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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-20
RANDOM NOTES

 Miss Madeline Jacobs is being w-t- comed home by her many friends from college to spend the vacation with her parents. Mir. and Mrs. solon Jacobs.
 The many friends of Mrs. Tom Me Clelland will be pleased to hear that she has been removed from St. Vin- cents hospital to her home on Noun tain avenue. Mrs. MeClelland suf- fered an accident more than month ago which has disabled her, but her friends are delighted to know that she is improving and will soon be out again.
 MT. and Mrs. J. D. Moore have re- turned from trip to Cleveland, where they spent several days.
 
 Mrs. Laurens Jones and her two boys expect to leave within short time for Montclair, N. J., where they will spend six weeks with MT. and Mrs. Stanley Woodward, Mir. Jones joining them later.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Newboid Walmsley have returned from a trip to Camp Walton. |
 Mrs. F. W. Dixon and daughter Mrs. Robert Brooke and baby. left ! yesterday for Black Mountain, N. C.. to spend several weeks.
 Miss Martha syson has returned to her home in Mobile after a visit to Miss Lillian Fearn in this city. Miss Katherine Moses of Williams burg, who has been the guest of Miss Alma Rateiiff, is now visiting Miss Margaret Lewis at her home in Mountain Terrace.
 Miss Julia Jeffries has returned to her home in Mobile after visiting relatives in this city.
 Miss Annie Sykes Camper is visit Sykes. in Montgomery for several days.
 Miss Sarah Irwin and Miss Louise Irwin have returned to their home In Anniston after visit to relatives ir this city.
 MT. and Mrs. Jesse c. Adams are the guests of MT. and Mrs. s. H. West colt in Montgomery.
 Miss Elizabeth Abernethy and Miss Edwina Abernethy, who have been delightfully."- entertained during their visit to Miss Bessie Davis, will return to their home in Prospect. Tenn. today. Miss Winnie Mae Lawrence is spending the vacation with her aunt Mrs. B. L. Bone. In Tuscaloosa.
 MT. and Mrs. E. D. Crew and chill dren are the guests of Mrs. c. P. Sellers in Montgomery. Miss Alice Moody has returned from Jacksonville. where she was at tendant in the wrighKDean wedding. Mrs. E. H. Bass and children are visiting her mother, Mrs. L. T. Fabei in Montgomery. Miss Elizabeth Morse of Atlanta i, the guest of Miss Alice Moody. Mrs. Jules Galatas and daughter Mrs. R. R. InmAn, motored to Mont gomery. where they are the guests of Mrs. Sidney Galatas.
 Miss Flora LaCoaste has returned from a three weeks stay at Hot Springs. Ark, and visit of three weeks to her brother and sister-in- law, MT. and Mrs. James A. LaCoaste in Kansas City.
 Mrs. Crawford Johnson is the guest .of her sister. Mrs. Glenn Whiteside, and Mrs. w. A. Fairchild. of1>Iookout Mountain.
 Misses Mary and Caroline Harris
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Great Conuentions of Women Attract Wide
 Interest.
HN wo great assemblages of wom

O0 wO great assemblages of wom-
 en which are attracting the
 attention and interest of women all over the country are the biennial convention of the National Federation of Women's clubs, which opens today in Chautauqua. N. Y., and the fourth annual convention of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs, which will be held in Chattanooga from July 10 to Is.
 It is estimated that 15, 900 women will attend the biennial convention and these delegates will represent n,000,00o women scattered through State in the union. including Alaska and the District of Columbia, making in All 50 states to be represented.
 Every subject which could possibly interest women and every problem almost of life itself will be discussed at this convention. Some of the sub jeets which will be taken up and upon which speeches will be made are: Movie reform, war on bill- boards, international relations, com servation of natural resources, art, music, highways, citizenship, home economies, education, literature. for estry, disarmament, soldier rehabili- tatiun.s public welfare, prison labor, social hygiene, child welfare, water ways, bird protection civic service, and workmen's compensation.
 An international program will also be carried out in support of the presidents lMrs. Winters) plan for forming va8zl federation of women for tho promotion and maintenance of a permanent peace. Foreign coun- tries will be represented at this con ference, including: England, France, Italy. Russia, Norway, China, New Zealand, Canada, Jugo-Slavia and Pan-American nations.
 Woman as a working power is to
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NErLsoN-sLoss WEDDING

