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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
MRS. M'FARLAND
 H0NORS BRIDE-E ECT

Mrs. Hugh Mcfarland entertained Miss frances Ford and the members of her bridal party at a beautiful tea recently at her home on Fourteenth avenue, south.
 In the receiving line were Miss Ford. Miss Angielan Fullington, Miss Lennie Mae Smith end Mrs. Roy Williamson. Miss Ford was lovely in gown of pink velvet with trimmings of silver lace, and wore corsage of pink carnations.
 Mrs. McFarland's home was decorated with q profusion of southern smilax. holly and po,nsettias.
 The tea table in the dining room was beautiful, with a lace cover over red, and the center decoration was a silver vase filled with red carnations and silver con dlesticks burned red tapers. Here Mrs Percy Miller and Mrs. Edward Knight served tea. assisted by Mrs Pete Blake Mrs. Jesse Tstherow. Mrs Frank Jones, Miss Eloise Commonder and Miss Odei Blake. Miss Helen Moughon took the cards at the door, also the many lovely gifts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
UTOPIAN CLUB BALL

The Utopian club according flo theG custom. will entertain on the first of the year at its annual ball. The club brides itself in the fact that this is their sixth annual ball. The dance this year will be given at the club house at Edgewool which will he appropriately decorated ill sre C.r' rolorS ..ute ntnsird wlta grtcu cry and Christmas decorations.
 Miss Sarah Donnelly has been chosen by the club tc lead the dance with Mr Thurston sherman, president
 The club personnel consists of Thurs ton sherman. Tresident: Walter Black well vice president; Isham Gillespie, treasurer; J. R. Gardner, secretary Luke Busby, John Craig, IIartwell Holt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
-- CHRISTMAS CANTATA

A Christmas cantata composed by
 Carrie B. Adams will be rendered by the
 North Highlands Methodist church choir on Sunday morning, December 26, at II
 o o'clock, at the North Highlands Metho- dist Episcopal church, south, The Ho-
 loists are Mrs J. M. Griffin, Mrs Austin Beavers, Mrs. Pryor, Miss Hattie Lee 1aylor, Miss Rhondwyn Sims, Miss Lil- Han Puckett, Mir. G. II. Grain MT. Atha- nasius Thomas and Mir, Moran; MT. W. A. Thomas, 3rganist; Harry Lyon, direc- tor. Miss Gladys Lyon. violin student at the Conservatory of Music Cincinnati. Ohio who is spending the Christmas holidays at her home in Birmingham, will play a violin solo for the offertory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
Society News and Activities of City and Suburbs

, George Mcclellan, Hubert Watkins. Al- ton 'Goode. Bill Shepherd, Frank Merritt, Clovis Pearcs. Bob Strickland, Bill Mar tn.
 rhanerones for the occas on a~e M~. a0d Mrs l.. S Rates, Mir and Mrs. W K. Trechsel MT and Mrs. George Archer Mir and Mrs Rollo Stenmehl Mir and Mrs. Holymede Chichester.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
BLACK -TUCKE FER WEDDING

The marriage of Miss Evie Tucker an MT. Bramlett Taylor Black was quietly solemnized in the presence of a few rela- tives and friends at the home of the brides aunt Mrs. E. B. McGowan, on the North Highlands, Tuesday evening at o'clock. The Rev. J T. Black, faith CT of the groom, officiated.
 The bride wore beautiful coat suit of blue tricotine and the house was deco rated for the occasion with chrysanthc- nuns and carnations. Among the ut of-town guests for the wedding were Mrs H. s. Weeks of Glen Allen and Miss Marjorie Black of Pell City.
 MT and Mrs. Black will be at home to their friends at 1912 Nineteenth street. north, in this city. >J
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
ORGAN RECITAL
 AT TEMPLE EMANUEL

