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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01
"THE AGE OF MIRACLES"
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

have an inclination to such an attitud We get stodgy and prosaic. lose our fresf ness of viewpoint, and then growl be cause the age of miracles has passed That's the way to grow old; but If yo want to keep young and fresh and happy i you must preserve some of your capaI biilties for surprise and admiration.
 If we all allowed ourselves to get intd that deplorable state of mind which sees no surprise or admiration in anything there would be an absolute retarding or progress in every walk of life.
 It is the young mind which asks "Why?" It is the questioning soul that sees the wonder and the miracle of hte' which keeps us in touch with the super natural and preserves the beauty and poetry amidst the commonplaces of the world
 Just wake up tomorrow morning with your eyes wide open and see if there are not loads of things to admire and see. Try to get the fresh viewpoint of lit tie child; then say, if you can. with the skeptical man on the street car: "The age of miracles has passed.
 If you will be perfectly candid with yourself, instead of saying that, you Will admit that far from having gotten to that dreary pass, the world is a never ending miracle of beauty and there IS nothing more mlraculOuS III IL, tiihi Jo'' our own dull acceptance of things as matter of course.
 Life is such wonderful adventure It may not always be pleasant one (usu- ally it is noD, but even so, the dullest ana most uninteresting has it's possibilities
 There is always the feeling that some thing different may lie just round the corner: that even though we feel that we are up against a blank wall, the solid masonry of unhappiness may melt away any second and verltaoie garden of delight may take it's place. such as we never dreamed of.
 Nothing stands still in life, and 1T the worst is our portion today, then the next change must be for the best.
 No: definitely and conclusively, the age mira has not DaSSeQi
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COLUMBUS, MISS.

colproh,,s. Miss, February S.-(Speclai) white man, giving his name as U. w. Smith, is being held by local oiiiooi' nm the charge of having stolen an au'o' mobile belonging to s. B. solomon oA Macon, Ga. The car answers the ue scription of the one stolen rom 9oio mon. which was received at police heio- cu.rters hare several days ago. me man WAS arrested by Constable J. T. Ro- ,,ortson and when taken into custody was accompanied by woman who claimed to be his wife. No charge was made against the woman, however, and she left the city this afternoon.
 Hon. A. H. Longino, former governor of Mississippi, has been spending the past few days here with his wife and daughters, who recently moved to Columbus to make 1t their permanent home Judge Longino, who for several months past has been engaged in Young Mems Christian association work at Camp Shelby, is being urged to enter the pending race for governor of Mississippi' and while he has as yet reached no defi- mite conclusion regarding the matter 1t Is generally believed that he will decide to enter the race and that an offlcia. announcement to that effect will soon pc forthcoming.
 The local exchange of the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company IS being overhauled and improved under the direction of c. c. Myers, an expert electrical engineer in the employ of the Western Electric company. The work is being done principally to improve the service on country lines, and with this end in view a magneto equipment Is be- ing installed and an operator who Will devote her entire time to answering the calls of patrons of the exchange who re- side in rural communities will be em- ployed. :.
 F. D. Ellis, official stenographer Of the sixteenth circuit court district, has announced his desire to represent Lo,-ndes county in the Mississippi state senate, and T. w. Lewis, Jr, son oe Rev T. w. Lewis, who formerly was pastor of the First Methodist church in this city but who now is serving fashionable church, in Memphis, is can didate for legislative representative, put both young men having officially an nounced their candidacies this morning.
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FOR MISS DIXON

Mir and Mrs. Robert Brooke will en
 certain at a buffet supper at their home on Madison avenue, at o'clock on Mon day evening in honor of Miss Emily Dixon and MT. Henry S. Fowkes, whose mar riage will be an event of Tuesday after noon. The affair will precede the wed-
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

There will be meeting of Temple Emanu-EI chapter this morning, follow ing services
 The ladies auxiliary of the iieple" school will meet on Iuesday alteinoo" at 8 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01

American Women in Music." Among those who will appear on the programme will be Miss Margaret Blair, Miss Hay low MT. Stenmehl and others.
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ALEX STEVENS CHAPTER U. D. c.

