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1 SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN n
. ■ in FT Itt T~ t I1T"T-II I Ulimill IMfl
In Society and Among
the Literary and Card Clubs
Thursday Bridge Meets at the Country Club—Mrs. Brown Host
ess to Little Jokers—Suffrage Club to Have Meeting
Friday—Other Matters of Note
Mrs. A** Richard Bliss, Jr., entertained
the Thursday Auction Bridge club at the
Country club yesterday afternoon. After
the cards a dainty luncheon was served.
Those who were Mrs. Bliss; guests are
Mrs. J. G. Whitfield, Mrs. K. F. Tutt,
Mrs. T. Dusenberry, Mrs. D. F. Moore.
Mrs. J. Sellers, Mrs. J. Lovette, Mrs.
Jack Justice, Mrs. F. Ammaneer. Mrs.
Walters, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Kirk Henry,
\ Mrs. William Oberhelmon, the members
of the club, and Mrs. John Deering of
Now York city, Mrs. W. G. Patterson,
Mrs. L. C. Dead beater, Mrs. M. E. Jus
Mrs. L. C. Leadbeater, Mrs. M. E. Jus
tice, Miss L. Chisholm, Mrs. George
Smallridge. Mrs. Wade Martin, Mrs. I.
• Houserd. Mrs. C. H. Cooley and Mrs. E.
d. Huntington.
The Saturday afternoon meeting ot' the
Birmingham Equal Suffrage association
promises to be an especially interesting
session as the programme is to be devoted
to reports of the recent national meeting
at Nashville, presented by the returned
delegates, several of whom are now at
tending the federation meeting in Mont
gomery, but will be at home this evening.
The meeting w'ill occur at 3 o’clock to
morrow afternoon and a large attendance,
both of members an devisitors, is desired
The Quest club will meet this afternoon
with Mrs. Sumter Bethea.
Mrs. Eugene Crown entertained the Lit
tle Jokers yesterday at their regular meet
ing, first having the members as her
guests at luncheon and following with the
euchre game that has been the feature of
the afternoon throughout the many years
that the Little Jokers has been a club.
Yellowr chrysanthemums, autumn leaves
and berries made a lovely setting for the
bridge tables and the luncheon was per
fectly appointed.
Mrs. Lovell’s luncheon Wednesday was
one of the delightful affairs of the week,
having a limited personnel. She was al
ways a gifted and gracious hostess, and
her luncheon was a success from every
standpoint.
Mrs. J. C. Motley will entertain at bridge
next Tuesday evening for Miss Mary Vai
don of Uniontown.
At the home of Mrs.* R. C. McCarty in
Hanover circle the I’Etude D’Art club
J Why Do Our
Cars Keep Running?
ANSWER—
We buy the best.
\ We equip them the best.
■ We have only experienced driv- j
‘ e rs.
# We have only reliable drivers.
We have only sobfer drivers
Every car thoroughly over
hauled and kept' In the pink
l of condition. |
That’s why we grow.
Phone Day 1 ^ 7 C
Or Night m. O £ D
Jenkins Taxicab Co.
Henry L. Jenkins F. S. Dunlap
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Washington
And
New York
— Most Conveniently Reached By
Southern Railway
"Premier Carrier of the South”
“BIRMINGHAM SPECIAL”
Leaves 9 A. M.
U. S. Fast Mail 4 P. M.
Through Pullman and Dining
Car Service on Both Trains.
held its open meeting yesterday afternoon.
Representatives from each of the clubs
in the local federation and a few addi
tional friends composed the audience that
heard Mr. C. F. Markers interesting talk
j and thV musical programme presented by
Miss Floience Kelly and the members ol
the Newspaper club orchestra.