An organ recital will be given this aft ernoon at Temple Emanu-El under the auspices of the Birmingham Mus'c cluo.
 The recital will be under the direction of Mrs. ". ". FsuIghun. and will begin at o'clock. lasting one hour. It will be given by George Ice Hamrick, orSanst of the Southside Baptist church. member of National Association of Orgauists and of the American Guild of Organists, as sisted by Mrs ]. J. Strickland. soprano.
 Following is the programme (Amercan composers exclusively):
 Organ, (a) "Epthalamium' CA Wed ding Song tMatthews) (b) "An Area dian Sketch (Stoughton>. (c) The .n- fant Jesus tyon): My Desire" Girhel- bert Nevinl. Mrs. I. J. Strickland; organ. 'Sl etches of t,ie City" tGordon B. Nevini. Ca "The City From Mar (b) "On the Avenue. e, An Old Lady Porch, ' dfd, ''lrrhin Nhistiing in the Streets. fe, The r.ln.i Man.'' dl "The Busy Nils ca "Al Even ng:"- By the Waters of ,finnetonsa d.eurance). Mrs. j. J. Strirklana srssn. ta) "A Mountain Idyls' lSeh'nlneke,. tb) 'Improvisasion tOld southern a!r), tc) "Raphsody (Cole>.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
MISS BAZEMORE TO
 ENTERTAIN VISITOR

Miss Frances Bazemore will entertain this evening at a dinner party at the Tutwiler in honor of Miss Evelyn Story of New York. The guests will include Miss Storey, Miss Merle Cheatham, Miss Jula Lathem, Miss Mary Palmerlee of Atlanta and Miss Rebecca Bazemore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
MP A>D .ES. SAkS HOSTS

Mir. and ,lss. Herman Saks will enter tain tomorrow evening at a dinner party at the Tutwiier. followed by box party at thc Jefferson. in honor of their niece. Miss Eleanor Isabelle Saks. whose en- gagement to MT. l.. z. Morris Strouse of NRichmond, Va, has been recently an nounced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
MISS WEAVER'S
 DINNER PARTY

Miss Weaver will entertain Thursday evening at d dinner party in honor of her house guests Misses Maria Weaver of Charleston, N. Va, and Helen MePhsr- son of Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
HADAssAH CHAPTER MEETS

The local chapter of the T1adassah will hold it's regular meeting Tuesday afeer- noon at 3 o'clock, at the Young Mems Hebrew Association building
 All members are requested to be pres ent. as important business is to be trans acted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
MISS LAf!IER TO HONOR VISITORS

Miss Juanita Ianier will entertain Tuesday at luncheon at the Tutwiler hon. bring Miss Maria Weaver and Helen McPherson. house Quests of Miss Mary Joe Weaver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
COLEMAN-STUBBS
 MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

Nsr and Mrs. w. s. Stubbs announce tho marriage of their daughter, DessIe, to My James C. Coleman. formerly of Birn7;ngham. but now located in New Or leane. on Thursday, December g. Mir. and Mrs. coleman are at home in New Or leans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
NURSERY GUILD

There vii be no meeting of the Nursery
 Guild in December.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
CARTLEDGE- ELLEDGE
 MARRIAGE

The marriage of Miss Dana Elledge, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. R. w. Eredge, and MT. Dozier Nathaniel CartIedge, Jr. or New Orleans, was soemnized in the nome of the brides parents on Ninth street yesterday afternoon at o'clock, and was one of the prettiest home we'd dings of the season. says the Tuscaloosa News.
 The effective decorations of the apart ments opened to the guests were carried out with American smilax, having a white background, specimen chrysanthemums held in tall oriental baskets and many handsome ferns. The chosen tones of green and white extended to the altar, which was banked with palms with a priedieu of brides roses and cathedral candles burned in seven -branched cande- labra casting soft glow over the beau tiful wedding picture. Before the cere- mony Mrs. J. c. Perkins. pianist, and MT. Irving Dugins, tenor, presented pro- gramme of nuptial music, Dr. Dugins' voice being heard to good advantage in "Because"
 Miss Hazel Jones, maid of honor, ap- preached the altar alone, wearing an exquisite afternoon costume of brown brocaded velvet, with picture hat, and her flowers were carnations in sheath bouquet.
 Miss Elledge entered with her father, MT. R. V. TIledge, by whom she was given in marriage, and she was never more attractive than on this occasion. She wore a stunning imported tailleur of brown duvetyne cloth, fur trimmed and embroidered in chenille. Her chapeau was French model of brown panne vel vet and gold lace. She carried bouquet of Bride roses showered with valley lilies.
 The groom, with his best man, MT. Claud Mangum of New Orleans, awaited his bride at the altar. pr. l.. o. Daw- son spoke the sacred ceremonial in an impressive manner.
 Immediately after the vows were taken Mir and Mrs. Cartledge left for an ex- tended trip through the east, and later will make their home in New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26
MISS BAKER HOSTESS

