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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13

early fall. were the matrons of honor
They wore velvet dresses the shade OF
the Marshael Neil rose, fashioned like
the bridesmaids and carried pink
chrysanthemums tied with silver rib
bon, and showered with small chry-
santhemums.
Miss Miranda Yerkes of Jackson
vile, Fla. was the maid of honor,
She was gowned as the matrons with
flowers the same. wearing in the back
of her hair wreath of silver as did
all of the attendants.
The ushers were Mr.. Charles Dren-
men, Mr. Huston Drennen, Mr.. Walter
ASee and Mrs. John McVoy.
The groomsmen were Mr.. Clifton
Inge and Mr.. Frances 1nge, both of
Mobile, Mr.. Claude Alexander, a
brother of the bride, and Mr. George
Connors.
Mr. John Levers served Mr. Dren-
men as best man.
The bride was. given away by her
brother, Mr., George O'Neal, of Port
land, Ore. Her brunette beauty was
enhanced by her wedding gown OF
white satin made with a wrap around
skirt draped on one side. 1t was en-
broidered in pearls, chrystals and
rhinestones. A court train fell from
the shoulder. Her veil of tulle, which
fell over her face was cap effect with
a wide band of orange blossoms at
the back of the head and narrow
one in front. The bridal bouquet was
a shower of white roses, orchids and
valley lilies tied with wide white
ribbon.
Immediately after the ceremony
the members of the wedding party
and the immediate families were en-
tertained at the home of the bride S
mother in the Highland Terrace
apartments. The rooms were made
attractive with baskets of white
chrysanthemums, ferns and smilax.
The brides table in the dining room
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Miss Alexander Becomes Bride OF
Mr.. Drennen At Beautiful Wedding

A wedding notable for the prom
inence of both families and the popu-
iarity of the young couple was that
which took place last evening at the
Highlands Methodist church with DR..
w. R. Hendrix officiating. when Miss
Mary Alexander, the only daughter of
Mrs. Laura Hagood Alexander, be-
come the bride of Mr.. Alan Travis
Drennen, the only son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Felix Melvin Drennen.
This being the first wedding of So
cial Importance of the holidays many
friends and relatives filled the church,
which. was attractive in its decoration
for the occasion, the alter being
banked with palms and ferns with
smilax giving a graceful effect. White
candlebra holding lighted white tap
ers were placed in artistic arrange
ment on the alter and down the aisles,
while tall white candlebra with tapers
were placed at intervals. Preceding
the ceremony Mr.. owen Gillespy sang,
You Are My Song OF Love.
The wedding party, which was com
poseu attractive debutantes of this
and other cities and young matrons,
formed a pretty group as back
ground for the bride and groom.
Miss Caroline Harris and Miss
Kensett Reeves of Norfolk, Va, were
the bridesmaids They wore lovely
dresses of cell blue velvet made with
a paneled back and plain front with
strings of rhinestones used as trim
mings. Their flowers were bou-
quet of orchid chrysanthemums tied
with silver ribbon, and showered with
small chrysanthemums.
Mfs. Charles Blanton Webb, who
was Miss Julia Mae Drenn en-, and only
sister of the groom, and herself a
recent bride, and Mrs. Allen Kille-
brew Wood, the charming Miss Nary
Harris, before her marriage of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13

c.; Mr.. Robert w Hagood of Port
land, Ore; Mr.. Earl MCGOWAN, Mr..
Floyd MCGOWAN of Champan, Ala.
Mr.. Francis Inge of Mobile, Mr.. Cliff
ton Inge of Mobile: Mr.. Claude Alex
ander, a brother of the bride, of the
University of Alabama.
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Dorothy Di1's Letter Boa
The Girl Who Is Dubious About A Long Engagement.
How Can The Jealous Girl Keep Him In Love With Herr
The Lonely Wife Who Would Like More Affection