There will be no meeting of the Alex Stephens Chapter, United Daughters or the Confederacy on March on account of the week of prayer at East Lake. The next meeting will be held on March 14.
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Saturday at the Tutwiler is gala day. ,eginning with the luncheon hour and ending with the tea-dansant from to o'clock. On Sunday evenings there is the table dhote dinner. and every Tuesday evening the dinner-dance from until 12 O clock Beautiful music and excellent cuisine at all of these affairs.
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weight and hopes to get his discharge soon.
 From here I go to New Orleans and will think of all the boys who have put their foot on the rail for the last time.
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ding rehearsal. The guests will include the wedding party and the families or both bride and groom.
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N nRs. EUGENE LEvERT BROWN M entertained at tea yesterday ,a,1.,. SVS afternoon at her home on High land avenue in compliment to her niece, Mrs. Lee Burlington, who has recently come to this city to make her home and Miss Emily Dixon. whose marriage to Mir. Henry S. Fowlkes will be an event of Tuesday evening.
 The house was thrown open and beauti- Fully decorated with ferns and palms, combined with Florida moss, buttercups and jonq1ils.
 Mrs. Brown and the two lovely guests of honor and Miss White of Lynchburg, Va, received in the drawing room.
 In the dining room, where the tea table was centered with spring blossoms, Mrs. Frank Fowlkes, Mrs. J. R. Rice. Mrs. Charles DeBardeleben. presided. During the afternoon number of young matrons and members of the younger set called.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-01

Cambrian society entertain at Mir. John Fl. Adams home at o'clock this even tng.
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Art club meets this afternoon at ] o'clock at the public library.
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IDurSf1Ar1rrYS
 EPt1nOSOPlTH

Ole Miss, de Less CT Gal has ter Talk erbout de Mo de Men Folks Seems ter Want to set eroun' an Listen to her. Yassum.
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Mrs. Rice,s class recital.
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EVENTS OF TODAY

Mir. and Mrs. Frank Fowll1es dinner at Country club this evening for Fowlkes- Dixon wedding party.
 Mrs. J. R. Rices luncheon at Tutwiles for Miss Dixon.
 Junior Music Study club at Cable hall 1:90 o'clock.
 Mrs Ricets class recital
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

Girls will be girls. Mrs. Frieda
Katz, Hartford, Conn, held a birthday
party and tried to make out 1t was
only her hundredth. The family gave
her away. She is LOG.
Charging that her husband called her
lemon" Mrs. Erialle Droege Fuld
has filed suit for divorce from her
husband, DR.. Joseph H Fuld, St
Louis The couple have been married
just IS days. She charges he told
her he thought when he married her
that her family had money, but he
sure got lemon"
Experts of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College have estimated that the
crop damage i'm Maryland will exceed
$1,000,000 during the recent rainy
period There were several years
when the average of this year was
exceeded, but seldom has it happened
that the wet days were punched SO
closely together This is what did
the damage to the crops, as it made it
for the farmer to get on
his soil to properly work it, or to
protect it from weeds and diseases in
cident to the continued dampness.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

And now, beloved sisters, we
hunrbly suggest a league OF neigh
bors for the amicable adjustment OF
all future clothes line disputes.
| SiIo owners Of Colusa, Cal, who
prefer the kick to the taste are not
worrying over prohibition "Slen,
the juice Of ensilage corn, Is said to
have Dempsey wallop, compared 20
whiskey.
HE gave me $40 for a kiss and then
took his money back was the com
plant made to the police by preF-y
waitress at Wichita Falls, Tex OIL
GERS looked I'D statues to fit the
charge.
Bartholdt Hoffman, Hartford, Conn,
made an antidry drink of ammonia,
liniment- sugar and some odds and
ends He's in Jail now, charged with
shooting at his wife and threatening
a cop.
Rev. Freeze, pastor; Mrs. Jack
Frost organist. Come to church and
be cool" is the advertisement a local
church at Mercedes, Cal, is carry
ing i'm papers to stir up attendance
during the hot spell.
John Chiapputo, the best dog
catcher, Hartford, Conn, ever had,
has resigned With women and child
rem running and screaming at sight
OF him, 1T was worse than being a
hangman," John said
] Remanded on a larceny charge,
John O'Brien, of Dublin, requested
the Mnllingar magistrate to direct
the police to bring him a pint OF
\ Guinness stout, ne paying. The mag
istrate acceded and O'Brien drank 1t
in the dock.
Y Maryland AUTHORIZATION League
published the following advertisement
\ i'm the Baltimore dailies:l 'Hells for
Rent-Billy Sunday; Why the Riot
i'm Chicago? Crime was to cease with
Prohibition; "a killed, hundreds
wounded"
\ The stingiest jailbreaker in the
world. in the opinion of the inmates
h of the county, Jail, Jeffersonville; Ind,
is David Groves, "a. Groves sawed
bars in high window in the jail wall
and escaped, after locking other
prisoners in their cells.
f. For driving his automobile while
intoxicated William Van Etten, Sayre,
Pa. was arrested and ordered by
Judge Benfoey to walk instead OF
driving his car while in Pennsyl-
vania How'll / 90 to work." Van
Etten asked. Walk" replied the
Justice.
Robert Learmouth, st. Johnsbury,
VT, saw his horse running away and
exclaimed: "I hope he will break his
neck" The animal ran along the
railroad tracks and was killed by the
engine of an approaching express.
Examination showed the horses neck
was broken.
Because of the -unsanitary condi
tons existing at state road camp
near Charleston, w. Va, Governor
Cornwell has pardoned all the prfs-
oners there, numbering thirteen. The
Governor learned that not only was
the camp unsanitary, but the mel
were being unhumanely treated.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

