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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14

ed organdy in the same color as the
fichu itself. But it must travel all
the way round the edge of the shawl
like shoulder fixing and it must show
that grace which Is so important for
something which takes over the feel
ing of the oldfashioned costume and
applies TO the dress of the modern
day
Fichus are best with taffeta or
satin or organdy dresses. They really
should accompany something that is
crisp in itself and which is made with
that peakiness which makes it stand
out from tho figure in puffiness
that seems to 60 with the finish Of
a fichu no matter in what material
it may be made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
SOCIAL LITE : CLUB EVENTS = FASHIONS
RANDOM NOTES

DR.. and Mrs. Ernest Wood of India,
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
D. Moore, Jr.. DR.. Wood Is here under
the auspices of the Philosophical So
ciety. He is on two-year lecture
tour, and has already visited China,
Japan, Scotland, Finland. and many
points in the United States. His
first lecture in Birmingham was de-
livered last night at the Philosophical
club rooms, where he spoke on
Duties And Accidents of Life" and
The Part Played By Pleasure and
Pain In LIES Progress"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
BIRMINGHAM-SO TO
ENTERTAIN VISITORS

Teachers attending the convention
of the Southern Classical assocta ton
will be the guests today OF Birming-
ham Southern college.
The following program has been
arranged for the days exercises:
Saturday morning, 8 o'clock Biz
mingham Southern college.
'Vitallzing High School Latin"
Prof. Ethel Black, Womans College
of Alabama.
Inducing Students to Elect Latin"
Miss Hortense r. Thornton. teacher
of Latin, Central High school, Bir-
mingham.
The Status of the Classics In the
Schools of Georgia" Prof. Alice Mac
Farlane, LAGRANGE college.
The Classical Survey in Missis-
sippi," Prof. Alexander l.. Bondurant
University of Mississippi.
An open forum for high school
problems. in charge of Professor
Bondurant.
The main discussion will center
about this question: IF you were
free to do so without limitations i'm
posed by college entrance require
ments, or scholarship examinations
prescribed local or state courses Of
study, textbook adoptions and like
considerations, what notifications
if any. would you make in the kind.
amount and order of material read
in your present Latin courses?"
Miss Lucy Hutchins, Blue Noun
school inspector for Mississippi; Miss
Annie Lou Brown, city school, Bir-
mingham: Miss Ada Winslow, Missis-
sippi State College for Women.
General discussion.
Business meeting.
AT l o'clock the association will be
the guests of Birmingham Southern
college at luDcheOD
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A SOFT FICHU FOR sUw1,rp

All the summer dresses have thax
fresh and crisp look which every eirf
delights to have, and many of them
get that way by means of the old
fashioned grandmothers fichu. You
can add fichu to an old gown and
give 1t poppy, new, seasonable look
that will delight your heart and bring
back into the fray something
count among the dead ones in your
wardrobe.
A fichu is made of net or of dotted
swiss or of organdy, and 1t must have
fluted ruffle about its edge in order
to take its place as one of those ac-
cepted by all fashionable standards.
Inc ruffle may be OF lace or not or
it may be made OF picoted and pleat-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14

Inc paint brush is the magic wand
of spring! To paraphrase an old bit
of doggerel:
Little ten-cent brushes,
Little cans OF paint
Make our last years wicker
- Look like what II amt"
The surest signs of spring, in the
old domestic days, were carpets hung
out to be beaten all the furniture on
the lawn, and general upheaval of
the entire household. Nowadays
when we do our housekeeping as we
go, have rugs that can be thoroughly
cleaned once week, and dusUess
mops that absorb the dirt as fast as
It collects, our signs of spring are
the refurbishing of old veranda fur
niture, the touching up of woodwork
and the freshening Of all painted
surfaces.
The glorious popularity of bright
color during the last year or two
gives US chance to make our sum
mer environment one of gay bold
ness. Wicker chairs and tables of
deep peacock blue, with cushions OF
warm yellow or orange; furniture
painted Venetian red with black and
white printed linens for coverings:
sage green backgrounds with flower
garden pillows OF blue, lavender.
corn color and rose on a black
ground--all these will transform our
dull exteriors and interiors into
charming haunts for the long sum-
mer days.
The home-maker can do all this
painting herself, with little effort
and much real fun. A big, envelop-
ing apron, pair of stout cotton
gloves, sunny morning, newspapers
spread out on the piazza with the
waiting chairs placed on them, and
she can wave magic wand as po-
tent as the fairy scepter of the chill
dren's tales. Get interesting shades
of paint, the newer tones advertised
by the painters and decorators. work
out a happy color scheme to be fol-
lowed, and then-go to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
CITRUS MARNIALADE.

