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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-15
Will CFI EBRATE BETTER HOMES
WEEK THROUGHOUT COUNTRY

tons. being supported, advised and
hclped by the national organization
in every possible manner.
During the first year OF the move
ment, 1922, some 500 communities
demonstrated better homes" the tol-
lowing year about 1000 communities
took part, and there are present midi
cations that this number will be sur
passed considerably in 1924.
This movement, according to Pres
ident Coolidge provides a channel
through which men and women in
each community can encourage the
building, ornamenting and owning OF
i, private homes by the people at large.
The national organization aims to
extend its help to every community in
the United States and the rural sec
tons as we'll. This year particular at
tention is being directed to homes tor
families Of small or moderate means.
An Inspiring Force.
In accepting for the second time the
Craftsmanship OF the advisory council
the president wrote to Mr.. Hoover as
follows:
|
structive and inspiring force which the
Better Homes in America movement
is contributing to our national HE,
and | am more than well pleased with
the reorganization that has just taken
place under your direction, by which
it has now an independent and sub
stantial foundation and | count it a
happv obligation to remain chairman
OF the advisory council.
THE American home is the founda-
ton of our national and individual well
being. It's steady improvement IS, at
the same time, a test OF our Civillza-
ton and of our ideals. The Better
Homes in America movement provides
channel through which men and
women in each community can en-
courage the building, ornamentlng
/ and owning of private homes by the
people at large.
I'VE need attractive, worthy per
manent homes that Tighten the burden
of housekeeping We need homes in
which home life can reach its finest
levels, and in which can be reared
happy children and upright citizens.
Il commend participation in Better
Homes demonstration and in the 9th
er work OF the movement to the
American people"
Home-Loving People.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover
points out that homes vitality and di-
rectly affect the character, and that
the highest civilizations have been
built by home loving people, not no.
MAIDS. He also calls attention to the
present shortage of American homes,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-15
DURING WEEK OF MAY nth
PUBLIC ATTENTION WILL
BE GIVEN TO FAMILIES OF
SMALL MEANS.

Better Homes in America is ar
educational movement, having nc
commercial backing or connections
operating with definite end in view
which may be summed up briefly as
follows:
To demonstrate the advantages
Of thrift for home ownership.
To overcome the present short
age of American homes.
To make a wholesome home life
available to all
To assist and encourage home
makers and home builders.
To improve the home environ
ment, thereby helping to build
character,
To increase the efficiency of the
wage Garner of the home.
To stimulate sensible and APP
propriate purchasing for home inn
provement.
To encourage the development
of practice houses in the public
schools for the teaching OF home
making.
To mobilize community pride
for a common jective-prlde OF
home.
Better Homes Week.
Although it is a national organiza-
ton, it operates directly through local
demonstrations OF Better Homes
during Better Homes Week each year.
This year the designated week is be-
tween the dates of May II and Is.
In this the third year OF this move
ment Better Homes in America has
been reorganized, headquarters moved
TO Washington and established on {
permanent basis. DR.. James Ford has
been granted leave of absence iron
Harvard University in order to take
active charge as executive director
Secretary of Commerce Hoover is
president of Better Homes in Amer
lea and President Coolidge is, for the
second time, chairman OF the advisory
council. The organization aims to eX-
tend its help to every community in
the United States, including the rural
sections.
This year particular emphasis is be
ing put upon the home for the family
OF small or moderate means.
Increased Interest.
Local chairmen are appointed by ma
tioua1 headquarters and local people
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-15
PNEUMONIA IS FATAL
TO A FAMILY OF FOUR
Three Sisters and Brother Die in Few
Hours of Each Other.

I1OuIS u L@eASA+
An entire family OF four died within
a few hours is the extremely remark
able record in the home OF Richard
Gray, a Jew miles south OF Della. Miss
Jane Young died Thursday morning
about 5 O'Clock. Mr. Gray died only
about three hours later, in the alter,
noon Miss Harriet Young succumDed
and only few hours later Miss Mary
Young passed away.
The family had been i'll for only a
little more than a week with pneumo,,
MIA. Mr.. Gray was bachelor ana had
lived with the three women, his cous-
ms, or they with him, all OF his life,
The oldest one OF these sisters was
80 years old, while the next oldest one
was about 70 and the youngest one
was 90. Mr.. Gray was more TRAN on
years old himself.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-15

A wingless, fur-bearing animal OF
French Cochin China rises in the air
by distending the stomach like a
small bolloon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-15
Increased Interest.

