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I SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN
A Bit of News In the Smart Set's Varied Rounds
Informal Arrangements for Visitors—Other Activities in Prospect—Affairs of the Day_Mrs.
Johnston Entertains Club—Today in Society—Other Matters of
Note—Personal News—Announcements
my MYKTtJC MILM
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Mrs. Robert D. Johnston. Jr., was hos
tess yesterday to the Friday Luncheon
Bridge club at their usual inerting. 'Only
the members and Mrs. George Morrow.
Jr.’s, guest, Miss Finn, tfartl-ipatod in
the luncheon and subsequent very de
lightful games.
The trophy was awarded to Mrs Tut
wiler. Those who took part in tin games
were Miss Finn, Mr§. George Morrow,
Mrs. Mercer Barnett. Miss Emmie Bar
nett. Mrs. Frederick Dow, Mis. Mortimer
Jordan. Mrs. Edward Tutwiler, .li . Mrs.
Herbert Tutwiler, Mrs. Edmund Ru« ker.
TODAY IN SOCIETY
Luncheon parties at tne Southern * lub.
Mrs. Fort entertains at luncheon for
Miss Clark
Mrs. E. M. Tutwiler> luncheon at the
Southern club for Miss Harding and Miss
Butt.
The dinner-dam * t tin Country • lub.
The Saturday Evening Dancing club
meets at the Country club for the dinner
dance. with Mrs. Kxum and Mrs. Maben
«s hostesses for the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Exum entertain at dinner
for Miss Ha riling and Miss Butt.
MEETING OF SUFFRAGISTS
TO TAKE PLACE TODAY
The regular mwtlnpr of the Birmingham
Kqual Suffrage association will occur this
afternoon at fable hall at 15 o'clock. After
a himineos discussion, In which a num
ber of important points are to be intro
duced, Miss Corinne Chisholm will present
« paper on "Woman Under Feudalism
and Chivalry." The Alabama constitution
end current suffrage news will be dis
cussed, and afterward Mrs. W. C. Loyd
will serve tea at suffrage headquarters.
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Mils. T. M. COX
GIVES A BOX PARTY
Mrs. T. M. Cox gave a. box party at the
Lyric yesterday afternoon in compliment
to Mrs. N. B. Wallace of Athens. The
party included Mr. Wallace, Mrs. Cox,
Mrs. W. C. Gewin and Mrs. .T. S. Cox.
MISS BELDEN S
STUDENT RECITAL
Miss Lotta A. Bidden will present her
pupils in a piano recital this afternoon
at 4 o’clock at her studio, 1300 South Thir
teenth street. A demonstration of the
<Tmsevant method in class lesson of mus
ical instruction will he given and each
pupil is expected to play an original com
position, modulations being made where
reauired on the programme.
The students who are to appear in the
recital are Miss Mary Chandler Lyman,
Miss Marjory Alexander. MTtsS Jessie B.
Laird, Miss Ruth Hessler, Miss Parry M.
Laird and Miss Anna Catherine Martin.
MISS SPAIN
IS A HOSTESS
Miss Louise Spain was one of the week's
hostesses at bridge, entertaining her club
and a few additional guests. The club
prize, a band-painted plate, was awarded
to Mrs. Shumate, and the guest prize, an
embroidered towel, went to Miss Daisy
Lee Douglass. A salad course followed
the games, which were enjoyed by Mrs.
B. T. Rochester. Mrs. W. L. Shumate, Jr.,
Mrs. Molton Smith, Mrs. S. F. Leslie, Miss
Emma Collins, Miss Kathryn Tierce. Miss
Anna Faulkner, Miss Lillian Brantley of
Troy, Miss Daisy Lee Douglass. Miss May
Banks of Montgomery. Miss Helen Glenn,
Miss Etoile White and Miss Marie fcStoll.
PAN-HELLENIC
LUNCHEON TODAY
A luncheon will be given today at the
Birmingham Newspaper club for the pur
pose of increasing the number of mem
bers of th«* Pan-Hellenic society. All fra
ternity women are urged to be at the
luncheon held for this purpose at the
Newspaper club at 12:30 o’clock. Those
who can attend the luncheon are request
ed to notify Miss Nettie Beall, who is
in charge and will reserve plates for the
guests.
PERSONAL BRIEFS
Mrs. George Gordon Crawford and her
little daughter have returned from New
WIFE OF BARONET
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j I cos, •-andwiches and coffee were served
j at the conclusion of the afternoon. The
members are Mrs. Harold Robinson. Airs
Sparks, Mrs. .1. D. Patterson, Mrs.!
