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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-23
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chairs whcih we later will decorate
with mayonnaise or gravy. and swing
the bookcase around to get at the china
cupboard and open a door into closet
two feet deep to cook our supper.
The supper never is much because
the icebox isn't any bigger than a hat
box and we usually knock the cream
off the window sill into the court and
have to pretend we don't take cream
in our coffee anyhow
we can't run the monograph after
IL o'clock if we want to dance and
there isn't any room in which to dance,
II it comesto tia tGaiid if the canary
bird pipes up the next apartment raps
on the wall
"All that anybody in tina tkind Of
an apartment can do is to sit and look
at their walls. They can't stroll around
the back yard and plan where to plant
the peony bushes and wonder why the
heck the grass seed doesn't come up.
Verbena can't come out to spread the
towels to dry on the currant bushes
and remark that next year she is going
to have some red raspberry bushes or
perish. We'd like bungalow awfully
but we don't see"
Hin. the interested uncle said in
gratified tones. II was just trying to
discover whether you two were the
right sort or were going to he one
of these lazy, no-account couples afraid
of little wholesome work and econ
omy What do you say to a wedding
present of the first lump payment on
a nice little bungalow with a good
sized yard? Could you manage the rest
by, monthly, payments?"
Gosh !" gasped the young man aft,
er swallowing hard. Say Wait till
l get Verbena on the telephone! She'll
never believe it's true! Glory be !"
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Social Calendar

Woodlawn chapter, u. D. c.. will
meet Thursday afternoon at 2 80 with
Mrs. l.. A. Daniel, 331 Fifty-fourth
street. An interesting program has
been arranged.
Mrs. William Coates will be hostess
to the members of the Frances Willard
W. G. T. u, and their husbands, Fri
day evening, at the residence of Mrs
Coates. The ladies are requested to
bring their mite boxes.
Circle No. 4 of the Southside Baptist
church will meet with Mrs. ]. e. Proper,
chairman. in the Philathisn class room
Wednesday afternoon from . to
o'clock.
4 committee from the Axis club, of
will give benefit card party at the
home of Mrs. ]. E. Sims. 591S First
avenue Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock.
The Qui Vive club will have their
open meeting with Mrs. E. J. Rowe
OH Norwood Boulevard Friday after,
noon at $50 O'Clock. The Howard
Dramatic club will present one-act
play under the direction of Mrs. Van
diver.
Birmingham chapter Montevallo
Alumnae will entertain at a benefit
bridge party Saturday. April 26, at the
home of Mrs. W. c. Spidle, 1900 Thir-
ty-third street, north, from ! 80 to
4 80. All interested friends are cor
daily invited to attend. The party is
being given for the benefit of the mil
lion-dollar drive for Alabama college.
The Graded Union will meet Wednes-
day at 10 a. M. in the Sunday school
building of the First Methodist church
There will be an election of officers at
the business session at 10 40. The
executive board will meet at 80 a. m
The Present Day club will meet Fri
day at II a. m, with Mrs. Arnold
Massberg, l04 Twentieth street, north.
The Joycrotters club will meet Fri
day at 2 80 with Mrs. James O'Shaugh-
messy at the Highland Terrace apart
ments.
The Avondale Inrk Playground as
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H + .
80 amenableZ He must have felt guilty
because she had his pictures. But as
usual he had made no explanation. given
me no satisfaction.
A few days afterward when ne
brought me the photograph and j again
said liked it better than an VI had
seen Of him, he replied
"It is the only one have had taken
in years. That other is very old
one" 40,
said no more, delighted to have my
picture and the privilege OF buying q
Frame found dull green leather one
which looked very appropriate, both for
the picture and for my desk, where
placed It. Nearly everyone who came
| in enthused over the way ! had II
framed, so giving me silly feeling OF
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By Branner

Why should chase them, Willie:"
That is just what we would like
to know! Raggedy Andy answered for
the Grocery boy.
We'll / shall not chase you any
more!" Witch Virgins said.
THAT pleases us very. very much y
Raggedy Ann said, $50 let us hunt for
soda water spring and while we sit
and drink soda water, you can tell us
how you happened to become such a
mean old selfish person Of a Witch
Wigginsr'
So Witch Virgins took the hands
of Raggedy Ann and Andy and in q
few moments they were all seated
around little soda water spring drink
ing the cold delicious soda water. And
it makes me so thirsty to think how
good it was. shall go out to the candy
store and have an. ice cream soda my
self.
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My Neighbor Says

