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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-24
NEWS OF SOCIETY AND
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

vention the United States Military band
will play, with Alfred Bergan, the Chi
oago baritone, as soloist.
Kenneth Clarke music critic. musician
and composer, now song leader at Camp
Meade, U. S. A, will give demonstra-
ton of the manner by which Uncle Sam
is creating a singing army.
On Sunday afternoon May 3, Mrs.
Steele win direct a great vesper service
at Auditorium theatre the programme
to include patriotic, insprational ana
home songs OF the country, patriotic
address, songs of the allies and music by
an oratcrio chorus of $50 voices selected
from masic clubs throughout the hostess
state
On Tuesday morning. April 80, there
will be a conference of music chairmen
from every state in the union.
Mrs. steele, who has in charge also the
arrangement of all music during the BIZ
ennial, is herself a musician who studied
abroad, making oratorio and concert
work a speciality. AS president of the
Missouri Music Teachers association,
she was hostess during the st. Louis
exposition to the National Music asso.
citation. Since then she has held office
in the National Federation of Music
clubs and the National Federation OF
Womens clubs.
She announces as an unofficial part OF
the biennial music a music festival
aith Minneapolis symphony. in Little
Rock on April 20, and suggests that BIZ
enniai delegates arrange to attend this
feature err route.
Hon. Richard H. Dana, president of
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RANDOM NOTES

Mr.. Winfred Ager spent a few days
in Selma this week with Mrs. Ager
and little son. who are with rela-
tiyes.
Miss Leila Harris has returned from
a weeks stay with relatives in Tus-
caloosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Reed of Tusca-
loosa are spending few days in the
city.
Mrs. B. H. Satterwhite and Mrs. Fred
Bice of Eoline are among those at
tending the Sunday school convention
this week.
Miss Margaret Moore who is the
guest of relatives in Knoxville, viii
return home tomorrow.
Mrs. w. W. Hazard will leave soon
to join her mother, Mrs. David Rob-
erts. and her aunt. Mrs. Samuel Black.
of Mobile. on the gulf coast, where
they will remain for several weeks.
sse
Mrs. A. J. Bowron and little daugh-
ter. Ella Roden. who have spent the
past few weeks with Captain Bow
ron. are the guests of Mrs. Bowron's
mother. Mrs. 3. r. Roden.
Mrs. ]. H. Phillips. who is the guest
of relatives in Washington. will re-
turn home early in May.
The many friends Of Mr.. Robert Re-
dus. who has been i'll for the past
few weeks at st. Vincent's hospital,
will be glad to learn that he is i'm
proving and has been carried to his
home.
Owing to a severe relapse Sterling
beaumont. SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
F. Beaumont, is still at ST. Vincent's
hospital. His condition continues pre-
carious.
Friends of Mrs. John Yeatman, who
has been i'll at her home for the past
bronchitis, will be glad to learn that
she is improving.
Mrs. Robert Burnett and little son,
Richard II. left a few days ago for
Allentown, Pa, where they will spend
sometime with Mr.. Burnett, who is
stationed at Camp Crane. They will
be Joined later by Mrs. r. D. Bur-
nett and will spend several weeks at
/ Atlantic City.
Mrs. Murray HitchcoclSe will leave
Saturday for Hot Springs to attend
the biennial convention OF the Wom-
ems clubs.
Mrs. n. A. Barrett will be among
the Birmingham women who will leave
| on Saturday for Hot Springs to attend
| the biennial of Women's clubs being
held there next week
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HNH1CIl1lS is practically the tlrst pup
lie announcement of the am
bition of the board of the
Nursery guild to establish a permanent
department at the Mercy Home to De
known as a memorial room for the pur-
pose of taking care of the tiniest, littlest
and youngest babies which are sent to us
from all sections of the city, county and
state, and realizing as we do that we
are the only organization in the state
which does this work. 1 feel that we
should be all the more ardent in our de-
sire to consummate our plans and lay the
foundation stone of our ambition at an
early date now"
Mrs. George D. Reynolds, who is the
president of the Nursery guild and also
organizer of this worthy branch of the
Mercy Home work three years ago., is
one of the most earnest and energetic
Of the many splendid women who are
connected with this work., and she said
a few days ago, in speaking of the
Nursery guild, that the statement quoted
above covered the line of endeavor to a
large extent which is in the minds and
hearts of the people interested in the
work.
"The endless chain of parties and gath
erings which was instituted for the ben
eft of the Nursery guild short time
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ANNOUNCEMENTS


