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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

We all know and feel the blessed priv
 ilege it is to be able to give to so great
 and so heroic cause as the French war
 orphan fund, to assist even in so slight
 a manner as comes to most of us, the
 children of the glorious men who are
 bearing the great burden of this wor.f
 catastrophe with such grim stoicism- those daring, courageous, Frenchmen,
 and when the events of this great world war are recorded and the names of those who have done their bit are written iI flaming letters, none will more nobly de- serve praise and credit than the fino young women of the Southern Bell Tel-- phone company, whose sweetness, gener- osity and patriotism make it possible for 12 out of the large number of French was babies to be cared for.
 It is touching example of exquisite heart interest, of the real sisterhood or women, when band of girls has done the big, patriotic thing that these girls are doing, and beyond and above all else-'Inasmuch as ye have done it to tho least of these'-there is rich blessing awaiting such human kindness in the great beyond!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
By DOLLY DALRYMpLR

many of the little war orphans as we
 could.
 We have adopted" Miss Christainsen
 said, t12 little French war babies, and
 we are just as/proud as we can be. The
 girls are very enthusiastic over the situ..
 ation and have been so generous-would,
 indeed, have been more so, had it been
 necessary; every girl has given $1 for the
 support of this fund, and as there are
 something like 800 girls in the employ of
 tn, Southern Bell Telephone company in
 this district, and it takes $36.50 year
 to maintain one little orphan, we have been able to adopt the P war babies.
 "Throughout the district including Bir-
 mingham, Woodlawn, Ensley and West
 End" Miss Christiansen said, "our four- minute speakers presented our plans, and
 in many places they spoke the fund had
 already been made up by the girls so that there was really no necessity for speech
 'As for the Red Cross york; Miss Christiansen said, i've have done great deal of sewing and knitting; We had some
 vacant space in the telephone building. and we rented machines and with Miss Hattie Wyatt Fancher in charge of the sewing and Mrs. c. F. Orr as most wei come visitor and instructor, we did a tremendous amount of sewing. The girls have frequent rest periods and it was then that they SeWed; some or them were so enthusiastic that they would come
 ahead of their regular hours in order to sew The knitting was under the direc- ton of Miss Sammie Dickson, with Mrs T. l.. Hill ae instructor, and our average was 100 per cent No less enthusiastic have the girls been in the Liberty Loan drives, and our army, which is the Sigma. Corps, of the British army of the allied armies, is ready to be sent anywhere for any war measure that happens to need us. 4sT8 "The main thing about the war worS of the girls of the Southern Bell Teie- phone company. Miss Christiansen said lis the splendid spirit that characterlzes it. I never saw such enthusiasm and such generosity in all my life. Why, the
 girls would gladly give much more to the French war orphan fund, but we deemed it advisable to limit the amount | to s1 so we would have some money left for other drives that will be coming 5 along presently"
 we have asked for six girl babies aud six boys," Miss Christiansen said, i'and when the money is turned over to Col. 1 T. o. Smith for our 12 war babies, we want to secure the pictures of the chil. dren and let our friends see the little tots
 we have adopted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
LIEUT.. BASIL M. CLARKE
 RECEIVES HONOR

Through a letter from Lieut.. Robert c. Thach to his mother, Mrs. Robert H Thach, the news has been received in Birmingham that Lieut.. Basil M. Clarke has been made a member of the Eng fish royal air service.
 This is distinct compliment to Lieutenant Clarke, who is one of the brightest and most popular young men who ever lived in Birmingham. Lieutenant Clarkes career in the army has been watched with great in- terest by the hundreds of friends of this clever young man, and also those of his mother, Mrs j. Rivers Carter one of the most beloved women in all Birmingham. and sincere congretula- tions are offered to both on the splen- did success Lieutenant Clarke has at- tained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
INFORMAL PARTY FOR THE
 LITTLE MISSES WEBB

The two pretty little Demopolis girls, Misses Marie Louise and Adelaide Webb. who are the guests of Col. and Mrs. Alexander Garber, received a num- Der of charming little Birmingham girls informally on Wednesday after, noon.
 Mrs. Garber, in her usual delightful manner, welcomed the little coterie and a delightful hour was spent at the hcspitable home of the hostess. Among those who were included in the party to meet the little visitors were Jane and Kitty Barrett, Alexan- dra London, Helen Jackson and her cousin, Elizabeth Jackson of Missis- sppi. Mary Hansell and Margaret Shook,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
News of Society and Activities of W0nn@m

stationed at Camp Dix. New Jersey, the wedding to take place in September. 1 Miss Smyer is lovely Birmingham belle who has been quite popular in military circles in Anniston this year.
 Her many admirers will be interested to learn of her approaching marriage to Lieutenant rawford.-Anniston
 Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
MIR. STAFFORD HOST
 AT LUNCHEON PARTY

