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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11
Off to Savannah
 Goes One of 0u1 Own

Mrs. l.. M. Heidenreich, brilliant Birmingham woman, has delight full program ahead of her.
 She left Saturday afternoon for Savannah, where she goes to meet all the Southern presidents of the Councils of Jewish women, and to attend the Southern Interstate Conference of the General Council
 The sessions will continue for three days-March II, 12 and 13.
 Mrs. Heidenreich is president of the local chapter of Birmingham.
 Big questions of interest to women will be discussed, the most important things to come up being the conferences work for Amer icanization and immigrants, mak- ing life easy for women on the farm, world peace and arbitration. Discussions will also concern the beautiful home for nurses which is being built at the Leo M. Levy nos pital at Hot Springs, as monu- ment to the Council of Jewish women. This is a nonsectarian in stitution sustained by Jews and is for the benefit of all who knock at it's doors.
 The national president of the Council-Miss Rose Brenner of New York-will be one of the mo- table guests at the conference.
 Savannah has been making big plans for the coming of it's several hundred guests, and Mrs. Heiden- reich anticipates an enjoyable, as well as busy time, in the quaint and old-fashioned Southern town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11

home there at present being oc- cupied by B. F. O'Neil.
 However, Mrs. Fiske is a North ern woman, having been born in New York. Her father was Archi- bald Cushman of that city. The family has been there since 1739.
 Miss Fiske said she had a won derful time while in Birmingham. She was educated at St. Mary's school, Peakskill-on-Hudson. She has taken secretarial course and serves her mother as secretary in their splendid welfare work.
 From Birmingham, the Fiskes went on to New Orleans and other cities. They will not return horne before the latter part Of March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11
Miss Hammond Much Interested I'm City

Miss Hammond is vastly inter- ested in this city of Birmingham, but declared she was not planning to attend any social affairs.
 She was just here with her brother, and would return with him to Washington. With her, as trav- cling companion, is Mrs. M. B. Smith.
 Miss Hammond has been se- riously i'll and thought the trip would be a delightful change-but she expressed the ardent hope that Alabama weather would inn prove with longer acquaintance!
 Outside, the Birmingham rain was falling in dispiriting sheets. But she said when it stopped, she wanted to get about bit, and would do some walking-though no Alpine tramping, with feather in hat-along Highland avenue and the South mountain section.
 She might, also, motor out to Ensley, particularly to see the fiery, alluring color-tones with which the massive furnaces paint the sky of night-times.
 The charming visitor makes her home with Mir. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond, whose home circle also consists of three sons and one daughter.
 'I'm just that usual unneces- sary, though harmless, attachment,
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and thoughtfully, declared she was much pleased with the Alabama institution and glad to see again Mrs. Douglas, the superintendent, whose work was most excellent. She knew her when she was in charge of Inwood House, New York.
 Asked if there was anything greatly needed at the Alabama in- stitution, Hrs. Fiske said Mrs. Douglas felt the lack of things like mattress factory machinery at the home, of machinery for shirt and shirtwaist making, or some such features where the girls might be regularly employed.
 A decided need also was home in Birmingham where girls on pa role could live while they were em- ployed in the various industries of the city, where they could be cared for properly, have real home life, and entertain their friends.
 New York was the first state to have a reformatory for women. Now 36 states have followed suit, Alabama being one of them.
 Mrs. Fiske and her husband visited the T, c. l, hospital and were at the Robert Jemisons for luncheon Thusrady, and there for dinner Thursday night. They also had a little peep over the city by automobile.
 Among their callers Thursday afternoon were Bishop and Mrs. Mcdowell.
 The Fiskes have a wonderful country home-"Overcross"- s"-at Bernardsville, N. J. It is built Colonial style, with the large white posts, and is surrounded with ter raced gardens. It is prodigal in fountains, having three. The home is reminder of Mrs. Fiske's an- cestry. Her mother was South ern woman, Miss Sarah Cowles of Macon, Ga., daughter of Jerry Cowles. The Park on Cowles' hill at Macon is named for him, the old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11
Birnli1lghamlrlerS Have
 Busy Time at Tuscaloosa

