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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
Pretty Wedding ToOccur This
 Evening

A wedding in which there is centered deep interest wilt be solemnized this evening, when Miss Alabama Holt will become the bride of Mir. Frank Row. land Powell, at the home of the brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. Allan M. Holt, at Arlington Place.
 For the nuptial event the house will be made more attractive with decora- tion of palms, ferns, smilax and chrys. anthemums, an altar to be placed in the living room, before which the VOWS will be promised by Dr. J. A. Bryan.
 Miss Holt will be attended as maid of honor by Miss Ruth Carlisle, who will be a becoming frock of black satin with gold accessories. Her flowers will be an arm bouquet. of large yellow chrysanthemums.
 The bride, who is a. winsome young girl, will be attired in a stylish en- semble suit of brown, with tan access sories. Her flowers are to be brides roses and valley lilies arranged in a shower. A small hat of tan and blue will complete the costume.
 Mir. A. M. Bronough' of Madison, Ala, will attend MT. Powell as best man.
 Before the ceremony a delightful musical program will be rendered by Mrs. Beatrice Tate Wright at the piano and Mrs. Wallace Shelby, who will sing preceding the ceremony.
 Immediately following the wedding the young couple will leave for short visit to the relatives of the groom in North Alabama, after which they will be at home temporarily in Norwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
CCROP SHOULD FIT SOIL
Yields Gained Without Fertilizer Are
 Most Profitable, Expert Says.

Yields Gained Without Fertilizer Are
 Most Profitable, Expert Says.
 A suggestion tha tis expected to have much significance in the scientific de- yelopment of diversified farming is put forth by Dr. E. T. Wherry of the bu- reau of chemistry, United States De- pertinent of agriculture. It is that the farmer, instead of trying to force his soil to produce the kind of crop he thinks he must raise by the heavy and expensive applications of certain kinds of fertilizer, should study his soil and find what kind of crop it will grow most economically under natural con- ditions. ...
 Forcing a soil to change its chemical nature by lining or other fertilizer operations to make 1t fit conventional crop is poor business when some other kind of crop may be grown on it tn profit as it stands. There are begin uing to be available considerable masses of scientific data indicating the prefer ences of various kinds of plants as to the chemical conditions in the soils in which they grow best, and there already exist several pEActical and rapid meth ods of getting soil reactions. The logi- cal practice, Dr. Wherry thinks, is to find the range of conditions your field offers, and then to find what kind of plants most nearly it those conditions. Science Service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
Parties AtCounty
 Club

Many informal luncheon parties were given at the Country club Wednesday. Autumn leaves and bright flowers adorned the tables and among those having guests were Mrs. Owen Gresham who had 12 suests, Mrs siasf1u Tor renee, who entertained i party If niue :: Mrs, J. k. Rice, who hoD0Fed Miss Margaret Builder, popular bride elect,
 Others noted wefa Mrs. O. P. -fs5aia. Mrs. Omer Brasher Mrs Louis John son, Mrs. II. II, Seaman, Miss Gengan, .Igs. John Tucker, Mrs William Van derbilt, Mrs. T. N. Beach, Mrs. Allen Durham. Mrs. Leo Bashinsky and her guest, Miss Jane Kelly, of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
Random Notes

Miss Selina Perry is spending a while with her brother, Hr. Henry Perry. and Mrs. Perry, on Carlisle Road, while her mother. Ms. Sam Perry, is visiting Mrs Alan McRae in Florence, Ala, and later Miss Ida Richardson in Murfreesboro Tennessee.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Pollard Allen have come from Montgomery to make their home in Birmingham.
 
 The numerous friends of Mrs. D. F Bucks will regret to learn that she is ill at the home of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. W. J. HoIcombe in Norwood Her condition is some what improved after a severe fall recently. Mir. v F. Osteen is spending the week at tbe Vanderbilt hotel in Ashe- vile, N. c.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. B. c, Hobbs have named their infant SOD, William . Galloway. 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
MRS. RAUGHL.EY HOSTESS AT BRIDGE PARTY

Miss Anne Raughley of Dover, Del, who is visiting Mrs. Eugene Raughley, VI gas honored Wednesday afternoon by her hostess, when she entertained with a bridge party.
 Invited to meet this attractive visitor were: Misses Stella Mae Orr, Gladys Webb, Margaret Lewis, Elizabeth Sal. ter, Virginia Lovejoy, Florence Ward, Mildred Ward, Julia Powers, Mes danes Mat Lawson, Douglas Stock Ted Martin, F. Crandall, Cliff Abbott, F. E. Robbins, William Cunningham, Jr., and Richard Leland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30