Delicious jelly may be made from
apple Feelings. Put the peelings.
into an earthen jar, cover with
cold water and cook slowly in the
oven till the peelings are tender.
Then strain, add one pound of SUI
gar for each pint of liquid, and
boil till it iellies.
To remove ink spots from white
kid slippers use diluted oxalic acid.
This will not injure the leather if
you wash it off Immediately.
When ironing handkerchiefs, iron
first the center, then around the
edges. You will find by 30 doing
that the edges will be straight when
folded.
To make a starch that will not
stick, stir a pinch of borax into
boiling water and add it to the
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Random Notes

Mrs. J. l. McCants of Chattanooga
il the guest of Mrs. It. l.. Bissell.
+. Mrs. T. L. Bissell is leaving Monday
for a three weeks visit to Charles
ton, s. e.
Mr.. Jack Saks will leave Saturday
for the University of Pennsylvania,
after a visit with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Saks.
Mrs. Joe Saks ana small daughter
Carol. are leaving to day for a~~yisit
Of several weeks to Mrs. Saks' parents
Mr. and Mrs. f. Eagle, in Selma.
Mr.. Leo K. Steiner, Jr., will leave
Sunday to resume his studies at the
University of Pennsylvania, after
spending the Easter holidays with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo K. Steiner
= Mrs. Joe Norman is stopping at
the Georgian Terrace in Atlanta during
grand opera.
Mrs. W. T. Pride of Madison, Ala,
and Mrs. George Duncan of Athens are
the guests of the formers sister, Mrs
]. q. Frazier, for several days,
Mrs. G. S. Coleman and Miss Eliza
beth Eberhart are visiting Mrs. Cole
mans mother, Mrs. Gordon Hiles, in
Atlanta.
Among the Birmingham people at
tending grand opera in Atlanta are
Miss Anita Eustis and Mrs. s. l..
johnson, who are stopping at the
Georgian Terrace.
Miss Evelyn Summerville of Alice
vile, Ala, is the guest of MIR. and
Mrs. Hardaway Frazer.
Mrs. Herman Rich is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Horwitz in Atlanta.
Mrs. Frank Cobb of Carbon Hill is
the guest of her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
r. K. Kennedy.
Mrs, Frank Pollock is leaving soon
to visit Mrs. Sterling Elder in Atlanta.
Mrs. George W. Corners is spending
a few days with Mrs. Samuel weyman
in Atlanta.
Mrs. John w. Altman and Miss Sue
Jones are visiting Major and Mrs.
Woodfin Grady Jones in Atlanta.
ALEXANDER GdTueTs Oi,5 anu OUSSHO
Keenan, CARRIER returned last evening
to Baylor school at Chattanooga, after
spending the Easter holidays with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
CARRIER.
Miss Katherine Leedy and her guest,
Miss Rose German, have returned to
school at st. Cecilia Academy in Nash
vile, after a visit to Miss Leedys moth
err, Mrs. Mabel Roy Leedy.
Mrs. Benton Fisk is leaving this
evening for Buffalo, N. Y, to attend
the national convention of the League
Of Women Voters.
Mrs. Catherine Mcintyre is in At
lanta as the guest Of friends, having
gone to attend grand opera.
There will be an important call
rueetinR of the Council of School I'm
proyement associations of the Birming-
ham public schools Tuesday at z 30
D. m, at the administration building.
The many friends of DIR. G. NJ.
Lathem will be delighted to learn of
his complete recovery from his past
illnesA
Mrs. C. J. Sharp is leaving Wednes-
day for Montgomery.
Miss Mamie Gray Love and Miss
Aimee Jack of Greensboro, after spend
ing a few days with Mrs. G. J. Sharp,
have returned to Montevallo.
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to rain and these glasses make every
thing. even in this dark shady part of
the forest look as if the sun was shin
ing bright! !"
Il put new pieces of sunny yellow
glass in your spectacles!" RRggedy Ann
laughed in reply, Don't the new
glasses change everything?"
Yes, Yes!'' the old Witch cried in
wonder, then looking at the nice. kind
Grocery boy the Witch jumped up and
put her arms around him, why !
Willie Woodle!" she cried. What are
you doing here?"
The nice kind Grocery boy laughed
and replied. why Aunty Amy! l
have been helping the Raggedys escape
from you!"
Dear me, Witch Virgins sighed
What have l been doing." Chasing
these nice pleasant looking rag dolls ?
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Ann looked at the old Witch's broken
spectacles, she said, why! The Old
Witch's glasses were all clouded! /
will fit new pieces of glass in the
spectacles. So she ran back to where
the round pieces of glass had been
found and in few moments she had
fitted two yellow pieces of glass in
the Witch's spectacles.
Here Raggedy Ann said as she
handed the Witch the spectacles.
Just you wait, Raggedy Ann the
Witch howled as she took the spec
tacles. "As soon as / can see through
the spectacles, shall hop up and catch
you"
The old Witch put on the spectacles
and looked around. why" she cried.
These are not my glasses My Glasses
made everything look like it was about
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starch, with a few drops Of blue
ing.
To remove scorch marks from
flannel. steep the part scorched in
milk, then cover with salt. Allow
it to stand for nearly half an hour.
then rinse in clear cold water.
Cut an onion in two. rub the juice
well into the flannel and the marks
will vanish.
When cooking dried fruits. such
as prunes, figs or apricots, add a
teaspoonful of corn starch to ey-
cry half pound of fruit. This will
make a good syrup and improve
the flavor.
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THE REVOLT OF
SUSAN HYDE
BY CAROLYN nEEoHER