Any of the citrus fruits may be
used and combination of two or
three results in a delicious product.
Take an equal number of oranges and
lemons and half the quantity of grape
fruit. Wash the fruit, cut into quart
ers to remove seeds, then slice very
thin or run through the meat chop
per. To every cup of pulp add three
cupfulls of cold water and let stand
twenty-four hours; then bring to
boil and cook gently until skins can
readily be pierced with a pin. Set
aside until next day; then add one
cup sugar to each cup of the boiled
fruit and cook rapidly until it jellies.
When slightly cooled pour into
glasses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
PRETTY LUNCHEON PARTY
FOR MRS. JULIAN LAMAR

Mrs. ]. A. Meadows and Mrs. Blaine
Brownell entertained at a pleasant
luncheon party at the Country club
wednesday honoring Mrs. Julian La
mar of New York, the house guest of,
Mrs. Edmund Armes. The table
glowed with golden jonquils, and
was further made attractive by the
use OF yellow tones. The guests were
Mrs. Lamar. Mrs. Armes, Mrs. s. G.
Stubbins, Mrs. w. G. Bickell, Mrs. Ed
W. Brownell. Mrs. Houston Brice,
Mrs. Give Richardson. Mrs. Elsie
Davis, and the hostesses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
PINEAPPLE JAM

Use a can of grated pineapple or
put slived pineapple through fhe
meat chopper. Stir we'll and meaS sure
out four cupfuls. adding water If
NECESSARY to make up the quantity.
Stir in three and quarter pohnds
of sugar, stirring constantly until it
boils thoroughly. Boil hard enc min
ute and remove from fire. Then add
good commercial perth, according
to directions given. Stir we'll and
pour Immediately into hot glasses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
ALUMNI LUNCHEON
TAKES PLACE TODAY.

The Birmingham chapter Of the
Montevatlo Alumnae will give a
luncheon Saturday at 1 o'clock at
the Business and Professional Wom-
ems club. This Is the last meeting
before the annual alumni day, which
is on May IL at the school. All
members are urged to attend as mat
ters of Importance will be taken up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
ELEANOR HORD CLUB HAS
ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The Eleanor Hord club held an
election of officers Tuesday after
noon at the home Of Mrs. Marvin
ed: Mrs. B. C. Bracken, president;
Mrs. George Irving, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. H. c. Kegley. second vice
president; Mrs. Claude Cunningham.
recording secretary; Mrs. ]. H. Benz
Is, corresponding secretary; Mrs. e.
-. sanders treasurer; Mrs. N L.
Mewnlnney, parliamentarian: Mrs.
Roscoe Mcconnell. critic and Mrs.
=. A. Carter. club director.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Every member of the executive
board of the Democratic Wonaer,e
club of jefferson county ia reonnetad
to meet with the president in tho
county treasurer's office at the court
house this morning at 10 o'clock Nv
request OF the president, Mrs. C. p
Mayfield ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
YANCEY CHAPTER, U, ID, O..
HAS PLEASANT MEETINC

Mrs. D. F. TaIIey entertained the
members of the Yancey chanter II
D. c., at her home, 1920 Twelfth
court, north. Wednesday afternoon.
Following the business hour a social
session was enjoyed. Bright yellow
flowers made the lower rooms At
tractive, and delightful refresh
ment course was served at the close
of the afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
TO LAUNDER ECRU CURTAINS