MT. Al Stafford was host at lunch con at the Tutwiler in honor of Miss Katherine Gardner of New York city, the guest of Miss Madeline Jacobs, Tuesday. Among those included in MT. Stafford's hospitality were Miss Kath- crime Gardner, Miss Jordan Prince, Miss Virginia Hassinger Miss Madeline Jacobs, Miss Mary Stiles. MT. Tom Poe, Mir Frank Loy. MT. Jack Hornady, Mir. H. Heninger and Mr. Joe Madden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
Home Service Department

The home service department of the Red Cross has it's rooms on the second floor of the Brown Marx building, corner First avenue and Twentieth street. The number is 235. Miss Kate Rogers is in charge.
 All relatives of soldiers who desire directions as to allotments or any i.i- formation can apply at any time ,o the Home Service Department
 American Expeditionary Force,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

OOWn anu got so
 weak 1 could hardly stand, and hadhead- aches every day. l tried everything I could think of and was under a phy- sician's care for two years. A girl friend had used Lydia E.
 Pink h am's Vege- table Compound and
 she told me about it. From the first day I took itI began
 to feel better and now I am well and able to do most any k in d of work. I have been recom- mendinp tha Com-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

pound ever since and give you my per- mission to publish this letter. Miss Flo KELLY, 476 So. 14th St., Newark, N. J.
 The reason this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, was so successful in Miss Kelly's case was because it went to the root of her trouble, restored her to a normal healthy condition and as result her nervousness disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

raine Engel, who has been the guest of relatives in Baltimore for the past few weeks. Mrs H. w. Graham has received word that her son. led Grahani. has arrived safely overseas. Mrs Smith T. Johnson and little daughter, Nancy Herndon Johnson, i have returned home from Meridian, | Miss, where they attended the we'd ding of Miss Rowena Johnson to MT. Malcolm McDuffie. Dr. Norbourne Page Cooke has re- ceived his commission as captain in the medical corps and expects to leave in 10 days for Fort Oglethorpe. Mrs. Cooke will accompany him. ! Mrs. Walker Percy and her daughter, 1 Mrs. Matthew Murphy, and little grand son. Matthew Murphy, Jr., expect to winter
 | Miss Elizabeth Cater of Anniston is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Tibbin, at her home on South Eighteenth street
 Mrs. Eugene Munger has joined her sister, Mrs. Gordon of Dallas, Tex, in | l two weeks. 1 Mrs Morris Marx stopped in Washing 1 ton for day en route to New forK Mrs Marx was accorded warm welcome at the headquarters for home service Tn the national capital and her aualifica- | ticns for active work were very highly con mended.
 Mir. and Mrs w. T. Giles and three sons, Lamar, Louis and Collins Wright, formerly of this city, have motored rom Palm Beach, Fla, to Macon, Ga. Before returning they will motor to Birmingham. where they will visit Mrs. Giles sister Mrs. R. D. Stewart. and Mrs. John A. Ward.
 Miss Ella Ackers, who is visiting the Misses Middleton at Pleasant Hill. Will be the guest of friends in Selma perore returning to her home in this city:
 
 Mrs. John D. Elliott has gone to Gads- den, where she is the guest of Rev. and Mrs Frank Brandon.
 
 Mrs. Joseph McLester left for Rock ford, H., to visit her son, Lieut.-Coi James McLester who is stationed there Oliver Limbaugh of Talladega is the guest of Mir. Donaho of this city. He will remain several weeks
 
 Mir and Mrs. NJ. c. Heine, their son Morris, Jr and their guest. Mrs. Robert Turner of Philadelphia have returned from motor trip to Anniston. Mrs. William Ozment of Tuscaloosa brought her son. Phillip Ozment, to Bir- minsham this week for an operation or his tonsils Mrs Julius S. Glass, formerly Miss Belle Ellis of Uniontown. is the guest Tor few days of Miss Amelia Worthington Mrs. Ed Warren and her children are expected to return from Albany on Thursday. having spent six weeks With Mrs. Warren's mother. Mrs. Augusta Blackwell
 Mrs. Margaret Weller. her daughter Mru. John Builder, Miss Margaret and
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
INDIANA BOYS
 APPRECIATE CANTEEN HERE

