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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-07

they might be asking me what I
was doing down there myself
Since we had gone because Mr.. Bed
dow had not been quite well and we
thought the trip might be beneficial,
l had this good abb right on tap.
at was only II in temperature
Christmas day in Florida, and when
l got home l found it was only rs
here. Wish l had known that to
add to my arguments!
"The shops were beautiful-so
beautiful that the exquisite jewels
seemed to suggest that northern
dealers had taken them down for
the seasons gay winter crowds es-
pecially.
"Our climatic trip-and the most
beautiful part of our journey-was
by bus from Miami to Jacksonville,
along the edge of the ocean. We
passed the one spot where the gulf
stream touches the land. Also, along
this drive. after we left the ocean,
our festive route lay beside the
wonderful Indiandriver. The roads
are very fine. and constructed of
asphalt, shell and brick, with some
macadam. A good deal of macad-
amized road was traversed when we
travelled the Dixie highway. It's
hard to tell the difference between
macadam and the shell roads.
Eve were not cold the whole time
away, except once. That was just
at the beginning of the trip when
we went from Tampa to Orlando.
Florida was just feeling the ragged
edge of that norther that struck US
here two or three weeks ago."
Among other Birmingham people
who were in Florida during their
stay was Mrs. Norman Morrison.
Thomas A. Edison, the great in
ventor, was to have shortly been in
Fort Meyer, and William Jennings
Bryan was lecturing along the coast,
and was in Miami.
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, most every other woman in the au-
| dience couldn't hlep but be
thrilled with the speculation that
! those wives must have lent so much
of their splendid, big influence to
help formulate the platforms on
! which their husbands were elected,
which amounted to feather in all
femininity's cap! And great was
the interest among the 400 callers
in what sort of views those wives
now are holding in matters that
have recently come up for the hus-
bands to pass on at the coming leg
islature.
For instance. there was this ques-
I ton:
"How do you stand with regard
to matters ooncerning better con-
ditions foH Alabama working
/, women?"
And each of them I asked de-
clared that she favored shorter la
| boring hours if our womanhood is
! to be kept strong and well,
The wives present were these :
Mrs. Percy Brewer, wife of Senator
! Brewer, who was formerly Eliza
beth Jordan, daughter of DR.. Will
Jordan, and granddaughter of
Judge H. A. Sharpe, judge of the
| circuit court for 80 years; Mrs.
Henry Howe, charming and de-
lightful and we'll loved woman OF
Birmingham; Mrs. L. K. Bowen of
Littleton, Ala; Mrs. John Rives and
Mrs. R. E. Smith Of Mount Pinson.
All of their legislator husbands
were present as well as Mr.. Lewis
Bowen.
Mrs. Bowen, Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Rives declared they meant to stand
by their husbands in every good
legislative feature they tried to en-
act. lending heartiest influence.
But they do not plan to move to
Montgomery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowen have three
children: Mildred, who is IA; Klein,
who is 8, and Marjorie, who is just
3. my real hobby is my children, !"
Mrs. Bowen confided, "even though
| do try to keep up with current
matters. l think that's a duty.
Mrs. Bowen wore d brown velvet
gown to the party, with pretty
brown furs and a cunning togue,
which delightfully."- combined white,
gold. silver and fashionable new
red.
Mrs. Howe was elegant in a
black gown, laid with heavy en-
broidery, with which she combined
chic hat with japanese aigrette
to give it additional charm.
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CULTIVATE YOUR FRIENDS
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION

Speaking of a New Year resolu-
ton. Mrs. j. F. earle has made the
most attractive I've yet heard. It's
this:
give determined to be a better
friend to my friends this year-and
to make it point, if possible, to
see more frequently the people
really like. AS the years go, un-
happy indeed are the men and wom-
en- who do not, in the words of
someone who had the capacity TO
express things succintly, buckle
some close and tender friends to
themselves with hooks of STEEL let
ting nothing mar the projections of
those friendships-giving all and
forgiving ALL"
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NEW GOLF LINKS TO BE
STARTED TINS MONTH

