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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
Exacting Friends
 Often Selfish In Actions
VERY good friend of mine, Miss

A VERY good friend of mine, Miss "A S., was deploring the fact that so many friends expect or rather pre- sume too much on friendship.
 Coming from Miss S.. who is one of the most charming and democratic girls ever knew, this view of the matter was most interesting. We were discuss ing the idea of two friends living togeth- er-young women-as many do, es- pecially in the business world. An in such cases one often expects too much of the other.
 Tt has been my experience" said Miss S., that when you are with a friend a great deal, or even when she is paying you visit. she expects you to keep her in mind all the time
 For instance. if I should be invited out to dinner or to party and have formed the habit of trying to include her for such an invitation then she gets disappointed and hurt if the sit uation is such that cannot ask her. II have one friend. however. who takes just the right attitude when with me for any length of time-that is she does not depend on my friendship foI anything. Even when she is visit ing me she does not feel that I must always be looking out for her pleasures and pastimes.
 Many a time I have had to leave her to do things. She has stayed home and read or otherwise amused herself until I returned home.
 II have never heard her utter word of protest. On the contrary, she is glad I have had the good time, even though she was not a party to it.
 "Yes, friends are a great comfort. do not demand more than you can give"
 This friend has the lovliest char acter and is naturally inclined to be considerate. She has not jealousy in her makeup, and that is why living with her is a pleasure instead of a problem" she concluded.
 This is a subject that is frequently thought about but seldom discussed. If the truth were known, many a friend ship has been broken up by the seeming inability of many people to keep from infringing on the rights of others.
 When young people live together or visit each other many a heartache will be avoided and many a strained situ- ation will be saved if both look at mat ters sensibly.
 The finest relationships in the world have been built on one thing-consid- eration one for the other. Any other basis is like sinking sands of illusion.
 It is the same in families. Many letters come to me from seemingly covetous sisters and brothers envi- ous of each others success socially. out side the home. One girl complained bit terly that her brothers never took her out" but preferred to take other girls and she remained a stay-at-home.
 The truth of the matter is that these brothers found their sister very dis agreeable when they escorted her to var ious places. She was unkind to the oth CT young women, and showed a gener ally unpleasant attitude. And they fin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
Hearts of Two
CHAPTER 80.
sy ViReIMlA TrRHuNE VAN DE wATEI

GEORGE DIXON called that " evening earlier than Marian ex- pected him. The Horton sisters were at the table when he arrived. Lois an- swering his ring at the front door, bade him follow her into the dining room.
 "We have not quite finished dinner" she explained. "As soon as we do, I will leave you and Marion alone"
 There is no need of that" Dixon began to protest. But Marian cut him short with
 Sit down George. and watch the animals feed! Will you have some dessert, or a cup of coffee?'
 'No, thanks!" seating himself be- side her. ''I did not mean to get here at such an ungodly hour. But want you to go out with me for little while" at
 Go out?' Marian repeated.
 "Yes. To see a man on business"
 "But there are things to be done be- fore I can go," Marian protested. ''I'll help you clear the table, if that is what you mean" George remarked with laugh. e-.....
 Mrs. Fisher does that and puts the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
MRS. BARNETT IGNORED AT LUNCHEON

Mrs. A. F. Barnett, who is visit ing her mother, Mrs. James l.. Downey, was the honoree at pretty luncheon yes terday afternoon, when Mrs. R. H. Wharton entertained several friends in her honor at the Co1n'-- club. Jonquils were used as decoration for the luncheon, after which a number of games of bridge were played by the following guests: Mesdames Barnett, Jack Eaton, James A. Downey, J. T, Coulbourn, c. B. Smith, G. c. Bryant, Edgar Collins, w. A. Jenkins, Ralph Russell, Cecil Milner and w. B. Mills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

and chorus) of women's voices, Ferdi- nand Dunkley. Address, Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley, president, Ohio Federation of Music clubs.
 Wednesday, Afternoon, April 2 2 80, Cable hall. Report resolutions committee. Unfinished business.
 New business.
 Report of nominating committee. Election of officers.
 Report of board of elections.
 Presentation of new officers.
 Music, the Choral Art. club of Bir- mingham, Ferdinand Dunkley, director. Adjournment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

less now than they did t h e n? Are marriages more un- happy than they used to be? Do husbands and wives make less effort to get along with each other than they used to 2"
 "No,' I replied, divorce is the moderns' protest against martyrdOm People used to sui fer, and be strong. Now { h ey are strong for not sui fering, and when they find that they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
DIR. LAWN TO GIVE DRAMATIC RECITAL. TONIGHT

