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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-04
y2ES3%Yc.YlsYcyIY:.y.N@Ic N@Ic!YIyR:.Y%YesNxW:Y}E:. 2MA2ke2A:Ah1A.2Ak1H2AEI1 The Whole Secret of
 A Better Tire
 Simply q Maffer of the Makers Policies

To ascertain what each maker offers one must analyze and test some 200 tires-as our laboratories have done.
 Then it is matter Of combining the best features and building ac- cording to the highest standards
 Once you try a Brunswick you will understand how we have built model tires, regardless of factory expense.
 Yet Brunswick Tires cost you the same as other ike-type tires. Our saving is on selling cost, through our nationwide organization.
 We realize that you expect moro from Brunswicks, and we assure you that you get it. ONE Bruns- wick will tell you the story.
 And then you'll want ALL Brunswicls. No other tire, you'll agree, gives so much for your money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-04
For Night Flylne

Commercial aviaiIon. be.>svihs that its future is dependent on the improvements which t makes in its air service. has hada provision for night flying at | private airdrome on the western coast. A huge electric sign. bearing the name in great letters, has been set up at one end of the field. Atop this structure Is q platform, with several powerful lights fixsd to cast q vertical beam. Others nre movable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-04

This yon win realize-once you try a Brunswick-that super-tire is possible only when the name certi6es that the maker is follow ing the highest standards.
 For tire making is chiefly a mat her of standards and policies-cost plus care. Any maker can build a good tire if he cares to pay per- fectnn.s price.
 An men know Brunswick stand- ards, For Brunswick products have been famous for 74 years.
 Formulas, fabrics and standards vary vastly in cost. Reinforce mez1ts, plies and thickness are matter of expense. And these vari- ations affect endurance. It rests with the maker how far he wishes to go-hQM Gmch be can afford tp give
 { For there are 10 secrets nor pat ents 4n hold one back.
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PARTMENT PLAN
 IS FINDING FAVOR
 WITH BIRMINGHAM
Many Commodious Struc- lures Being Erected, and the Simplicity House
 Grows In Favor

i Birmingham citizens are rapidly be- | coming apartment dwellers. according l to statements from several of the real estate dealers.
 Apartment houses are going up all over the city as rapidly as material and labor for their construction can
 be secured. Demand for flats far ex-
 ceeds the supply and will exceed it. ! real estate men who specialize in this line say even if numbers of additional | apartments are built in the next few
 months.
 Several fine apartment houses are under construction in the better resI- dential sections. One lall44~.a ..1s Ill dicated that he wIn n4se 1o4. .eeI, small apartments o.,.4 Cc.oDer These dwellings, will be handled 1 through tne butler Garrett Real Es- 1 tate Company.
 | A local capitalist is considering the 1 plan of constructing an apartment on
 the cooperative basis which has proven so popular in New York and other crowded cities. This plan is for
 d number of people to form corpora ton and erect an apartment to be occupied by them and their families
 for d nominal rental. This plan has been varied somewhat in some cases
 the occupants buying the apartments ! and paying d small rent each to take care of service. taxes, heat and light, or by several of the tenants buying or constructing the apartment and run | nlng 1t on profit-earnings basis for themselves, giving the others req
 sonable amount of authority There will be very little moving In the downtown district on October 1, ,1xrt tL.s, xxrfo e. L able to renew expired leases hunting new locations. This is the forecast of salesmen who specialize in downtown property.
 The reason is given that space will be scarce and those who are able to remain where they are are holding on to their locations because it is ex- tremely doubtful whether they can get another or not.
 In the words of one. Store space will be at premium next year and prices are going sky-high.'
 The simplicity home of the Birming- ham Realty Company is attracting na- tional attention. a request having been received recently by the Real Estate Exchange for an article about the house for the Real Estate Journal, the national organ of the real estate men.
 This article was prepared by Fred P. Cumbus. secretary of the exchange. and submitted.4t to the magazine for publication.
 The Jemison Real Estate and Insur- ance Company announces the following sales closed during the week:
 Henry Heyman to M. Weinberger, residence on Eula street, sS,000.
 George A. Wade to A. c. Kinzer, residence at East Lake, $5,500.
 T. B. Rutherford to J. Walter Smith, residence at Woodlawn, $5,250.
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for the improvement of this import ant road.
 / l.. B. Thomson. who was recently tried in the city court on the charge of bigamy, has been bound over to the fall term of the circuit court and he is now in the Lauderdale county jail. A message was received from his all legged former wife in Brownwood, Texas. this week. stating that she would be at the trial to testify against Thomson. Thomson came to this city over year ago. and it is alleged that he married Florence woman while having wife in Texas from whom he had not obtained a divorce. Thomson denies having ever been married before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-04

