Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28


George c.. Ball, Nineteenth street, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. South High
lands. Telephone 1851
AS the autumn is rapidly approaching
one hears on every hand of the change Of
residences of friends and acquaintances
and discussion of the various adj
yantages of different houses and locali-
ties present. Incidentally there is heard
revolt all along the line at the uncon-
scionable advance of rents and general
complaint as to the condition of the av-
erage house and lot offered for rent at
prices not in keeping with the present
business outlook in the Birmingham dis
trict. The fact that many people do not
own homes and cannot reside under
bridge or in tent, and consequently are
forced to pay the eXorbitant charges of
arbitrary landlords, seems to be the only
excuse or explanation for this unexpected
increase in the price of houses. But L
did not intend to give dissertation
upon high rents and obdurate landlords.
What's the use2 l only wished to make
suggestion to the good women of Bir-
mingham who, whether they are unfor-
tunate enough to be obliged to live in
houses belonging to some one else or are
happy in the possession of their very own
homes, will soon be engaged in the neees-
sary but dsagreeable duty of "house
cleaning" and arranging for the coming
winter. This suggestion was made to me
by a good friend, and 1t will commend it.
self to all women | am sure. My friend
thinks it will be an excellent idea for
every housekeeper to go carefully
through the shelves of her library this
fall and to see If there are any books
which do not belong to her among hers.
So very frequently we all borrow books
from friends, intending to promptly re-
turn them, when for some reason we for
get them and they find their way to our
book shelves and perhaps remain for
years in our possession when We really
desired and intended to return them to
their rightul owners promptly If we
will give ahalf hour or so to this matter
we would, in all probability, be surprised
to find how many books in our libraries
have other peoples names in them. My
friend to whom l am indebted for this
idea was leisurely looking over her libra
ry few days ago, and was very much
surprised to find valuable books belong
ing to friends in her possession, which
had been borrowed by some member of
her family long ago and had been COM
pletely forgotten and overlooked. She
Immediately returned the volumes to
their owners, and it occurred to her that
perhaps nearly every library in the city
contains borrowed books which have
been forgotten l am confident every
housekeeper, certainly every lover of
books, will agree with my friend that
this is an excellent season to attend to
this matter
AS Is we'll known, Ii Hung Chang is
expected to reach New York today on the
splendid steamer st. Louis, having sailed
from Southampton last Saturday, the
22nd. Great honors will be shown him In
New York, and every effort will be made
to have the visit of the Chinese states
man to this country equal in distinguish
ed consideration those he has made to the
various courts of Europe. The Saturday
Review makes this explanation, which is
of value just now:
: "As some confusion occasionally be-
trays itself on the subject of Lii Hung
Changes style and titles, it may be worth
noting that he has the rank of ambasSa-
dor, but bears letters of introduction only
to the sovereigns of the several courts he
is visiting, without any special mission.
The Chinese, reversing our custom in
this, as in so many other respects, put
the surname first. LII Hung Chang,
therefore, is equivalent to Smith Henry
James. Ii Chung Tang, as he is often
called, means Grand Secretary Ii. In the
days of the Tapping rebellion he was
known Familiarity as Ii Futai-futai
meaning governor of the province of
Kiangsu-which was then his rank.
Sometimes he is spoken of as Ii Hanlin,
in reference to his membership of the
Hanln college, which comprises the
cream of literary talent and rank"
Surely in certain portions of the west
the women seem to be having things all
their own way, and the men are suf-
fciently magnanimous not to interfere
with any form or phase of their ambition.
1t now appears that Miss Estelle Reel,
gifted woman, who is superintendent or
public instruction in Wyoming, will prob
ably receive the gubernatorial nominal
tion next year for that state. Miss Reel
protests against having this honor con-
ferred upon her, and declares emphati-
cally that she does not wish to be gov
ernor. But her friends Insist upon max
ing her a candidate, and believe that she
can be easily elected if she Is nominated.
If Miss Reel becomes Governor Reel She
will have all the power that pertains to
this important office in any state, and
a greater veto power than Is usually &C
corded other governors. The salary Is
$500, with the same amount allowed for
contingent expenses
Next Sunday Rev. DIR. Thomas J.
Beard will preach his last sermon as rec
tor of the Church of the Advent. He
will enter upon his new field of labor Sep
tember 1. Our entire community rejoices
that DIR. Beard and his family will re-
main in Birmingham, and that his new
people.
Miss Moss IsbeI of Talladega is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Joseph Hardie, on the
South Highlands.
Wednesday evening Mr.. Frank Order
gave a handsome dining at the Morris
hotel in honor of Miss Jennie Overton
of Memphis. The menu was an elaborate
one and the appointments and decora-
tions were in fine taste. The following
ladies and gentlemen were Mr.. Orders
guests: Miss Overton, Miss Sarah Ro-
gan, Miss Kate Rogan, Mr.. Will p. Ward,
Mr.. Arthur G. Crowder and Mr.. Paschall
Shook.
The friends of Mrs. Harry Jones will
be very glad to learn that her health Is
steadily improving. She is still the
guest Of friends in West Virginia.
Mr. Baxter Sloss has returned from
visit to friends in Athens.
Judge and Mrs. j. B. Head and their
entire family are now at st. Clair Springs
for a few weeks.
Miss Anna Malone of Athens is the
eruoct of har slater Mrs a p Hamilton.