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SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN Brilliant Party of Daughters of American Revolution Many Guests at Benefit Bridge—Other Social Events of the Season—A Luncheon for Visit ing Matrons—Announcements of Forthcoming Parties—Personal Briefs , * Mr MYRTIJS MIIJM _____-___ I Probably the largest card party ever given in Birmingham was the triumphant entertainment yesterday afternoon at the Tutwiler, given under the auspices of Gen eral Sumter chapter, D. A. R. A glance at the big downstairs ballroom during the afternoon hours was enough to convince even the mast fickle follower of the lat est forms of pleasure that dancing hor golf nor any of the other diversions in which Birmingham women engage has by any means usurped the place of so ciety's favorite card game. Ninety tables were arranged for the games, and each was surrounded by the complete group of four. Never has a bridge party been more beautifully managed, and this fact has received the enthusiastic comment both of the regent of the hostess chapter, j Mrs. R.. H. Pearson, and of the experi * enced devotees of the game who were present yesterday afternoon. So large a number of players might have been di rected with difficulty, but for the fact that the tables bad been arranged in sec tions and each section was in charge of / some capable hostess and bridge player. ‘ A large number of prizes had been gen erously donated, and comprised a useful and varied assortment of acceptable ar ticles. These were presented at the con clusion of the game series at & o'clock. The hostess committee appeared in cos tumes recalling the spirit of colonial days, some wearing the modern and decidedly (picturesque toilettes of the day with pow dered* hair and patches and delicate fichus to give the final touch. Mrs. C. M Tardy, general chairman for the card party, wore a light taffeta gown and hair la pompadour; Miss Katherine Kirkman, in white frock and broad pink girdle, pom* padoured white wig and chin strapsN of pearls was one of the pretty girls in the hostess coterie. Mrs. Emily Ford superb ly handsome in black with powdered hair, and Mrs. Stoelker cleverly costumed to suggest revolutionary days were among the number who appeared unusually at tractive in period attire. Among the hand some women serving In various commit tees were Mrs. Arthur Adams, Mrs. A. O. Dane, Mrs. N. W. Trimble, Mrs. John W. Patton, Miss Alma Burgamy, Mrs. Dee Bradley, Mrs. Jones G. Moore and other prominent members of the local organiza tion of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Miss Gustrine Milner. Miss Florence Coffin, Miss Annie 'Tardy and Miss Jean Marks were among the attrac tive girls assisting to make the card party a success! Observed among the hundreds of Inter esting women at the card party were: Mrs. Alex Cecil, Mrs. E. F. Stovall. Mrs. Henry Badharn. Mrs. E. II. Cabaniss, Mrs. William J. Young. Mrs. John Futch of Jacksonville, Fla.. Mrs. Thomas Ever ett Morris, Mrs. O. S. Deeper, Mrs. Wil ,iam I. Grubb, Mrs. Samuel Rand, Mrs. Willard Wilson, Mrs. W. G. Oliver, Mrs. Mortimer Jordan, Mrs. A. Carr Hopper of Texas, Mrs. William Worthington, Mrs. Miles Watkins, Mrs. Murphree, Miss Clara Lee Woodson, Miss Virginia Underwood, Miss Louise Glass, Mrs. George B. Mc Cormack, Mrs. Loui Dent, Mrs. W. J. Montgomery and her guests. Mrs. i iara Brov.n and Miss Marjorie Brown of Ohio; Mrs. Rivers Carter, Miss Fannie Dunn, Mrs. E. J. Dunn. Mrs. J. J. Asbury, Mrs. Ft. L. Wyman, Mrs. J. J. Eaton, Mrs. W. X. Malone and her guest. Mrs. C. S. Sparks of Home, Ga.; Mrs. S. L. Ledbet ter, Mrs. Harry Wheelock, Mrs. Ed War ren, Mrs. John B. Danforth, Mrs. Gus Pope and Mrs. S. J. Cole. MRS. M*MAHON’S LUNCHEON FOR VISITING MATRONS Mrs. C. M. McMahon gave a lunch eon yesterday at her home on Twelfth avenue in compliment to Mrs. L. C. Woodllff of Gadsden and Mrs. fc. P. Marsh of Augusta, Ga. The derails of the congenial little party were beau tifully effected and the six courses of a delicious luncheon were enjoyed by Mrs. Woodliff, Mrs. Marsh, Miss Elizabeth Marsh, Mrs. R. M. Russell, Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Oscar Reinhardt and the hostess. MRS. W. T. SIMMONS ENTERTAINS CARD CLUB The Norwood Social club held a dr lightful meeting yesterday afternoon with Mrs. W. T. Simmons. The valen tine season was suggested in