Next time you launder ecru scrim
curtains, try making your starch this
way: Put little water in one-half
cup of starch, place over the flame
and add one quart of strong coffee
slowly, stirring all the time. Then
thin tt the desired consistency with
boiling water. Iron the curtains be-
fore they are quite dry and they will
look IKE new. H. b A.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
Birmingham Awaits
Arrival of Glee
Club Men

1t has been announced that the
University Glee club quartet will
sing during the dinner hour at the
Tutwiler hotel Sunday evening, April
Is. This pleasing diversion in the
Tutwiler program of Sunday evening
music has been an annual affair for
several seasons and is always well
come feature.
The following description of the
glee club concert in Meridian serves
to make Birmingham folk even more
impatient for this joyous crowd to
arrive.
The Meridian Star notes:
Tom Garner and his University of
Ala bama Glee club, which was heard
and seen at the court house Monday
evening, captured the hearts of the
large audience. The program was
one of the most varied ever offered
here for 1t included solos, quartets,
choruses, musical sketch. dancing
stunts. violin solos, selections by the
Jazz orchestra and. In fact, every
thing in a musical line that one
would expect from a bunch of college
boys
zone of the most novel features of
the evening were the bottle blowers
each of the young men blowing
bottle varying in size. The tones
produced from the bottles. which
contained water. were similar TO
those of an organ.
Another novelty was the sketch,
"A Case in Court the words and
music being written by former
member of the club. The boys were
especially clever with their imper-
sonations of the various characters.
THE novelty orchestra proved one
of the hits of the evening, and it was
not until they had responded to a
number OF enoores were they per-
mitted to leave the stage. The more
serious numbers of the program were
done equally as we'll as those of
lighter vein. A Musical Trust was
0plendidly done, as was an Even
Song by Nevin. The chorus sang
we'll, showing careful training and
continuous work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
MISS WHITE TO HONOR
SEMINARY SENIORS

Miss Evelyn White Will entertain
alta buffet luncheon today in honor
Of the senior class of louie COMMON
seminary.
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MRS. HISTORIAN TO RE
HONORED MONnAV

The members of the auxiliary ~
the First Presbyterian church viii
honor. on Monday afternoon, Mrs. i.
A.. MacSporran. wife of the pastor Of
the church. who is leaving to take
the pulpit in large church in the
east soon. The affair is to take
place at the church.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
CHILDREN's PARTY AT
ST. ANDREWS PARISH HOISE

There will be chldren's party al
the st. Andrews parish house Satur-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. An il
Illustrated Mother Goose story will be
held, and later refreshments will be
served. A small fee will be charged
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14

TO CLEAN CREvICEs IN POTS
To clean the rims and crevices in
pots use a meat skewer. You will be
surprised 1.-THE wonderful results.
L, " N
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
HOWARD PLAYERS GO
TO MONTEVALLO

The Howard Players. the dramatic
organization of Howard college, will
leave this morning for Montevallo,
where they will present The Scrap
of Paper" tonight at the Technical
Institute and College for Women.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
MR. AND MRS. MAYFIELD
ENTERTAJN ATT nINNEn

Mr.. and Mrs. C. T. Mayfield will
give dinner party Saturday eve
ming at their home on Cliff road in
honor of Mr.. Samuel C. Bowman of
New York city
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14

MoNTEvALLo ALUNINAE HAVE
LUNCHEON TODAY
The Montevallo alumnae will have
their regular monthly luncheon today
at the Business and Professional
Women's club.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
RESORTS AND TRAVEL
Honolulu

Fast u. s. Mail s. S. Sonoma. Ventura;
10000 tons; Lloyds LOCAL; delightful
service. SIi0 first class; 500 second
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, via Samoa, $3.50
first class; $3.50 second. Pacific tour. $3.50
first class. SaiIings from San francisco
Apr "a, May 30, June &C. July 81, etc.
Oceanic Line, 2 Pine ST., San Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
MISS HOLMES HONOREE