ing fault because the handsome widow
had his pictures. But when he saw ]
was not he carelessly replied:
IF you like it so much i win get
one for you.'' sssi
"Oh. please do And may choose a
frame for 1t? fsSs
Yes"
The frame would not be Of silver, Of
that ] was sure. why had he been
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-23
THE KITCHEN SCALE

No kitchen is complete without a
scaieF but be sure it is a reliable one
The so-called kitchen dial scale is NOT
always accurate in weight, therefore
in buying pair of scales get a good
pair. In many cases the price of the
scale is soon covered by the number
less short weights this reliable machine
reveals.
Keep the scale in a handy place
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OF course, the mean
old Witch Virgins
howled very loudly
and blamed the Rag.
gedys, the nice Gro
Gerry boy and little
Rags puppy dog for
everything.
In running after
the Raggedys and
chasing them through
had , tripped over
something and had
fallen right upon her
face.
1t wasn't the Rag.
gedys' fault any more
than it was your
fault, but the old
Witch blamed them
just the same.
She broke her spec.
tacles and howled
about this.
just a moment be,
fore the old Witch
stumbled and fell, the
Raggedys and tht
Grocery boy had founc
n lot of round piece.
of glass, just the right
size to fit in spec
tacles. Some of tn,
pieces of glass were
red. some were blue
and others were vel
low. Some were al
most black.
w hen Ragged,
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ISOLATION will meet Thursday evening
library. Fairgrounds and athletics for
coming season to be organized. Sew
eral important matters to be taken up
and a large attendance earnestly re
quested.
Pelham chapter will give their
Memorial Day service Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock at the Southern club
At this time the service crosses will be
presented to the veterans of the World
war. Mrs. John Miller Berry having
charge of this affair. This service is
being given by the members of Pelham
chapter, but other chapters are invited
to come and bring flowers.
The Edgewood, club will meet Friday
afternoon at 3 p. m, at the Blue Tri-
angle club room with Mrs. c. G. Will
liams as hostess.
The open meeting of the Fortnightly
Shakespeare club will meet. Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at Psi Delta
hall on Howard college campus.
The Womans Missionary society of
the First Methodist church will lead
the prayer service W ednesday evening
at Z 40 in the main auditorium. A
special musical program has been ar
ranged. Mrs. Maude Henderson, who
has recently returned from China and
Japan. will be the speaker on this oc-
casion.
The Daughters of the British Empire
will meet at the Blue Triangle club
rooms Friday afternoon, April 25 at
2 :45 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-23

A CLOCK FOR THE BOUDOIR
A small clock suitable for bedroom
or desksis of white onyx. The luminous
dial and eight-day movement make it
most usefnl little bedroom accessory.
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joyful pride that mr. good taste Vac
recognized, and that Manville heard.
Then l found Quit was throuohs
Mrs. Norton she called on June and
told herAthat the picture had been
taken expressly for Mrs. Markham. At
one Of their card parties Manville had
made bet with the widow and lost
His photograph was to be the payment
He had it taken especially for her. All
my pleasure was gone in It, ! cared
nothing more for 1t.
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DECORATIVE LUNCHEON SET I
A lunch set of much charm. consists
Of square cloth and napkins Of damask.
with wide border. OF autumn leaves:
stamped in, orange. The design, par
ticularly upon the lunch cloth, Is most.
decorative and well adapted to summer.
tIee. =
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SOMETHING NEW IN BLOUsEs
Becoming and simple are blouses
that are edged with a trimming of the
material put on after the fashion Of
rick-rac braid.
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- CHAPTER XVII
MEANWHILE grew more neglectful as
IVU 49,. xv-.,,t ~, ,y,n0Iocff,,l II, that he