the choice of score cards and decorative details. A hand-painted plate was l ho game trophy. Those who participated in the games were; Mrs. John Wood. Mrs. Eli Pigman. Mrs. J. A. Shook, Mrs. E. Ft. Penning ton. Mrs. Gordon Moughan. airs. Wil liam Moughan, Mrs. Sam Nance, Mrs. William Lassiter, Mrs. Newton ’aisely, Mrs. Philip Alexander, Mrs. Gregory Johnson. FRIDAY NIGHT FIVE HUNDRED WITH MRS. WOOD The Friday Night Five Hundred dub w ill hold this w eek’s meeting with Mrs. John Wood of Norwood. Mrs. Hugh Ellis entertained the Nor wood Forty-two club yesterday titter noon. The members, 12 in number, were present. MASQUERADE C08TUMES REQUIRED AT BALE The entertainment committee for the Southern club again announced yes terday that at the forthcoming bal masque, which is to be an event of Tuesday evening, no one will be ad mitted to the ballroom unless in fancy dress until after the unmasking, which takes place always at midnight. While the Pierrot and PierreU • cos tume is not required it is preferred to any other mask attire and appears to have been almost universally < hosen by those ^ ho are securing new cos tumes for the ball. For the conven ience of those who had already chosen and secured costumes of som** othe»* type before the announcement of the annual masquerade and some of whom have been under a misapprehension, tin* committee wishes it understood that ether impersonalities will be perfectly acceptable. But for the dancing, ail must be in masquerade. MR. AND MRS. LEATH GIVE INFORMAL BRIDGE Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Leath will en tertain a few friends informally at bridge Saturday evening at their borne. ANNOUNCEMENTS Mrs. John Armistead will be hostess this afternoon to the Amaranth club «:t the borne of Mrs. \V. J. Adams on Twelfth street. 41 Mrs. j. H. p. iJeWindt will entertain the Quest «'lub this afternoon at her residence, 3825 Cliff f*bad. Mrs. Sterling Fost\r will entertain the Cadmean circle this afternoon. The Alumni association of Temple Emanu-El will hold an important meet ing this evening after service. A full attendance is desired. Mrs. C. C. Snider vs ill be hostess to the Clionian club. Mrs. W. C. iilnk. 2230 Twelfth ave nue. north, will be hostess to the Edge wood dub. . 'I he ladies of the Christian church will give a valentine social this evening the hotr\£ of Mrs. \V. H. Davis. A mu sical and literary programme will be presented, and contests have been ar ranged for children. NOTES Mrs. Za* P. Smith will leave today for Atlanta to spend a day or two with frien ds. Mr. Wyndliam Mason's friends will re gret to know of his illness. He is at the South Highland infirmary. Mr. and Mrs. James Bowron will leave Sunday for New Yor to be absent 10 day 8. Mr. and Mis. Joseph Walker's little daughter has been named Margaret for her lively mother. Mr. and Mrs. John Pope Jones (Edna Moore) will call their little daughter Anne Elizabeth for her maternal grand- 1 mother Mrs. J. D. Moore. I Miss Luclle Douglas, who has been | conducting classes in china painting arid water color in Tuscaloosa foi* several weeks, expects to leave today "for New Orleans to spend the carnival season with her friend. Miss Isabel Percy of California, with whom she studied in F-urope several years ago. Mrs. A. 1., Glenn, who has been vis iting Mrs. VV. B. Emond in Norwood, has returned to Haleyville. Miss Ella Louis Ward is at home after spending a week in Nashville with her sister, MisR Madeline Ward. Mrs. W. B. Emond has been removed to her home from a local Infirmary aft-re a serious operation. 'Hie Belle Ash chapter, Order of Eastern Stai. will meet this evening at the Ma sonic temple of Fairfield. Mrs. Bush was hostess yesterday to the X. F. H. club at the home of her daugh ter. Mrs. X. D. Miller, in Fairfield. Three tables of players took part in the games and the club prize was awarded to Mrs. H. C. Christy, a salad fork. A handker chief was given for the consolation trophy to Mrs. C. A. Birk. A plate lunch eon followed the game, 'The senior class of tiio Ensley High school enjoyed a dance last evening at Gate lodge in honor of Miss Bessie Stewart, who leaves soon for Arizona. Twenty couples participated. Mrs. W. G. Brickell lias returned from a visit to relatives in Philadelphia, ac companied by her mother. Mrs. Cutler. Mrs. L. G. Stacey of Montana is visit ing Mrs. W. M. I^androin in Fairfield. * • * The conference of the Methodist church, south, of Pratt. City, will give a musioale' at the church Sunday afternoon at 2:30' o'clock. Miss Alary Lou Wood, who lias been] with Mrs. M. T. Hollingsworth in Tus caloosa, lias returned to Pratt City. Miss Ethel Shores is convalescent after] a recent attack of la grippe. Mr. W. E. Fulmer, who lias been visit-1 ing relatives in Pratt City, has returned j to Wetumpka. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen and Miss' Rosalyn Allen have returned to Colorado after a visit to Mrs. J. W. Mills. i • * * The Alexander Stephens chapter. United I Daughters of the Confederacy of East' Lake, celebrated the birthday of Steph ens yesterday afternoon. Mrs. T. F. Bon ditrant presided and Mrs. .1. M. Minterl gave the address of welcome. Col. Sum-1 ter Lea and other interesting speakers! took part in the programme, among them Miss Alice Brown, Mrs. James Walker. Mrs. ,T. A. Ellard. Mrs. Horace Wilker son. A social hour followed and, com posing the reception committee were Mrs. William Hunt, Mrs. Roberta Culpepper. Arts. F. E. Belsher, Mrs. Will Wilson and Mrs. Sallie Byrd. Mrs. A. T/. Hackett has as her guest Miss Birdie Smith of Blocton. The Teen Age department will have a Valentine party Saturday evening at the home of their director, Mrs. E. B. Burch fiol. The Merry Needle club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. J. E. Dixon. A successful meeting of the Cunning ham School Improvement association oc curred in East Birmingham Wednesday afternoon. Miss May Hansls’ address on Home Economics was followed by a so cial hour with hot chocolate and cake served to the guests. The t)wl club held a plensant session Wednesday evening with Miss Mary Par ker as hostess. The eight members were her only guests. • * • Mrs. George Steele entertained the mem bers of her rook club yesterday in Wood lawn. The 12 who constitute the club were the only guests. Mr. R. R. Wood of Talladega is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Wood. LETTERS TO EDITOR Dr. Dozier on Personal Freedom To the Editor of The Ago-Herald: 'In a press dispatch in your paper of | this date. I see a news item concerning 1 an osteopath physician at Dothan, who j has recently been fined $100 and sen- i tenced to three months* labor for the 1 county for “practicing medicine” In Ala bama. his prosecutors being the Medical society of Houston county, said society being composed exclusively of alopath doctors. Before commenting on the above news iteih. I want to say that T am only an humble, private citizen, very little dis posed to meddle in either politics or re ligion, but am heartily opposed to all partisan, gag laws, and muzzles of every kind, restricting the rights of men, and I don't mind admitting that lama little “hard sot” in my predilection in favor of free thought, free speech, free schools, a free press, freemasonry and the free right of every man to worship God as he likes under his own vine and fig tree so long as he stays under his own vine and keeps his figs out of other people's | preserves. I And I wish also to confess that I do hate and despise everything that ev%n smells of tyranny, persecution or the per version of law to prescribe the rights of any man or Has' sof men engaged in any kind of laudable effort for self-sus tenance or for the good of his fellow men. and 1 can’t but regard the fine and imprisonment of this osteopath physician as anything else than a subversion of the luwr to further the selfish Interests oi the prosecutors in the case, and to promote a medical oligary of alopaths in this state, by the exclusion of all prac titioners of every other school or pathy, who do not conform to their ideas and methods, and to the laws and statutes which they have in their selfishness and egotism prescribed, and through sophis try. subterfuge and false pretense of pro tecting the dear public succeeded in hav ing had grafted into our code of state laws. 1. myself, am of the alopath school, and haven’t an» great confidence in any other school or creed of the healing art. Hut 1 am not so selfish, purblind and dogmatic as to make me hostile to any who may differ with me in the method# to be employed in relieving and curing the sick and afflicted, neither am l so hidebound, hollow-hearted, and hypocriti cal as to deny to any nmn tlie right to elect and select a physician of the class