Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
SOCIETY.

SOCIETY.
1t is language and manners that mark
| the aristocratic, rather than dress. The
| person of gentle birth has the same po-
lite manner at all times, while the spu-
| rious aristocrat puts off and takes. on
| the suave manner, as occasion may de-
| mand. The suddenly rich people are
| very particular about dress and outside
| appearances They have skilled Wallets
| who keep them in proper shape The So
| ciety writer in the New York World tells
| of Mrs. Gould coming down into the
| parlor dressed for the opera, but with
| her bedroom slippers on. This Indicates
| nothing but the earelessneSs of her maid.
|
The many friends of Mr.. r. B. Smyer
| will be glad to learn that he has suffi-
GENTLY recovered to be out, though he
| lacks much yet of being well man.
| 1t will be remembered that he was to
| have been married to "a young lady of
| Cherokee county short time after he
! was stricken, and ruinor says the nup-
| tails will be celebrated as soon as Mr..
Smyer is able to travel
| &
| A certain humorous writer never mar
| rled because he thought the prosaic mat
| ters of married life would destroy his
| play of fancy. Sometimes matrimony
| Increases the play of sentiment. Eugene
| Field found the inspiration of his poems
| in watching his children. Birming-
| ham composer never wrote song until
after marriage, when the joys of marital
| bliss caused him to burst into song, and
| he composed one of the sweetest love
| songs ever sung.
| We Americans boast of our independ-
| ence yet we are imposed on in one re-
| spect to an extent that is extremely NOR
| trying. We allow several persons to
| get together and form club and call 1t
| by some unpronounceable name that is
| regular jaw breaker We allow par
| ents to call their children by any name
| they please without regard to fitness or
| euphony. We know that we must go
| through life trying to pronounce these
| names and that it is an undertaking that
would appall Hercules We feel that
we have a right to be heard in the selec-
| ton of names that we are called on to
| pronounce, and yet we are afraid to as
| sert our independence. We allow others
| to dictate to us-we grant them permission
| to fasten yoke upon us-we know that
! we should have a voice in the bestowal
| of names. Arise we freemen!
society man remarks: 'If | sit down
| and think about going visiting Sunday af-
| ternoon l never go. There are objection
| able features at every place l go. There
| may be no fire in the parlor, or some fell
| low may be there l don't like, or there
| may be big crowd in the paror, or the
1
| girl may be asleep. SO many possible
| drawbacks arise to overbalance the pos
| sible pleasure that never go if give the
| matter full thought. But IL [ am taxi
] ing a walk and in passing the gate dart in
| on the spur of the moment 1 am apt to
! have a good time. Even then If I have
| to wait until the young lady makes her
| toilet, begin to wish 1 hadn't come. The
| most satisfactory call is when you drop in
| on the impulse of the moment find the
| girl talking to young man who takes
| his departure-the parlor is then warm,
| the girls cheeks are flushed from the
| excitement of animated conversation and
| she is fully awake from after dinner nap.
| Then to make the conditions of pleasure
| perfect some other fellow should come
in and relieve you after half hour or so.'
| For the second time in the history Of
| the diocease of New York a colored can
| didate for the dioconate will be ordained
| today. The ceremony. will take place
| in st. Thomas church. and the candi-
| date is Rev. e, CT Clifton, ID. D., who
| has been conducting the st. David's Mis-
| sion for colored people in Melrose. DR..
| Clifton is a pure-blooded West Indian
| negro, of pleasing address, and he is
| about as black as a colored man well can
| be. He is former minister OF the
| Methodist Episcopal church, and was
! confirmed in the Episcopal faith in 1884
| by Rev. Hutchins G. Bishop, of ST. Phil
| ip's, who was himself the first colored
| priest to be ordained in the diocease
| One of the leaders in the philanthropic
| and literary circles of New York, Mrs.
| Janvier LIE Due, of the Daughters of the
| American Revolution, has been doing ex-
| celllent work while visiting some rela-
| tives in the west Her last success was
| lecture before the College Endowment
| society of Milwaukee. the most intel
| lectua1,~ If not the most influential, or
| ganization of women in Wisconsin. AS
| it's name indicates, 1t is a society whose
| aim is to aid colleges, to strengthen the
| weak departments in institutions of
| learning, otherwise in good condition,
| and to assist clever but poor young girls
to obtain collegiate instruction.
Things to tempt the palate arranged
| upon snowy tables and served by colored
| walters, is the old departure which is
| just now the talk of the Oakland High
| school, says the San Francisco "Chroni-
| Gle" 1t is the scheme to enable pupils
| to enjoy a comfortable luncheon without
! leaving the school building. In the room
| set aside on the lower floor for the Civ
| ing Of meals six long tables have been
| placed and provided with chairs enough
| to accommodate ninety-Six pupils. At
| each plate is neat little menu and ev-
| erything connected with the service is
| attractive in spite of it's plainness. The
| food is wholesome and good and appeals
| to the hungry pupil.
| This is one days bin of fare:
| soup 49,. .......................... SC
Hash and one egg ........ ........ nc
| Baked potatoes and butter . Sc
| Cup of cocoa or cereal with bread and
| butter '.....' .'......, .....-.......... DC
BAKED DeanS ......... ................. &c
| Commenting on the difference in favor
| of man against woman that the common
| law makes, an intelligent woman SAYS:
1T is out of the past, then, that we
| have rQppiUo1 trndifin,,c y
| laws Ancient customs are so inter-
woven through and through our social
| fabric that we accept them as proper
| and right. We have made progress-yes,