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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
view of the vng room" of he Womens club"
where delightfully."- restful far
the addin crowd

been schooled in the art of making dol
lars do their full duty. The rest room
has two beds in case any girls get sick
downtown, There is a .houdoir, but II
being no place for mar. and him a
preacher, l passed it up, My wife was
along!
THE Young Womans Christian asso-
citation has made reputation for
knowing not only how to plan great
programmes, but how to put them
over and so there is to be Christian
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stars and Stripes by C. Leroy Baldr'dge
Sergeant Woolcott is now back on ms
Job as dramatic critic of the New YORK
Times.
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citizens classes, social service work,
lectures and open discussions. and rec.
reation topics. The main theme for
the club year is to be. The Girl Citi.
zen Join Blue Triangle club, and
have good time from 6:t5 to Sis ir
the evenings. Mondays and wednes-
days the girls reserves or Tuesdays
and Thursdays, business girls clubs. II
you wish to join you can register a.
any time with Miss Ruth Hun or Miss
ter
Now. while most of US are familiar
with the Young Woman's Christian as
ISOLATION, there are not so many who
know the good work of the Business
and Professional league of Ala
bama. of which Mrs. II. e. Pearce is
the state president, and which is be
ing thoroughly organized The Bir-
mingham one is bound to be a success.
as Miss Annie Lynch is the efficient
chairman. They have Joined in with
the Young Woman's Christian associa-
ton in the downtown c1ubrooms. which
means that the young business women
of this city will have a meeting place"
The Blue Triangle club, referred to
by DR.. Barnett, includes in its pro-
gramme;
Christian Citizen Glasses.
Good books
Business efficiency
Thrift. saving, personal budget sys-
tenn.
Current events
Travel talks
Industrial standards.
Talks on the opera, victrola records,
What DO l Owe My City?
What Does My City Owe Me?
First aids to beauty.
Social Service Work.
Supporting French orphan.
Christmas baskets.
Letters and visits to shut-ins.
Recreation.
Birthday parties for charter club
members.
Weekend camping trips to Shades
mountain.
held by the censor in these tales of II
divisions are now reinserted in the text.
They were written by Sergt Alexander
Woolcott. who, in May, 1917, went into the
army from his post as dramatic critic OF
the New York Times. To him, as the A.
L. F. developed was assigned detail
new in the history of war, the detail
of going to she front and there writing
what he saw, not for the watching pub
lie at home but for the troops themselves.
His stories of the fighting carry the A. h.
f. from the anxious June DAYS in the
Marine valley through the triumph of the
Oureq and the Yesle, ST Mihiel. the Ar
COME Mouse drive and the climax of Mo-
vember II. They follow the troops on the
grand march through Belgium and Lux
emburg among the Moselle to Coblenz and
the bridgehead on the Rhine.
1.-THE Command is Forward" is what ore
soldier wrote week by week for all the
other soldiers to read No book is truer
to the spirit of the A. r. +. Sergeant
Wollcott probably saw more of Ameri-
cas- fighting men in France than any
| other one person.
! The book is illustrated with some OF
! the hest of the drawings done for The
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A silken screen kept watersoaked while
in use is said to improve the duaiity OF
the film pictures projected upon it.
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Splash parties in Y. ". c. A pool.
Moonlight hikes.
Corn Roasts in Green Spring valley
Autumn outings.
Boy and girl socials
Lectures and open discussions.
(a) Good health.
Cb) Corrective gymnastics.
(c) Dress. attractive. appropriate.
Two "B" lessons:
(a) Correct bread making.
(b) Correct bed making.
Bible contests.
Church relationships.
Training for definite service.
Etiquette-business and social.
Loan fund for worthy girls.
Aiding in local needs.
Big sister service.
Halloween.
Box parties at Avondale-
Thanksgiving home coming.
Penny parties.
Spelling bees.
May breakfasts on Red mountain.
Auto excursions.
Dinner at hotel for Highest Standard
club.
1.-THE Young womens Club" owes its
existence to the extension board of the
Y. w. C. A, which knowing that from
the war couneil fund ten industrial cen
ters would be established throughout the
United States applied for one of these
centers for Birmingham.
The result was that the request was
granted and the Business and Profess
sional womans club Joined hands with
the Y. w. C. A. and together they worked
out the plans for the present organization
1.-THE Young womens Cub" is splen-
did tribute to the sagaeity and the pro-
gressiveness of these two successful or
ganizations back of it and that Birming-
ham appreciates its latest recruit to CLUB
life. is evidenced every day by the high
esteem in which The Young Womsn's
Club is held.
Particularly attractive will The Young
womens CLUB" be during the Thanks
giving season, when everything that IS
agreeable and pleasant will be provided
at this delightful rendezvous to make
the visitor happy and comfortable
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the proper flavor of the islands, to-
gether with sense of new and thrilling
adventures. In the breathIess hours of
the story many lives encounter their
most crucial moments.
cery." is second secretary Of our embassy
at Toxic. He began the story one sum
mer years ago when he was sojournins
in Hawaii. He was born in the east,
spent good part of his time there and
understands the oriental manners. Gus.
toms and superstitions.
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THE STRONGEST"

