Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-03

| of the queen the following young ladies'
and gentlemen danced around the May
| pole which had been erected under the
| trees: Misses Annie Roberts, May Ward,
| Annie May Phelan, Annie Smith, Mary
| Lou Smith, Carrie Sharp, Gussie Cleary,
Margaret Laird Margie Catchlngs, and
| Messrs Fletcher, Jackson, Leedy, Hardy,
| Dwyer, Baker, Roberts and Bell. Re
freshments were served by the ladies'
| and the May festival was voted one of
the most beautiful entertainments of the
season.
The Sunday school of st. Mary's-on-
| the-H1ghlandS will picnic next Saturday
| at one of the loveliest spots in all Jones
| valley, but the name of the place will not
be given until this morning at the Sun
| day school by the faithful superintend-
| ent, Mr.. r. p. Wetmore But suffice 1t
to say al the picnic grounds there will be
| everything necessary for comfort and
| pleasure-a large spring. good place for
dancing, music, splendid trees, etc.
| Miss Lottie Lent of our city, an accom-
| pllshed young girl of great histrionic tall
ent which has been cultivated by years
| of study, has decided to give a series of
| dramatic recitals this summer in different
| parts of the country. The first one will
| occur on the evening of the 18th instant
| at Seals hall, when a delightful pro-
gramme, to be published later, will be
| rendered. Professor Guckenberger will
| have charge of the music, and Miss Lent
| VIII reclte some of her best selections.
| Miss Lent has a number of friends in
Birmingham, who predict for her a flu
/ ture full of splendid results.
| Mrs. William L. Peel of Atlanta, as
| sisted by a number of influential women
| in various parts of the country, is push
| ing with great vigor, and with the GER
| talnty of successful ending, a project
| somewhat unusual and unique, but which
| must enlist the interest OF Aiabamians,
| who are SO closely allied by ties of friend
| snip and association with Georgia and
| ner progressive people. Soon after the
| Cotton States and International exposi-
| ton closed, last December, the question
| OF retaining, as the permanent property
| of Atlanta, the chimes of bells constantly
| heard during the exposition was much
| discussed by Atlanta citizens. Thesl
| bells were not considered entirely salts
| factory by competent judges so the mat
| ter ended by rejection of those chimes
| and the determination of Mrs. Peel and
| others that in their place should come
| thirteen splendid bells, which should rep
| resent ten of the original colonies and
| three other states, and the whole number
| should be magnificent colonial monu-
ment, commemorative of the exposition
| in general and the indefatigable labor of
! the colonial committee-of which Mrs.
| Peel was chairman-in particular. 1t is
| intended that the building in which the
| bells are to be hung shall also be erected
| with view to it's being a museum, where
| objects of historical interest can be pre-
| served. Every one who visited the
| womans building at the Atlanta EXPOSE
| ton recalls the marvelously beautiful ex-
| hibit of colonial relics gathered by the
| women of the south from their several
states. 1t is proposed that the building
for the chimes shall be medieval in archi-
| tectural design, with an ornate belfry, all
| built of stone. AS L said of the thirteen
bells, ten of them will represent original
| colonies and the three others will be
| named for Tennessee, Louisiana and
Kentucky. In the states for which the
| bells are named there are women busily
engaged raising money for the enterprise
| and each of the thirteen states will con-
tribute $1,000 to the chime fund. There
seems to be no difficulty about the finan-
cial matters, as it is reported that money
| is coming in rapidly for the object de-
sired and Mrs. Peel is greatly gratified at
the success of the undertaking. In sew
eral states there have been regents ap-
pointed who are deeply interested in this
work. Among the regents are Mrs
| Donald Mclean and Mrs. Mayor Strong
of New York, Mrs. John Stryker of New
Jersey, Mrs. Governor Coffin of Connecti-
cut and Mrs. Curtis Guild, Jr., of Massa-
chusetts: This monument, under the cir
| cumstances, will become a national one,
and it is gratifying to note that the
women of southern city have shown the
| energy and enterprise necessary to make
of the undertaking a grand realization.
The school children of Atlanta, of all
| grades, are assisting in this work and at
stated times contribute their offerings to-
wards the chimes. This description of
the bells and the tower, taken from an
Atlanta exchange, will give definite
idea of the magnitude of the enterprise:
1.-THE thirteen bells will weigh about
10000 pounds. To properly and securely
support this great weight a steel skslston
tower will be built, faced with granite or
some other handsome and durable stone
The tower will be three-decker' and
the first deck will be furnished by the re-
gents of the bell and will be kind Of
museum 80 feet square, wherein will be
placed to the best advantage valuable
and interesting relics of colonial times
and historical associations. The pictures
of the exposition officers and of the thir-
teen regents will be placed here and the
apartment will be exceedingly attrac-
tive. Each bell will be named for the
state that gives it, and the silver toned
voices of Georgia, New York, Virginia
Massachusetts and the other sister states
of the thirteen will send up a glorious
harmony that will ring and reverberate
from one end of the country to the
other"
Referring to colonial matters, I am
brought to the subject of the unseemIy
agitation that is now going on among
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton in New York city over the Office of
chapter regent. Mrs. Donald Mclean, a
woman prominent in social and revou-
tionary matters and who has held the
office of chapter regent for several
terms, was anxious for reelection, and
she was sustained in this desire by a
strong following of influential women
On the other hand, there is positive OPP
position to having her again elected to
the office, her opponents desiring a
change and evidently believing in the
old-fashioned doctrine of rotation in Of
flee. Much bitterness has been engen-
dered and both sides have waxed warm
and eloquent 1t is a pity that well bred
women should be so consumed by greed
for official position that they are willing
to have their unworthy ambitions divide
organizations and become topic for the.
reporters of our daily journals. That
woman should feel gratified by an cleo
ton to an important Office in any organi-
cation to which she may belong is per-
fectly legitimate and natural but when
she finds it necessary to adopt the meth
DDS of ward politicians in order to gain