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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
Golf Links at New Club
 Being Finished Rapidly

There had been spirited contests going on all week at Roebuck, and How'd they come out at the Springs?" was the main question of the day.
 Everything was in q furore over the mems invitation tournament just opening up, which was to be put on at Lakeview in collaboration with the Southern amateur tourna- ment in order to take care of the players who failed to qualify in the Alabama-G Georgia Professional Golf association which had just com pleted it's open championship tour nament. It was to take care, as well, of the regular home players.
 Jack Frazer, out looking over the grounds, came in, and we heard big news from him-as well as from Evans Dunn and from little thrilled groups of players who re- lated that
 Out at the new Country club spot, the earth is being torn up in the mad, mighty effort to get the new golf links made, and progress has been splendid.
 There are to be two 19-hole links, and by July first, next year, they will be finished.
 Already great tractors have torn up the earth, stumps have been pulled out with the speed and ac- curacy shown by any good dentist in his office these teeth-losing days, and the two golf courses will oc- cupy approximately 225 acres of land.
 In all, the Country club acre age consists of 285 acres-which will leave plenty of room to build the biggest club house any organi- zation would want.
 It is stupendous, the amount of work that has been done on the new links-and many hundreds of visitors, too impatient to wait, have been out to look the work over, MT. Frazer, who is secretary, has been spending a great deal of his time there lately, Much grass is being planted and already grow ing over portions of the golf fields that have been completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
They Rush Away to
 Make Pretty Pictures

Away on another festival occa- sion have gone three of Birming- hams artists-Miss Carrie Hill Miss Marion Orr and Miss Margare: Simmons.
 Last season a whole party of skillful and clever picture-makers spent a season in painting abroad, among them these Birmingham mers.
 This Summer the whole group agreed to meet at Provincetown, Mass, the Magic City members leaving Wednesday.
 They plan to bring back home q number of attractive canvases.
 And that brings on more talk about artistic things in town.
 The Art League has given up it's Little Gallery in the Watts build ing, the old officers being held over. It is not known just what plans the League will make for the future, but it is to be ardently hoped that it's labors will be con- tinued and pressed until their value is reflected in the better artistic education of each local individual. The organization has put on some splendid displays in the days past, and has been a stimulus for work to many Alabamians and Southern CTS.
 J. W. Donnelly is president of the League, which numbers in it's membership some of the most ar tistic and cultured people of the city.
 It is more and more becoming the fashion these days for mothers and sisters and housewives-and men and women-and folk in gen eral to take various courses in lit erature and branches of interesting study.
 To our town come now and then those who have splendid things for the citizenship which has the leis- ure or inclination to take the work. The general practice is praise worthy and highly commendable.
 How fine to spend a summer away painting-taking course in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

school, harmony was the rock on which she broke.
 'I didn't learn thing about it. and never did," laughed Miss Bill bro, until l actually applied my self to the task. l sat down and worked it out bit by bit, just by myself. For I realized I could never accomplish anything until I had mastered harmony.
 Some time after I had learned it, l met one of my old instructors.
 He invited my confidence. Tell me- said he, where on earth you ever DID learn harmony'-implying I hadn't learned from him-which was true.
 q laughed, Q, got 1t from Mo zart, Beethoven, Wagner and some fellows like that l told him.
 'For I positively know that one works better for herself than for any teacher. Then when I began to struggle to write music for my self, of course, 1 studied harder than if it had just been a task set me-"
 Funniest experience the com poser ever had was during the war, when one of her publishers pressed her into service as a "trav- cling man."
 "Their employees were all drafted or had enlisted, and it left the firm in hole.
 "Why the management ever picked on me, l don't know" Miss Bilbro set forth, 'but I promised to do the best I could. Right after 1 went to work, man asked if 1 wouldn't narrate to him some of my travelling experiences, as he knew they must be very diverting. I told him I didn't have any to tell yet-considering I had been travel ing only two hours and fifteen min- utes, up to that identical second.
 "But travelling was fun-till I got stranded in. Kansas in a big sleet, some months later. Then I telegraphed in and resigned my job. It was too hard life.
 "I dropped by Pittsburg, Kan, on my trip about, thinking to en- joy the old town where Harold Bell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
Birmingham Scholar
 Talks to City'S Imdiarl