by Premier Georges Ciemenceau
Doubleday, Page & Co, publishers
Garden City, N. Y.
Henrfs happiness IS peace; Harles
happiness is struggle. Henri's ideal
is to live simply, to be democratically
a man; Harle's ideal is to live power.
fully to be one of the strongest.
Between them is the daughter of
Claudia, the beautiful woman, Just en-
tering upon life, for whose soul they
are struggling, She is the daughter OF
Hairless wife. but not Of Harie. Seek
ing refuge from her husbands brutal
ity she had turned to Henri for the
intellectual and spiritual companship
life had denied her.
To the struggle for the soul Of
Claudia Harle brings no scruples. He
has the aid of a woman, trained in
intrigue, and the allurements of Paris
The climax of the struggle comes when
the choice of husband for Claudia
is to be made. She makes Harle's
choice In desperation Henri gives UP
his secret but the sacrifice fails. Henri
is defeated but he knows that in the
inevitable sorrow, Claudia will find her
soul
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THE PARIS OF THE NOvELSTS'
BY Arthur Rartlett Mal1ries pauhla
IMPRESSIONS OF THEODORE
ROOSEVELT"


BY Lawrence F. Abbott. Illustrated Dou-
bleday, Page & Co, Publishers, Garden
City, New York.
MIR. Abbott opens this book with these
modest predatory remarks:
The purpose of the present volume is
to record some personal impressions of
an mountaineering of % wears during
the latter half of which our relations
were most intimate. II is with the hope
OF contributing something to the final
portrait which will be painted by the his
torians of the future that this simple, in
formal and free-hand sketch is under
taken"
The mission and fine prose Of the book
is FULLY carried out in the succeeding
pages.
"HoMING WITH THE BIRDS.
BY Gene Strattop Porter. Illustrated.
Doubleday Page & Co., Publishers, Gar.
den City, N. r.
The record. faithfully and simply set
down, of many OF the outstanding Incl
dents in Mrs. Porter's intimate studies
or bird life. They are the unusual.
peculiar and interesting stories about
the birds.
There is the testimony as to whether
birds have sense of humor, whether
birds and butterflies can and do become
intoxicated on fermented apple juice.
There is the story Of the Baltimore Oriole
who accidentally hanged himself in his
nest material; and the story with the
picture of the other oriole who built
window in her nest, made mistake,
and had to rebuild it in the other side.
of the robin which built its nest on
hayrake In a field and another room
which built its nest on the truck of
freight car and took long journeys with
the moving train.
The intimate family life of the birds
is told In the text and the pictures in
such detail as can seldom be found In
a book of this kind. Among these Incl
dents is the story of one Of the last
passenger pigeons.
Like all OF Mrs. Porters nature books
It is illustrated with photographs taken
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.rHr LIONS MOUSE.
BY c. N. and A. M. Williamson. Double
day, Page & Co. publishers. Gardel

