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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
"Our Americas Mission Pageant Could Never Have
Been So Successfully Planned If It Had Not Been For
Cooperation of the School Improvement Board"

School of Dancing and has the honor Of
being the only holder of the Chalif di-
ploma in the city of birmingham. She is
also a graduate of Castle House. where
she acted as demonstrator under Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Castle for quite long
time. During the summer when Mrs
Powers was in New York studying, she
also conducted her own classes and did
a great deal of playground work in Va
rious private and public schools. main
tanning at the same time two studios OF
her own in New York city, so it is evil
dent on the face of things that Mrs.
Powers is an accomplished artist in her
chosen work as we'll as having wide ex-
perience to her credit.
81 feel safe in saying that when Bir-
mingham sees our beautiful pageant,
Americas Mission Saturday afternoon,
with those 800 or more happy little chill
dren taking part and dancing so beau
tifully under Mrs. Powers direction. that
everybody will be pleased said Mrs
Hundley. "And the best part of it all is
that Mrs. Powers has given her services
absolutely free of charge; she has worked
and rehearsed and worked and rehearsed
the children for weeks, never losing pa
thence, never losing heart but always
agreeable and charming.
1.-The sum which we raise from the pa
geant will be great boon to the Lake.
Il
Hundley said, "and if there are any who
might object to the presentation of the
pageant during times when everything
should go for war purposes, let me say
that many children-future citizens of
America-are the beHeficiaries of this pa
triotic, historical and educational event
for unless we do these things, these same
little future citizens cannot continue to
go to school, because many of them cam
not afford to buy or take their lunches
and it is for the purpose of providing
lunches for them that we are trying to
raise funds in this manner. None could
withhold their patronage and approval.
it seems to me, when this fact is known,
and / am sure that the pageant is as
much a patriotic event as anything that
has ever been given in Birmingham be-
cause it is caring for stalwart group
of the future citizens Of America who
must take the places of our brave SOL
der now fighting for our beloved country
in days to come when wars grim tocsin
sounds,
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membered here as the house guest of
Mr. and Mrs w. NJ. Cosby, and Miss
e. Valina Magruder of Tacoma, Wash,
who will be remembered as the house
guest of Mr.. and Mrs p. NJ. Tutwiler.
The bride is prominent member of the
younger set and a graduate of st. Helen's
Hall, an exclusive school for girls in
Portland. She was also member of the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the Uni
versity of Washington.
Lieutenant Riddle is connected with
the Forty-fourth infantry regiment and
stationed at Camp Lewis American lake,
Washington. He is graduate of Hamil-
ton college and member of the Sigma
Phi fraternity. During his training at
the first camp he was one of the most
popular young bachelors of San Fran
CISCO
Lieutenant and Mrs. Riddle will be at
home in Tacoma. Wash, until Lieutenant
Riddle receives further orders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
LYRIC BILL LAST
HALF OF WEEK IS
UNUSUAL OFFERING
Hard to Pick Headliner
from Splendid Program
of Vaudeville-MOn-
key Act Feature