The residence was beautifully decorated
with autumn foliage and chrysanthe
mums. Mrs. J. J. Eaton, Mrs. Felix Tar
rant and Mrs. Victor Prowell, qfffcers of
the club, received with Mrs. McCarty and
in the dining room, where a hot oup of
tea furnished a grateful refreshment after
the chill winds. Mrs. Hubert Scruggs and
Mrs. Marked were presiding. Miss Alice
Humph and Miss Lucile Douglas were
at the punch table. The meeting was one
of the most dellghtftil in the club’s his
tory.
Miss Annie Franklin’s farewell lunch
eon to her guest. Miss Florence Crossom
of Baltimore, was a pleasant event of yes
terday, enjoyed by a number of the hos
tess' friends. Yellow' chrysanthemums
adorned the luncheon table and the place
cards were decorated with specimens of
the yellow* blooms. Those present were
Miss Franklin. Miss Crosson, Miss Jose
phine Boggan. Miss Margaret Drennen.
Miss Kate Porter of Greenville. Miss Mary
O’Brien. Mrs. Anna O’Brien, Miss Ella
Louis Ward, Miss Luella Strickland, Miss
Mabel Marler. Mrs. Haggan. Mrs. J. J.
Boggan. Miss Cundell Baldwin, and Mrs.
Hugh Franklin.
Mrs. Sam Nance w'aa hostess yesterday
to the Norwood Social club. For her first
prize she awarded silk hose, and for the
consolation hand embroidered guest tow
els. After the games a salad course was
served. The party included two visitors.
Mrs. George Robinson and Mrs. L. W.
Farrar of Wetumpka. besides the regular
members, who are Mrs. W. J. Lassiter.
Mrs. Newton Paisley, Mrs. Gordon
Moughon. Mrs. W. P. Mouglion, Airs. J.
A. Shook. Mrs. John Wood. Mrs. Walter
McCoy, Mrs. Eli Pigman, Mrs. W. T. Sim
mons. Mrs. Philip Alexander and the hos
tess, Mrs. Sam Nance.
Mrs. George Blinn will entertain the
Edgewood club this afternon at her home,
1312 Eleventh avenue, south.
Mrs. A. S. Leatli and Mrs. George R.
Ward, who are visiting Mrs. Frances
Riggs in Marion, have been delightfully
entertained and are expected home to
night.
Mrs. Sara Byron Doyle of Knoxville Is
the house guest of Mrs. Jack Bowron.
Mrs. Doyle formerly made her home in
this city and has a large number of
friends in society.
Mrs. L. W. Farrar and Mrs. George
Robinson of Wetumpka are visiting
friends in Norwood.
Mr. and Mrs. T. If. Clay base returned
from their bridal trip to New York.
Washington and other points in the east,
and are at home at 2217 North Seventh
avenue. The young matrons' class of the
Fifty-sixth Street Baptist church will
give a large reception for Mrs. Clay next
week.
Mrs. T. 11. Molton has been the guest
of Mrs. H. S. Robinson in Montgomery
during the federation meeting.
Dr and Mrs. Travis Drennen left yes
terday for their home in Hot Springs,
Ark., after a charming visit among Bir
mingham relatives.
Miss Kitty Grey Coleman is here from
Un fan town to visit Miss Annie Blinn.
The Friday Luncheon Bridge club will
meet today with Mrs. Edward Warren.
The Matron's club of Pratt City met yes
terday with Mrs. C. D. Comstock, who en
tertained besides the regular members
Mrs. C. W. Overstree, Mrs. H. C. Nelms,
Mrs. .T W. Day, Mrs. J. I. Kendricks,
Mrs. R. G. McMahon and Mrs. S. L. Baty.
A musicau programme was presented and
a salad course followed Rev. and Mrs. W.
E. Faust have returned to Roanoke after
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Rogers.
Mr. W. L. George and Mr. George Don
oldson are spending the week in Syla
cauga.
The marriage of Miss Jessie Holly and
Mr. Bradford Gasque. which occurred in
East Birmingham Sunday, was later
learned with surprise by the friends of the
two young people. The ceremony was
pronounced by the Rev. W. M. Anderson,
pastor of the Woodlawn Methodist
church, and Miss Mamie McNeal and Mr.
