The Birmingham age-herald. [volume], October 17, 1915, Page TEN, Image 10

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_SOCIAL SERVICE AND THE FAIR_
Soolnl Service Depnrtmenf
II .v MHS. SIDNKV M. ILDIAN
Children of the first grade in the model school of the Florence Normal school studying plant life with one
of the student teachers
To the minds of most persons a state
fair means only the hub-bhb of vend
er.-. a midway, free acts at the grand
stand ami tin showing of a few pre
set \. s and cakes and some fancy work.
Nobody «»tops to sec. or would use if
they had it. but in no measure iB this
all. the real value of the fair is its
educational and social service value.
N’«t one can walk through the agri
cultural building without feeling an in
to st in the subject of crop diversifi
cation. This building is a practical
demonstration of what is possible for
tin Alabama farmer.
A visit to the mineral display is evl
Members I.. X. A. of A.
We Guarantee Colors
Rough Dry does
away with family
wash troubles
—It's cheaper
too. try it
— Rough dry the family wash
ing at the AMERICAN tomor
row. See for yourself how
CLEAN, sweet and wholesome
a onr (dot lies come home.
- Hundreds of women have!
eliminated the washerwoman!
entirely -end all the tilings:
to the AMERICAN rough dry j
department every Monday, be-!
cause it is so much easier,
cleaner and cheaper. The av
erage cost is onlv :?()<• to 50c.
Try it.
0 Cents the Pound
Starched Ready to Iron
mu
— — -
Call
3715 PHONES 3716j
The Original Rough Dry
Laundry
In OrtlprinK <>o<hI» Plemo Mention
THE AliE'HBRA LI)
donee of the wonder ful mining industry
of the state. '
1 ‘own the road'past the midway with
its bazar hangings and noisy ‘‘speelers''
is a fine exhibit of stock, cattle and
hogs and horses, and here tucked pret
tily in. blooming and attractive, is the
school garden; this work was done un
der the auspices of tire Fairview
school and gardened by two of the
Fairview boys, John Acton and John
Akin, and is a demonstration of the j
value of tlie garden to the school child, I
its diversity, its possibility as to beauty I
taking away from the kitchen garden I
its old idea of the Oder of onions and
the rows only of beans and peas. Hire
we see the combined beauty of flowers
bordering the garden and the charming
landscape idea of planting the tall
vegetables, such as corn and okra at
the rear which makes a charming
background for the eye.
As we enter the front gate of the
fairgrounds, we are immediately at
tracted to a booth that is a service and
aiii to the mother who was forced to
bring her baby along. Here is an in
vesting place to let the little one sleep
and rest while the mother enjoys the
fair. The Hunter Street Baptist church
booth, where the babies and packages
may bo checked, has been a regular
feature at the fair for the last six
years. In speaking to the lady in
charge* about the work of the booth
she said: “\W have become so neces
sary to the fair association that next
year we ought to be here free, so
many mothers couldn’t come at all if
we were not here to look after the lil- ;
tie one. The average number of. ba
bies checked per day is about 12. but on
big days .is many as JO babies have
been Hit. in a day. All of the babies
are \v« 11 attended to and carefully
nursed u *'n the mother returns.
The • • u rational booth in the
woman s building is also of great
value, showing the art work of the
schools; the domestic science and man
ual training class work', performed hy
the pupils of the Birmingham public
schools and other njiooln in the state;,
many pieces of work could be men
tioned. the beauty and utility of which
make them especially commendable; l
one particularly interesting and fin- t
piece of work is the Kitchen cabinet;
made hy John Looney of the Hnsley I
High school.
One of tile finest school exhibits was
the one of tlie Florence Normal school.:
This is a normal school that desires j
not be known as a high school or a|
college, but a pjace to train teachers1
for tin* public schools and it does noth- ;
ing else.