. K. < )Idham. AJrs. Austin Crump.
Miss Kathleen McPhaul entertained the
Campfire Girls of East Lake Thursday
afternoon at her home when plans were
mad*- for the picnic and hike to he en
joyed by tin* dub today. Miss Theresa
Hood and Aliss Irene Lamkin will go as
chaperons. The members are Miss Annie
Alolton, Miss Annie Senn. Miss Maxie
Xorris, Aliss Margaret Macon and Miss
Theresa Hood. Mrs. J. C. AlePhaul as
sisted her daughter in entertaining.
^ Air and Airs. James Walker returned |
Thursday from Alontgcmery.
.Mis. J. M. Shelburne is visiting her
sister. Alias Claudia Crumpton, in Mon
tevaiio. Alias Grace Roolnson is at home
after a visit to San Antonio, Tex., where
she has spent two months.
The Indies’ A hi society of the Boyles
Methodist church at its meeting Monday
afternoon made arrangements t-o assist
any families in the town that are In dis
tress on account of present labor condi
tions. Two committees were appointed, '
one to receive contributions of clothing,
groceries or money and another to in
vestigate any cases of need.
The society announces that donatons
may be left at the Boyles postoffice,
where the committee will receive them
and arrange for their distribution. Any
case of need should, be reported to some
.member of the society. It is hoped that
a generous supply of useful articles will
be collected in the next day or two.
FOREIGN COllERGE
SHOWS A DECREASE
Conditions Due Largely to
War, Is the Belief of
Officials
Washington. January 29.—B'oreign
commerce aggregated $3,902,900,051
during 1914, compared with $4,276,614,
772 in 1913, the department of com
merce announced today. The decrease,
due largely to the European war, was I
almost wholly in exports, were $370,
394,242 less. Imports were $3,320,479
less.
Exports amounted to $2,113,624,050 j
and imports $1,789,276,001, making a
visible balance of trade in favor of!
the United States $324,348,049 against
$691,421,812 in 1913.
Crude materials exports for use In
manufacturing decreased $278,372,162;
their imports decreased $7,041,911.
Foodstuffs exports in crude condi
tion and food animals increased $105,
688,211; their imports increased $13,
940,246.
Foodstuffs exports partly or wholly
manufactured decreased $15,974,590;
their imports increased $58,130,637.
Alanufacturing exports for further
use in manufacturing decreased $51,
939,530; their imports decreased $64,
665,119.
Alanufacturers’ exports ready for
consumption decreased $151,062,647;
their imports decreased $6,391,748
Aliscellaneous exports increased $14,
443,945: miscellaneous imports in
creased $2,707,4 47.
December exports were $245,632,658,
an increase of $12,436,930 over De
cember, 1913; imports were $114,666,545.
a decrease of $69,369,$26: exports of
crude materials for use in manufac
turing showed a decrease of $40,000,
000; foodstuffs, crude, an increa.se of
$41,000,000; foodstuffs, partly or whol
ly manufactured, an increase of about
$10,000; and manufactures ready for
consumption a decrease of $8,500,000.
December imports of crude materials
for manufacturing decreased $28,000,
000; foodstuffs, crude, decreased about
$10,000,000; manufactures for further
use in manufacturing decreased $12,
500,000, and manufactures ready for
use decreased $16,000,000.
DISTRUCTION OF
AIRSHIP CONFIRMED
Berlin, January 29.—(7:15 p. m.)—The
Parseval airship which flew over Dlbau,
the Russian port on the Baltic, January
26, did not return.
The report that the German cruiser Kol
berg was sunk in the battle in the North
sea last Sunday is untrue. All the Ger
man ships except the Bluecher have re
turned.
The above dispatch apparently confirms
a statement by the naval general staff
at Petrograd that a German airship
which dropped bombs on Libau was
brought down by gunfire. That state
emnt, however, referred to the balloon
as a Zeppelin.
Regarding the Kolberg, Vice Admiral
Beatty. British commander In the North
sea fight, reported that German prisoners
said the Kolberg was sunk. The Brit
ish admiralty, in its statement, referred
to the Kolberg as “reported*' sunk.
W. L. RUSS OFFERED
ROAD PRESIDENCY
_ .
Toledo, O., January 29.—Walter L. Russ,
president of the Toledo, St. Louis and
Western (Clover Lea) railway, and re
ceiver for the same company, whose af
fairs are being aired in the United States
district court here, has been offered the
position of executive vice president ot
tlie Chesapeake and Ohio railway, it be
came known today.
If he accepts he will be in active charge
of the Chesapeake and Ohio under the di
rection of President Stevens.