Out at the Country Club every
things most awfully quiet since the
whirl of holiday carnivals are over.
The most exciting thing to take
place shortly-which naturally will
interest every golf nlayer-is the
beginning of the two new 1S-hole
golf courses which are to be fea-
lures Of the new site of the Country
Club.
You know where sthe site is, don't
you? Recall, when you were a
child, how you used to go to inves-
tigate the old Indian Rock House
on the top of Red Mountain? Wen,
there you are-the Rock House is
on the property acquired by the
club. The acreage bought totals
2S5 acres. 1t was formerly the old
Eubank place,
Having two golf courses of IS
holes each will put the new Bir-
mingham club ahead of most south
ern country clubs. The finest fea-
ture is that the two courses will be
different in their lay of land. One
will be a slightly rolling open
course; the other more rolling and
wooded 1t depends on your tenn
per, or your taste. which course you
will pick to win on.
If it's been a hard day at the
office you'll probably feel you can
shoot ball up Mont Blanc and will
demand the hitler course.
Delightful Jack Frazer, secretary
manager of the club, related that
some of the longtime players would
be reioiced when the club moved,
because they wouldn't need di-
ver's uniform to rescue their balls
from the lake.
The new club, which is to cost
about 100000, will not be COM
pleted for three years. When fin
ished it will be about twice the size
of the present Lakeview club. 1t
will have magnificent ballroom
very large. There will be rooms up
stairs where bachelors can have
quarters and where out-of-town
guests of members may be housed
The club right now is anticipat
ing with much interest the meeting
of the members Monday evening,
January Is, at the club house when
officers will FhH elected. Light re-
freshments arr served.
MlGNON HALL.
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with Mister Santa Claus, Esquire.
Instead of letting his human
slaves put up their heart-loved
Christmas trees in an enclosed
space, where only their families
may enjoy them, he is now having
his tinseled cedars dragged to the
most conspicuous windows of big
and little houses. He.e, the cur
tains drawn back, all the world of
passers-by may share the alluring
delight of their glitter and signifi-
canoe.
In foreign lands this custom is SO
universally carried out that during
the holiday time as one travels
along, his entire way is studded
with hundreds of twinkling trees.
In this way no one feels left out of
Christmas gavetv-and no house
holders care if outside strangers
pause a long time to stare at their
handicraft.
The second nnovation-most re-
Gently become fact in Birmingham
is the installing in the window of
huge Christmas candles. A solitary
candle set in massive candlestick
is placed upon the easement and
lighted during the nights of Christ
mas Eve and Christmas.
Had you taken an automobile
these wondrous twilights along
Highland avenue, you would have
seen many lovely glittering, irride-
scent, colorful and mysterious
Christmas trees softly blazing with
glowing bulbs and candles. And you
would have thought extremely
pretty the Christmas trees of Miss
Margaret McArdle and Mr.. and Mrs.
K. P. Innabnett. Young Miss Lucy
Innabnett was the Inspiration for
the latter. Miss McArdle's holiday
tree was cunningly bedecked with
the tiniest of Japanese lanterns.
Both tinseled evergreens were gala
enough to radiate Christmas kindli-
ness to every human soul who
passed upon Seventeenth street be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh avenues.
Most of the candles in the WIN
dows are not less than two feet tail
of themselves. They are crimson,
and stand in holders also not less
than two feet in height. This
makes toweringly beautiful four
foot candle, the significance of
which is that Jesus is the light of
joy set to mark the pathway home
to our great, good God.
Again, this year
Those with bright eyes would
have noticed the prevalence of little
IL, Il e.
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would use unless you asked the full
name-was in black, with broad
black hat, featured with soft feath-
ers upon its dropping brim. She
said that while she would not trans
fer her household TO Montgomery,
she expected to be there great
deal. Mrs. Rives is also Birming-
ham woman, residing at Inglenook.
That made Birmingham represented
at the reception by three Birming-
ham lawmakers and their wives.
She declared that woman who
is the wife of legislator could
hardly help feeling she was in part
responsible for her husbands state
service, and was one of the wives
who favored shorter working hours
for Alabama's women in industry.
She is secretary of Birmingham
chapter, No. 118, of the Eastern
, Star.
Mrs. Smith, who lives at Mount
Pinson, is a neighbor of Mrs. Du-
pont Thompson, clubwoman, who is
ever busy with splendid community
work. Mrs. Smith favors the
shorter working hours for women,
and also takes great interest N
Eastern Star affairs at her home.
having been her organization past
matron several times. She inter
ests herself in Baptist church work,
and is past president of the Mount
Pinson Woman's Missionary union.
Tuesday she was gowned in black
crepe meteor trimmed with self
material and buttons. Her hat was
black Panne velvet, topped with sill
yer and soft feathers. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith have two children: Margaret,
who Is 10, and Mary Sue, who is 8,
and who adores her black nanny,
by name Clara.
1t was expected that Governor
and Mrs. w. w. Brandon would be
at the party, but the rush of work
kept them away, and telegram IN
which the governor said they hoped
to meet with the league members
shortly was read by Mrs. j. NJ
Hawkins, club president.
Some of the most charming peo-
pie of the city motored down to Of
fer their welcome to the strangers
within their gates.
Mrs. Murray Brown was the
pleasing and daintily attractive So
cial chairman for the club. She
wore charming blue velvet gown
with inlaid sleeves of woven silver.
Filigreed silver buckles adorned her
satin slippers of midnight black.
NEW CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
PRACTICED IN BIRMINGHAM
You have to keep your eyes all
belladonnaed up if you keep up
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biles were fluttering crimson bells.
1t would seem that the usual holly
wreaths are becoming bit too old
tangled for the whiJe-haired, jolly
mouthed Saint Nick. For, while
there were holly wreaths in evil
dence this season, the newer
thoughts of the idolized old saint
were mostly emphasized.
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TOWN MIGHTY PEEVISH WITH
THOSE YOUNGSTERS CONE!