Dr., Henry Gaines Hawn, who is giv- ing a course in public speaking, will be presented in a dramatic recital Friday evening by the League of Women Vot- CTS. The recital will be given at 8 :15 o'clock in the auditorium of the Cham Der of Commerce. Miss Alice LeSeur Harsh will preside Musical numbers will be given by Mrs. Mary Emma Pearson-Simmons, soprano, accompanied by MT. Ferdinand Dunkley. A small admission fee will be charged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
YELLOW HAMMER CLUB HAS. INTERESTING MEETING

A meeting. of the Yellow Hammer club was held this week at the home of Mrs. NJ. I. Abbott, Jr, at Fountain Heights. The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion with club colors of yellow, with hand-painted tal- lies, bordered with blue, in the center of which was yellow hammer!
 Three tables were arranged for the 12 members and four hands of bridge were played. Mrs. NJ. H. Lewis proved to be the one best player and was awarded the first prize, lovely hand made linen towel.
 Mrs. c. E. Harvey arrived late. which probably accounts for her having the lowest score and was presented with lovely handmade handkerchief as the booby. Immediately following the game an ice course was served to the members who were present: Mrs. W. W. Standiford, Mrs. H. NJ. Lewis, Mrs. c. A. Culver, Mrs. Laura l.. Green. Mrs. c. B. Harvey, Mrs. W. D.. Thomas, Mrs. J. H. Edmundson, Miss Edna Johnson, Mrs. 0. NJ. Ellis and the hostess, Mrs. NJ. T. Abbott, Jr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
Reflections of Dorothy Di.
Marriages Aye No More Umhuppy Noao Thom They Used To Be-Divorce Is More Common Today Because We Simply WiU Not Endure Anu Unnecessary Suffering

ISCUSSING the divorce of a mu- D tual friend, a man said to me the other day:
 ''Diyorces are so much more common now than they were in our grandpar- ents' time. Do men and women love
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
Miss Maxwell. Ex-Hello Girl,
 To Appear

TvHE ROAD to prima donna-land is not always the cinder path. Be fore Margery Maxwell's prima donna voice was ;n such working order as to charm the musical public, she used to practice her top tones to the word Hello in the telephone office in Port land, Ore. When she voiced a high in the ear of some caller at the other end of the wire, the recipient became aware it was not the voice of the average ''telly" operator. But they were happy days just the same and what Miss Maxwell did then, namely, singing in the church choir on Sunday and con- meeting busy wires during the week days, she claims every one can do if they will.
 Margery Maxwell is not a genius. She lays no claim to such distinction, and yet she is ranked as one of Amer ica's most promising prima donnas. She added to natures blessing, through hard work and study, perfection and confidence in her own ability. Today this young prima donna with the Chi cago Opera company would not have missed the training she received in the telephone office for anything in the world. When Miss Maxwell is in a hotel, the operator need not try to put anything over" on her. The dainty ht- tie singer has had her experience and claims it has taught her a great deal about young women. This season when she appears with Treble Clef chorus in the Tutwiler ballroom on the evening of March 31 for recital, all operators who have. singing voices should go to hear her. Her short professional ca reer should be an inspiration to all. Miss Maxwell lays no claim on good luck and fortune-it is love of work and determination that count, she says. It might be mentioned that Miss Max wells success can also be partly at tributed to her training at home. Through her parents she was given all the early advantages of the proper home training which was due in part to her coming from an exceptional old family line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

