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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MISS AMELIA JACKSON, BRIDE-ELECT, HONORED

Miss Amelia Jackson, a charming bride-to-be of June, was honored yes terday afternoon when Mrs. J. w. Norton and Miss Lorena Norton en- tertained with a tea shower at their home on St. Charles avenue. A color scheme of yellow and orchid was carried out in the decoration and flowers. The brides table was centered with an orchid basket of beautiful vel low flowers.
 Assisting the hostesses and honoree in receiving the guests were Mrs. J. s. Jackson, Mrs. R. M. Davis, Miss Alice Lee Norton of Anniston, Miss Eleanor Jackson, Miss Elizabeth Davis, Miss Fife Davis, Mrs. Ed Norton, Mrs. J. s. Norton, Mrs. William Phillips, Mrs Roy Adcock, Mrs. Fred Riggan, Miss Esther Merrell. Miss Virginia Peques, Miss Elizabeth Smith, Miss Ann Green, Miss Annie Louise Moon, Miss Mary Tyler, Miss Mildred Mullin, Miss Jamie Hill, Miss Frances Ledbetter, Miss Margaret Mccall, Miss .Rebecca Cousins, Miss Margaret Mccall and Miss Ellen Barnett.
 Miss Helen Grain, Miss Elizabeth Colvin and Miss Lila May Cantey rem dered a musical program.
 During the afternoon 100 guests called.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
Mrs. McCrossin Honors Miss
 w on

Mrs. W. P. McCrossin, Jr., enter tained Monday afternoon and evening at her home in the San Jose apart ments, honoring an attractive Nashville visitor. Miss Mary Elizabeth Wilson, the guest of Dr. and Mrs. William Thuss.
 A bevy of young girls were included in this courtesy. In the afternoon ma jong was played, after which they enjoyed a buffet supper and later in the evening attended the performance at the Lyric.
 These girls were Miss Wilson. Miss Eleanor Jackson, Miss Mary Barry, Miss Eleanor Durham, Miss Virginia Whilden. Miss Virginia Jacobs, Miss Lucille Hassengers Miss Mary Nabb Phillips, Miss Susan Porter, Miss Eliza. beth Crabbe, Miss Elsie Kirkland Miss Caroline Fowlkes, Miss Mary Perry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
Mothers And Their Children
One Mother Says:

One Mother Says:
 My little girl has beautiful curls, and I had noticed for some time that she was becoming very vain of them. One day caught her gazing in a glass and she remarked that friends mother had told her they were the prettiest curls she ever saw. told her thought so, too, but added that they did not quite hide her tendency to round shoulders, and that she ought to take some exer- cises to correct this defect. I inter- ested her in corrective exercises, and now when she looks in the mirror it is to note her growing chest expansion, A child who is too vain about some fea- ture should not have that feature be- Titled, as telling her it is not pretty is untrue. Attention, however, can be directed to the correction of some de- Co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
Social Calendar

There will be a board meeting of Katherine Inn Thursday morning at 10 80 o'clock at the inn. Mrs. George Huntington Clark is the newly-elected chairman and Mrs. W. A. Shropshire, secretary.
 All members of Central Park lodge A. S. of A. No. sos and their wives who are interested in tie Order of the Eastern Star are urged to be present at the Masonic temple at Fairview Wednesday evening at ' 80 for discus sion of organizing a chapter for Cen tral> Park.
 Band No. 8 of St. Pauls church will give a silver tea Thursday afternoon from 4 80 to 5 80 at the home of Mrs. T. S. Neville, 1902 Avalon street.
 The commencement exercises of the Alabama division, 117, l.. A. to o. R. O., will have a heart dice party at Fraternal hall Wednesday, June IS, at 3 p. m. All friends invited to come
 The St. Barnabas club of East Lake will hold an ice cream festival on next Thursday from to Il D. m. on tiSe church grounds at Eighty-first street and Underwood avenue.
 The Speech Arts club will hold its regular meeting in the parish house of the Church of the Advent Wednes- day, June IS, at 8 p. m. As this class was organized so late in the season the board of directors is anxious to con- tinue it's operation through the sum- mer and all members are urged to CO operate.
 Lady Croy Review Mo- 2, Woman's Benefit association, will give a bridge and heart dice party at the home of Mrs. Loui Hoster, 17O3 Hayes avenue Thursday from to o'clock. Miss Hays and Mrs. Bennett will be host esses.
 The Ladies' auxiliary of the o. A. H will meet Thursday afternoon at o'clock at the K. of c. hall.
 The commencement exercises of tn, Academy of Music, with Miss Daisy Rowley, director, will take place June 15 through 20th.
 A "womanless wedding" will be giver by the Brotherhood class of the Fair field Methodist church June 28 at D. m. at the church. The proceeds vii go to fitting two of the Sunday schoo rooms.
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 The Auxiliary of the American Le zion will hold a special meeting at tn Tutwiler Thursday afternoon at o'clock. The main object of the meet ing is to elect delegates to the conven ton, which convenes siA TuscalOOa l 1,,lE 2s .A sd e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
M Miss.Gilliam m Hostess At
 Brid ge