The Arcane chapter. o. e. s., will
noon from to o'clock at the home
of Mrs. l. j. Cope. 1925 North Twelfth
avenue.
The Catholic Woman's club of West
End will meet this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock with Mrs. David Minis, Sunny
side station.
The Judson alumnae will hold it's
regular meeting this afternoon at 3
o'clock in the parlors of the Civic as
ISOLATION. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended any visiting alumnae to attend
The Huntsville Avenue c. l.. s. C..
will meet this afternoon with Mrs
Brownlee.
1t is announced that the layc.s
made by the Mother Goose club for
the Red Cross will be packed on Sat
urday at headquarters, Loveman, Jo-
seph & Loeb. and that all interested
are invited to view these little gar
ments before they are shipped to Eu-
rope.
The Norwood Delphia club will meet
tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Harry
Waters. 1419 North Thirty-second
street
All women interested in the study
Of parliamentary law are invited to
attend the regular monthly meeting Of
the Parliamentary Law club this morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock. directors room,
Civic association. Subject of study at
this meeting. Organization" includ
ing the different methods Of nominat-
ing and electing.
The city mission board will meet to-
First Methodist church.
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the Civil Service Reform association,
will be chief speaker on the civil service
reform programme to be arranged by
Mrs. Frederick II. Cole of Nebraska, fol-
lowing ner national report on May b
of the biennial programme. Mr.. Dana,
who is a son-in-law of the poet Long
fellow, was a speaker on the New YORK
biennial programme and guest of honor
at civil service luncheon.
Jane Adams and Mrs. Herbert Hoover
will be among the speakers on eonserva-
ton conference, dated for Friday, May
5. Mrs. John d. Sherman of the Chicago
Womans club will preside.
Surgeon General Rupart Blue, United
States department of health, and Julia
Lathrop will speak on the public health
conference which also occurs on Friday.
May 8. General Blue will have on exhi-
bition throughout the convention the
United States public health demonstra-
ton car. Mrs. Elmer Blair of New
York, national chairman of health. and
Mrs. c. ~. Garrison, chairman of health
for Arkansas, will preside over the pub
lie health programmes
In connection with her department
programme, Mrs. Joseph c. Gawler OF
Washington state, besides conference
on Thursday, May 2, will be in charge
of the greatest home economics exhibit
ever gotten together, an exhibit of the
government canning clubs work, with
each state represented, states product
show and a conference on clothing and
textiles.
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81 RRS. William D. Steele Of Missouri,
lNMll head of the music department OF
&VS the General Federation, an
nounces that at the national music con-
terence which wal be the feature of the
q F. w. C. biennial programme on
THURSDAY afternoon, May ?, that Mrs.
Edward Mcdowell, wife Of the American
composer. will tell Of the Peterborough
colony. Mrs. FRAMES Z. Clark on this
conference programme will speak on
..aiuslc h,ducation:" AIRS. David Allan
Campbell on work Of Music Clubs Of
America. Mrs. Jessie L. Gaynor, on
Child Music" Others equally well
known in the music void will particle
pate and the principal speaker for the
department will be one of national repu-
tation.
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to maintain the standard of the Mercy
Home which has always obtained. or
course, the Mercy Home has struggled
continuously against the most difficult
obstacles from it's existence because of
the fact that it is an independent char
ity absolutely with no help from any
source except what can be borrowed or
begged The demands are tremendous
upon the Mercy Home. for the whole
state of Alabama looks to this institution
to take care of the little babies which
are sent to US. Sometimes they are not
three months old, sometimes older. but
it requires great deal OF money to take
Continued From Page Nine)
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MEETING OF
cOTrNSELORS CALLED

Mrs. William T.. Johnson and Mrs.
r. l.. Durant, leaders of the young
people of Birmingham Baptist assocla-
ton, call meeting of all counselors
of young people and as many OF the
Young people as care to meet them at
the civic association tomorrow at IL
o'clock for LUNCH and to discuss plans
for future work.
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DOUGLASS-GROSS

Mrs Lydia Gross of Birmingham an
nounces the marriage of her daugh-
ter. May, to Lieut.. August Douglas,
formerly of this city, THURSDAY April
1s. The wedding was quiet one and
took place in New York city
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WEAVER STANDEFER