Miss Annie Baker was hostess recently when shr entertained the "J. w. G." club at dance. An orchestra furnished the m, < nd dancing was enjoyed until late ha,r Fifteen couples were included in Miss Bakers hospitality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-26

January is but few days off and the coming week will be one of hasty buy ing. Everyone has been waiting for suit prices to go lower and now we have forced them down to their lowest notch. We have added, at our own cash purchase price, several hundred high-type 1921 model suits. We have joined these with our exceptional stock of smart quality-g guaranteed models We have greatly re-priced downward for a complete clearance until further notice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
THE CHAFFINC DISH

ONE of our admirable clients sent us for
~ Christmas very interesting book called
"Smokiana, published in London in lS9o
and purporting to contain a history and IL
lustrations of all kinds Of tobacco pipes ever
used by mankind. Curiously enough, how
ever. we find in this volume no mention
whatever of the corncob pipe. The same is
true of an equally entertaining book called
"Thc Anatomy of Tobacco" published in
London about 1885. The conclusion, of
course, is that up to 1890 not even the most
devoted practitioners of picotinc in England
had ever heard of the Missouri meerschaum.
Now what we want to know is, when did
the corncob pipe first come into general use!
We put this question into circulation III the
hope of getting some data for our future
'Tractate on Corncobs," which we hope
some day to write. If our good -natured
clients will compile the facts for us, 1T VIII
save us lot Of labor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14

NOW that Hicks, of the STRENGTHENING
: bureau, has resigned the opportunity
presents itself to Director Winston to
consolidate all the bureaus in his depart
ment dealing with the laying out, paving
and cleaning of the streets.
The STRENGTHENING bureau was split
away from the highways bureau few
years ago, and should be returned with
out delay, and the bureau of surveys
should be put under the direction of the
head of these consolidated divisions of the
Department of Public Works,
This arrangement would result in in
creased efficiency and in economy, for it
would concentrate responsibility and
would abolish two unnecessary bureau
heads, while under it single inspecting
force could do the work that is now done
by three groups of inspectors trailing one
another about the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
MISS TAFT'S GOOD SENSE

MISS HELEN TAFT, acting president
AsA of Bryn Mawr College, displays some
of the common sense inherited from her
distinguished father when she tells the
women attending the citizenship school
that it would be a mistake to form a
woman's political party. She has per-
ceived that political issues are not framed
along the lines of sex any more than polit-
ical parties in the past have divided men
on lines of honesty. If women are to be
success as voters they must be inter
ested in matters that affect all citizens,
regardless of sex.
No class party has ever lived long in
America. There is wholesome instinct
in the American political consciousness
against class legislation, no matter whose
benefit is intended.
That Miss Taft believes women can be
consulted in framing public policies with
profit to the nation goes without saying.
She is a woman and she has a proper
respect for her sex. But she is aware
that some years must pass before women
can qualify themselves by experience for
the most effective service. Her insistence
that they should have an opportunity to
get that experience is to be expected and
her protest against segregatng women
in their political activities will be in
dorsed by all women with an understand
ing of what processes are necessary to
the training of efficient citizens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
MAKING THE WORLD FLAT

WHEN the Bolshevist delirium was at
w it's height in Russia, d ship navi-
gated by committee actually entered the
port of San Francisco. There had been
a council OF that vessel whenever tho
helm had to be shifted and debate for
every gale OF wind,
Memory Of that incident returns almost
every day with the news of plans and
countsrplans for the reorganization of
industry in the United States. The
Plumb plan and even Mr., Illness latest
program for railroad management show
how definitely the eXperimenters are de-
terniined to apply the theory of commit
tees in industrial direction.
They would fstten the world.
They would eliminate the inspirational
auality which, as the contribution of one
gifted individual after another, has been
behind every triumph Of business organi-
xation and every great industrial achieve
ment In our history,
Regulation is necessary. New methods
are necessary. But the individual mind
aQailtsF tQF lsadsphis cannot be tayad
I+I a ~ ~. ~ ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
A Short Story