Among the interesting members away are Prof. c. B. Glenn and Prof. Joseph T. Vaughn, the lat ter of whom has written back a letter which will be entertaining in view of the fact that Birming- hammers, through the Woodlawn Woman's club, have lately pur- chased the $2,500 original painting of an Indian, done by Nicholas Brewer.
 This feat has been characterized by one prominent Birmingham club woman, as the Outstanding thing which has been done in practi- cal, permanent, artistic way for Bir- mingham."
 It is the towns forever, and ac- tually stands as the beginning of an art gallery for the Magic City.
 MT. Vaughn wrote that, on tour, he and several others had gone to see the mission play at Santa Bar bara, Cal, where he was delighted with the performance and where he stayed to meet the original of the Indian picture, who takes one of the roles.
 The mans English name is Will liam Harrison, and in painting the portrait, the artist took the Indian, who is a college graduate and an interesting man, to the top of a mountain overlooking Santa Bar bara. Here he posed him as a stoical Red Man, with folded arms, watching the festivals of white mans pageant, while his inner eye saw only the tents and heard the voices of his own race,-but the forests bare of their presence any longer-only a few left in all the world.
 The sun, going down, is de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
Gala Days These
 Out at Country Club

If you're looking for cool spot, get out to the Country club and seek the terrace.
 All sorts of mems and womens golf tournaments have been the oc- casion for good times this spring and early summer, and most any little time you go, you run into groups of friends you want to cor ner, take off to yourself and gos- sip with.
 I wandered out a few days ago and found more than 100 persons scattered over the premises from tennis courts to the farther end of the greenways, and discovered that the best way to be sure that your golf ball gets in the hole is to go over and drop it in.
 Frank Watson said he never does actually this, but is considering the matter seriously, since his game is getting worse all the time. Maclin Smith was playing him, and Frank said that while his opponent walked off with him the first three holes, he rallied toward the last, and when they landed at the eighteenth green, he had Maclin tied.
 Life wasn't so bad if he could always break even like that, but he didn't want to fan out or ornament all the bunkers with his golf balls as he seemed to have had an almost overwhelming mania to do lately. He was going out and practice a week by himself some Saturday.
 The terrace overlooks the ninth green, and happy enough were some of the golfers to get in. It always is easy to tell by faces who has been having the best of conflict. For they come arguing it pro and con as to why they won, or were beaten and making plans to put on another contest next afternoon out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

picted in the Indian painting by the effulgence of the sky. And combining the two ideas, MT. Brewer called the canvas Fading Glories"- s"-denoting the end of day and the end of race.
 MT. Vaughn wrote the details to Mrs. J. M. Hankins, former pres ident of the Woman's club, and will supply her with some valuable material upon his, return which will go toward the making of his tory concerning the picture.
 And, in passing, be it recorded that the Woodlawn club, during the summer months, has received the loan of four pictures by Miss Car rie Hill and one by Mrs. John Luke, the latter being the one left to the Alabama Art League by the artist herself, who died so short a while ago.
 The canvases are to be on dis play at the Woodlawn High school, Miss Hill having gone out to hang them the past week. Her contri- buttons are all pictures made in France last summer. One was sent by her to the New York art ex- hibit.
 The pictures will be there for the first month of this years school term.
 The Woodlawn organization has not quite finished paying for the Brewer Indian picture to date, but is planning number of entertain ments with this object in view.
 Mrs. Hankins said this past week that efforts had been rather lax during the summer weather, but that they would be redoubled after a little while. And in addition to purchasing the Brewer picture, de- cision had already been made to buy one of. Miss Carrie Hills pie lures for their gallery.
 When the Hill picture is paid for, the organization is to receive the gift of a landscape free from MT. Brewer, who made the offer when he was in Birmingham that, if the club would buy picture from Birmingham artist, he would make this public donation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
Miss Bilbro Noted
 Visitor in Birmingham

