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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
CONDUCTED
by
Mrs. 4. B. Allen
Of Phone SO
Res. Phone-466
MRS. BUCHANAN'S PARTIES.

Mrs. Neon Buchanan will be hostess
tomorrow Bridge will be played in
the morning, and Mrs. G C. Webb will
be honor guest. In the afternoon, Mrs
Buchanan will entertain a number of
friends at a forty-two party.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Miss Ruth Westbrook was hostess
at a lovely party this afternoon cele,
brating her sixth birthday. The usual
aerry games occupied the children
from three-thirty till five and delicious
refreshments were served About TWEEN
tyfive little guests were entertained.
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was given at each table for top score
prize. Those present were Mrs. A. D.
Mrs. ]. A. Hixon, Mrs. R. e,
Mrs. Barlow Council, Mrs.
Lucius McClesky, Mrs. W. G Turpin,
Mrs. G. T. Adams, Mrs. John Council
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RED CROSS BRIDGE.

Mrs. W. D. Moreland will enter,
tain the Red Cross Bridge club on
Thursday afternoon at half-past three
O'Clock. Members who cannot attend
are requested to decline as early as
possible.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
RED CROSS BRIDGE.

Mrs. w. D. Moreland will entertain
the Red Cross bridge club on Thurs
cay afternoon at half-past three
o'clock Members who cannot attend
are requested to decline as early as
possible.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
MRS. STATHAM'S PARTY.

Mrs. Ernest Statham entertained the
Tuesday Bridge club this morning, at
her home on Church street Yellow
buttercups were used lavishly as dec
orations and pack Of playing cards
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Chorus

Onward, Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
At the sign of triumph,
Satan's host doth flee;
On, then Christian soldiers,
on to victory!
Hells foundations culver
At the shout of praise;
Brothers, lift your voices
Loud your anthems raisei
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
Attention MasOns.

Call meeting of M. B. Council Lodge,
No. 5, tonight at 1880, for the purpose
of comforting the Masters Degree. All
Master. Masons cordially invited. Bro.
Reese will likely be with us.
]. R. STATHAM, w. M.
NAT LeMASTER, Secretary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
WOMAN,S LITERARY CLUB.

The Woman's Literary club will
meet on Thursday afternoon at half,
past three o'clock, with Miss Lily
Poole, at her home On Furlow street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-19
SERVE POTATOES
AND AID HOOVER.

To save the wheat for shipment
abroad the food administration makes
an earnest request that housewives
double their use of potatoes and cut
down en- bread.
Ii. you have been cooking all your
potatoes by boiling, baking or frying,
sw some of all of these % cooking
suggestions and serve your war-wor-
ried country:
Boiled.
chips.
Lyonnaise.
Pan Drowned.
Mashed.
Salad.
In Chowders.
Baked.
Shoestring.
flashed Brown.
Mashed Fried.
Stuffed
In Fish Cakes.
In Light Bread
Plain Fried.
French Fried.
Gauffre.
Souffle.
Riced.
In Hash.
Biscuits.
Saute.
Dreamed.
Croquettes.
Augratin.
IN Stews.
In Meat Pie Crust.
Come Thou Almighty King.
Come Thou Almighty King,
Help us Thy name to sing;
Help us to praise
Father all-glorious
Ger all victorious,
Come and reign over us,
Ancient of days.
Come, Holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear,
In this glad hour:
Thou who almighty art,
Now rule in every heart,
And ne'er from us depart,
Spirit of power!
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Onward, Christian soldiers,
Marching as to war, -.
With the cross OF Jesus
Going on before.
Christ, the royal Master,
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
See his banner go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