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The husky young town of Bir-
mingham is beginning to look a bit
sulky.
Most all its merry, joyful
crowds of young people who came
home from colleges and schools
with their arms wide open for en-
braces with fathers, mothers, big
brothers and little sisters even be-
/, fore they'd think of getting their
' overeoats unbuttoned and their
mufflers or furs off-have gone
away again.
Outbound trains every little
while are bearing them north,
south, east and west-and in the
direction of Tuscaloosa many hun
eds will go, where the big uni
verslty will be their home for the
next few months.
The town looks like mad old
pirate who queries peevishly:
who's going to play around with
me now? Pears like Pm going
to have a dull spring season if a
bunch goes for anything"
They've had wonderful parties
these school folk-and particularly
blue will seem the Southern club
where most of the affairs were
staged. 1t got to be such an every
day thing-a party-at the club
during holidays that the young folk
tore down one set of decorations
each afternoon to put up new one
for the next few hours Of fun.
Those kids kept that old club up
all night so much, the building looks
like it hasn't had a good snooze for
a month. 1t sort of stares stupidity
and half awake, as if it's murmur-
ing: please go way and let my
"a concrete rest. Pm beginning to
feel my age-what with all the cir
cles and foxtrottings and shiver-my
timber dances, I'm getting sort of
rheumatic in the floor joints. o.,
these young folks!
But the young folks themselves!
If you'll take peep in at the
train windows as they are flying in
their varied school directions, you'll
see them crowded together in little
knots discussing everything from
the next queen of May to the rela-
tive merits between the dill pickles
served at Goueher college, and the
good old grits and gravy that the
Yale yellers whoop to Mars.
There's yards of conversation
about the various '.frat houses" and
dances-and occupying center stage
is that yarn about how students of
Podunk university one year nearly
got the whole school fired when
they tied the Martha Washington
center table spread around huge
buzzard and turned the thing loose
that it might fly. Why, half the
villagers barred themselves indoors
! and swore it was tho last sign be-
fore the spewing up of the world.
But that wasn't what precipitated
the climax. 1t was the fact that
the presidents widowed sister
vowed it vas the spirit of her late
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-07
SENSIBLE WOMEN ARE WIVES
OF THE NEW LEGISLATORS