Many acts of more than passing inter-
est are billed at the Lyric theatre for
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Cooper
land Ricardo in a comedy singing slxiL,
"Ah, Gimme the Ring" Lewis and Leo
pold in exclusive songs; Arthur Pickens
land company in Their Wedding Ring"
Genaro and Gold in a miniature musical
comedy, and n monkey hippodrome. dl-
rected by Robert Everest are among the
Feature acts for the three days. These
will have their first presentation at the
matinee today, and large attendance is
Iexpectei.
Miss irene Ricardo and Max c. Cooper
Twill entertain in "Ah, Gimme the Ring
The skit is based on comedy, and it is
well worth while Miss Ricardo is an 49,
|carat comedienne Of the eccentric type
and Mr.. Cooper is an excellent foil for
her. - H.
Lewis and Leopold are billed as the
merry Men from Songland," and their
act is Il comedy of singing and piano
playing. Mr.. Lewis delineates the negro
character better, perhaps, than any other
ARTIST, probably because he is native OF
Mississippi Mr.. Leopold is a composer
LOT note. having to his credit many con
temporaneous successes.
Arthur Pickens and company have an
act when should please the audiences at
today's matinee. Four people are in the
ACT whian is entitled, Their Wedding
Ring" A fine vein of humor runs
thrcagh it.
DAYS senaro and Ann Gold in a minia-
ture musical comedy entitled, Wanted.
a Model, are expected to prove mos
entertaining. Mr.. Genaro is well known
here, having been starred at one time By
All III. Woods in a character comedy
called Tony, the Boot Black Miss Gold
is a most attractive young woman, with
a fine voice, and an extremely graceful
pair of feet
Robert Everest's Novelty circus, with
monkeys for actors, will. perhaps, prove
the hit of the bill to the little ones at
the matinee this afternoon. 1t is bewil-
dering, but most interesting. and must
be seen to be properly appreciated. Lyric
screen kilograms are a feature of every
performance at the Lyric.
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trio power, there to capture nitrogen from
the atmosphere. From that beginning,
Iathough by other processes than those
devised by Bradley and Lovejoy, has
come the establishment of the stupendous
lplants in the United States whereby MI
trogen in unlimited supplies is to be
drawn Inexpensively from the atmos-
phere.
Birge and others have perfected pro-
|cesses whereby acetylene gas can now
be used for a great number of industrial
operations, hundreds, in fact, where it is
saving labor and contributing greatly to
deficiency. In the steel foundry, IL IS
used in cutting sprues from castings, one
|oxy-acetylene flame now doing the work
which formerly entailed the employment
of 70 men. Wilson, who was the inven
tor of calcium carbide, which is the
source of acetylene, operated his first
furnace in North Carolina early in the
Dos, but when the development of great
|hydroelectric power was established at
Niagara the greater plants were estab-
lshed on the banks of that river AL
most every one still under middle age can
remember when the chief use of acety-
lene at first was in the lighting of build
ings and the lighting of towns and also
in the miners lamps.
One of the great authorities upon the
electrochamical industry has recently
referred to the wonderful development
of the abrasive industry of the United
States Always with this will be asso-
ciated the name of DR.. E. G. Acheson.
who discovered carborundum while pa
tenty engaged in research and expert
ment IN a little town near Pittsburg.
and who demonstrated that it could do
anything in the way of abrasion that n
diamond could do and do it cheaply.
Wonderful was DR. fAchesons discovery
that by a combination of common sand
with carbon subjected to the intense heat
of the electric furnace it was possible to
produce not an artificial mineral, but
new mineral. carborundum Today this
material is used in an almost infinite
number of industries and it has been said
OF it that no other one thing has con-
tribnted more to standardize quantity
production. for it enables metal parts
to be turned out by thousands, no piece
differing from anv other by more than
IA fraction of a. thousandth of an inch
Were the airplane and automobile indus
try deprived of carborundum, aluminium
and alloy steel and other products Of the
electric furnace it would probably cease
ito exist. So also DR.. Acheson was the
discoverer OF artificial graphite, which,
among other things, has made possible
the manufacture of rbon-electrodes
which now has become very important
war industry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

lMh ISIS Frances stillwell of this
lIWll city, daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. S. i. Stillwell, has spent
the past few months in Huntsville as
kindergarten teacher, and her many
friends throughout this city and state
will be interested to learn of her SPLEEN
did success. Recently at the closing
OF her school a very delightful little
pageant was given and the Hunts
Vile Mercury says in part:
The Pied Piper" which was staged
here Friday evening under the direc
ton of Miss stillwell, the kindergarten
teacher and an instructress of ability
in the art of dancing, was pro-
nounced success, and the people are
not only indebted to her and the entire
cast for a beautiful entertainment but
feel good because they were helping
the Red Cross
Miss Sara Webster as the Pied Piper.
showed marked talent in the art of
acting, and her appearance called for
much applause.
AS the cast consisted of over one
hundred boys ana girls, II IS lfDpoS-
sible for mention to be separately made
of each, but it would be great lack
of appreciation if special mention were
not made of little Miss Mildred Pierce,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. N. L. Pierce
This little lady is n born actress and
die captured the hearts of everyone
first when she appeared as Cupid, as
dainty and lovely as the original lit
tie god, and danced her way into every
heart, and the audience as quiet as
could be- watched the step of the grace
full little girl as she went through
with dance that surely belonged to
Cupid himself. Little Miss Pierce again
as Queen of the Fairies. gave one of
her aesthetic dances, one which real
fairies no doubt would have praised
for her poses and poises were so beau
tifuly performed that the audience for
time could image itself in fairy land.
Little Miss Halle Pierce, sister of Mil
bred. danced opposite her in the love-
ly fairy dance and was as cute and
graceful as could be. In fact, the tiny
girls who gave the fairy dance were
as lovely as flowers
special number of the program also
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mended wherever she has appeared and
people have known her. refer to Mrs.
Eugene Powers who has charge of all
the dances in the Americas Mission
pageant Particularly would I like to
emphasize the beautiful ballet which Mrs.
Powers has trained. The Ballet of the
Hours from the opera La Gioconda,'
which is one of the most spectacular
dances of all the pageant Mrs. Powers
studied this ballet with Madame Eliza
BETA Mcneil at-the Metropolitan opera,
New York"
Mrs. Powers is a real addition to Bir-
mingham's social and artistic life,' Mrs.
Hundley said,'' because she is a woman
of rare accomplishments and a great
deal of personal charm, and best of all,
she is from a sister city-Montgomery
where as Ethel Sykes, she was widely
known and greatly liked. Mrs Powers
taught dancing in Montgomery with great
success, particularly children, and
her success comes largely from
the fact that she really loves
children. What was Montgomery's loss
is Birminghams gain, because Mrs. Pow
ers is now permanent resident of Biz
mngham and will continue her work
here. She has had unusual advantages,
having studied with Louis Chalif and
she is a graduate of the Chalif Normal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