Miss Mary Elinor ConlS of Memphis, the guest of Miss Lamira Henley, will be honored this afternoon, when Miss Ramsay Gillian will be hostess, en- tertaining with bridge party at her home on Ash street.
 Spring flowers will be used in decora- tion and salad and ice course will be served later in the afternoon to the following guests. Miss Mary Elinor Conly, Miss Lamira Henley, Miss Ed monia Henley Miss Virginia Lupton, Miss Adele Fort, Miss Caroline Fowlkes, Miss Della Young, Miss Mary Perry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
Random Notes

Miss Virginia Alexander has re- turned from Selma, where she was the guest of relatives.
 Mrs. G. H. Middlemiss has been called to Sacramento, Cal, on account of the death of her uncle. She will remain with relatives for month.
 Mrs. w. F. Shillito is visiting her sister in Montgomery.
 Mrs. Wylie Creel of St. Louis is visiting Mrs. W. B. Leedy.
 Mrs. NJ. J. Green of New Orleans is the guest of her sister, Mrs. c. c. Es- dale.
 Miss Pearl Flemming, who has been i'll at St. Vincents hospital, has been removed to her home on Fourteenth avenue, south.
 Dr. James Garber has returned from visit to Anniston, where he was the guest of Mir. and Mrs. s. l.. Galbraith the past week.
 
 Miss Miss Elsie Seymour, of Atlanta are spending a few days with Mir and Mrs. John c. Knox on the Lewisburg Road, en route to libby Island, At lantic Beach and other points on the eastern coast.
 Mrs. Fred Warren Wilson is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. T. M Collf0c iu Admission
 Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Odom and Miss Pearl Belle Odom have returned from Chicago.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph J. Duncan. Jr., (Lucille Doree) announce the birth of daughter on Sunday, June l5.
 Miss Ruth Eberhart left yesterday for a few days visit to Atlanta, going later to spend some time in Savannah
 Miss Louise Taylor has returned from Richmond, H., where she was "a student at Earlham college, and is spending the summer with her parents.
 Mrs. Caroline r. Engstfeld and her brothers, Mir. Robert Prowell and Mir. John Irowell, have moved lnto thelr new home on Conroy Road. They have as their guest for a few days, Mrs. B. NJ. PrOwell, of Daytona, Ala.
 Mrs. H. R. Wiselogle has been called to New Orleans on account of the ill- ness of her mother.
 Mrs. w. NJ. Mallory and daughter, Elizabeth, of Dallas, Tex, are the guests of the formers sister, Mrs. Harry Dunn, and Mir. Dunn, at their home on Chestnut Hill. Mrs. w. A. McEachan and daugh- ter, Julia, are the guests of their cous- in, Mrs. P. L. Walker,
 Miss Susie Bickley of Sulligent, who has been the guest of Miss Evelyn Wal ker, has returned to her home.
 Mrs. T. D. Parrish is in Montgom- cry, the guest of Mrs. w. A. McCulla.
 Mir. and Mrs. James H. Fitts, Jr., who spent the week with Mir. and Mrs Lewis LlOySl, have returned to their home in Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MISS MORRIS ENTERTAINED AT WEEK. END PARTY

Miss Minna Elizabeth Morris oi Paris, Tenn, who is visiting Mrs. Jot Norman in Norwood, was delightfully."- entertained at weekend camping party last Saturday at Salters camp the following guests were invited Misses Minna Elizabeth Morris, Kath- crime Brantley, Violet Clemmons, Vir- ginia Sier, Grace Riley, Kirsey Stoelk- CT, Mildred McClosky Messrs. Henry Hargrove, Milford Smith, Arthur Law son, Charles Cox, Edward Delaney, Polly Phillips, Luke Johnson, Milton Green. Chaperones for the occasion were MT. and Mrs. Samuel Byars, Mir. and Mrs. Joe Norman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
Tn e Joycrofters
 Establish Rose N Scholarship