Local chairmen are appointed by ma
tional headquarters and local people
and interests carry on the demonstra-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
Bridge Luncheon ToBeGivenFor
 Miss McDavid

\ SSEMBLING congenial crowd of A intimate friends was the lovely
 bridge luncheon given yesterday afternoon by Miss Marjorie Cornell in honor of Miss Martha McDavid, who has recently returned from Mary Bald wins seminary, where she is student, to spend the holidays at home.
 For the occasion the home of the Councils was decorated appropriately and effectively with Christmas green cry, red flowers and bells. carrying out the Yuletide spirit. The tea table had lovely baskets and hints in the Christ mas colors.
 Enjoying this hospitality were Misses Martha McDavid. Mary Rushton, Dale Warren, Alice Oden, Martha Tender son, Mary Jenkins, Margaret Shan non, Rebie Perry, Mary Virginia Brab ston, Willie Anne Rice, Marie Glenn, Mary Beall, Carolyn Sibley, Marie Denegre, Mary Collette Earle, Laura Fowlkes, Margaret Novel;, Louise No well, Irene Snead, Rowena Wade, Martha Rose McCarty, Isabel Whor- ton, Alice Daniels, Mary Haralson, Mildred Duncan, Florence Stevens, Mary Willis, Jamie Lovelace, Mila Shropshire. Assisting Mrs. Cornell in greeting the young guests were Mrs. Thomas Benners, Jr., William Dren- nen, Perkins Pruitt-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
Dinner F arty Is
 Given By.Lillian .. billiard

CoMPLAGENTING her cousin,
 Mary Alice McInerney, of Chi
 cago, who with her mother, Mrs. IT. J. McInerney, is spending the win ter with Dr. and Mrs. billiard, Lillian Dillard entertained twenty-four of her young friends at a dinner party Tues day evening at the home of her parents on South Sixteenth avenue. The Yule- tide idea was carried out in the decora- lions throughout the reception room, holly, cedars and flowers being used effectively.
 The table had for . center an immense Jack Horner pie from which favors were drawn by each guest and other souvenirs were filled Christmas stock mgs.
 After delightful Christmas dinner games were enjoyed by the following guests: Lillian billiard, Mary Alice McIne7ney, Julia Estes, Anna Estes, Robert Whitaker, Susan Douglas, Mary Alice Durham, Virginia Sharples, Frances Shropshire, Mary Elizabeth Gray, Sallie Lee Woodall, Harriett Doster, Ted Greenheart, Carl Park, Horace Mallam, Cassius Stanley, Rob srt Gotten, Syddenham Smith, Dick Miree, Charles Benton, Roland Savage, Charles Estes, Tilford Stephens and Frank Stanton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
MISS RUSHTON GIVES LOVELY DANCE.

