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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
OPEN MEETING OF THE PROGRESSIVE STUDY CLUB

Mrs. J. M. Donaldson entertained the open meeting of the Progressive Study club Friday afternoon at her homo on Terrell boulevard in Ensley.
 Chrysanthemums in the autumn shades were used effectively as decora- tions.
 Dr. Allen G. Loehr was the speaker of the afternoon, talking on his recent European trip. Mrs. Glenn Montgom- cry rendered several piano solos and Mrs. North Duncan sang.
 Mrs. K. N. Matthews, member of the club, who is leaving soon to make her home elsewhere, was presented with a parting gift by Mrs. Thomas Moore in behalf of the club.
 Mrs. Donaldson was assisted in serv- ing by Mrs. F. o. Harris, Mrs. H. O. Russell and Mrs. Hood. Mrs. William H. Mansfield served tea and Mrs. H. J. Cummings presided at the coffee urn;
 Fifty guests were present at this meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
Luncheon ! Is Lov ely Event

Mrs. E. R. McDavid, Jr., and Mrs. |ck McDavid were charming hos bses Tuesday afternoon, entertaining (th an elaborate bridge-luncheon at |e home of their mother, Mrs. E. R. |cDavid, ST., on Highland avenue. |The home was decorated with a pro- |sion of chrysanthemums in the ttumn tints, placed In baskets through To rooms. A Venetian cloth covered To dining table, which had for a cen
 F decoration an oblong basket painted the autumn shades, holding chrys- hthemums in the shades of yellow. lavender tapers burned in silver hold |s around these beautiful blossoms.
 This affair, which was one of the
 veliest of the fall, assembled 100 pests from among the younger mar
 ed set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

ruination of the man to whom she is married.
 s A woman can make" her hus- band by believing in him and by making him always feel that she expects big things of him. Before every victory comes a long, hard discouraging fight, when the heart of even the strongest man faints with in him and his courage ebbs, and he is tempted to surrender. Then is the time when a good wife shows her mettle. Then it is that he goes ! on to success or fails, according to whether his wife bolsters him up with her faith or discourages him with her forebodings of disaster. There are women who put ambition into men by just their certainty that their husbands are going to achieve great things. They think their bus bands are so wise, so gifted, so won derful, that the men are driven into making every effort of which they arc capable to justify their wives opinion
 And there are other women who
 are wet blankets that chill every
 enthusiasm, that take every bit of
 pep out of man and kill even his
 belief in himself They knock ev-
 erything their husbands do. They
 oppose everything their husbands : attempt. They croak failure until
 they actually bring it upon him.
 Many a man fails who had it in
 him to succeed becouse his wife
 is hoodoo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

help her husband is by making him happy and contented. Not many wives think of domestic happiness as a fac tor in mans success, but it is, and there is a good reason for it. The man whose mind is at peace and rest has nothing to district his thoughts from his business, and he can give all his intelligence to that. More than that, the man who has got a wife he loves and happy home will fight to the last gasp for it.
 A woman can help her husband in a thousand ways by looking after his health, by seeing that he is not worried by little things, by sympathy and tenderness. and most of all by loving him and believing in him.
 It is a great game and great fun, with great rewards. Try it. ladies.
 DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
ot Miss Mitchell
 Announced

LONDON, Nov. 1.-The engage ment is announced of Miss Marion, daughter of the late James Mitchell of Birmingham, Ala, to Ivan, son of Dr. Dimitrie Stancioff, for many years Bulgarian minister in London. Miss Mitchell and her mother reside in Lon don, where they are we'll known in so- ciety.
 The above announcement is of in- terest to the friends of Mrs. Mitchell and Miss Mitchell who for a number of years were residents of Birming- ham. She is related to Col. W. E. Mitchell of this city.
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a woman to help her husband was by being thrifty and industrious, by doing her own homework, a n d
 peeling the pota-
 toes a little thinner and dusting off the
 mouse that fell in the flour bin, and
 making over her old hats and frocks, a n d generally sweating e V e r y penny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
Social Calendar