Tapping the bottom of the loaf is the best bread test. If there is hoi- low sound your loaf is baked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
Simple Way to Get
 Rid of BIackheads

There is one simple, safe and sure way that never fails to get rid of blackheads, that is to dissolve them. To do thls get two ounces of calonite powder from any drug store-sprinxle q little on a hot, wet cloth--rub over the blackheads briskly--wash the parts and you will be surprised how the blackheads have disappeared. Big where they are, simply dissolve and disappear. Blaokheads are simply a mixture of dust and dirt and secre- tions that form in the pores of the skin. The calonite powder and the wa ter dissolve the blackheads so they wash right out, leaving the pores free tion.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
TOdGy's ThoXght
''Ye entered not in yourselves"
 St. Luke--11-52
By REV. KENNETH OWENS

bC. LuKo-~11-O1 They bear upon their brows the stain Of sadness and of sorrow, Who do not ease their souls of pain By faith in each tomorrow. And faith does not bestir our hearts Unless We seek within That trust that helps us play our parts. And guards our souls from sin. Within ourselves eternity Is like q holy light To Him bow down the praying knee, And carry on the fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
'My Neigh0orSays

It is well to remember that raw potato is good remedy for burns. Scrape or grate the potato and apply it like a poultice to the injured sur face; it will be found most soothing.
 Tapping the bottom of the loaf is the best bread test. If there is hol- low sound your loaf is baked.
 To keep the breakfast hot for one person, put the bacon or chop on a warm plate, cover with another warm plate and stand the teapot on top. This will keep it hot for long time.
 Salt or tea leaves sprinkled on the carpet will collect the dirt quickly and prevent dust from flying all over everything.
 When a candle is too large to fit the candlestick, don't cut it down to the required size, but hold the end in hot water. This will soften the wax and the candle may be easily pressed down into the candlestick without any trouble.
 When cooking sour fruit add 1-4 teaspoonful of carbonate of soda to l pound of fruit, and it will require much less sugar to sweeten 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27

absorbing as the business game. And it thrills me to the finger tips to know that have a part, even if it is a small one, in this great adventure that sends men and ships to the uttermost parts of the earth and that gambles for fortunes.
 Tt gratifies my vanity to know that I have worked up from the bottom to my present fine position, and it pleases my ambition to know that l can climb still higher, and that every year I will be more efficient and more valuable to my employer.
 T enjoy the money I make, and the luxuries it brings me, as only a woman can who comes of poor family, and whose girlhood has been barren of all the pretty things that girls crave. I find a lot of solid satisfaction in watching my bank account grow, knowing that, if I keep on with my job for a few years, I will have put by enough to safeguard my old age.
 "So far, so good, If were going to remain perpetually on the sunny side of forty, I would ask no life batter than that of the successful business woman. But the dread hour will strike foram me, as it does for all other women, and am wondering if, when it does, will not find myself lonely old woman, and wish that had married and had children.
 II am thirty now, and I have got to decide the question in the next year or two. Shall I give up my mahogany desk for gas range? Shall I forfeit my fat pay envelope for a job where I shall have to toll ten times as hard for only my, board and clothes? Shall I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27