Miss Mary Rushton, lovely young daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank Rush ton, entertained a number of the mem bers of the junior set with a dance Tuesday evening, given at the home of Mir. and Mrs. S. +. King on Glenview road.
 The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion in colors suitable for the season, green and red. Wreaths of holly and mistletoe were in all parts of the home. The whole front of the house was given over to the dance.
 Shortly before the intermission, the circle was called and the following were given lead outs: Girls off at school, hostess, Phi Delta Pi, Kappa Theta Phi, Phi Sigma Tau, Alpha Sigma, Delta, V. M. l., University of Alabama, Little Jokers, Nifty Nine, Double, Baylor, Pierian and others 1; each was followed by favor.
 Among those honored by invitations were: Misses Jane Conner, Libby Morrow, Dorothy Thomas, Elizabeth, Moss, Carolyn Sibley, Catherine Sib- ley, Margaret Smith, Mila Shropshire, Mitylene Yates, Oliver Perkins, Bes- sic Stanton, Elsie Kirkland, Jamie Lit Ile, MaTSdFeL ohoOh, OoiSJ DoA IA0' V Virginia Jacobs, Virginia Jefferson, Marjorie Alexander, Marjorie Con, nell, Jennie Hood Hunt, Katherine Swann, Martha McDavid, Martha Riley Felman, Nell Denson, Eleanor Bon- ham, Marie Glenn, Florence Stevens Dale Warren, Laura Fowlkes, Helen Johnston, Alice Oden, Mary Jenkins Franves Jenkins, Martha Henderson Susan Porter, Millie Phillips, Jamie Lovelace, Rebie Perry, Minna Stovall Lucy Melee, Marie Denegre, Colleen Ireland, Alice Daniels, Mary Perry, Mary Virginia Brabstone, Edwina Richardson, Elizabeth McCleary, Dora Lacey, Lamira Henley, Mary Nice, Drider Horst, Harriet Walker, Winston Tutwiler, Irene Snead, Willie Anna Rice, Isabel Corr, Katherine Moore Ardel Smith, Genevive Hobson, Lucy Hanby, Hester Woodall; Messrs. Eos ter Hamilton, Morris Lee, John Broth CTS, Alfred Shook, Morton Connors Robert Ingalls,, Edward Herzog, Don aid Gordon, Lewis Johnston, Louis Da' wis, Wimberly Miree, Jim Mason, Cal. win Jones, Motion Smith, James Mar bury, Lee Marbury, Tazewell Morton Fulton Clarke, Gilbert Greene, Jessie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Yates, Proctor Barnett, Billy Maynor, Richard Evans, Angus Taylor, Archie
 Grubb, Gus Wingo, William Fiddler,
 John Casey, Morris Ballard, William
 Yancey, Billy Major, Bryan Sells, Bryan Chancey, Duncan McArthur, Auldin Simpson, Walter Phillips, James Arthur Smith, Earl Guardian, Walter Coe. Henry Daniel, Jennings Harmon, Charles Caldwell, Dan Maddox. How ard Moss, John Donovan, Walter Puck ett, Henry Callahan, Berry Baugh, Micajah Lupton, Ross Smith, John Barnes, John Pugh, Eugene Garber, Robert Stiles, Halcott Jones, Boswell Johnson, Ernest Redd, Robert Wins. low, Porter Ellis, Sam Perry. Frederick Murray, William Hood, Jay Smith. Paul Earle, Joe Atkins, Ned Jones, Robert Douglass, Frank Lynch Bestor Brown, Ed Leik, Murdoch Merriwether, Ed Douglas, Nat Lynch, John Jemisor. Bailey DeBardeleben, Bill Jemison,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
Luncheon Given F or Brides
 "Wednesday

NNRs. ELLIOTT KNIGHT and N Mrs. George Ward, two recent
 brides, were honorees Wednesday, when Mrs. E. M. Kilby entertained with a lovely luncheon at the Country club.
 A basket of poinsettias tied with red ribbon and red tapers in silver holders decorated the tables.
 The guests included Mrs. Elliott Knight. Mrs. George Ward, Mrs. A. F. Wilson-Lawrenson of Atlanta, Mrs. Zell Gaston, Mrs. Cecil Gaston, Mrs. Carl Wittichen. Mrs. Hobert Burnett, Mrs. Carr Mccormack, Mrs. Jacque Shumate, Mrs. David Roberts, dr., and Miss Willie Mae Brandon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
MRS. HOWZE HONORS MISS HASKELL AT LUNCHEON

Mrs. Henry Howze entertained We'd nesday with a luncheon at the South ern club in honor of Miss Sue Haskell, who is visiting her grandparents, Judge and Mrs. A. c. Howze.
 The table was decorated with Christ mas colors and the guests included Miss Haskell, Miss Florence Haskell, Miss Theresa Shook, Miss Margaret Tutwiler, Miss Christine Morrow, Miss Flora Buell., Miss Jennie Hood Hunt. Miss Margaret Shook, Miss Harriett Walker, Miss Kitty Barrett, Miss Daisy Bartlett. Miss Katherine Ivy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
Misses Sheppard Honorees At
 T e a

MRS. FRED J. SHEPPARD en- V tertained with tea Wednesday
 afternoon at her home on Eleventh avenue, south, honoring her two lovely young. daughters, Misses Elizabeth and Dorothy Sheppard.
 Christmas greenery adorned the home, pointsettias and red candles were used on the tea table where Miss Frances Coe poured tea. Others assisting Mrs Sheppard and her daughters in receiv- ing were Miss Virginia Shook, Miss Mary Puckett, Miss Louise Dabney Harrison, Miss Lucy Stevens, Miss Mary Medora Hambough.
 One hundred and fifty members of the younger society contingent called during the hours of to 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Why cant a girl be admired, or loved for herself and not for her fickleness that
 keeps a man tearing his hair over her? l
 have had many men in love with me, but I. have never been able to hold one, and l think the reason is that I showed them too plainly that I liked them, and that I was anxious over their failure to call. In other words, I did not keep them guess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
MRS. .KILBY HOSTESS FOR TWO REGENT BRIDES