Automobile production in Belgium is now about 51 per cent af the pre-war output
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-04
SUPREME COURT ID DECIDE 38 CASES Court of Appeals Transfers That Number of Cases
 Under 1911 Agreement
By FRED H. GORMLEY Montgomery Bureau The Age Herald
 22l-2 First National Bank Building

Montgomery, July 3.-Special.-Un- der an agreement between the su-
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to take a stand" she said, adding sig
nificantly: "Those who won't cooper
ate will have to be excluded" mean
ing that social war would be de-
clared against such parents as did
not recognize the wisdom of calling a
halt in this form of extravaganza.
In Philadelphia, 1t may be ex-
planned, the after effects of the war
on social affairs have been pretty
much the same as in other big cities,
with this exception: Philadelphia,
perhaps more than many others, is
distinctively Community Of
homes" where the social aspects Of
life are emphasized beyond the
point reached in some other places.
Therefore, whatever effect this end
ing of the war had in stimulating ex-
travagance and elaborate forms of
entertainment seemed to be multi
piled by the many social functions
continually going on in the Quaker
City.
Predicts Social War
Lacking the many theaters and
other opportunities for recreation
which are to be had in such abun-
dance in New York City, the desire
for diversion in the PENNSYLVANIA
metropolis finds its outlet in balls,
dinners, dances and "parties" of
various kinds, all Of which, it is
universally admitted, became es-
pecially numerous and elaborate
with the signing Of the armistice.
Philadelphia being the seat Of an
cient aristocracy which refuses to
take second place to any other in the
country, these functions not only
increased in number among the
''grown-ups," but had a correspond
ing tendency among the juveniles al
we'll.
Whereas in New York City, for
example, three or four big dances
for "sub-debs" make up fairly full
year, in Philadelphia such gather
ings are almost commonplace, and
few weeks go by in a season, even
in normal times, when one or more
affairs Of this kind are not going on
either at one Of the big hotels or at
the homes Of the members Of the
fashionable set
But with the ending Of the WA
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Mrs. Charles Stewart Wurts and
many members of the Colonial
Danes and the Fortnightly Club.
Too Many Parties
eve feel there should be a re-
duction in the number Of late par
ties for Children" said Mrs. New
bold. "The ending of the war
brought with it certain amount of
new freedom in the conduct Of
young people which, perhaps, is not
good for them. I think that most
of us have, in one way or another,
been affected by the same in
fluences. We will try to provide
more rational and simple amuse-
ments, and perhaps also supervise
the kind of plays children will be
permitted to see at the theaters."
Mrs. Newbold did not go into de-
tails of the situation calling for
the organization Of the mothers, but
Mrs. McFadden contributed an illu-
minating touch when In addressing
a meeting Of the women she said
that she had been told by the head
Of one Of the fashionable private
schools that "it took some Of the
pupils a week to get over the effects
Of some of the weekend parties"
Dresses Too Elaborate
This, of course, referred to young
misses of very tender age and not
debutantes, who are permitted a
little more freedom in their recrea-
tions.
A still, deeper insight into condi-
tions in Philadelphia, against which
the mothers are fighting, was pro-
vided by Mrs. Joseph Wpolston, one
Of the governors of the Fortnightly
Club, who asserted that not only had
the simple parties of the growing
generation Of other days developed
into formal affairs lasting until very
late hours indeed, but that there had
been striking increase Of elaborate
dressing among these little folk
which was out Of all proportion to
their age.
ThA hetter mothers are anxious
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pared for the dancing parties in
which children from six to ten and
twelve years old participated.
Cost $1,000

