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The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25
WEDDING WORK
HAVOC IN CLUB
Bachelor Group at Mrs. Patter-
sons Keeps on Losing
Its Members
PLAYMAKERs OUTDONE

Talk about the Playmakers
and Cupid Koch'-the loss
they've suffered through mar
riage is nothing compared to
,urs."
This was the plant made yes
terday by a member of the fac
ulty bachelors eating club
which meets three times a day
1T Mrs. Fred Patterson's.
"The hymenizing atmosphere
Nf the Playmakers has got a lot
# publicity" he went on, "but
people don't realize what's hap
pened to us. When two Play
makers get married they often
tay on With the troupe, and no
harms done. For example
there are the Dennys, and the
PAUL Greens. But when one of
our members marries he quits
us forever, and then, to make it
worse, looks at us compassion
ately when he meets us on the
streets, and asks after our
health in the. patronizing man.
oer of a lord proprietor visiting
q lowly tenant"
The club membership is limit
led to thirteen. Since the close
# the college year last spring
five members have gone to the
altar: r. B. McClamroch, A. w.
Hobbs, E. T. Browne, D. H. Nc
Pherson, and John Lasley. Be-
cause of the desertions Vernon
Howell, who has been acting as
manager of the club, has been
roing about with particularly
worried look upon his face.
There is one seat at the dining
oble which has been fateful be-
yond all others. A magic influ-
ence, like the love philters cele-
ted In tales OF old. Each new
ccupant of it, for the last three
ears, has displayed immediate
'igns of softening-has been
rized with an enthusiasm for
noetry and flowers and moon
'ight. And has invaribly gone
to another home, via the church.
At the last report from Mrs. Pat
terson the place had not been re-
assigned, but inquiry has devel-
oped that several of the men,
bers have noticed a certain en-
gineering professor edging to-
ward it at the sound of the
gong.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25
New Sewers Are Added

The town government is
active in building new sewers.
One takes care of the latest
houses on Cobb Terrace. Another
will serve the almost completed
building of the Orange
County Training School. A
mother runs under Rose
mary street by Vann
Nunn's place, and another along
Lane north from Rose
mary street. :
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25
Miss Dansville Entertained

Mrs. Moody Durham had a
luncheon last Friday for Miss
Theresa Dansville, who came
here in connection with the
campaign for promoting health
york in the schools. Miss Dams
vile, who studied in Columbia
University, has been in this
State several weeks working
under DR.. McBrayer. She spoke
. the Chapel Hill children at
he schools chapel period Fri
day. At Mrs. Durham's, after
he luncheon, she addressed
briefly the thirteen women who
we're present, offering sugges-
rs as to ways In which they
might supplement the school
activities.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25
Sidney Crabtree's Death

Sidney Crabtree, who lived
out to the southwest of Chapel
Hill, died in Watts Hospital last
Friday. He leaves a widow and
several children. Mrs. Crabtree
was formerly Miss Lorena Til
".
Roy Thomas on Visit Here
Roy H. Thomas, State super
visor of vocational agriculture,
me here the other day to look
at the new building of the
Orange County Training School
and to confer with Principal
Bozeman, and other leading ne
groes connected with the school.
about plans for the schools agri-
cultural training. Mr.. Thomas
took occasion to praise highly
the work being done by K. p.
Harris among the farmers Of
the county and their children.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25

the Walker company in Cincin-
natl she studied and was tested,
nut of course made no public
appearance. Then they assign
I'd to her a small part in ell
~" After that came a better
7art in "Three Roses" This
aonvinced the director of her a.
'aility, and he gave her a really
important role in "The Boom
erang."
The theatre magazine, "The
Billboard" has this to say about
her in a recent issue:
miss Gray is one of Stuart
Walkers discoveries She
handled her role in Three Roses
so creditably that she was given
he part of Marian Sumner in
The Boomerang Her stage
presence and the. Southern rich
ness of her voice received favor
able comment from the review
ars."
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25
Along PittsbOrO Road
PrOuty Roads Completed; Forest Hills
Soon to be Developed