called the sandwich bed" method, and has been tried out with really mar vicious results by it's inventor, Ben1a- min F. Albaugh, known nationally as an enthusiast in the subject of city lot gardening. Mir. Albaugh is au- thority for the statement that three square rods can be made to produce large part of all the vegetables needed to supply the table of a fani- fly of five or six persons throughout the season. He himself has repeatedly produced on such plot various kinds of vegetables which at low estimate would have cost $75.
 In making a sandwich bed, the first or stable litter or leaves. about five inches thick, upon the surface selected, and then tramp or pack 1t rather firm and smooth. Over this spread layer about one inch deep of rich, fine stable manure Another layer of stable ma nure about two inches thick, goes over
 this. after which hose should he turned on and the mass given a thor ough soaking, care being exercised to stop before teaching begins.
 The next step is to spread evenly over the bed at least four inches ot street scraping, avoiding, however streets. that have oil or asphalt in theif construction. If street scrapings can not readily be obtained, a compost ton of equal parts of fine stable manure may be used instead. This should be thoroughly mixed by show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
THE BOOK SHELF
By THE BIBL1oPHILE

THE MAD MONK OF RUSSIA, ILIo-
 DOR"
 The Life, Memoirs and Confessions of Sergei Michalovitch, Trufanoff Qllo- dor). Illustrated with photographs The Century company, publishers, New York.
 For many ypears the Mad Monk Ilio- dor,' was the close friend of the mo- torious Rasputin. Later he turned against him and began to work for his overthrow But as Rasputin's associate, as abbot of the Tsaritzin monastery, as priest at court, and, finally, as coworker with the forces that brought about Ras- putins downfall, he has an interesting story to tell of Russian affairs He has been himself so much talked of that his autobiography will come as an answer to q good deal of popular curiosity. lie tells the story of his life, his faith, and his work, including his final escape from Russia and residence in the United States
 One of the most interesting things in the book is the description of the mystic credulty that surrounded the Czar and the Czarina with prophets saints, and miracle workers" He says:
 Nicholas is quite as superstitious as the most ignorant mushik in Russia n order to understand this my readers must form some idea of the peculiar character of Slav mysticism. This mysticism is in- spired in Russia by three elements. the climate, the geographical situation of the country, and the Russian religion. The Russian church prescribes a season of Lent which stretches over six months and covers the greater part of the win
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A Free O.fneal Preseript;sa Doss Itz Wesk Over Nixht- Ons ApBli-
 : czfia Proves It

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 knd it takes just one night to get such marvellous results. says Nae Eunn Wilder. the beauty specialist. when her friends ask her about her WonderfuA .complexion and the improved appear ,ance of her hands and arms You can vice" she says. 'I feel it my duty to tell every girl and woman what this won derful prescription did for me. Just xhink of it. All this change in a single 3ust what brought about such remark khle results- Here is the identical pre- lacription that removed every defect Hrom my face. neck. hands and arms
 Until yOu sy s SSans 1t ioa "s msks si in iust ono application The prescription Ehich you can prepare at your own korno is as follows. Go to any grocery sSd get ten cents worth of ordinary SctfIe Of derwiIlo Prepare the oatmeal M Sirected in every package or nerwtilo srS rply night and morning. The first anplication will astonish you. 1t makes the skin appear transparenG smo0tn nS !, for How skin, freckles. tan. sun spots coarse pores, rough skin, ruddtness iwrinkles and In fact. every blemish the face. bands and arms are heir to- If your neck or chest IS dtScoiHrea t,n th rrc,n and the objectionable defect will dis appear as if by magic. It is absolutely harmless and will not produce or sttrnu- late a growth of hair. No matter how arms, or what abuse they have had through hard work and exposure to sun and wind. this charlottesville com
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Women's War Clothes
From the Forum.