AOSL tpOoOVV
The average cost for such menus
as shown above is about Sd
a plate, considerable item in it.
self when it is remembered that
from 200 to 500 children frequently
attended the more pretentious af-
fairs. In addition, of course, there
was the cost Of the ballroom, aver
aging about $3.50 for the evening, Of
the orchestra and the special frocks
to be considered, all of which con-
tributed to raise the total expense
for the evening to SIS 900 or more for
one evenings recreation.
When the conviction finally came
to the "better mothers" that some-
thing to check this sort of thing
would have to be done, meetings to
discuss the situation were held, one
Of the first organizations to take
a definite step being the Colonial
Danes Of the city. Bishep Rhine
lander, Of Philadelphia, added his
protest against the late parties and
expensive recreations provided for
the young, and, finally, another
meeting, at which the groundwork
of working organization was laid,
was held at the home of Mrs.
Yarnall.
There a general discussion Of con-
ditions resulted, and the committee
Of which Mrs. Newbold is the chair.
man was elected.
The Parents League
Mrs. Newbold was not ready re-
Gently to discuss the program of
sinplifcation that is to be presented,
but generally speaking the plan of
the Parents League of New York
City probably will be adopted. This,
in effect, is:
I. That boys and girls Of school
age refuse all invitations to parties,
theatecs, ETC., during the school term,
except, occasionally, on Fridays and
Saturdays, and that parties and
theatergoing be limited during the
holidays.
2. That parents arrange simple
and appropriate forms Of recreation
for the children; for instance, at
tendance at young peoples concerts,
visits to the country, museums and
other places of interest, and that
they reserve time during the holi-
days to join their children during
such recreations.
8. That parents advocate reason
sble hours for beginning and ending
dances for young people, that they
state them in all invitations and that
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1TRS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, of Neav YORK; above
IL and Mrs. Charlton Yarnall. Of PhiLadeZphia
the best families Of the city are
fighting.
Not Reformers

lNOt he1OrmerS
The women Of Philadelphia, it
should be explained, have not under
taken anything that might be called
a reform" campaign and are not
"uplifters" i'll any sense, but they
are intensely concerned with con-
serving the simplicity of childhood
life, without in any sense leading
their children to believe that they
are being disciplined" or Correct
ed' for past frivolity or misconduct
However, absolute frankness and
candor necessitate the admission
that many Of the affairs given for
the sub-debs and masculine under
graduates in the last few months
have outrivaled anything Of the
kind witnessed in the past and that
a definite program of curtailment is
contemplated by the conservative
mothers.
In Philadelphia affairs attended by
young people, especially when held
at one Of the big hotels, are, Of
course, closely watched by chape-
rones selected from among the So
ciety women themselves, but some
of the features are beyond the pow
er Of these patronesses to control
two Of these being the very impor-
tant ones Of elaborateness and ex-
pense.
A Sample Menu
Thus some Of these children's par
ties have cost thousands, and while
there was never anything like an
"eighteen course dinner" as a prel-
ude to the dancing, the meals we're
strikingly intricate if the simple
feasts Of croquettes, salad, ice
cream and cakes are recalled. Here
is menu which may be considered
"fair example" Of the kind of
food provided for these youngsters
at one Of the most popular big
hotels:
Grape Fruit
Cope Mdy Salt Oysters
Sailed Ainonde. Olives. Celery
Conson,nss PYsmtaniere Royals
Vsloutine CrMstaced,s
Roast Guinea, Currant Jelly
Ssvset Potatoes Southern Style. Green Peas
Hearts of Lettuce
Cheese Pdtties
Bombs Ia James (nade Of strawberry and
vanilla ice cream)
Assorted Cakes
Coffee
OF course, feasts such as this were
only provided for young women and
young man up to fifteen and sixteen
years Of age, but quite elaborate
repasts were also frequently pre-
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1fRS. ROBERT L. MONTGOMERY, of Philadelphia, one
WI of the iniatiaors of the movement IN the Quaker City