Vegetable Compound cured me SO ! did
not need the operation, and | am telling
all nv friends about it. Mrs. A. w.
BINzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
1t is just such experiences as that OF
Mrs. Binzer that has made this famous
root and herb remedy household word
from ocean to ocean. Any woman who
suffers from Inflammation, liberation,
displacements, backache, nervousness,
irregularities or the blues" should
not rest until she has given it trial,
and for special advice write Lydia =.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
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NEWS OF SOCIETY AND
ACTIVITIES, OF WOMEN

was the dance of the daisies, given by
little Miss Virginia Pee1e. one of the
loveliest and most graceful girlies to
be found in Huntsville.
Miss LYDIA Palmer gave pupils re-
cital yesterday afternoon at Cable hall
and most interesting program was
given by Mildred Leonard. Josephine
stevens, Kate Brown. Frances Perry
man, Lillian Scholze, Julia Mae Par
IRISH Doris Barber Virginia Griffin,
Fannie Kate Eatman Maurine Hitch
cock, Margaret Drennen and Maggie
Regain.
Miss Mable Frankel sang several pa
triotic songs during the afternoon.
u. d. c. CONVENTION PROGRAM
The following programme win he Civ
en- today in Talladega at the twenty
second annual convention of the Ala
bama Division of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy:
Thursday, May 2 $50 a. M.
Invocation, Rev. B. B. Norton
Vocal solo, Mrs. w w Kingsberry.
Reading of minutes. Mrs. Nj. Ii. Cur
tbs. recording secretary.
Report of U. D. c. war relief, Mrs
A. l.. Dowdell director for Alabama
Chapter reports. \
12:30-Lunch by hostess chapter
200 p. M:
Memorial hour. Mrs. C. W. McMa-
hon, chaplin presiding.
Roll call of chapters
Directors to read list of deceased
members.
300 p. M:
Children's hour. Mrs. c. w. Daugette,
presiding.
Piano solo. Miss Hermione McCarry.
Address of welcome. Miss Mary Wood
Abrams.
Solo. Miss Clio Weldon.
Auxiliary reports.
Presentation of division medal Mrs.
j. A. lsountree, president; Sophie Hertz,
medal, Mrs. Sophie Hertz; Lizzie Cren-
shaw, prize, Mrs. ]. A. Kirkpatrick;
prize banner and flag, Mrs. C. w. Dau-
gette, director.
Duet, Misses Abbie Tucker and Grace
Price.
Chorus, The Medal He Wore on His
Coat" Talladega, C. of c.
400 p. M; U. D. C. chapter reports
continued.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
Women Braver Than Men.