Mrs. George Ward and Mrs. Elliott Knight, two of the seasons brides, were extended a pretty courtesy Wednesday afternoon at the Country club, given by Mrs. E. M. Kilby.
 A pretty basket of poinsettia cen tered the table. The basket being tied artistically with bow of red and green tulle. Silver candle holders. held red
 The guests enjoying z this occasion were: Mesdames Ward, Knight, D. Wilson, Lawrenson, Zell Gaston, David Roberts, Jr, Carl Wittichen, Jaque Ehumate, Robert Burnett, Carr McCor- mack and Miss Willie Mae Brandon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
MISS NEWFIELD HONORS MISS FOX AT LUNCHEON

Miss Lillian Fox, a bride-to-be of next week, was honored Wednesday. when Miss Lena Newfield entertained with a luncheon.
 The guests included the members of the wedding party, who are Miss Lil- lian Fox, Miss Jennie Lehman, Miss Rosamond Goldman, Miss Carolyn Schulhoefer, Miss Frances Fies. Miss Henrietta Eiseman, Miss Emily Sweet, Mrs. B. A. Fox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
DIR. AND MRS. FOX
 TO HONOR DAUGHTEk

Dr. and Mrs. B. A. Fox ale enter, taining with breakfast party Sunday morning at the Tutwiler hotel, honor ing their daughter, Miss Lillian Fox, and MT. Arnold Aronshon, who will be married Monday evening. The guests will include the members of the families,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
Dorothy Dix's Letter Boz
Must Mers Be Kept Guessing to Be Kept i'' Love? - Tue Young Wife Who Has Never Been Taught tue Value ot Money = Shan She Rena7ry Her D DiVorced HMsbdnd!

in how to spend money, it is the husbands business to try to make good her deficiency. It is up to him to explain to her definitely just how much income they have and help to budget out their expenses, and he is a wise man if he will go over her little accounts with her every day, and praise her for the saving she has made, and bolster her up in sticking to her budget, and not rob ping one account to help out an- other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

LInEAR, dear, I'm going to nave nave
 know it, said the stout woman who was the guest of her sister for the Christmas holidays. And she did.
 She was very miserable.
 Her sisters well-meant endeavor to suggest a corrective diet was received with a sniff and a snort of contempt So the sister was forced to shrug her shoul- ders and go on hearing her misguided visitor tell the neighbors about her distressing attacks of heartburn.
 Heartburn is symptom associated with indigestion and dyspepsia.
 Slight and temporary Arrangements or the digestive system may lead to much distress and unhappiness. Care ana thought in the matter of food and prop CT eating habits will correct heartburn palpitation, headache and the lassltude' drowsiness and irritability so frequently present when one suffers from dlsor- ders.
 To avoid such' ailments:
 Don't eat too much.
 Don't eat too often.
 Avoid fatty and greasy foods which set up fatty fermentation in the stom- ach, causing reorganization and a pad taste" in the mouth.
 Remember that too many sweets and improperly cooked starch foods cause lactic-acid fermentation and flatulence or gas"
 Don't abuse your stomach with 1rri- tants such as highly spiced and seasoned foods, pickles, sauces, mustard, pepper and alcohol.
 If you are smoker, don't smoke to excess. Tobacco depresses the nervous force of the stomach.
 In a word, if you suffer from heart burn, try eating less, chewing more swallowing slowly instead of gulping food in chunks, and regulating the in take of your stomach. Careful eaters rarely suffer from heartburn or its sis 1 ter disorders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Robert Jemison, Hugh Raul, Frank Young, Lindsay Builder, Charles Sul- livan and others.
 This lovely affair was chaperoned by MT. and Mrs. King and Mrs. Rushton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
MISS UPSON HONOREE AT LUNCHEON PARTY

Mrs. T. c. Mcclellan entertained with an attractive luncheon at the Country club Wednesday, having as her honoree, Miss Louise Upson of Athens, Ga, the house guest of Mrs. Henry Upson Sims.
 Twenty-four members of the debutant and college set were included in this courtesy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

