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, 1924-10-29
BARROW TItTS
WITH DEvER ON
RUM and Law

NldyOI DCNCl anu 0ttOliCy ~
ence S. Darrow cracked at each other
merrily over a banquet table last
night on the question of liquor and
liquor law enforcement, and when
the fireworks had died away the
cheers of the spectators seemed to
indicate that the lawyer, a bold wet,
had won the contest. Men and wo-
men stood on chairs to applaud the
attorney-not the mayor. z
The tilt took place at a. banquet at
Hotel Sherman, arranged by the ad-
miring friends of Anton ]. Cermak,
president of the county board. The
festival was planned as a testimonial
of their friendship and to welcome
MI. Cermak home from Europe. More
than 400 friends of the leader of the
county machinery attended.
Being friends of Mr.. Cermak whose
views of the liquor question are all
to the wet, the Volstead law was
soon brought into the speeches. A
man said Mr.. Cermak's open and
above board stand with the vets was
to be commended. There were cheers.
The mayor stood up to speak. He
said he wanted to explain why he had
closed some of Chicago's saloons.
"The laws are on the books and I
believe in enforcing the laws" he
said. eff you are not fond of the
laws tell your troubles to the con-
gressmen and ask them to make some
revision. Don't put the blame on
me-"
Whereupon Mr.. Darrow rose and
tucked a thumb beneath a suspender
as is his wont in court. He spoke in
the same easy tone that has met sue
cess before juries.
81 like Tony Cermak," he said. 81
like him because he's wet and be-
cause he tells the world he's wet. He
doesn't grab a foolish law and hide
behind it either" Here the old lion
took a look at the mayor. "He does
ms say he enforces the laws because
ther're on the books. He says he
dislikes the law, and makes no more
excuses. I like him. ! like him be-
cause he has refused meddlesome re-
formers aid and because he has kicked
spies out of his office.
"No mayor can enforce all of the
laws. There are too many of them
on the books. I could give you fifty
that are violated every day and no
, 1924-10-29

In good deeds for all peoples IN
time of distress the American Red
Cross never rests. Help this work
with your membership doliar-join on
Armistice Day.
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mahogany, let the fashions be what
they may. The people who have been
able to afford only mahoganized birch
or something like that feel very apollo
getic and cheap and if by any chance
they scratch the mahogany they might
Just as we'll go away and die because
they never viii be asked there again.
1.-The people who move in walnut fur
niture are apt to be gayer and more
sociable and careless, because they are
generally younger and to them chair
or table is inst a chair or table. As
for the folks with yellow oak things,
they are totally lacking in Imagination
While their hearts are all right they
will have cornbeef and cabbage twice a
week and all their relatives drop in to
sit and rock and visit every Sunday
afternoon and most always the little
boy will have chickens in a corner of
the back yard and dog and maybe a
rabbit.
whichever kind they are, they win
gaze across into a cherry dining room
like this with plenty of fricasseed chick
en- and gravy and tomato salad on the
table and tablecloth and everything
and they will groan and say they are
just about ready to drop and starved
almost to death, and how they wish
they knew the people next door, who
had so much and such good things to
eat The more / think of it the more
thankful / am that am sitting pretty,
right In my own home where can stay
as long as please"
"I've been trying to break in to say
that we got word today from the land
lord. he has rented this house right
over our heads to his son-in-law, and
we've got to move ourselves! !" remarked
his wife severely.
4 'tOh, my word p said the small boys
father, not at all genially. "See, john
ny mothers beginning to get mad al
ready, just as told you! Darn the
luck 20
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School
Patrons Assist
At May Fete