Women often do their daily tasks in
home. office or factory while suffering
pain and misery that would put man
in bed. However. much OF women's
suffering -an be alleviated. Backache.
sore muscles. stiff joints, rheumatic
pains. dizziness and like symptoms are
caused by disordered kidneys and
bladder. Mrs Thomas Davis, Mont
gomery, Ind. writes: Il doctover sew
eral months without relief, when /
commenced using Foley Kidney Pills,
and got relief. Eight bottles cured
me" Safe. harmless; quick results.
Sold everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
By DOLLY pALRyMPLE

! MN TaEN Mrs. oscar r. Hundley
] WNW turns her attention to any
| movement, civic, musical, or
social in this community, it goes with
out saying that the occasion will be
success.
Mrs Hundley has all that it takes to
arouse public sentiment, cooperation
land the splendid spirit OF patriotism
which today is necessary for any and
all movements and in nothing has she
shown her talent and her keen desire to
do her bit more than in the arrangements
and the successful plans for the big pa
lgeant 'Americas Mission" which will
be presented Saturday afternoon, May 4,
| at O'Clock, al Rhodes Park, for the ben
sefit Of the Lakeview School Improvement
association.
Il want to be quoted as saying" Mrs.
Hundley observed, when 1 was talking
with her about the pageant Yesterday
that it could never have been the sue
Icess it promises to be without the splen-
did cooperation of every member of the
Lakeview School Improvement associa-
tion board which has been so generously
accorded. When l was asked to take the
general Craftsmanship for the pageant I
rather hesitated because of many OBJ
stacles, but finally l decided that if I
was needed | was only too willing and
anxious to assist.
From all sides, the park commission.
the high school, which will lend it's
band under the direction of Miss Kits
for the occasion, and from the Boy
Scouts, we have had the most generous
encouragement and cooperation, and
with the hundreds of children who will
take part, l think, it will be a May Dag
fete well worth SEEING" Mrs. Hundley
said.
when we decided upon our plans"
Mrs. Hundley continued, Il couldn't find
exactly what we needed in the way of a
pageant because it was difficult to get
something with three-fold purpose such
as Is our aim and object-patriotic, his
torica and educational. so I went to the
public library, and after some research
found something approaching what |
wanted that is, the basis, and / wrote
the additional verses localizing the pa
geant and fitting it to the times and
conditions
The principle novelty of the pageant
will be the wonderfully trained children
who will take a part in the Dances
Mrs. Hundley said, land this, by the
way, introduces to Birmingham a new
conner among us-an artist in the terp-
sichorean art who will reside here per.
manently and whose work has been COM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
IPOOL-HAWKINS

A wedding of elegant simplicity and one
which affectionate interest has been CEN
tered IN since the announcement of the
engagement, was that of Miss Hazel
Hawkins, daughter of Mrs. James b.
hawkins, and Mr. Joseph Banks Pool,
which took place last evening at Z
o'clock at the Independent Presbyterian
church, where the ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. DIR. Henry Edmonds,
pastor of that church, and was witnessed
by only the relatives and few intimate
friends. The altar was simply but artis-
tically decorated with palms, ferns and
roses and lighted by candles.
Mr. Emil Levy played Lohengrin's we'd
ding march and the bride and groom en-
tered together.
The bride who is one of Bigningham's
most beautiful young women, was never
lovelier than in travelling suit of gray
with hat and boots the same shade She
wore a corsage of orchids and valley
lilies
Mr.. and Mrs. Pool left for an extended
trip and after October l will be at home
at Miner Heights
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Catholic Women's club of West
End will he entertained at spend-rhe-
day party today from to o'clock at
the home of Mrs. J. A. Sadler, 800 Tus-
caloosa avenue, to sew for the Red Cross
There viii be an important meeting of
the Music Study club this morning at II
O'Clock at Gable hall. All active members
are asked to be present, as the annual
election OF officers will be held
The Present Day club will meet this
at II o'clock with Mrs A. Nc
Intyre at 1926 Phelan street.
The Fortnightly Shakespeare club win
meet this morning with Mrs w o. Bass
a 1890 o'clock and Prof. p. p. Burns will
give q Lecture on Tanning of the
Shrew.
The Qui vive club will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 3 O'Clock with Mrs. j. F.
Ehrhart.
South Highland School Improvement
announces an important
meeting in it's auditorium this morning
at 10 o'clock.
DIR. Phillips will address the mothers
on the 2-mill school tax.
The sterograph with lantern slides will
be illustrated.
A full attendance is requested
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