have made a mistake Tn choosing their life partnsrY divorce is the kill-or-cure remedy they apply to their matrimonial ills.
 Tt is curious that divorce should increase when, nowadays, every match is virtually love match, and when the average bride prob ably cares ten times as much for her bridegroom as her grandmother did for hers, for the present genera tion of women is the first one in the whole history of the world that did not have to marry for a home.
 Tn grandmother's time a girl had no way of making a decent living for herself. She had no social position, no liberty, no interest or occupation in life until she got them by marriage. So, to attain an establishment, and a shopping ticket, and to get out from under mothers thumb, and to keep her self from being bored to death, grand mother married the first eligible man that came along. That's why she mar ried at 16 and 17. She couldn't afford to take a chance by waiting for some gentleman who might personally appeal to her.
 Marriage was her meal ticket, her emancipation proclamation, and her sentiments toward grandpapa didn't matter. Now the whole world of opportunity is open to a girl. She can support herself quite as we'll as her husband is likely to be able to do. She has to sacrifice the career she has fitted herself for, her own pocketbook and her personal liberty on the marriage altar, and a man has to look mighty good to her be- fore she is willing to do it.
 ''Nor are marriages more unhappy now than they were in our grandpar- ents' time. Human nature does not change. Sorrow came in with the first man and woman, and will go out with the last one. The things that make marriage a failure are no new inven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
Random Notes

Mir and Mrs. Erie Pettus left yes terday for Athens. having been called by the death of Mir. Pettus' mother.
 Mrs. Charles Cross. Jr., has returned to her home in Gadsden.
 Mrs. J. Reed is back from visit to her mother, Mrs. Fannie Simpson, in Florence.
 Mrs. $. Price Smith has as her guest Mrs. J. N. Means of Montgomery.
 Little Eleanor Ryder of Toledo, O.. has come to make her home with her aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. J. k. Ryder, 500 Eleventh avenue, south.
 Mrs. Day Williams Gillian Orr) of Woodstock Ky. will arrive Saturday to be among the out-of-town guests at the wedding of her sister. Miss Marian Orr. and Mir. Henry Martyr Lewis. which will be solemnized Thursday aft ernoon, March 27. at the home of the brides parents. Mir and Mrs. Cyrus Pittman Orr, on Mountain avenue.
 Mir. and Mrs. N. o. Adams and chill dren of Dallas. Tex. will arrive Monday or Tuesday to attend the wedding of Mrs. Adams sister. Miss Marian Orr, and Mr Lewis Thursday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

It is estimated that 9 per cent of the people who attend the New York theatres are not residents of New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

The Bureau of Immigration shows that Great Britain led in immigrants to this country in the past six months with a total of 149,507.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

But all this talk about the ideal marriages of the past is all blah. The only difference between our grandparents, who didn't get divorces, and us, who do, is that they stood punishment better than we do- And whether there is any merit in en- during suffering that you can duck out of is more than I know"
 DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

As a result of their isolation the Ha- w4:ian islands have envolved $50 species of plant life found nowhere else in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

"As for men and women trying hon. estly and intelligently to make a suc- cess of marriage, that, alas, seems a simple expedient for domestic bliss that appealed to neither generation. Our grandparents tried to play the matri- monial game by inspiration instead of lead.
 However, there are a few signs on the horizon that indicate that hus- bands and wives are beginning to real ize that there's more pluck than luck in a happy marriage, and that matri- mony is pretty much what we make it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

ally had to discontinu, counting her in
 If she repelfed her own brothers how could she expect to attract other girls brothers? In word. she was so exacting that nearly everybody was glad to get away from her.
 Then there are the friends who are miserable when you do not invite them to everything you have and insist that they have been sighted. Along with them are the injured ones," who get cross because you eliminate them when you have certain friends at your house and have tried your best to bring those together that would be congenial. Such exacting friends have but one cure-absent treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

The Pierian club will meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Robert Wheeler instead of Mrs. Robert Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

The Alexis Study club will meet with Mrs. s. o. Coxe, 1928 Thirty-first street, north, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

Masonic Temple, Arena chapter of ficers, will exemplify the work and all members of the Eastern Star are in vited to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21
Social Calendar