The Nineteenth Century club. will meet Wednesday with Miss Hazel Benners.
 The Norwood Circle of the Child Conservation League will meet Wednes- day at 10 a. m., with Mrs. Ralph Ritchie, 1924 Thirty-second street, north.
 There will be a meeting of the pub licity committee for the Junior League bazar at the apartment of Mrs. Henry Martyr Lewis Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
 The Business Girls Guild of the Church of the Advent will meet We'd nesday at 5 :45 for regular supper and meeting. The program will consist of answering roll call with current events. This is to be followed by regular order of business. New members will be wei come.
 The monthly meeting of the executive board of the W. M. U. of the Bir- mingham Baptist association will be held at the First Baptist church Thurs day morning at 10 80 o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
 The Junior League will meet Wednes- day at 10 80 o'clock at the Independ' ent Presbyterian church.
 Pelham Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet with Mrs. J. H. Ray, 2016 Highland avenue, We'd nesday afternoon at 2 80 D. m.
 The Graduate Nurses association Of District No. 1 will meet Wednesday at 2 80 p. m., at the Business and Pro fessional Women's club rooms. All members are urged to attend.
 Yancey Chapter U. D. c. will meet Wednesday at 2 80 p. m., with Mrs. J. S. Perkins, Ss1O Glenwood avenue.
 Daughters of the British Empire will meet Wednesday from Il to o'clock at the Room 20, Watts building.
 The semi-annual meeting of the Bir- mingham Federation of Missionary societies will be held Thursday, Novem. Der 13, at 2 p. m., at Walker Memorial Methodist church, Arlington Place. West End. Rev. J. Kelley Unger of West Point, Miss, and Kwangju, Korea will be the principal speaker of the afternoon, telling of the work in Korea among the lepers.
 The Jefferson Davis Chapter U. D. O.. win meet "Wednesday at 2 p. m, at the Blue Triangle club room. A full at tendance is urged as business cf lm- l portance will be discussed.
 The P. T. A. of Ullman school will have regular meeting Wednesday after noon at 80 p. m. All parents are urged to attend.
 
 The Qui Vive club will meet Friday at 3 D. m., with Mrs. R. V. Mobley 1211, north Twenty-fifth street.
 The Woman's Republican League vill meet at the city hall auditorium Thurs, day at 3 p. m. Republican men and women are invited to this meeting. The monthly meeting of the Chll, dren's Hospital association will be held Wednesday at 10 80 at the hospital Ill the directors room. A full attendance is urged.
 | The seventeenth Avenue ochoUi AAi provement. association will meet Thurs day at 8 p. m. All mothers and friends are invited. Mrs. J. w. Holmes Will give a report of the recent parent teacher meeting in Anniston.
 SPANISH INFLUENCE IN MODES
 Many of the most attractive fashions of the season reveal an influence dis tinctly Spanish in feeling. The torea' dor sailor hats with pompoms,. the Nj draped lace veils, the wide sklrteC frOcks with deep flounces, and the ylvlo embroideries have all been inspired by Ahe costumes of Spain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
|RMISTICE DAY PROGRAM IT JEFFERSON HIGH

In observance of Armistice Day, the blowing program was presented Tues by at the Jefferson County High. Leader, Bessie Shoemaker. 4 1. Audience, Keep the Home Fires |urning." 2. Salute to the flag. 8. Chorus, eThe Patriots" 4. Toast to the flag, Irma Redus.
 5. Piano duet, "The Camp of Glory" )iisses Eppes and Finley.
 6. Address, Hon. George Lewis bailes. z. Male quartet, 'aTenting Tonight"
 8. "In Flanders Fields," Roger Me knally.
 9. "America's Answer" Brown Me clendon.
 10. America" Audience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
PAINTED FURNITURE

Painted furniture, not the crude [mateurish attempts, but that copied rom beautiful old pieces, has a de-
 inite place in interior decoration. A particularly handsome table of dark Ereen with floral design has center decoration which on close inspection proves to be tea tray which may be lifted out. It fits into a depression Ind forms part of the table itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

To certain extent, this theory is good; but it can be easily over done, and the woman who makes of herself nothing but domestic drudge, and who goes about looking like something that has been fished out of the ragbag is not help to her husband. She is a hindrance. The world judges us largely by ap- pearance. If we wish to be success full we have got to look successful. And, in this country at least, mans wife is the show window where he exhibits the measure of his achievements,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
MRS. HERZBERG ENTERTAINS FOR MISS M'NEILL