The booth being planned by the Avon
dale school patrons of the Woodlawn
High school for the May Day fete on
May 8, afternoon and evening, promises
to be one of the most elaborate and
beautiful on the campus. This booth
will be brilliant in color, using purple,
red and orange, and will be the mecca
for several kinds of soft drinks.
Mrs. e. P. Tripplett and her able
committee are busy many hours in each
day with their plans. Among those
who will assist will be Mrs. J. G.
Odell, Mrs. McFadden, Mrs. d. e. Hin
kle, Mrs. ]. III. McCulla, Mrs. Minnie
McDougal and others.
There will be group of pretty young
girls who will assist in receiving and
serving the countless guests who will
visit this attractive booth. These young
women will be in gala day attire and
will include Miss Margaret McCulla,
Miss Margaret Odell, Miss Lenora Nc
Cullough, Miss Annie Wilson, Miss
Evelyn Dill and Miss Lucille Norton.
A number of stunts have been ar
ranged by Miss Killough, one of the
Avondale school teachers, among them
being Brownie Dance in which each
participant will be in, uniform.
There will be solo dance by a well
known dancer, her name being kept as
secret until she appears on the stage.
Avondale booth will also be judged
for the most unique and artistic booth
and many think that they have a good
chance to win the much-talked of prize
being offered by Mrs. 0. B. Sparks and
her decoration committee.
Mrs. James, the general chairman, is
being ably assisted by the school i'm
provement president, Mrs. John w. AL
len, in many Of the details and arrange
ments.
More than 5000 programs are being
printed and the afternoon and evening
will be filled with much pleasure and
entertainment for those who avail them
selves of this opportunity to meet in
good fellowship on Woodlawn High
school campus.
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=
They're. moving In next door ~
hold, rushing in with the news "And
hours, and, gee, she said, Where on
earth have you been all these years p
to the men ON the van, and all they
said was, Tumble 'em ont, Bill just
like she hadn't said a word I guess
she's madi"
| Ladies always are mad when they
move" the small boys father said gem
tally rs he helped himself to chicken
gravy. They get mad because the
movers arrive too early IN the morning
to move them, and they get madden be-
cause they don't arrive soon enough at
the new address with the things they
are moving. No matter what the NOV
ers do ladies' are certain to be good
and mad.
you see, they always rush to the
new address in order to be sure to be
there when the van arrives so that
they can tell the men where to put
things. Nearly always they get there
five hours too soon and it makes them
nervous having to wait SO long in a
totally empty room, tapping their feet
upon the floor and without, magazine
to read or anything.
! ssIt most generally is getting dusk
when the van does lumber up looking
like one Of the Rocky mountains on
wheels and then the husky movers
who have had nice long rest since
they started begin to rush things in.
They make such elatter that they can
not heard the lady on the built-in seat
at all, and when she says front bed
room as they appear with the walnut
highboy they joyously jam it into the
kitchen next the range. Z
"The dinAlg-room table eventually is
found in the attic behind the screens
and the chairs are scattered all over
the house The boxes of books are put
in the laundry and the barrels OF dishes
are to be found after couple of days
behind THO door Of the guest-room closet
1.-THE rubber plant arrives with its
top broken off and somebody forgot
and packed the three eggs remaining
in the pantry and itris wonderful how
many square feet an egg can smear it
self over when it has its heart in its
work. BY the time the movers eclatter
out leaving "A scene Of des0lation and
confusion resembling an explosion in
a furniture factory the rest Of the fam
lily arrives and somebody is tactless
enough to inquire, My goodness When
will dinner be ready
'sIf lot Of furniture Is eraid ma
hogany yen can bank on theSc vt that
the new family viii be fussy and su-
perior, because nothing makes a person
50 c0ndescending as being able to say
he has nothing in the house but solid
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MRS. JOSEPH M'LESTER
'HONOREE AT TEA

Mrs. w. +. Mcfarland entertained
in a charming manner on Saturday aft
ernoon, at her home on Pine street with
a small informal tea in compliment to
Mrs. Joseph McLester of Birmingham,
who is the guest Of her daughter, Mrs.
r, e. Meade.
"A color note of white and pink was
developed in the reception rooms, with
a profusion of viburnum and wigelea.
The decorations in the dining room
were particularly lovely. The table was
yelled with beautiful lace cover, in
the center of which was low arrange
ment of variegated flowers, the orange
of the California poppy, the purple Of
the iris, and the white narcissi, making
most effective and artistic center
piece. Coffee was dispensed by Mrs.
g. M. Southall and Mrs C. q. Jordan,
and delicious salad cQusse was served
The guest list included twenty-five
friends Of the hOnoree. Muscle Shoals
News.
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MIR. AND MRS. BOWERS
.HONORED IN COLUMBUS

Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Bowers of Biz
mingham are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Bowers in Wynnton.
On Saturday evening. ME-. land Mrs.
Bowers entertained at the Country club
in honor Of their guests, and other
pleasures will be planned for theirSvisit.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bowers had as
their guests:
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Bowers Of Bir-
mingham, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Jordon,
Mr.. Gumby Jordan, Mrs. Randolph
Mulford of New York, Frank Garrard,
Lieutenant Colonel Louis of New Or
leans, Mr.. and Mrs. Banks Younge, Mr..
Edmond Swift.
The table was conferred with pink
roses and asparagus fern, and the
candles and minis were Of green
Columbus Georgia. Ledger.
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Prizes For Essay
Contest To Be
Awarded

9 The awarding of prizes for the citi-
zenship contest, offered by the League
of Women Voters, will be made Friday
morning at 10 o'clock at Phillips audi
torium. There are four cups to be
given, two for the best essay on citi-
zenship written by the students in the
county high school, and two for the
best in the City High school. A large
pennant will also be awarded Mrs.
J. NJ. Hankins, president of the JEFF
ferson County League, will preside !;
DR.. o. d. Carmichael, dean Of Ala
bama college, will besthe speaker Of the
morning. .s,
The Judges are Mrs. Mant Hood,
Mrs. Ward and Mrs. j. p. Levy, who
will present the lies. Miss Rosa
Strickland is chat man of the educa-
tional department of the league, under
whose direction the prizes are being
given.
The Phillips High School Glee club
will furnish the music. Refreshments
will be served by Mrs. G. b. Jaynes,
chairman Of the hospitality committee,
assisted by the members of her com
mittee. The general public is invited,
especially the mothers of the contest
ants. eNs
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PRESBYTERIAN CONFERENCE
IN HUNTSVILLE

A group conference of women's Pres
byterian auxiliaries will be held We'd
nesday morning at the Huntsville Pres
.byterian church, Huntsville, Ala.
Among the prominent visitors will be.
Mrs. r.. G. Hershey of Birmingham,
president Of the Alabama presbytery,
Mrs. James Montgomery, missionary
to China, Mrs. Frank M. Jones, district
chairman. All chairmen Of the Decatur
district win be represented at the meet
ing.
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MIR. AND MRS. TUCKER
HOSTS AT THEATRE PARTY

MARY Gillen) who are spending q few
days in Birmingham en- route to their
home in Chattanooga after spending
their wedding trip in Florida, enter
tanned Monday evening at the benefit
performance Of the Jefferson for Da-
vid Nixon, young violinist.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Hor-
ace Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Chali-
foux, Miss Alice Chalifoux, Mrs. J.. @.
Carmichael, Mrs. ID. H. Carmichael,
Mrs. Oscar Hundley. Mrs. Katherine
Kilgores Mr.. Elliott Telford, Miss Kath-
eriho KilgOre and Miss Berney Gillen.
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CLUB WOMEN ASKED 10 MEET
WITH MONTEVALL.O ALUMNAE