BY C. N. and A M Williamson. Double
day Page & Co, publishers, Garden
City, N. Y.
Here is a novel of mystery and love.
The mystery remains unsolved to the
last chapter and love almost breaks
under the strain puts upon it. -.
He had met her for the first time on
the train to Chicago. She shrank
into his stateroom from a man he did
not see Her beauty, always as power
full as a drug, now made more appeal
ing by her terror. ov0came him. They
were married at the journeys end
How had these mysterious docu-
ments. guarded even from him. dsp-
peared?
Where were the queens Jewels that
he had given her?
Who was this mysterious, beautiful
wife of his, anyway?
Love cannot survive too many ques-
tions. Just before the breaking point,
the little waif whom she had befriend-
ed comes back from a descent into the
underworld with the documents that
clear up the tormenting mystery--and
great happiness comes to Roger Sands
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its opening during the last week of
September DR.. Frank Willis Barnett
paid the following splendid tribute to
the club;
81 do not woider that Mrs James A
McLester was so free in urging the Wis
itors to inspect every nook and Granny
for the kitchen is a model of neatness
and efficiency. There is no wasted
space just as there will be no waste of
food for those in control of the Young
Womens Christian association have
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that would take him to his ship, Going
fishing?' asked the author. You bet"
he answered with grin, and rocked
away over the harbor waves to look for
Huns with depth charges.
NEW WORDS SELF DEFINED
BY G. Alphonse Smith. Doubleday,
Page & Co. publishers, Gapden City,
N. Y.
New words have GENE into use For
the most part they have grown up
gradually in our speech and in our lit
erature, but the war brought many of
them.
Even old words are best defined in
terms of their precise meanings in SEN
fences. For new words, just making
their place, no other way is practical.
The author has used typical sentences
in which they define themselves. The
selection has been most careful.
THE PARIS OF THE NOvELIsTs'
BY Arthur Bartlett Mauries. Double
day. Page & Co, publishers, Garden
City, N. Y.
This interesting book is not merely
one of literary illumination and anec-
dote, bnt also a very practical guide
, that should be of great service to
Americans with a desire to grasp and
comprehend the spirit and charm of
Paris and rural France. For many
years the author has been following
the trail for the pure Joy of the labor
believing that the great characters of
fiction have their claim as we'll as the
great characters of history: that Du-
mass Monte Cristo" or ''dArtagnan,"
OF Balzac's 'Pere Goriot, or Hugos
zeal Vatican are as much a part of
our education in the humanities as any
of their contemporaries who had ac-
tual being.
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By Francis Charles MACEDONIA. The Cen
fury CO.. Publishers. New York City.
''Sorcery'' is a tale Of island magic and
wizardry, unfolding ike strange trop-
ical flower through the hours of Single
night The rapidity with which the stir
ring adventure moves to it's inevitable
conclusion will give the reader no chance
to pause for reflection; but he will find,
when he is done, that he has been follow
ing a group of characters so well drawn
that he knows them like old friends
Tommy Good Is a light-hearted contem-
porary of our own. He and his friends
are as modern and American as you.
They motor to Honolulu dinner party
and dance later to syncopated music at
the Country club But in the tropical
moonlight, under strange trees that bend
above the Pacific surf, they meet some
thing older than civilization Towering
cviliy at civilizations heart. Perhaps
you did not know that black magic could
be practiced where American guns salute
the flag from American forts? Leonora
.Tay is as implacable and beautiful as
blood. while her instrument. the nnys-
FERROUS Malama, connects the life Of
modern Honolulu with the paganism of
other days. To read "socery'' is to get
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by herself, which are remarkable enough
for the sheer beauty of their artistic
composition. AS nature studies they are
outstanding examples of the scientists
skill
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When the Young women's club hat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27
EXTRA

WASHINGTON, Oct. e7.-
President Wilson today vetoed
the national prohibition act
passed by congress 10 enforce
both wartime and constitutional
prohibition.
The president vetoed the bill
because Of that part Of the legis.
alton which refers to wartime
prohibition.
II object to and cannot approve OF
that part OF the legislation with ref
erence 20 wartime prohibition" said
the president In statement ad
dressed TO the house explaining his
veto.
1T has to do with the enforcement
Of an act which was passed by rea
son Of the emergencies of the war
and whose objects have been salts
fled In the demobilization OF the
army and the navy. and whose repeal
I have already sought at the hands
Of congress-"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27
'SHELL-SH0CKED,'
VETERAN SAYS