A delightful pre-nuptial event, honor ing Miss Ruth McNeill, was the bridge party, which Mrs. Cliff Herzberg gave Tuesday afternoon at her home.
 Yellow chrysanthemums were used in decorating the home and the guests in- cluded members of the wedding party and few close friends of the honOree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

gram for the monthly meeting of the executive board, at the Birst Baptist church Thursday morning at 10 80 o'clock, her subject is to be Steward ship"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

Once upon time knew brilliant physician who was married to one of these scrimp-every-nickel women, woman who wore cotton stockings, and cheap shoes, and dowdy gowns, and hats that she trimmed herself. Her husband used to implore her, almost with tears, to buy herself some good clothes. You injure my practice by the way you dress," he said, flor people are bound to think one of two things-either that am so poor a doctor that have no patients, or else that am so mean and stingy that will not give my wife decent clothes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER FOR RRIDE.ELECT

Mrs. Gordon Whitmire of Leeds, Ala, was hostess at miscellaneous shower last Friday in honor of her sister, Miss Katherine McClendon, at the home of Mrs. A. P. McClendon, in Goodwater.
 The lovely home was tastefully dec orated for the occasion. In the living room and hall the color scheme was yellow and white chrysanthemums, while in the. dining room the Halloween idea was carried out.
 The hostess, dressed as Halloween queen, served punch to guests as they entered.
 After guests arrived each was given hand-painted Halloween card and asked to write advice on the "best way to manage a husband" These were read by the bride and caused much merriment.
 A brides flower contest was given for which Mrs. J. K. Landerdoles was awarded first prize and Mrs. Pitt Moon won consolation prize.
 Little Isabel Whitmare, who wore a cunning Halloween costume, presented the gifts to the bride in huge pump kin on a beautifully decorated wagon.
 A delicious ice course was served to the following guests Mesdames W. M. Burnett, Gillilano, Laumer, Porter, Harris, A. F., and M. P. McClendon, Stewart, Crew, Moon, Woods, McGraw, McCord, Lauderdale, Head; Misses Moon, Ware, Willie Pearl and Star light Buice, Steples, Franklin, Thomp- son, Bush, Stewart, Mcleod, McCord, Jessie and Alice Brown Selman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
Reflections of Dorothy Di*

The Wite Who Al,oays Looks Her Best, Who Catltivotes Worthwhile People, and, Above AU, The Wife Who Believes Firmly Ie Her Husbands Success, Is Truly 4 Helpn1eet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

YOUNG bride asks me to tell her how to help her husband. The old
 idea used to be that the way for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

FLOWER MOTIFS ON SILK Vivid wild flowers are embroidered m a background of white faille.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
MRS. GARDNER LEADS
 PROGRAM ON STEWARDSHIP"

Mrs. Percy W. Gardner, secretary of stewardship of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Birmingham Baptist asso- citation, will be in charge of the pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
MISS BOWERS BRIDE.ELECT TO BE IGNORED

TO BE IGNORED
 Miss Bingham Oliver will compli- ment Miss Fanny Bowers, a bride elect of December, with the first of the pre-nuptial parties today with lunch con at the Country club, including only the members of the wedding party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
Receiving ith Mrs. Steiner
 Today

Mrs. Leo K. Steiner, Sr., is honor ing her daughter-in5law, Mrs. Leo K. Steiner, Jr., recent bride, with bril- liant tea this afternoon at her home on Highland avenue from 3 to o'clock.
 Receiving with Mrs. Steiner and the honoree will be Mrs. Frank Nelson, Jr., Mrs. S. E. Stern, Mrs. M. P. Northington, Mrs. Charles F. DeBar- deleben. Jr., Mrs. Prince DeBardeleben, Mrs. Edgar Levintritt, Mrs. Lee c. Bradley, Jr., Mrs. Don Maring, Mrs. A. c. Crowder, Mrs.. Robert Meyer, Mrs. Frank Nabers, Mrs. P. c. Shook, Mrs. S. M. Adler, Mrs. E. Crawford. Mrs. Frank W. Smith, Mrs. Richard Johnson, Jr., Mrs. M. Newfield, Mrs. Herman Saks, Mrs. Joe Saks, Mrs. John Builder, Mrs. Jack w. Johnson, Mrs. E. G. Chandler, Mrs. Orline A. Ship man, Mrs. Oscar Hundley, Miss Flor ence Jordan, Miss Josephine Johnson, Miss Aline Fies.
 Presiding at the tea and coffee tables will be Mrs. Sidney J. Bowie, Mrs. M. V. Joseph, Mrs. W. NJ. Jordan, Mrs. A. J. Bowron.. |
 Little Corinne Leader and Eleanor ki,by will receive the cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