From the Forum.
 It is really one of the great questions of national value to decide just what American women should wear during the war. When a celebrated English actress was asked by dress writer in New York what the prevailing shade of women clothes was in London, she replied ra ather grimly that it was black, that, ir fact, all colors had been abandoned ex. cept those seen in the British flag, say' Baroness Von Heddeman, court dress maker to Queen Mary.
 I have been shocked by the unre- strained luxury of women's clothes since the United States entered the war, At a fashionable dance the other evening the extravaganza in gowns was common place There was a costly splendor in
 the clothes, fabulous gayety of the beautiful
 | Is it possible that these women in | America whose clothes are such fla i gra mt contrast to the sombre mood of
 millions of other women in Paris, in Lon l don, in Vienna, in all the once celebrated 1 centers of fashion in Europe, can be en- l tirely ignorant of the great war?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
MOTHERs' DAY PRAYER

Eternal God, our Heavenly Father. our hearts. go out to Thee in grati- tude for Thy goodness and for Thy wonderful works to the children of men. Especially do we thank Thee for the reflection of Thy love in the patient, tender, sweet, affectionate ministrations of mother, who today receives the spontaneous tribute Of love and respect poured out by thou sands in her memory, most potent factor in shaping the destiny of men and of nations. Surely, "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.' She was the first to greet us when We came into life; she will be the first to greet us when we pass from the endearing scenes of earth to the bright beyond; and as she ministered to our wants and taught us every manly virtue here, so she will lead us on to the nobler, grander things which await us there. As we wear the flower, token of her love and purity, so may we ever keep warm and pure her memory in our hearts, and all praise shall be Thine in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
Beauty Specialist Tells Women
 and High School Girls How lTo Make Wonderful Cumulexion Tneatu,<.ut at Hone

binati0n win work wonderful trana- formation in IA hours At the most ThousAnds who have used it report the Mss o. e says: ny oumplaxion was poor and my skin rough Ny neck. chest. hands and arms wore dark, from ox- posture The very firat application of this wonderful Derwtllo .oatmeAl com complexion and akin blomishes would soon be | thing of the past In . few weeks all these unsightly defects had entirely disappeared and shall always all the time have recommended it to my girl friends and they arc just as enthusiastic over it aS am. We all use 1t before going to the thea tre dances or parties and it's wonderful what . dif- Mra G. V. writes: ',oatmeal and Der willo. have worked miracles. with my complexion. had many deapisod wrin kles and q sAllow. rough skin, My hands and arms were covered with freckles. Wiiders wonderful completion pre- scriptior these obje0tionAble defects have entirely vanished. I look ten years younger and advise every girl and
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hopes some day to occupy niche ia
 bascbaus hall of fame at the side of these leaders of modern twirling must
 possess, in addition to great natural ability and an unusual physique, tire
 less energy and determination to study
 until he has mastered the ability to
 nut everything" on the ball and mix
 em up' at will. In plain English, he
 must have change of pitching pace
 and considerable assortment or
 curves few pitchers have succeeded without great speed, but not many with the qualifications mentioned, ana at least fair support, ne shoulo win a majority of his games anu 'e will achieve standing Tn ms pro fession in proportion to the Vio'oi 's' placed to his credit a..5
 Mathewson won distinction when hacked. most of the time by good teams. Alexanders support was fair, though not all that could have bees desired. while Johnson won his place despite the fact that his support sell i dom was better than ordinary
 whether Mathewso with his fade | away hall was. in his prime, the su. nerior of Alexander and Johnson is a
 matter of opinion It also is debat- i able question whether Big Ed walsh | the king of spitters," Marquard, Ci- cotte, Schupp, Toney, Babe Ruth and 1 other first-class opponents or the mod- l ern school of pitching should be ac- credited positions ranking close to the | .big three" However. of all those now going strong and sufficiently young to | have several years of activity ahead l of them. Alexander is most prom nently in the public eye, and with the
 improved team backing he probably 1 will receive in Chicago, he should be- come the monarch of modern mound | artists. He is a wizard with the horse hide. and the only thing he need feaf | for sometime to come is serious ac' 1 cident
 | Not so long ago noted scientist
 made the assertion that there was no such thing as curve ball, and l that those who believed otherwise l were victims of an optical illusion 1 The scientist was wrong and dozens | of pichers, including Alexander. of | fered to prove to him that he was !r 1 error. There are curves and more | curves, and Alexander is master ol 1 most of them. When he thinks it necessary he also can slip splitter ] a 'floater," a 'knuckie ball" or fork ball" His worlds record of 1t
 shutouts in 1916 should be convinc- l ing argument as to his skill in the
 science of putting the ball across the plate so that the other fellows can
 not hit 1t.
 I While really topnotch twirlers strive
 to master all of the more familiar
 styles of curve pitching and many of 1 the special balls with which their | rivals achieve success each has some l particular movement or trick which distinguishes him from his fellows i And every one of them believes that if
 some certain fad of which he approves
 were followed by all pitchers there
 would be corresponding improvement
 on their part all along the line And.
 what is more to the point, most oi
 these suggestions are sound and sem sible
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scourge the boy of her heart, the child
 of her bosom, the hope of her woman
 hood and the solaee of her old age, to fight for the democracy and freedom oi
 our country.
 Instead of signing T Didn't Raise My Boy to Be Soldier" the
 mothers of these United States are
 singing in a glorious unison of
 sweet harmony ''Ar,erica, Here's My
 Boy" and the pacifist. the lnollycod-
 dle, the weak -kneed. find no favor, either in the eyes of mothers or men. Mothers Day in the year of our Lord, 1918, finds V omen everywhere bidding their sens. their husbands,
 their fathers, and their sweethearts good-by; the mothers. Cod bless them,
 are placing the country before all else;
 Mothers Fay in the year of our Lord 1918, has a feener significance than any o her Mothers Day since it was established and that sienificance is to be found in the whole-hearted, gen. l erous, tender manner in which the
 mothers of the world are giving up their men to their country: that the ] sacrifices of these dear women, the sac rifices of the mothers, wives sisters, l and swceth earts-is every whit as great as that Of the men themselves, who lay aside the duties of home of l SteAtSt OL tNNt'SSSt st@fA tsp 1Vl III bO bNul
 arms in the defense Of their nation needs no emphasis heIe.
 1 And what a mission the mothers of ! this country have to perform while l their boys are at war. It particularly l impresses itself uTon us today, when ] our government constitutes the moth | CTS of this country just as important | soldiers as tine men at ike front; and to all mothers of t.merica whose sons are lover there, o. in training camps lover here," comes the message of from those higher up for the conser- vation of food, the elimination Of waste industrial prcarrednesa,s the "bit" that the stay at.home raotler. wife or sweetheart may do 1t is left to the mothers of men today to curtail the luxuries the extravagances, and the useless throwing away of useful mate
 rials, to aid our nation in the present
 great crisis.
 Mothers must win this war just as
 much as men must win it, and the
 worlds greatest leaders have acclaimed
 motherhood as the keynote to success
 not only in times of peace. but during
 wars grim carnage.
 There is a time in the life of every busy man when he pauses to consider the
 mother who loves him or has loved him and gone on before; it may be in the
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Acclaimed Motherhood As the Keynote To
 Times Peace Bu n te Melee & Was Grim Carnage