Everything here is done by the pu- j
piN, end the work is varied and shows
splendid results. Last year the Flor
ence Normal school trained C*J4 teach
ers. Under the auspices of tin* normal j
school is conducted for the practical j
work of the teachers in training at
model school; here the children study.]
for instance, plant life: actual plant- I
ing is done on the sand table. This |
work is one of the most advanced
methods of class work, and at tills!
school is well directed hy Miss Uonnie
Neely, the teacher of domestic science
and art. No girl is allowed to graduate
from this school, says Mr. F. T. Nesblt
unless they can make their entire
graduation outfit, the dress not to ex
ceed in cost. However, Mr. Nesblt
i*
did not say what requirements were
made for the hoys. We don't sup
pose they have to make their outfits
at least.
The Knsley postoffice lias a fine ex
hibit of the parcel post department,
large well wrapped packages, which
makes us wonder where they got the
nice paper and cord since our own
Postoffice in Birmingham won't wrap
packages at the qffice at all. There is
no mistaking the fact that I’ncle Sam
has, in adding the parcel post to the
mail service, added another act of great
service to the community.
-lie Mercy Home Industrial school
has an exhibit of the work done by that
Institution and is a very creditable
showing. Next to the Mercy Home In
dustrial school booth is the “Mother
Goose Club,” and if you haven's had
a talk with tlie ladies in charge you
should not miss knowing what a beau
tiful work this small band of women
are doing.
Goosey, goosey gander,
Whither do you wander, •
U ps tai rs. do w n sta i rs,
In my ladies chamber,
There T met a poor girl.
And answered all her prayers,
For I left a lot of baby clothes
And came on down the stairs.
That is the spirit of the work, a bas
ket of baby things fqr any mother that
needs them: no questions asked and no
thanks wanted, hut O! What a lot of
real heartfelt thanks are given.
Tin* booth at the fair this year Is
the first time the little band of women
have ever made any attempt to let the
public know anything of tin* beautiful
work they are doing. And probably
they would have kept the knowledge
all of this lovely work to themselves,
if last winter's calls hadn't been so
heavy. You see it was not because
there were any more babies born last
year than before but the people were
so poor they couldn’t tage care of those
they had, and had to look to others for
the help they could get for the little
stranger.
The Mother Goose club gives an en
tire layMte to any mother that calls
for it: of course, if the mother is de
serving of help and most of them are.
Prior little gilds who never had a
chance, and went under with tlie tide,
and numberless deserted mothers that I
bad to face the struggle alone, the
helpless mother of an already large'
brood with 1 lie father out of work/
The case is reported to the club by
such social agents as Miss Forceman
or Mrs. Sea right and the basket is got
ten ready by the superintendent of bas
kets. Mrs. O. Oden: in the basket are
the following articles: Three kimonas.
three flannels, three slips, two skirts,
three bands, one dozen didies, safety
pins, ptfwder and soap, all of the things
are brand new. made by hand with as
much care as could be taken for the
most welcome and well born baby in
the land.
Anybody feels more comfortable if
they arc well dressed, and its the same
thing with a bnb\ ; its starting him out
with a kind of self-respect born with
the assurance he is well clothed.
Th** booth has on exhibit one of the
baskets filled just as it is for the ip*e
of a mother, and then on the wall are
pinned some of the dainty tilings made
by these same ladies for more fortu
nate babies; these things are for sale
so that the money can lie used to help
out with tile winter work and the
Mother Goose club can then take care
Manual (raining exhibit from Florence Normal school
' ■ 1
Face Cream Reductions
1 SPECIAL PRICES MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. OUR TOILET DEPART
MENT COMPLETE WITH THE BEST PREPARATIONS
250 Face Cream, 50c Face Cream, MO BODY
Ponds i^xtract Van- 1 /• _ Nadinola Face OQ« ——
iBhing Cream . XDC Cre=m .OdC „
Overcomes unpleasant odors
; gSS.'T.16c Kr“M’““.33c ^
fumes the body. Guaranteed! ef
* .Janice Cold -| n Egyptian Face Of)„ , .. , ... , ,
; Cream. iOC Cream.. OuC foctive 111(1 P°Bi«vely harmless.
