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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28
Diplomacy Chief
EssentialsrF,or
Popularity
BY CAROLINE CRAWFORD

What qualities does .s ave. a woman ann, most st
need to be elected the most popular
among the IoV,ooo ciuowcmen Oh TINS
Guy.
That is the question Il put TO MIS-
Joseph A. Lawrence, who received the
sreatest hulnper OIL so.es III the l%pI-
lari's eonlest neiu at 'ne oahal' ". -
was eonu Ws,' c; unue. .ne ausp'e " VI
.n: Wv NV. A" =. ~. Sny Teuer"'ioh ~. VI TYa,
49, riups sa ~ ha ,ne Oao1 f Vi H. s"e e
81 I DN" ~. wa" s,no non e , pu,9ose
fnnd for tha new Fadsrstion hotel for
working girls
p. ,,..
.se;" ~ 1.I;.;" ,Js.p:ss Us
Vcei anu quaa a:ue " ieauef 81. VIZ
49,, aHn nv .I ,t' o -, .ne p ~f
,elh'y 'o..ne ooo.. IN nr.t san'1 a. Mle
.. ', .a,,. Tan ~, n", n "nu
mn - ~. ss vi. fnd. oeau.y
~" na ma" aAe nus ne's' snu
~ one mas taiAeu MI, Mi'n NC. ,eM
nn;,:.I- s "m .5 nr.
word--nersonality. 5t
A. st A.. nss: o,.
-. us 80" J s"a ie'us
an %, ~ useuse ~ Iual.ies "nien en
1nn,, neI ~ De e.eNeu NV, me, NUS popu "
iaa Mona" anions w iaise oous Vi
ciuu"onieh. .sss.,,
After all it was matter OF votes
at ~ cents each, she said modestly,
and l am very grateful to the loyal
friends who supported me:
Then Mrs. Lawrence explained that
she is president of the Beethoven So
ciety, vice president of the Theatre
club, chairman of the Federation club,
and member of the Priors and Ray
Current Events clubs. D7'hs
"It was the members Of those clubs
who stood bv me and were 81 generous
with their votes said Mrs lawrence
"I don't think there are anv set ruIes
for n woman IN follow which wishes To
he nonular among her cIt,hs friends
don't wish To he egotistiSaI in evnress.
inc NV nninion along tbis linz and IL
outline q few qualities which 7 tbink
n woman should have to besome NOM.
lar I do NOT mean for one minute that
these qualities necessarily belong to me
IT. -. % -. ..-.. - A..
| ~ aeeeMs ~ Me; no"c'eI; mat 'ne
so-e d;,f popu Ws. GiuDwOman must De
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28
Home Nursing
By M. JESSIE LETTCH

The Importance OF Food Preparation
Take some Of this soup and you will
feel a lot better" said the woman who
meant well, putting cup. of soup down
with a clatter, and smiling with what
she believed to be encouragement at
the young man in bed.
He was bOarder of hers and Mrs.
Riley would have told you that the
only reason she put up at all with
sickness in the house was that John
Gray had been her best boarder for
years, a perfect gentleman and sure
to pay his rent on the day it was
due. Good boarders were hard to find,
otherwise John, suffering from the old
gas-poisoning he had suffered in Elan
ders would have been promptly sent
to the city hospital.
Thank you, Mrs. Riley" and John
Gray smothered the gr0an that rose
to his lips. Lukewarm, greasy, gray as
dishwater-it was barely, broth which
must be most carefully prepared to look
tempting at any time-the soup lay be-
side him. Mrs. Riley, having done her
duty, went downstairs.
OF course she was not a nurse but
she was woman with supposedly a
woman's intuition. She had offered a
cup of soup to a sick man, without a
tray, without a spoon, without salt
and without nakpin.
All trifling matters, perhaps, when
one is well. But enormous Offenses
when one is i'll.
Nourishment time is the little break
in the average sufferers day. If he
enjoys the food offered him, if it ap-
peals to his eye, he is more like
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28
Dorothy Dix's Letter Box
The Riddle The Splainc Has Brooded Over For
Centuries Without Soluing-Stress Your Fem
ini,ity If You Haze No Charm