Mrs. p. A. Eubank, manager Of the
Third district of the A. +. w. O., asks
that all club women who are interested
in the presentation of the operetta, the
Egyptian Princess" by the Glee club
and orchestra of Alabama college, meet
with the Montevallo Alumnae associa-
ton Thursday morning at 10 O'clock in
the little auditorium Of the Masonic
Temple. Mrs. Eubank asks especially
that next year presidents Of the clubs
attend.
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bnck of her neck. Many a man mar
ries a woman because Of the little swag-
ger in her walk and many a man has
his fancy. nipped in the bud for a girl
because of mussed collar or a run
down heel. and many a man falls out
of love with his wife because of the
way she eats her eggs at breakfast.
Holy writ has declared that a, SER
pent on a rock, and the way of man
with maid, are two of the inexplicable
mysteries of nature. Thus it was in
ancient times, and modern psychology
has done nothing but guess at the rid
die. Cupid writes mo- text books on
the art of pleasing a man, and so every
woman who wishes to fascinate a man
has as little to guide her as did Mother
Eve when she first cast her eye upon
Adam and decided that he looked good
to her and that she was going to have
him for her own.
No one can specify the individual at
traction that any woman would have
for any man, but there are certain gen.
eral qualities that men almost uniyer.
sally admire in women. -
Naturally, the first of these is
good looks. Not necessarily actual
beauty, as, is evidenced by the mil
lions of homely ladies who have
good and adoring husbands, but the
sort of good looks that is made up
of good grooming and good dressing,
cleanliness, tidiness, neat and suit
able clothes.
Any girl who knows how to dress
becomingly can bamboozle any man
into thinking her pretty, for no
man, unless he is a milliner or a
dressmaker, can discriminate be-
tween woman and her clothes,
for which small mercy let us thank
God.
Next in the list of qualities that
men admire in women / should put
sincerity and simplicity.
Men hate the female liar and cheat
even more than they do the. male one
They are afraid of her, and do NOT
know how to deal with her, SO they
cauStiousIy walk wide of her The,
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GENERAL SUMTER
TO MEET

General Sumter chapter, Daughters
Of the American Revolution, will meet
today at / o'clock at the home Of Mrs.
d. j. Rowe, 1880 Norwood bouleVhrd.
Assisting Mrs. Rowe as hostesses will
be Mrs. q. @. Ellis, Mrs. w. Q. Lloyd,
Mrs. w. A. Morton, Mrs. Nesbitt Ham
baugh, Mrs. u. w. Mckinley and Mrs.
George T. Wofford. A buffet luncheon
win be served promptly at /, O'Clock.
This is very Important meeting, as
a change of bylaws will be made and
a report of the continental congress
given.
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Chives are among the plants which
seem to have a place in both the vege-
table and the, flower garden. The
leaves have a mild onion flavor and
are excellent for seasoning purposes,
while the heads of pink flowers are de-
cidedly ornamental. Chives come up
ear after year and make good edgihgs
for beds and borders at little dis
lance from the house or they may be-
grown along the side of the vegetable
garden to produce a decorative effect.
when fall comes a few plants may DO
dug up and planted in boxes or potts..
Grown in a warm cellar or kitchen
window throughout the winter, they
will yield supply of leaves for flavor
ing meat and vegetable dishes. The
seeds should be soywn now.
- IT, ~
"SoId before nOon'--the usual renOFk
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WRITER'S, LUNCHEON
or MAY & POSTPONED

On account Of illness among the mem
bers Of the Writer'S club, the luncheon
to have been given Thursday, May s,
at the Hillman hotel for the benefit of
the Alabama edition Of the American
Poetry Magazine. has been postponed.
The date when it will be given viii be
announced later through the press.
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INVITATIONS: no ORADUArIQN