FORMER HERO
IS DISMISSED
San Francisco, January 29.—Capt. Frank
H. Ainsworth, awarded a congressional
medal for planting the first American
Hag on Cuban soil after the outbreak of
the Spanish-American wfar, and for five
years inspector of Immigration In San
Francisco, has received notice of dis
missal. it became known today. The or
der was based upon charges preferred
a year ago in which Ainsworth was ac
cused of improper action in excluding and
admitting aliens.*.
Approve Rediscount Rates
Washington. January 29.—The fed
eral reserve board today approved the
following; rediscount rates for the Kan
sas City coser.fe bank: Four per cent
‘on maturities up to 60 days: 4% per
cent, 60 to 90 days, and utj. per cent on
longer maturities.
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LADY HAMAR GREENWOOD
whose husband, the famous liberal mem
ber of Parliament, and barrister, has Just
become Sir Hamar. Lady Greenwood, who
comes of old Herefordshire stock, is well
known as a charming hostess, whose in
terest in social reform work always has
been keen, and since the war began she
has been prominent in various recruiting
and relief movements. Her husband, who
is a captain in the general reserve of
officers, is Canadian by birth, and was
brought up at Whitby, Ontario. He is a
B. A. of Toronto university and was eight
years lieutenant in the Canadian militia.
He is a. barrister-at-law of Gray’s Inn,
and has been senior member of Parlia
ment for Sunderland since 1910. Both he
and Lady Greenwood are enthusiasts
over riding and fishing.
Orleans after a fortnight’s stay with her
aunt, Mrs. John Patton Richardson.
Mrs. Richard H. Clarke will be in Bir
mingham today for a short while as the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Seals.
She is en route to her former borne,
Mobile, from New York, where she is
making her home with her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Smith, and expects to spend sev
eral days with Mrs. Seals when she again
passes through Birmingham on her trip
nor n.
Mrs. Solon Jacobs came home yester
day after passing the week in Montgom
ery.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jeinison spent
Thursday in Montgomery.
Mrs. DuPoint Thompson is at home
after spending the greater part of the
week in Montgomery.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Moody expect to
leave early in February to visit Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Ferguson, with whom they
usually spend the Mardl Gras season In
New Orleans.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carter (Joy Tomlin
son i of Philadelphia have named their lit
tle. daughter Bland.
Mrs. ('. C. Ferrell, who lias spent sev
eral weeks in Birmingham, is almost daily
the honoree at some informal party. Yes
terday she was among the number of in
teresting guests at the Southern club.
Miss Bessie Wynn has been pleasantly
entertained during her stay in Birming
ham. Today she is to furnish inspira
tion for a small luncheon party at the
Southern club.
CLUB MEETING
WITH MRS MINOR
The Thread of the Story club held iU
regular meeting this week in Ensley with
Mrs. J. VY. Minor. Responses to the roll
call were from the poems of Sidney La
rder and Miss Edith Edwards gave as a
reading “The Song of the Future.” “Mid
dle West Writers” was the subject oi
Mrs. Carrie Turner’s paper and a commit
tee in charge of the coming open meet
ing of the club, which occurs with Mrs,
Al. H. McDowell, directed the remainder
of the programme. Miss Oma D. Minor
served punch for the hostess and a light
collation Was also enjoyed by the guests,
Besides the members, Mrs. Minor enter
tained Mrs. Roddy Morrison, Mrs. T. A,
Eubank, and Miss Frankie Enzor.
Miss Imogen Spurrier entertained the
Jolly-ottos tills week at forty-two. Two
tables were arranged for the party an<j
at the conclusion of the games the
trophy, a cluster of pink carnations, wat
awarded to Miss Willa Winfield.
Miss Mary Zeigler was an informal hos
tess yesterday at rook, at her home it:
Fairview. Mr. Bert Zeigler won the first
prize, a box of candy, and Miss Gaye
MeLepiore received the box of carnatiom
which was the second.)
St. Margaret’s guild <Sf St. John’s Epis
copal church will conduct a market to
day in the office of Mr. \Y. r. Stewart.
Miss Trannie Cooper, who has been vis
iting Miss Essie Young in Pratt City, left
yesterday for Hartselle
Miss Bella Taylor has gone to Quintor
to visit her sister, Mrs. Kennedy.
Mrs. Ross Strickland, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis recently, 1.*
repotted much -improved.
The Recreation club of Pratt Cits
Playground will gve a benefit dance ai
the Ct.v Hall.
Judge J. T. Lowry has returned from b
brief visit to Montgomery.