give up the occupation for which spent years in preparing myself, for which I have talent and which is a joy for me to perform, for domestic service which 1 lOathe, for which I have no aptitude and in which I am utterly unskilled?
 "When I see my sister shabby, be- draggled, overworked, with her crying babies and grouchy husband I feel like clinging to my good, soft, easy office position with both hands. Then rises that spector of the future in my path way, and I wonder if in staying single I will miss the best that life has to give to woman, and if I will regret it if l refuse to follow the traditional career of my sex.
 .'Of course, I know that there are women who try to have thelr cake, and cut it, too; who grab matrimonv with enc hand and hold on to their jobs with the other, but my observation is that they always fall between the stools They are failures both as business wom. en arc as wives and mothers. for tu succeed in anything you have to give everything that is in you to it.
 No woman is of much use in an of flee when nine-tentrs of her brain and all of her interest are back home in a cradle and she is worrying over whether q hired nurse is giving the baby it's milk. Nor can any woman who comes back home at night, wi~h a worn-out body and frazzled nerves, be anybody's ideal of a wife and mother.
 ''So as far as am concerned, I have tn GQnlda thu nrasttnr, rhtnh m, prv to be, business woman or a domestic woman, before I take the fatal step, and for the life of me I can't make up my mind which to do. To marry or not to marry, that is the problem that am acquiring gray hairs and wrinkles de- batting.
 'Of course, if fairy prince should come along and say, Come and be my queen, and ride beside me in my limou- sine and tour the world with me on my sacht,' I should doff my Cinderella working suit and put on my glass slip pers and step out with him.
 But it is only in novels that mil lionaires espOuse poor working girls. The men who come a-courting me are just ordinary young chaps on small sal aries, whose wives will have to do their own cooking, and wear hand-me-downs.
 ''Nor would there be any difficulty in settling the question if I had an over whelming passion for some man. Then I would cry, All for love and my job well lost '! and two-by-four flat would look better to me than to be president of the steel trust. But I am not really in love. I have merely an affection for "a certain chap that I might possibly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
We Women Bv eETTy sRAINgRo
Is It Possible?

It is' the business of pressN agent to get the person or persons for whom he | is working as much publicity as pos- sible He does not care to what lengths he has to go in order to obtain nos toriety. He will stoop to almost any thing.
 A story is told about prominent actress who actually had her jewels stolen and was furious because the po- lice did not believe her and made no attempt to help find them. It devel- oped that her maid had reported the theft and the police thought it was in- vented by her ingenious press agent who was noted for that sort of thing. A successful press agent is to be ad- mired. His jeb consists in putting it l over" He must have imagination and allow his imagination a great deal of | freedom. had been on still hunt looking for , "Amazons." My curiosity had been aroused. 1 wanted to see one with my own eyes. Dr. Charles J. Smith. presi- dent of Roanoke college, Virginia, was quoted as saying at the eleventh an- nual meeting of the National Lutheran Educat tional conference that Some women in every age drank liquor. few even enjoyed a smoke. many of them threw away their honor, but the world has never known the turning loose of such an army of hard drinking. cig- aret puffing, licentious Amazons as walk the streets and invade the col. lege campuses today.
 l have seen colored mammies sit in the doorways placidly smoking pipes. It is hard to believe that they have not done this since time immemorial. l have never heard that this habit of pipe smoking in any way interfered with their ability to nurse and take care of little children.
 It seems absurd now to think that at one time people were punished for eating certain foods on certain days. Puritans condemned those who ate pam cakes on Shrove Tuesday. or hot cross buns on Good Friday. The offenders were not only persecuted but some- times executed.
 Ina later interview Dr. Smith stated that this type of women-this Amazon was not confined to college girls alone but existed everywhere, in hum- ble homes and those of the so-called best families
 l simply have been unable to find an Amazon. Perhaps after all Dr. Smith as president of a girls college may be acting in the capacity of A press agent-in which case he does not have to stick to the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
MRS. MOORE.FERRALL CHARMS AUDIENCE

At the first of a series of lectures given this week by Mrs. Clara Y. Moore Ferrall, under the auspices of the Axis club, given yesterday morning at the Tutwiler, a large and responsive audience greeted Mrs. Moore -Ferrall when she arose to speak on her subject of health and kindred themes.
 Mrs. Ferrall is herself the finest tes- timony in her own teaching, looking, as she does, in perfect health, with a sunny cheerfulness that is transform ing and inspiring. Mrs. Moore-Ferrall is well known from coast to coast for her health work and lectures. She travels constantly and forms classes in colleges and womens clubs. Her sum mers are spent at Chauauqua, where she has made many Birmingham friends, who are interested and are in- tercsting otheys in these delightful lec- lures. Her lectures will continue sev- eral days, taking place each morning at 10 30 in the private dining room of the Tutwiler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27

is an elderly man, is one of the finest men in the world, and treats me with e V e ry courtesy, kindness and con sideration. I feel it a privilege to be in daily contact with such a brilliant mind as he has.
 II love my work. I have what they call in men a busi- ness head. To me there is no other romance so fasci- mating as the TO- nance of com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
MRS. ALEXANDER HOSTESS AT GORDO. ALA.