L. O. Westbrook were attendants.
Mrs. .T. Bullfvan is critically ill at the
home ©f her son, Mr. John Sullivan.
The young women of the Girls’ club
will plant trees and shrubs on Arbor
Day in tho Tenth Avenue park under the
auspices of the Tenth Avenue City Beau
tiful chib.
Mrs. R. E. Smith is visiting In Atlanta.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union will meet today In Ensley with
Mrs. Mary Johnson.
Mrs. H. L. Cary of Cleveland, O., Is
the guest of friends in Fairfield.
Mrs. J. S. Hall entertained the Thurs
day Forty-two club yesterday afternoon,
and had as her extra guests Miss Roxye
Hudson, Mrs. S. S. I-Ieide and Miss Addie
Burgin.
Tho Thread of the Story club met yes
terday' afternoon through the courtesy of
Mrs. McCalley at the school building and
enjoyed an hour’s cooking demonstration.
The usual programme followed.
The Mothers’ club of Woodlawn met
yesterday morning in the Woodlawn li
brary and a programme was presented
under the auspices of Mrs. C. S. Cross
grove. Mrs. M. H. Bell and Mrs. Mar
vin served refreshments. The extra
guests were Mrs. R. A. Clayton and Mrs.
J. U. Ferrell.
Miss Mattie Hughes Kennedy was hos
tess yesterday to the Spend-the-Day Em
broidery club. A luncheon was served at
1 o’clock and rook was played during the
afternoon. The guests were Miss Lois
Woman Ought to
Do Her Own Banking
— We Solicit the Accounts
of Women
—The woman with a bank account, even if
she is dependent upon husband, father or
brother, is always mistress of her own
finances.
—And the handling of her own banking mat
ters is a valuable business training.
We have made special provisions
for accounts of woman.
Jefferson County
Savings Bank
Capital and Surplus
$760,000.00
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HELPING' HAND HINTS FOR THE HOME
\ arnish for Kitchen Floor
Do«*s some Corneiite know of a good
\arnish for the kitchen floor? X W’ould
gladly send stumped envelope If manu
facturers’ names cannot be published. I
am having a hard time trying to find
something satisfactory and lasting. 1
wonder if many know how durable kitchen
linoleum is on the kitchen table—the pans
will not affect it in the least, and some
of the pretty Light-colored patterns look
as well as oilcloth. HOPEFUL."
\\ heiv a bright surface is required you
will And this a good application. Half a
pint of grain alcohol, half an ounce each
of resin and shellac, powdered. Mix these
with the alcohol, shake hard, and add half
u pint of linseed oil. Shake stoadilv for
u full minute before using. For cleaning
this floor use a mixture of a pint of lin
seed oil, half as much japan and half
Pint of turpentine. Apply with a soft
flunnel and wipe dry with clean flannel,
then with soft linen. Don’t let the floor
get too much defaced before applying this.
Next to zinc, linoleum makes the best
kitchen table covering I know of. Zinc
outlasts everything else and is easily kept
clean.
(.'hunk Pickles
“1 am sending a chunk pickle recipe,
which someone asked for sometime ago.
Mill someone send a recipe for a cooked
salad dressing? Chunk Pickles—One gal
lon of cucumbers put into strong brine
for three days, then in clear water for
three days. Cut into chunks, measure,
stew slowly for two hours in weak vine
gar and a little alum. Then take three
Mason. Miss Katherine Gregory. Miss
Katherine Reed. Miss Lapsley Danier and
Miss Bessie Gelders.
Mrs. Richard Beil entertained the needle
class yesterday afternoon, having as her
guests besides the 20 members Mrs. D. A.
Childs and Mrs. Irene Denny.
