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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Dr. J. Fl. Bowling gave a most interest ing talk on health before the members of the Twentieth Century Mothers club at the home of Mrs. Frank Lemont yes terday afternoon.
 During the business session letter was read by the secretary, Mrs. J. S Hamilton, from the mother of the French orphan the club adopted some time ago. It is as follows:
 Mrs J. S. Hamilton. I come in the name of my daughter, Regime Rigand who is too young to write to thank you for the generous gift of 1So francs that you were so willing to give her, and also to acknowledge the first quarterly pay mert of 45 francs that I have received. do not know, most kind benefactor, how to show my gratitude. I do not know what to do but rear my child with spirit of deep gratitude for your gen. erous gift and your country as l mourn the loss of my husband, killed on the field of honor, defending the rights or the people.
 Rest assured that as soon as my daughter learns to write she will not fail to show you with her little hand her gratitude and grateful affection, While her heart addresses you from day to day through me- asking for permission to send you her sweet little kisses. Dear benefaetor accept my very sincere thanks and my respectful saidtations.
 EVA RIGAND."
 The hostess served a salad course dur ing the social hour
 Mrs. A. F. Elliott was hostess to the members of the Mid-Week Soclal club at her home on Ensley avenue yesterday afternoon. The programme consisted of a paper on "The End of the Var by Mrs H. w. Dearing and "Our Banners Are Clear by Mrs J. k. Tate. At the close of the programme the hostess served fruit salad with sandwiches and coffee. Vases of pink roses were used In the living room. Mrs. W. T. Steele was guest of the club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21

A wedding of interest to the many friends of the groom in Bessemer oc- cured Tuesday evening in Atlanta when Miss Hyman Louise Farnsworth and Dr. Edgar Peyton McEn1ry were married
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21

Cunningham chapter, Red Cross unit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21

Harry E. Winfield. the well known salesman, formerly with w. 0. Broyles Stove and | l Furniture Company, 1914 4th | Avenue, has joined the Hood
 1 & Wheeler force of salesmen and may now be found here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21

A meeting of the council of national defense workers has been called for Thursday afternoon at 2:3o o'clock at the. workroom over Pegram' & Patton's drug, store Mrs. c. P. Orr of Birmingham will be present and a good attendance is urged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21

The Rev. I. F. Swallow is attending the Alabama synod, in session in Tus- caloosa. and has received the conlph- ment of being elected moderator. Among his friends in Bessemer, the honor IS considered well deserYcd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21

Jefferson Valley Lodge No. 7s5, A. F. and A. M. held a meeting which was well attended, at Masonic Hall Wednes- day evening at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-21

 '12O,0OO tons of food stuffs for an equiv alent in the fields of Belgium, "but Germany only got 10000 tons out of the fields" he added. The Belgians managed to get away with the bal ance of it
 Tt is not question of whether Ger many deserves to be fed, and espec- ially those responsible for the war" he said, but there are women and children, and enslaved forces to whom the crimes of Germany should not be imputed. Hunger breeds anarchy and bolshevisfn, and it is our duty to see that a reign of anarchy and bolshevism that. would be a menace to the world is not to be set up in Germany"
 Mir. Boyden said a distinction would be drawn between neutrals; that Nor way and Sweden would not be treated in the same way, and Spain has re- gently been congratulating us on our victories" he said.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
Your Labor Counts-every ounoe

Your Labor Counts-every ounce
of work you do helps some soldier.
This war was fought as truly in the
household and in the workshop as it
was in the trenches.
Some of our American women arc
borne down physically and mentally,
by the weaknesses Of their sex. They
suffer from backache, dragging sensa-
ton, bearing-down pains, very nervous
and pain in top of head. If they ask
their neighbors they viii be told to take
Favorite Prescription of DR.. Pierce's
which has been 60 well and faYorably
known for the past half century.
Weak women should try it now. Don't
waiti Today is the day to begin. This
temperance tonic and nervine will bring
vim, vigor and vitality. Send Dr.. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, 10c. for trial pkg. tablets.
Lafayette Tnd.-"I was in such 8 terribly ner-.
vous condition that could not sleep at night.
I would have dreadful nightmares. My druggist
recommended DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
to me and it has helped me wonderfully. The
FIRST haf bottle cured ma of my nervousness and
made me able to sleep at night just as quiet as q
child 1t has also relieved me of pain which used
to bother me gree. deal at times. DR.. Pierce's
Fsvorite Prescription is grand tonic for women
and do not hesitate to recommend it"
-Mrs. C.-,s. Coleman, 63l Fes~g 81
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
Wrote His Letter.