Birmingham folk this past week
had the distinctly unique experience
of being hosts to a group of people
which. in the coming months, will
have paramount say so in Alabama
affairs.
This was when the nSwly elected
legislators of Alabama and their
wives were entertained at a mag
nificent tea and reception, to
which the whole public was hidden.
The League Of Women Voters gave
the party.
Of course the men were charm
ing-men always are-and they not
only took the palm when it came
to making interesting speeches, but
they were right at home in the re-
ceiving line, for here they had to
shake hands.
But Pm going to be bit selfish
and chat about those wives of the
legislators, because we've had so
much previously to say about the
men themselves-and not a word
about their helpmeets.
The finest thing / can relate
about the feminine side of Ala
bama's new legislative group is that
they all seem mighty level headed
and sensible women; and, of course,
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dull on the trains between here and
trigonometry are: Cadet Virgil
Davis, who left Tuesday for Gulf
Coast Military academy; Baxter
Badham, who wendell his way to
Yale Wednesday, where he is one
of the most popular boys who ever
learned to feel superior to that Har-
ward bunch, and who was accom-
panied by Allen Johnson, who 10y
ally runs him a close second in the
idea. Francis Crockard, well lovec,
writes his name on the Yale catalog,
too, but he doesn't forget home
folks. for, during Christmas, he
lined up gala throng of young
people to be his guests at happy
dinner party at the Country club,
having hidden them in letters from
Yale. John Beecher has returned
to Cornell, while Frank Rushton
and Allen Rushton have gone co
Washington and Lee. In their
travelling group were: John Hendon,
Allison Ament, Luther Reynolds,
Howard Leake, Darby Brown,
Raleigh Jenkins, Ogden Shropshire,
James Smith, Eugene Johnson, Au-
gustus Brown and John Coe. Quite
little home guard at that school
Departing today also will be
Robert Jemison, III, William Jemi-
son and Hugh Kaul-all Of them
Hill students.
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NOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY
POLL TAX SEASON FACE US

i
Well, the holly and mistletoe an(
the ,peg-legged Christmas tree
have been sadly taken down ant
hauled out to the suburbs, where
the children can make playhouse.
out of them.
Now the breathless, burning
question has become:
Have you paid your poll tax?o
1t is being delivered by severa
hundred society and clubwomen OF
Birmingham.
Doesn't make any difference
whether you're softly, reclining
boudoir blossom in the lacy, queenly
province of your home or whether
you're a crusty old soul with 6
north pole disposition and want tc
be served lobster on the raw enc
of the Country club gallery, the
climax is the same:
The telephone madly rings, anc
a sweetly feminine voice over the
line begs: 'Oh, you have to capitu-
latep
you can't be forgetting your
poll tax, can you? You see, ever
II yOu uOil WdIlI W NOlc, VI care
whether the city has change in
its form of government, that
money goes to the school,
fund. 1t pays for educational ad
yantages for our children, you
know"
You begin to sputter and apollo.
gize: "I-er-oh, surely
mustn't forget"
And then you wheel upon your
soul and give it curtain lecture
as being an inhuman, dried-ul
lemon which, for the sage of dol.
lar and six bits would cut off the
flood of knowledge from some little
tad and thrust him, bowling, into
the darkness of his dense ignorance
And then you order taxicab and
take quiet sneak down to the
court house or the bank to pu;
yourself-with yourself-in good
standing with young America.
1t is the lovely throngs of So
ciety women and club devotees of
the Federation of Women's clubs
and the League of Women Voters
which are exercised oyer the ques.
ton, and Mrs. Richard Johnston
former president of the leagues said
yesterday the reason they are inter.
esting themselves is because OF
these facts:
While $4,000 women in JefIer.
son county paid their poll tax the
first year women We're allowed te
vote, that number mas Steadily tum-
bled to a tremendous degree. That
makes public money and school
terms shorter.
Many men and women of the
leisure classes have been neglectinp
to pay-and in vast measure, it is
declared, the public looks to them
to set a good example.
Therefore the present thoroughly
charming, feminine frontal attack
has been necessary.
Friend is calling friend-so il
you get delightful reminder over
the wire-or by letter-or some
body waves your car down while
you're flying for the plumber be-
cause your sink pipe has bursted
and is flooding the kitchen and
washing the cook outdoors, just
don't get mad when red lips quicker
up at you and query sweetly:
80, just wanted to ask you;
Have you paid your poll taxi"
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NEW CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
PRACTICED IN BIRMINGHAM

You have to keep your eyes all
belladonnaed up if you keep up
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-04
CHARLIE CLIMBED BACK ON HIS
MOTORCYCLE, AND RETURNED
TO THE JUNGLE"