saved me from an
operation, ! cannot
ayenough in praise
oft. Isufered from
organic troubles and
my side hurt me SO
/ could hardly be up
from my bed, and /
was unable to do my
homework. / had
the best doctors in
Eau Claire and they
wanted me to have
an operation, MD
r vida r. Pinkharn Al
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued in the probate office yesterday:
Joseph b. Pool to Miss Hazel L. Haw-
kins
John Rogers to Miss Anne Lackey.
j. H. Marshall to Miss Myrtle Farr.
George w. Wetzell to Miss Margaret
Black.
Frank Hamilton to Miss Alma o.
Brooks.
Jim Brasher Of Neota to Miss Myrtle
Rogers.
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News of great interest no doubt to the
many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson
Davis Riddle, formerly of this city, but
now of San Francisco, is the marriage
of their son, Lieut.. Jack Riddle, U. S. A.
and Miss Ethel Malpas of Portland, Ore,
on Saturday April 20, at st. Stephens
cathedral. Among the members of the
bridal party were Mr. Jefferson Davis
Riddle, Jr., who acted as best man, Miss
Helen McDonough of San Francisco,
cousin of the groom and who will be re-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
THIS WOMAN
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
By taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, One
of Thousands of Such Cases.

Black River Falls, Wis. -"As Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
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The Present Day club will meet this
at II o'clock with Mrs. A. Me-
Intyre at 1926 Phelan street
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

The Qui vive club will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs j. F.
Ehrhart.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
and Players

marks OF early California days, a
part OF an old mansion, the home
OF Don Pio Pico, the last Span
ish governor of California. is used
IN this picture. 1t is located about
fourteen miles from Los Angeles,
and stands on the bank Of the San
Gabriel river. The many beautiful
and picturesque scenes add inter
est to the story, which is screen
adaption of the well known novel
OF the same name by Randell Par
i,h.
Little Red DecideS,' the attrac-
tion for Wednesday afternoon and
night, is taken from William V. Nc
Coy ; story which appeared in a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05


great masses OF ou Dcaprc This
le nhal the ilouc-pctd ha, under
taken 10 do I5r air travel
Ey The Use of the uorrcsocod
propeller as invented by Mr Horne.
'lHS machine can rise straight
'' IIom the ground or light 1T
.id,iic"Iy amy spot selected. L.
.oer not require q rau to start. nor
docs ii require run 90 stop. h
can hc made t9 rcmain very nearly
stationary In the air and can be
easily regulated by the one driving
d.. j, solve. greatly also the rlc-
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than 1000 years: Almond, apple
apricot, banana, bean, cabbage, olive
onion peach pear ounce, rice sor,
phum, turnip, watermelon ana
wheat.
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recent issue of the American Mag
azine. 1t is story of such unique
qualities, SO heart gripping, and yet
so amusing that it is sure to please.
Three and half year old Barbara
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05
AT THE PALACE.


Today, The Witch Woman,
Ethel Clayton
tomorrow, Draft 25S," Maber
Ialiaferro.
Tuesday Flare Up Sal" Dorothy
Dal,on.
Wednesday, THE Debt OF Hon
or, Peggy Hyland.
Thursday The Cinderella Man, p"
Mae Marsh.
Friday. House OF Silence" Wal
lace Reid.
saturday, Social IIypocrites, -"
May Allison.
Charming Ethel Clayton will be
seen this afternoon at the Palace
in a strange and fascinating story,
The Witch Woman The pic
turc tells OF the love OF Marie Beau
PIE, a beautiful young Alsatian girl
for Louis La Fargo, painter, who
is Unworthy Of her love When she
is deserted her mind becomes de
ranged and after being turned out
OF her home, lives in the mountains.
Through strange set OF circum-
stances, She meets Louis again and
many interesting events lead to a
happy ending.
Draft 238,' starring Mabel Tai
ia-erro, to be shown tomorrow ait
'noon and night IS great patri-
one "rama, the logical successor to
. he Stacker. il presents a thrill /
my, absorbing story dealing with
Americas part in the great world
struggle.
lare- Up Sal" the picture which
VIII be shown Tuesday afternoon
and night, was written by J G. I.
Hawks. 1t Is a thrilling story Of
Tie days following the gold rush
to California. when towns were
bringing up almost overnight. The
,icirre was filmed in the famous
Redwood forest and the outdoor
scenes are as delightful to the eye
Is Mis-, Dalton's effective emotion
L acting.
I'm W ednesday picture. The
'cbt OF Honor. featuring Peggy
ir'&nd. the story has TO do with
hc sacrifice an orphan makes to
cpoy a United States senator for
lis Kindness in adopting her. The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-05

The following fruits, vegetables,
etc., have been in cultivation more
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Connolly plays the title role OF Lit
tie Red.