she was homely. yet all the men were
after her. Finally one of the brothers
said: But she's got that damned
charm And that was that.
When a, woman has that damned
charm she can snap her fingers in the
face of flappers and living pictures,
and marry as early and as often as she
pieases as is witnessed by the many fat,
pie-faced women we all know who have
had two and three. or more, husbands
apiece. and who stiII have waiting
list in case anything untoward and
fatal should happen to the gentleman
to whom they are at present united in
the holy bonds of matrimony.
But what is this charm. what is
this rabbits foot that some lucky
women carry, and others do not? To
say that it is personality is to at
tempt to explain one mystery by an
other mystery, for we do not know
in what personal magnetism consists.
or by what power one individual
draws us, while another repulses us.
We know that it isn't beauty, beca use
the best lockers among girls are seldom
the most popular and men who profess
to worship beauty are generally content
to adore it from safe distance, and
show no disposition to marry it. 1t is
notorious that beauties seldom make
good matches. Nor does charm consist
of intelligence. Being a highbrow booms
no woman's stock, socially or matri-
monially, while a witty woman cuts her
ler throat with her own tongue.
To be spellbinder is for girls
fairy godmother to have wished a curse
instead of blessing upon her. for no
woman is more anathema to men than
the human photograph. Even dancing,
chief of accomplishments in these iazzy
days when it is of more profit for a
woman to have her brains in her heels
than in her head, is but a passing at
traction, while amiability and a sweet
nature, woman's traditional one best
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28

Grooved triangular candles that have
been invented in England are claimed
to give better light than round ones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28
Care OF Hands Is
Important For
Every Woman
By JULIA HoYT


In considering the details of ones
appearance, very important point is
the condition of the hands. No matter
how well dressed woman may be, or
how well cared for her face may look,
if her hands are rough and ill cared
for--nails not scrupulousIy clean and
manicured-the effect is extremely bad.
At least I know that / always look
critically at PERSONS hands, and /
know that many others do the same.
The hands, of course, offer good indi-
cation of persons character. Hands
can be very attractive, or extremely un-
attractive.
Naturally, none of us can make our
hands beautiful. But we can help them
enormously, and we can entirely ruin
beautiful hands by giving them no at
tention. Even for those who cannot
afford manicure every week, there
is no excuse for rough, unkempt looking
nails. Everyone can buy q small nail
file or nail scissors or>clippers, and
though it may not be possible to get as
good an effect as manicurist might,
at least a perfectly clean and neat nail
can be achieved.
Liquid polish and bright coloring for
the nails, charming when correctly used
on the correct hand, at the same time
become extremely unattfactive toilet
articles when enormously used. The
only hand that can stand this is an ex-
tremely well-kept, white hand. 1t ac-
centuates enormously the ugliness of a
sunburned or ill-cared for hand.
Many people think that by slap
ping on a little polish and rogue,
good appearance of their hands is as
sured. On the contrary, it only draws
attention to hands that should be made
as .inconspicuous as possible.
1t costs very little and takes only a
small amount of time to keep ones
hands in good condition and well cared
for, and it certainly is worth while to
every woman who cares anything about
her appearance. No one need allow her
hands to become chapped The use of
a little cream at night, or sometime
during each day, will obviate this.
Naturally, white hands are more attrac-
tive than dark ones and they can be
achieved by the use of bleach. Even
on white hands, the use of liquid rouge
and polish on the nails should not be
abused. I suppose the, reason for the
development of liquid rogue is that
pink fingertips have been considered at
tractive through the centuries and have
been traditional objects of alteration.
But this does not mean deep red finger
tips and those are the unsightly re-
suits obtained by many people who
use this artificial means. / repeat.
rogue should only be used by people
who are lucky enough to have attrac-
tive and white hands. 1t should be put
on very evenly and with great care,
otherwise it simply looks sloppy and
extremely ugly.
We must remember that though we
may notice, when we look in our mir
rors, only the things we wish to see,
other people are not so lenient with our
defects. Whoever wishes to make a
really good appearance must guard
carefully every detail. ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28
STHEWONENn
\ CHILDREN \
1.-THE HOME
CUSHION SLIP COVERS

When you are redecorating your
rooms for spring don't forget your
cushions. They often wear the same
clothes season after season, and think
how you'd feel if you never had a
change. A smart girl had an idea
which is a timely suggestion for all.
She made slip covers for every single
cushion in her place out of plain col
Ored linens. But what colors Yell
low, orange, henna, vermillion, scar
let, magenta, purple. blue, turquoise
and all through the whole line of the
spectrum. She simply bought a yard
and half of every color she saw and
the effect Of all the colors in the room,
with its cretonne draper and mahog-
any furniture. was as lovely and bright
ening as garden of spring flowers.
Make of yourself a mirror in which
other people look upon themselves. Es-
pecially let men see a flattering reflec-
ton of themselves in your eyes. Can
your own personal vanity. Listen with
bated breath while other people tell you
Of their exploits, but never mention your
own.
Enthuse over their cars. their dogs.
Marvel at their adventure. Sympa-
thize with their disappointments. Give
the glad hand to their successes, and
you will be universally regarded as a
woman of perfect taste, wonderful in
sight, profound judgment. brilliant
talker and companion to whom one
could never weary.
1t is the tireless listeners, and not
the endless takers. whom men take out
to dinner.
Furthermore-.but that is another
story we will discuss tomorrow.
DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28
MARIE FRANCoIsE pUMEsNIL