Mrs. l.. Alexander entertained the Twentieth Century club at her home in Gordo, Ala, with Washington biethday party Thursday afternoon. Progressive games were played, Miss Corsey capturing the prize and Miss WiSgins the consolation. A salad courSe was served to the following:
 Mesdames w. J. Howell, Gilbert Da- wis, II, II. Mobley, Henry Howell, C.. l.. Rutledge. and Misses Annie Gay Strickland. Hattie Plott, Lucy Durret Corsey, Otis Strickland, Lillian Sey- mour, Esther Jones, Aurila Jackson, Emmie Saunders and Minnie Mae WiNaina. 'EHs19
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
MRS. HENDERSON ENTERTAINS AT LUNCHEON PARTY

Mrs. H. NJ. Henderson entertained with an informal luncheon yesterday, complimenting Mrs. Robert Bailey, ST., Mrs. Robert Dedman and Miss Louise Bailey of Franklin, Tenn.
 Included in the courtesy were, be- sides the honorees, Mrs. Robert Bailey, Jr., Mrs. Henry Bailey, Mrs. Charles Caldwell, Mrs. Joe Ford and Mrs. Dev- ereau Porter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
Reflections of Dorothy Di1
When c Man Marries He Merely Anmeres c Home, Wite Aud Children To Addition To Hts Work k-But c Successful Business Wom,an Has to Choose Bet1Ueen c Cdreer aud C Job.

SCaid a young woman to me the other day:
 Il am. as you know, the private sec retary of the head of very big busi- ness concern. I get a generous salary My hours are easy. My employer, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27

Russia's ambassador to France, in 1742, took back with him a ballet-mas- ter at the wish of the Empress Eliza beth Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great, and so founded the famous I'm perial school, which has produced the Russian ballet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
MISS EASTWOOD HONORS
 MISS PRICE AT LUNCHEON

Miss Mary Alice Eastwood will be hostess today when she is entertaining with a luncheon party at the Country club, complimenting Miss Margaret Price of Nashville, the guest of Mrs. F. G. Shook. Twenty-Five members of the society set will be included in this courtesy. +r s4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
MIR. AND MRS. SHEPPARD HONOR DIR. GILLETTE

Mir. and Mrs. Fred J. Sheppard en- tertained Monday evening with an in formal bridge party, complimenting their guest, Dr. Omer R. Gillette. In cluded in this courtesy were a number of their married friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27

According to caste among the Hin doos, the Brahmans, or sacerdotaal class issued from the mouth of Brahma :; the Chuttree, or military class, sprang from his arm; the Bais, or mercantile class, from the thigh, and the Sudras, or servile class, from his foot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
CLARK HOWELL, SR., TO WED MRS. JULIAN CARR

The following in an exchange will be read with interest in Birmingham, where MT. Howell has many friends:
 While no announcement has yet been made, authoritative statements confirm the report of the approaching marriage of Mrs. Julian s. Carr, Jr., of Dur ham, N. O., to Clark Howell, Sr., /edi- tor and publisher of the Atlanta Con stitution. The wedding will take place April 5 at the home of Mrs. Carr's mother, Mrs. J. W. CannonS of Con- cord, N. O.
 Mrs. Carr's daughter, Margaret, re- recently married Mir. Howell's eldest son, Major Clark Howell, Jr., business manager of the Atlanta Constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
MISS MEADE HONORS VISITOR AT NAH LONG

Miss Anna Meade entertained infor- mally yesterday afternoon at the home of her patents with an informal nah jong party, complimenting Miss Mary Heath Jones of South Carolina, the guest of Miss Mary Alice Gatling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27

But it is cruel. isn't it. that a woman has to choose between marriage and her career? When a man marries he mere ly annexes home and wife and chil- dren, to the pleasures and interests of his work. but a woman has to sacrifice one or the other. And I don't know which one to choOse'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
My Neighbor Says:

Never economize when buying mattresses. A really good hair mattress will last a' lifetime, can be cleaned "as good as new over and over again and will be far more comfortable and wholesome to sleep on than one filled with cheap mixed material. Blankets also should be as good as you can pos sibly afford, as the chepater kinds. being a mixture of cotton and wool, are far heavier than those made entirely of wool. and the great essential of bed clothing is that it should combine lightness in weight with warmth.
 If night lights are burned in your house try this: Take wax candle. cover the top. which has been burned level. with thin layer of salt, and leave only the blackened end of the wick exposed. Light the candle and it will give a faint but steady light all night.
 To remove the dark paint from "oouWOihs uISSOiNC d tdil Ol IVtdSH or lye in a bucket of warm water. Then with dish mop or some- thing of the kind, wash over the paint. Do not dry it, but go over it again. and again, until the paint is off. Then wash thoroughly with cold vinegar, and last of all with water. You will find the wood as clean as new. Be very careful that none of the lye gets on your hands as it burns.
 A good way to clean oil paint ings is to rub them with linseed oil. When you buy it ask for boiled inseed oil as there are two kinds. By applying this with soft piece of cloth you will have good re- suits. It will not injure the paint ings in any way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
COLONIAL DANES TO MEET IN BIRMINGHAM -,. .s