Dear Miss Dix: Please tell me
whether l should walt for a young
man who has to go one more year
10 high school and five at college.
AT the best, it would be eight or
hlne years before he will be in a
position to be married. There is no
other boy whom 1 care for, and if
you don't think it foolish to waste
al my time on this very nice young
mon, L should be content to wait.
SHIRLEY.
Answer:A long engagement is
generally losing Investment OF
time and affections for the woman,
Shirley and this is especially true
when she engages herself to boy.
Ihls lad to whom you are engaged
VIII be very different person eight
years hence. By that time he will
nave developed from a boy into a
man. He will have had all the
broadening experiences of college
and new associations.
Perhaps it will have changed him
so much that he will no longer love
you. Perhaps 1t will make him into
the kind of a man who will not APP
peal to you. So 1t seems to me a
very foolish thing for you two to
bind yourselves to do something that
you may not want to do eight years
from now.
So why not just be good friends
without either one mortgaging his
or her future? If your affection surs
wives the eight-year test, you can
take each other for better or worse
But If it doesn't, you are both free
TO make whatever other connections
you like,
There Is nothing out of which a
woman gets as little happiness and
as many heartaches as out of long
engagement. To begin with, it puts
her in an awkward position where
she is neither fish, nor flesh, nor
good red herring-neither wife nor
manageable maid. She has no hus-
band to support her, and protect
her. and to take her about; yet she
is cut off from the attentions of
other men and debarred from the
pleasures of those of her own age.
She spends her youth waiting for
a man who may never come back to
her, and who often does come back
and marries her under compulsion
after he has grown tired of her.
More than that, a long engagement
standing and wrangling than matri-
mo1ly itself, because both the man
and the woman try to impose on
each other an authority they do not
possess. and the uncertainty of their
position fills them with continual
Jealousy and suspicion.
Nothing wears out romance and
rubs the bloom off love as does a
long engagement; and my earnest
advice to you is not to fetter your
self by one. Keep yourself free of
yourself to any man who isn't ready
to name the wedding day.
My Dear Miss Dix: 7 am deeply in
love with boy, and I am insanely
jealous of him. He does not come
to see me steady, but we have sregu-
lar dates on Sundays and Thursdays.
We are not engaged, and he has a
perfect right to go out with other
girls, but l can't see it, Whenever
l find out that he has a date with
another girl L phone him and make
him break it. When 1 accuse him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13

Jefferson Davis Chapter, U. D. C..
is meeting Wednesday afternoon al
2:30 o'clock with Mrs. Berta Ham
mond, 1920 South Twentieth street.
Mesdames- Sep Smith and Mrs. J. T.
Pitman will assist Mrs. Hammond.
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SOCIAL LIFE = OF UB EVENTS FASHIONS

was covered with large madeira
cloth with the wedding cake as the
central motif, which was embossed
in roses and valley lilies. The cake
was ring shape and in the center pink
roses, and white valley lilies were
placed from which the ,favors were
drawn. Pink roses adorned the rest of
the room.
Mrs. Alexander. mother of the
bride, received her guests, wearing a
dress of blue and silver lace with a
corsage of sunset roses. Mrs. Felix
Bremen, mother of the groom, as
sisted in receiving, wearing a lovely
gown of rose colored chiffon, heavily
beaded with a corsage of pink roses
and valley lilies.
The bride is native of South Caro-
lima, being born in Pickens, s.. C. On
her fathers side she is decended from
the Hagood family one of the early
settlers of. that state. Her great
grandfather was William A. Walker
of this city, and her grandfather was
Rufus Hanson Hagood, both pioneers
of Birmingham.
Mr., Bremen is the only son of Mr..
and Mrs. Felix Bremen, a member of
one of Birmingham Oldest pioneer
families. On his mothers side he is
descended from the Ruynons, a fine
old Kentucky family.
Mr.. Drennen is former student of
the Virginia Military Academy and a
graduate of the University of Ala
bama and Travelled extensively last
year in Europe. He is a popular
member of the cities clubs and a
member of the firm of Drennen and
Company
Mr.. and Mrs. Drennen left during
the evening for wedding trip to
Cuba, after which they will be at
home with the brides mother in the
Highland Terrace apartment.
Among the out-of-town guests
were DIR. and Mrs. Travis Drennen
and Miss Marian Marx of Hot Springs.
Ark; Mr.. George O'Neal, a brother of
the bride, of Portland. Ore; Mrs.
Thomas Joad Moulin of Pickens, s
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SOCIAL.
CALENDAR