Workers at the canteen established at the Terminal station are in receipt of a message here appended:
 It. Sheridan, Ala, Aug. Is, 1918. The Canteen Workers of the American Red Cross:
 We wish to show our appreciation and we thank you very much for the service you did for us when we came in on the troop train from Ft. Thomas, Ky, on August 12. You surely are do- ing your part.
 FROM THE INDIANA BOYS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
MISS COMFORT HONOR
 GUEST AT MATINEE PARTY

Mrs. Louis Haller was hostess Wednesday afternoon entertaining at a Lyric party in compliment to Miss Au- gusta D. Comfort of Pittsburg, Pa., who is visiting Mrs. L. J. Lively, IT,, at the Ridgely.
 The guests were Miss Comfort, Mrs. Lively, Mrs. c. R. Lander, Mrs Rick ard Haughten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
HOBBS-IRVINE
 WEDDING SOLEMNIZED

The marriage of Miss Kate Irvine of Huntsville and MT. Frances David efobbs of Macon, Ga, was quietly sol- emnized at the home of the brides sister. Mrs. J. T. Miller Tuesday aft ernoon at 3:30 o'clock, in the presence of a few relatives and friends. Rev. J. T. Miller performer the ceremony. MT. and Mrs Hobbs left for Macon, where they will make their home in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
NO NEED OF DRAFT
RED CROSS CAR

There is at the little mining camp o1 Maxine a seven passenger Studebaker owned and driven by Mrs. c. G Gardnei of that place and known to everyone there as the Red Cross car. The Rec Cross unit for that vicinity is located at Alliance, a rural community foui miles from Maxine and several Of the members live there. Mrs. Gardner loads all of them into her car and DICKS ul others who live along the way, so, by the time she reaches the serving room she has just as many as can hang on Tn this way she makes it possible TOT many to attend who otherwise couldn get there.
 Mrs Gardner also often delivers sew. ing for the stay-at-home workers, ano in addition she has made more garments at home than any other woman in thf unit.
 The splendid work done by Mrs. GaTe' ner is most remarkable in that she en- joys no domestic servant. but has the entire care of four lovely children and their gallant father. Isn't this record for this heroic woman?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
Red Cross Bulletin

The work of the American Red cross has grown 10 such propor- tions in its efforts to relieve sui fering humanity that The Age-Her- ala will publish a Red Cross bulle- tin daily. Contributions to this column from workers throughour the district will be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
Announcements

Fountain Heights Red Cross unit No l will meet this morning at 9'30 o'clock. A new allotment of material has been received and all members are requested to be on hand with tilimbles and scis- sors. Signed, Mrs Joe Weaver. chair man.
 The Woodlawn Christian Temperance Union will have it's regular business meeting this afternoon at o'clock in the Woodlawn Red Cross room.
 The Y. P. E. Patriotic Service band will meet this afternoon at , oclook k in the Woodlawn library.
 The Catholic Red Cross unit of Woodlawn will not hold their regular meeting today on account of the short age of materials.
 All captains of Red Cross companies are requested to serve at inspection table at central workrooms. Captains may confer with Mrs. Crawford John son as to the days on which they serve.
 The knitting department is open only on Tuesday and Saturday fl om 1e q. m. to D. m. Persons desiring to get wool for sweaters or to return the finished sweaters will please come on these days.
 The Mother Goose club will rect this morning with Mrs. Harris, 1923 South Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
WITHINGTON-DESHAZO
 WEDDING ANNOUNCED

Mir. and Mrs. John M. DeShazo an nounce the marriage of their daughter, Madeline, to Lieut.. William H. With ington, which was an event of August 16 at Trenton, N. J.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Secretary of Labor Wilson has an- nounced the establishment of a woman's division in the department of labor as a recognition of the great importance of the work of women in industry and the necessity for national policy in r1ovnent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
lN AIRS. Nathan L. Miller entertained
 Il\WII at luncheon at the Country club 9VI MednesdaY in honor of Mrs.