Miss Jessie Garter was hostess last
evening to the Thursday Night Rook club
The Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Matthewson
of Florence and their daughter, Miss An
nie Sue Matthewson, are visiting in Ingle
nook. '
Mrs. M. D. Kimball of Florence is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Neville.
Mrs. C. L. Corley has gone to Atlanta
after a visit to Mrs. G. W. Finck.
Mrs. M. T. White has gone to Indiana.
Mrs. G. P. Page gave a birthday party
yesterday afternon in Wylarn for her
little daughter. Dorothy, who celebrated
her eighth birthday. Pink and white
flowers were used to decorate the table
at which the children sat, and the place
of the following: Ella Mary Wal
lace. Susie Raca Sevier, Gertrude de
Armond, Mabel Norton. Anna Beth
Vaughn, Rosemary Vaughn. Myra Beal.
Ruby Lavis, Marguerite Camp, Edna
Stephens. Pauline Boggs, Miller Revere,
Alec Marshall, Elizabeth Teague.
The Kpworth league was organized
Thursday evening in Wylarn and officers
were elected as follows: Mr. Harry Leo,
president; Miss Myrtle Avery, vice presi
dent; Miss Annie Beddow, recording sec
retary, and Miss Cable Guthrie, corre
sponding secretary.
Mrs. F. W. McDonald is at borne after
spending a month in Denver.
Eufaula Society
Eufaula, November 24.—(Special.)—Mrs.
H. C. Glenn entertained her bridge club
Thursday afternoon at her home on San
ford street.
The Rook club was entertained Thurs
day afternoon by Mrs. J. H. Reeves.
Mrs. Albert Moulthrop, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Ida Foy Pitts,
has returned to her home at Augusta.
Mrs. J. B. Dunlap, who has been the
guest of Mrs. H. H. Connor, has re
turned to her home at Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wilde spent sev
eral days in Montgomery this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Cox have ret urned
from Gold Hill.
Miss Kathleen Evans of Montgomery
spent the week-end with Miss Catherine
Dent.
The Symposium club Is planning an en
tertainment to be given for the purpose of
raising funds for the relief of the Belgian
war sufferers. Mrs. W. M. Couric has
been elected to represent the club at the
annual meeting of the City federation
whicli will be held in January.
Miss Terese Merrill was hostess to her
bridge club Friday afternoon.
The Tuesday Card club was entertained
this week by Mrs. J. C. Cato, at her
home on College hill.
Mis. E. B. Freeman. Jr., entertained her
sewing club at an enjoyable party Satur
day morning at the Bluff City Inn.
Miss Marion Maugans entertained her
Rook club Saturday afternoon, the prize,
a hand-painted picture, being received by
Miss Gertrude Wilson.
The Saturday morning Sewing club met
with Miss Grace Lee Bradley.
Mrs. E. E. Stafford of New Orleans is
viisting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Gay.
Miss Mina Pitts, who has been the at
tractive guest of Miss Julia Wooldridge,
has returned to her home nt Pittsview, ac
companied by Miss W.olridge.
Mrs. E. M. Doughtie and children f
Macon are the guests of Mrs. T. C.
Doughtie.
Mr. Cliff Foy, who has been visiting rel
atives here, has returned to Tifton, Ga.
Mrs. W. II. Robinson entertained nt
bridge Wednesday, the guests including
member eof her bridge club and a number
of friends.
The Mothers’ club met Wednesday aft
ernoon with Mrs. G. P. Smart, several in
teresting pape.rs making the afternoon un
usually enjoyable.
Vernon, November 19.—(Special.)—Pro
bate Judge R. L. Bradley **as called an
election for December 21 to see whether
or fiot Lamar county shall issue bonds
to the amount of $76,000, to be used in the
construction of roads. At present Lamar
county has 28 miles of pike road and the
people are so well pleased with it that
there is very little doubt but that the
bond issue will carry.
State Examiner Towen is here now mak
ing his regular examination of the books
of tne county officers.
