The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-07
NEWS OF SOCIETY AND
 ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

wants me to do" She says further that she knows how to cook, make chocolate. wash dishes, drive a motor car, cheer up sick and wounded soldiers-is ready and willing to be of service wherever needed most Beside possessing a soprano voice of much richness and fine timbre, she is a reader and impersonator, she sings, plays her own acccmpaniments, either on the piano or guitar has plenty of good looks and a stage presence that is most charming-maybe we shouldn't use the word stage presence" because there is nothing "stagey' about Miss Threadgill, she has poise and ease of manner be- fore her audience that we believe we have hardly seen in one so young Take her programme Tuesday night, for an example Of her work. The place was hut 337, where the audience was composed of the 2o9th engineer regiment men, newly arrived in camp. She gave number of pretty popular songs, several readings, in dialect, and made a little speech, all of which was roundly ap- plsuded by the soldiers. As her accom- panist, Lieut.. D. M. Haupt Of Company l., Forty-fifth regiment. was at the piano, and in this capacity he leaves fine training and natural gifts. He is a most sympathetic accompanist, as well as song blrd-because he gave several sorgs himself-of the humorous brand. which tickied the boys no little
 At the close of the programme Miss Threadgill led the men in singing "Amer- ica" and then asked them if they wanted to sing some, of course they were not slow in calling for many of the old and several new of the hike songs that they know and they sang them with a lot oi snap, while Lieutenant Haupt played for them, and the young lady rested her elbow on the piano, just like any sol dier's sister might do, back home, and sang with them, smiled and applauded when they sang several parodies on pop ular songs with which she was not fa- mliar.
 Previously she had announced that there would be an after meeting" with an old-fashoned hand shaking and the boys came up en masse, amid much merriment to avail themselves of the pleasure of meeting the little lady, and there were many cries of mo seconds boys you fellows can't shake hands but once" Miss Threadgill told the sol diers that she hoped that she would soon itleel lutIu over lHeIe, dId lHe duul- ence applauded. All in all, this pretty Alabama girl gets by with her evening S work as well as anybody we have had with us in camp in long while, and we congratulate the war work council on securing her services.
 The following programme will be rem dered tomorrow at the South Presbyte. rian church:
 Morning service:
 Prelude.
 Offertory (BesD
 Quartet, Fear, 0 Israeli (GauD.
 Tenor, Like As a Father (GauD.
 Quartet, Rock of Ages CBuckD.
 Evening services:
 Quartet, Peace With Thee (Mohr).
 Altos selective.
 Quartet (Mascaniga).
 Quartet composed of the following: Mrs. Rienzi Thomas, soprano; Mrs. Crow der, alto; Owen Gillespie, tenor; Rienzi Thomas, organist.
 Postlude "Hallelujah Chorus" Han- delD.
 Dr. William States Jacobs of Houston, Tex, will preach at both services CLASS REUNION
 All the members and teachers of the 1917 Central High school class are re- quested to attend the annual reunion .o be held in the ballroom of the Hillman hotel from 5:3o to this Saturday, after noon. There is important business to be transacted, and it is especially desirable that every enc take advantage of this opportunity to see old classmates