7. There is a lot to that view of the subject. While the wife who wishes to help her husband should keep we'll within her means in her expenditures, it is equally impor- tant for her to make as good an ap- pearance as she can. It pays a man for his wife to look pros porous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

Perhaps the best way q woman can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12

pearance as she can. It pays
 man for his wife to look pros
 porous.
 It is the popular doctor and dentist that patients flock to, not the ones that nobody else goes to. It is the big shop on the avenue we like to patronize, and not the little one on a back street. Nothing succeeds like sue cess is an old saying, and true one.
 Without doubt, a domestic wife
 is a blessing sent direct from
 heaven to man, unless she is too
 domestic. Then she becomes
 curse, especially to a professional
 man.
 Sometimes you will hear a woman gay that she never goes anywhere; that she has given up society completely, and that she just stays at home and de- votes her entire time to taking care of her husband and children.
 She accounts this unto herself for righteousness. But instead of being help to her husband, she is being a handicap. She forgets that the biggest deals are put across over luncheon tables; that we meet at dinners the people who can push our fortunes, and that we are advertised by our loving friends. Say what you like, kissing goes by favor, and nine times out of ten we pick out our lawyers, and our doctors and our dentists, or go to such and-such a shop, not because they are superior to others, but because of our personal likings for those we patronize,
 The woman who cultivates a cir
 cle of worthwhile people, who be-
 long to clubs, who makes herself
 interesting and agreeable to all
 with whom she is thrown in con
 tact, and who gets along with ev-
 erybody is a help to her husband,
 just as the unsocial woman, the
 tactless blundered, the quarrelsome,
 high-tempered woman, the woman
 who always makes enemies, is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-12
INFLUENCE IN MODES

Many of the most attractive fashions of the season reveal an influence dis tinctly Spanish in feeling. The torea dor sailor hats with pompoms,. the draped lace veils, the wide sklrted frocks with deep flounces, and the vivid embroideries have all been inspired by the costumes of Spain.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
His Trouble.


The Man (gloomily)-I was told TO 90
abroad at once.
The Girl-Nonsense! These doctors
mustn't brighten you out OF your life
Ike that
The Men-It wasn't doctor. II was
lawyer.
Does your pspef get ont colored
supplement on Sunday" asked the
northern visitor of Colonel BloodIeigh.
Not at all! The niggers read the same
paper as the whites!" replied the dis
tinguished editor.-Nev Orleans Plea
yune.
Among the members OF a London
golf club is n well-known Harley street
specialist. Although an even-tempered
man, he has one pet aversion: he strong
~ objects 10 being called doctor" on
every occasion, suitable or1not. on the
links one morning a fellow member
hailed him across the course with the
greeting: Good morning. doctor" Good
morning. chartered accountant came
the sarcastic reply.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09

One day Sir william Gilbert-of Gil
bert and Sullivan fame-was bored
greatly by a man who posed
Shakespearean scholar. Suspecting that
the man was pretending 20 a knowledge
he did not possess. Gilbert inquired the
meaning and context Of the following
line: 81 would as lief creep through
quickest hedge as cry plush to thros-
tie" Dodging the latter part OF the
question. the pretender 20 knowledge
proceeded TO explain the words " Lief,
you must know is the AnglO-SaNon 1ieb'
and as for the cry plush 10 a thros-
tie.' l. a rare term OF the d-limer's
art, Of which Shakespeare was mas
ter" Quite so. Mr.. Gravity" said Gil
bert many thanks. only i wrote the
line not Shakespeare
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
POLICY SETTLES 1T
Title Insurance Is Owners Safest
Protection.

Real estate always will be the
standard of investment throughout
the world. Their win never be any
more or any less real estate than
there is at present but values will
steadily rise, and responsibilities in
volved in realty transfers will be-
come greater as time goes on.
The safest, surest, and best way
to protect property or real estate is
by title insurance. A title is never
settled when left to an attorneys
opinion alone. Every new owner OBJ
tains another attorneys opinion and
it may differ materially from the
opinion of the former attorney. A
little insurance policy settles the
question of title to date Of issue and
subsequent calculations may be made
forward but never backward. People
who buy realty. or mortgages secured
by realty. positively need and want
the protection that title insurance Of
fers. The demand for time is assur-
ed by title insurance, the demand for
safety is assured by title insurance,
and the demand for greater liquidiSS
is supplied by title insurance.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09
.LUMBERMARKET
STRONG WHILE
SOUTH ACTIVE.
Heavy Consumption Of
Lumber in Southern
States This Winter.
PRICES REMAIN FIRM
Only Weak Point Is Tran
sit Cars by Small
Mills.