he prefers for his own treatment, and it is not mine or any other man's right to forestall the privileges of other men in such an important matter. No, indeed, even if membership of the American Medical association have the legal power to proscribe and to persecute all other practitioners as osteopaths, homeopaths, eclectics. Christian Scien I tists. etc., it is cowardly, selfish, mean and hypocritical to do so. and it is un | American, illiberal, tyrannical and des I potic w henever such proscription is im posed and fostered, no matter by whom such injustice is taught or practiced. In every church of every creed there is doubtless some good; and in every school of practice of healing there is some merit. But 1 do not believe that in any one re ligious creed, or in any one school of healing is concentered all that is best and good. At any rate. 1 am willing to leave the master to the good sense of patrons in the exercise of their choice in the selec tion of preacher, priest or practitioner. And I would gladly hail the repeal and revocation of every law in our code that now stands in contravention of such rights and privileges of the people in general and of the practitioners of every class of doctors. In conclusion, Mr. Editor. I trust that you will look upon and regard these sen timents of mine as l regarded with favor your recent editorial in behalf of the rights of thousands of our people to have tha privilege of attending the moving pic tures on Sunday. Tour editorial was good seed sown in good ground, and doubtless wdli yet ger minate, grow and in good time develop some good fruit In the matters of tolera tion and personal liberty, which is dearer to me than all religion or rigorous laws founded not in “equal rights for all and : special privileges to none." O. T. DOZIER. Birmingham. February 10, 1915. Defends Jitney Automobiles To the Eidtor of The Agre-Heralc!: T would like to say through your columns a word in regard to the claim of President DeWindt of the Birming ham Railway, Eight and Power com pany that the jitney busses were deal ing in unfair competition. He makes the statement that he will give free access to his company's book.s to the city commission or to any fair minded man to show that they are j not making a fair profit. Why -lid thir company refuse to do this very thing during the gas controversy a year 01 so ago? The city commission at that time made request for this very thing | and the said company absolutely re fused to comply with the order. 1 venture the assertion that the Bir - j mingham Railway, Eight and Power ! company w'1,11 2iot turn their books over to a commission for investigation, that commission to be headed by Arlie Bar ber. with power to summons witnesses from inside or outside of the state. The expense of such investigation to be borne by the city. ) I wish to call attention to the fol lowing figures which are based on the financial report of this company for the year of 1912. This company pays taxes on $1,000, 000. They have outstanding securities of $19,000,000 and pay dividends on $19, 000,000 at a rate of 7 and 8 par cent on their common and preferred stock. Adding also, during that year $10,000 to their surplus. If they pay dividends on $19,000,000, have securities for the same amount, j why should they not pay taxes on 6U j per cent of this amount, or $11.50«).000? ! This would add to the tax they now pay j $75,000. If they paid this just tax they would then have cause for claiming : that they had don^ their part a:ong that line and have reason to complain about what they consider unjust com petition. This granting- that many oth er unjust courses which said company lorce upon the people, viz: Deliberate ly refuse to allow proper heating of cars; crowded cars: unjust and exorbi tant gas and electric light rates, etc., are insignificant, but they are far from being so. Right here allow me to call tiic at tention of the public to the fact that the city of Birmingham is running behind at the rate of $1000 per day and this one item of discrepancy in taxa tion on the part of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company would pay over 20 per cent) of thi r deficit each year. The day of the street car Is limited. It is rapidly becoming an antique and is soon to be supplanted by more mod ern methods of travel, presumably the automobile, in some of its future im