The >Joycrofters held their last meet ing of the summer at the home of Mrs. J. H. Terrell. A delicious buffet luncheon was served, followed by an at tractive art program.
 The members of this progressive club are justly proud of the past years work, particularly of the scholarship fund which they have established. This movement has been fostered and brought to a successful culmination by the retiring president, Mrs. H. M. Taylor, and has been fittingly named in her honor-"The Rose Taylor Schol- arship,"
 The incoming officers of the club are as follows: .t
 President, Mrs. George Woodruff.
 Vice president, Mrs. W. NJ. Hoke.
 Recording secretary, Mrs. Norman Shannon. e z
 Corresponding secretary, Mrs. T. s. Neville.
 Treasurer, Mrs. T. W. Morgan.
 Critic, Mrs. Ira Watson.
 Parliamentarian, Mrs. Thomas Will Hams.
 Historian, Mrs. J. M. Lipscomb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
KATHERINE BOWERS BAND THANKS MIR. STALLINGS

The following was received from the Katherine Bowers band, who wish to publicly thank MT. Stallings:
 The Katherine Bowers band of the First Methodist church wishes to pub licly express its appreciation to Mir. Stallings and the Y. NJ. c. A. for the privilege of having it's annual picnic at Camp Cosby. This camp is an ideal spot for picnic-swimmin never thing. It is just such jolly, wholesome good times as the band enjoyed at Camp Cosby that fans the flame of good fel- lowship into blaze and oftimes is the beginning of life long friendship.
 Camp Cosby is filling a long feit need and doing wonderful work for the boys and young men. We, the members of the Katherine Bowers band, wish all good things for Camp Cosby, and we know that under the leadership Of such splendid men much good will be accumulated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MIR. COW IGNORED AT BANQUET

Mir. F. c. Cow. former assistant superintendent on the Frisco, who, with Mrs. Cow, has been visiting in Bir. mingham- for the past few days, was the guest of honor Monday evening at a banquet given by the. employees of the Frisco in the banquet room of the Tut wiler hotel. Plates were laid for fifty guests. Mir. c. H., Goldsmith was tOastmaster of the evening.
 During the evening, Mir. Luther Booker, in behalf of the employees of the road, presented Mir. Cow with a watch and chain. Mir. and Mrs. Cow left Tuesday for their home in Okla. homa, where MT. Cow is now located
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
OUT.OF-TOWN GUESTS FOR IS.JONES WEDDING

Among the out-of-town guests for the Davis-Jones wedding, which will place at 6 o'clock at the Southside Bap- and Mrs. J. B. Graham of Talladega, Mir. Walter Clay Mallory of Anniston Mir. Lon Davis of Anniston, Miss Julia Riser of Talladega, Mrs. Idora N. Moore of Talladega, Miss Dorothy Hamm of Meridian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18

SS w Miranda" said the young
 woman who had met the train. >s2
 Thanks 2 said Aunt Miranda short ly, as she strengthened her hat. T had to do it." &
 How did you leave Cousin Jonathan and Cora? ?'' ,r
 'All right I guess sniffed Aunt Mi randa. y9 t
 ''And Alfred, the boy genius-how was hey' persisted the young woman,
 That brat" snorted Aunt Miranda, with fire in her eyes. "'Boy genius = that's what Jonathan and Cora call him, too. Plain putterer, I call him. Nothing but laziness ever inspired any of his contraptions. stood him for nearly a year, but I reached my limit last week. l shall never go back there again, never."
 What has Alfred done now, Aunt Miranda? ?"
 What hasn't he done? The. day I landed there last winter was bitter cold. Alfred was taking care of the furnace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18


 A husband is the excuse for a show church wedding. No husband, no brides maids, no wedding presents, no bridal gown and orange blossoms, no two column writeup in the papers, no preacher, no ring, no general display, Nothing doing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MyNeighbOrSGys

The gloss of a rubber plant is greatly increased by the use of a tea spoon of sweet oil about it's roots once a month.
 To cut marshmallOws, dip the knife in hot water. This will prevent them sticking to knife or fingers.
 Never throw cheese rinds away. Let them dry out and grate all but the extreme outside. Excellent fla vOring for many dishes at practically no cost is thus made. Keep the grated cheese in a tin or wide-mouth- ed bottle.
 To clean plushette curtains shake them we'll to free them from dust, then lay them on a table and sponge them well with warm water and am monia. Next sponge them with clean water, taking care not to have the sponge too wet. Finally, hang them . out in the air to dry.
 When making an apple pie, sim- mer the peelings and cores together until they are soft, then strain the juice into the pie plate, making the pie in the usual way. This greatly improves the flavor.
 Remember that. your kitchen is your workshop and your utensils are your tools. A good workman IS known by the neatness of his shop and tho aoe.a ~, stass =. .se hlg sseala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MRS. ESDALE TO ENTERTAIN AT LUNCHEON