Ben Hagood (Mamie Morrow) of Charleston, who is the guest of Mrs. John M. Caldwell.
 Mrs. Miller's guests included Mrs. Hagood, Mrs. Caldwell. Mrs. Charles O.. Locke. Mrs. Warner Shook, Mrs. Hugh Morrow and Mrs. Sam Earle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
COMMENT ON SMYER-
 CRAWFORD ENGAGEMENT

Mr. and Mrs Rufus B. Smyer an- nounce the engagement of their daugh- ter, Miriam Pratt, to Lieut.. David Dunlap Crawford of Baltimore, now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Lindsay Builder, are expected home the latter part of the week from two weeks stay on the gulf and will be ac- companied by Miss Lemoype Phares of Mobile.
 Miss Margaret Whitman of Atlanta and
 Miss Rogers Gibbons of Charlotte, N. C., will arrive Friday on visit to Miss
 Martha Collier at the home of her par ents, Mir. and Mrs. l.. w. Collier, on South Twenty ty-eighth street. The three girls were friends at Sweetbriar college. Mrs. w. w. Fulghum has returned from two months stay in Virginia
 and North Carolina. Her daughter, Miss Mary Alice Gatling, remained in North Carolina to take an automobile trip with her grandparents, expecting to return to Birmingham early in September. Mrs. Hattie Earle Porter has gone to Anniston on a visit to Mrs. Kathleen Hundley Cunningham.
 The friends of Mrs. Joseph Leland will
 learn with regret that this popular ma tron is quite ill at St. vincent's infirmary, following serious operation, and a hope for an early and complete recovery is expressed on every side.-Tuscaloosa News.
 Miss Emily Fies will leave in the fall Tor New York; where she will be a stu dent at Columbia university. Mrs. Eugene Brown of New York, for l merly Madeline Royster of Birmingham,
 is the guest of Mrs. Margaret McCor-
 mack Glespy, and is receiving a most cordial welcome from scores of friends
 who are delighted to welcome her back
 to her old home.
 Little Misses Marie Louise and Ade-
 laide Webb of Demopolis, daughters oi MT. and Mrs. John T. Webb, Jr., arc visiting Col. and Mrs Alexander Gar Der The little ladies are the grandnieces
 ot Colonel Garber and peice of Mir. A. c Garber.
 MT. and Mrs. L. B. Sparks have re. turned to Boaz, after a visit to MT. anC
 Mrs. A. c. Stephens.
 Miss Elizabeth Stephenson is visiting her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. l.. B. Sparks at Boaz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Word has been received by relatives here that Lieut. William P. Engel has received promotion to captaincy and is being transferred to the United States to assist in the organizations of troops here, and also that Lieut.. Ifv- ing Engel has been made an instruc- tor of field artillery firing in France. The many friends of these tive young Birmingham boys will rejoice i.1 their promotions.
 Mrs. William r. Engel has returned to her hoae in Birmingham after an extended trip of three months to reIa- tives in New York city, Edgemore, Long Island and Baltimore. She was accompanied home by Miss Bertha To-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
RED CROSS BULLETIN

With reference to this emergency cali for nurses, Miss Jane A. Delano, direc- tor of the department of nursing of the Am srican Req Cross, made the following statement:
 The 5000 graduate nurses called for by the army in groups of 1000 per week are in addition to more than 12,ooo nurses already supplied by the American Red Cross to the United States government for active service. With complete conf dence in the answer which the 5o,Oco graduate nurses, not yet enrolled in the United States, will make to this sum mons to care for our sick and wounded have called upon the Red Cross agenct.' and all training school superintendents ,N carry the message quickly to every grad tate nurse remaining in their communl- ties. We plan to bring this call per sonally to each of the nurses not yet h war service and l feel that all who phys ically able to render this military serVice will enroll at once. l know the sterhnS character of the American trained nurse over many years I have seen her sell sacrificing concentration to duty. She lS ntelligently patriotic. She is proud to De chosen from millions of women anxious to care for the sick as representatives of American womannood permitted 'o wear the army and navy uniform in ou' military establishments.
 NO NEED OF DRAFT
 There will be no need to draft nurses American nurses would not thus peuf the traditions of their profession. In all wars they have been prompt volunteers of mercy, and the spirit of Florence Nightingale is still alive.
 T would however urge upon each graduate nurse eligible for active serV- ice the great necessity for immediate decision and enrolment. The army mus have these 1000 nurses. week and l an hopeful that within q month the Red Cross will have the entire 5000 listed and awaiting orders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
1000 NURSES A WEEK