provements. The very best service ren dered by the street car is not equal to that rendered by the automobile, of which the “jitney bus” is the begin ning. 1 believe I voice the sentiments of the majority of the citizens of Bir mingham when T say that T am op posed to any ordinance which might be passed by the city commission that will restrain any movement that smacks of progress. The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company is a foreign corpora- i Ron; the so-called “jitney busses’’ are home-owned, home-operated and should be home-protected. Some regulation in regard to the responsibilities of the chauffeur should be instituted, out it should not. be prohibitive either for > the chauffeur or the bus. A good solution of the problem which might be mentioned would be the own-! ing “jitney busses'' by the city, with ! transfer accommodations. This: would help greatly toward meeting the city’s financial demands. Such an unde.rtak* ing would go far toward decreasing city taxes instead of asking the people1 to raise them, which they will not do. 1 °urs, DR. O. p. COPKLAKD. Birmingham, February IP, Alabamians ami Kducation •lo the Editor or The Age-Herald: Ir. your paper for Monday morning there appears an article saying that In April m will begin a campaign look ing to the removal of illiteracy among miults m this state Those of us who know Alabama and w ho have known her work along educational lines, who keep up day by day with what she is doing, know that this campaign wue begun long ago. and that here In Alabama many women are quietly working for the re moval of Illiteracy from our slate. Miss Olive Shelton is doing this in Shelhy county. It is well knowm that her ir.oon liBiit schools or night schools lor grown people are doing much good in that county. She, herself, was taught by Alabama teachers and is a graduate of an Alabama college. Alabama's own daughters deserve Cl edit for the ‘single-handed battles they have fought and are fighting every day for the improvement of her people. I think much of the confusion in gov ernment conies from “sending off" to gel somehody to come and give us beau tiful lectures telling us what we ought to do. There are noble, capable people right here in Alabama who know the needs of our state, know wlial should be done in the counties where they live— but they receive no business recogni tion, no encouragement in their work. Some give up their lives and their prop erty to forward the interests of our state. Some give up hope and quit trying some go to other places—but many, like our brave little women in Shelby county, arc still standing by their guns and fight ing for the advancement of Alabama. I ait us give them credit for their hard work and for bravery. Very respectfully, MRS. J. A. HARRISON. Birmingham, 110S 26th St.. N. Feb. 15. Ci.rd of Thanks We hereby express our heartfelt thanks to all our friends for thair kind sympathies and help In our recant be reavement. Especially do we thank the Rev. Bro. Bryan, the Order of Red Men and the Bartenders' Local 341 for their loyal help and sympathy. MRS. W. F. ROBINSON AND FAMILY. Throngh Sleeper to Rlehaead The Birmingham Special leaving Bir mingham 5:00 a. m. daily, handles a througli sleeper to Rlchipond, arriving there 6:00 a. m„ eastern lime. Southern Railway is the route. . Large, ltri lliantlv c o 1 o r e d Gold Fish 10c each .lust arrived. Flowers for Valentines 10HKI Q-ARK^eT Xb'SS ii.L mum? 1 PI?U6GIST«na FLORIST February Furniture Sale SPECIALS SI 0.00 Tea Wagons $5.98 ;j Mahogany or finned oak fin-i ish, a neat pattern similar to I cut; a most useful article to ’ any household. $».uu Oriole Go-Baskets $5.98 Get One for Baby It is the only conveyance de signed for the baby that will ab solutely permit the mother to take her child everywhere. Full llpe to make selections front special prices. Terms Can Be Arranged SEARIGHT-U E E SE FURNITURE CO. 1X403N.20thSt. | ».V | Th. Quality II I I or Charlotte, N. C. J And Return U LAYMEN’S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT, PRESBY gS TERIAN CHURCH IN U. S. ||A Tickets on Sale 14th and 15th; limit 22d Southern Railway Premier Carrier of the South —-1 Bills Are High “Will you give me some idea how to cut down my gas bills? They are like the storied pumpkin vine that grew and grew and grew, and I feel that I am growing old under the strain. We do not sit up late, and we, give few' entertainments— that demand illumination. But gas and electric light bills mount steadily. Do I you think there is fraudulent dealing— j downright cheating—on the part of the; companies? f have had the meters test ed again and again, and they are pro nounced ‘all right.’ (’an you suggest a solution? MRS. T. R. H.’’ You will not take it amiss if I ask you how much consumption of gas and elec tricity is done when the lighted rooms have no human occupants? An American visitor to an English country house told | me once disdainfully that in her rooms wore printed notices under the burners, requesting guests to turn off the lights upon leaving the room. “Such meanness!'’ she declared. “In America we would never stoop to it.” That set me to think ing, and I have thought and observed i much along the same line since. Is each member of your family unctlllous In this respect? When you leave the living room for dinner, who turns off the lights in brackets and chandelier? How often do they blaze all the time j’ou are at table? When vour/ servants are out in the even ing. do you ever look into the kitchen to see if the lights are out, or glance into their vacant bedrooms? T dare aflflirm that, in eight out of 10 you will And at least one light going to “have it con venient" when they get in late. The house mother who will have an eye to the useless consumption of gas, oil or electricity will be first amazed, then en lightened and wiser by, the result. The waste from such carelessness is more common than we suspect. When you leave a room turn out the lights! Soft Molasses Gingerbread "It has been several years since I t ame to you. When I was a girl, 40 years ago, my aunt used to make a delicious soft gingerbread. I’ve tried every recipe I saw, but can’t get it like hers. Can you give me a good, old-fashioned recipe, not all molasses, and with one egg? “MRS. E. I.” I cannot be sure t£at this recipe is so I much like that with which your aunt used to delight your palate as to console you for the loss of her ■■way" of mak ing it; but you may try it and report to the Corner. Homebody else may come nearer your ideal. 1 invite a competi [ tive examination of recipes for soft mo lasses gingerbread: Sift one teaspoon of baking powder and half as much salt twice with two cups of flour. Stir to a cream half a cup of butter, as much sugar, and the same quantity of molasses. Warm the mixture slightly and beat it light before adding a well whipped egg, half a teaspoon of ground mace, and a tablespoon of ground ginger. Dissolve half a teaspoon of baking soda in a tablespoon of hot water; stir this into I half a cup of sweet milk and lastly add j the flour, folding it in with swift upward I strokes. Beat all hard for a full minute | and bake in two "cards" or in plate pans. | Butter the pans w-ell before the batter i goes in. I have other formulas for mo lasses gingerbread, but I shall await with pleased expectancy the arrival of favorite recipes from readers who know the prod uct of their •‘ways’’ to be superior to that l have given—in fact, "the best ever." Curried Stuffed Peppers •you have given us lately recipes for stuffed peppers on th* half shell and formulas for making curries of various kinds. Ever since the prices of meat have been soaring out of reach l have been ‘composing' luncheon dishes without meat. This is one which we like for curried stuffed peppers: Cut off the tops of six green peppers and remove the ribs and seeds. Eill with the following mixture: Two ounces of cracker crumbs, two of grated cocoanut, three of grated cheese, one level tablespoon of curry powder, two finely chopped apples, an ounce of butter, salt and pepper to taste. Steam until tender. Tomatoes may be stuffed with this mixture and baked rather than steamed. The filling will be improved by making it the day before and allowing it to stand overnight. You may make a dinner dish of this by substituting I chopped ham for the cheese. We serve it with boiled rice and pass chilled bananas with it. This last dainty touch we learned from the Corner. "MRS. JOHN." j The only alteration T should make in j your “composition” is to scald the seeded peppers, and let them get cold before filling them. The parboiling lessens the pungency which is offensive to some pal ates. i am pleased that you approve of the accompaniment of chilled bananas to- the curry. r learned that “dainty touch” from a dear friend who was born and brought up in India. FOR VEGETABLE FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS FERTILIZERS POULTRY FEEDS AND SUPPLIES CALL ON Amzi Godden Seed & Grain Go. 2110 First Avenue I “When Thou Comest to the Safe Tent of the Good Comrade** my DOLLY DiLRYIPU There !