Ranger f1inched for a moment be
fore this vigorous presentation, but
he rallied.
why, if can't do anything else.
I'll deposit the bonds as directed, and
then have enough men close at hand
to nab whoever comes after them"
And you expect EN- to walk I'M
suspectingly right into your bunch Of
nabbers? Lorryi Lorry! A Wop kid
naper from the east side would know
better than to fall for game like
that. Do you know this place where
you're supposed to plant the bonds?"
Certainly. Behind a loose stone
in the archway where the Lone Hill
read runs under the railroad tracks. ."
Got a picture Of the locality in
your mind?"
II know it well; travel that way
every TING I motor out TO our place
in Westminster"
so do I know it Charles mouth
widened comicaJly. Got chased
through there once by a farmers
watchdog. And, if you'll remember,
you've got to be pretty nearly inside
the archway before you can tell
WHAT'S going on there. SO, with doz-
ems of automobiles of all kinds pass
ing along that road all the time, your
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-04

Tor the Liberty bonds, and from the
instructions in the letter found no
difficulty in locating 1t. Just about
midway of the tunnel and at the
height Of mans shoulder, there was
discolored streak on the masonry
caused by dampness, and the mortar
had crumbled from around one Of the
stones, leaving it loose.
Testing it with his fingers, Charlie
found the block easy to lift out. Be-
hind 1t was a creVice, shallow but
still large enough to hold a package
of securities.
Charlie climbed back on his motor
cycle, and returned to the Jungle. >"
He appeared, as he had expected, to
have it wholly to himself This was
a season when it's nomadic' habitues
were more apt to be in the West, fol-
lowing in the wake of circuses and
street fairs, or answering the need for
harvest hands. The ashes of the last
campfire were at least three weeks
cold.
Nevertheless, as q proper measure
of precaution, he secuted through the
entire patch of woods and as the
light grew stronger climbed a tree to
reconnoiter the surrounding country.
He slid down from the tree, and
after hiding his motorcycle carefully
under a pile of brush laid down in
a sandy hollow and pulling his hat
over his eyes, prepared to sleep
When he awolIe, several hours later,
The sun was warm on him and he lay
luxuriously for a. while listening to
he varied and various wood sounds.
all long familiar to him. Finally, he
rolled over and pulled out his watch.
1t was almost IL o'clock.
He ate from his package of sand
wishes, uncorked the thermos bottle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-04
CHAPTER Y

Where the Lone Hill road, one
or Westchester County's main
travelled thoroughfares, dips under
the railroad tracks, it passes
through an archway OF masonry be-
tween so and rs feet long; and as
this archway is high enough to ac-
commodate a load Of hay, and the
surrounding country is one of level
fields. the approach on either side is
through a steep. walled cut.
But Charlie thought he saw way
to get around these unpromising con-
ditions. He did not go home that
risht after leaving Rangers office,
but instead registered at a cheap
East Side Hotel where he spent the
evening in an exhaustive study Of an
automobile road-map OF Westchester
County.
About two o'clock he came down
stairs and passed out, casually re-
marking to the night clerk that he
was wakeful and thought he would
take a walk before he turned in.
At a garage eight or ten blocks
away where he had left his motor
cycle, he got it, and chugged briskly
over the Williamsburg bridge as II
heading for his lodgings. On the
other side, though, ne deviated from
the direct route, and twisted~airnless-
" through a succession or ill-lighted.
tenement streets until he was sure
he had thrown off anyone who might
be trying to trail him, when he
turned north, and crossed back to
Manhattan by way of the Queens
toro bridge at Fifty-ninth st.
Dawn found him at a little patch
of woods along the railroad track
archway at the Lone Hill road cross
ing, where the ashes of a burned-out
campfire and a scattered litter Of
rags. newspapers. old tin cans and
WORKOUT shoes betokened a hobo
Jungle"
Beside it ran a back road, little
more than a wagon-track, crossing
the railroad here on the level, and
forking into the Lone Hill road a
study of the map he knew that this
by-ways again intersected the main
road about a mile and a half above,
and he remembered that 1t was marked
as rough and bumpy but passable for
machines in case of emergency.
The wise campaigner, though, leaves
nothing to chance. In order to make
sure that it was open and without OBJ
structions, Charlie rode out to the in
tersection with the Lone Hill road and
circled back by way Of this to his
starting point.
In the archway at the railroad
crossing he 'dismounted to take look
at the place designated as depository