Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-16

Lone Star State. has returned home, ac- companied by Miss Mamie Morrow, one of the brightest of our many bright girls.
 
 MT. Nat Trmble, Jr., is expected home from Kingston. Jamaica, this week.
 Miss Copeland has returned from a visit to relatives and friends in Mont gomery
 Miss Herbert daughter of the sccre- tary of the United States navy. the Hon. H. A. Herbert, has just arrived in Lon don.
 Mir and Mrs George J. Gould have reached Paris on a fortnight's visit to Count and Countess de Castellane.
 Mrs. George w. curzon, formerly Miss Mary Letter of Washington, D. C., prom ises to be the most feted woman of the London season.
 The Phenix club gave a delightful German on Red mountain last night. which for elegance and unlimited pleas ure has never been suspassed
 Virginia Harmed and Edward H. Soth- eiH dTe Sdlu to De eHSuSeu MlSS I1dIIed was the young stars leading lady for several seasons. She created the title role of Trilby in Boston,
 "Stonewall,' a southern play. dealing with life in Virginia during the civil war. has recently been completed by James K. Collier.
 I mentioned in my columns of last ha a n would exert themselves in the matter of an exhibit at the Atlanta exposition. I clip the following from the Times-Demo- crat to show the interest they have mani fested:
 The ladies of New Orleans who repre- sent Louisiana in the matter of the "co- lonial exhibit at the Atlanta exposition are making strenuous efforts to have this state well represented. They offer the following inducements to exhibitors:
 Every possible assurance of safety will be guaranteed. The colonial ex- hibit will be arranged in special fire proof apartment, built for that purpose. and known as Colonial hall. This will be guarded day and night by private custodian dressed in continental uni form.
 "A catalogue giving short history of every article loaned and name of owner will be on sale. A copy will be sent as a souvenir to every exhibitor
 Any exhibitor desiring to dispose of articles loaned will please mark the price in plain figures and they will be duly credited for same and payment made at close of exposition.
 Transportation will be free, and all articles delivered inside the woman's building will be receipted for by the agent of the exposition company. All packages will be opened in the presence of the chairman of the colonial com mittee, who will see lpersonally that they are transferred to their original cases at the close of the exposition, when they will be sent at once, returned free of charge.
 "Consgnors are cordially invited to correspond with Mrs. J. H. Oglesby, chairman, 1124 Gaiennie street: Mrs S. P. Blake, vice-chairman, 2231 Prytania street; Mrs. William H. Dickson, secre- taryi Mrs. Eugene Soniat du Fossat, Mrs. John P. Richardson. Mrs. Fred Ere ret, Miss Emma Zacharie"
 The committee meets every Tuesday at 10:30 o'clock at Mrs. Oglesby's residence.
 Miss Currie Duke, the beautiful and talented daughter of Gen. Basil w. Duke, is a violinist in Sousas band. She is a skeptic on the "A woman's success as vrtuoso, be- cause of her physical deficiency rather than an abstract prejudice against woman. She says that "she thinks wife would be very diSagreeable creature who neglected her husband and spent her days in fiddling" She also insists that while George Eliot, George Sand and Sappho and Joan of Arc are glorous ex- captions, the fact still remains that the greatest women have never even ap- proximated, either physically or intellec- tually, to the strength of the greatest men," Miss Duke is heartily tired of the social round is why she is a professional musician. Professor Sousa says "she is a drawing card"
 The ladies of the "Chimes of Norman dy will please meet this (Thursday) aft ernoon at 3:30 o'clock at the armory.
 The following announcement of com ing nuptial found it's way to the so- ciety editress yesterday afternoon:
 MT. John A. Myatt invites you to be present at the marriage of his sister, Grace, to Rev. Ethelbert B. Norton, Tuesday, May 2S, 1895, at 12 o'clocki noon, Methodist church, Brookwood, Alai At home after June Il, Brookwood, Ala
 For the convenience of invited friends who will attend from this city, a special train has been chartered, which leaves the union depot at S:30 a. m., returning by 2:3O D. m. Accompanying the invita- tion to the wedding was a card of ad- mittance to the special train.