* scarcely anybody who writes things that somehow just get '“next to me" like sir Gilbert Parker. In a “foreword” to his book of poems, entitled “Embers” there is a little senti ment that is suggestive of thought and j which bears close inspection. 1 Here it is: “When thou comest to :lie safe tent of the good comrade, abide there til! thy Ole Miss, dar’s no Devo tion lak er HUSBAND’S— provided he’s far ernuff out uv his Wife’s Sight, ter be perfectly Unrestrained an’ Natural. Yassum! going forth with a steadfast mind: and | if. at tiie hospitable fire, thou learnest the secret of a heart, thou shalt keep it holy, as the north wind the trouble of i the stars.” Reading this finely idealistic injunction. | and pausing to consider the sentiment, it seems as if it wrould be an inscription worthy of a place in the heart of every guest entering a home. In times of war the danger most zeal ously guarded against is the presence of an enemy within the lines, and the enemy most feared, hated and despised is he who comes in the guise and garb of a friend. One circuit of camp or fortress by such an enemy, a.nd its strength or perchance its pitabie weakness of defense, is dis closed and should the lack of ammuni tion, of water, of food or the feebleness of the garrison be made 1m >v.i> by such enemy's tongue, defense is no longer pos* sible. *It is much the same way in the matter of admitting aliens to the home circle. The laws governing social life are such that there is little difficulty in excluding enemies. The home is a castle, the drawbridge of which cannot be crossed save by invi tation of host or hostess, therefore it is afl the more a matter of honor that those given the right of entrance as friends should be in very truth the friend they seem and are believed to be. A few days in what is called "the bctom” of any family discloses its status of family life, to a. degree that years of casual social intercourse would not re veal. Once welcomed within the family circle tlie stranger is a stranger no more. The invitation alone is proof that tha attitude of the household toward him or her is no longer that of mere acquaint ance, but friendship. Host or hostess has become the ' the good comrade who no longer guards hit tent against surprises. The stranger Is rslced to become one of the garrison, one of the crusted guards, and it is a beautiful duty that should they learii the secrets of the !p?art pr hearthstone, they will keep them holy as the north wind the trouble of the stars.” HUNTSVILLE Huntsville. February XL—(Special.)— P. H. Davis, an aged Confederate veteran, died at nis home at Merrimack yesterday after an illness of several weeks with a complication of infirmities. He was 91 years old and w as a veteran of Gilbreath's ecmpany in the Forty-ninth Alabama in fantry. Mrs. C. H. Marlow', formerly Miss Ed wards of Huntsville, died yesterday at her home in Cordova. The body was brought to Huntsville last night. The members of the Twickenham Town chapter. D. A. R., yesterday elected the following alternates to attend the conti nental congress at Washington: Mrs. Winston Garth. Mrs. Henry Chase and Miss Shelby Patton. The annual short course in agriculture for the benefit of the negro farmers of Madison county began today at the Agri cultural and Mechanical college for ne groes at Normal. Addresses were deliv ered by J. C. Ford of the Alabama Poly* technic institute and S. R Butler, county superintendent of education. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA Merch Trust 1905 Second Avenue “Rigtit on Your Way” A large number of women carry accounts with “the strong, growing M & M Bank” because of its central location in the retail business sec tion, thereby making it convenient for them to transact their banking business while shopping. We solicit your checking account. Officers: W. A. PORTER, President .1X0. W. SPARK >1A \ _ ... A*st. Cashier. 4 ROSE IiE\ f, \lce-Prealdeui IIEXRV L. CHISOV.XI AL. C. GARBER, Cashier Asat. Caahler. 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