Marie FRANCHISE Dumesnil, "a cele-
brated tragic actress, was born at Par
is in 1711 and remained popular un-
til the moment of her retirement in
1775. She died in 1903, having pre-
served her intellectual powers to the
last. She displayed her talents most
strikingly in Queens and lofty charac-
tiers, especially in the parts of Merope,
Clytemnestra, Athaliah and Agrippina.
When she exerted her full powers
she surpassed all her theatrical con-
temporaries in exciting emotions of
pity and .of terror.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28

bet. are like sticking plaster, potent
to hold man after marriage, but of
small value in Turing him into it.
Undoubtedly. charm in its perfec
ton is gift of the gods, but happily,
in these days, when nature proves a
cruel stepmother who is so mean and
stingy that she does not give us all
that is coming to us, we have learn
ed to circumvent the lady.
No woman need be as ugly as God
made her, nor as unattractive as she was
born. Drug store compilations can put
the inherited ones to the blush, and
any girl who is willing to take the
trouble can acquire line of lures and
graces that will make any bona fide
siren tremble for her job.
TO the girl. then, NO wishes to
acquire charm, and who especially
wishes to attract men, ! would say,
first, stress your feminity.
don't mean be inamby -pamby and
weepy and dishraggy, without any back
bone. That type of woman has gone
out of fashion as completely as bustles
and hOOpskirts. No man now would he
bored with the sort of perfect lady his
grandmother was.
But the eternal feminine remains
still the eternal attraction for men,
and the more womanly a woman is,
the gentler, the tenderer. the sweeter.
the more she appeals to men. If
you will notice when man speaks of
Hhe woman he loves, he invariably
calls her little" no matter is she is
six feet high and weighs 200 pounds.
What he means is that she give him
the reaction of depending upon him,
of looking up to him, and that in
some subtle way she flatters his van
ity by giving him the sense of mascu-
line superiority.
You never see an aggressive, double
listed woman. who fights her way like a
man. get anywhere. And in his soul
every man adores frifls and furbelows,
and likes to see women dolled up. That
is why girls make such terrible mis-
take when they ape mannish ways, and
wear mannish clothes. When a girl
puts on knickerbockers she throws her
trump card into the discard.
To the girl who wishes to acquire
charm I would also whisper this secret :
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28

What is the
ome-hither" look
in the eye that
some women have
that makes every
man who beholds
it get up and fol-
low them?
Why do some
girls always have
hosts of beaux
flOcking a b o u t
them, while other
girls just as good
looking, just as
clever, just as
good dancers. just
as ANXIOUS to
please, never have
a da te for a single
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28


ly to enjoy it than if it offends him
at sight.
One can never be too careful about
the preparation of food for the sick
Daintiness is of as much consequence as
the food itself, and heat, careful blend
ing and seasoning are most, important
A small tray should always be used
when serving sick person, If it is
only a. glass of milk that is being of
fered. A napkin should never be for
gotten, even il it is necessary to use
paper ones.
Clean. shining glasses and spoons and
dishes are important.
Soup should be carried on the tray
in a pitcher that has been warmed,
so that it is steaming hot when ii
reaches the patient. Lukewarm soup
stopped over into the saucer will never
tempt: any one to eat. Appetizing, care
fully cooked food does make sick
person feel better, as a. rule, because it
stimulates, and strengthens him. The
patient who stubbornly refuses food
and declares that he lis not hungry
may be quite hungry without realizing
it, but he may be SO fastidious that the
appeal of the eye means more to him
than the actual IOOu. "A patient Will
usually eat with enjoyment strips of
evenly Drowned, evenly buttered toast,
that is so freshly made it is still hot
when it reaches him.
The same person may (and proba-
bly, will refuse the thick slice of in
differently toasted, greasily buttered
toast that is tough and leathery and
served cold.
The simplest and usually the. first
meal a doctor will order for an invalid
is soft boiled egg, piece of toast
and a pot of tea or cocoa. Women who
can prepare and serve properly : this
simple little meal are few and far be-
tween. Perhaps it seems so unimportant
as to tbe unworthy of effort. But amin
valid knows that such an offering is
never unimportant. Actual recovery is
influenced by such ''trifles ~ -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28