Thetouf vive Club will meet Fri
day with Mrs. j. C. Scott at 1880
Twenty Eighth street. north. at
p. m.
The Study Circle of the Council of
Jewish Women will meet Thursday
morning from 1920 to 1870 o'clock
at Temple Emanuel.
Mrs. ]. M. Cartwright will be
hostess to the Highland Book club
Friday morning at the home of Mrs.
Jelk Cabiness on Cliff Road at 1890
o'clock.
The Edgewood club will meet FRI
day afternoon at o'clock with Mrs.
IR. McWane. An Alabama Day pro-
gram will be observed.
The Alexis Study club will meet
Friday afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock at
the Axis club, with Mrs. Peyton Rob-
ertson as hostess.
The open meeting Of, the Council
of Jewish Women VIII be held on
Thursday afternoon at o'clock at
Temple Emanu- Ell. Members kindly
Ullman School Improvement asso-
citation will meet Wednesday after
noon at $3.50. Professor Wuight of
the Henley school will address the
meeting. Refreshments will be served
after the program.
The Guild of Woodlawn Grace
church will hold bazaar December 10,
at 1918 Fourth avenue.
General Sumter chapter will pre-
sent a flag to Phillips High school,
December A. at 1880 o'clock. At
o'clock Friday afternoon one will
be presented to louie Compton sem
mary.
The Womans Republican league
Eighth avenue, north, Thursday at 3
o'clock Republican, men and women
are invited to attend these meetings.
The Ladies auxiliary of the Vine
street Presbyterian church viii hold
their annual bazaar in the basement OF
the church Thursday and Friday, De-
cember 10 and IA They will also
serve chicken dinners and suppers
both days.
The Parent Teacher association of
South Highland school will hold their
regular monthly meeting Thursday
afternoon at the school, from 3:15 to
4I5. Mrs. Carlton Smith will adj
s--ss the meeting, her-subject being,
1.-The Playground part of the Platoon
system" A report of the recent
Christmas party will be made at this
time.
Mrs. Ben We'll will be at home in
formally Saturday afternoon, Deem
her Is, from 3 to 5 o'clock in honor
of her guest, Mrs. Henry Leopold, of
New York. ea
Lewellyn Johns Chapter, 174,-O. E.
s. is holding its bazaar at 2109 Second
avenue, Thursday, for the benefit OF
the Masonic home. The chapter So
licits the patronage of the public.
Young Matrons club will meet on
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
with Mrs. W. F. Suydam on Woodlawn
Highlands. g
Birmingham Fraternity in Educa-
ton will meet Thursday morning at
10 o'clock at the Y. w. c. A. All
members are urged to be present.
Cadmean circle is meeting with Mrs.
Forney Johnson Friday afternoon at
8 o'clock at 1741 Twelfth avenue.
south.
Jefferson Davis Chapter. U. D. G..
is meeting Wednesday afternoon al
2;3O O'clock with Mrs. Berta Ham
mond, 1920 South Twentieth street.
Mesdamess Sep Smith and Mrs. J. T.
Pitman will assist Mrs Hammond.
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EXCTTENIENT

You certainly need little more
excitement in your life, or PERHAPS
change"
Good heavens doctorl During the
past 10 months I've lad two hus-
bands. five landlords. three cars,
nine cooks and divorce! What
other change can 1 have london
Weekly Telegraph.
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Of the metropolis to prove how wise
old Virgil really was.

UL LIIV HUI FUIIf7- 70 n . 2 ITO " " -
old Virgil really was,
Two sprightly damsels entered the
Seventh avenue subway at the place
where the marlborough takes the
air" at 127th street and Broadway.
1t wars raining. One OF the girls was
dabbing the moisture off her cheek
as she sank into a seat. Her color
ing was coming off on her handker-
chief.
whats the matter with your face?
It's all streakedn shrieked the other
girl. her mouth agape and her eyes
spread like buttonholes. Indeed, the
cheeks OF the first girl resembled
beautiful fligree patterns worked in
carmine She laughed and, loud
enough for the male passengers to
hear, whispered: "Shush 1 ran out
of rouge and rubbed my face against
the dining room wallpaper" -Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13

New York has a little more than
twice the population of Chicago. and
yet Chicago has three times as many
divorces as New York.
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FOR A GOOD OBITUARY

2 Base your wage on the cost OF
town living, and you reduce to some
extent the incentive for.wage earners
to improve their conditions by shift
ing into low cost locations where
there is more elbow room, and more
chance for the common man to come
by that imponderable boon dear to
the heart of each of us-social
esteem.
Among us in the country John
Black is a person of Importance; in
town he would be something less. If
he died a townsman. he would be
described in a brief paragraph
John Black a Sanger workman
but when his time comes as viii
lager, the local correspondent of our
country paper will give him half
column credit for a Useful life.
That, it seems to me, is one of the
things men live fora good obitu-
ary.-Arthur Pound, in the Atlantic
Monthly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13

