Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-23
OUR SOCIAL WORLD

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TAI items of social interest will be gladly
noted in these columns IL sent to Mrs
George G. Ball, Nineteenth street, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues, South High
lands. Telephone $751;
There seems to be a misrepresentation
on the part of many women who are
eligible to membership in the Daughters
of the Confederacy as to what really
constitutes eligibility, etc. Many seem
to think that because the order is called
Daughters" that the wives and mothers
of brave Confederate soldiers are not ex-
pected to become members of this rapid
ly growing organization This Ia q great
blunder, as the wives and widows of cur
veterans are the women who have been
SO active in all parts of the south in form
ing chapters of the Daughters of the
Confederacy. The rules governing the
admission of members have already been
published in my columns, but knowing
that some persons have not read them,
they are given again, and read thus:
article 2, section 3-Amended quail
ficationS for membership, adopted March
80, 1895 All women shall be eligible TO
membership in this association who may
be either widow, wife, mother, sister or
lineal descendant of such men as served
in the Confederate army, navy or civil
service, or of those persons who, residing
III the SOuIH lIlt WdIy 6dfS dlo w
the cause.
'All applications for membership to
this association shall be in writing, in
such form as may be prescribed by the
association. They shall be submitted at
one meeting and referred to the commit
tee on applications and acted upon at
subsequent meeting on the report of such
committee. 1t shall require the three
fourths vote of all members at any meet
ing to admit any applicant to member
Ship"
1t is especially desirable that the wives
and mothers of southern heroes should
unite in this movement. From them will
naturally come some of the most inter-
esting stories of the war, which should
be preserved, and their experiences dur
ing those eventful four years will form
many of the important chapters in the
future history of the south.
Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia,
major general commanding the Confed-
crate veterans of that state, has invited
the Georgia division of the Daughters of
the Confederacy to attend the reunion at
Richmond. 1t will be pity if the Ala
bama chapters are not also represented
at Richmond. General Evans letter
reads thus:
Headquarters Georgia Division, United
Confederate Veterans-To Mrs Helen
c. Plane, President Georgia Daughters of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ] have the
honor to extend to the Georgia Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy special request
that their noble and patriotic organiza-
ton be fully represented at the annual
reunion of the United Confederate Vete-
rams at Richmond, beginning June 80 and
lasting three days.
The reunion will be one of the most
notable that has occurred in the south,
and the Confederate survivors would feel
honored by your presence 1 am most
truly yours,
CLEMENT A. EVANS,
Major General Commanding.
All the indications point to a.grand re-
union at Richmond, and 1t will be, per-
hapS, the greatest assembly of southern
ers at any one time since the war. The
different states have selected their spon-
sors, or representatives, who will appear
in artistic tableaux similar to those We
had in Birmingham at the time of our
reunion several years ago. Miss Mary
Glare Miner will represent Alabama,
and with her two maids of honor, Miss
Rebecca Berney of Montgomery and
Miss Kate Earle of Birmingham will
sustain the well earned reputation of
Alabama for possessing lovely, faScinat-
ing women. Miss Mamie Wiley of Macon
will represent Georgia; Miss Virginia
Nichols, Louisiana; Miss Mary A.
Wilkes and Miss Ely, Tennessee; Miss
Lottie Palmer and Miss Halle Cooper,
South Carolina; Miss Julia Hughes Spur,
Kentucky; Miss Mary Calder North Car
olina Miss Virginia Payne, Washington,
and Miss Sadie McAlister, Indian terri
tory.
Rev. Dr. H M Wharton of Baltimore
will be in Birmingham on Wednesday,
Duly 1, and has been prevailed upon to
deliver his humorous lecture, 1.-THE Man
in the Moon," that evening at the South
side Baptist church. DIR. Wharton is well
known in our city, and has host of
Friends who appreciate and enjoy his rare
bra torical gifts, and in all proba bility the
Southside Baptist church will not be
large enough to hold the audience which
lecture. There will be no charge for adj
mission at the door and no tickets will be
sold.
The Treble Clef club will meet this
(Tuesday) morning at 10 o'clock at the
home of Mrs N B. Feagin, Eleventh av-
enue, South Highlands:
Gen. E. w. Rucker and his son, Mr.. Ed
1mund Rucker are spending short while
in New York city.
Mr. John Bodde left Sunday for Ten
nessee, where he will spend his vacation
with relatives.
Mrs. Dan Greene and her little daughter
are visiting relatives at Opelika.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles o. Locke left yes
terday afternoon for st. Simon's, where
they will spend several weeks.
Miss Mary French Field the eldest
daughter of the late Eugene Field, who Is
said to be tall, handsome and only 20
years of;age, will make her debut as a
public reader early in the autumn. She
is regarded by her family as very like
her celebrated father, having inherited
much of his genius. She was partly edu-
Gated in Germany, and has studied at the
best schools of Chicago. She Is bru-
nette, with large, dark eyes, fine COM
plexion and a good figure. She is called
sHTrotty" by her intimates, nickname
given her by her father while she was an
infant She will read entirely from the
works of Eugene Field
One of Fields most successful DOCKS Is
dedicated to his daughter with this in
scription: ITO my seversst critic, my
most loyal admirer and my only daugh-
ter Mary French Field, this little book
is affectionately dedicated. e. F."
While Eugene Field left a handsome
home, a fortune in curios, a splendid IL
brary and many books which bring his
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