And to all of these questions /
have to. answer, sadly and discon-
solately, that i do not know. l have
to give up the conundrum, which is
perhaps the riddle that the Sphinx,
who is also a woman, has brooded
over through the centuries in her
desert solitude, without ever being
able to- solve it.
In Barrie's delightful play, what
Every Woman Knows" Maggie's broth
ers, discussing her with the brutal
frankness with which brothers approach
the subject of a sister, agreed that she
wasn't young, nor brilliant, and that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28

woman just sums up to having per-
sonality, and although Mrs. Joseph A.
Lawrence was too modest to lay much
stress on this point, that is one of the
foremost qualities the most popular
clubwoman Of this city today possesses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28

nVER and over again girls ask me
" these questions:
What is charm?
What is the secret of the attraction
that some women have for men,.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28
"Americanized"
w ASKING and
Ironing Is. the
Cheapest. ay

Send Everything
Everything Laundered
Everything Ironed
By actual comparison we
will prove that it Isl cheaper to
have your family wash Amer
icanized" than to send it out
to a washerwoman*sts
And aside from being cheap.
er everything is so much clean
err and prettier.
You see, we wash your
clothes in nets-keep them sep
arate from other folks things.
And we don't disfigure your
nice things with brand marks,
either. "Americanize" this
week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-28
A Domestic Tragedy

r We BEEN having such time get
ting maid" sighed the caller.
Usually get along with a clean
ing woman by the day and do the cook
ing myself, but we have been having
some of my husbands relatives, visit
ing us and have bad to have help.
The one 1 had last week just about
finished me-
'It is very trying, these. days, l
suppose" said Mrs. Simmons sym
pathetically. II sigh for the days Of
my childhood, when we had the same
cook for years at a time. / don't pre-
tend to keep a maid now, but do my
own work always / tell Mr.. Simmons
it is better for the health-both mine
and that of our purse-since you can't
get anybody to do things for you with
out mortgaging half your salary. Mr..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-05
British Woman
Wins Tennis Title
Held by Lenglen

Wimbledon, Eng. July 4-(By A.
P)-The tennis title that Mile. Len
glen. the French star, has held
against all the world since the close
OF the war, passed this afternoon to
a British champion, Miss Kathleen
Mckane. when in magnificent,
thrilling match. she trlumphed by a
narrow margin over the champion
woman player of the United States,
Miss Helen Wills.
The score. 4-6, Ga. 6-4. does not
give a true Indication OF how slim
was the margin of strength in favor
of the winner.
Mile. Lenglen had reached the
scmifinals in the Wimbledon tourna-
ment but was forbidden by her doc
tors to continue further play, and
thus was unable TO defend. her title
Miss McKane, to win TIE cham
rionship today had to make an up
hin struggle against Miss Wills. who
took the first get and threatened re-
peatedly thereafter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-05
PROBATE NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that The
lowing appointments were n"es q,
the Probate Court within and lG3f y
County of Kcnncbec. and haia I"
pointees duly qualified: ,ovy.
ELIZABETH a. THOMPSON ~
TON of Augusta, eXecutrlX 81 tnt
Of ANGELINE J. THOMfSON Iam =,
Augusta. deceased: qualified 'O'
1924. .n.
L, NJ. THOMPSON Of Augusta. 'T 81
tor of the will OF HENRY H. Cb ia4ti
late Of Augusta, deceased guam"
MAUD S. JONES Of IIallowellls .
ecutrix OF the will of TliOMA.So, +;
JONES, late Of Iallowell. decea'''
qualified June ., 1924. r,,,,
BENJAMIN GREASY of Auggg.-
administrator of the estate OF lSJii
CUMMINGS. late of Augusta, decees''
qualified June 8. 1924. u,,,
EDWARD l.. DUDLEY OF AuEIEIip
administrator of the estate OF VIZ
Rem $. DUDLEY. late Of Augusta "
ceased; qualified June .. 1924: 4,
WALLACE NJ. PRESCOTT OF ..
gusta. administrator of the es'alss 4
MARY LOUISE KEEGAN, late OF ri
CHARLES s. HICHBORN OF ..
gusta, administrator de honlS ,hT ~
the estate of SETH G. WHlTEh,u,TIjssss
late of Augusta. deceased; guam.
CHART4ES s. HICHBORN OF ..
gusta, administrator de bonis, ,inI ITr
the estate of HARRIET a. VIE
HOUSE. late of Augusta. dcce"-
qualified June II. 1924. ov
Attest: II. w. LEIGH ",
Register of Prooa"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-05