gier to the child to whom it was I'D
dressed and to no one else. Bobby
opened 1t and read:
"Dear Bobby:
II have received your letter and will
bring yod the finest Christmas present
you ever received in your life.
SANTA CLAUS"
Bob of course was delighted with
this, and he noticed that from the
time Of its receipt everything about
the house seemed to take on certain
eheeriness. Bobby laid in wait for Pc
ter when he came againNnd asked him
n lot of questions as to how and where
SANTA Claus gave him the letter. Pc
ter said that he was not permitted to
tell children anything about Santa
Claus. They must hang up their stock
ings and wait for him to fill them.
This was three days before Christ.
nuns. Bobby who was very watchful
detected his mother smuggling in GER
tain. packages. This puzzled him, for
his mamma had told him there would
be no gifts this year and he did not
expect any except what Santa Claus
would bring Bobby asked his moth
er IL what she brought in was intend
ed for Christmas, but she gave him
no satisfaction, though she took him
In her arms and gave him a bear hug
and dozen kisses. She seemed as
happy as If she expected Santa Claus
20 bring everything she wanted for
Christmas.
The day before Christmas n mes
senger boy came with a telegram for
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20

Mrs. Sawyer. She tore off the envel-
Ope and read 1t, and looked very hap
py, giving the messenger a half dol
lar. Bobby asked what the telegram
was about. She told him it was about
a Christmas gift she and all the rest
Of the family were to receive, and
when Bobby kept asking again and
again 'What is it mammal" she gave
him another bear hug and smothered
him with kisses.
Bobby had a sister, Edith, twelve
years old, and brother Jim, ten. Both
Of them were too old to sympathize
with Bobby in his fnith in Santa Claus
bringing him the gift he had promised
him In his letter. Indeed they didn't
believe Santa Claus really wrote let
ters to children. Bobby tried his best
to get out of Edith or Jim what made
their mothers so happy, but they would
not tell. Indeed they seemed almost
as happy as she. Having failed with
them Bobby tried Peter the postman.
Peter said he suspected Santa Claus
had something to do with the family
happiness, but he was not sure. So
poor Bobby was obliged to swallow his
curiosity and wait for Christmas morn
ing.
Bobby went to bed on Christmas eve
determined to resist the sandman and
keep his eyes open all night, so that
he might get a glimpse of Santa Claus
hot ~
But the sandman soon began to drop
sand In Bobby's lids, and he was asleep
in ten minutes after his head struck
the pillow.
When Bobby awoke the sun was
quite high in the heavens. He heard
the word "Bobbyi' shouted in his ears
and at the same time felt himself gent
ly shaken. He did not awaken by de-
grees, but all at once. And there
standing before him and looking down
upon him, smiling. was his papa
'Why, papa ~ he exclaimed, 81
thought you were never going to come
home any more"
Santa Claus told me that he was
to bring me home to my little boy for
Christmas gift"
Bobby threw his arms around his fa-
theirs neck and hugged and hugged.
and it seemed that he would never
let go. Mamma, and Edith and Jim
came in and so great was the excite
ment that Bobby forgot to look for
what was in his stocking.
That was certainly the happiest
Christmas the Sawyer family ever
spent or ever would spend. Bobby
was too young to have 1t all explained
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
CHRISTMAS OF LONG AGO
Poignant Panas Come Instead of
Peace, as Season Causes Thoughts
of the Past.