The wedding of Miss Bessie sloss and MT. Fred Nelson will be an event of more than passing interest due to the prominence of the two families and the popularity of the contracting parties. says the Tusca- loosa News.
 The nuptials will be solcmnized Wednesday evening, June 2S. in Christ church, pr. Middleton Barnwen of Birmingham performing the cere- mony. Mrs. Fred Maxwell. organ- ist Mrs. James Fitts Alston con- tralto, will have charge of the we'd ding music and the ushers Include Messrs. John Donoho Iiargrove Van de Graaff and Richard Foster. Miss Sioss has asked Miss Louise Agee of Birmingham, Miss Kathleen searcy and Miss Anita sloss of Birmingham to serve her as bridesmaids. Her only sister. Miss Mary Sloss, Is to be maid of honor. Misses Elvira Coehrane and Bessie Minge Cameron of Fauns- dale will serve as flower girls and the ring bearer will be John Minge Cam eron of Faunsdale. Mir. Nelson has asked MT. John c. Foster of New Or leans to be his best man and Miss Sloss will be given In marriage by
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her father. MT. J. Bundis sloss. A number of prominent visitors will give out-of- town interest to the mar riage of Miss .Sloss and Mir. Nelson. MISS PENNEY HOSTESS
 The following invitation has been received:
 Miss Caryl Penney requests the pleasure of your company at . danco on Friday evening. June 23, at 3 o'clock, at 20 Glen Iris park, In honor of Mss Lille Kenney and Miss Anne Dickinson.
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me good and 1 praise it highly. You are welcome to use this letter as a testimonial. "- STELLA NEWTON. k. R. 8, Portland, Indiana.
 Mothers - You should carefully guard your daughters health. Advise her of the danger which comes from standing around with cold or wet feet, from lifting heavy articles, or over working. Do not let her overstudy.
 If she complains of headache, pains in back ot lower limbs, or'if you no- tice slowness of thought, nervous ness or irritability on the part of your daughter, give her careful attention.
 Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound is an excellent medicine for your daughter to take, as 1t is especially adapted torelieve just such symptoms. Remember it contains nothing that can injure her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Band No. 8 of the Temple Emanu-El Slsterheod will enter tain at the Phoenix club tomorrow afternoon from to o'clock.
 The Psychology Study club will meet this morning at 10 o'clock with Mrs. May Ayers Olive at the San Jose apartments.
 Mrs. NJ. E. servls will give q musical, presenting her pupils. this evening at 1880 o'clock at che Fairview Methodist church.
 
 Mrs. George Hughes Band of the Highlands Methodist church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs ". P. Turpln, 3920 Summit avenue.
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REID-DALroN WEDDING INVITATIONS

The following has been received
 In Birmingham. where the bride-to-
 be has visited as the guest of her sister, Mrs M. c. Holmes: MT. and Mrs. ". J. Dalton request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Edwina Cornelia, to | MT. Elmer Earl Reid, Tuesday, June 27, at 1 o'clock at the First Presby- :, terian church. U. s. A.. Meridian, Miss.
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SHOWER FOR BRIDE-
 ELECT

k@AE<SA
 Mrs. James A. Blue, Mrs. Gordon Woodward of Newport, Tenn, and Mrs. James H. oliver entertained yes- terday afternoon from four to six o'clock at the home of Mrs. Blue in Norwood for their niece, Miss Louise Godbee, a popular bride elect of this week, at linen shower. The lower floor was thrown together and deco rated with baskets of garden flowers and ferns. Mrs. Sidney Godbee re- ceiyed the guests at the door.
 In the large living room Miss Louise Godbee, Mrs J. A. Blue, Mrs. Gordon Woodward and Mrs. James II. Oliver formed the receiving line.
 In the sun parlor Mrs. Earl c. Lackey and Miss Mary Blue served punch from a fern-banked bowl.
 Miss Lois Kenney Oliver and James Blue furnished music and Violet Nappi gave several solo dances.
 Robert Blue and Gordon Wood ward brought the gifts into the room in a prettily decorated wagon to the strains of the wedding march played by Miss Rose Oliver.
 In the dining room Mrs. Clarence Fowler. Mrs. Mary J. Robinson and Mrs. T. J. Rowley of Atlanta assisted in receiving.
 A dainty ice plate was served to 80 friends of this popular bride elect.
 MISS SMITH AND MISS ANDERSON
 ffOsTEssEs
 Miss Elizabeth Groom Smith and Miss Lucy Winston S. Anderson will entertain at dance at the Country club on Thursday evening. June 2s.
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WRTGHT-CRoW WEDDING IN. JACKSONVILLE

