Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-08
OUR SOCIAL WORLD

(All items Of social interest will be gladly noted in these columns if sent to Mrs. George c. Ball, Nineteenth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. South High
 heard few days ago such a beauti- ful story of dear little girls tender and generous heart that the telling of it should teach a lesson this bright morn- ing. Awhile ago, in the early bleak spring days, an indulgent father sent his young daughter to one of our stores on a small errand. As the home of the family was on seventh avenue, and the day was cold and disagreeable, the father gave his child car fare and small sum for her to spend as she saw fit. But after the child started for First avenue it was ob- served that she did not take the car, but was walking, and the parents, knowing her fondness for bananas, concluded she had decided to add the car fare to her allowance and in that purchase an un- usually large supply of this luscious fruit. Such really was the child's inten- tion, but to the surprise of her parents she returned in due time walking, but minus the bananas. This naturally ex- cited the curiosity of father and mother, and upon inquiring into the matter they learned that she had gone to the dago stand to purchase the fruit, when she caught glimpse of poor blind beggar, whose little child piteously asked for aims. In a moment the bananas were for gotten; the long, muddy walk home was not remembered and all that the little girls purse contained that she could really call her own was cast into a inxy lin <Nfk kl.A -x.~pA I.t That little girl on the crowded corner of busting citys street had taught one or the divinest lessons of Christianity.
 Quite number of the pretty young girls of Birmingham are preparin to go to distant cities to enter the celebrated schools of the country. Some will go to the Convent of Notre Dame. near Balti- more; some will become students at Miss Carys popular.school at Baltimore, while others will study in New York and Phila- delphia. Several of our rosebud girls are already pupils at notable southern schools, and Birmingham will furnish few rarely gifted vocalists to the con- servatories of music at Boston, New York and Cincinnati. We may be a compara- lively new town, but we are certainly a people of cultivation and of ambition along the best lines. :.
 Mrs Walter Taylor and her daughter. I be the guests of MT. and Mrs. Jack w. Johnston during September for a few days.
 Mrs. M. A. Morrow and Miss Willie Morrow returned Saturday night from a visit of several weeks to Mrs. Hagood, formerly Miss Mamie Morrow, at Charles ton, s. c.
 This afternoon at 3:3O o'clock Mrs E. Ca ha nice will rtoi he Whist club.
 MT. Edward Smith and Mr. Henry Bankhead will leave shortly for Wash ington city. They will be students this winter at the Georgetown Law school. MT. Turner Weakley has returned from Florence, Ala, where he spent the sum- mer with relatives.
 Miss Wilhelmina Trimble of Little Rock, Ark. who has been the guest of her kinsfolk, Mr. and Mrs. N. w. Trim ble, for some time, returned to her home Saturday night.
 Miss Daisy Moody will spend the ma jor4ly of the winter with her sister, Mrs William Fl. Kelley. Her parents, MT. and Mrs. W. A. Moody, will reside at Besse- mer the coming year, moving there the
 Mrs. s. Solomon will each home today from visit, to New York and other cit ieS.
 Miss Jennie Frost who has been the guest of Miss Clara Solomon, returned to her home al Cincinnati on Sunday af- ternoon.
 Mrs. George Young and children are visiting Mrs. Sarah Dagger at Greens boro, Ala.
 Miss Fannie Copeland left yesterday for visit to friends in north Alabama.
 MT. Frank Smith of Knoxville is in the city, the guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs. w. F. Smith:
 MT. Jewett Feagin leaves about the middle of September for New York
 
 Miss Kathleen Hooper is entertaining as her guest Miss Mary Craig of Selma.
 
 Miss Patti Ruffner leaves today for Nashville, Tenn. After spending several weeks with relatives in that city she will go to New York to devote herself to the cultivation of her beautiful contralto voice, under the best masters.
 This afternoon at 4:So o'clock. in the parlors of the Young Mems Christian as- sociation. Mrs. Zac P. Smith will give an opening talk upon physical culture. and every one who feels an interest in this subject is cordially invited to be present. A girls class in physical training will be organized after the talk. and Mrs. Smith will be glad to meet all who may desire to join this class this afternoon.
 Mrs. w. H. McClintock and her daugh- ters, Mrs Oslin and Miss Josie McClin- tock, have returned from fortnight visit to rels lives at Louisville, Ky.
 Mrs. Oscar Underwood and children will return to Birmingham very soon and will occupy their home. corner of Thirtieth street, South Highlands.
 RACES TO-DAY.