BY Indian traditions the first white
man to visit Coney Island was Henry
Hudson, the discoverer of the river
bearing his name, and of New York.
The natives thought him a god. And
pretty soon they were sure Of it.
Henry invited them to take sip
from a big cup filled with reddish
liquor At first the Indians were
afraid 1T might kill them. But pres
emily bold chief said: iii try any
thing once" and drained the cup of
the last drop. Then he fell as If dead
But in two hours, reviving. he asked
for some more of that good old stuff
And the American Indians have been
wanting it from that day to this.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-13

To readily remove hairs and
threads from the floor sweep in
circular motion instead of straight
ahead. This will gather them into
ball which can easily be removed.
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TRUST NOT COMPLEXlO
So Advised Virgil, who, The Lawyer
Says, Was Ahead OF His Time

1"sS' was NA"N"u VI Ills 1hhiN
A learned college professor was
discussing Latin authors. Virgil, he
said was the first weather fore
caster. Moreover, Virgil gave pos
terity the basis for scientific agricul-
ture and bee culture, and then again
there is his classic description OF
the battle of the bulls.
"Oh, that's nothing" spoke up the
lawyer in the group at the Fifth
Avenue club, New York ITO me
Virgil is important because he was
the worlds greatest skeptic. He
was way ahead of his time. Take
his classic line, Oh, happy youth,
trust not too much in compleX7
ion.
The Iaucver than cited IN INCIDENT
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-28
POTLATCH FOUR LIS TO HOLD
BIG LABOR DAY PICNIC

The Potlatch organization of the
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum-
bermen are planning an elaborate
picnic, to be held at Kennedy Ford,
on the Palouse river, on labor day,
September 3. From 10 to 12 a. M,
a program Of speaking and music
will be given. From IL to 1870 will
be given over to the picnic dinner,
each one to bring basket. Coffee
will be furnished by the four LIS.
From 1870 to 8 o'clock the time will
be taken up with field sports, which
will include two three-round boxing
bouts, free for all races, fat mems
races, three-legged race, sack race,
etc At three o'clock the ball game
will be called, $40 going to the win
ming team and $40 to the losers.
The program Of sports will be ended
with tug-Of-war
A jitney dance will be in progress
at the pavilion during the afternoon
and evening.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-28
AGED MOSCOW WOMAN
Celebrates BIRTHDAY

Mrs. Rosetta White, known to her
many friends as Grandma White,
celebrated her 89th birthday Monday
August 27, at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs Nina Mendenhall north of
town. Mrs. White came to Idaho in
1887, and has lived in Moscow since
1894.
Just after noon the members of the
missionary society of the Nazarene
church mOtOred to the Mendenhall
home, armed with a generous supply
OF refreshments and a luscious birth
day cake, decorated with SO candles,
and gave Mrs. White surprise
birthday party.
Mrs. T. G. Craig and daughter, Miss
Lula, and large number of the
members OF the society, spent a
pleasant afternoon with Mrs. White,
and she delighted them with a story
of her life
Mrs. White was born in New York
SO years ago. When the family moved
from New York to Cincinnati, Ohio,
they built raft on which to ride
down the Ohio river. This and many
other interesting stories she told,
showing the contrast in the way the
people live now and few years ago.
In the evening number of friends
called and enjoyed supper with Mrs.
White, all wishing her happy returns
If the day
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-28
religion GREAT need
DECLARES ". H. TAFT

BostOn-(A. P)-The need of re-
ligion in the present crisis is stressed
by Chief Justice William H. Taft in a
statement issued by the Unitarian
News Service in connection with an
nouncement of the thirtieth biennial
meeting of the General Unitarian con-
ference, Of which the chief justice is
president. The meeting is to be held
September 11-16 at New Haven, Conn,
IN the buildings of Yale university, in
conjunction with the annual Ministers
Institute and chapter convention of
the Unitarian Laymens League.
Honest doubts in respect to the
orthodox creeds," says the statement
of the chief justice, should not be
permitted to weaken the influence of
religion or to engender inertia in the
maintenance of religion and of the
church | feel as if Unitarianism in
view of the discussions in our sister
churches has become more and more
important in furnishing a basis for
religious inspiration. Such confer
ence as that the Unitarians will hold
in New Haven doubt cannot be made
most useful in the present crisis"
Other speakers to participate in the
Unitarian meeting are: Bishop Fran
els j. Mcconnell of Pittsburgh, of the
Methodist Episcopal church; Miss
Grace Abbott, chief of the United
States Children's bureau, and DR.. Will
liam P. Shriver of the Presbyterian
Board of Home missions.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-28
IDAHO POTATO CROP 25
PER CENT BELOW LAST YEAR

