life seem to increase, though peopie accept everp privation cheer
 iuiiy and refrain from complaint or pessimism of any kind. In a letter rom London this week E am told that soap is the next thing in the | disappearing list Sugar, tea, butter,
 margarine, meat, milk and matches we are getting on! However we have not been hungry yet and we all feel tnat there will be plenty for us all II we only submit carefully and hon. estiy to keeping within the rations that are advised. Of course, everyone except stupid and disloyal people see the necessity for this and even they l must submit in self-defense, unless housekeepers want to spend all their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

from a visit to Miss Della Johnston In Atlanta where she was delightfully."- en- tertained.
 home on South Highlands. suffering from an attack of la grippe. Friends of Mir. Robert Major, who has been i'll at local infirmary suf- fering from an attack of pneumonia will be glad to learn that he is improv- ing and has been carried to the home of his mother, Mrs. w. L. Sims, at Roebuck Springs.
 Mrs. c. H. Chew of Houston, Texas, who has spent the past few days in the city with her sister, Mrs. Price Underwood, will leave today for her home and will be accompanied by her mother, Mrs. John E. Donelson, who will be her guest for several weeks.
 
 Mrs, William Wyker of Albany will arrive this week to spend several days with friends in the city.
 Mrs. Joseph Minchener, who has been the guest of Mrs. w. E. Henderson in daughter. Mrs. Charles Farcloth, in Tampa, Fla.
 Miss Amelia Hill of Montgomery is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Edmund Fucker and Dr. Fucker for a few days.
 
 Mrs. William Kopp and little son. who have been the guests of friends in the city, have returned to Annis- ton.
 Mrs. Law Lamar, Jr., and little son Bibb, will leave this week for their home in Selma. Master Bibb has been i'll for few weeks in the city at a local infirmary and his many friends will be glad to know that he is inn proving.
 Mrs. Frank Glass has returned from Washington where she was the guest of her daughter Mrs. Peterson Marzoni. She was accompanied by Mrs. Marzoni. who will be her guest for several weeks.
 Jack Brazelton, 2-year-oId son of Mir. and Mrs Charles F. Hill, 1512 Fourteenth avenue, south, is ill with an attack of colitis.
 MT. and Mrs. Andrew Gray Of R1ch- mond, Va, who are spending few weeks at the Tutwiler, are charming ad ditions to Birmingham society, where they have a number of friends.
 Mrs. William Henry Patterson of Petersburg. Va is the guest of her sis ter, Mrs. John S. Goldsmith.
 Miss Martha Bradshaw, who is the guest of Miss Della Johnston in Atlanta, will return home the last of the week. Mrs. Hugh Morrow will leave tomor- row for Tuscaloosa and will be accom- panied by Miss Mamie Morrow Miss Grace Bradshaw and s Miss Torrance Redd, who will attend the midwinter dances at the University of Alabama Miss Mary Knigh Rush of Mobile is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Clyde Hunter, at the Richmond apartments. Miss May Leathbury of Mobile will arrive soon to be the guest of MT. and Mrs, Clyde Hunter.
 
 Mrs George Quinlan and children of Chicago, who are the guests of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Munger, will leave tomor- row for Hattiesburg, Miss, where they will join Major Quinlan, who is stationed there with the engineers corps.
 Miss Katherine Mccormack and Miss Mae Brandon will be among the out-of- town guests at the midwinter dances in Tuscaloosa and will be the guests of MT. Mrs. Frank Blair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

stop to analyze him, we find, to quote Dr. Sheldon again, that This O., Q. and NJ. is always working''-henee, service . the best, is always given by him. Now, then, when Birmingham can lay claim to a citizen with the qualifications have cited-and many more which I fear-Dr. Lawrence might regard as full some flattery were I to enumerate them all-how are we going to show the value we place upon him when we have the opportunity at the appreciation concert in his honor Thursday evening, arranged b;' large number of his friends and ad- mirers?
 I'd hate for anybody to call Brming- ham tight wad''; I'd just hate to hear anybody say Birmingham was unappre- ciative; I'd hate oh, an awful lot more. to hear anybody say Birmingham was a "slacker." So-well-it's up to us to show MT. Lawrence Thursday evening just how much we do appreciate him, in plain, cold dollars and cents.
 Sounds a bit commercial-but at the same time, what's the good of dollars ana cents unless you use them for some- thing worth while, and Mr. Lawrence is one of the worth-whilest people in all this big city of worth while people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

Listen to me! Take no more sicken- ing, salivating calomel when bilious or constipated. Don't lose days work!
 Calomel is mercury or quicksilver, which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile, crashes into it, breaking it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are slug gish and "all knocked out" if your liver is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour just take a spoonful of harmless Dod- sons Liver Tone.
 Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store and get a 50-cent bottle of Dod- sons Liver Tone. Take a spoonful to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

waistcoat makes warm a gown of jersey, satin or velvet
 The sketch shows a costume which has less than the maximum amount of wool. Whatever wool there is used is in the dull Burgundy velour skirt, which has small ripple at eac <. idle to give freedom of movement to tis ankles and which is camouflaged by being turned into cascade lined with beige colored velvet
 The long coat tunic is of the beige, with deep pockets at each side suspended in the military way from a narrow belt that loops in front and hangs in long ends. The collar and cuffs are of fur but the waistcoat, which extends all around the body, is made of Burgundy velvet embroidered with zigzags of tar
 nished gold and black woolen threads It clings to the body, fits the hips tight ly, and is interlined across the chest
 with odd bits of kid taken from old
 evening gloves.
 This costume was made for a smart
 woman who gives her time to war relief
 work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
DO SOMETHING
 FOR THAT COUCH
Dr.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey will
 prove ideal treatment

A neglected cough may lead to such dangerous bronchial or lung ailments, that proper attention with pr. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey cannot be begun too promptly.
 You can absolutely depend on this remedy. as it has proved effective in thousands of cases where hacking cough, difficult breathing, inflamma- ton or hoarseness were. Its balsam and healing ingredients soothe the throat. loosen the phlegm, the an- tiseptic properties check the cold germs and feverish or grippy feelings are promptly allayed.
 Take Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey at once, not only for quick and gratifying relief for all distressing symptoms, but to prevent serious after effects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

night. and if it doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous by morning, I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying. the sale of calomel, because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it cannot salivate or make you sick.
 guarantee that one spoonful of Dod- sons Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipated waste which is clogging your system and mak- ing you feel miserable. I guarantee that bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling fine for months Give it to your chill dren It is harmless; doesn't gripe and they like it's pleasant taste.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22
News of Society and
 Activities iti of Women
BY EMMA REID MYALL

N MoNG those having guests last A\ evening at the dansant at the
 Tutwiler were MT. l.. B. Williams, Mir. and Mrs. Paul Chalifoux, MT. J. H. Hargrove. MT. II. E. Cohen, Mir. Louis Cohen, Mr. Louis Sterne, MT. Claud All len, Mir. Hughes, Mir. Belk, Mir Lans- burger Mir and Mrs. Claud Estes, MT. W. F. Edwards, MT. and Mrs. Richard Massey. MT. N. Sommers and MT. Young. FOR MRS. NOTTINGHAM
 Mrs. D. B. Sibley will entertain at luncheon today at her home at Milner Heights, complimenting Mrs. Edward Nottingham of Virginia, who is the guest O. Mrs. John w. Sibley.
 MRS. MUNGER TO ENTERTAIN
 Mrs Eugene Munger will entertain at luncheon today at her home in honor of her sister, Mrs. George Quilan of Ch!- cago, who is her guest