came the new influences which had
an effect on the young as we'll as
the old. Not only did some of the
entertainments for the young folks
last until hours when, in the good
old days." children were safely and
comfortably in their beds, but in
other respects there came remark
able reflection of the new spirit Of
the times
Elaborate Gowns
Young women still in their teens
frequently wore dresses which in
many respects compared favorably
with the elaborate creations favored
by the most fashionable mothers.
There is no truth in the charge ma
liciously circulated by Outsiders"
that "jazzing" was permitted among
these little people, or that the aping
Of mature styles reached the point
Of wearing "backless' and Sleeve
less" gowns, but there seems to be
some basis Of justification for the
report that "cheek to cheek" dane
ing was sometimes more or less
surreptitiously INDUCED in.
One extraordinary rumor had it
that one Of the dancing parties for
"sub debs" was preceded by an
"eighteen course dinner" but this
also, 1t would appear, was an idle
piece Of gossip INDUCED in by peo-
pie who sought to give an exagger-
ated notion Of the sort Of things
that were going on among the very
rich. Supper dances for the young
folks reached very elaborate levels
indeed and cost almost as many
thousands in some instances as those
given by their elders, but not to the
extent Of proving eighteen course
dinners, which would tax the gas
Economical powers Of even the most
experienced diners.
But this much is true: Philadel-
phia being, as already stated, city
of many social functions, the rival
ries inevitably attendant upon such
conditions were greatly stimulated
by the general reaction from the
war and new forces were set to work
against which such conservative
women as have enrolled in the new
organization were able to make
little progress.
Boys Own Cars
II was, and is, by no means IN
usual for young men sixteen and
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these set a very lively pace which
other young men, and women, too,
naturally sought to emulate.
eve don't want to sit in the
lemon row." was the way these
young people put it when those Of
the elders who saw the dangers of
the new order sought to remon-
strate with them.
On top of this, the social atmos-
phere, to which the sub deb classes
are subject as we'll as their elders,
became increasingly thick with
stories Of extraordinary extrava-
gance INDUCED in by some of the
most advanced elders, all of which
tended more and more to disturb the
conservative and we'll ordered re-
gime observed by Philadelphia
oldest families.
One Of these extravaganza enter
tainments, about which the gossips
are still buzzing, was given at the
sumptuous suburban home Of one Of
the wealthiest of Philadelphia fami-
lies, whose name is known from one
end of the country to the other
Dinners of Many Courses
Beginning at 8 o'clock in the eve
ming with a dinner which went
through as many courses as human
ingenuity and unlimited means could
provide, the guests danced until 3
o'clock in the morning, when all put
on bathing suits and took a refresh
ing plunge in the big swimming
pool which is one Of the features of
the house. Then the formal eve
ming dresses were again put on, sup
per was served and dancing was
resumed until 9 o'clock in the morn
ing, when breakfast was served and
the merrymakers called it day.
Recently the young daughter of
this household, who was present at
the party, attracted wide attention
by clipping with a young man who
had won her hand after a romantic
courtship.
Other stories Of other elaborate
affairs INDUCED in by the most
modern set could be told, but they
would have no immediate bearing
on the problem with which the "bet-
ter mothers" are now confronted.
The only motive in referring to
those already mentioned is to indi-
cate the indirect influence they
might have had in stimulating in
creased freedom among the young
folks end az giving an idea Of the
general 8svsred atmosphere against
which the conservative women of
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Mothers Not Dodging

