Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-19


 Giesd can heal, and may that come to the
 friends of Thomas Stokes.
 pr. and Mrs. George s. Brown have
 moved on the South Highlands, and have
 rented the pretty cottage of Mr. Caldwell
 Bradshaw.
 Some of the youngest set of bellies and beaux on the Highlands have formed them. selves into dancing club and have adopted this euphonious name for their orguuiza-
 ton: ''rhe Othmar Cotillion Club. O,hmar is said to come from the Greek and signifies love of dancing. l speak not as one having authority in foreign ian-
 guages, possessing no talent for any for, eign tongue, and fnding all the study of the past in those branches to be valueless in these times when one has to be lin guist of no mean gifts to keep up with what was once called told -fashioned Eng lish' There is no energy left for Greek Or German atter-the- constant effort neces- sary 10 learn and unlearu modern English. The fads of the present day pronunciation gre sufficient to employ all the time and
 energy of an ordinary man or woman, and l to leave them no strength or inclination | for another language.
 This condition of things may in meas | ure account for the decline of interest in | the study of Latin and Greek. When so | much attention was given these languages | by educated people, English was generally 1 sspoke as she was wrote, but now to at | tempt the different kinds of Latin and 1 Greek and the multiform English of today | would fill our insane asylums far beyond | fheir capacity aud give MT. Ingersol appall- | ing proof that men and women sympa- | thtsed with his suicidal doctrines. Sanscrit, | Ssbinese, HebreW-al sink into insignit- | eapce when compared to the, up-to- date l En glish, for when once they are mastered | one may proudly exclaim, tWhst have l learned have fearned;' but alas! for the | students of English, there comes to them | no relief, no surcease from sorrow until
 time shall be DO moro.
 l began to tell something of the Othmai | Cotillion club, but I struck one of my 1 themes, and, as usual, digressed. But 1 know number of good women who will | sympathize with my views, for together we | have .labored and suffered in an heroic | effort to keep abreast with the English lan-
 guage of the latter part of the nineteenth
 century. But these matters do not disturb
 the young folk much, and last Wednesday | evening the "Othmarso were charmingly
 entertained by Master E imund Fucker at
 -ths residence ofhjs parents, Gen. and Mrs. E. w. Rucker. Miss Salie Winston and | Master Robert Johnston lead the cotillion. l Miss Eloise Montgomery, daughter of
 ex- Mayor Montgomery of Woodlawn, has
 been fortunate enough to receive scholar
 ship in the Cooper Union institute, New | York. This bright, ambitious young lady | DAS D6eU pursuing her iOr tWO Jcdio | at the Industrial Institute and college at | Columbus, Miss, here art was her chosen | branch of study. Her friends will be very | glad to learn of the fine opportunity which
 will now be afforded her in the great me- | tropolis.
 Last Thursday evening the handsome | residence of Dr. George N. Morrow, on | Eighth avenue, was aglow with light and
 laughter, and happy youth made all things 1 mt txHyIf fo nxnn
 Dr. and Mrs. Morrow is well adapted for | entertaining, and with the cordial welcome
 of such an host and hostess, aud that of I their two -fairs-yeaBg@ daughters, with | music, dancing and delicious refreshments, | the enjoyment of the merry guest was full | and complete. The hours flew by on | golden wings, but soon after the witching | midnight time farewells were said and
 another delightful evening drifted into the | past. Misses Lucy and Anna Morrow were | charming young hostesses; they have also | contributed very largely to the social pleas | ures of this summer time, and have been l the recipients of very much attention from 1 friends and admirers The following young l folk were the guests of Misses Morrow. Miss Mamie Morrow with Will Smith, Miss
 Kate Morrow with Claude Nabers, Miss | Willie Morrow with Dick Going, Miss Lura
 Brown with Sam Nabers, Miss Marguerite
 Martin with Lundie Sloss, Miss Mollie Jor-
 dan with John Steele, Miss Bessie White
 with Albert de Funiak, Miss Lucy Harrell | with P. T. Bradford, Miss Lucy Hagood | with Sid Jones, Miss Daisy Moody with
 MT. Moncrief, Miss Patti Ruffner with J. l k. Duckworth, Miss Mamie Clary with Sale l Pheian, Miss Ola Roden with John Patton,
 Miss Florrie Roden with Jim Johns, | Miss Anna Thompson with Alex Cecil,
 Miss Zemmie Webb with Charles Ledbetter.
 Stags. .--Messrs Foster, Ward, Walker,
 Sims, Kimball, Phelan P. Walker, Laird, | Gibson, Crawford, Wilcox, Thompson, | Stolleuwerck, Ed Smith, Fowlkes, Brown | Arnold and Cooke, Cecil, Perry, Evans
 and Charlie Leeper.
 A most interesting communication comes
 gent, relative to "Coming Through the
 Rye" which I will give the readers of the | AGE- HERALD an opportunity to enjoy as | soon as possil e.
 In the death of Mrs. N. A. Bustin, Bir- l mingham has lost one of it's most useful l women, the church one of it's trusst and most active members and her family one | whose place can never be filled.
 The loss to onr community is only to be | properly estimated by those who knew | Mrs. Bustin's constant effort for the im- i prevement and elevation of All things about | her. No good cause ever appealed to her | in vain, but of her time, influence and
 money she generously gave to every cause l which was to advance Christ's kingdom or l improve the condition of her fellow. crea' | lures. She bore.tbe trial of life as became l Christian, and WAS prepared when tks- end l came for higher ard happier existence. | For years knew her aud observed her con- 1 scientious life and iabors. She was a wo- l man of strong mental qualities and of the | h ihI, ,opt oh ranta Shat ot h,2 n