An important factor in keeping the
chicks growing during hot weather
il plenty OF shade.
The aerial mail service is called
young, but to be i'm fashion # must
have a strike.
Tame, quiet hens of the larger
breeds, such a. Plymouth Rocks and
Orpingtons, make. the best turkey
mothers.
Disease brought about by filth.
malnutrition and neglect is good
way to make failure i'm the poultry
business.
James Giordiano, Hartford, Conn,
drove his truck into a police signal
box, the box called a policeman and
the policeman discovered James had
no auto license
Two automobile bandits at Chicago
Tuesday held up Philip Fleming, a
messenger Of the Austin National
Bank, and robbed him of $4,000 in
checks and negotiable securities, and
$4,000 in cash
There are many advantages to a
single-pitch roof on the poultry
house This type il most easily
built. 1t gives the highest vertical
front exposed to the suns rays and
throws all of the rain water to the
rear.
A man moved from Rochester, n
Y, to New York City, but couldn't &c:
barber to cut his hair to his liking.
So he travelled to Rochester twice q
month to have his hair cut by his
favorite barber When he passad
away, his notebook showed that these
haircutting trips had. cost him S712,
and he had travelled 23,750 miles.
Eighty thousand gallons of gaso-
line exploded on the tracks OF the
Texas Oil Company, Bayonne, n. J.,
causing fire which resulted in the
serious injury Of four persons with
many others suffering minor burns.
The cause Of the explosion has not
been determined Buildings two
miles away were rocked. The flames
spread TO two storehouses and for a
time it appeared that the entire plant
of the oil company was doomed.
The Glenwood Farmers Club of
Howard county, one of the most pro-
gressive of such organizations in the
State, will hold a monster Tractor
Demonstration on August IA 1T will
be an all day affair and will include
demonstrations of many makes of
Tractors in all the variations Of
blowing, disking, seeding, etc. Glen
wood is situated in Howard county
on the Baltimore and Frederick
Boulevard, "A miles west of Baltimore
and % miles East of Frederick
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

fused to accept any help on the part
Of the local Associated Charities, pre-
ferring, he explained. to beg. He
then was ordered to leave the city
Immediately. He announced his
plans to go to Gastonia. His nephew
told Miss Crutchfield that Morris was
paying him So day and expenes to
accompany the cripple on the trip.
Tn order to make the trip the nephew
had sent his wife back home to her
father and had given up d job paying
him from $3.50 day up.
Morris, in a wheel chair, was push
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15
BRIEFS.

