Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-16
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l valued friend Of both benedlctS ana ma 1 trons
 An exchange says: Tt is getting to | be great fad to be a Daughter of the
 Revolution. Girls are rushing off to li- | braries to look over state documents and | archives and what not, and ply the | librarian with questions besides. some | times a proud creature who ought to be | content to look a duchess, gets terribly
 angry when she can't find an ancestor
 even among the private soldiers, and | then they VOW the library is wrong and
 the books are wrong and the chroniclers
 were negligent old fossils who left out | the most distinguished names. Agaln, l they find (and you can fancy the subse-
 quent horror0 that they had ancestors in l the revolution-who were red-hot torres.
 "Trial by Jury" will be presented at | O'Brien's opera house Monday evening, | May 20, with Tuesday matinee at 1 o'clock. It is composed of excellent local
 talent. and will no doubt be greeted by | a full house.
 Europeans generally regard our na- | tional progress as a vulgar success | We lack culture, tradition and ruins That we are merely hodge-podge or | folk from everywhere, with but two | ideas. love of independence and a thirst
 for wealth. Everybody is judged by his money value" The senior Castellane'
 who has just run over to see his son | marry Miss Anna Could has given ms views on American women to the ReVue | de Paris Out of deference to his rlch | daughter-in-law he pays very pretty | tribute to the fair sex. He says that | i've have a very wholesome social at l mosphere and the women are nelther painted nor covered with rice powder. | Almost all of them have superb com | plexions; they are tall; very few appear I I,axf mt hpan | ated into the refinements ot sensiplllty into artistic enthuSiaSms. The charac- | teristics of the American beauty are pflde and curiosity, as those of French beauty are grace and submission" think Miss Gould's love for his son was ah | "artistic enthusiasm" and she certainly has a glorious opportunity Of learning | grace and submission, Tn her nus | bands aristocratic family
 However. I have no inclination to take issue with his highness, in spite o1 ms ambiguous expressions-for now couiu | he judge of American womanhood when
 he had never been south of Mason ana 1 Dixon's line?
 All the swell New York girls are carry | ing canes This style is said to nave | been imported from Paris by Mrs. Cor nelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. freoericn yep | hard and Mrs. Pagct were seen hrst 10 adopt the mode. It is a mooted question | as to whether Mrs. Cleveland will oppose | the fashion or approve It.
 The Little Jokers will meet with Mrs. Paul Freeman this (Thursday) a1terhooh | at the usual hour
 | The Clionian Literary club Will meet
 Friday afternoon with Miss Sue Rogan. | The Thursday Evening Eucnre ciup Il .,.,t ATr | this crhursday) evening at o'clock. Mrs Thomas Worthington will enter | tain the Duplicate Whist club this even | ing.
 The Cadmean circle will meet with
 Mrs, R. D. Johnston Friday afternoon at | o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. David Roberts are "at
 home" to their friends this evening at l o'clock.
 | congratulate the Commercial club on l it's new president. Now, watch the la l dies. how quickly they will respond to l inc will of this man of "cheerful yester- | days and confident tomorrows." Gen. l Rufus N. Rhodes bears chivalrous | name among the fair sex. He is their
 champion as well as prince. | The reception gwen lHe STduudtIhS
 class at the high school was largely at
 tended and greatly enjoyed. The train | ing class received their diplomas last night, and the graduating exercises will | be held in O'Briens opera house tonight. | Miss Rebekah Hamilton will deliV CT the
 valedictory and Miss Annie Hawkins the 1 salutatory.
 The Highland Book club met with Mrs. | L. c. Woodson Tuesday afternoon at the l appointed hour It was mainly busi- | ness meeting, constitution being l adopted and officers elected for the ensu- l ing year. Mrs R. D.. Johnston was l elected president; Mrs. T. O. Smith, vice. l president; Mrs. w. l.. Murdock, secre- 1 tary. and Mrs. George l.. Haven treas
 urer and librarian. This closed the first
 series of ten months At the end of each | series each member has the privilege of 1 changing a book. The membership is l limited to twenty.
 | Mrs Robert Jemison was the charm 1 ing hostess of the Tuesday Afternoon l Whist club After the contest it was | found that Mrs. James Weatherly was 1 entitled to the prize. lovely China cake | plate of exquisite Dresden pattern. The l refreshments were very elaborate, con | sisting of several courses and served in elegant style. Mrs. Jemison always en- 1 tertains delightfully."-. but never more so | than on this occasion. The club will meet next with Mrs. H. K. White.