They journeyed down to Tusca- loosa this past week, crowding the trains-a whole host of Birming- ham women.
 These went to the pleasant goal of the convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which began Wednesday and lasted through Friday.
 Two busy D. A. R. chapters are included in the Birmingham dis trict-that of old Elyton, of which Mrs. J. Morgan Smith is regent, and Sumpter chapter, of which Mrs. Joseph Estes is president.
 There were luncheons and teas, and hospitality galore which Tusca- loosa women had been arranging for months.
 The big and important things of the assemblage were conferences and plans which were thoroughly entered into concerning the noun tain school which the Daughters will establish in Marshall county, to be known as the "kate Duncan Smith school"
 What splendid thing for these fine Alabamians to do for the states educational program-and that many of it's poor ones may be saved from ignorance!
 Daughters from all over Ala bama were present, many of them passing. through Birmingham. A noted visitor here was Mrs. Walter A. Robinson, state regent.
 These women were selected to go from old Elyton: Mrs. Smith, as regent, and Mrs. P. H. c. Cabell, chapter delegate.
 And these from Sumpter chap ter:
 Mrs. F. E. Pou and Mrs. E. A. Richey, delegates; Mrs. Hubert Scruggs and Mrs, William H. Smith, alternates. Mrs Joseph Estes, as regent, went, as well as Mrs, Watt Brown, splendid woman who Is the D. A. R.'s chairman of patriotic education. She is also re- gent of General Sumpter chapter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11

rious apartments for departmental club activities.
 And-most remarkable is this:
 Because the women have built such a magnificent civic monu- ment, the city of Atlanta and the county are helping, and the mem- bers have thus been able to invite to that burg the Federated club assemblage of the whole United States!
 That gives Atlanta the distinc- tion of being the very first indi- vidual club which has ever enter tained this vast meet, to which thousands of women flock from every section of the states.
 The city commission and the county gave money into the big figures, then the women turned to and raised their share of funds.
 Originally, the Atlanta woman's CiuD DullulilS plOpSl was all Oio residence, but it has been re- vamped. A charming circular stair case has been put in and the entire building shaped for club business.
 The auditorium erected will seat between GOO and 800 persons, and is in regular theatre style, with boxes. The stage is lovely with ex- quisite furnishings and drapery.
 Each Friday at the club is every body's day, and there are busy swarms of hostesses entertaining at everything from card parties to afternoon teas and luncheons.
 The auditorium building has cost around $110,000 and is being paid for on the new insurance plan which the women of the local Axis club wish to employ here if plans for their auditorium on their own property at Eighth avenue mate rialize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11
Will Be Lovely to
 Travel This State Road

There's to be at least one road in Alabama which will surely radi- ate beauty and arouse patriotism in the hearts of all who traverse it.
 It's the Bankhead highway.
 That's according to the plans of Alabama women who assembled here last week when the state or ganization met to discuss with Mrs. Albert Thornton, president of the woman's committee, other lovely things for the roads fascinating enhancement.
 The highway was named for Senator Bankhead of Alabama, and is the longest road in the United States, beginning at Washington and ending a. San Diego, Cal.
 Mrs. Thornton is a brilliant and lovely woman of Atlanta, and was introduced to the Alabama division of the woman's committee by Mrs. Wellington Vandiver, state presi- dent, who came down from Talla. dega.
 Mrs. Thornton's new plans pro- vide that tree shall be planted along the highway in honor of each soldier in each county who served
  in the World war. What a beauti- full thoroughfare this should be in the future, with it's thousands of trees, arches, monuments to state heroes set along it's length, bird boxes in the trees, and flowers to bloom every month of the year!
 A lovely social feature of the assemblage was a luncheon at the Tutwiler given by Mrs. T. H. Ren- nie of Pell City, in honor of Mrs Thornton and Mrs. Vandiver, thf guests including, besides the hon. orees. Mrs. Marie Bankhead Owen daughter of Senator Bankhead, ant vice president at large of tn, woman's committee; Mrs. L. c Jones, Mrs. J. D. White and Mrs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11

in my brothers family" registered the stranger.
 Mrs. "John Hays" she said, did not accompany her husband here on account of having gone to Santa Barbara. There she is with her daughter, who is just finishing school.
 John Hays Hammond, Jr.-as everybody, most, knows-ais cele brated the world over for his radio work.
 The two Hammonds did not ac- company former Vice President Marshall and his wife here, as was expected, having preceded them. Miss Hammond said she had not seen Mrs. Marshall in quite some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11
Picnic Parties Have Good Time Ali This Hlonle