The roads through. the Prouty
tract and the sidewalk along
the Pittsboro-P -Pinehurst high
way in front of it are nearly
complete; and, just beyond to
the south, w. S. Robertson is
preparing to put Will Weaver
to work laying out streets
through his 30-acre property.
It will not be long before the
building of a new suburban col
ony will begin.
Mr.. Prouty is to build his own
home on land abutting upon the
highway just south of the
Odums. The plans, showing a
structure of Colonial design,
have been made and have been
submitted to contractors. Going
along southwark, lots have been
bought by F. H. Edminster,
Harold D. Meyer, and w. j.
Matherly and one of the interior
lots, about 200 feet from the
highway, by Francis Bradshaw.
Just when they intend to start
their homes is not yet known.
A broad road winds through
the tract, and facing upon it are
a number of lots with an a.
bundant growth of trees and
fine views over the hills and
valleys to the west.
"Just about as soon as Will
Weaver finishes his present job,
"said w. S. Robertson yester-
day." | am going to have him
busy laying out streets through
my tract of 80 acres. Alto
gether there will be a frontage
of 600 feet on the highway.
can't tell exactly at what prices
the lots viii be offered, but
should say that those on the
front will 60 at about $1,000
each. The dimensions will be 100
oy $50 feet, approximately.
Il plan to ask an initial pay
ment of only $100 on a lot, the
balance to be paid in install
ments of $25 a month. My
present intention is not to put
he land up at auction but to
dispose of it at private sale.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25

Miss Frances Gray daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Gray,
has returned from an engage
ment of several weeks with the
Stuart Walker company in Gin
cinnatti. She has reentered the
University and will resume her
work with the Carolina Play
makers.
Mr.. Walker founded the Port
manteau Theatre in New York
d has established a wide repu-
tation for his artistic produc-
tions. The opportunity to be
rained by him is much coveted
by students of acting, and Miss
Gray's chance came as a result
{ reports that reached him of
her success here in Chapel Hill
and On tours through the State.
She wrote "The Beaded Buckle"
nd acted in several plays last
year.
For while after. she joined
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Community Club Meeting

The first fall meeting of the
Community Club will be held in
the school auditorium tomorrow
friday afternoon at four O.
clock. It will take the form Of
an informal reception to the
school. teachers and the women
who have recently come to live
in Chapel Hill. Everybody is
urged to attend.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25
Vaccinating the Children

The children of the Chapel
Hill school have been vaccinated
n shoals these last few days.
DR.. Nathan performs the opera
tion in the school building.
Recently the school board adopt
ed q rule that all the pupils must
1e vaccinated.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25

Miss Leah Smith is back with
her uncle. II. h. Williams.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-09-25

Miss Mary Thornton spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Tred Archer Of Greensboro, and
'eturned to Chapel Hill Monday.
Haywood Parker of AshevilIe
$ the guest Of the MacNiders
lnday.
All five members Of the R. L.
Gray family were together here
Sunday.
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ONE HEN A YEAR
PAYS FOR TRUCK
Plan for Marketing Farm Prod
ucts Is Under Way; Har-
ris Makes Rounds
SCHOOL BOARD GIVES AID

Zone five-pound hen year
from each farmer who makes
use of our marketing system
will pay for the automobile
truck that goes around to col
lect from the farmers"
This statement was made yes
terday by r. P. Harris, agricul-
re teacher In the Chapel Hill
school, when he was discussing
the plans for the selling of the
poultry and dairy and other pro-
ducts OF Orange county. The
fiirst truck, which was put into
service day before yesterday, is
being paid for by voluntary con-
tributions from farmers.
mot a single farmer whom
Mr.. Harris has asked to join in,
to buy this first truck, has re-
fused. The truck was obtained
from the Strowd garage at a
cost of about $3.50. It is made
up off, truck body in combina-
ton with a Ford touring car
engine and chassis, and has a
top and curtains. Next spring,
when the loads will become
heavier, it will probably be ex-
changed for standard truck.
The Chapel Hill school board
met last week and made an ap-
preparation of $1,000 to help
finance the new marketing plan.
This is in the nature of q loan
IA revolving fund" which will
enable the farmers to be paid
promptly while the settlement
of accounts is awaited.
This week Mr.. Harris is driv-
ing the truck and collecting the
things the farmers have to sell.
Ultimately he is to devote his
time and energies mostly to the
marketing end-fnding pur-
chasers, attending to the dis
tribution of products, keeping
accounts, and so on-and a
young man assistant will be
employed to go around with the
truck. Three or four drivers are
being considered by Mr.. Harris
and a choice will be made in a
few days. The county commits
sioners have voted 81 1000 to pay
the drivers wages.
"This first truck, "Mr. Harris
said yesterday" will belong to
the farmers who now pay cash
Gums. Their contributions are
the equivalent of an advance, be-
cause in the end the truck will
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The Wells off to Europe

