Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-10

they shall fight against the Cuban pa
 triots. These convicts are already butch
 ering Cubans without regard to sex or
 age. We Cuban ladies in exile from home
 have joined ourselves together in char
 itable society called Daughters of Cuba,
 with the object of sending medicines and
 necessities to our sick and wounded Of
 the Cuban war Sisters of America, come
 to us; we appeal to you to help us and aid
 us in creating sympathy and raising
 funds to enable us to send medicines and
 necessaries to the hospitals of the patri-
 otic army. We have decided, with this
 object in view, to hold fair during the
 first week in December in Masonic tenn
 pie, Twenty-thrd street and Sixth ave-
 nue, New York. And. above all, let those
 who have fathers, brothers, sons or hus- bands ask them for sympathy and beg
 of them to petition the president of the United States for the recognition of the belligerent rights of the Cubans. When this is granted the war will be over and
 we Cubans in exile and the Cubans in the
 whole island of Cuba will join us in their thanks and ask the blessing of God on you and yours.''
 My newspaper experience has been singularly fortunate in my eighteen months of regular service, with a very exceptions, I have met only encourage ment and generous consideration from friends, acquaintanceS and even Strang- CTS, that nave proven constant lnSplfd- tion to higher endeavor. No woman could be more grateful for these kindly evidences than am, and no woman could more thoroughly appreciate than l do the encouraging words spoken and writ ten to me by true men and women, whose friendship I claim. But there are clouds in every sky, as you and I have reason to know. and one of these clouds cast an ugly shadow across my way few days ago in the form of an anonymous communication. Some one was so solic- itous for the education of myself and the masses that he or she cut out my col umns of last Sunday, wrote upon them thrilling marginal notes, correcting my faulty grammar and suggesting that while 1 was making an effort to elevate the standard of excellence and good man. nerss in clubs, I should also raise my own standard of grammatical excellence. This suggestion of my anonymous corre- spondent certainly emphasizes the cor rectnesS of my position in the premises. and indicates that there may have crept into some club some man or some woman who needs not only elevating, but weeding out entirely, for no one is en- titled to membership In respectable organization of any kind who could be guilty of such an act of cowardly imper- thence as the sending of an anonymous communication to man or woman. Such deed taboos the sender from all further' regard of respectable people. Belonging, as do, to class of women who are ln- terested in the progress and questions Of our time, like them I do not claim per lection in any line, grammatical or other wise and do not resent proper instruc- tion, properly given but demand that my instructor shall allow his or her per snnalty to be known so that the motives which actuate this philanthroDiSt shall be Justly estimated. AS the corrections sent me were some of them entirely faulty and imperfect, there seems to nave been absolutely no excuse for such communication Ca communication Wnicn brands the sender as miserable coward) but an unadulterated malice, which was horn fin a. warped and shriveled soul. | Another such anonymous article will ne- cessitate my publishing the name or the sender, which, while not signed, is not difficult to discover.
 Miss Clyde Berry, who has been the guest for several weeks of Mrs. Chad wick at the Eagle hotel, has returned to her home at Memphis, Tenn. Miss Berry was the recipient of much social atten. tion during her visit to Birmingham. Miss Eloise Johnston of New York is visiting her cousin, Miss Lizzie Hatton, on Eighth avenue and Nineteenth street. Mrs. .Wilmer Beard left Friday night for Louisville K, where she will spend a month with relatives and friends. SP>HN -
 The Nineteenth Century club was charmingly entertained on Wednesday afternoon by Miss Margaret Smith Nine teenth street, South Highlands. Miss Ju- lia Ward gave biographical sketches of James whitcomb Riley and Richard Har- ding Davis. A short story by Mary Foote was read by Miss Margaret Smith. De Iicious refreshments were served after the literary exercises were completed. |. fOtt xxyf1I nnf0 al tr1 a members of the Nineteenth Century club next Wednesday afternoon.
 Mrs. Jenness Miller, who has on pre- vious occasion given great pleasure and
 satisfaction to a large Birmingham audi ence will lecture next Saturday after noon at o'clock at Seals hall for two of our worthiest organizations of women, the Ladies' Aid society of the Church of the Advent and the Woman's Christian Temperance union. The subject chosen by Mrs. Miller for her lecture is Dress for Health and Beauty" which will be appropriately illustrated by the lecturer. Mrs. Miller will doubtless be greeted by an overlowiAg audience because of the interest which attaches to her own personality and also because of the two noble organizations to be benefited by | the receipts.
 The members of the Cadmean circle were the guests of Mrs. John M. Martin | on Friday afternoon. Mrs James A. Co., ing read a paper upon John Calvin" which was followed by an open discus sion of the Venezuelan question. the CO., ionial organizations and the Cuban incur rection. The discussions were led by Mss Alien. Mrs. w. s. Lowell. Mra J. Morgan smith, Mrs Thomas B. Parke and Mrs. | s. D. weakley. During the afternoon Miss Allen literary leader, made a most | interesting talk upon pronunciation. dur ing which she took the position held by all