Beautiful in every detail was the marriage of Miss Martha Dean Crow and MT. John Wright of Spartanburg. S. C., which was solemnized by the Rev R. T. Liston, last Wednesday at the Presbyterian church in Jack sonville. Ala.
 The eolors chosen for the decora- tions of the church and for the dresses of the bridesmaids were pink and blue.
 The bridesmaids were: Miss Mary Bowling Stewart, Miss Alice Moody of Birmingham and Miss Lillian vanDevender of Cartersville, Ga, who wore gowns of taffeta with bouquets Of sweet peas
 The croomsmen were: MT. NJ. A. Jenkins of Spartanburg, s. C., Mir E. l.. Dillard. MT. Fred Crow of Atlanta. and the ushers were: MT. Liston Ralph. MT. Alton Crow and Mir Jeff Crow.
 The flower girls were Julia Ed wards and Louise Hudgins of Lau rens, who wore pink and blue dresses of georgette and carried baskets of Shasta daisies.
 Miss Nell Cotton of Atlanta was the maid of honor. She wore coral taffeta and carried a bouquet of Sweetheart roses.
 Miss Crow wore gown of white charmeuse satin with panels of ir- rideseent beads and bouquet Of Bride roses and white snapdragons. She was given in marriage by her father, Mir James Crow.
 MT. L. E. Sanders of Spartanburg, S. C., attended the groom as best man.
 Little c. F. Watts. Jr, was the ring bearer.
 Miss Alice Roebuck and Miss Han nah Crook sang love songs and Miss Mary Barlow of Piedmont played a violin solo. Miss Eloise Stevenson played the wedding march.
 Immediately following the cere- nony, Mir. and Mrs. Wright left for a wedding trip which will include a visit to Atlantic City. New York and they will upon their return make their home in Spartanburg, s. c.
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MISS MASSEY HoNoRs MISS

Miss Katherine Massey entertained Saturday at luncheon party at the Southern stub honering Miss Evelyn Hoke. lovely bride-elect. The table was centered with n beautiful has ket of garden flowers and the guests included Miss Hoke. Miss Josephine Meadows, Miss Mamie Gordy. Miss lmogene Poe, Mrs. Robert McCay, Mrs. Michael Hoke, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Evans, Mrs. George Bridges and Mrs. George HeadleY.
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MISS LEWIS TO ENTERTAIN

Miss Margaret Lewis will entertain at bridge tomorrow afternoon at her home Tn Mountain Terrace. in com- pliment to Miss Katherine Moses of Williamsburg, Ky, and Mrs. Edgar Crandall of Keilerman. who is visit ing the city.
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arrived in the city yesterday from Lowell. Mass. where they have been students at Rogers Hall.
  Mrs. J. K. Brockmal will leave to- morrow for a stay of several weeks in Ashvilie. N. c. Before returning home sho will visit her sister in Greenviile, s. c. MT. and Mrs. Paul Ivy i'll leave at all carly date for western trip.
  MT. and Mrs. Joseph Gelders have l named their little daughter Margaret Louise.
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GIRL HAD PAINFUL TIMES
Mothers-Read This Letter and Statement Which
 Follows
Portland, Indiana. -'T was troubled withirregularity and constipation and

WOulQ OlUeu udNc
 to lie down be- cause of pains.
 One Sunday my
 aunt was visiting Jus and she said her girls took
 Lydia D. Pink hams s Vegetable
 Compound and got well, so mother |said she guessed |she would let me |trxr;f If is d0inp
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MISS WOODWARD HOSTESS

Miss Eugenia Woodward enter tained delightfully."- last evening at the Roebuck Country club in honor of Miss Jane Anderson of Fort Worth, Tex, and Miss Douglass Payne of Atlanta, Ga. who are the attractive guests of Miss Virginia Kaul.
 1hirty-five of the hostess friends were included in this lovely cour- fesV
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PLossER-HENDRIx WEDDING

The marriage of Miss Lucille Hendrix and MT. Louis K. Plosser, Jr, will be solemnized this evening at 8:s0 o'clock at the Highlands Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-20
MISS OLIVER HosTEss

Miss Dale Oliver will entertain at luncheon at the Country club to- morrow in honor of Miss Katherine Sproull of Anniston, the attractive guest of Miss Una Webster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-20
NEILsoN-sLoss WEDDING
 

The following invitation has been received by friends in this city: MT. and Mrs. J. Iundie sloss request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Bessie Minge, to Mir. George Frederick Nelson, on Wednesday, June 2s, at 8 o'clock in the evening, Christ church. Tuscal loosa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-20
MISS LEE SHARES HONoRs IN SELMA

