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Evening star., 1924-08-08

Canada produces SO per cent Of the
worlds asbestos supply, all from the
mines of southern Quebec.
Evening star., 1924-08-08

, /. for closing Of the Iceland-G Green
land straits to safe navigation over
period of years. Due to the un-
usually severe weather conditions
was considered probable that the date
upon which Navy vessels should be
withdrawn from the north might
have to be advanced week or ten
day.
Meantime steps have been taken by
emergency bases" on both the east
and west coasts of Greenland for use
by the flyers upon their next hop.
A dispatch received today by the
Air Service from Capt. Francis E..
Crumrine, representing the service
on the cruiser Milwaukee. said he had
ordered establishment of an emer-
gency base ION the west coast as
near Cape Farewell as possible" and
was negotiating with the steamer
ice and establish base at some other
point on the east coast"
1t was added that the two remain
ing flyers would wait at Reykjavik
until Greenland bases can be es-
ia blished. which are consistent with
safety and success of flight"
The Crumrine dispatch was dated
yesterday and evidently was sent be-
fore Rear Admiral Magruder decided
to call a conference to discuss the
advlSa0lllty OF dlScOntfnulng the
flight. Army officials said. neverthe-
less. it adequately represented the
determination of the service to carry
on rega rdless of the increasing OBJ
stacles offered by ice fields along the
Greenland coast.
The spirit that has carried the
American Army flyers almost around
the world is manifest in a message
dated LouiSburg, Nova Scotia, Angus:
I and received by. the Air Service
from Lieut. Wade, who commanded
the plane wrecked of the coast OF
Iceland. Realizing that his action
meant he and his flying companion
would be unable to complete the cir
cult of the globe and share fully in
the glory of that achieveme ent, Lieut..
Wade advised against sending a re-
serve plane to him at q point where
the wreck occurred, because he
feared it would mean delay to the
other ships and might threaten the
success of the world flight itself.
Tells of struEEie.
The message told of the struggle
to save Wade's plane after it had
come down at sea with engine
trouble and explained that the
cruiser Richmond had been compelled
to abandon the damaged aircraft be-
cause there were rocks under her lee
and the plane, with it's pontoons
punctured. had collapsed and cap
sized in the heavy sea after having
been towed 40 miles.
''The plane was sinking fast" Lieut.
Evening star., 1924-08-08

test. With returns from 1901 pre-
cincts tabulated the vote was: Peay,
1884; Neal, 1885.
T. r. Peck was maintaining a COM
Portable lead over p. H. Thach and
w. N. Beasley, In the Republican
gubernatorial contest, on the basis Of
meager returns from 149 precincts
scattered over the State. The count
was: Peck, 5.329; Thach, 3,619; Beas-
ley, 1898.
WA1mo,r rarno rrAn
Evening star., 1924-08-08
PLANE, IN BOSTON.
Boston II, for Wade, Is Going to
Nova Scotia.

BOSTON, August S.-The Boston
II. the Army airplane which left
Langley Field. Va, yesterday for
Pictou. N. S.. reached the naval air
station at SQuantum. in Boston har-
Dor. at 1920 pm. today.
The Boston III left Raritan Bay
Keyport, N. j., at S:45 am. daylight
saving time today.
The plane. piloted by Lieut., Nc
Donald. stopped there late yesterday
to refuel, and 1t was then decided
because of the lateness of the hour
to anchor in the bay overnight.
The Boston ii will push on to Bar
Harbor, Me-, to arrive there before
dark.
The final destination is Pictau
Nova Scotia, at which point it will be
met by Lieut., Wade, whose round
the-world craft, the Boston, was re-
Gently wrecked off the Farce Islands
Lieut.. Mcdonald is accompanied in
the plane by Lieut.. Bertrandias.
Evening star., 1924-08-08
FIGHTS FOREST FIRES.
Chief Of Service Goes to California
for Personal Control.