Mrs. C. A. Bain entertained the Croderj
club in Woodlawn Thursday on the oeca
sion of its reorganization for the season
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Millinery
For the Springtime
New Hats with Veils, as illustrated;
new Suede and Kid Hats; new Trans
parent Hats of lace and net; new
Satin and Corded Silk Hats; Hats of
the new barnyard straw; Hats of
silk softened by a covering of French
crepe; Hats of silk-and-straw and
sllk-and-kid combined; Hats with
streamers and Hats with posies of
garden flowers and some with the
quaintest of little bows, feather nion
tures and small ornaments. Many
different styles from $8.95 to $14.95.
iSecond Floor!
Watch Sunday's Paper
For Our Great February Sale of
Rugs
mil ..1
Tango Tea, Today
Demonstration of
WHAT and HOW They are
Dancing in NEW YORK
By MR. J. E. MILES, Principal
LE COLE DE MAURICE, New York
And MISS FLORRIE MILES, at the
Miles School for Dancing
4:30 to 6:30
Phone 2871 or 1694-W and Reserve Table
SINCE COMPREHENSION IS
DENIED US THE BENEFIT OF
DOUBT MUST BE GRANTED
Bj DOULY DALBTHPU
"Woman, since the beginning of things,
has had to content herself with half an
swers from man. seeing that she vouch
safes him scarcely any answers at all.”
Thus writes our friend, Mr. William J.
Locke, an author of insight if ever one
existed, and he certainly does size up the
guessing game that world without end Is
being played between man and woman.
The sexes are interdependent one upon
the other In so many ways that compan
ionship between them is the only wav of
life.
From the girl playing “tennis," who de
pends upon a youth to chase the stray
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a shade of unfamilior color, and never
explain it to him.
Doubtless her women friends know her
halt* was artificially colored, and they
understand her feminine viewpoint in re
gard to thus assisting nature in the mat
ter of her personal adornment, but she
knows that she could never make “Friend
Husband'’ understand her viewpoint, so
she did not try but merely tried to keep
her hair as near the same color as she
could.
Perhaps it is a beneficent provision of
nature t,hat by throwing the veil of misun
derstanding between questioning eyes,
: prevents either sex from sitting in judg
| ment upon the acts of others, and since
they cannot comprehend each other they
I must give one another the benefit of the
I doubt ut least.
BELGIAN RELIEF
SHIP DETAINED
New York. January 29.—The Belgian
relief commission announced today the
steamship Lynorta. chartered to carry
Virginia's contribution of supplies for the
Belgians, had been detained for two days
by the British authorities at Falmount
because she had in her cargo of food sup
plies a small bundle of tents, held to
be contraband of war.
The ship was released yesterday and
allowed to proceed to Rotterdam, said
a cablegram to the commission, but not
before she had been searched for other
contraband. The tents were a part of
the -contribution from the people, of Vir
ginia and were intended for homeless
Belgian refugees.
Tn consequence of the detention, the
commission announced it had been obliged
to issue instructions to its shipping agents
that all items on the contraband list
must be excluded from future donations.
Li’l Honey, Luv is de Ex
cuse dat er Man gives fer
doin’ Every Thing dat he
Wants ter do, from Robbin’
er Bank, or Committin’
Murder, ter wearin’ White
Spats an’ er Pompadour.
Yassum!
balls, to the aged man who sings “When
You and I Were Young, Maggie,” the
one sex needs the other.
The youth would find his game dull
without grace and beauty of the girl.
The man with the whitened hair, sitting
by the fireside, looks across its light to
the woman sitting opposite, and she em
bodies companionship, where, without her,
the spirit of loneliness would hover.
But when It comes to understanding one
another, heaven help us!
Do man and woman ever reach that
goal?
Men are giving women half answers all
their lives, and women are really vouch
safing men no answers at all to most of
their wonderings.
A man says woman doeB not understand,
and he becomes sphinx-like and puts her
off with misleading statements.
If he feels the necessity of selling his
house, to get ready money to enter poli
tics. he tells her he thinks the neighbor
hood is deteriorating, and he wants to get
rid of his real estate, while she, if she
feels It necessary to afford her daughter
wider opportunity of meeting eligible men,
tells her husband the girl's health is run
down, and she must have change of air.
Both assume they know what they
choose to term “their own affairs” better
than the other could or would under
stand them, even with the most painstak
ing explanation.
A very amusing incident came to no
tice recently about a Birmingham woman
which Illustrates the text .
She had been having her hair dyed for
ever so long, and when the occasion
arose for her to have it “touched up”
again she went to the hairdressing estab
lishment and submitted herself to the ex
perts.