Among interesting folk in Bir- mingham for a short stay these days is woman who has many friends here-and who is an Ala bamian who has gone out of this state to little old New York to win great laurels.
 She is Miss Mathilde Bilbro of Gadsden, daughter of Judge J. H. Bilbro, and what she has accom- plished should be an inspiration to every young musician of the south.
 She is composer of music, and, to date, has published 36 books of music, which are used throughout the United States. She has 20 more in process of making and publishing; and has in print more than 100 selections of sheet music.
 In many recitals in Birmingham, her compositions are often heard.
 For a long time she was on the staff of the Schirmer Music Com pany, and now writes for them, as we'll as for Theo Presser, Bos- ton Music Company, John Church, Oliver Ditson and other firms.
 Her music consists of songs and piano selections.
 1 found Miss Bilbro a most clever and entertaining Alabamian.
 She always tried to write music from the time she was a child. Had no notion of ever doing anything else.
 However, at certain music
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
SideSlGntS on Folks
 and Gay Parties

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 It developed, after 1 had sat there an hour to watch, that Evans Dunn was wearing the classiest golf shoes on the green, while S. E. Thompson had on the best looking hat.
 Up on the terrace from where we were, we caught sight of Priestly Toulmin, Arthur Smith, Allen Drennen, J. A. Yam and few others. [
 And "Waddy" Wood came b< 70 tell what good game of golf be could put on in his mind when hs didn't play-and was off in 8 racer to carry some special message to Roebuck.
 He's mighty wholesome citizen. 1 guess I've heard thousand com ments about "Waddy" since I've been in Birmingham the past two years, and all of them words of commendation.
 But l know someone who can make him stand around. She is some one he had huge love-affair with last season or so. She fell awfully in love with him-and I am positive that her love is still very true. She was the tiny little bit of a girl who won the play house offered by Mir Woods firm during the last state fair. And "Waddy" had an awful case on her, as well, as you might know, and lots of days after her house was put up, and when she rode her rocky-horse in the door, somebody with sparkling round eyes would be called to rush out to get the "deliciousest" candy.
 And MT. Wood was compelled to view every last stitch of doll aprons and every mud pie that had been made since his last trip there, be- fore he could ever have the re- motest hope to get away, no mat ter how much lumber had to be sold and bricks shipped north, east, south or west.
 And if the smallest crack had come in the new doll house roof which was yet too new to be set tled-oh, heavens-that was some thing that had to be fixed this min- ute and no fooling. A tiny, point ing finger would show the identical crack. And Dolly Lady Jane Gray's hat feather might be totally ruined
 And MT. Wood had to fly around, and no delay. That would never do-not for a minute. He would shoot out raft of carpenters and architects and workmen at once. He wanted to know the second there was the slightest defect!
 And then they'd give each other a hug-though big, old, clumsy man has to stoop a long way to reach a very little girl-and MT. Wood was off to see about that roof. That was an order that couldn't be kept waiting. 
 Tell me-what chance on earth has grown man against a tiny little girl? The case is worse than hopeless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

literature-studying piano-play- ing with the beautiful, ideal things of life!
 Too many of us are prone to think we have learned enough when we have finished high school or college-and actually forget the joy there is in ever learning some fascinating subject we may not have had time to pursue before.
 It would be a wonderful thing if each person over 20 could take some sort of study course every little while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
Lunches and Golf
 Attract Many Women

Sitting on the terrace also watching the games were a group consisting of Dr. ]. NJ Mason, Jim Mason, Richard Randolph and Jo- seph Brewer. And playing that afternoon were Dr. B. S. Lester and Dr. s. c. Stubbins.
 was told that there is a peach of quartette of singers in four of the members Oscar De Wolf Randolph, Jack Frazer, Lu- ] ther Lilies and Frank Watson, but, outside of that fact, I was unaI' to learn where they sing exo p; that they refuse to chant at n at all and confine most of renditions to conventions W ars they are total strangers to mo. 1t the lot.
 These days at the club, lun are served in the regular di room, the sun parlor also b pressed into service. Special lures are the regular SatuI night dinner dances and Lac Wednesday lunch.
 Among the women who h either played golf in the tom ment or who have been among crowds at the club lately are the Miss Elizabeth Wilson, Mrs. Jar Riley, Mrs. w, H. Kettig, Nj J. M. Gillespy, Jr,, Miss Florer Young, Mrs, Arthur c. Campb, Mrs, Lloyd Noland, Mrs. R. Baugh, Mrs, Carl Leobold, N Frank Nabers and Mrs, Dewstoe
 Miss Mary Allen Northington had . lovely coterie of dim guests, as have Mrs. Joseph McLe ter, Mrs, James Dunlap and MT B. NJ, Allen, Miss Mary Alexand, has entertained at tea, as h. also Mrs, Ed s. Allen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