Seriousness of the forest fire stu
alton in California has caused Col. w
b. Greeley, chief of the Forest Serv-
ice. to abandon other work and &c
to San Francisco to personally direct
the fight to curtail f1res in the ma.
tional forests there.
August is the most dangerous pc.
riod for forest fires. and officials arr
anxious over the situation.
Evening star., 1924-08-08
ZANNI MISSING IN INDIA.
Argentine Flyer Not Heard From
Since Yesterday.
BY tho Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CALCUTTA, August s.-Maj. Zanni.
Argentine aviator attempting a world
flight, who left Allahabad for Calcut-
ia yesterday morning, was sighted
flying over Gaya, about $50 miles
northwest Of here, at 1880 am, yes
terday, according to advices received
from that city. Since then no further
word has been received of the Argen-
tine flyer and 1t is thought he may
have made a forced landing in some
district where communications were
not available.
Evening star., 1924-08-08

The Mexican people use a consider
able amount of cheese in combination
with other foods, and the white va
riety and American yellow cream
are in demand. The quality of the
Mexican-made white cheese is in
ferior the American made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

as the "queen" and presented with at- tractive feather fans engraved Com munity club, nineteen and twenty four" by the king. All were charming ly gowned a..d wore corsages of pink roses and lilies of the valley, gifts Of the Community club.
 An unique stunt was the presentation of the six oldest bachelors of the club to the guests and crowning them with brown derbys. These gentlemen were |: MT. William Wilkerson, Mir. Reese Adamson, MT. James Bostick, Mir. Sors- by Jemison, MT. Ray Lang and Mir. Robert Wilkerson.
 An interesting event was the intro duction of the new members of the Community club, Mir. Noble Hendrix, Mir. Armstead Leake, MT. Jack Me David. Mir. Douglas Stockham, MT. Will liam McWane, MT. Jean Hawkins, Mir. Miller Robinson, Mir. Douglas Arrant, Mir. Hobert NIcWhorter. Miss Lucille Smith, the lovely daughter of Mr and Mrs. Hampton Smith, gave a Spanish dance during the evening.
 MT. Kay Foster, Mir. Robert Wilker- son and MT. Powell Noland were chair men of committees on arrangements of the ball and to them the success is dup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
Listening h On Foe

I'll have it at my house, if you all like, on Monday evening, the 22d. Surely each of us knows or can find one or two persons who'll be delighted to come. Don't let's get it so large that it will lose the personal touch. We can solve crossword puzzles, play nah jongg, have impromptu tableaux and charades, and have altogether the merriest kind of evening. The club can buy the ice cream and the prizes and favors for the little tree we could have, and then each of us girls can contribute a cake and some candy"
 I was delighted to see that my ideas took like wildfire. All the girls were full of enthusiasm, and all sorts of delight full plans were discussed. l really felt that l had put new leaven of service into the club, and I believed the girls would be grateful to me for getting them out of our old rather self-absorbed rut at holiday time. Indeed. it crossed my mind that they would remember this when we have our annual elections next month. sometimes wonder why my name has never been mentioned for the presidency. l dare say that some of the Dix Amies are jealous of my popu- larity.
 On Monday noon called up Polly Gray. I told her that I was dreadfully sorry that I could not, after all, have the party at our house.
 Mercy, Lucille, you can't back out now-the last day in, the afternoon" she said. heatedly.
 "Now, Polly be calm while I tell you what's happened" l returned pleasant ly. "All my people are leaving this aft ernoon to pass Christmas ill the coun- try. I was glod, for the sake of the Dix Aimes affair. to forego travelling with them, as they wished me to do. But now, most unfortunately, our maid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
Community Club Ball Brilliant
 Event