AT LUNCHEON
Miss Gertrude Holmes will be the
honoree at gift shower at which
Miss Adelaide Byrum will entertain
today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14

PARIS FranceThe
the important happenings the
bandna nckne achieved by of the
middle ends
The French the right illustrates
the
background of white silk applications blue
andb
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-14
Your Home and You
SPRINGS MAGIC WAND
By HELEN KENDALL

The paint brush is the magic wand
of spring! To paraphrase an old bit
of doggerel:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
IN CHRONIC STATE or FEAR
Observing Author About Right When
He Describes Conditions Under
Which All Live.

In his book, 'sThe Conquest of Fear"
Basil King says:
Look at the people you run up
against in the course Of a few hours.
Every one Is living or working In fear.
'sThe mother is afraid for her chill
dren. The father Is afraid for his
business. The clerk is afraid for his
lob. The worker is afraid of his boss
or his competitor.
There is hardly a man who Is not
afraid that some other man will do
him a bad turn. There is hardly a
woman who is not afraid that things
she Graves may be denied her, or that
what she loves may be snatched away.
'There is not home or an Office on
Q factory or a school or a church In
which some hang-dog apprehension La
not eating at the hearts Of the men,
women and children who go In and
odt.
II am ready to guess that all the
miseries wrought by sin and sickness
put together would not equal those we
bring on ourselves by the means which
perhaps, we do least to counterfeit.
"We are not sick all the time; We
are not SHINING all the time; but all
the time all of us-or practically all Of
us-are afraid of some one or some
thing"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
MOVES ALTOGETHER TOO FAST
Writer Makes Complaint About Life
That viii Be Echoed by Many
No Longer Young.

Here Is another new one already
started and even on the second day we
can seem to feel the finish just ahead
of US, F. 81. Young writes in Provi-
dence Journal. We shall have just
time to save up for the summer vaca-
ton and then for another period OF
scrimping preparation for Christmas
and first thing we know they will be
handing around the 1923 calendars
That is really the most alarming as
pect Of life, after one gets to be about
20 old. It Is this internal and re'ent.
.ess speed of the passing years which
steadily becomes speedier. 1t is only
youth that-is able to worry about love
measuring machines, the erratic con
duct of the equator and the north pole,
the speed of the moon and the speed OF
turtles and all these contemporaneots
scientific matters.
And yet, science is just wonderful.
isn't 1t? In Toronto the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Sci.
ence has just received a report from
4 professor at the University. OF Wis
consin which reveals a new speed rec.
ord. The champion racing turtle in an
event which included 1913 entrants fin
Ished the mile in three years eleven
months and nineteen days. All we can
get out of this is the thought that We
would likeito have life move as SLOWLY
rs 1t does flor turtle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
HANDS INDEX TO CHARACTER
Still Reveal Much, Though Probably
Less Than Was the Case Some
Few Years Ago.

Once 1t was possible to tell "lady'
oy her hands-that is if you regarded
a lady as "a female of the favored so
cial class" She had well-kept hands
because she did nothing. to roughen
them or enlarge their knuckles or eaus,
premature wrinkles Even If forum.
had gone against her she somehow
avoided the work that would mar the
symmetry of those hands. She did
without sugar for her tea and did
needlework for money in order to avoid
the work that she regarded as mental
And because woman of this class
knew that it was at her hands that
others looked for an index to her so
cial position it was her hands that she
saved, wearing gloves by day and by
night to keep them white and to pro
tect them and repair them from the
ravages Of wind, sun and homework.
The situation is rather different now.
The young woman Of immigrant par
ents who sells tinware in the depart
ment store basement has deliberately
manicured nails and hands that are
smooth. but the wife Of the college
president has hands that clearly show
the effects of work that we would once
have regarded as menial
Perhaps still to the keen observer
hands have something to tell Of their
owners rank or pedigree. There are
some hands that no matter how dill
gently manicured always look little
grimy at the corners, and others, lack
ing entirely the luster Of the manicure
buffer, that are always scrupulously
clean,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
OLD NAMES STILL POPULAR
That Have Done Duty for Many
Centuries.