Lots of Birmingham bachelors are constructing for themselves lit tie country homes tucked away among the Jefferson county hills.
 These are delightful meccas for joy.
 Weekend parties motor out and groups of friends-there 10 enjoy dancing, good eats and plenty ot fun until the home departing hour.
 Among those who possess such cunning town homes" is Jesse Ad- kins, who used to make his house. hold with Val Kolb.
 His cabin is burrowed cose to the mountain near the reservoir,
 Evening hours around the open fireplace of the big living room are gay with merriment, and what a good time summer picknickers have at "The Pergola" on the brow o. the hill,
 MT. Adkins has been the proud possessor of this bungalow for fo,lr years, and hes lived there that long
 It is about six miles out of the city, back off the road, a rustic fence framing It's hospitable yard MT. Adkins maintains garden though he wouldn't go so far as tC say he ever enjoyed fresh vege tables from it.
 The road to the house Is rusti; and winding, and tall, old-fashion edy gates make It's artistic portals The edifice itself Is constructed oi stone, taken from the property,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11
Painting Scenery No
 Life for a Lazy Hand9

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 Life for a Lazy Mandg
 If only everybody knew how much fun 1t is to have Charity ball, there'd probably be a thou sand a season.
 But work! Whoo-eel
 Talk about pipe-ramming and field-hand labor.
 They're nothing!
 A mere sniff expresses them.
 Query Miss Hettie Sibley's com mittee.
 Her little gang is seriously fig uring on taking the rest cure or hiring an Egyptian to fan them a month for tired nerves, after all the painting they're doing out at Hettie Sibley's house these days.
 There are hair pins and needles and scissors and buttons all over the carpet where they have crawled over the beaver-board in order to cut it and paint it into scenery"
 And they've slathered and smeared and unprecedented enough paint on that scenery-get away, nobody's going to let you know what it looks like till the night of the ball-to preserve a Northern planters barn forever.
 But it's pretty stuff. You can pick the-daisies-off the lovely stars they're creating. Aha, l caught you! Bleeved me, didn't you? They're not doing stars nor daisies a-tail. Nom. No ma'am.
 You see, the reason I'm so care full is that I have been told I would be killed if I uttered ary suuawk about what I saw at Het- ties.
 And while I have perfect ma mia for dying, I b'leeve I druther pick me soft, easy method of fading into the Tutenkhamen shadows.
 So I didn't see nothin' cep'n-
 Didn't hear nothin' cep'n Didn't do nothin' cep'n-cep'n- cep'n-
 Why don't you tend to your owney-woney-loney bizness?
 I was told that if I wrote any thing, I should tell nothing what soever in it.
 So what you get is nothing nothing-NOTHING!
 Here's the lineup of the little tired-wristed, cute-as-everything, slave-gang:
 Miss Elinn Messer, Mrs. John Crawford, Mrs. Germain Willsin- son, Mrs. Landers Sevier, Mrs. Robert McLoy, Mrs. Paul Holley, Mrs. Thomas Magruder, Mrs. George Scott, Miss Selina Perry, Miss Laurie Oden and Mrs. Carl ton Smith.
 Miss Messer is the singer and vocalist of the party, and when a worker flags, gropes out for air, or is dragged up to recuperate, Miss Messer is immediately called thitherward to sing something like "We Will Paint But Never Fail," while Hettie rushes to induct the incest, steamingest kettle of tea! At sound of song and sight of tea, everybody drops her tack hammer and pretends like she feels bum, too. And the day I was out, there were four to eight laying on the job. The very ideal
 They've used red paint, n green paint, n striped paint, and varnish and linseed oil-and one day Het- tie fell in the paint. And-the whole Sibley living room looks like-like-I had two cups of tea with lemon in them both-and cakes! And-Lydia Eustis, the chairman for the charity spectacle, was present and oh, she told me that the night of the ball-er- --er
 Just er-ah.
 Are you still tagging after me?
 Git, sed! I aim goin' tell you nuthin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11