Christmas, singularly enough for
JOY, is characterized by sadness. The
time of year, which is supposed to be
fraught with good cheer, is laden with
pain. Instead of peace, there are ex-
perienced poignant pangs.
Nor is it cynicism which says SO;
the average man in the street will tell
you the same. Neither is grabbed age
sponsor for the crotchetS of the time;
unless, indeed, grabbed age begins in
this hurried era when a man passes
his majority. Nor is the tragic contrast
between the cloud, which now for the
fifth Christmas darkens Europe and
the world, and the bright star of Beth
lehem the reason for the somber tone
that sounds beneath the gay notes of
the season, as the deep diapason of the
organ rolls beneath the ripping mel
ody. No; it is none of these things
which imparts to Christmas the SOM
berness which is apparent to every
body who has passed into years of ma
turity.
It's memory that does it. Memory
plays tricks with us on these days.
Perhaps more than ON any other hon-
day our minds revert to Christmases
that used to be. We like to think about
it; we like to read the Christmas
Carol, because it puts in everlasting
words the emotion of gladness which
used to dominate that day. No mat
ter how humble the home, memory
paints lit in wonderful colors Oh this
one day. from the time we jumped
from the warm bed long before dawn
and scampered across the cold floor
to get the stocking which somehow
had been stuffed during the night, rG
the end of the plethoric home festival,
when, candy-smeared and filled to the
point of repletiOn We were rescued
from the wreck of toys and packed
wearily off to sleep, more or less
troubled with painful suggestions of
turkey and mince pie.
There is only one thing that caR
make Christmas real to a grown-up,
and that is to do something for some
body who cannot pay it back. That
otherism is, we begin TO suspect, the
thing which dominated the Christmas
es that used to be and made them so
real that they remain warm in mem
DRY. Unless you would have memory
become q dry specter, you yourself
must make real for little children of
the now the pictures which memory
conjures up for you of the Christmases
that used to be.-Saturday Globe.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
TOO WEAK
TO FIGHT

The Comeback man was really never
iown-and-out. His weakened condition
because of overwork, lack of exercise, inn
proper eating and living demands stinnula-
tion to satisfy the cry for health-giving
appetite and the refreshing sleep essential
to strength. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
Capsules, the National Remedy of Holland,
will do the work. They are wonderful.
Three of these capsules each day will put
man on his feet before he knows it:
whether his trouble comes from uric acid
poisoning, the kidneys, gravel or stone in
the bladder, stomach arrangement or other
ailments that befall the over-zealous Amer
lean. The best known, most reliable rem
edy for these troubles is GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules. This remedy has
stood the test for more than 200 years
tories in Holland It acts directly and
gives relief at once. Don't wait until you
are entirely down-and-out. but take them
today. Your druggist will gladly refund
your money if they do not help you. Ac-
rept no substitutes. Look for the name
GOLD MEDAL on every box. three sizes:
They are the pr.-e, original, imported
HARLEM Oil Capsules
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
HOW Smokes" ARE JUDGED
Flashy Bands and the Wrappers
Claimed to Add Imagined Fla
Vors, in Some Instances.

This is the time of year when jokes
about the cigars bought by women for
husbands and other objects of their af-
fection bring in an appreciable and ap-
preciated contribution toward the an
nual revenue of all professional hunor
lists, says New York Times. They are
a harmless and even estimable
folk, the humorists, and nobody, un-
necessarily, would do anything, es-
pecially with the cost of living what
it Is now, to increase the difficulty
they have in meeting their bills. Still.
justice is justice, and, unless it is
a fact that Christmas-present cigars
are of the quality asserted by the Jest
ers, gains made out of ridiculing them
are the products of an inaccuracy in it.
self reprehensible, and it Is made the
worse by the lack of consideration for
the tender sensibilities of the fair
which it illustrates.
So far AS known, there has never
been made Of the Christmas cigar that
intensive study which alone would
warrant the light and careless con-
demnation bestowed upon it. That
either denuneialton or ridicule is de-
served by it, however, can safely he
reld more than dubious, and for sew
cral reasons.
The Christmas-cigar joke rests on
the assumption that men have knowl-
edge as well as opinions as to the in
trinsic merits Of tobacco-if 1t has any
and no assumption could be made
Eerflous than that. The truth is that
men judge cigars very largely by ex-
ternalities and irrelevancies. A pret.
tily gilded band adds confidently imag-
ined flavor to many cigar that is or
ought to be cheap, and few indeed are
, the men who found Judgment on any
thing that goes deeper than the "wrap-
per-" If that be pleasing to the eye
the vast majority Of them say the
cigar is good.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20

We rub the price marks Off our gifts
before we send them out. but we some
times forget to erase them from our
memories. We are too likely to recall
how much this gift cost, either in mon
ey or work, and that remembrance
makes us look little doubtfully at
our friends gifts. We wonder if it
is quite as snowy, quite as costly. as
the one we sent. When we finish rub
bing out the price marks on our own
Christmas gifts, let us take a different
sort of eraser, and remove them from
our memory.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
The American Duchess.