MEANWHILE grew more neglectful a.
lvH time went on, neglectful in that ne
left me more often alone. ] spent
many evenings weeping, others vainiy
trying to read. One day June brought
I'D Mrs. Norton's name and i recalled
what she had said about Manville's pic
lures that Mrs. Markham had numbers
of Them. lowed Ruth Markham call,
although j was not at home the after
noon she came to see me. 1 would re-
turn her visit. The afternoon was
lovely one, so / dressed carefully ana
walked the few blocks between our re-
spective homes.
"Mrs. Markham will be down in a
few minutes. the maid who had taken
my card informed me.
Left alone I looked around with in
terest and curiosity. The room in which
I sat was luxurious to degree. Every
slightest thing was in exquisite taste.
Back of ME was victrola. quietly
arose and walked about the room. In
front Of the instrument l stopped and
gazed in astonishment. A wonderful
picture OF Manville, evidently a late
one. in a delicately chased silver frame
stood on top of the victrola.
"a very good picture, isn't it," Mrs.
Markham had come into the room so
quietly l had not heard her.
Syery. One of the best he ever has
had think" What that reply cost me
no one would ever know. My eyes
strayed further into the room and in an
oval frame on a small table was an
other, an earlier picture of my husband.
Mrs. Norton had been right.
THAT isn't as good" She had seen
my glance "Mapville gave me that ages
and ages ago Do sit down, Mrs. Hyde.
You have been so long coming we must
have nice chat" She rang for tea.
/ didn't want to talk to her. / had
satisfied myself as to the truth Of what
Mrs. Norton told me and was ready
to 20 home. But there was no help
for it. had to sit for nearly an hour,
slipping tea, saying polite platitudes and
trying to act unconcerned. 1t was not
easy.
That night AZ dinner said to Man
vile:
"Why haven't we one of those lovely
pictures Of you like the one saw at
Mrs. Markhsm's?"
You have been there to call?'
Eyes, and she had such lovely pic
ture of you'll mean the one in a sill
yer frame. on the victrola. liked that
so much better than the oval one on
the table," N
Manville looked sharply at me. /
think at first he imagined / was find
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where it is stationary and the foods
purchased can be weighed without in
convenience. Weigh every article as
soon as it is brought into the house
but remove the wrappings before
weighing. This is the only way you
can make sure you get what you pay
for and this is one form Of thrift.
Do not hesitate to report every short
weight to the dealer. The honest mer-
chant will be only too glad to rectify
any errors his salespeople may have
made. 10
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"OW are you going to live when
you get married." asked the in
teret cnueds.
terested uncle of his engaged nephew.
Are you going to set up real dyed
in -the-wool home or, are you going to
join the ranks of the great American
campers in a 5000 set of closets
with an electric stove, called two
room kitchenette?"
The engaged young man took on the
expression of intense despair. why
did you remind me of it when was
doing my best to forget it?' he cried.
'I'd like to live somewhere big enough
to cook a full-sized meal and where
there would be plenty of places for
my tobacco jar instead of having to
hide it under the davenport as Cur
way does, along with a pile of books
there's no place for, his golf bag and
But you have to have a flock OF
servants for a place like that. Now
adays the girl who msnicures the bed
rooms won't dust the. living room. no.
body will wash the windows without
first being knocked on the head and
rendered dotty, the laundress won't use
your laundry without a factory output
Of electric washing machines, mangling
machines, starching machines, mechan-
ical dryers and a bunch of pushbut-
tons owork the outfit while she sits
and reads the last problem novel.
THE man who cuts the grass in the
front yard says his union refuses to let
him cut the back. the one who paints
your screens isn't the one who puts
them in the windows and the plumber
you call to fix leaky faucet ends by
putting in an entire new drainage sys-
tenn, sewering the place out into the
street and llyyrecking your bank
account. iSs,a
when Verbena and | are out walk
ing and we see one of these cute lit
tie bungalows that are springing up in
the outskirts like dandelions, she goes
int oecstasies, crying how darling it is
and wouldn't it be lovely if we could
have a place like that to begin house,
keeping in, and how much do l sup
pose it costs, and do let's see about
it!
But it generally has a guest room
and we shan't be able to afford guests
overnight for some time, and it takes
twice the amount of furniture we can
afford to buy if we had it, to say moth
ing of a lump su mdown, which we
haven't. There's a place in the base
ment for canned fruit and a real attic
for trunks and we walk around and
look at it and sigh and then walk away
leavin gthe gentlemanly real estate
agent a confirmed cynic.
Every TIME we go to call on any
of our friends in their kitchenette
apartments we gurgle and cry oh-how-
jolly as we take the lamp and maya
zines and cigars and dewdads and
things off the reading table and pull
out its legs and turn it into a din
ing table, and press buttons in the
walls to let down dining chairs to sit
on. or else drag mp the upholstered
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Mrs. W. T. Pride of Madison, Ala,
and Mrs. George Duncan of Athens are
the guests of the formers sister, Mrs
]. g. Frazier, for several days.
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YKNow in 40 YEARS olo AN I'VE
BEEN A BACHELOR ALL nay LIFE But
II evea DO GET MARRIED..
MY WIFE WILL HAVE TO WAIT ON
NE AT tn TABLE GET NY SLIPPERS.
LIGHT MY CIGAR AN eaoNoE FOR
NY COMFORT IN EVERY wAyM n,7
10 PAY ALI IA eiLLS AN N,cr2
eLlsve Me. 10 Be ia
soss IN NY OWN HOUSE! y
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Mrs. G. S. Coleman and Miss Eliza.
beth Eberhart are visiting Mrs. Cole
mans mother, Mrs. Gordon Hiles, in
Atlanta.
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The Daughters of the British Empire
will meet at the Blue Triangle club
rooms Friday afternoon, April IS at
9 :45 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
WILMARTH NEW BUSINESS
MANAGER or SCHOOLS