It may be that the shock of los. ing you, of finding out that you had the nerve and courage to leave him when he mistreated you, brought him to his senses. It may be that his loneliness when he found that he had lost his home, and his wife, and his child made him realize the blessedness of family life, and that he will be careful not to jeopardize that again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Of course, in your case the one to really be considered is your daugh- ter, and there can be no question that she will be far better off with her own father than with a step- father. DOROTHY DEA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

set. will entertain a number Of her friends with an informal dance, to be given Saturday, December ~, at the home of MT. and Mrs. Allie Birch on Madison avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
MISS LATTE TO
 HONOR MISS FOX

Miss Naomi Jaffee will be hostess on Saturday afternoon, when she is enter taining with a tea complimenting Miss Lillian Fox, a bride elect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

HEAR DOROTHY DIX-Why must
 man always be kept guessing to
 keep him interested in. woman!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

move to Toms infinite delight did reveal in it's inner most recesses that thoughtful of all husbands gifts-a generous check to my order. Everything wantabla and useful, not always true of Xmas gifts Dinner time drawing near did reluctantly leave the happy youngsters to change to a black velvet frock printed with gay colored flowers, adding my pearl necklace, and vowing to myself next year to ask eight orphan boys instead of four! Again. Merry Christmas to ali
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
UNSETTLED WOMAN.

That is question you must. settle for yourself. No other human being in the world can tell you what you should do in such a situation. You know your husbands character, and are better able than any one else to judge how sincere his repentance is, and how much faith is to be put in his promises, and whether he has the strength to hold to a good resolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

In many cases divorce brings a man and woman to the knowledge of how much they really cared for each other, and their remarriages are ideally happy, for they profit by the lesson they have been so bitterly taught.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
A SKEPTICAL YOUNG LADY.

Answer-You can lay down no general rule on the subject because all men do not feel alike about it. Some men like women who are un- certain, coy and hard to please, while others prefer the woman who throws herself at their heads and who flatters their vanity by mak- ing them feel that she Is in love with them.
 So whether it Is the part of wis dom to keep a man guessing or not depends upon the man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
GIFTS OF ENGLISH BRASS.

Copied from old pieces are bits of English brass in the form of knockers, candlesticks, ash-receivers, door stops and low bowls. They have that lovely greenish tone which is so characteriAtic of the really old pieces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

THURSDAY-Merry Christmas to all! Tom and
 agreeing that our four little guests have made this Toms interest in toys rivals that of Hitler boys H. repressed shouts of glee emitting from the direction of the tree though far from day, did arouse my curl
 osy Did slip into my neglgee of rose silk chiffon velvet with flowing sleeves and panels of matching georgette and black mules with ostrich, to dis cover Tom up and very happy. Xmas Eve was jolly. but when four little boys did wake to the sounds of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Of course, generally speaking, men en- joy the love chase. They like to believe, at least, that they have pursued some timid dear who has fled from them through all the mazes of courtship, and that they have captured her at last by their superior prowess. Such men, do not care for the woman who is herself a man-hunter and who will get them if they don't watch out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

The budget plan is the only successful plan on which to run household, Friend, and if you will write to any or the household magazines they will tell you where to get system Of budget envelopes, or perhaps your own savings bank will furnish them to you.
 DOROTHY DIX.
 Dear Miss Dix-I am woman 50 years old with a daughter IA. !! di- vorced my husband two years ago. Now have a chance to marry another man, but my former husband wants me to re- marry him and start over again for the sake of our daughter. Do you think man can change and do right in such short time?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Xmas bells and did join my big boy around the tree, was happier to know there is Santa Claus. And dear Tom plays the role of Santa per fled. There was the very necklace I had longed for but hardly dare expect of real pears then the black Spanish shawl exquisitey handpainted with great red roses and the huge fan with the willow ostrich either sice, beautifully shaded from yellow to orange, while one good-sized package wrapped with many ribbons and papers which did have to first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

In dealing with this type of man, it is fatal for a woman ever to let him find out how much she cares for him, for the minute he is sure of her he loses interest in her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

She also queers her game if she calls him up on the phone and trys to make dates with him. Nothing bores him so much as having a woman keep tabs on him and make him keep appointments with her when he wants to do something else. The idea of girl sitting up wait ing for him to come to see her does not allure him. The woman he would break his neck to go to see is the one who has so many men after her that he has to use diplomacy and finesse to get stray half hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

MISS JACOBS TO ENTERTAIN WITH DANCE
 Miss Virginia Jacobs, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Solon Jacobs and one of the popular members of the younger