IT is very safe in some TOM
munfties to offer a reward for
house for rent.
N "A crowd OF girls forced to walk
during the trolley strike at Boston
gladly accepted an invitation. TO ride
to town lin ID hearse>
II YOU buy it in this town you keep
both the goods and money at home
Which is a point quite well "Urth
considering.
The average yeang 'uns suffer from
the heat until it comes time 10 play
ball. and then nothing can hold them
back.
Francis X Bushman, the famous
movie actor, is equally as famous I'LL
having suits brought against him for
debt
When fellow is young, he wants
to be old, and when he is old, ne
wants to be young, and when he l.
halfway between, the Lord only
knows what he wants.
The State highways as built in
Maryland, now cost about $4,000 per
mile. When Governor Crothers in
,augurated the system the cost was
from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile
Speaking of Holsters, one caught
att Rockland, Me-, weighed ID pounds
and was three feet long. 1t made
dinner for a family of five and
enough was left for another meal.
Hard cider jags will be the rage
ait Chicago. District Attorney Ep-
stein has ruled that cider fermented
without adulteration MS not an lille
gal beverage.
A. R. Montgomery, Is, of Houstoa,
Tex, held for robbing a Pullman
coach. said it was easy. They
snored so nobody heard me going
through the clothing" he explained
Mrs. Geo. Voelker of San Francisco,
wants a divorce because George was
too ,obedient Quarrels always end
ed by her ordering him to leave home,
she said. One day he Obeyed orders.
A landlord phoned one of his ten
ants at Albany, N. Y: I'm raising
your rent this month" Thank YOU
that's more than | can do" came the
answer of the tenant
John Maginniss, Chicago, thought
he was almost divorced. But just be
fore the case went to the jury his
wife changed her mind and asked her
suit dismissed.
The marrying parson" is the new
name given to Rev. u. 4. Gambrill.
HaskaI1, Okla. When he united
couple July "a his record had reach
ed 1,778.
It il officially announced at Ham
burg that 900 vessels having that
city as their home port and having
total displacement of 100000 cubic
meters have been delivered to the
Entente Powers.
State Forester Besley is in re-
ceipt of inquiries from all over the
state for remedies by which the
blight that is destroying chestnut
trees may be Btaid. Mr.. Besley says
no remedy has been discovered.
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ed about the streets by the nepns''
stopping at corners and IN sU'
doors where passersby could see nlI
Many threw him coins. He told mn
Crutchfield that he had saved y
tween $3.50 and $500 from money I'M II.
him since March, after paying II,
and his nephew's expenses Hn IA
amounts to about So day. a. NJ II
not want to return to Georgia !
said, as he preferred to travel aT ~.
and see things.-FTom Norfolk N
ginian-Pilot.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

DR. the Cautauqu
ability. Dr.
of
speaking
"headners In
as speaker all Of the drives his
in
Victory Loan drive By special
Loan
resumed his Red
on
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-15

| Having admitted that he had a
| bank roll of between $3.50 and $500
and refusing the offer of advice ard
arrangements for undergoing treat
ment at a hospital or to be sent back
to his home in Georgia, Ebenezer
Morris, a cripple. who has been beg
ging on the streets Of Charlotte, was
ordered by the police to leave the
city, upon the advice of Miss Annie
z. Crutchfeld,. secretary of the Asso-
ciated Charities.
Morris, who came to Charlotte a
day or two ago, accompanied by his
nephew, an able bodied young man,
who has wife, admitted to Miss
Crutchfeld, when questioned, that he
had been making from $40 to SIS al
day by begging.
When asked if he were not asham-
ed, to beg, Morris replied:
No, Lazarus was a beggar.''
Norris. said he has been cripple
for q years, rheumatism having
been the cause of his present condi-
ton. He had been living in Mont
gomery county, Georgia, until last
March, when he decided to tour the
country begging Montgomery coun-
ty had been contributing $35a month
toward his support and he had been
cared for at the home of widow.
"A new administration, ne said, re-
duced the appropriation for his sup-1
port to $40 a month and he then left
the county.
Miss Crutchfield offered to arrange
to Get him in a sanatorium where he
could be treated. Oh to send him
back to Montgomery county, he lav-
ing informed her that relatives want
ed him to return there. Y Morris re-
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HERE'S BEGGAR WHO HAS
BODYGUARD