Surgeon General Gorgas of the United
 states army, has called upon the Ameri .
 can Red Cross to enroll for military serv-
 Ice at home and abroad 1000 nurses a
 week for the ensuing eight weeks. .rhe
 Red Cross announces that it has set it's
 organization machinery in motion for the
 purpose of complying with the surg con
 generals request
 The nurses for military service have been enrolling through the Red Cross since the United States entered the war at the rate Of about 10O0 a month. Dur. ing the recent special c-ort put forth to obtain nurses, the enrolment increased about threefold. In order to meet the most recent request of the surgeon gen eral that rate will not only have to be maintained, but increased materially. The surgeon generals call is as follows: Tn view or the great need of a large in- crease in the number of nurses required for service with the army at home and abroad, I call upon your organizations, as chief nurse recruiting agency of the army, to employ every possible means to in- crease the enrolment of nurses for irn-
 mediate assignment to uuty.
 With the contemplated increase in the army, both at home and overseas, there must be a proportionate increase in the number of nurses in the service. The army today is growing faster than the nurse corps is increasing. and, as the l armies overseas enter the front iine l trenches in greater numbers, the greater 1 Will be the need for nurses in the army nurse corps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
cHILDREN,s RED CROSS WORK,

The sum of $4.35 was presented to the Red Cross by Lillie Bell Herring anc Hunter McWilliams, who kept stanf for two days in front of Kilby's and sold water mellons, ice cream, sand wiches and apples.
 The o. Y. P. Girls club sod ice cream for the benefit of the Red Cross, and made S1, which they presented to the chapter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
RANDOM NOTES

Miss Jocelyn Orr left Wednesday for Black Mountain, N. C., to visit her aunt, Mrs. James Weatherly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
A NERVOUS
 BREAKDOWN Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Restored
 Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three years 1 suffered from nervous break
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
SAMMY" HACKERS

Encourage and keep in good cheer Sammy" at his training camp or at the front by sending him The Age-Herald regularly. Prove your personal interest in this war by being faithful baelxe.. The subscription, price by mail is only 65c month. Send your sub scription to
 CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
 THE AGErHERAI4D
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
NURSES NEEDED IMMEDIATELY

q therefore urge upon the American
 Red Cross, through it's agencies, to brlng to the attention of the trained nurses
 of this country the necessity of immedi . ate offer of service and their enrolment in the army nurse corps.
 T hesitate to deal in concrete numbers. but l desira to emphasize the fact that I need today very small material in :
 crease in the army nurse corps and de- sire this increase in the ratio of at least a thousand week for the next two months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
CHAIRMEN OF UNITS

Every chairman of the Birmingham Red Cross chapter is requested to bring to Mrs. w. s. Lowell at headquarters this week the list of her workers and the number of hours she has worked for the chapter An effort will be made to give out the honor crosses next week, but this will be impossible unless the chair men of the chapter bring in the neces- sary information.
 The workers at the central workroon are requested to give the same informa- tion at desk
 The members of the Areme chapte' No. 173, Order of Eastern Star, will sew today and tomorrow at the national coun' cil of defense room on the fourth flool of the Jefferson County Bank building. The Southside Baptist surgical dress ing unit will meet tomorrow at the cen tral workroom on the balcony of Love man, Joseph & Loebs store. All mem bers are urged to bep resent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

The Y. P. E. Patriotic Service band will meet this afternoon at o'clock in the Woodlawn library.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

raine Engel, who has been the guest of relatives in Baltimore for the past few weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Mrs H. w. Graham has received word that her son led GralIam, has arrived safely overseas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Mrs. Smith T. Johnson and little daughter, Nancy Herndon Johnson, have returned home from Meridian, Miss, where they attended the wed- ding of Miss Rowena Johnson to MT. Malcolm McDuffie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Mrs Morris Marx stopped in Washing ton for day en route to New YorK. Mrs. Marx was accorded a warm welcome at the headquarters for home serv1ce m the national capital and her qualifica- ticns for active work were very highly con mended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Miss Elizabeth Cater of Anniston IS the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Tippin, al her home on South Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Mrs Eugene Munger has joined her sister, Mrs Gordon of Dallas. Tex, in New York city, where they will spend two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

The Mother Goose club will rect this morning with Mrs. Harris, 1928 South Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Mrs. Julius s. Glass, formerly Miss Belle Ellis of Uniontown. is the guest for a few days of Miss Amelia Worthington.