Raymond o. Wilnanrth, finance
officer 81 tie public sshocls. wsa ap-
pointed business manager for the
District school system ~ tie Board
q Education ct = special meeting
yesterday.
Leon y. Perry, superintendent Of
the school for abnormal children ~
Blue Plains, was appointed sup0r.
yising principal OF the twelfth 6ivt.
sion, 10 succeed Doctor wv. s. Mont.
gOmery, retired. Action on the pro.
posal 10 eliminate the third wear
Of junior high schools ana the firgt
year Of senior high schools from,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
CALVIN, JR., THIRD SON
or PRESIDENTS 70 DIE

Until the death Of Calvin Cool.
idge, IL. no Presidents son III
sixty.two years has died while his
father was In office. The last
chief executives son to die was
Tod Lincoln, thirteen years old,
second son of Abraham Lincoln.
Young Lincoln died ON March 20.
1S62--d died In his fathers arms.
Before that Robert Pierce, son Of
President Pierce, died january s,
1853 at the age OF thirteen years.
The boy was killed In railroad
wreck In the presence O9 his
parents. Death came only q few
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
LOCAL cisIRoPRAcToRs
ORGANIZE ASSOCIATION

The washington City Chiroprac.
tors Association was organized at
4 meeting last night 81, the Chiro.
practic College. 1914 Seventh street
northwest.
Doctor Alexander Van Rooyen
was elected president. Other off,
GERS elected were: Doctor Marie =.
Whitley. vice president; Doctor
Charles "A. Thompson, secretary. and
Doctor Louis G. Shease. Plans
were made to obtain q large MEM
bership. Several scientific papers
were read.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
POLICE HOLD TWO ON
CHARGE or ROBBERY

Thomas Newman and Herbert r..
Cole. both colored. were charged
with robbery today IN connection
with the hold.up last Sunday night
OF Howard RI Edeline. $40 Eleventh
street southeast.
In addition to this charge, an
other case Of robbery has been
lodged against Newman. IT Ii all
legged he stole q gold watch from
Charles M. Galloway, former Civil
Service Commissioners. This was
found In hts possession, police de-
clared.
the neck and was relieved 0f s21
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-08
FLAGS At HALF STAFF
TWICE IN Few DAYS

s Flags In washington were low.
cred To half staff today out Of
respect TO Calvin Coolidge, jr.. son
Of the President.
This IL the second time in sew.
eral days the. Tags have been low.
cred, the first for Alvey "A. Adee.
second Assistant Secretary of state.
yr.It0 aiad Saturday s3