Cripple Travels I'm Style And Has
Big Roll OF Money Saved From
Handouts.
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It is very safe in some com-
munities to offer reward tor q
house for rent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-30
CYNTHIA Grey

long wondered why the subject u
home and home treatment OF chill
dren has not been taken Up In
your columns. There are homes"
and ntiil other places that are called
homes" that are not--for lack Of
love and confidence between the
parents and children. a great many
mothers who give their infants the
atficteat and best care, drive the
growing up child away from them
by their hardness IN enforcing
obedience. when n chiid's confidence
and obedience can very easily be
won and kept by loving talks, reason
ing and explaining the wrong Of
some things and the right Of others.
Strict discipline IN all very we'll.
but be aurc the child knows IL In
for his own sake you are strict. and
not just because you wish 10 spoil
his fun.
A request can be refused IN
loving way. At the same time giving
your reason for refusing, and finally
winning the child over 10 your way
OF thinking. Don't be afraid 10
waste breath by talking intelligently
10 your children. a child that is
always being whipped grows 20 ex-
poet II, whether he deserves II or
not.
gained a valuable lesson from
my son one time. when / whipped
him for swearing. lie said. II can
swear all | want 90 when ! arm out
Of doors" And they viii. too. Moth
ing In gained by forcing obedience
thru fear. IL doesn't teach child
WHY thing n wrong-naturaily
makes them revengeful and wicked
when that fear " outgrown. More
criminals are made than prevented.
This IN some OF the teaching the
Parent.Teacher associations are try
ing 10 spread abroad into the homes.
and ~ Taxpayer" who assails the
parcnt'Teacher associations. should
attend some OF their meetings. and
believe he would not think they
were a lot OF nonsepse.
while caring for IS boys in n par.
entail school. observed the parents
who came 70 visit the children. Most
OF these boys were from weilto-do
homes, but all had either been treat
ed cruelty at homo. or simply neglect
ed and let grow up as they pleased.
I found all were much more easily
managed by kindness than harsh
ness, and were very loving. obedlcnt
children with kind treatment
Since the klnd-hearted. reasonable
way In being adopted by parental
schools, why can not the parents
use 1T A number OF parents should
be put thru a thoro course OF par-
entail training before undertaking %
bring up children.
The law ought TO govern the home
10 the extent that brutality .iT not
used. at any rate. The public In
general ought TO look into these
things more. and not conssuc-- II as
none OF it's business" as long as
children are kept off the streets and
sent 10 school.
ALSO AN OBSERVER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-30
Orthopedic Dance at
The ARMY and Nduy Club

People Kept coming and coming az
the second dance OF the broadway
Orthopcdic Guilds series at the
Army and Navy Club last evening
for the benefit Of the Chlldrcn's hos.
pltnl. The music was especially
good. and truly generous with It's en-
cores. which Is always commend.
able.
The patronesscs for last evenings
affair were Mrs Bert Farrar. Mrs q.
A. Webster. Mrn. Margaret ch~ai.
Mrs. Louis Cragin. Mrs. Letcher
Lambuth and Mrs. Fred Alexander.
Presiding over the coffee urn.
were Mrs David Edward Skinner.
Mrs. Charles Russell Collins and
Mrs. George w. Fischer And the
young girls assisting were: Miss
Edith Reafieid. Miss Margaret Arnc~
Miss Grace Hcrcrnan. Miss Bertha
Trcmper. MISS Mildred Miller. Miss
Marion Sowle and Miss Lucille Green.
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Mrs. Thompkins Hostess

Compllmenttnk her mother, Mis-,
Andrew Nj. Thomas. who leaves
November 5 Tor tho Philippines,
Mrs stuart Thompkins was hostess
az an informal tea at her home yes.
tcrday afternoon. Presiding over
the tea table. with It's attractive cen.
tcrpiece q chrysanthemums IN au.
tumn colors. were Mrs. Edward
Bradley Hallingcr and Mrs. Jerry
Patterson Eggcrt the first hour. and
Mrs. William Martin and Mrs. Rol'
lin Arkeuy the second
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-RamsdeN

Miss Helen NJ. Ramsdeii, daughter
% Mr, and Mrs. u. q. iinmHdell OF
Snohomlsh. and Mr.. John n. Johnson
Of seattle were quietly married Wed
ncsday. October 20. at high noon BY
Rev. A. T., Greene.
Tho ceremony was performed az
the Hotel Holland and was attended
By Mr.. aud Mira. T.. O.. Ramsdcll. MIR.
and Mrs. j. III. ShaddInger. Mr., Max
Shaddinger. ali ~ Snohomiah. and
Miss Alice Spindicr and Mr.. G. T..
Dana OF Seattle.
MIR and Mrs. johnson left imnedi.
ateiy after the ceremony for an sx'
tended wedding tour thru California,
thence to Chicago and back by the
way Of Canada 10 Everett. where
they will make their future homo.