"The duchess of Marlborough" said
a London correspondent, still looks
like a young girl. saw our 'Ameri-
can Duchess as the English call her.
at charity concert last month with
her two stalwart soldier sons, the
marquis of Blandford and Lord Ivor
Spencer Churchill, and she looked
more like the young mems sister than
their mother
"The duchess retains all her girlish
wit. A patroness at the concert came
to her and said:
"Did you know, duchess, we're to
have an extra number? Dear Lady
Constance has volunteered ia give us
one of her barefoot Persian Dances
'The duchess turned to her soldier
sons and said with smile:
Didn't I tell you, when I spilled
the salt at luncheon. that something
dreadful was bound to happenT"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
"Why, Papa!n be Exclaimed.

to him, but when he is older his mother
intends to tell HIM that his father was
on vessel that was torpedoed and
sunk. Mr.. Sawyer was reported miss
ing, but he was picked up out of the
water by an American cruiser and in
time managed to get home. After word
came that he was saved the letter was
written to Bobby by his sister as from
Santa Claus, and afterwards tele-
gram came saying that his father
would be home on Christmas morning.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
Throunh the Anes-

We shall miss the larger meanings
Of Christmas If we do not include in
our thought the march of Christ down
the centuries, each of which he has
made better than its predecessor for
women and children, and others as
poor as he was, and his mother and the
workman's household to which he be-
longed. The best Christmas gift we
can receive is the "unspeakable gift"
of Christ in. the heart. The best gift
we can give is the gift of body and
soul, our two mites, to Christ.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
The Boys Are All Away

How shall we wreathe the holly?
How hang the mistletoe?
How shall we keep the Christmas feast
With the joy we used to know,
When on the happy Christmas Day
The boys are all away?
The holly pricked their fingers
And brought wee drops of red,
When caught beneath the nistletoe
The laughing lassies fed.
No romping games this year we'n play
The boys are all away.
But we will never shame the lads
With hearts so bold and true
Well never mix our Christmas greens
With eombre boughs OF yew;
With courage high We'll learn to say:
1.-The boys are all away
Wen keep the heart and make the home
As bright as bright can be
And sing the carols old and sweet
OF Christ's nativity,
Like Mary smile, the while we pray
For all the boys away.
-Ethelbert D. Warf1eld.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
HOLIDAY SEASON IN ITALY
Or. Grenfeil of Labrador Fame
Explains Christmas Observances
in the Sunny Land.

Travellers visiting Rome while it
was still the center of land of peace,
ound Christmas there q day of joy
business; and the merry bells of many
churches. ushering in the day, spoke
the familiar language of home.
Just before the war, Dr. Grenfell,
of Labrador fame, INDUCED in the
unusual luxury of a brief holiday in
Europe, after years of tireless service
among the fishermen. His journey
brought him and Mrs. Grenfell to
Rome just as the many religious and
civil observances of the Christmas
season were about to take place.
The decorations, the greetings, and
the crowds flocking in and out of
churches, emphasized the spirit of the
season. "All the places of worship into
which we peeped," he says, were
ablaze with lights, while professions
of priests in glittering robes. with so
norous chOruses and ascending incense,
appealed to the various senses"
At one church they viewed the five
nOdrCS DeleNeu 10 nave IoFILeu II part
of the cradle of our LORD.
The American Episcopal Church of
st. Paul, where they worshiped on
Christmas morning, was crowded with
the Protestant population of the Holy
City. A feature of the service was the
dedicating of beautiful new mosaic,
covering one entire wall of the church.
OF the Coliseum, says DIR. .Grenfell,
I'VE could think of no place better to
suggest to our minds the communion
of the saints; and as we walked
round the tiers of seats we could see
again the men of like passions with
ourselves giving their lives for the
same Master We claim to serve"
When darkness had fellen the trav-
ellers were attracted by numbers of
bright lights over by the Porta San
Giovanni. These proved to announce
''aH the fun of a fair''-tfere in Italy
| just as one finds them in this coun-
try at county fair"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
A Repeated Messaoe.