On account of bad health, Circuit Clerk
W. C. Evans has resigned from his of
fice, and C. S. McDougal lias been appoint
ed by Judge Bernard Harwood to fill out
his unexpired term.
To Observe Arbor Day
Jackson, Miss., November 19 — (Bpeolal.)
January 22 has been designated as "Arbor
Day," and Governor Brewer will Issue
a proclamation to that effect in a day or
tw'o. Professor Smith, state superinten
dent of education, is very anxious that
t-Hls day shall be generally observed, and
will make a special appeal to the schools
of the *»tate to Join in the movement. The
idea is that only pecan trees shall be
planted by the school children, and ef
forts will be made to have all schools
plant one pecan tree for every grade, or
that at least one pecan tree shall be
planted for each school. The school may
plant as many trees and nuts as they
pleatfc, but one is the minimum.
Bj MARION IIARLAND
pounds of .sugar and three pints of vine
gar, one ounce of allspice, one ounce 01
celery seed, one ounce stick cinnamon
Boil, pour over pickles while hot. Heal
for three mornings and pour again ovei
the chunks. A. E. R.”
Stir together a cup of vinegar, n table
spoon of white augur, two saltspoons o1
sah, a dash of paprika, a small tcaapoor
of French mustard, and lastly three wel
beaten eggs. Peat thoroughly And turr
Into the inner vessel of a double boiler
Have the water in the outer vessel warn
tut not hot. when the contents of the
| inner kettle are smoking hot. and add a
teaspoon of butter. When the butter h
i molted, remove the vessel from the fire
beat steadily for two minutes, and sei
asidf. to cool. It will keep In the ice bos
f. r a week or more. You may substitute
se lad oil for the butter if you like, putting
in a full tablespoon. Your recipe foi
chunk pickles Is too goo dto he omitted
hut this is positively the last appearance
of cucumber pickles for the season. They
are not good (or economical» when made
from forced cucumbers.
Canning Carden Peppers
”1 saw' sometime ago the call for r
recipe for canning garden peppers. Ai
canned pinientoes or sweet red pepperi
art quite expensive just now. and ye'
nothing takes their place to the lover oi
HuladB. etc., I gladly send the followinj
method of canning them nt home. Was)
carefully and with a sdiarp knife or scis
soi s slit t he side open and remove seec
pod anti stem of each pepper. Place tin
prepared shells in a deep howl and poui
I dling water over them. Let them stam
three irirutes. Repeat the process threi
times, draining. Pack into jars and lil
with boiling vinegar (not strong), t(
which a little salt (and sugar if liked) hu.*
[ been added. Seal and keep in u cool place
Noted Preacher and Humor
ist Succumbs After
Long Illness
Pasadena. Cal., November 19.—L)r. Rob
ert J. Burdette, preacher, author and hu
morist, died at his home here at 2 o’clocl
this afternoon. Ilo had been ill for nearlj
two years and for the last week ha<
been iti a state of coma.
Robert J. Burdette began cultivatini
good humor obscurely in Peoria. III.. 4
years ago when he spent part of hi
•lajrs at a desk on the Peoria Transcript
“trying to think.” as he himself onc<
related, “of pleasant things to tell tlv
folks when I went home at night.” HI
audience of ‘folks” then was Carrie Gar
fett, the Peoria girl he had married i
short time before, while she lay supposed
ly on her deathbed, but who lived, and
though an invalid for life, became inimor
lallzed by her luisband as “Her Littl
Kerene Happiness.'• It wAs she who on
couraged him to sow Ills humor in wide!
fields. At her bedside Burdette becami
prolific with fumnuking contributions tc
the Burlington. la., Hawkeye, am
through these he became famous tin
country over as the “Burlington Hawkeye
Man.”
The little invalid wife encouraged bin
too, to try the lecture field.