Whether James M. Smith, a.. returned Canadian soldier.
became nocuated with the blood lust while fighting In
Flanders that he deliberately killed his girl wife, Helen
90 shot her mother Mrs. Thomas McAahon and then tried
to end his e will be decided in the trial of Smith.
which opened in Superior Judge John s. Jurey court Mon
day.
Smith charged with the first degree murder Of his wife
at the home of her mother February g. His lawyer Jake
Kalina, contends Smiths numbed by shock
in France that he insane when he did the shooting
The state, represented by John ID. Carmody will try to
that Smiths deed deliberate and will in
troduce threatening letters to back up their
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27
GOVERNMENTS
READY TO ACT
Will Protect Public in Case
Coal Strike Comes

WASHINGTON, Oct. .7.-
While awaiting the miners an
swer 10 the request for with
drawd Of the coal strike order,
government officials today were
ready 10 act to protect public In.
tercsts in case tho strike Is
called.
There are several openings
thru which the government may
step Into the coal controversy.
The present contract. which is to
run until the end OF the war. or un-
III April 1. 1920. was made with the
sanction of the fuel administration, a
government agency. This was point
ed out specifically to the miners
son in his warning to the miners
Saturday as indicating the govern.
ment considered the proposed strike
unlawful.
The food control law also gives the
government opportunity. TO take
hand In the strike thru its provisions
making 1t illegal to interfere with
production. and allowing the govern
ment to take over n mine to insure
continued production.
Even without this law. officials
here point out. the supreme courts
broad definition OF war powers would
give the government plenty OF lati.
tude for action. In passing on vari.
Gus war laws. the supreme court de-
clared that the government had the
power to do almost anything In the
interest of the nations existence.
When the two sides OF the coal
controversy finally get together to
discuss matters, II Is expected that
government officials will not allow
negotiations to drag. Miners, in pre-
viously refusing to call off their
strike, say that prolonging negotia-
tions was the aim Of the operators.
While preparing plans for new
industrial conference. to take up the
Industrial situation in its broad as.
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''The presidents action is without
precedent" Lewis declared. and in
10 far as I know. without warrant OF
law. The president is ill-adyised
when he says the Washington agree
ncnt has not expired. II expired
November IL. Whetter ar not our
r3embership is In harmony with the
wage demands OF the organiza TONS .
offlcers would perhaps be more clear
~ revealed by the manner In which
they would respond to strike call.
II thank God we have . coun-
try where men may strike. May
the power Of my government
never be used 10 throttle and
crush the efforts Of the toilers
to improve their material welfare
and elevate the standing Of their
citizenship"
The miners head declared that un-
less the official text OF the prcsi.
dents statement differs from the
newspaper accounts he will not
change his position relative to the
strike.
Lewis declared the executive board
conference at Indianapolis would
consider any new developments in
the strike situation that might arise
between now and that time.
In reply TO a question as to
whether the executive board had the
power to call off the strike. Lewis
answered in the affirmative. but re-
itcrated blame lies with the opera
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Tho jury was picked Monday.
Much tirne was spent in challenging
jurors. The first witness for the
state was Mrs. Thomas Mcmahon.
the mother of the dead girL Mrs
McMahon was shot By Smith at the
time her daughter was killed. smith
turned tho gun on himself az the
time OF the shooting. and fired ono
shot into his breast.
The dead girl. then Helen Mona,
hon. II. met Smith In Victoria IN
September. 1915. He was then IL.
and Just back from France. She
fell In love with HIM. Later they
were married
A baby was born In December.
1917. Martial troubles developed and
Helen left him in July. 1918. She
came 20 her mother. in Seattle. and
had Smith prosecuted for non.sup-
port He followed In the fall.
Story Of Shooting
Smith did not see his wife often.
lie brooded over their estrangcmcnt.
and insisted that her mother was
poisoning her daughters mind
against him.
on February , Smith went 10 5s3i
Hudson St. where his wife and moth
er-ln.law were living. His wife had
found employment. but was home for
lunch.
They conversed In commonplace
manner" according to the prosecut-
or's version. Then the young wife
arose to return to her work.
The returned soldier is alleged TO
have suddenly whipped out gun.
and. after instantly killing his wife.
fired two shots that struck Mrs. Nc
Mahon and then turned the gun on
himself
Mrs. Mcmahon and Smith recov
cred. They now face each other In
court
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27
Warmer Weather
Due With Rains,
Says Salisbury

