Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-16

c. Bali, 2Isl Highland avenue.l
 It has become one of the literary and so- cial lads of the day to refer to and discuss the thew woman,'' with a constituency largely divided as to the ability and char acter of this supposed be product of the latter days of this remarkable nine- teenth century. But, my friends, there is no new woman worth talking about in these times. The cold, calculating speci- mems made familiar to us by some of the recent English and American novelists can certainly be considered new objects of in- teresl from psychological and physiolog- ical standpoint, for they fortunately repre- sent no type made admirable in the past They are depicted as women with hearts devoid of impulses and with the blood in their veins chilled and diluted. Such creatures are new in the sense that they have no prototypes; they owe their origin to the intellect of the modern novelist. But, oh, who believes there is any new woman in the end of our century? She is only the same woman who, when the gates of paradise closed upon the one loved best, bravely took her place be- side her husband and went out into an un- kzown world without murmur or re- proach; tho same who wept over mur-
 
 son to do the awful deed. She is the same woman who danced in triumph 10 the music of wild, clashing cymbols; the same who, though attired in the purple and pomp of royalty, stopped down 10 rescue the babe who crooned among the bull rushes; the same who minstered to the needs of the prophets of old; the same who watched and labored in the temple; alas, sometimes the same as she who, dancing, claimed the head in a charger; the same as .I,o 7hz aor,c knr | La Mary, Dorces, Martha and Elizabeth, and whose lives are part of sacred history.
 And, coming down to later times, the same woman has nobly performed her part wherever God has placed her, whether in palace or cottage, and she has sent her sons forth to make the world richer because of her living. She has filled her sphere with com pieteness and beauty, and now, because that sphere is different-.yea, now that it is broader-she is equal to the requireme . ts of her surroundings, because, cmphatically because, she is not new. She is the natural result or centuries Of love, character and genius; she is not new, miserable, un- lovabe being, who lives mathematically and who bas In lieu of heart place kept locked and bolted from mercy and hope. No, thousand times no! The woman of today, with her brave, noble soul, her big, quick, cultivated brain, her tender, charit- able heart, Is occupying with startling rapidity all the space granted her by a
 
 not because she is new, but because she Is the product of the ages!
 On next Wednesday morning, at Il o'clock, at the First Presbyterian church, Miss Anna Fosdick Thompson and Mir. Alex D. Cecil will be married. No cards have been issued for this wedding, but all the friends Of the young couple are cordially invited to be present Wednesday morning at the First Presbyterian church. Miss Thompson is one of our loveliest and most fer, Mrs. N. c. Royster, have a large circle pf friends in Birmingham who feel a deep Interest in Miss Thompson's approaching huptials, and who will no doubt crowd the church on the occasion of the marriage. Mr. A. D. Cecil has only lived in Birming- ham comparatively short time, but suffi- ciently long to make his impress upon our community. He holds a very responsible position in the office of the Louisville and