some; or that she might be Jagged!
 For all anyone might have guessed, she had just come from walking in poppy garden.
 Annoyed with any frets? Life is too filled with gay things for that
 Miss Hammond has always been very much interested in welfare work, and first thing out of the box she asked me was:
 "Have you a Home for Incur ables in Birmingham"
 When I said no, she spoke of the one in Washington, declaring it to be a magnificent institution, where the sunlight of happiness and hope is slanted into the lives of many hundreds of invalids.
 She is on the board of directors there.
 "You really will be very safe in boosting the institution" she laughed, in a cute little way she has. "Only, of course, I mustn't say too much about it, and thereby start an influx of incurables from Birmingham. You might have none left to build a home for herew
 It was the Little Theatre move ment; next, she wanted to hear all about. And how it gave me great pride to rear back and brag that, while we have no actual Little Theatre" building, we are having community plays by Drama League performers; and that we are all en- toying them so--and exerting our selves to get down to see them and cry Bravo" or "Bill, you're doing finew every time they put them on.
 At this, merry twinkle dawned in Miss Hammond's eye as she ad- mitted, at my questioning:
 "Yes"-one small finger up- lifted in mock serio-comic style. q am a culprit. I was also an amateur actress, once!
 "That was wonder in 1907. But you wouldn't care to hear about acting that far back, would you?"
 I said I certainly should. Please go on.
 "It was in Lakewood, N. J., and there was quite talented crowd if you don't count me. But I ac- tually composed-or perpetrated- play myself, and it was enacted.
 ''It was by this means that we raised enough money to start the first district nursing in Lakewood. After that, we got nervy and am- bilious, and went over to Philadel. phia and did it for a settlement there"
 She sighed.
 "Ah, but that was many, many years ago. The great aux age."
 Her tone was childishly de- licious.
 I aughed-without suppression.
 For, she is so ridiculously young, that, to hear her speak as if she were 100 summers, was excruciat- ingly funny. She's just that age to be beautiful-a lovely, charm ing woman-with an irresistible mop of hair which is determined to be saucy, and so has made her even more attractive by turning gray in little crinkling spots.
 Then Miss Hammond pulled the cleverest thing of the whole after noon.
 You know how prima donnas of quaint old ages persist in playing the roles of vehement and child ishly youthful maidens?
 She said demurely, still harping upon the antidiluvian idea:
 Having trod the boards when l was young, I should be able, after few years now, to play Juliet"
 A Little Theatre had only been recently started in Washington by the nephew of Graham Bell, she said.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11

A. c. Story of Talladega; Mrs. G.. W. Elliott of Easonvile; Mrs. J. D. Head of Brompton; Mrs. Arthur F. Fite of Jasper. and Mrs. Ellen S.. Harris of Pell City.
 Al these women are working with committees who are already beauti- flying the road in their various sec tions of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-11
Another 0ffenSc at
 Door of the BocheSl

When Mrs, Livingston Rewe- Schuyler, president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was in Birmingham short season ago. she told this clever joke wishing it. for fun, on a certain good pal of hers who sat to our right,
 "Last season." related this brilliant speaker, my friend. Mrs. Blank here, went abroad, ladies. When she got down into Italy and viewed for her first time the lean ing tower of Pisa, she became un- speakably incensed,
 "She turned upon her travelling companion and let her indignation immediately be known.
 CT wish you'd look at thatp sha exclaimed wrathfully. "'Thatis just another example of what those miserable German boches have done."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-19
Council Will
Recommend Less
Expensive Bridges

change in the policy of the Gov
crnor and Council regarding the ap-
prevail of bridge construction is to he
made according to statements made
Thursday. In the past when en-
glnccrs of the Highway Commission
have designed a bridge for a locality
its erection has been approved by
the Council without further discus
sion. Now they are going to sec if
money cannot be saved the State and
VIII investigate all proposals.
The Council is convinced. it is
stated. that it is not always nee
eSsary to erect SO costly Il type of
bridge as has been the custom of the
Highway Commission recently and
they will have to be shown that an
expensive type Of bridge is necessary
~ q given point before approving
the order for construction
The new Martin Points bridge on
the Portland Brunswick State Fed
eral highway cost 100000 TO have
built the type of bridge which is us
ually recommended by the Highway
Commission there. it is said, would
have cost $1.000.000. The new bridge
will serve. so it is stated, at least
20 years and yet it cost only what the
interest would have been for one
year on the money which to erect
the other type.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-19
B. and p. w. Club Board Met