Leslie Wells Of Goldsboro
as here for a few hours
'ast Friday. He is going
o sail for Europe
on the Leviathan Saturday and
is wife and his SON Abrarn
accompany him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
The WeII.Meaners

wv ELL, how did you find every
NX thing?' asked Miss Belinda's
w brother Ben when he joined
her at Hilltop a week after her arrival
there. 1T was too dark to see much
of the garden as / drove in. Did your
precious hardy border winter all
right?"
Yes, it seems to have come through
the winter pretty well"
You don't sound enthusiastic, sis.
/ hope YOU'RE not mourning a defunct
Japanese iris or dying dimorphoteca
or anything like that"
II know you think take the garden
rather hard, Ben" laughed Miss Be-
linda, '.but it's a serious business. It's
impossible to have beautiful effects
without a lot of thoughtful study and
good hard work, and it is rather blow
to have ones most cherished plans
ruined, though 1 suppose l am silly and
ungrateful to care when people are so
so nice"
"Heavens, Belinda, suppose the
neighbors have been killing you with
kindness again! 1 hope there hasn't
been another donation of concrete in
any FORM"
That's just what there has been,
Ben. Last autumn 1 was so careless
as to mention to Mrs. Higley that l
hoped to have steps from the upper
to the lower garden this year. VI
course, 1 meant stepping stones. l
thought l could get just what l wished,
nice flat ones, at the Rockdale quarry.
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Listening In On Foe

Imagine my establishment to find a
flight of the most unromantic and I'M
comfortable concrete stairs, where
planned to have my lovely stepping
stones. They're not only an eyesore,
but the treads are so steep that they re
almost dangerous. OF course, /"
Il call it unmitigated nerve for the
Higleys or anybody else to take the
liberty of building anything on our
place. Why, l should like to have you
tell me, don't they devote more atten-
ton to their own affairs and less to
ours?"
Because, brother, they're the kindest
people in the world. If you had heard
Mrs. Higley tell me how she and Mr.
Higley plotted all winter to give us
this surprise and how happy they were
when they succeeded in getting Mr.
Higley's cousin who works in the ce
ment' on the new highway, to come
over ON a Sunday and help with the
steps, you wouldn't speak so bitterly.
"Oh, yes, l know they mean we'll
l suppose when see them I'll be cow.
ardly enough to add my thanks to
yours. have large bunch that you
have been enthusiastic in your ackhowl.
edgements.
What else could 1 be? But, you
haven't heard the half of it, dear. !
have still other reports to make. You
asked me about the hardy border.
Well, you know how 1 have been
struggling to get great yellow masses at
either side of the drive at the en-
trance?'
Eyes, sort of remnants of the field
Of the cloth of gold. like that idea,
sis. There's a sort of substantial
gayety in the welcome of those sun
shiny flowers at the gate"
1T will be gay this summer. Mrs.
EdstrOm has scattered red, pink and
purple poppy seeds all over that part
OF the border. She was very proud to
share those seeds with me-"
1T does sound little barbaric-one
of those riots of color that we read
about in amateur gardening articles.
l suppose you thanked her warmly for
spelling the effect you've been work
ing for so long?
-"Of course / thanked her. What
else could do? Both she and Mrs.
Higley said to me in their different
ways that there was nothing that they
wouldn't do for US if they could. Mrs.
Edstrom said, 1 write home to YES
teros, America is good. 1 have high
born friend. They treat me like they
treat themself, and mean the peoples
at Hilltop. could not hurt her feel
ings with even look"
Belinda" Ben spoke rather huskily,
IF You don't stop being so outrageously
friendly to our neighbOrs this place
will be utterly spoiled. You have sim
ply got to be more careful"
When you come to think of it, good
will and happy feelings are perhaps
more important than yellow borders
and stepping stones, and, any way,
Ben, you are largely to blame. 1t was
you who sent all the photograph rec
ords to the Higleys last winter, and it
was you who paid for the X-ray and
the operation on poor little Thelma Ed
strom's knee"
well, you suggested it," grumbled
Ben. Cant you plant some vines to
trail over those atrocious concrete
steps?"
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MyNeighbOrSGys