The Double R club will meet Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Moose hall, Second avenue and Twentieth street. All members are requested to be pres- ent.
 Edgewood club will met Friday aft ernoon at o'clock with Mrs. J. R. Dewberry.
 The Alexis Study club will meet with Mrs. S. o. Coxe, 1928 Thirty-first street, north, Friday afternoon at 2 80 o'clock. Pala club meets Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. w. l.. Kyle, 524 Terrace Boulevard.
 New Era club will meet with Mrs. John Yeatman Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Clionion club will meet Friday at o'clock, with Mrs. J. NJ. Mason. The Quest club will meet Friday aft ernoon at 2 80 o'clock with Mrs. Cora Bethea.
 Wentworth club will meet Friday morning at Ii 80 at the home Mrs. W. L. Simmons. Modern Study club will meet with Mrs. l.. o. Wier. at the home of Mrs. John A. Watford, Friday afternoon. Twentieth Century club will meet with Mrs. s. B. Kippelt, 3101 Eleventh avenue, north, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 The Study circle will meet Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock with Mrs. H. H. K. Jefferson, 1922 Sycamore street. The Fenelon club will meet Friday at 1 o'clock with Mrs. D. D. Brown, 1924 Twenty-ninth street, north.
 The Craxton club will meet Friday afternoon at 2 80 with Mrs. Frank Spain.
 Masonic Temple, Arena chapter of ficers, will exemplify the work and all members of the Eastern Star are in- vited to attend.
 The Alexis Study club will meet with Mrs. s. o. Coxe, 1928 Thirty first street. north, Friday afternoon at 2 80 o'clock.
 
 The Pierian club will meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Robert Wheeler instead of Mrs. Robert Morris.
 
 Dr. W. R. Hendrix will address the Present Day club Friday morning at II o'clock, the meeting to be held with Mrs. B. R. Smith at the Ridgely.
 
 Birmingham chapter, 119, O. E. s., will meet Friday night at 8 o'clock. The Amaranth club will meet Fri day afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. w. H. Manly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

Dr. W. R. Hendrix will address the Present Day club Friday morning at II o'clock, the meeting to be held with Mrs. B. R. Smith at the Ridgely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

The Craxton club will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Frank Spain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

We still have the same old bra ds of husbands and wives, but instead of enduring them with patience and letting our lives be ruined by the mistake of our youth, we haul them into the divorce courts. We do not grieve in secret. We broadcast our troubles to the world.
 About three times as many wom- en as men ask for divorces. This is not because the modern man is any worse than his grandfather was. It is simply because grandmother had to stand any sort of treatment from grandpa, and granddaughter doesn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

Birmingham chapter, 11S, o. E. s., will meet Friday night at 8 o'clock.
  The Amaranth club will meet Fri day afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. w. H. Manly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

The Fenelon club will meet Friday at 1 o'clock with Mrs. D. D. Brown, 1224 Twenty-ninth street, north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

tions of the devil. They have always been with us.
 There have always bsen selfish women, and extravagant women, and nagging women, and shrews, and vain, and flirtatious women. There have always been mean and brutal men, and stingy men, and tyrannical men, and philanderers.
 'There have always been wives who henpecked their husbands, wives who wasted their husbands substance, wives who were poor cooks and sloven- ly housekeepers, and wives who were always on a still hunt for affinities. And there have always been husbands who bullied their wives, husbands who worked their wives like slaves, hus- bands who were tightwads, who never gave their wives penny of their own, and husbands who were grossly unfaith- full to their wives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

The word pie appears early in the 14th century and was used to indicate meat and fish pies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

Madam Grundy also kept grand ma dashed to her post. Divorce was a disgrace. No matter how a man abused and insulted woman, no matter how much it degraded her to live with him, she was looked upon askance if she left him.
 "So grandmother lived through the purgatory of miserable mar riage rather than endure the lifted eyebrows of her friends and bring shame on her children. It was not because marriages were happier in the past than they are now that there were fewer divorces. It was because the price of divorce was too high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

Grandma had no place to go if she left grandfather's house. She had no money of her own and no way to SUD- port herself. And so she had to forgive all of grandfather's sidestepping and endure the matrimonial yoke, no mat ter how it galled her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

Mrs. $. Price Smith has as her guest Mrs J. N. Means of Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

The Study circle will meet Friday afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. H. H. K. Jefferson, 1922 Sycamore street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