ut has been suggested" Mrs.
Hammond said on that occasion.
that this apparently was plan of
socially busy women by means Of
which they hoped to delegate Il.
duty of managing their children to
an organization, but nothing could
be further from the intent or prac-
tice Of the league.
Indeed, it is an organization
planned especially to make us all
measurably wiser and give us a
greater capacity for and under
standing of the work devolving upon
us in our families and in the social
body.
while each mother and each
father is certainly confronted in the
personality Of each child with a
problem nowhere duplicated, the
fact remains that much may be de-
rived from counsel and concerted
action which no individual could
work out alone"
1t is in this spirit that the women
of Philadelphia have decided to
form their organization, and it Is
to this general plan, outlined by
Mrs. Hammond, and the bylaws Of
the Parents League that they hsvs
dedicated themselves.
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they affect the young, the indica-
tons being that the work will be
carried on by more or less related OF
affiliated organizations.
An 1ntercity Union
A very real concern for the fu-
ture welfare of the growing genera
ton is the outstanding purpose of
this movement, but the unique fea-
ture Of it is this-that the campaign.
il carried to it's logical conclusion,
will mean the establishment of what
might be called an intercity union"
in which the leaders Of the fashion
able world will be the members.
In New York City the basic idea
Of the work suggested was incorpo-
rated several years ago in the Par
ents' League, of which Mrs. John
Henry Hammond is the president.
Mrs. Hammond is the daughter Of
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, sis
ter Of the late Cornelius Van
derbilt. The league was organ
lied in 1914, with Henry P. Davi-
son, Of J. P. Morgan & Co., as treas
urer. Mrs. Adrian Lambert is one
Of the active workers.
Not Reform
Although In no sense reform"
organization, it's mission is to exer-
else measure of uniform and or
ganized control over what may be
called the Juvenile aristocracy,"
& BY limiting them to sane and harm
less entertainments, and it is this
q idea that the Philadelphia mothers,
and the mothers of other cities as
well, have seized upon now that they
recognize the dangers to the grow
ing generation that have come with
the ending of the war.
z At a recent meeting held in Phila-
delphia representative women from
several cities expressed their views,
and the New York organization was
asked to submit literature showing
now the work had been carried on
in this city.
AS IN New York City, the women
forming the new organization In
@e Quaker City are all members
0 families ranking at the top in So
cal affairs. Mrs. John S. Newbold,
eaalrman Of the executive COM
"iesee elected to work out prelimi-
nary plans, is leader in the city's
u0st exclusive and conservative
ufcles. The two other members of
no committee are Mrs. George
STUART Patterson, cousin of Ava
wiling Astor, formerly wife of
s0aa Jacob Astor, and Mrs. John
hampton Barnes, who before her
~asrlage was Eleanor Biddle, Of the
'sa Known family Of that name.
The Organizers
aFs' Charlton Yarnall, at whose
'ae the nucleus Of the new assoc
auon was formed, is q leader In
most exclusive set In the Penn
S"ania city, some Of the others
'.''eiy supporting the "union"
s'as Mrs. George McFadden, for
s''y Miss Josephine B. McIlvaine;
Paul Dsnckla Mills, Mrs. Ben
i Franklin Pepper, whose
name wss Rsbecca T. WILL
81 Ark George Mason Chichester,
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Society Women of Five Cities in Better Mothers League;
Younger Set Must Give Up Late Dances and Dime
Philadelphia and
New York Leaders
in Movement

they carefully supervise the manner
of dancing.
A. That a theater committee send
bulletins at regular intervals to all
the active members of the mothers
organization, suggesting the most
suitable plays for young people.
That parents in sending invitations
to the theater state the name of the
play.
5. That parents confer frequently
with the teachers of their children
regarding questions affecting their
education and general welfare, and
that they cooperate with the teach
ers in upholding the rules and stand
ards Of the school.
6. That articles bearing on vital
questions relating to the upbringing
and education of children be cir
culated among the active members
of the organization and that the
members hold informal meetings for
the discussion Of these questions.
7. That cooperation be sought OF
such organizations as. the alumna
associations of the schools, in order
that the sons and daughters may
work in sympathy with their parents
toward a common end.
Heads Of the big private schools
have announced their willingness to
help carry out this program, their
general attitude toward the whole
problem being stated as something
like this:
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Schools to Help

"There is no escaping the self
evident truth that indiscriminate
theatergoing and the dissipation in
volved in late hours at dancing and
other parties in excessive social &C
tivity are an evil. We are anxious
to help and to secure help from those
who fully recognize this truth and
are trying conscientiously to meet
this responsibility and who are strue-
Cling against certain influences of
modern life which surround their
boys and girls"
Several of the heads of these pr
vate schools were interviewed by the
women in Philadelphia enrolled in
the new organization, and all agreed
that the late parties were having All
injurious effect on the children.
"ln New York City," said Mrs.
Lambert, in discussing the general
situation, "the work of the league
has met with considerable success.
Late parties for the young people
are discouraged by general agree
ment by the members of the league,
who now number about 1000.
"Lists Of the plays suitable for
children are provided, and so far as
possible recreations are restricted
to those which will not have an in
furious effect on their morals or
health"