Clear ham fat is best for frying
eggs. With butter they burn or
. blacken, and lard gives them an I'M
pleasant taste.
When the white of eggs have been
used and the yolks are not required
Immediately, put them in a dish and
barely cover them with cold water.
Place a plate on the dish to exclude
the air, and stand in dark, cool
place.
Keep a tin of oatmeal powder on
the nursery washstand. If the pow
der is rubbed over the children's
hands and legs after washing it will
prevent chapping.
After washing linoleum wipe it
with water to which a little thin
glue has been added. This gives it
polish without making it slippery.
When peeling apples have at hand
a pan of cold water to which a few
drops of lemon juice have been add
ed. As they are pared drop the ap-
pies one by one into the pan; they
will not turn brown. Apples should
be cut with a silver knife.
Add a good sized pinch of salt to
your hot starch and you will find
your ironed clothes viii have beau
tiful gloss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
Old F ashiioned
Girl Complains
OF Loneliness
BY SOPHIE IRENE LOEB

A YOUNG woman writes me COM
"A planning of her lonliness. She says
81 wish you would tell me if L
am an old-fashioned girl. l don't seem
TO find young people that are congenial.
They seem to avoid me. Leastwise l
am not fond of frivolous things, and
somehow l am always expected to re-
main at home with the old folks. Al
though / am not what you call pretty,
do not think anyone would consider
me ugly.
AT times I am so blue and lonely
that l do not know what to do. Life
does not seem worth while living. l go
to business, come home and go out very
little. If I am old-fashioned, what carf'
! do to change MYSELF?
I would say to this girl as l have
said many times. The one thing to do
is to quit thinking about yourself and
how lonely you are. Don't stay at
home. and make it your business to
meet young people.
1t doesn't matter whether you have
pretty face or ont, or whether you
are even what might be termer attrac-
tive. The main thing is, if you have
desire toe be friendly, and if you will
really follow that inclination you will
find many in like situations who will be
glad to meet you more tnan half way.
Many, many letters have come to me
like this one, and the big question that
seems to be uppermost is, where can
meet young people who will interest me!
How will so about it!
There are many girl organizations in
the city where there are ,gymnasiums,
reading classes, concerts and social meet
ing of all kinds.
Among these might lie mentioned the
various Young Women's Christian assO-
Citations and the Young Women's He
brew associations, or other religious or
CARNATIONS, to say nothing of the large
number of societies where young people
get together.
Not only this, but, in the course of
your own meeting with those about you
in your work, if you would cultivate
friends, put yourself out to be somewhat
pleasant, you will always find response
Hunt up your old friends that you have
known and visit them. You do not
know when you will find somebody
there that might be an agreeable COM
panion.
The important point is not to think
about yourself. To do this you cannot
NOPE with the old folks all the time.
Many young people write me that even
when tney are WlLn young people Cney
are embarrassed and fear to talk.
This is because they are thinking too
much of themselves and how they will
impress others. This being the case
they are awkward and say the wrong
thing. The way to overcome this is not
to say anything until some subject
comes up that you know something
about and then you can talk on it with
out thinking of yourself or how it will
affect the others. Pretty soon you will
thinks only of your subject and the topic
viii become interesting to the others. !.
Many avenues of comradeship are
open to those who seek it. They have
but to put themselves out to find them.
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how tired l am, L
make an effort to
entertain her. She
makes no such eff
fort for me. If she
looks bored l in
vite her to so to
a play or the NOV
ing pictures. She
never invites me. l
consider her wish
es, her tastes, her
ideas, her preju-
dices. She never
defers to mine.
w h Y shouldn't
there be more reci-
procity in the COM
merce of attention
between us?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-26
We Women
An Unusual Woman