Miss Mary Mlnge Graham was a gracious hostess Friday morning whom she entertained with a bridge party in compliment to her guests, Misses Margaret Louise and Dorothy Younge of Pensacola and bevy of visiting girls who are gracing Selma society at this time, Misses Mary Tis- dal Coleman, Lillie Taylor Davidson, Thomasine MeCorkle and Susie Lee Langhorne of Uniontown, Minnie Lee of Birmingham, Winfred Gohlson of Montgomery and Katherine Whaley of Macon. Ga. says the Selma Times Journal.
 The rooms were beautifully deco rated with Shasta daisies and other garden flowers, The cut prize for
 visitors, which was won by Miss
 Katherine whaley. was . pair of | nd-decorated shoe trees. The high
 score prize, a hand made card table cover, was won by Miss Eleanor Hooper and the consolation. a pretty fan. by Miss Gwendolin Bell. At the conclusion of the games plate | luncheon was served. Seven tables of players were recipients of this de- l lightful hospitality.
 nR, AND MRS. PLOsSER HOSTS A delightful event of last evening was the after rehearsal party which was given by Mir. and Mrs. Louis K. Plosser at their home on Beech street. in honor of Miss Lucille Hen drix and Mir. Louis K. Plosser. IT,, whose marriage will be an event of interest this evening at Highlands
 Methodist church, and the members of their bridal party.
 The porch was decorated with Japanese lanterns and the house was charmlngly adorned with a pro- fusion of garden flowers and the dining table with cover of Cluny lace, was centered with a basket of lovely flowers and was lighted with white candles in silver holders.
 Those who enjoyed this hospi- taiity were: Miss Hendrix. Miss Bob- bic wylie, Miss Audysta Smith. Miss Grace Bradshaw, Mrs. J. A. Hulse MT. Louis K. Plosser, Jr., MT. James Hendrix. MT. Noble Hendrix, Mr. Co., burn Hendrix. Mir. and Mrs. John A.
 Moore. Jr., Judge and Mrs. Hugh A. Locke, MT. and Mrs. William L.. Brown. Dr. and Mrs. w. K. Hendrix.
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Popular Ser vice" Family
 Washing

Under this plan all of the family washing is handled at special prices by the piecs. There are no elimina- tions. We handle all the household laundry FLAT WORK in- cluded-at prices that will appeal to the pru- dent housewife. Mini mum bundle. $l.6o.
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All FLAT WORK nn- ished and returned ready for use. Wearing apparel is SEARCHED where needed - ana returned ready for home ironing. Price , cents per pound. Mini mum buhdls 50 cents.
Woman's enterprise., 1922-10-27