Mrs. c. c. Esdale is entertaining to- day with a luncheon at the Country club, honoring her sister, Mrs. M J. Green, of New Orleans. The guests will be. besides the hostess and honoree, Mrs. R. R. Baxter, Mrs. E. o. Sweet, Mrs. J. H. Doughty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MIR. DUNKLEY's PUPILS TO GIVE RECITAL

Mir. Ferdinand Dunkley's annual pupils recital will take place Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The recitals of Monday and Tuesday will be in Cable hall; Wednesday will Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MRS. BROWNLEE TO HONOR VISITORS

Mrs. James Lawrence Brownlee will be hostess Thursday, when she is en- tertaining with a matinee party at the Jefferson, h2noring MT. W; M. Nal: Dallas, Tex, the guests of Mrs. Harry Dunn. ....--4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18


 well that she is going to have hus-
 band, while every little boy is fully
 determined that he will never be a
 husband, and believes that by some miracle he will escape being one.
 The little girl wins out.
 The first husband of whom we have any record was named Adam. He es- tablished the precedent, which has been religiously followed by every husband from that day to this, of blaming everything that went wrong on his wife. He also thought that his wife didn't need any clothes, from which it will be seen that the habits of hus- bands have not changed in the last 30,O00 years.
 The genus husband may be divided into two general classifications good husbands and bad husbands. It is diff. ficult, however, to decide which one of thesn is most desirable, as while a good husband has his admirable points, the bad husband gives his wife the exquisite delight of posing as a martyr and tell ing her troubles to her friends.
 A good husband is, without
 doubt, great blessing, but a hus- band who furnishes a woman with
 standing grievance is a perpetual source of joy and complaint. This
 is why the wives who have drunken
 husbands cling to them and cher
 ish them.
 Opinions differ as to what consti- tutes the most desirable qualities in husbands, but the best authorities, the women who have had four or five hus- bands apiece and who have thereby qualified as experts, agree that model husband is a man who goes downtown at 9 o'clock in the morning and odesn't get back until 5 30 in the afternoon who calls his wife's temper nerves; ; who is handy at money-making, and who wipes his feet on the mat before he enters his own door.
 On the contrary, a bad husband
 is man who audits his wife's
 bills; who refuses to make her an
 allowance; who snoops around in
 the kitchen; who throws his moth- er's biscuit in her teeth, and who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
SIBLEY.MAXWELL WEDDING ANNOUNCED

MT. and Mrs. w. T. Maxwell an- nounce the marriage of their daughter, Kate Josephine, to Mir. Grigsby P. Sibley, Jr., on June II, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MIR. AND MRS. JONES ENTERTAIN AFTER-REHEARSAT,

MT. and Mrs. c. H. Jones enter tained last evening with buffet sup per at their home. honoring their daughter, Miss Leila Mae Jones, and MT. Walter Dean Davis, following the rehearsal of their wedding plans. Only the members of the wedding party and out-of-town guests were included
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MISS BISHOP WEEDS MIR. MORLEY IN MONTGOMERY

Of cordial interest to wide circle of friends throughout Alabama was the marriage of Miss Marion Bishop of this city and Mir. Stephen Dewey Moxley of Birmingham, which was solemnized Monday afternoon at the home of the brides parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Bishop, on South Court street The ceremony was performed by the father of the bride.
 The reception rooms of the home were elabOrately decorated with smiiax, palms, white roses and white sweet peas.
 Preceding the ceremony Harold Walker of Birmingham sang, accom- panied by Miss Sara Newsome, also of Birmingham. Miss Isabel Bishop was her sisters maid of honor and wore a gown of French voile, in peach color, trimmed with cream lace. She carried an arm of cluster of ssunburst roses. The maid of honor, Miss Gladys Harl- lee of Birmingham, wore frock of or enid colored georgette, trimmed in cream lace. Her bouquet was an arm cluster of sunburst roses and Farley ense fern.
 The bride entered with. the maid of honor and was met at the altar by the bridegroom and his best man, Mr. David Moxley.
 She was lovely in an afternoon gown of Roshanara crepe in green and white with hat of white trimmed in French flowers and lace. Her bouquet was a shower of brides roses and lilies of the valley.
 Immediately following the ceremony Dr. and Mrs. Bishop entertained at a reception. Miss Augusta Parr of Greensboro, Miss Mary Herman of Selma and Miss Louise Wheeler as- sisted in receiving. Miss Mary Foshee had charge of the brides book, Miss Naomi Pool of Birmingham was at the cake table.-Montgomery Advertiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
HER EXPLANATION