a.,;,., nc
nUR NINA Is never SO palniu4iS av''e "'
" when We arc making out checks, ana
the other day, while we were Dc-tlrrihg our
self in that way. we concocted an idea for
short story which we will give away gratis.
The necessary ingredient for this story is an
attractive lady called Cndinc Georgiana In.
gals. and She is herewith to consider herself
invented If there happens to be any lady
of that name in this teeming town we beg
her pardon.
r. is also necessary to imagine q married
oo,,n1n Tic husband once knew this Miss
InaaIIe and the wife knows that he admired
hnr o,rootIr hut sunnoscs that he has not seen
hor Cor ynars
Tbo action of tbe story would, of course,
horin uith a descrintion Of the bappy home
t;fo biIIe nromntIv Maid on the first of the
,ntb a rieit to the movies once q week
osnociaIIv when Dorothy Gish is on the
,,,Ioon Otto otc ANY oxnericpced fiction
S',i,or n,nn ,,iIl tnov how much NAV be made of
,his trarouil routinc. Then. one evening,
~ cleaning nm his desk, the wife comes across
=" ,,i,o ['L nf 6er husbands old check books. To
i,o. r't, horror ehc finds. regularly once month.
sinh indorscd briefly with Miss Ingalls's
;n;t;ois rTho terseness Of the entries seems
49, ;r,,,i, certain dreadful intimacy. The
s,,,,. ,rbiIe not dcvastatipgly large. vary in
oIan,,rt IN a uav that seems sinister. WHY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
George to "have quiet hour with his


George to "have quiet hour with his
bankers"
There are indeed three decidedly un-
savory shades of European opinion about
the league which are damaging its case in
America.
There is the selfish view which persists
in regarding Americas position in the
league as one primarily of European con-
cern. EXponents of this attitude are
openly veXed with the United States, even
to the point Of meddling oracularly with
our domestic politics.
There are the professional soldiers
viewpoint and the financier's. The danger
which lies in them is vitally dependent
on American speed in passing the treaty.
The harm done will not be irreparable if
we soon enter the league.
Happily, men like Lord Robert Cecil.
Balfour and Tardieu interpret the func-
tions of the league in the way that its
sincere American advocates can approve.
There are millions of less vocal Euro
peans who concur. They realize, as Mr.
Taft and Mr.. Wilson and many others do,
that the league will operate broadly and
not merely in the European bailiwick.
The mass of world opinion on the sub
iect is unquestionably sound. 1t is this
fact which to some extent neutralizes the
regrettablc transatlantic broadside of
detraction of our methods. When they
work out to lofty purpose, as, in spite
Of deadlocks and partisanships they as
suredly will, it will be not because Of
angry words in Europe, but in spite of
thpD,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
LAWS MADE TO BE osEYED

MOTOR vehicle and traffic laws recently
w enacted for the state and the city
were formulated with the assistance and
advice of automobile clubs, highway Of
iiCials and others whose aim it was to
provide for the safety and comfort of the
general public, and simultaneously pro-
tect motor drivers themselves from the
occasional boor or lunatc who is the first
cause of serious accidents. These regula-
tions ought therefore to be obeyed Many
of them, however, are consistently
ignored.
1t is explicitly stated in the recent
municipal traffic ordinance that automo-
biles may be parked on only one side of
one-way streets in the area between
Oregon and Erie avenues and the two
rivers. This provision was intended to
facilitate the movement of trolley cars
and general traffic, Many of the narrow
cross streets are still blocked on both
sides, and driver who doesn't wish to
make a long detour has to disobey the
letter of the new law and take to the
trolley tracks.
Until courtesy and good manners are
universal among automobilists the public
and the drivers themselves will never get
the maximum of service and pleasure out
of motors. The new road laws enacted
by the last Legislature have innumerabe
excellent features, but until the intent
as well as the letter of the code is gener-
ally understood many of the old dangers
and abuses will continue.
The state authorities expressly permit
the use of high powered headlamps with
DETECTING lenses. But the law explicitly
states that those lights must be dmmed
at the approach of an oncoming car. This
obligation is perhaps more generally dis
regarded since the new law was enacted
than it ever was before, since many
drivers assume that the use of an zap
proved lens relieves them of RESPONSE
! bility that good sense and good manners
| alike suggest. The trainers of the new
law recognized the dangers of night
driving with inadequate lamps. They
made sensible and generous rules which
not few drivers fail to understand.
There is no device that will altogether
eliminate "glare" in lights of the sort
that make night driving safe on strange
roads, and for that reason those who, for
their own safety, take advantage of the
liberal provisions of the present code and
use headlamps Of maximum power should
cultivate regard for the safety of
others.
One of these days the state highway
officials and the police in this city will
find time to enforce the traffic rules drawn
up long ago for horse-drawn vehicles and
generally disregarded by owners and
drivers whose negligence often menaces
drivers and occupants of motorcars Not
one horse-drawn vehicle in four carries
the red light demanded by the ordinary
road laws.
The attention of the police in the city
and on country roads is concentrated on
motor vehicles, A motorcar moving at
night without the necessary lights and
Identification marks is Immediately
stopped. DrayS and horse drawn wagons
of all sorts without front or rear lamps
are a constant danger on country roads
after nightfall, They violate a definite
law.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
NEW JERSEY: AN EXAMPLE