ing the blue onyx stairway Of Heav'
en-. The shadows crept around the
corners and spread their black man.
ties over the angles, discrepancies
and blemished, that the day glared
upon and exposed.
There was music everywhere!
Around, above, overhead, underfoot
music seemed to swell softly. The
leaves of the myrtle shook, quivered
trembled, danced in ecstacy; the or.
ange trees rustled with a soft ca
dence, and every sound Of nature was
woven in the melody that rose and
fell again, swelled, swayed and
sounded louder, then grew faint and
far away, a sonata, sweeter than
Beethoven ever dreamed Of. / re-
member even the gardens / passed,
the tremulous traceries that the pas
sion vine threw on grass plots and
glowing flower beds.
Music, moonlight and flowers de-
fines New Orleans at night in June.
The unusual restlessness that possess
ed me had not been exercised when !
turned edwards home, and as l neared
the old Church Of Saint Esprit, all
gray and ghostly, I felt impelled to
enter, thinking the demon Of unrest
would leave me there at the thres-
hold of the Sanctuary. The door was
always unlocked, for it was theory
Of the aged priest that the house Of
God was a place Of refuge and prayer
at all seasons, not at stated times.
The interior was dark, save where
the perpetual light" burned, a wax
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en- taper in a bowl Of olive oil, sus-
pended over the high middle altar. I
sat near the door, for I did not come
to pray; came to dream. was not
a Roman Catholic but this old Church
with its incense perfumed aisles, Sill
yer chancel rail, and choir loft sup
ported by marble columns, had al
ways been identified with my exist
ence, and my earliest recollections
were of brilliant fete days, when hum
dreds Of wax candles blazed upon the
flower covered affairs, and clouds Of
incense rose from silver censors, mir
ing the odor Of myrr and cedar-wood
with that Of the lilies and roses. l
was as familiar with the anthems and
vesper chants as any devotee that
knelt daily in those old dim aisles.
I do not know how long I had been
in the Church on the evening in ques-
tion, when / heard a door near the
chancel open softly, and black robed
figure crossed swiftly to the Madon-
mas altar and knelt before it. That
the suppliant prayed earnestly l
could not doubt. Once sigh that
ended like a sob, sounded through the
Church accentuated by the silence.
The taper aared suddenly, as it
startled by the sound. l was sur
prised by the visitation Of one Of the
Saint Esprit nuns, whom I knew re-
tired within the Convent at the An
gelus Bell. Was this some strange re-
ligious rite, Of whose significance l
was ignorant? Why had she stolen
CONTINUED on page seven)
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white lilies, oleanders filled the all
with fragrance, and the walks with
snowfall Of petals.
The nuns of Saint Esprit spent
nearly every afternoon in the garden
| l think I was doing at my post
one evening in June, for the perfume
Of lilies acts like an opiate upon me-
when l heard a voice, gentle, yet
clear, call: SISTER 1gnatius" y
leaned forward, I know not why, and
again I heard, "Sister lgnstius" The
voice was young, but the speaker was
past middle age, and judging from her
habit, she was of higher rank in the
order, than the nun whom she ad-
dressed who then emerged from be.
| hind a clumb Of Jessamine shrubs,
answering, "Are you looking for me-
Mother SUPERIOR" in accents OF
sweet uncertainty and earnest tender
ness. such as we rarely find in human
voices. l can credit the fable Of the
Syren's song, for to me nothing is 50
enthalling as the soft liquid inflec-
tions of woman's voice. l felt curl
Gus to see the face belonging to that
voice. After a brief colloquy, the
first speaker went towards the Chapel
in the rear Of the garden, and Sister
Ignatius came down the walk oppo-
site my window. Her face was pale
and passionless, like some predest'red
martyr saint, in whose eyes the Ger"
tainty of eternal bliss had not fully
dawned. Dark fringed eyes, that op-
pressed you by their sadness, as they
looked out beneath the white cap and
black veil. Her hands were marvel
Ious, small, white, blue-veined and
restless, could see her nervously
clasp and unclasp her slender fingers
as she walked up and down. Her
black robe chung to her little figure
in straight heavy folds, and at her
side hung the massive wooden rosary
that is part Of the habit Of the order
of Saint Esprit. She began counting
her prayers upon another rosary that
she carried in her hand, which looked
like rubies strung on a silver chain.
Her face haunted me, and long after
the vesper chants died into silence, !
sat thinking of Sister 1gnatius, feel
ing a strange rebellion against the
fate of those clustered women, and
wondering what heart tragedy could
have prompted her to this sacrifice OF
youth and beauty.
I could not help fancying that she
was unlike the rest; a nameless some-
thing set her apart from the other
nuns, whose placid lips and eyes, at
least, bespoke peace and contentment'
But not hers-and the restless fingers
threaded by the red rosary lacked the
repose that seemed to belong as a
right, to the inmates Of that peaceful
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he bade me goodbye, "That skeleton
has a history. The original wa
killed in duel or murdered, I've for
gotten which. You will find q bullet
hole in the skull, and as he is to bt
your Achates Fidelis, it may be Of
Interest to you to know that his name
was Jean Dalcourt."
With this he was gone, leaving me
with the fear that the skeleton had
not come into the possession Of the
ghoulish scientist lawfully, but the
matter was no concern Of mine,
reasoned, so / carried it home, where
! pondered over "the lean and hun
cry looking frame,' and called him
I"Cassius'. He was my only COM
panion and confidante.
My study was small room up
stairs, adjoining a smaller laboratory,
that had southern exposure, while
the window on the East looked out
upon the Convent garden. It seemed
the only apartment in the house that
was not gloomy; the proximity OF
the neighboring buildings kept my
home in shadow. The corridor and
lower rooms were damp and cheer
less, and I rarely entered them. An
aged negress, Charlotte, who had been
my mothers nurse attended to my
physical wants and occupied a room
adjoining the kitchen. We lived lone
ly lives, but scarcely realized it, the
years having accustomed us to our
manner Of living When bought
"Cassius,' ] stationed him at one
side of the study window overlooking
the Convent garden, which was my
favorite place to read and dream. 1t
seemed watched and waited lite-
time at that window. The Sweet o.
ives that were mere twigs when |
first noticed them, have trunks as
large as my arm, and they are slow
of growth. Roses growing lovel'er,
as they aged, grew everywhere on
trellis and wall. A white rose had
woven a screen before my window, al
most as if it knew the inmates Of tho
Convent, shrank from worldly eyes
and would hide them from my scruti.
ny. had long since ceased to spec
ulate upon the lives and the past OF
its occupants, and felt no curiosity in
regard to them; but / liked the view
of the garden and forced the rose
vine to leave me a small opening be-
fore the window. It was a wonderful
garden, with every bud and blossom
white. Sweet Olives, Jessamines.