GOPHIE LYONS BURKE was one
y of the most notorious confidence
women of her day. This woman
who robbed the rich of two continents
did not die a poor woman.
Thirty years ago she reformed and
gave up the precariOus delights of
thievery for the real adventure of hon
esty.
She accumulated a great fortune
honestly. :,
This strange woman never forgot the
unfortunates who had not her strength
of will and her moral courage to reform.
In her will she remembered them
Open-heartedly.
She endowed a memorial home for
children, one or both of whose parents
dred dollars to Sing Sing and five hun
She gave a thousand dollars for a
grand piano for the House of Correc-
ton and left seven hundred and fifty
dollars to Jesse Pomeroy, "a lifer,"
who has spent fifty years in solitary
confinement.
In the very top of her safety deposit
box was a tiny flag. She had written
on the paper that folded it:
God bless this flag. My only ia
Their, brother and only son died for
it. That is why it is precious to So
phie Lyons Burke
Sophie Lyons Burke owned two
things rare to the average thief-imagi-
nation and brain.
Her imagination must have pictured
her future in that game of banditry.
A sordid picture that showed her either
n hunted old age, or the hopeless out
look of a prison cell.
Her brains must have proved to her
that few thieves live to enjoy their
gains-in freedom. What money they
possess trickles through their fingers
like grains of sand.
So she had the valor to reform and
use her brains in a more remunerative
way.
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1t is Sadie who drags papa and man.
ma, bored and cursing, over to Europe.
1t is Sadie who evicts them from
their comfortable old home among old
friends, and lands them in a brand-new
palace among people who laugh at
them. 1t is Sadie who sets up the but
Ter of whom they are afraid; who picks
out the new car; who determines every
movement. Sadie says" is the fiat
that settles every detail of their lives.
Sadie has the family "sewed up
in sack" as father would say,
and so she no more tries to sell
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ing but lavish every luxury on her and
work for her like a slave?
Mother used to have dreams about
what wonderful companionship there
would be between Sadie and herself
when Sadie was grown up and out Of
school. What long heart-to-heart talks
they would have! How she would live
her girlhood over in Sadie's beaux and
parties!
1t would please mother to death
for Sadie to confide in her Sadie
knows it, but she makes no attempt
to sell herself to mother because
it is a bother to explain things,
and mothers ideas about what
girls should do, and shouldn do,
are of the vintage of 1900 instead
of 1924. And what is the use of
getting into arguments about things
are you going to do, anyway?
And mother does without a new
dress to give daughter an extra
party frock, and wears darned
stockings to Give her the fresh
ones, and picks up after her, and
burns herself to death cooking good
things to eat when she has COM
pany, whether she is nice to her,
or rotten to her, so what's the use!
1t really never occurs to daughter 10
sell herself to her parents by staying
at home of an evening and giving them
her society, or by trying to amuse or
entertain them, or by jollying them, or
paying them any Of the little attentions
that older people adore from the young,
as she would any other middle-aged
couple with which she wished to stand
in. Because daughter knows that no
matter how she neglects them she will
get everything they have handed to her
on silver salver.
If father and mother were diff
cult, if new frocks, treats, pleas
ures, depended on keeping them
placated, daughters would do their
best to keep in their parents good
graces.
just so long as parents are easy
marks children will play them for
the suckers they are. That is
brutal truth. But it is the truth.
DOROTHY DIX.
Read and Use
The Age-Herald Want Ads.
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The reason that daughter
doesn't try to "sell herself to her
raother is because she does not
have to do so. The trade was
made, the bill of sale was signed,
sealed and delivered on the day on
which she was born. From the
very, minute in which the doctor
put a red, wrinkled, squirming lit
tie bundle in mothers arms and
said, Its fine girl, madam"
mother has groveled before her.
And it is human nature, and es-
pecially it is young human nature,
to tramp roughshod over a doormat
and kick it about
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FETGHT HOJJSE GLASSES

Notice has bee ngiven by the Ameri-
can Railway association, local freight