~ As IS .thas allstOin, the meeting of the Colonial Dahes will be held in Bir. mingham Tuesday, March. 4, with Mrs ]. Morgan S13ith.
 These annpM gatherings are always planned so t4at the Danes may attend the state conference of the Daughters of Americanl Revolution, most conven- iently, hence this meeting will precede by only one Say, the Daughters con- ference in Sylacauga, March 5-7.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27

And whichever way you decide you will be apt to regret it." I replied con- solingly. DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27

cultivate into a warmer emotion if I decided that it was better, after all, to marry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
PENNINGTON.PATTERSON WEDDING ANN0HNCED

The following clipping will be of in. | terest in Birmingham, the groom being A brother of Dr. Julian Pennington, who is head of the Birmingham Psycho. logical Clinic. MT. and Mrs. J. B. Pennington are expected here soon for q visit tol Dr. and Mrs. Julian Pen nington.
 The St. Louis Globe Democrat has the following account:
 News was received here today of the marriage of Miss Edith Mae Pat 7 terson and MT. J. B. Pennington in Los Angeles, Cal, Wednesday, Febru- ary 13.
 The bride is the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Arch Patterson of Pine Bluff, Ark, and was the first prize winner of the beauty contest the summer of 1922. Since that time Miss Patterson made a tour of the southern states in her own act, and later went to Los Angeles and - has been acting in several Paramount aictures.
 Z The groom was for while Miss Pat terson's manager while touring, but is now connected with a film distributing company in Houston, Tex, where the couple will live after honeymoon spent in New York city. Miss Patterson twas a graduate of the Pine Bluff High Vchool, and at the time she won the Beauty prize was a teacher in the city School here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
Miss w Woodson Hostess At
 Bri d g e

Miss Betty Woodson, charming member of the society set, entertained with an informal bridge party last evening at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. l.. G. Woodson, having as her inspiration Miss Eva Dupuy of Marianna, Ark. the attractive guest of Miss Hughie Beatty.
 A series of games were played, after which ! delightful plate was served. Included in this hospitality were Miss DuAuy, Miss Hughie Beatty, Miss Mary Alfce Gatling and her guest, Miss Mary Heath Jones of South Carolina; Miss Mahdhh Redin, Mir. Rucker Agee, Mir. Jack Mcintyre, Mir. Joe Smith, Dr. Z Lewis Woodson, Dr. Rudolph, MT. Col burn Hendrix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
ENTERTAINING AT COUNTRY CLUB WITH LUNCHEONS <

Among those having. guests at the Country club today, for luncheon will be Mrs. David Roberts, Mrs. W. E. B. Davis and Miss Mary Alice Eastwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
ROBINSON.BENNETT WEDDING PARTY HONORED

Dr. and Mrs. Edmonds Bennett en- tertained Monday evening with a buf- fet supper at their home, compliment ing their daughter, Miss Hope Ben nett, and MT. B. c. Robinson after the rehearsal of their wedding plans at the St. John Episcopal church.
 Pink and white carnations with pink and blue tapers in Old English candle sticks made an attractive decoration for the table.
 Included in this courtesy were: Miss Bennett, Miss Claire Bennett, Miss Dorothy Bennett, Miss Wynne Ben- nett, MT. and Mrs. Alfred Mason, Mrs. Fred Radernacher of Mobile, Mir. Rob- inson, MT. Robert Brown, Mir. Earl Martin, Mir. Ernest Floyd, Mir. c. D. Graham, Mir. Joe Berry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-27
The Styles
The Materials

Fine Canton Crepes, flannels and other sports materials in the new checks, stripes and plaidS. Then there are jerseys. taffetas and fine POiret twilIs In all an offering of wonderful values. Every woman owes it tO her pOcketbOOk to see these dresses before purchasing elsewhere