try which join hands with the others today in its celebration-a renewal of al- legiance to beautiful womanhood-a lofty ideal of social strength to which the world looks to women as it's bulwark; and a strengthening of domestic and na- tional integrity. for it is to the suffer- ing mothers of men today who have given their all to wars frightful carnage that the. world bows in honor and adoration and looks up to as the keynote of suc- cess-those brave hearted, loyal souled women who sing triumphantly: If I had a thousand boys to give
 To you. my country great, I'd give them all that men might live
 Tn freedoms blessed state, What matters if this heart of mine For love of you, my boy, doth pine
 Here at the garden gate2 The flags unfurled, the die is cast; The day for fears and tears is passed.
 This is no time to wait. Your country calls her sons. my lad.
 She needs them-every one. Remember what your dear old dad
 Did back in '61.
 Yes. it is hard to see you go; But this one thing I'd have you know
 Before you leave. my ueAFs Your mother would feel keen the
 shame
 If, when they called your own good
 name,
 You did not answer Here" If I had a thousand boys to give
 To you, my country great. I'd give them all that men might live
 In freedoms blessed state Whats that. handkerchief. you say hold while 'gainst the gate I sway-
 Nay, see Our starry flag! God gave me you, this emblem, too. To God and country I'll be true,
 Our banner shall not lag!
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n~ nnITv nALRYMPr1r