The large potato surplus which last
year proved disastrous to the potato
growers of this state is not in evil
dence this season, according to the
latest official estimates The Idaho
crop is now estimated at 12,081 900
bushels, against 15,910,0O0 bushels
last year. Even this is 100000
bushels greater than earlier esti-
mates, but it is nearly 25 per cent
below the yield of last year
The total crop Of the United States
is now estimated at 379,558,000
against 451 ,1S5, 900 bushels last year,
indicating falling off of about Is
per cent from last years production.
Minnesota has the largest yield, st.
510, 900 bushels, and New York comes
next with 30.365,000 bushels. There
is a big falling off in the eastern
crop, and prices there are firm, as
the supply is much less than it was
last year The prospects seem good,
not for high prices, but for fair
prices and steady demand for the
potato crop this season. Present
price in Portland for the best grade
of potatoes is s175.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-28
FRANK BOWMAN ARRESTED
WIFE DESERTION CHARGED

The sheriff's office has taken into
custody Frank J. Bowman, against
whom complaint was sworn to by
his wife, Mrs. Lucy Bowman, on July
16, in which he was accused Of neg
lect and refusing to provide for the
support of his wife and minor child
rem, who are residents of Moscow.
Mr.. Bowman was apprehended by the
sheriff's office at Pullman and is now
in the Latah county jail Judge
Nelson fixed bond in the sum of
$500 pending the trial Of the case.
Mrs. Bowman has been attempting
to take care Of eight minor children,
six of whom are living at home, and
has been receiving assistance from
the county since early in the spring
Mr. Bowman moved his family here
from Colfax and deserted them, she
claims
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-28
STATE TAX LEVY is
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED

Boise-The tax levy for state pur-
poses this year will be 4.7736 mills.
1t was SO fixed Monday by the state
board of equalization in the closing
session of it's annual meeting, which
began on Monday, August 10. This
is a reduction Of nearly two-thirds
of mill in the levy The board an
nounced a reduction of about $1,600,-
600, the exact figures to be deter
mined later, in the assessed valua
tiOn of the state. The result of the
two actions combined will be saw
ing to the taxpayers from the bill
they were obliged to meet in 1922.
The levy that year on the larger
valuation was 5.391 mills, and that
in turn was reduction from the
previous year.
State Auditor E. G. GalIet, State
Treasurer D. F. Banks and Attorney
General A. H. Conner were the men,
bers of the board present when the
levy was fixed. Governor G. G. Moore
and Secretary OF State F. A. Jeter
were on their way for visit of in
spection to the Idaho insane asylum
at Blackfoot and the Industrial train
ing school at st. Anthony.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-28
LEWISTON FAIR TO Be
BEST in HISTORY

Lewiston-Although the opening
date of the lewiston Charleston tri-
state fair will be September IL, the
arrangements for every department
of this exhibition has been so ad-
feels assured the entertainment pro-
gram will eclipse that of any past
year, while the attendance will also
undoubtedly establish a record. A
few weeks ago, when a disastrous
fire destroyed many of the buildings,
the fair management, instead of be-
coming discouraged took hold of the
exhibition with renewed energy and
the consequence is that the response
from the big field that the fair serves
shows a home interest over a wide
territory that means a triumph for
the exhibition.
Exhibitors have expressed most
cheerful willingness to use tents and
have otherwise expressed a personal
and spirit Of cooperation
that is most gratifying to the man
agement.
The fair this year will again pre-
sent three distinct features-a repre-
sentative exhibit in agricultural and
lines, including swine,
md in the boys and girls depart
nent the exhibits and demonstrations
will excel that of previous years;
IN arena and races course program
hat will bring to Lewiston the
greatest cowboy and cowgirl artists
n the world, providing thrill now
LDDoaling in exhibition lines from the |
Atlantic to the Pacific, while the race
vents will for the first time in years
ring the greatest thoroughbreds of
he Pacific coast, the lewiston
'larkston fair now being member
t the North Pacific Racing associa-
ION; scope Of incidental carnival
both day and night
hat will accommodate the tastes of
lany hundreds to whom this class
I programs appeal.