I Chapins' Peroxide "I £»_ Gempre Glovine, no TQ,m,Qi„os,
Cold Cream . IOC always young . OOC Lar£e SlZe 25c
Penslar Buttermilk Cerate, _ Ingram Milkweed QQrt
zr,,;„.iz .ZZ Cy-Do-Nine for Chapping
Shaving Cream .. . Cream . OOC „ , „ ,
Best for sunburn and tan in suin
\ A r» Cl F\ ^ F*lHOr»e mor- Unequaled for chapped
rvuains urug ^o. 1001 an rough skins iu winter. -
‘The Sleepless Store in the Heart of the Town’s Heart” Large Bottle 25c
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Safe Saving Pe-sonal Service fl
Jefferson County Bank I
Second Avenue and Twenty-first Street I
W. A. PORTER, Chairman of Board. J
A. E. JACKSON, President. W. C. STERRETT, Assistant Cashier. I
T. M. JONES, Vice-President. AL. C. GARBER, Assistant Cashier 1
FRANK S. WHITE, Vice-President. W. W. HUTTON, Assistant Cashier. I
A Cordial Welcome
Mr. W. A. Porter, Mr. Al. C. Garber, and the other
former officers of the “M & M” bank extend to all
their former customers and friends a cordial welcome
to the Jefferson County Bank, with which the
“M & M” has been consolidated. In this welcome
the other officers of the Jefferson County Bank
most heartily join.
Enlarged Banking Service
We invite all former patrons of the M & M Bank to come with the Jefferson
County Bank, where we are prepared to give you even better service than ever
before; for, whereas the M & M’s capital was limited to $100,000.00, we now of
fer you the services of
A GREAT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WITH
| $500,000.00 Capital and
** $2,000,000.00 Resources
of more little folks. The club does not
limit Its territory where they hear of
a mother in need; off goes a basket.
The. officers of this club are: Mrs.
Oeoige Gibson, Mrs. Charles A. MofUt,
Airs. T. J. Bobbitt and Mrs. Honaker,
tiie secretary and treasurer.
Besides these bootYfs mentioned the
whole woman's building has a service
idea back of it. Here is a place of
display for the country woman, a ■'place
for her to show she is Interested In
beautifying the home and making the
table attractive, and then upon her
visit to the fair she gets new ideas
of work for the winter, a new crochet
stitch or some new way to ice a cake,
all making the visit of interest to the ■
neighbor that didn't come in and is
glad to know what was seen at the
fa i r.
While the farmer talks over the
fence to tlie other farmers about the
fine display of hogs at the fair and
the new kind of fertilizer he will use
next spring, the wife tells of the lovely
preserves and fancy work she saw. and
they laugh together over the good
times they had on the midway, and
the neighbor determines never to miss
another Alabama State Fair.
It is to be hoped that more and more
each year the fair association will en
deavor to stress the social service idea
and the educational advantages of the
fair, its far reaching Idea for good can
not help but be felt. Its real value is
then emphasized.
The work of the “tirst aid” was a
line example of the educational Idea
and demonstrated the necessity of pre
caution and knowledge in case of dan
ger. The anti-tuberculosis health day
was also an advanced step in the new
work of the fair; that of service and
education. The service end of the fair
is also demonstrated in the conventions
held in the city during fair week; per
sons that come in to the fair are easily
interested in giving a few hours of
their time to a convention in town,
taking advantage of the cheaper rail
road rates to come in to be a delegate.
Pon’t let us commercialize tlie fair to
such an extent that we loose sight of
those institutions that will be bene
fited by tiie fair and instead of charg- j
lug for tiie space, consider it worth
while to give such institutions and
workers the space free.
THOSE
Sentence day attain resulted in several
very heavy penalties for convicted of
fenders of the law yesterday as the fol
lowing list of prison doses handed to un
fortunates will show.
Robert Yancey, convicted of grand lar
ceny, sentenced to one year and one day
In the state prison.
Bud Oliver, convicted of burglary and
grand larceny, sentenced to one year in
the state prison.