Mr. and Mrs. Erie Pettus left yes terday for Athens. having been called by the death of Mir. Pettus' mother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-21

What is the baking task tomorrow? Batter cakes for breakfast? Hot biscuits for sup per? A batch of cookies for the kiddies?
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-05-29
TECH TO PUT
SUMMER nine
IN FIELD HERE
Coach kid" Clay Announces
His Plans to Keep Jacket
Squad Intact

Georgia Tech will put out a
summer school baseball team this
summer, scheduling games with
amateur teams in and around At
lanta, principally such clubs as
Marietta, Gainesville, Buford and
the like, it was announced Satur-
day night by Coach R. A. Clay.
Most of the Tech varsity will at
tend summer school, and with
only a few exceptions, this team
will be exactly the same as played
this spring, and will play again
next year.
Coach Clay also announced he
did not think any of his players
would play with any Of the vari-
Gus teams which towns around At
lanta would put out. Nor have
any of the Jackets signed any pro
fessional contracts, for most of
them will return for another sea-
son.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-05-29

this season and when the curtain
dropped his average was 1000.
Tech, Georgia, Alabama, and
many other strong southern and
eastern college teams have their
scalp hanging from his belt. he
closed his season with victory
against the strong Yellow Jacket
team in thrilling pitchers battle
between he and Scroop Enlow.
Lefty is also peach of a field
er and a fair hitter. He will prove
a useful man to the locals.
The management is trying to
SIGN Ham" Stephens, the How
ard College twirling ace. Steph-
ems, as many will remember,
played with Gainesville last year.
To those who remember his per-
formances while playing with this
outfit it will be a relief to know
that he is on their side and not on
the opposite.
With these three men forming
the pitching staff Marietta should
proye a thorn in the batting ay-
erages of players of other teams.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-05-29

CHAMPS OF SOUTHERN COLLEGE
CIRCLES REPRESENT MARIETTA
stormy Petrels'' Win Twenty Games Out Of
twenty-five Starts Tech Georgia and
Alabama Listed Among Victims

held, and the box, all with equal
success. He led the team in home
runs and has the distinction of
hitting for the circuit in both the
Georgia and Tech series, his homer
IN the Bulldog game coming with
the bases filled and one again
came in the ninth with two men
down and on Jake's last appear
ance at bat as a college player.
lie had a great year and is the
prize centerfielder and utility man
OF the section.
Captain Pug Bryant caught a
great game all year, led the team
IN stolen bases, and was second in
hitting, and run getting. He made
great captain of a great team.
Pug is fighter from the word go
and it is fitting that an ideal lead
er should lead the Petrels to their
first title. Hats off to Captain
Bryant.
So fine was the work of each
player that much could be said of
each individual. The way Clay
Parrish won ball games with time
ly hits, the way Harl Wall played
the shortfield, the way Ross Kemp
cracked the ball in the critical
moments, and so on and on. But
suffice it to say that the Petrels
of "A were one great bunch of
fellows and ball players.
Two Twirling Aces
Something must be said of Lefty
Willis and Mark HUMPHREYS. One
a forkhander and one a righthan-
der, they hurled great ball all
year Only two teams were able
to score more than one run off
Willis, Wofford scoring six and
| Alabama two. He BANKED Tech
and held five other clubs to one
tally. His work was perhaps the
finest in the south Humphrey
was on an equal plane with Willis
Perhaps the one man who de-
serves the greatest credit for Ogle-
thorpe's first championship is
Coach Frank Anderson. 1t was
he who started three years ago to
building from rough material the
foundation for this great team. I'll
was his fine directing this year
that brought the bacon on more
than one occasion. It is a singular
fact that "the father of Ogle
thorpe athletics" as Coach An
derson has been termed by DIR
Thornwell Jacobs, should have
the distinction of coaching tn,
first title winner.
Nowhere in the realm Of spor
is there a record which can equa
that made by Oglethorpe's Storm.
Petrels. In seven years of ath
, letics the Petrels have come from
a team of prep school rank to
championship of the southern col
leges. It is feat to be proud o
, and Oglethorpe is justly happ,
over her gallant team OF thu
: wear.