Jack Frost took another hitch
in his belt early Monday morning
and brought his waist measure
ment down 10 23.
which is but another way OF
saying that the mercury descend
ed TO ~ degrees Monday morning,
a single degree from real Mon
tana weather. and a couple Of de-
grees more crimpy than charac-
terized Seattle's climate on Satur-
day.
But. hist, Official Weather.
smith George n. Salisbury. than
whom there Is no more persistent
weather prognosticator cxtant.
asserts in bold type that we are In
for rain Monday night That
means warmer weather. opines
the weatherwright
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27
Salvation Army
Autos to Be Given
Away on Friday

The Salvation Army autos will be
given away under the auspices of
the Elks Friday noon at Second ave.
and Pike st.
Originally 1t was planned to give
them away Tuesday noon. but owing
TO the fact that some of the neces-
sary arrangements were delayed. the
big event had to be postponed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27

neccssitate a stocking up OF food
stuffs to prevent famine.
II will mean that the old kero-
scne lamp will come back into
Use. as gas will be an unsuppli.
able commodity.
Electric juice. largely the pro.
duct OF water power in Seattle.
VIII. TO some measure. remain
on the job here, but In the East
and most other places. where IL
is dependent upon coal. II will
also 30 out of business.
In short. n national coal strike
will more nearly parlyze all in
dustry and threaten starvation.
than any other single strike.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27
WHAT COAL STRIKE MEANS

The individual householder will
not only be affected by a short
age OF fuel. In case OF n coal
strike. but In many other ways.
All industry depending upon
coal viii. in time. have to cease.
Railroad transportation win
have TO cease In n very short
time.
Steamers viii be tied TO their
ports for want OF coal when the
accumulated supply Is gone.
II Is estimated that few cities
have more than two weeks sup
plies OF food In storage. This
means that n coal strike. tying
up railroads and ships. viii
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-27
May
Coin Wood
Business
Will Recruit Army Of Cutters
if Miners Go on Strike
PASSAGE Is ASSURED


Seattle win 90 into the WOOD
cutting business on q wholnals
basis. II the coal miners Of the
United States 90 on strike next
Saturday.
Tens Of thousands u cord e
wood, suitable for heating an6
cooking purposes. arc available
within the city limua. or within
easy hauling distance from the
municipal boundaries.
On the west slope Of the Wen
Seattle hill. 1t is estimated that there
are at least 100000 cords Of wood
ready for Ak and saw.
To the north Of Green Lake and
along the right Of way OF the Ev-
erett interurban. even a greater
quantity OF wood and stumpage Il
available. according to city officials.
At the suggestion Of City Comp
troller Harry w. Carroll. an ordi.
nance will be drawn this week. en-.
powering the city OF Seattle to en-
gage in wood cutting on a wholesale
scale, in the event the coal mines OF
the nation are tied up by striking
coal miners.
Mayor Approves
Carroll's suggestion, which win be
ready for action by the city council.
contingent upon the strike. was re-
ceived with approval by Mayor Fftx.
gerald and members of the city coun.
ell, who appeared at the county-city
building Monday.
The city not only should go into
the wood-cutting business, but 1t will
be forced to do so II the coal miners
go on strike" Mayor Fitzgerald said.
There is plenty OF available stand.
ing and fallen timber within the
city limits to supply Seattle for
weeks after the coal supply is ex-
hausted.
with the cold snap already
upon us. the supply Of coal now
available will run short distrcssing-
ly soon after November 1. the date
set for the nationwide strike Of
coal miners. II the strike lis de-
clared and Is a drawn-out fight.
1t goes without saying that Seattle
will undergo actual suffering from
lack of heat.
Mobilize Wood Cutters
''The plan of Comptroller Carroll
to prepare for an emergency by
mobiliging n vast army of wood
cutters so that Seattle will not bo
without warmth and heat for cook.
ing purposes has my unqualified
Endorsement. l shall do what 1
can to make municipal wood cut
ting popular IL the occasion arises.''
City Councilman William Hick-
man Moore voiced enthusiastic ap-
proval OF the plan.
II believe the city should prepare
for what appears to be coal
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