"HE debutants of nineteen hundred
 and twenty-four held the atten-
 tion of society Tuesday evening at the annual Christmas ball of the Con- munity club which was given in their honor. This event, one of the most noteworthy and exclusive accessions of the entire year assembled as the guests the members of the Community club, the debutantes and the young married contingent, the absence of the younger set being noted.
 For this brilliant affair the Country club was described in quantities of ever greens. The ballroom, festooned in hol- ly and mistletoe interspersed with red poinsettas, with pine trees placed here and there presented an attractive ap- eparance.
 A hugh Christmas tree was placed in the center foyer of the club adorned with numerous colored lights.
 The feature of the evening was the grand march which was led by the Community club president, MT. William Rogers, and Miss Lydia Eustis, charming member of society, assisted by Mir. Evans Dunn. Following the march MT. Rogers and Miss Eustls were seated on a throne on the plat form at one end of the ballroom. Love- ly draperies hung from the ceiling on three sides of the throne making an eff fective background for the Royal Pair."
 The debutants, numbering fourteen, formed several figures with members of the Community club as parties. The debs were: Miss Elizabeth Agee, the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. w. G. Agee {; Miss Bingham Oliver, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. W. G. Oliver, Miss Mar jorie Craig, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. J. M. Craig, Miss Madeline Jacobs, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Solon Jacobs, Miss Myra Belle Pope, daughter of Mrs. Gus Pope, Miss Pearl Bell Odom, daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Odom, Miss Virginia Adams, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Beecher of Denver, Col, form erly of Birmingham; Miss Lorainne Webb, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Joel Webb, Miss Catherine Leeper, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Charles $. Leeper, Miss Florence Lyle, the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. J. A. Lyle, Miss Amy Young, daughter of Mrs. I. F. Young, Miss Augusta Smith, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Jay Smith, Miss Charlotte Rushton, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank Rushton, Miss Mary Elizabeth Wilson, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. LeGrand Wilson.
 Their partners in the figure were : Mir. Noble Hendrix, MT. Armstead Leake. Mir. Douglas Stockham, Mir. Will liam McWane, MT. Jean Hawkins, MT. Douglas Arrant, Mir. Robert McWhor- ter, MT. Reese Adamson, Mir. James Bostick, Mir. George Bentley, MT. Ray Lang, Mir. William Rushton, MT. Pratt Thomas and MT. Marcus McClel- Ian.
 Following the figures the debutants marched down the center of the ball. room in pairs to the throne of the "king and queen" where they were crowned with wreaths of pink sweet peas, and lilies of the valley by Miss Eustis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
Miss Gray Weeds MT. Dozier At
 Home

TLEGANT and pretty in it's quiet simplicity was the wedding of Miss
 Frances Gray and Mr. Mabry Fra zier Dozier of south Alabama, which was solemnized last evening at the home of the brides parents. MT. and Mrs. Charles w. Gray, on South Seventeenth street, in the presence of the immediate family and few intimate friends. The Rev. Oscar DeWolf Randolph, rector of St. Mary's, officiating.
 The house was effectively decorated for the occasion with palms, ferns and hrysanthemums, an improvised altar being arranged as background for the bridal party.
 The bride was attended by her cousin, Miss Mary Dudley Gray, as maid of honor, and Mir. Robert R. Wallace of Tuscaloosa attended MT. Dozier as best man. These were the only attendants.
 The maid of honor was attired in girlish frock of figured taffeta in pretty green shade trimmed in black velvet ribbon. Her flowers were an arm bouquet of yellow chr!santhe- nuns. The bride. who is lovely young woman, wore a stylish ensemble model of midnight blue, with which she wore spring hat of a becoming shade. Her flowers were white roses.
 Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left for their honeymoon to be spent in Florida, after which they will be at home at the Ridgely. Mrs. Dozier is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles w. Gray, and, although aas lived in Birmingham but a short while, has endeared herself to a large number of friends by her charming personality.
 Mir. Dozier is the son of Mrs. baden Dozier of south Alabama. is graduate ot the law department of the Univer- sity of Alabama, and is connected with prominent law firm in Birmingham, where he and his bride will reside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
FROM LUCILE,S DIARY

A Amies I spoke o' on the ''1 true @ spirit of
 Christmas. I told the girls that l respectfully realized that I had not all ways shared my Christmas joys in a way to reach my highest ideals of serv- ice and unselfishness.
 Do you all remember" I asked, .'what Arnold Bennett says? He says :: Christmas, whatever else 1t may be, IS and must be the Feast of Saint Friend. And, girls, don't you think that the greatest friend is the friend of the friendess It was from Christmas card.
 "Yes." they all said at once, and l could see that they were impressed.
 Well, then, instead of having our us ual holiday party for ourselves, let s have a party for some lonely unattached neopIe that hove no close friends or rela- lives to entertain them. Don't you think that would make very happy Christ mas for us all?'
 "Yes, indeed, Lucille. It is beautiful idea" said Polly Gray, but when could we have it? I'm tied up with family parties on both Christmas eve and Christmas day myself
 Don't you think we should be willing to sacrifice some of our personal pleas ures for big thing like--
 II don't mind sacrificing my own pleasures, Lucille, but l can't very well sacrifice all my family" said Polly, looking at me rather defiantly.
 Many of us have our own engage ments for these two days remarked Louise Fuller, soothingly. Why not have the party before or after Christ mas?"
 "Very we'll" I replied, "and to show you that 1 am willing to do my share
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
MISS DOZIER ENTERTAINS WITH MATINEE PARTY