Teacher-I am greatly dissatisfied with your son. He couldn't tell me the date of the death of Louis XVI.
 Mother-Well, you see, we don't ever read the newspaper.-Journal Amusant, Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
We Women
By BETTY BARNARD Women Versus Woman

TIT has often been said that if pret-
 ty woman commits a crime and is
 tried before jury of men she is sure to be acquitted. Men shake their heads knowingly and say she will win. On being asked why they are so cer- tain of the verdict they reply, "She is good looking"
 I do not know whether the implica- tion is that the men are crooked where justice is concerned or whether they are so susceptible to beauty that they lose all perspective and believe that beauty without presupposes perfection within. Men are not gifted with our intuition.
 When conviction is desired for one of our sex it is always suggested that wo- men be put on the jury. It is alleged we are proverbially inhuman to one an- other. I wonder! M
 An unemployed working woman was recently tried in Yaroslavl, Russia. She had beaten her three-year-old daughter so cruelty that the child died from the effects of the punishment.
 The judge, jury, counsel for both defense and prosecution, and even the courtroom auQlenCe, COHSlSIeu Ol WOneus The prosecutor condemned the crime but she stated that while society would regard the offense as a brutal one, the prisoners act was attributable to the conditions of misery and oppres- sion under which the working classes were forced to live during the czarist regime. This had forced from the heart of the woman all human feelings"
 Moved by the leniency of the prose- cutor the judge modified the usual pun ishment for causing the death of an- other and the defendant was sentenced to serve only sixteen months in prison.
 It is impossible not to admire and honor the common sense displayed by the women with the law on their side. They Gefied all traditions. It was a terrible crime, but would excessive pun ishment help any? When women get an opportunity they are sympathetic, merciful and just.
 am glad to report this case from darkest Russia" where revolutions have been frequent and millions have died of famine. Can you imagine a man prosecutor asking for leniency from the judge and jury? I should like to know of single case where it has been done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18

The chief diff ference between husbands a n d wives is that every little girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
Listening In On Eve

I noticed it was insufferably hot in the house, and when l inquired as to the cause Cora proudly told me that Alfred had invented thermostat all his own, that the care of the furnace might not prove too great for his strength.
 When we got up in the morning, how ever, not room in the house regis tered over 30 degrees, and when we investigated we found that the furnace was devoid of any fire whatsoever. Alfred's thermostat had only one draw back. It would not keep the house at mid-July heat without coal on the fire and Alfred invariably forgot to supply the coal.
 1 "When spring came and Jona than began to spend most of his time in the l garage Alfred rigged up a series of electric signals from the house to the yard so that he would not have to stop whatever he happened to be doing and call his father when the necessity arose. One ring meant telephone, two dinner and three a caller. Usually everybody got the signals mixed up and Jonathan would come stamping in shouting for food when the exclusive neighbOrs had dropped in for a call. The climax. came when he hurriedly rushed up the back l stairs, shaved and changed all his clothes, thinking there was a caller, when it turned out to be the tele- | phone"
 Poor Cousin Jonathan" from the diplomatic hostess.
 | About the same time Alfred was tgiven the duty of watering the lawn. He was supposed to get up at 5 each morning and set the sprinkler going. That proved too much of task for the boy genius, so he mounted the 1 sprinkler on the clothes pole in back I yard and connected it with an alarm clock in some way, so that when the alarm went off at 5 the sprinkler au- tomatically started sprinkling without disturbing little Alfred's rest. Cora and ,Jonat than thought that was aw- l fully clever until one afternoon Cora was giving a garden party to the city's elect. Promptly at 5 the sprinkler sprinkled and quite completely dam pened the ardor of the garden party to say nothing of the garden party's clothes" .
 "How awful" said the sympathetic young woman.
 Well, didn't mind that so much,' ,' continued Aunt Miranda grimly. 'I didn't get wet, you see, and they did look awfully funny when they went dripping home. However, I was more than passingly annoyed at Alfred's new tangled burglar alarms when they woke me at all hours in the night. But I reached my limit when he-wait, isn't that a jewelry shOp?" She clutched her companion's arm.
 Let me out. Where's that clOck?'' And hauling from beneath her baggage large and beautiful mahogany clock she. said, "I brought this clock from Germany before the war. l paid $500 for it because it had race and beauti- full chimes, exactly like those in West minister abbey. Do you blame me for leaving when Alfred undertook to make them play How Dry Am'?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
MRS. LEEDY TO
 COMPLIMENT GUEST

Mrs. W. E. Leedy will be hostess to- day, entertaining with a luncheon at the Country club, honoring her guest, AEaa WnlaA Lhras1. aa SA. L.ania.