terday and met with the hearty ap-
proval of a large audience including
this reviewer. It may be said right
here and now that Held to Answer"
is right good screen entertainment
and well worth a trip to the Opera
House to see.
MacFarlane has turned out one of
his finest stries in Held TO Answer
and it has been brought TO the
screen IN a capable manner. There
are numberless highly. dramatic
scenes. several genuine THRILLS and
the cast could hardly be improved
upon.
The plot concerns a ~oung actor
who gives up the stage 10 become
a minister OF the Gospel. He goes
to q small city and is followed by
one OF his former actress friends.
The minister falls In love with the
daughter OF one OF his parishioners
and. through JEALOUSY, the actress
determines TO have the clergyman
ousted from his church.
House Peters is seen to great ad-
vantage in the role OF the minister.
Grace Carlyle does the best work Of
her career as the actress and James
Morrison has been well cast as the
erring brother. Evelyn Brent, who
plays the role OF the heroine. is not
only good to look at but demon
strates unusual ability. Other char
acters are well taken care OF by
"BulP Montana, John Sainpolis and
Lydia Knott.
We think you'll like Held 70 An
swer" because II holds the interest
from beginning TO end and because
it is story OF folks that we meet
in everyday life-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-05
Eta Druein and
Fritzie Mac Win
At North Randall

North Randall, Cleveland, Ohio.
! July 4.-(By a. P)-The victories
OF Eta Druein in the Tavern steak
and Fritzie Mac in the 2.1S trot made
today's Grand Circuit racing here.
Eta Drqein. driven by Thomas
Murphy, Syracuse. won the second
! $4,000 purse for his stable this week,
Baron Worthy having captured the
| Edwards on Tuesday. II was the
fourth time Murphy has won the
classic in seven years.
Fritzie Mac furnished one of the
| biggest upsets in Grand Circuit his
tory. After finishing third to jim
| Clark on the first heat Fritzie, driv-
/ en- by his owner, w. y. McGeath.
Montpelier. Ind, won the next TWO
heats, in which Jim Clark broke and
lost the race. The Grand Rapids,
| Mich, man who held the only $40
result ticket. collected S2,lIo.5o.
c16 CLASS TROTTING. PURSE
$1,000 (THREE HEAT PLAN
Fritzie Mae blk by Mac
Kinney Mac (McGreath) ; L l
Jim Clark. br s (Stokes) 5 :
Judge Blair br 8 (McCarr) 1 : :
Parentwaugh b (Marshall-
Lee) .............,. /
Eta Forbes Is III (BennetO ;. =
Axsen. May Nolo. Black Law, Sill
YER Bergcn, Fred NJ, also started.
Time 10 10; 210 2-5; 30 5.
% CLASS TROTTING, PURSE
5000, TIL ETAVERN STEAK. j
HEATS
Eta Drucnin b m by Ettawah
lMurphY) ..............' TO
To Guy, b m (CoN ........ : L
Ensign Tige bh i CRay) 80.
Isaac Il. T. II. Star Frisco. Wood
row l., Oh Boy, Directum II.
g:06 CLASS PACING PURSE $500
Elimination plan. Divided into
two divisions. all except first five in
each eliminated from third heat.
Only heat winners started in fourtho
Charley Sweet. 9 by Direc-
tor BOY (Ersllincl ........
jake O'Connor. u Z 10y Bar
ney O'Connor (CartnelD... >
Lincoln, b Z, by Belwyn
N'sln) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~"
Nicholas, b g Oh. MacKaD , 70
Nicholas. h Oh MaCkaN 5 > 70
Johnny Quirk. oh 9 (Egan) no
Logan Hedgewood, Mary Coffey,
Fondabel, Iva Loo. and Cassie Abb
bolt also starte din third heat.
Eliot Patch. Autopace, Flying Di-
rect. Lulu Brook also started in first
preliminary.
Ess II. Pointer. Toleda. Prince
Ioree also started in second prelim-
mary. Time 2:O5; 2:O6 -; 2:O1
1 ~. - 90 g. r
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LafOllette Mods
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with single purpose to meet this
issue they may rely on the support
of the people"
The surest nrcvention Of war is
democracy" WIS sentence tbot
brought extra app1auso. an assertion
that tho World War wouId not have
occurred under present eoyernnnnts
of France and England was also
choered.
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