Her hair, sad to relate, was dyed the
wrong color when the process was com
pleted.
She was in a positive frenzy of despair.
She Insisted that the shade must be
changed at once, as she could never re
turn to her home and fireside, not to
speak of “Friend Husband," until the
right shade was attained, as she could
never face the music with her hair done in
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“MY HEALTH
IS PERFECT”
So Saya a North Carolina Lady
In Telling What She Owes
to Cardui, the Wom
an’s Tonic
Mt. Airy, N. C.—Mr*. Ada Hull, of this
place, says: "About six years ago I got
In very bad health. I suffered terrible
pains in my abdomen and back. l
dreaded to see the sun rise and I dread
ed to see it set, for I suffered such
agony. No one except myself will evei
know how badly I suffered. The doctoi
said I -was suffering as a result of th«
menopause.
As nothing gave me any relief, ]
asked the doctor if I hadn't better try
Cardui. He said, ‘It might help you,
and told my hUBband to get me a bottle.
At this time I was so weak I could nol
lift my head, and my voice was so weak
people had to lean towards the bed tc
hear what I said. I looked so bad anc
bad such a dark color that I looked llk<
a dead woman, and my relatives thoughl
I would never get up again.
I took one bottle of Cardui and it re
lieved the pain and suffering so much
that my husband got another bottle, and
that Improved me still more. I begat
to strengthen and gradually got well. ]
have now had better health for sii
years than I ever had In all my life. ]
have taken no medicine since, and my
health Is perfect.
Cardui is the finest medicine a wom
an could use."
Try iu At druggist*
If
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Giving Baby Clothes
“I got the address of Mrs. F. a few
months back from you and carried some
little clothes to her. She was most grate
ful. tRhe had a lot of nice children, and
although she is poor everything was beau
tifully clean and the children so jolly! I
have received a card asking me to come
and see the new baby for which the cloth
ing was needed. 1 am going tomorrow. I
am as much interested as if it was in
my family. I wish I could give clothing
to all needy babies. Mrs. A. E. asks
for baby clothes, and as I have some to
give her I should like to have hedfcad
dress. BERTHA S.”
One of the “tales of real life” copy
righted by the Corner and vouched for in
every detail. We cannot give them all
to the members who would read and en
jow them, but now and then we feel It Is
their right to share one with us and make
room for it, at the risk of crowding out
other matter. This is one of the Corner
families and we have a sort of proprietor
ship in the newest baby. The address of
Mrs. A. E. has gone to you by mail.
Heaven bless and reward you!
Patterns for Knitting Lace
l “I have some patterns for knitting lace.
| I should be glad to send them if anyone
wishes them, f have seen requests for
such in the Corner. MRS. T.”
I hold the address of the generous fancy
worker who haa the instinct of her guild.
There is freemasronry among them that
inclines them to such liberal ways.
For a Music Student
“1 have a black leather music roll that
some poor student may have for return
postage. MRS. B. G. V.”
Music students will make a note of the
kind suggestion and avail themselves of
1 the opportunity to secure the case.
Heading for German People
"I have a lot of periodicals which will
make good reading for some old German
people. If anyone asks for German read
ing, please send him or her my address.
•MRS. L. D. R.“
We have literally hundreds of German
constituents and they are, as a rule, with
marvelously few exceptions, lovers of lit
erature. Please hold the periodicals for
their use, until they can get your address
from us. The thought and the deed are
kindly.
. Makes Prompt Response
“If Mrs. G. L. E. will call or send for
the abdominal support, I will be happy
to give it to her. It is a new one. I wish
her a happy and safe life.
“MRS. M. E. M.“
The address was in your hands long
ago, but I cite yours as one of our typical
cases of “demand and supply." We thank
you for keeping an eye upon the Corner
and for your frank and prompt response
to our wants.
Several Pairs of Glasses
“[ have several pairs of eyeglasses that
might be useful to your department.
These were my mother’s and sister’s, and
I have kept them, hoping they might b«
of use to someone. I will gladly send
them to Mrs. S. S. D. on receipt of her
address. MRS. C. B. C."
Have I not abundant warrant for the
assertion that, with the Corner, Christmas
is a perpetual celebration? Here is a
signal illustration of the glorious truth.
Let us know when the supply of glasses
is exhausted, and may the new year be
made the happier for you because you
have bethought yourself of your neigh
bors’ infirmities.
Hold Munition Shipment
Los Angeles, January 29.—Federal offi
cials today ordered 15 carloads of arms
and ammunition held at San Diego. Cal.,
pending an investigation of their destina
tion. It is reported the munitions are in
tended for use by the Carranza forces.
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