The following invitation has been re-
ceived BY friends in Birmingham
The faculty and senior class Of nine
teen hundred twenty-four, Shelby O0un-;
ty High school, request the honor of
your presence at the commencement
exercises, Friday morning, May %, at
1880 o'clock. High school auditorium.
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AotS SAiA WIN d1cCtS " Uc WhdL sue
is not.
No working girl can make
greater mistake than to put on airs
and pretend that she is pounding
a typewriter, or standing behind
counter just because she is bored
with society and wanted something
interesting to do. When she tells
a man this fairy tale and about
how angry her family are with her
for doing such a Bohemian thing,
she doesn't fool him. She fills him
with disgust, but he would be ire
mendously. attracted TOWARD her if
she was proud of being a worker
and interested in her business, and
glad that she had the sense and 70
ability to help her poor family with
her earnings. -
Many a girl does herself out of a
good husband by lying. about the hat
and dress that she made herself for
$40 being little things that she picked
up at a model sale for $75 and $50.
Any man admires poor girl for her
thrift and skill in making much of little,
but he has contempt for her if she
dresses beyond her means, and is will
ing to work her family to death to
crafty her extravaganza.
Agext among the qualities that
men admire in women are gentle
ness and tenderness.
Men may laugh at the woman who
let's her heart run away with her head,
but they love her for it. No man
wants for wife cold, hard, just wo-
man who will expect him to live up to
his best. He wants woman who will
be gentle with his faults, and love him
in spite of them; woman whose ten
derness will envelope him like the
mercy of God, and who, when. he STUN
bles and falls, will kiss his bfuise and
make it well.
Men like the sort of woman who
cen weep over the sorrows of
others; who can cry over book or
play; whose arms form themselves
into an instructive cradle for every
helpless child, and who are over
flowing with pity and sentiment,
Catty women who claw at their
own sex; sarcastic women whose
tongues stab right and left like
daggers; repressed, silent women
are never popular with men.
Next among the qualities that
men like in women are cheerfulness
and good humor.
The girl who is good sport. and
who takes life as it comes without
whining, is the girl that men like.
They like the girl who has a
good time herself and helps every
body else to have good time, but
they hate the girl who has to have
everything just to her liking, and
who won't play unless everybody
plays her way. They like the girl
who laughs and chatters, who can
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We Women
Tha Pessimistic Lady

1n0 EGSSl1u1SblC lazy
THE right to change ones mind
is generally conceded to be a
prerogative of women. Still, it
is a privilege which we should not
abuse. We cannot nod our heads up
and. down and at the same, time say,
mo" f
An English woman of much distsnc-
ton has been bobbing her head up and
down and also sideways. / wouldn't
question her sincerity for the world.
She has labored long and effectively for
the acknowledgements of Englishwomen.
She is entitled to our respect. But the
lady makes some startling and contra
dictory statements.
She says, 81 have seen human ma
ture at its best and it is stepped in sim
From human management no good can
come. The world heth in the power OF
the evil one"
/ do not know just where the lady
gets her information. Perhaps it came
to her marked Confidential" At any,
rate, she confesses a great change has
come over her, Once she was the mile
tant idealist. Now she is pessimist.
Human nature, she insists, is stepped
in sin, and yet she says she has seen
human nature at its best. / suppose
it is we'll for the world that she has not
seen it at its worst.
hold no brief for human nature.
1 don't know very much about it. y
don't know absolutely that have seen
it ut its best or worst, but such as it is
| like it.. / even imagine God does, too,.
though the lady seems to doubt it.
Before the war;" she says, sand
during it based my life on a false
premise. / thought human nature was
essentially good" Since the war, ac-'
cording to her, human nature has suf-
fered terrible relapse, and yet doubt,
that she would say that God has been
neglecting us and allowing us to head
straight toward perdition.
She goes even further. 81 am still
a politician" says this champion OF
the rights of Englishwomen, '.but |
have abandoned worldly politics for the
politics of God. The Bible is the only
up-to-date book" Il
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y But, when all is said, the sum of
all charm of woman for man is
just womanliness. In that lies the
eternal attraction Of woman for
man. You can add what frills and
variations to it you please, but the
siren song to which men will al
ways listen will just be feminity.
Just remember that, girls, and you
can forget all the balance.
DOROTHY DIX.
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ardized virtues to
which a woman
can subscribe and
be sure that she
can make a hit
with men.
A thou S a n d
little peculiarities
of looks, of tricks
of manner, of
dress, of graces of
heart and soul, en-
ter into the equa-
ton. Many a man
has fallen in love
with a woman for
just the way her
hair grows on the
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cook a picnic lunchs and who is
always pleasant to have. about.
The next quality that men like
in women is appreciation.
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A man doesn't want. the brass band
gotten out, or for herr to beat on the
cymbals every time he takes a girl out,
or does something nice for her, but he
does like her to show that she enjoyed
it and for her to voice some little graft
tude, instead of taking it all as no, more
than her due, or for her to make him
feel that he isn't doing half as much
for her as some richer man did
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A CORRESPONDENT asks:
N What are the qualities that
men admire most in women
That, Of course, is matter of indi-
vidual taste. There is no set of stand