STUDENTS of what might be called the
~ New Jersey ego have always recog-
nized distinguishing characteristics in the
mind and purpose Of that lively state.
Jersey justice was celebrated for its
rigors. The alcoholic beverages upon
which Jerseyman could thrive staggered
the average visitor from the mainland.
1t had truly dynamic energy. What
more than one philosopher has professed
to see in New Jersey is the two-fsted
independence, the free thinking and the
extraordinary energy which ''island"
peoples acquire naturally in the process
OF survival against odds.
Certainly if there was dynamic energy
in the applejack of Jersey there is dyna-
mic energy too in the larger mental
processes Of the people themselves. If
there were not the retiring governor, Mr..
Runyon, would not yesterday have non
chalantly suggested an immediate bond
issue of s20,000,0OO as preliminary not
only to bridge across the Delaware. but
to great vehicular tunnel between Ter
sey City and Manhattan. In the presence
OF a suggestion of that magnitude, Penn
sylvania, a far richer state, that has
hesitated and haggled for years over the
cost of Camden bridge, must feel a little
abashed.
Governor Runyons appeal was the big
incident of the legislative assembly yes
terday. Mr.. Edwards, his successor.
though making what many people believe
to be gallant fight for beer will have
TO do better than he has done so far if
he is 70 live up to the traditions of his
state.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
DID YOU KNOW?
TN HUMAN imperfection

TN HUMAN imperfection
Love puts his greatest trust
What makes the sunbeams golden
But little notes of dust?
Were men and women perfect
All love were incomplete;
On seas and lakes
Some storms it takes
To keep the water sweet.
Oh, no, tits not perfection
That scars all else above;
Nor what is fair and fawless
That wins and keeps our love.
What man could love an angel?
Such love could never live;
The constant need
Of love, indeed,
Is something to forgive.
Samuel Minturn Peck, in the Boston
Transcript.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
Lodge is still in the wilderness.
What Do You Knotu?

QUIZ
]. Who was president of France under the
second republic?
., In what century did Sir William Black.
stone live?
5. What were the names of the three fates!
4. What did the red flag signify during the
Roman empire?
3. On what date does Easter fall this ycar7
6. What is hyssop?
z. What is the meaning of the word "quat'
trocento," as applied to a period in
s, Who was secretary OF state under Ben
jamin Harrison?
O. In what country is the ex Emperor Karl
of Austria Hungary now residingt
10, What is the origin of the word ketchup'
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
l. A gibbon is kind of long armed ape
particularly prevalent in the East In
dian archipelago.
. United States senators were formerly
elected by the Legislatures of the re-
specrive states.
.. The mean distance of the moon from ths
earth is 23S, 800 miles.
f. Alphonse Marie Louis Lamartiue was
celebrated French poet, statesman ana
orator. The elegy "Le Lac sno
''Medtations Poetiques" are among
his chief works. His dates are l'9U'
1859.
>. A melodrama was originally play WIN
songs interspersed.
g. 20 Rare Ben Jonsou" is the inscription
on the poets tomb, placed there oy ID
ecceutric gentleman, Jack Young
Z, The outlying possessions OF the unl.s.
States organized as territories NV
Alaska and Hawaii.
S. During the period of his regency tns
Prince of Wales who later pecams
George " of Great Britain Nas
known as The First Gentleman -
Europe"
0. Ecru is the color Of unbleached linsa,
The yord is French and means -
bleacked 500
10. Candelabrum Is the singular p 'Os 80
candelahra. rv