must nave been 1lend on Delng specifically correct.
 In fact this season has been heated so hot chiropractors are having the rush time of the year with home-folks, trying to invent some new feet for them to stand the parching pavements.
 If it keeps on getting worse, these summers, somebody will have to introduce stilts, patent wings for the feet, or lay down ice pave ments.
 For some of the sidewalks are like gas ranges. They furnish in- stantaneous and continuous heat. Best foot warmers in creation. Walking on asphalt is like treading lava at Vesuvius.
 You go around stepping lightly so as not to strike the pavements too hard. They might blaze, and only the fire department could save you.
 Seems like somebody Is falling down on this job of pavement-mak- ing, anyway.
 If they're going to build 'em so hot, then why don't they attach patent air-coolers, build the streets in a creek, or something.
 They're too hot. Anybody will tell you that.
 If you doubt it, try them for a mere half hour, providing you have good endurance.
 The automobile tires are kicking up snuff about it. listened in the other night and heard them agitating for a society for the pre- vention of cruelty to inner tubes. They said they ought to sue the road-builders for damages for sev- eral hundred of their maimed bre- thren. It was just killing their soles.
 Besides mountains and oceans and foreign trips, and visiting cou- sins and uncles and aunts and grandpas and friends and strange towns, Birminghammers are buying pink and blue and green parasols and affecting King Tut garments and just living in the swimming holes at East Lake and West Lake and Pine Bend.
 Cahaba river and the Scout camps are also doing overtime in the swimming. business. Cascade | Plunge and Edgewood are brilliant with water nymphs and mermen, the Ensley pool is sticking full of little and big inhabitants, while natives are giving Shades creek the dickens from 12 o'clock on and soaring the little fishes under the logs-where they have to stay trembling till night-not bite of worm nor anything. | That's about all anybody IS do- ing these days-having holiday and swimming parties.
 Dances are passe, except out in the open air or where the electric fans can be amplified; and auto mobiles and picnics and camping trips have usurped all wonted pop ularity of the parties.
 There are also some very fine tours which our home-folks are en- toying, notable among these being the Alexander trip, which was un- dertaken with 135 in the group, the members of which are touring Cal ifornia and the west, and attending the National Educational Associa- ton.
 Some of the party will take the vacation months to enjoy various educational courses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-08

On last Friday evening many OF the
receivers listened to the speech Vi
David Lloyd George. II can be read
ily understood that other stations ike
the General Electric Company at
Schenectady, y. Y. cut OH their proau-
casting at the time that the speech
started. which was about nine O'CLOCK.
With most of the stations standing by
the sDeech should have been received
here very clenrly but instead the con-
tinual cutting in of the telegraph,
which was in all probability, sending
his speech throughout the country,
was heard more distinctly at times
than the voice of David Lloyd George.
Ii might at this time be proper to
call the attention of our radio fans
that on December 3, 1928, that there
will be a radio show in Boston. Many
prizes of radio sets and also cash
prizes will be given to the amateurs
only, who send in the best hook-ups
patterned on ingenuity of make and
unusual style in makeup. Sugges-
tions are offered that sets may be
made up like clocks, watches, houses
and many other ways. So it be-
hooves our amateurs to get on the
job and put Skowhegan over. In our
column next week we will publish the
address of the Secretary of the Radio
Show, so that our boys in this vicinity
and particularly in Skowhegan, may
get In line and try to bring home some
of the prizes which are offered.
If the amateurs in Skowhegan
would like any further information
as to the Radio Show or anything
concerning the makeup of any set, we
would be glad to give them or get
them any information.
Kindly address questions. informa-
ton or newsy items to r.. N. l. r.,
care of W. P. Sprague, Independent
Reporter, Skowhegan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-08
AUTO ACCIDENT AND
FIRE ALARM
Victim of Catastrophe Swan Ashore
and Appeared in Dry Clothes

