Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-25
SOCIETY.



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On November 5, at st. Paul's hall, there
will be lecture and concert for the bene-
ut Of the poor, under the auspices OF the
Ladies of Charity.
The subject of the lecture will be Rome,
and will be delivered by one who has
studied there for several years. the lee
ture will be accompanied by stereopticon
views The best talent in the city will
take part in the concert.
Miss Belle Mitchell of Pulaski, Tenn,
is visiting Miss Yancey at Parker's sta
ton, Woodlawn.
Mr.. s. L. Weiland has rented the Plosser
home, 1925 Twelfth avenue, for the ensu-
ing year, and has moved there from South
Twentieth street with his interesting
family.
The young ladies of the Church of the
Advent assembled in the vestry room of
the church yesterday morning and organ
lied into a parochial guild under the name
of st. Agnes Guild, with the following
officers elected to serve for the ensuing
year: Mrs. Robert Newman, president;
Mrs. Barlow Eberhart, vice president;
Miss Lottie III. Coffin, secretary and treas
| urer pro tenn. The meetings of the So
| cety will be held every second and
| fourth Thursday of the month at p. m.
| They have gone earnestly to work, and
| the young ladies of the church are cor
| daily invited to meet with them next
Thursday at p m. in the vestry room
| of the church and connect themselves
with this promising guild. They propose
to cooperate with the Vestry, Ladies
| Aid and other parochial agencies Tor the
good of the parish.
The Treble Clef club meets with Mrs.
| Feagin on Eleventh avenue, Southside,
" nnnrninU 10 o'clock.
Fashions freaks show an economical
side The change to tight sleeves and
short skirts is more acceptable than the
reverse. 1t is easier to take from an ola
dress than to add to it,
There is a difference in the point of
| view from which man looks at himself
and from which his friends look at MN.
From the standpoint of his friends ne
may be a failure, while from his own
standpoint he is a success. HIS TRENDS
look on him as failure unless he holds a
high position and supports an expensive
esta blishment. Their view is selfish, for
they expect to reap some benefit from
his extravaganza. They expect to dine at
| his house and ride in his carriage. On
| the other hand, the man himself may
look on a quiet life as the successful life
He knows that responsible position
brings it's weight of cares and saps
mans vitality He knows that an ex-
pensive esta blshment may be dead
weight on a man. He does not care TO
exchange his peaceful life, which pleases
him, for more ostentatious life, just to
please his friends.
Ii Hung Chang left behind him in this
country "a wave of red and yellow. We
see 1t in woman's dress and in the leaves
wood and the blackgum have turned red.
while the sweetgum, the sycamore and
| the maple have turned yellow.
In the spring, when the flowers are of
such variegated hues, the butterflies have
all the colors of the rainbow, but in the
fall when the prevailing tint is yellow, all
| the butterflies are yellow.
In these time a girl drifts into society
so easily and quickly that it is difficult to
tell when she makes her debut. During
vacation she is sure to receive more or
less attention, and after school her en-
trance into society is often so much
matter of course as to pass unobserved.
But usually german, a home reception,
or some formal function marks her en-
tree. Among the fair debutantes who
will enter Birmingham society this Win
ter may be mentioned Miss Mamie,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. p. Fl. Earle,
and Miss Laura, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Brown. Both these fair and
graceful blondes will prove an ornament
to social life.
Is it possible for us to conceive of
character higher than ourselves? How
can we endow a character with attributes
we do not possess and of which we have
no conception? The cannibal of Central
Africa cannot imagine man like Glad
stone.
Pictures impress the mind almost as
much as the reality. When pictures are
accompanied by eloquent words of expla-
nation, the mind Is impressed as If by the
real itself. Such will be the effect of the
lecture, Among the Rockies by Mr..
John B. Weakley Jr., at Seals hall Mon
day night, October 26.
At the political tea at Mr. Lanes, Cap
tain Lee related an incident that concern
ed Mr. Conner, who was present. He said
that when the Powderly dummy line was
sold Mr. Conner bid 1t in and took control.
Mr.. Corners first act was to name the
locomotive William ]. Bryan. and the
name was posted on the smoke stack In
large silver letters. 1t was expected that
the name would cause the little locomo-
tive to run ahead of all the other dummy
engines, and so 1t did until the engineer
pulled the whistle open, when 1t kept
blowing and blowing and blowing, and
while it was blowing it stopped still.
General Shelley said that the fact that
his friend Conner could buy railroad for
$25, 900 showed that there was a contrac-
ton in the currency and in the volume
of business of the country.
Interest in art is increasing. Mr. ]. H.
Patton, the New York artist has opened
studio in the Wright building, on Third
avenue. and will devote his time more
especially to landscape drawing. He has
already painted several of the picturesque
scenes about Birmingham. Mr. Parrish
received one order of $500 last week. His
reputation as a portrait painter is rapidly
growing He thinks of going to Europe
for while on the LIST of January to pros
ecute his studies.
Columbus. Ca, Oct. q, 1896.
To the State Herald:
There Is now being formed, under the
auspices of the Free kindergarten asso-
citation of this city, class for the edu-
cation and training of young ladies for
the work of teachers.