Y7 AST May, on the second Sunday
 Of that beautiful month, and the JtH first Mothers Day to be observed
 after the call of war came from the President of these United States, Miss Anna Jarvis, the founder of Mothers Day, which is virtually ob- served by every nation on the face of the earth, sent out this message to the mothers of America and to the sons of the mothers of America:
 '"The national flag is displayed from homes, places of business and govern mental buildings in remembrance or Americas s patriot mothers-mothers who. in colonial pioneer and war times, en- dured heroic hardships and privations she says. "They gave to their country lives more precious to them than their own-the lives of their beloved husbands, sons. fathers and brothers.
 NO truer patriots ever lived than these brave, true-hearted, loyal American women, and the nation cannot show them too much gratitude or honor on Mothers Day, and every other day"
 If this sentiment prevailed a year ago, how much more tense, how much more vivid, how much more emphatic the sentiment rings today when there is scarcely a mother in all this broad land who hasn't given up to wars fearful
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telling her to comfort His best-beloved
 disciple and him to comfort her.
 "On this day let each of us honor the
 hallowed memory of his mother, wear ing in token thereof the floral symbol of purity. Of other blessings we may have
 Lad great stores, but Of that most pre-
 cious influence there was but one" in a lighter vein, but equally as in
 sistent, may be quoted Helen S. Wood ruff s words in her latest novel, "The Im- prisoned Freeman" which she puts into
 the homely lingo of the old negro
 Nanny of her girlhood days in which
 this wise old bandana-ed philosopher 1 says
 1 Hit doan seem to mek SO much diff ! ferbiterance about chilleFns havin pas;
 pas is jes' sort of a social-liSe deeora- | ton, anyhow; but mas is a needcessary
 Baby-chiles need sof bosoms fer to
 rock-a-by on; dey needs lovin' hands to tuck 'em in at night, and lovin' lips | for to teach 'em to talk, lovin' knees fer
 to lean against while bein learnt les sons in worldly wizzum, and lovin' eyes | fer to watch 'em grow. In udder words, as Brudder Jones says when he is argu- 1 fyin' wid Gawd on Sundays, dey need love jes' like de flowers needs sun an
 rain fer to make em grow straight an strong"
 | In beautiful words the late Rev. T. De- | Witt Talmage expressed himself: l Mothers chair had rocked the whole
 family. It made a creaking noise as it moved. but there was music in it's sound.
 It was just high enough to allow us children to put our heads in her lap. l Oh, what chair that was! That char knew all the old lullabys and all those wordless songs which mothers sing to their children, songs in which all pity, and compassion and sympathetic influ- ences are combined. That old chair has | stopped rocking for a good many years.
 It may be up in the loft or garret, but it holds a queenly power yet'
 | I believe of all the beautiful words about mother and motherhood 1 have ever read, those of Kate Douglas Wig ginsi appeal to me most when she said: | Most of all the other beautiful things lin life come by twos and threes. by l dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers anC
 sisters aunts and cousins, but only on,
 mother in all the wide wordr'
 And again to the Jewish rabbi, tC whom is credited the exquisite thought 1 God couldn't be everywhere so H. made mothers"
 Mothers Day, as intended by it's foun. der, has been faithfully observed, not as a day of mawldsh sentiment, or O lmere song and praise, but one of prac
 tieal benefit to the homes of every coun
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qniet watches of the night, mornentary glimpse in his minds eye of the old plantation home; it may be amid the rush of the day, suggestion of the dear face of his beloved mother whose white hair and feeble brow proclaim her queen ship over all others; it may be around camp fire somewhere in France" to- day that a khaki-clad boy is thinking of his beloved mother and of this time last year when he hadn't been called to the colors and was safe and happy in the companionship of his beloved mother; it may be in a training camp some where in America" that another khaki clad figure stops for a moment to think and utter that sweetest of all words