Madison, Oct. G-Residents of this
vicinity were aroused about 1918 Sat
nrday evening by the sounding of the
Arson fire alarm, but upon investiga-
ton found that there was no Ere but
the alarm was sounded by a resident
on The River road on account OF an
auto accident.
Residents in the vicinity of Preble
avenue heard a big crash and upon
investigation discovered that an auto
had gone through the fence into the
Kennebec river. 1t was feared that
fbe occupants were imprisoned under
water but no bodies could be found.
About this time Patrick Delaire, who
lives on this side, announced that the
car was his and he was the only oc-
cupant that went over the bank into
The river. Delaire escaped by swim
ming. Going home and changing his
clothes he went to the scene of the
accident none the worse for the crash.
He said that he was attempting to
escape collision with another car in
which were several young men, which
was being driven in very reckless
manner. Delaire's car was crowded
through the fence on the river side of
the road. The car was hauled out
Sunday morning and the front end
was found to be badly wrecked. 1t
is not known who the other parties
were who run into Delaire as they
drove rapidly away.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-08
Al, 4. To Prosecute Drunken Au'o-
mobile Drivers

The appalling increase in the num-
ber of those who are operating ao'o
mobiles while under the influence OF
intoxicating liquors, as reflected Dy
court records and statistics oil aeci-
dents which have occurred during the
INST three wears. has attracted the
attention of law abiding aut0moDiilsts
and the authorities Of every state,
Int every one seems 10 be confused
and no one seems to be able 10 ad-
vance anv remedy to meet this
situation.
The Automobile Legal Association
does not expect that il can eliminate
wholly this dangerous class of auto
mobile drivers, hut the Association
has taken the position that unless
this class of offenders is at least out
lawed in every way possible by auto
mobllists themselves, as well as the
general public, and the penalty FOR
This offense increased by legislation,
and the Judges OF our courts innu-
enced to deal harshiy with them, TINS
OWL can never be corrected or abated.
The officers of the Association pc
lieve that any automobilist may al
times inadvertently and in moment
of thoughtlessness violate some teen
nical provision of the various auto
mobile laws, but the man who indul-
ges In the use Of intoxicating liquors.
knowing that he will soon operate
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-08
Gard of Thanks

We wish to express our thanks and
appreciation to everyone who in any
way assisted us in our recent bereave-
ment; also for the beautiful floral of
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-08
Box Social in the Withee NeighbOr
hood

A box social was held at the Withee
sohoolhouse in Norridgewock, near
Tarbell Hill, on Friday evening of
st week. Music was furnished by
a local orchestra, consisting of Ar
thur Parks, drummer, and Edward
RoullaTd and Thornton Adams, viol-
inists. Others present beside the
teacher, Miss Alice Hodgkins of Nor
ridgewock, were the pupils and their
parents and friends. Twelve dol
lars was cleared, which will be de-
voted to school Improvements.
The following was the program.
Orchestra; curtain, opening speech,
recitation Ivy Landry; "The Little
Bows Lament, recitation, Theophille
Laney: curtain; How to Get Rid of
Germs" dialogue, Ivy Landry. Louis
Laney and Russell Beckim; Nobody S
Child" recitation, Anna Laney, Little
Tommy's First Smoke" recitation,
George Beckim; curtain; Physical Ex-
ercise HIP boys; curtain; "The Tele-
gram" recitation, Angelina Laney
''Who Made The Speech" recitation
Winnifred Lewis; curtain; Physical
Exercise "a, boys and girls; curtain ;
orchestra; "Puzzling,' recitation, Rus
sell Beckim; ION a Hot Afternoon, y
recitation, Louis Laney; curtain ;
"Harry's Lecture" dialogue, George
Beckim and Wilfred Pyne; curtain ;
"The Race" Lucy Landry; "All Things
Beautiful" recitation, Lucy Pyne; cur
tain; Physical Exercises 1-2-5-6-7-S
boys and girls; curtain; "The Whip