Charley Davis, convicted of burglary
and grand larceny, sentenced to one year
and one day in the state prison.
I^ona Strong, convicted of buying and
receiving stolen property, sentenced to
two years and six mouths fn the state
prison.
Bubber Hudgins, convicted of burglary
and grand larceny, sentenced to three
years In the state prison.
Ike Williams, convicted of assault and
battery, sentenced to 30 days and six
months' additional and. costs at hard la
bor on county roads.
John Coleman, convicted of manslaugh
ter. sentenced to one year at hard labor.
Ethel Sims, convicted of forgery, sen
tenced to two years at hard labor.
Jim Corbin, convicted of embezzlement,
sentenced to six years at hard labor.
Ora Mitchell, convicted of manslaughter
in the second degree, sentenced to one
year and 30 days and costs at hard labor.
Hrotty Brimm, convicted of violation or
prohibition law. sentenced to 20 days and
six months additional and costs at hard
labor.
George Watson, convicted of assault
and battery with a pistol, sentenced to 30
days and six months' additional and costs
at hard labor.
Virgil Curry, convicted of assault and
battery, sentenced to 20 days and six
months' additional and costs at hard
labor.
Gene Moore, convicted of manslaughter
in the s«*eond degree, sentenced tt> 90
days and costs at hard labor.
Charley Minter, convicted of assault
and battery, sentenced to 20 days and
costs at hard labor.
Mose McGraw. assault and battery, sen
tenced to 100 days and costs at hard
labor.
Marshall Rickies, convicted of carrying
I,-= ■ ... ■
concealed weapons, sentenced to -0 days
and costs at hard labor.
Leroy Hill, convicted of petty larceny,
sentenced to three months at hard labor.
Serbs Win
London, October 16.—Fierce fighting be
tween the Servians and Bulgarians in
the region of Doiran, near the Greek
frontier, has taken a turn in favor of
the Serbs, says an Athens dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company received
via Zurich. The first detail of 400 Ger
man prisoners reached Nish yesterday.
———g
The Finland Arrives |
New York, October 16.—The steamer Fin
land arrived tonight with 438 passengers
from Panama, among them were 436 pas
sengers from the steamer Kroonland,
which was held on the Pacific side owing
to the canal slide. Mrs. William Howard.
Taft and her daughter were among the
passengers. The Finland brought back
the same cargo with which she sailed.
Owing to inadequate facilities at the canal
it could not be unloaded and trans
shipped.
In answer to a question asked by a bystander Barber said in his
speech Friday night that he had helped put through the anti-boycott
legislation, but that he was now sorry for it, and that he was glad it had ,
done no harm. He was asked if he had forgotten that 250 miners had
been arrested and jailed under that law/
Has Barber ever done anything to repeal the anti-boycott law? Did
lie go to the legislature and make a contribution to get the anti-boycott
law repealed at the last legislature at Montgomery? If he wanted this
law repealed why didn’t he act as he did when he had this law made?
lie contributed to a campaign fund to pass the anti-boycott law and was
a member of that committee. Many hundred union men have been in
prison in the county jail under this law and several are being threat
ened today with imprisonment for violating this law that Mr. Barber
helped pass in the legislature.
Mr. Barber was one of the jurors in the case of one of the miners that
was killed in the Virginia mine explosion against the Alabama Steel and
Wire company. He brought in a verdict for the defendant, thereby de- ,
priving the widows and orphans of their husband and support. They
received no pay for the death of their husband on account of Mr. Bar
ber’s action. Can you say that he is a friend to the working man or to
labor? Can he deceive the honest thinking man?
It is plain that Barber changes his mind on many1 questions and on
how many other matters is he liable to change?
Why are the gamblers and Isadore Shapiro so strong against Judge
Lane and for Barber, the republican? Because they were arrested for
alleged violations of law and Judge Lane upheld the officials in making
the arrests, and that’s it.
A. 0. Lane Campaign Committee
(Paid Political Advertisement)