A somewhat interesting census OF
Christian names has been taken in
the public schools of Stratford. And
It is found that old and simple ones
continue to be favorites. Those which
are represented by more than fifty pu-
pills include: John, 1854; Margaret,
la; William. 115; George, 81; Mary,
30; Dorothy, IA; James, 81; Helen, 5S,
and Fred. 30. Gladys is the first in
terloper to appear in the list, with a
score Of 30.
With all the names in the world
at their disposal, stage names, names
out Of novels, and made-to-order
names, which they or others might in
vent, parents go on, in the same old
way, calling their offspring John and
William and Margaret, and hoping In
vain that they will not be nicknamed
Jack or Bill or Maggie. Occasionally
a name Is figured out which is war
ranted to defy corruption into any OF
the familiar variants. But its pos
SCISSOR probably blossoms forth as Fat
ty or Snooty, or in some other guise
quite foreign to the carefully selected
choice of the fond parents. Some
times they telephone their fayorite
newspaper and deplore the fact that
they cannot find a suitable name
Nothing is quite as different as their
child. And will the newspaper please
suggest. But the wise newspaper
thereupon processes utter inability to
find an appelAtion distinctive enough
and noble enough for the purpose. The
parents sigh. And in all likelihood an
other is added to the long list of Johns
and Margarets.-Toronto Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
EXCITED WRATH OF DICKENS
Great Writer, at His Best, Denounced
Public Hangings, Which Were
Disgrace to English Law.

Charles Dickens, at the time of the
the murder of Patrick O'Connor, was
at his fullest power as writer In
letter to the London Times he wrote:
II believe that sight so inconceiy.
ably awful as the wickedness and levi
ty of the immense crowd collected at
the execution this morning could be
imagined by no man, and presented by
no heather land under the @sun. The
horrors of the gibbet and the crime
which brought the wretched murderers
to it faded in my mind before the
atrocious bearing, looks and language
of the assembled spectators. When
came upon the scene at midnight the
shrillness of the cries and bowls tina:
were raised from time to time denot
Ing that they came from a concourse
of boys and girls already assembled in
the best places, made my blood run
cold. When the two miserable crea.
lures who attracted all this CHASTITY
sight about them were turned CULVER
ing into the air, there was no more
emotion, no more pity, no more thought
that two immortal souls had gone to
Judgment, no more restraint in any of
the previous obscenities, than if the
name Of Christ had never been heard
In this world, and there were no belief
among men but that they perish like
the haaStc
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
CHINESE MINISTER AS CUPID
Testing Remark Made by WI Ting
Fang Led to the Union of Two
Loving Hearts.

WI Ting Fang was, while minister
at Washington, attending the wedding
of the daughter of the chief Justice
at that time At the breakfast he
asked one of the bridesmaids when II
would be her turn to become bride.
She modestly said that she did hot
know, as she had not yet had an Of
fer. Turning to group of young men.
Doctor WI jocularly remarked to one
of them. "This is a beautiful lady,
would you not like to marry herr"
He replied, 81 should be most delight
ed to-" "Will you accept his offer?"
said Doctor WI to the bridesmaid.
She seemed slightly embarrassed and
said something to the effect that as
she did not know the gentleman she
could not give definite answer.
Meeting the Chinese minister at an
''at home" few days later, she scold-
ed him for his bluntness, and he ex-
cused himself by saying that he was
actuated by the best Of motives.
A few months afterward WI re-
ceived an invitation from the young
lady's parents to attend her marriage,
The bridegroom was the young man
who had figured in the unconventional
incident To Wu's agreeable surprise
the mother of the bride informed hin.
that it was he who had first brought
the young couple together, and both
bride and bridegroom heartily thanked
him for his good offices.