“She kept me at it,” sold Burdette, “and
in due time w*o had a lecture on oui
hands, ‘The Rise and Fall of the Mous
tache.” Burdette insisted on trying the
lecture first*ln Keokuk—“for Keokuk hat
ed Burlington,“ and if he succeeded therf
lie would know that it was good. Ever
Keokuk applauded. The w-holo Unitei
Stales later did the Hame. He became
a sort of itinerant preacher.
At DO, 10 years ago, Mr. Burdette wai
called to the permanent pastorate of tin
Temple Baptist church of Los Angeles
Cal.
Although Burdette's original home wai
in Greensboro, Pa., where he was bon
in 1844—the latter part of his life wai
spent In California. At Sunny Crest, Pas
adena, he had a spacious house witi
broad verandas. His first wife had dlec
after 15 years of encouragement to him
during which she had traveled all ovei
the country with him. In 1S90 he mar
ried Mrs. Clara B. Baker of Pasadena.
A fugitive Instance of Burdette's rol
licking humor was a letter home to hh
flock in Los Angeles during his first Irir
to Europe. He dated the letter from
"some distance out in the damp,” anti
said. In part:
“The scenery along this route, although
somewhat monotonous, is splendidly Irri
gated. But it seems too early for the
growing crops. Nothing has come up
yet, except on shipboard, and that hat
gone overboard. The route is not nearly
so populous as the Kanta Fe trail over
the desert. Wo have just two kinds of
I days—the days we see a ship and the
days we don’t.”
The veteran humorist found fun in
everything. While lie was forced tc
abandon it in the pulpit largely because
of the reputation he had made for fun
making, he agreed with Henry Ward
Beecher that a joke in the pulpit was not
at all out of place. It was, as Beecher
said: “When you are fighting the devil,
shoot, him with anything.*’
Burdette died with the conviction that
there was not only Just as much fun
In tho world today as ever but “a great
deal more—because,’' as tye said, ”ther«
are more people In it, and people are
the funniest things on this side of th<
grave.”
Lawyers Close Up
.Jackson, MIsb., November IS.—The law
yers of Jackson have determined to have
a little rest during the week, and hav«
signed an agreement to close their of
fices at 1 p. m. every Saturday afternoon
for the rest of the day. Those seeking
legal advice will have to wait until the
following Monday.
C«M in Mississippi
Jackson, Miaa.. November 1#.—(Speolal.)
Last night was the coldest of the season,
according to the records at the govern
ment bureau, where the thermometer reg
istered 24 degrees. The frost this morn
ing remained on the ground until 9 or M
o’clock, and all vegetat4on spared by the
frost of a week ago Is now dead.
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CASTORIA
Far Infests sad Children
la Um For Over 30 Y«m
Sines peppers seem to hold the center of !
the stage at present. 1 add thin recipe for
pepper relish: One dozen each red and
greet* peppers, half dozen medium white
onions, cut fairly tine. Sprinkle with two
tablespoons of salt. Let all stand for 10
minutes; squeeze out. Sprinkle again with
one and one-half tablespoons of salt. Let
them stand ns before. Add two cups of
granulated sugar and one quart of vine
gar. Boll 30 minutes. B. L. F.”
"Here is a recipe for apple cake: One
and one-half cakes of > east, one cup of
milk, scalded and cooled, one tablespoon
j of sugar, quarter cup of butter, half cup
of sugar, two eggs, three and one-half
cups of sifted flour, quarter teaspoon of
salt and five apples. Dissolve yeast and
one tablespoon of sugar In luke warm
water or milk: add one and one-half cups
of flour to make a sponge, ami beat until
smooth. Cover and set aside in a warm
place until light (about three-quarters
of an hour). Have sugar and butter well
, creamed and add to tlio sponge, then the
€*ggs well beat an; the rest of the flryir or
enough to make a soft dough, salt. Knead
lightly, cover and set aside to rise about
two hours. Roll half Inch thick. Place
in two well greased shallow pans. Brush
with butter and sprinkle with sugar.