Miss Mary III. Standefer Of Slrmlhs-
ham and Mr. J. William weaver OF
Chattanooga, Tenn. were marrled SUI
urday afternoon by DIR. j. A. Bryan
nastor % the Third Presbyterian
church, at his home on south i1isn-
lands.
After the ceremony they were en-
tertained at the home of the brldes
aunt Mrs. Harry r. Smell, on North
Highlands.
The out-of-town guests were MI
and Mrs. Alvia F'riar of Chattanooga
Tenn. sergt. and Mrs B. f. House
of Camp Gordon, Mr.. and Mrs. James
L. Bethea of Tittusville, Fla" Mr. and
Mrs. weaver will make their home at
present at 900 Fannie street. Chat-
tanooga, Tenn.
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will be a celebration of holy communion
at st. Marry 's-on-the-Hi ghlands tomor-
row morning at $50 o'clock.
Immediately afterward the conference
of the Birmingham conversational district
will take place in the Sunday scnooi
room. Mrs. Charles Henderson, president
of the womans auxiliary to the boara
of missions in Alabama, presiding
Mr.. Robert G. Tatum, a theological
student at Sewanee, will speak at z'So
o'clock on Alaska, having ascendeo
Mount Mckinley with Archdeacon STUCK
At the close of the conference mus
sionary play, 1.-THE Sunset Hour VIII
be given by some Of the small chhoreh
OF the Sunday school.
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MUSIC CONVENTION

An aT1a1r engaging the interest OF the
entire state this week is the annual con-
vention of the Alabama Organization OF
Music clubs that meets in Gadsden
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, says
the Gadsden Journal In the absence OF
Mrs. Fo-ney Hughes, the president of the
Gadsden Music Study club, the vice pres
ident, Mrs. Frances Finney Allen, will
act in her capacity.
Among the distinguished musicians
who will be in attendance at the con-
vention will be Mrs. Victor H. Hanson,
president of the organization; Mrs. Hous-
ton Davis, president OF the Birmingham
Study club; Miss Edgel Adams, Mrs O..
L. Stevenson. Mrs. William Gussen, Miss
Emma Mccarthy, Mrs. Oscar Hun dley
and Mrs. Philip Oster of Birmingham.
MONTGOMERY will be represented by Mrs
James N. Barker, vocalist, and Mrs
Bessie Leigh Eilen5erg, pianist Mrs
Carlos Tutwiler will be a prominent fig
ure from south Alabama. Madam de
Lewandowska of Boston, will be among
the artists on the cocnert programmes
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MRS. MURDOCH IN THE CITY

Mrs. w. A. Murdoch. guard president
and founder of guard international aux
iliary to the Brotherhood of LOCOMOTIVE
Engineers. arrived in the city Sunday ana
was met by committee of women COM
nosed of presidents of the third division
in Birmingham, Mrs Clay c. harper
president of the Queen and Crecent "a ~
yision. Mrs. w. A. Giger of Clematis di-
vision. Mrs. d. Fl. Badgley of jefferson
division. escorted her to the TutWlier,
where she had apartments during her
stay in the city.
There was an all-day session held yes
terday, when a school of instruction WAS
held at Fraternal hall.
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MAJOR LYMAN PROMOTED

The countless friends of Mai. and Mrs.
Ebert Lyman of Admission will be
pleased to learn that Major Lyman has
recently been promoted to major from a
captain.
Major Lyman is one of the first men of
| Admission to join the colors and Mrs
| Lyman, who is better known to many
Birmingham people as Patriotic Patricia,
| was the first Admission woman to give
her husband UP to Uncle Sam When war
was declared.
| Major Lyman was member of the
first officers training school at Fort
| Oglethorpe, where he received his COM
\ mission as captain. Later he was sent to
Harvard university for course under
French officers in modern warfare.
From Harvard he was sent as an in
| structor to Camp Jackson, S. c., where
has served since September and where
| he received his promotion the past week
| to major
| Major Lyman is well known in his
| home state, Tennessee, as a military man,
| having graduated from the military de-
partment of the University of Tennessee
and Grinnell college, Iowa During the
| Spanish-American war he served a short
time as a member of the national guard
! in Knoxville. During the past four years
Major Lyman and his charming wife
have made their home in Admission,
where they are among Admissions best
known people, being prominent in the
social and business life of that place.
MRS. BROWN, CHAIRMAN
OF FURLOUGH FUND
1t is announced that Mrs. e. ID. Brown
will be chairman of the third district of
the Federation of Women's clubs to col
lect funds from the clubs for the fur
Tough houses to be erected over there for
the soldiers by the club women of the
land, this being one Of their bits for the
soldiers.
INTERESTING MEETING TO
BE HELD AT ST. MARY'S
Tomorrow being St. Marks day, there
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Friends of Mrs. John Yeatman, who
has been i'll at her home for the past
10 days suffering from an attack of
bronchitis, will be glad to learn that
she is improving.
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Mrs. Murray HitchcoclSe will leave
Saturday for Hot Springs to attend
the biennial convention OF the Wom-
ems clubs.
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BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE

0HlHIS is practically the first pub
II lie announcement of the am
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Owing to severe relapse Sterling
beaumont. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
f. Beaumont, is still at St. Vincent's
hospital. His condition continues pre-
carious.
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Mrs. N. A. Barrett will be among
the Birmingham women who will leave
on Saturday for Hot Springs to attend
the biennial of Women's clubs being
held there next week.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-02-20

The Red Cross auction sale Tues
day, February II, was one of the
most successful affairs ever held in
Sundown. A large crowd gathered
early, bringing all kinds of farm
produce and needlework for SALE Har-
ry Rue, Martin Christensen, Willie
Tonak and Mrs. Carrie Jensen each
donated hog. Rev. Holt of Red
wood Falls gave one of the best ad
dresses ever heard in Shutdown and
after his address sixty-nine people
joined the Red Cross society. Mrs.
McCarty, chairman of the Clements
Branch and a party of Clements peo-
| pie were present. The business men
of Clements sent liberal contributions.
F. H. Nepperman acted as auction
eer. The first article sold, loaf of
bread baked by Mrs. Andrew Jacoby,
brought $500 A quilt, made and
donated by the Ladies Missionary So
ciety brought $1,000; quart of honey
! donated by A. S. Neudecker brought
$3.50, and a beautiful Red Cross pill
low made by Miss Timlin caused Mar
! tin Christensen to write out check
for S1650. The auction amounted to
, S34625. In the evening the young
people had dance and the amount
received at the dance, together with
the proceeds of the coffee and llnch-
es sold at noon, will bring the total
close to S375.00.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-02-20
THE 1sns,Iu IuoD GAZETTE, REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA

ford, Mrs. F. C. Becker, Mrs. /. RE
bel. Mrs. A. A. McCarty, Christ Lar
sen and Irene Gerstman. The Sun
down people are to be complimented
on the success of their sale.
Red Cross Notes.
There is but one real Red Cross
family living in the vicinity of Glenn
ents, that of Peter jacobson whose
entire family of eight members be-
longs to the Red Cross.
A donation of $500 was given to
the Clements Red Cross branch by
Rev. J. M. Casper of Wanda.
Also donation of $500 was given
by Miss Bertha Tonak of Shutdown.
The first muffier and sweater suit
for the Clements Red Cross was made
by little Marion Nelson of Shutdown.
This was judged as being the best
of all the knitted goods sent in to
the Branch.
The Clements Red Cross Branch is
daily increasing in it's membership,
over one hundred new members have
enrolled since December %, 1917.
The Chairman of the Clements Red
Cross Branch wishes to thank all who
assisted in the Red Cross sale held
at Shutdown, which was a grand sue
cess. The membership enrolled was
r. Total amount collected from the
sale was $345.90. Sale Of coffee $4.10.
Miss Margaret Martin and pupils
have made a number of wash clothes
for the Clements Red Cross Branch.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-02-20
SUMDOWN NEWS

Thorwald johnson made business
trip to New UElm Saturday
Peter Erickson left Thursday for a
visit with friends at Minneapolis.
Henry Skowf returned Saturday
from a six wees visit in the Twin
Cities.
Miss Elsie job nson of Langdon, N.
D., is the guest bf Shutdown relatives.
Walter HalbeFg went to Lucan last
Wednesday to visit relatives.
Mrs. Maren Hemmingsen is out
from Springfield for few days visit
Mrs. Soren johnson has been ill
for the past w wIeek.
Mrs. Michael Foy is seriously i'll
with pneumonia at her home in Will
low Lake.
Mrs. Emma Thorsten and son Mar
tin, and Walter Halberg returned
Monday from visit at Minneapolis
and Grant,
Miss Bertha Tonak and pupils will
give an entertainment and basket So
cial in the Frederickson school, dis
trict 8G, Friday evening, February %
The Redwood gazette., 1918-02-20

mark over sixty years ago. Thirty
one years ago he came to America
and has always been counted on as a
true and loyal citizen Funeral SER
vices were held in the Danish Luth-
eran Church at Brookville and the
burial was made in the church ceme-
terry.
If any one has any doubt that the
loyalty meeting was not what they
expected, just ask a few Of our most
loyal German citizens. The town hall
was more than crowded. 1t was esti-
mated that over eight hundred peo-
pie attended the lecture Of DR.. Fritz
Osten- -Sacken last Monday evening.
His message to the friends of his own
German blood was for more loyalty
to the good old U. S. A. who shell
tered and prospered them in times
of peace, and now when grim war
oversha dows US, he admonished them
to do their share to help crush out
wrong. The Red Cross held an auc-
ton sale at the close of the address.
Miss Fawkes of Franklin had dona-
ted a beautiful piano scarf to be sold
to the highest bidder. 1t was bought
and sold four times and brought the
magnificent sum of S128. The scarf
was given to the high school piano.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-02-20
REVERE LOCALS