There was business session of
the officers and chairmen of the va
rious committees of the Skowhegan
Business and Professional Womans
Club, Wednesday night. which was
held in the reading room of the new
club rooms. The president, Miss
Margaret M. Chase, presided and
brought many matters of interest
and business before the board for
discussion and action.
Four new names were presented
for membership and each was ac-
cepted. The new members are Miss
Florence Giles, sales lady at ! Ill
Ponds: Miss Marion G.. Hare, the
home demonstration of the Somerset
County Farm Bureau; Mrs. Kate S.
Simpson, q caterer; and Mrs. Char
lOtte II. TarboX, commercial clerk
for the Maine Telephone and Telc-
graph Company.
The matter of uniting the Re-
search and Educational committees
was suggested by the State officials
and it was voted to combine those
committees in the local club and
Mrs. Lena II. Cleveland, the chair
man of the Research committee, was
made chairman of the combined
committee, as the Educational COM
mittee was without a chairman.
1t was voted to give Valentine
ball and to serve refreshments. Com
mittees will be appointed by the
president. The matter of chairs and
dishes was discussed and it was vot-
ed to purchase chairs. 1t was also
voted to install a telephone at the
rooms.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-19
Ask Authority For
Judges To Correct
Defective Warrants

Authority for the judges of courts
to correct defects in warrants which
come to them, instead of throwing
cases out of court as is the present
practice in the State. is provided in
a bill which the Legislature will
shortly be asked to enact.
There have been too many cases
in the courts of late where this has
been the method followed to secure
the release of respondents and it has
been especially noticeable in cases
of persons who have been arrested
on warrants charging them with vio-
lation of the liquor laws. This is the
opinion of those who are behind the
measure.
In one lower court so it is assert
ed. every case which went from it to
the higher court in a recent term
was thrown out because of such
flaws in the warrant. Further it is
said that one lawyers income from
finding such flaws in warrants
against his clients amounted to sew
eral hundred dollars in the term.
Justice Riddell of the Supreme
court of the Province of Ontario,
who spoke at the recent meeting of
the Maine Bar Association here, in
discussing this practice in the Maine
courts expressed the greatest sur
prise and said that no such method
would be tolerated in Canadian
courts. I'm Canada" he is quoted
as having said. I'VE would not allow
any such thing to interfere with the
prosecution of criminal case; the
court would make the necessary
correction and the trial would pro-
ceed"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-19
Speculation On
Councils Attitude On
Nixon Confirmation

There is much speculation among
the members of the Legislature as to
what action the Executive Council
will take next week on the matter
of the confirmation of the Cover
nor's nomination of Harry +. Nixon
as recorder OF the Portland NUM-
Cipal court. which at the Wednes-
day session was tabled for one
week.
While no authorized statement was
made of the proceedings of the exc
cutivc session of Wednesday. q we'll
authenticated rumor gave the test
vote as four against confirmation
and three in favor. so that the
change of position of any Councillor
who voted against would insure the
confirmation. But there is a strong
belief around the State House that
not one will change
At the close of the session. Council
members declined to say how they
voted, but it was indicated Thurs
day from an authentic source that
the lineup on the vote actually stood
as follows: For confirmation
Councillors William S. Owen of
Milo, Rupert H. Baxter of Bath and
against confrmation-Jame ].
Clement of Montvillc, Cecil +. Clark
of Hollis. DIR. Herbert a. Lombard
of Bridgton and Robert J. Peacock
of Luhcc.
The opposition over the appoint
mont of Mr.. Nixon was on the
grounds that he is a Democrat and
not member of the majority party.