Slice apples and press Into the dough,
flprinkle lightly with cinnamon, cover,
and let all rise for a half hour. Bake
20 minutes. Keep covered with pan first
10 minutes so that apples may be well
cooked. 'Phis is beautiful. 1 hope it
will be acccepted. It is very economical
•MRS. F. R. B."
In my childhood we called it apple
bread, and devoured it with great gusto.
1 have not seen it or heard of the recipe
in half a century. The abundant appie
1 crop of the present year makes recipes
based upon the kind of fruits especially
acceptable to the frugal housewife, and
frugality is an object with us all at the
present writing.
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AMERICAN TRADE
i
—
Failure of U. S. to Negotiate j
New Treaty Comes as
Surprise
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Petrogrud, October 26.—(Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.)—Failure
of tlio United States to enter Into im
mediate negotiations for a new trade
treaty with Russia lias caused surbrisa
bore. Over a month ago officials heard
tlio American government soon would
sound Russia oil formulation of such a
treaty, and tiie minister of foreign af
fairs declared bis government stood
ready to receive such proposals in a
most friendly spirit.
"As evidence of our (food faith,” suld
M. Saznnoff, tiie foreign minister, al
ready "we are allowing America the
commercial privilege* enjoyed by those
countries whose treaties with us con
tain tiie most favored nation clause.
t'nparalleled Opportunity
"America has here an unparalled op
portunity. JtussiR ofTers a wide flow for
machinery, medical aparatus, electrical
supplies, etc.. In which America special
izes. Tlio Held is lost to Germany. Rus
sia herself cannot hope to at once de
velop resources and technical skill nec
essary to supply these necessities.
France and England can help, but they
have not the same qualifications us
America.
“We, therefore, are awaiting with
great interest the proposals of tiie
United States. Meanwhile, however,
there is no reason why American ex
ports to Russia should not be Increased.
Tiie treaty will come eventually we
hope, but it is not now essential.
Offer Inducement!*
"Without tlio formal signing of a
treaty, wt are willing to offer every
1 reasonable inducement to American
merchants. American exports to tills
country could be Increased ten fold."
i The conclusion tlial America is the
i country which must step Into the com-'
, rnerclal breach left by Germany Ir fur
ther strengthened by tile analogy be
I tween America and Russia In territory
and climate. The kind of machinery re
quired by conditions in America is sim
ilar to that needed by Russia. America
is in addition an industrial country.
Recently a Russian-American com
pany was organized here to stimulate
commerce between the two countries,
and from America there has conic a
list of articles which could be supplied.
These tally exactly with the articles
of which Russia is in immediate need.
In the Matter of
Discriminating Against Widows
■r DOLLY DALRYMPLI •
That the whole world loves a widow'
s a rumor that lias long been current,
and that *'a litttle widow is ^ dangerous
thing" the "Cynic's Calendar" of some
nonths ago has made believable, and now'
Hines substantial proof and justification
for the affections of the one aphorism.
Mid the peril of the other.
It happened in Pittsburg—would you
believe it?
The school hoard sometime ago discrim
inated against widows as public sehool
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BcLLYSflmrrral
Philosophy!
Ole Miss, dars er heap uv
Wimmen Folks rat knows all
erbout Keepin’ House dat
don’t know nothin’ ’tall er
bout Keepin’ Peace. Naw’m!
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:eaohcrs. Yes. in Pittsburg, that dlty of
Just and dirt, where cleanliness Is not
next to godlineR«, but next to Impossible,
and which we've come to look upon as
the native habitat of the genus, “chorus
sir!" and where we wouldn't have been
surprised that such an attitude should
have been assumed against the “Mind the
Faint Girl,” but at the same time it was
surprising against a widow!
The chorus girl attitude of “I belong
to one of the first families (as you enter?)
in Pittsburg, and therefore can do us I
like," ia only too well known as on ex
cuse for her gaieties and as indiscre
tions. hut a poor widow woman! (Don't
you loathe and despise people who say
that?)