Every year Christmas repeats it's
message: Fear God no more. He
brings liberty to the enslaved, light
to the despairing, purer joy to the
glad. He is the Comforter of the
sorrowing. the Physician Ct the sick,
the Healer Of the sinful, the Friend
and Companion of man.-W. D. NesbIt.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
9p1atsth1N

z q 2
o month far famed! For festive days
and nights renowned,
Joy fraught, with hallowed benedictions
crowned;
Life's annual clearing house for retro
spective thought,
Where pensive memory recalls the smiles,
the tears
The hopes and joys of youth. the loves of
vanished years,
And sighs to see the havoc, sad that
Time has wrought.
o hoary month! In regions of the north
and east
The song of bird and ripping of tine
brook have ceased,
And Natures thousand charms of sum-
mer days have fled,
There Boreas reigns, fierce god of wind
and storms;
And winter all of verdure into brown
and white transforms
And leaves no trace of life and beauty
Sped
o happy month! When keen anticipation,
sweet,
Flies swift on wings of ardent love to
greet
kindred near.
AS Winter closer draws his icy fettered
chains
The heart expands and love unseldsh
reigns
And speeds it's largess to the ones most
dear.
Illustrious months of most illustrious
birthi
Good tidings, peace and joy to all the
earth
A heavenly choir announced when Christ
was born.
No other birth such mighty portent bore.
This Prince of Peace whom heaven and
| earth adore.
How thrills the heart at thought of
| Christmas morn!
j. c. Oliver in Los Angeles Times.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
Eornot to Mail EN-,

Mr.. Flatbush-I see by this paper
that the United States government last
year produced 9,T73, $4,000 postage
stamps.
Mrs. F1atbush-It would be more In
teresting to me to learn of that num-
Der how many you forgot to use.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
The Dav of Charity

christmas is indeed the season of
regenerated feeling-the season for
hndling not merely the fires of hos
pitality in the hall. but the general
flame of charity In the heart.-Wash-
ington Irving.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20

Ne matter how early the bargain
counter clerk comes in he can't avoid
the rush.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20

III some way, no matter how hard nor
low humble the service.
By seeing what our life is now, we
know what our ideals have been. Each
Of us is the child of his ideals.-Gjrl's
Companion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20

complained that he did not like corn
bread.
"Oh, yes you do, the mother said
TITS delicious"
When they were seated at the table
the little soh who did not understand
the meaning of many words, said:
"Well, give me some of your reli-
gious corn bread then"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
A Common Human Failing.

1t is undoubtedly more blessed to
give than to receive; but it is hu-
man failing to compare the value of
| Christmas gifts.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-20
A Ghrtatmtaa Trre
Bg Gharlra 3trkpttH

IE UI1drlPH satfkpttH B
e I have been looking on this a
e evening at a merry company M
JS OF children assembled round &
: that pretty French toy, a Y
T Christmas tree. The tree was ~
e planted on the middle of a
g great round table and tow (
4 cred high above their heads.
r 1t was brilliantly lighted by q
T a multitude of little tapers b
q and everywhere sparkled and 4
Is glittered with bright objects. 1
4. There were rosy-cheeked dolls y
Y hiding behind the green 3
e leaves, and there were real 4
rs watches with movable hands. 4
Il at least, and an endless ca
Y pasity for being wound up) y
e dangling from innumerable E
E@ twigs. There were French K
Is polished tables, chairs, bed /
\. steads, Wardrobes, eight-'lay =
" clocks and various other ar q
9 ticles of domestic furniture Il
ES wonderfully made in tin at j
Is Wolverhampton) perch ed y
Y among the boughs, as if in i
" preparation for some fairy 4
II housekeeping. 4
Ia There were jolly, broad &
p faced little men, much more 8,
v agreeable in appearance than q
u many real men, and no Won B
Ia der, for their heads took off ]
Il and showed them to be full =
. of sugar plums. There were y
NJ fiddles and drums. There B
Ia were tambourines. books, j
1ls workboXes, paint boxes, peep >,
e show boxes, sweetneat boxes y
" and all kinds of boxes. !
sR There were trinkets for the B
III older girls, far brighter than
9x any grownup gold and jew =
y els. There were baskets and i
NJ pincushions in all devices. i
SH There were guns, swords and I
% banners, real fruit. made ar
II tificially dazzling with gold .
" leaf; imitation apples. pears
W and walnuts, crammed with J
Ia surprises. In short, as n
Sx pretty child before me de-
81 lightedly whispered to anoth- !
W er pretty child, her bosom /
gH friend, "There was every
ae thing, and more"
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