The teachers of North Hero town.
ship met at the local school last Sat-
Trday.
John Fox purchased a player pia-
no of Jens Nicolayson last week.
Harry Painter sold his stock and
household goods at public auction
last Saturday. Harry says it's Gore
gon or bust"
We neglected to say last week that
Tony Overlee and John Steinle at
tended the Twin City auto show.
A farewell party and dance was
given Arthur Hickey at the hall last
Saturday evening.
Norma Brey has been quite sick
the. past week.
Tnetorney Emerson of Lamberton
"Td our city Tuesday.
IasS'e Ladies Aid met at the home
CPS. Nicolayson Wednesday.
+bo Red, White and Blue Club plan
TbaiJe their play the 23rd of this
in,r,5 Willow Grove Farmers Clut
seva,a meeting in the hall Friday af-
effecon.
n1eldeline Nicolayson of Walnut
Grove high school visited with hel
folks Wednesday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. anC
Mrs. j. B. Frazier Saturday.
The dance given Monday night wa:
we'll attended and all who were there
report a very good time.
The Redwood gazette., 1918-02-20
DELHI NEWS ITEMS

John Oslund has been quite i'll with
pneumonia the past week or two.
J. A. Piersol, wife and daughter,
Miss Pauline, attended reception at
Morton on Saturday night in honor
of M. j. Piersol and family, who are
soon to remove to Westport, Mimi.
Harvey T. Daniels of Minneapolis,
was down attending to his business
interests at this place the end OF last
week.
E. Kienzler spent the first of this
week visitiny with the family of his
daughter at Belview.
The chairman of the local Red Cross
branch, Miss Alice R. Piersol, is or
ganizing a class in surgical dressing
work. Twelve have already joined
the class. Mrs. C. A. Garland has
offered the class room at her home
in which to do this work, which must
be done under the most sanitary con-
ditions Mrs. Winter of Redwood Falls
will give the instruction, and has Sc
lected Mondays for the Delhi class
There is crying need for the gauze
surgical dressings, and our local
branch is very glad to be able to dc
the work.
Be sure to see Jumbo jun and his
master, Alderman Gobbleton, at the
opera house Friday night of this
week. Adults SOC and children under
II years old 25 cents.
Mrs. Herman jacobson and daugh.
ter. Mabel, went to Minneapolis Mon
day.
Wednesday night of this week ths
ladies of the missionary society will
hold their might box opening in the
church parlors.
The banquet given by the men OF
the Presbyterian congregation Satur.
day in the church parlors was well
attended and was financial success
Mrs. Old-style and Mrs. Senseny
are the leading characters in the farce
"The Pull Back" to be given under
The Redwood gazette., 1918-02-20
CLEMENTS ITEMS
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Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Reiner went
to Dudley Saturday and stayed until
Monday. They visited with her folks
while there.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. C. Hopfenspirger
returned Saturday. Mr.. Hopfenspir-
ger spent the week at Minneapolis
attending the auto show. Mrs. Hop
fenspirger and children spent the
week at Sleepy Eye with her folks.
Mrs. Cannot was Sleepy Eye
caller Thursday.
Miss Madeline Gerstman returned
from Minneapolis and St. Paul Thurs
day, having spent two weeks select
ing her spring line of millinery.
Mrs. Harry Miller is visiting her
folks, Mr.. and Mrs. Wyrembek.
Miss Margaret Gerstman spent Sat
urday and Sunday at home.
Mr.. Kircher of Morgan, was a call
er here Saturday.
Mrs. John Steff1 went to Sleepy
Eye Saturday, returning Monday she
Miss Maggie Janotta spent Sun
day with her folks at Morgan.
Miss Celia Grebner resigned her
position at the Raddatz store. She
went TO WaDaSSO Wednesday TO VlSlt
with her sisters a while. We have
not learned yet what she intends do
ing.
Miss Margaret Martin visited at
the Krausey home from Friday until
Sunday.
Miss L. Enright spent Sunday at
the Gerstman home.
Those who attended the Shutdown
Red Cross sale from here were: Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Nipperman, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Cannot, Mrs. Wells Wohl-