Miss Adeline Dozier entertained number of her young lady friends of the high school set on Tuesday afternoon at the Lyric with a matinee. Those in cluded in this hospitality were: Misses Elizabeth Hobart, Lollie Latham, Bes- sic Lester. Elizabeth McCleary, Nir- ginia Moorman, Mary Nice, Sara May Paddock, Millie Phillips, Kathleen Pitts, Dorothy Shepherd, Mila Shrop- shire, Katherine Sibley, Florence Stew ems, Helen Stringfellow, Mitylene Yates, Mrs. John Robinson, and the hostess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
MISS HUNDLEY ENTERTAINS WITH DINNER

Miss Margaret Hundley, daughter of Mrs. Oscar Hundley, and who has re- gently returned to this city from Notre Dame, entertained several of her friends Monday evening with a lovely dinner at her lovely new home on Pawnee avenue.
 The table was beautifully decorated in pink, having pink candles all around.
 Those present on this lovely occasion were: Misses Mila Shropshire, Mary Nice, Margaret Hundley; Messrs George Brett, Walter Puckett, Eugene Garber, Frederick Murray and John Donovan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
MISSES HOWELL AND xUAnE I'D ENTERTAIN

Miss Margaret Novel;, Louise No. well and their cousin, Miss Rowena Wade, will entertain on Christmas eve ming with an informal dance, to be given at the home of Mrs. $. l.. Wade, on Hanover Circle. The home will be beautifully decorated for the Yuletide season,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

tlful ana happy noiile a n d live together m o S t harmoniously Nevertheless, t h ( other day when 1 said to him:
 Dear, if you had it to do over again, would you marry"' He replied. Frankly, no, I would not. If 1 had my life to live over again I would keep myself free. "
 IN o W, what dc you think of that?'' inquired the wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

The truth is that the freedom of the unattached is one of the joys that look better in retrospect and prospect than it does in reality. To the man who has to punch the home time clock with sickening regularity; who sits down at the same table and looks across at the same woman 365 days a year, and who is fed up on domesticity. it seems a great and glorious thing to come home when he likes without offering explana- tion or excuse. It is enticing to think of having no responsibilities, of being able to dine when, where and with whom he pleases, to have constant change and variety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

has to have an impacted wisdom tooth out today and she will be in no condi- tion to prepare for a party"
 I've can all pitch in and do what ever has to be done."
 That's dear of you," I responded, but I think on the whole it would be better to have it somewhere else. How about your house, Polly! We could let everybody know"
 But why make all this change and confusion?" she asked.
 You see, dear, when I saw how useless lilly was, I made another en- gagement for tonight. An old army friend who is just passing through town has asked me to go to the opera. Major Lakewood is stranger here and feel it my duty to go with him."
 Indeed? Talk about making per sonal sacrifices, Lucille! You are a wonder in that line'
 l consider Polly's rudeness unjusti- fled. It certainly was not my fault that poor lilly had an impacted tooth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
MRS. SHEPPARD TO
 HONOR DAUGHTERS

Mrs Fred J. Sheppard is entertain ing with a tea this afternoon at her home in honor of her two daughters, Miss Elizabeth and Dorothy Shep- pard. The hours are from to o'clock and 15O members of the college set will be included in this courtesy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
MISS ODEN TO ENTERTAIN

Miss Alice Oden, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Oden, is entertaining number of her friends with a love- ly dance Friday evening, to be given at her home on Cliff road. This is to be one of the most entertaining events on the junior social calendar of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