Though demand for lumber remains
comparatively slack in some important
consuming territories. due to recent
bad wea Their, its total volume is very
fair and the market is strong IN vr-
tually all its departments. says the
American Lumberman. Chicago. The
southern pine industry reports that
while the Middle West and the East
are buying only moderately until the
more general resumption of outdoor
work, the South is a heavy consumer
of lumber. That section is very pros
porous compared with past years. II
has plenty of money and is rapidly
developing its resources and industrial
life. The result is great amount OF
building, creating an attractive local
market for much of the lumber pro-
duced. There is again good demand
for timbers and yard stock from the
oil fields. and exports TO South Amer
lea and the West Indies hold up well.
Supplies Are Light.
While most of the larger mills late
~ have been able to sort up their
stocks. and are therefore in position
to handle more orders and larger
variety of them. supplies generally re
main light. Prices are therefore firm
ly maintained by all larger operators.
especially in view of the good pros
poets for spring business. The mar
ket's only weak point is transit cars.
which are being put Out rather freely
by small mills in urgent need of bust
ness, and which are entering consump-
ton slowly, due partly to current mar
ket conditions in the northern section.
but more particularly to most of these
cars being badly assorted with low
grade lumber. :.
No essential change has occurred
in the Douglas fir market. Aside from
the continued good demand for cargo
shipments to the Atlantic seaboard,
heavy production has lately been the
outstanding feature. By means OF this,
manufacturers have been gradually
tightening their order files and round
ing out their stocks. No accumula-
tions have as yet resulted, nor are any
expected, in view of the prospective
heavy rail demand which is only await
ing better weather to assert itself, and
of an expected stimulus in the Cali
fornia and export markets.
Mills Are CurtaiIing Output.
Some mills are now curtailing out
put. Prices on all yard items are
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-09

perfect combustion. II is usually due
TO one or all of the following condi-
tons: 1 lack of sufficient air to the
flue; 90 lack of proper mixture of air
with furnace gases; 90 low furnace
temperature: az too small combustion
space. SO that the gases reach the
comparatively cool furnace surface be-
fore they are completely burned. re-
sulting in condensation Of SCOT or tarry
matter, which then passes up the CHM
ney in the form of smoke.
Crcosote is the result of condensa-
ton in the chimney. II is more likely
to occur when wood is used for fuel
than when coal is burned, and its for
nation in chimneys is more likely in
cold climates than in sections where
the weather is moderate. The percent
age of water in green wood may be as
high as 80 to 40 per cent, and in dry
wood Is to 20 per cent. When wood
is slowly burned it gives off acetic and
pyrogcnous acid. This, in combination
with water or moisture. forms creo-
sote. When the draft is strong and
an active fire is maintained much of
the creosote that forms will be carried
off into the atmosphere. The trouble
Is aSSTdNultu With the lire utfS fiol
burn briskly and when the fluc is sub
jected to chilling blasts as when placed
in an outside wall. The walls of the
chimney. being comparatively cool,
cause condensation of the vapOrs con-
tained on the smoke. Thus the creo-
sote condenses and runs down the flue,
finding its way out of any joints that
are not perfectly tight. The formation
of creosote is unusual in chimneys that
are surrounded by warm rooms. The
outer walls of a chimney in an outside
wall should be at least two bricks
thick and it should be lined with a
good flue lining. 1t is permissible to
place the inner side of the tile against
the brickwork, but it is good practice
TO provide an air space in the brick
work on the other three sides.
Simple Method Of Cleaning.
A simple and efficient method of
clearing a chimney and smokepipe con-
nections of SCOT is to apply common
salt to the fire. The sodium and
forming the salt are disasso-
riated and combine with the carbon of
the SCOT to form a substance which
then passes off as a gas or drops off.
The salt should be applied to the
fire after it has been put into good
with substantial body of
hot fuel on the tor.
Copyright, American Homes Bureau.