Maybe a lone widow-a widow with five
or six or a dozen children, a deserving
widow!
Just suppose the position of the school
board of Pittsburg against widows bad
gained ground far and wide over these
great Fnlted States of ours; how many
widows would have been marred from
earning a livelihood as public school
teachers!
What would be her attitude?
Why should such a condition exist any
where. even in Pittsburg?
The\ say that widows make the best
wives, because they know what not to
expect. Then why should they not make
good school teachers?
Experience along one line gives experi
ence along many.
Just the type of widow was never men- »
tioned when this proceeding took place
up In Pittsburg; no especial one was men
tioned
Lovely young widows were not speci
fied.
A lot of people will admit that widows
are a disturbing element, albeit generally
unintentionally, but It does seem hard
that the noble army of widows should be
l'4*ld responsible for the wreck and havoc
wrought In ages past, because this young
widow and that one played too success
fully her game of hearts. She can’t help
men caring for her, for falling In love with
n widow comes as naturally to a man and
goes almost ns hard with some of them
as his first smoke or his ilrst shave, but
this can be said, where she has finished
with him, he has a working knowledge
of women and the love game that will last
hist n Whole lit.- time.
Men may he inhunmn monsters of In
justice. as some of us claim, hut there is
this to he said of them; they do rise as a
body when it’s a poor widow’s cause that
needs a champion, and the Pittsburg men,
all praise to them, proved themselves no
exception to the rule.
The whole city rallied as one man fti
behalf of the widows. The news dis
patches declared when all this afTatr hap- !
petted that the millIonnires were the most
indignant of all. and not entirely because .
of reasons of gallantrv. if you please
Their interest was not impersonal, albeit
it wns disinterested.
It appears that many of them are living
examples of the kind of big men suc
cesses, widowed school teachers turn out.
It would appear that many of these mil
lionaires acknowledged that they have
gained the most valuable part of their "
education under “widow" tutelage. Left
to them, they vowed that they’d pass a *'
ruling that for positions of public school
teachers, only widows need apply.
A competent woman whose educational 1
advantages entitle her to a position in the
public schools, these millionaires argue.
Has her powers further enhanced by the
"training of sorrow," and by the stimu
lus of responsibility to children of whom *
she is the mainstay and support.
A school teacher’s mind. In short, is not
enfeebled because the responsibility of
family life has been put upon her. If she
Is herself a mother, her heart has become
enlarged by the experience, and because
of this very experience, she is better able
t» understand other women’s children).
THROWS BABY INTO WELL
I Man Becomes Angrv With Wife and
Drowns His Child
Courtlaml, November 19. (Special.It*At
Flower Hill, about eight miles northeast
of this place, a man named Willingham
went home about dark and became angr\
with his wife because supper was not
ready. To vent his spleen on her, he took
his 9-months-ohl child and threw him in
(he well.
Willingham was arrested by Constable
Terry of the Hillsboro precinct and car
ried to Moulton Jail the next day. where
ho is now contln- 1.
Children Burned to Death
Opelika, November 19.—-(Special.)—A ne
gro house on the farm of A. C. Dumas,
a few. miles south of the city, was de
stroyed by tire and two small negro chil
dren who Imd been left alone In the build
ing perished in the (lames while their par
ents were at work in a nearby Held. The
origin of the tire is not known.
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A Real Treat
The Luncheon feature of Nunnally’s Twentieth Street
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Here is a suggestion for today: Try it!
Nunnally’s Famous Chicken Salad served “as you like it”
with Beaten Biscuits or Saltine Wafers. It’s just about the
choicest morsel you ever tasted; made only of the tender f
white meat of the chicken with just enough celery and
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good things to eat, served at this store every day except
Sunday from 11:30 a. m. to 2:30 p. m.
“To please you, pleases us.”
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