But when he tries it he finds it dust and ashes in his teeth. He finds it is better to be lectured be- cause he doesn't get home on time than for nobody to care whether he ever comes home or not. He has forgotten how to order a meal, and restaurant cooking upsets his di- gestion. He loses too much at polk CT and finds that men are as bor- ing as women are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
MISS ADAMS TO
 HONOR VISITOR

Miss Virginia Adams has extended invitations to dance for Saturday aft ernoon, December 27, from 4 80 to 6 80 o'clock at the Country club. com plimentng her guest, Miss Jean Hamp- ton, from Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

For marriage, eyen if it isn't ideal, units a man for any other life, there fore, no wife need take her husband seriously when he says that if he had to do it over again he would never marry. DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
Reflections of Dorothy Dis
Although Marriage Has its Ups aud Doa0ns, It Units c Man for Single Blessed'aess - So Don't Take Your Husband Seriously When He Saus That He Neuer Should Have Md1rled

A WOMAN said to me: A T adore my husband, and he seems
 very fond of me. We have beau-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
Well, I think

who would ask the man to whom she is married such soul-search- ing question as that is twin sister to Bluebeards seventh wife, who risked her head to pry into her husbands locked cupboard, and that she deserves to find what she finds. "Let well enough alone" is a fine matrimonial slogan, and as long as a husband and wife are good actors, it is the part of wisdom for their mates not to pry too deeply into the motives that inspire their con duct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

And no matter how much hus-
 band and wife love each other, every now and then the chains cut into their flesh and the yoke gals, and they wonder why they were ever fools enough to marry and
 think that if they had their lives
 to live over again that wild horses
 could not drag them to the altar.
 But they are mistaken, as is daily proved by the conduct or those whose matrimonial letters are sundered either by Providence or the divorce court. For brief period the newly liberated hug their freedom to their breast and gloat over it, but it soon pals upon them and the next thing we know they have sold themselves back again into domes- tic bondage.
 It is curious that men who rail loud est against the restrictions of marriage and who most bitterly lament the lost freedom of their bachelorhood are the least satisfied outside of the matri- monial fold, when once they have been within it. But that this is the case is amply proved by the fact that the num- bers of widowers who do not take unto themselvse a second or a third wife IS so small as to be almost negligible.
 Everywhere widows are as plen-
 tiful as blackbirds, but a widower
 is rara avis. Not only is a wid-
 over more apt to marry than
 widow, but he is far more apt to
 marry than bachelor is, thus con
 troverting his theory that if he had
 his life to live over again he would
 hang on to his liberty with death
 grip, and that no woman would ever
 be clever enough to ensnare him a
 second time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

To get any real happiness out of mar riage or religion you have to take It on faith, and it would add nothing to the peace of any domestic establishment Tor the party of the first part to know the secret thoughts of the party of the sec ond part, or how many kisses are in spired by duty instead of passion, or how many wives and husbands smile sweetly upon each other to hide their yawns Of boredom.
 Truly, what we don't know doesn't hurt us in domestic life, and the wise do not try to find out too much.
 I think also that the wife who asked her husband if he would marry if he had it to do over again and he replied "No,' was out of luck because she happened to propound her conundrum at an un- propitious moment. If she had asked 1t the day before, or the next week, the chances are that he would have chucked her under the chin and said: Darling, if 1 had to do it over again, and could get YOU for a wife, l would not only marry again, 1 would make 1t contlnu- ous performance" And all would have been well and wifie's feelings would not have been wounded.
 But she was unfortunate enough 10 catch him in some mood of revolt, some hour in which he heard the call of the wild, and when home seemed nothing but an iron-bound cage that held him q prisoner, and he could only see his wife as his keeper and tanner.
 Oh, we all have such moods and
 such hours, for even the happiest
 marriage is a species of slavery.
 The marriage bond is letters of
 steel, be it ever so gold-plated. The
 domestic yoke is heavy on our
 necks, even when it is silk padded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

WEDNESDAY-At home, comfortable in one- piece kmona frock with short sleeves of jersey outlined with bands of bronze jersey and wide leather belt of bronze All the day did have great fun decorating the tree running to the door at the sound of the bell to receive another interesting and myster
 ous package, wondering the while what might be within But my solemn promise had been given Tom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-18
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