Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-04
OUR SOCIAL WORLD

tAll items of social interest will be gladly George c. Ball., Nineteenth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues. South High lands. Telephone 98S)
 have been to Areadial Not an Arcadia where hopeless hearts yearn in pathetic silence for those who have are rot, but a beautiful town, full of loyal, loving hearts, which pulsate with affection that years do not diminish. From the time you leave our railway station, with it's changing bells and its throbbng engines, you feel that the journey southward means much more than the, measuring of miles along one O. the highways of commerce and intercourse that unites the people of our great country. For on every side there are green and lovely things that tell us we are going to land where spring abides. The pine trees with glistening emerald needles fringe the rail way and stand in clumps and forests on either side, sending their aromatic odors through the close, dull cars. At first there are mountains, that are covered from base to summit with these same trees, and you will sometimes find yourself and the rumbling hurrying train in the bottom-ef green cup, with the mountains rising in picturesque beauty all about you. But it is not long ere you say goodbye to the broken irregular scenery of north Alabama and begin to note the changes that mark your entrance into the semi-tropical re- gon W6ose bar e5 aha bourhe are blushing into crimson buds beneath the kiss of the south wind. A little further grow the bay trees and the magnolias and graceful, yellow jasmine vines are GOV ering the unsightly trunks and limbs of many sturdy oaks. The gray moss with it's mystic meshes, sways languorously in the warm, soft air, and in the marshes grow the palmetto and wild lilies All nature has heard the whispering of spring and is responding to it's caresses.
 When you leave the forests you see broad, dicate the thrift of the farmer. There are old time gin houses on the roadside; there are cottages well kept and unkept,, some painted, with small gardens attached, oth- CTS with broken chimneys and fences, each in it's way giving the character of it's oc- cupant. At the stations are happy, con tented darkies with no well defined finan- cia views to disturb their principles or destroy their peace of mind They accept the conditions that surround them without an aspiration, and life is just one long day of physical satisfaction. Occasionally the is gentle reminder of plantation days Beside the darkies stood the inevitable mules, as well fed and content as they, and l difference the pale faces" from the out side world In the distance you can catch glimpses as the train rushes on of old faml- ly graveyards, where lie buried the brave and true of past generations. At last, 1T you have ever been to Enfauia, , ,a you VIII VIII Arcadia, begin to gather your traps and as the train comes to a standstill you will step
  welcomed by friends, whom time cannot change. I found myself, after an absence of f nearly ten years hd dWn tne stV bsn said "good-bye in 1886, and began to read just where I left off. The same quiet, beau tiful life goes on, the same daffodils, but tercups, violets and narcissus nod a ira, grant welcome to you; the same splendld japonicas-on bushes that reach to the roofs of the porches-peep out from beneath the dark green leaves, and the century-old live oaks seem to wave greeting wltn n,,gd great and enriched by time, and there is touch of warmth and color about 1t that belongs sreets sf ens stand beautfnl homes, in in well cul tivated yards. Some of these homes ante date the war, and are fine specimens of that are well kept, and some of them compare favorably with the very handsome new, homes which abound in different parts of the town On every residence street there are elegant new houses which would do credit to a city even as architeeturalIy am Of noble character, of loyal devotion and of loving, true hearts dwell in these homes, tme 6q6e Ga makes ana some @s% changes, s and was tempted to believe that I had turned over two or three pages at once iit, m the & pooh and I girls that I left in this lovely old city on the bluffs of the Chattahoochee, ten years ago came to see me married men and women And l felt that there was another volume, after all, when some of these same children of other days sent t ,hei hd pe Wel come, There are a few things in life diffl- cult to realize when they come to us sud denly But even Arcadia has its util1tarlan side, of which I will tell in day or so.
 
 Mrs M. S.. Stone has returned from a visit to relatives at Anniston, and is now with Mir. and Mrs. John Towers, on Eighth avenue.
 Miss Lucy Martins many friends will sin cerely regret to learn that she is suffering from a sprained foot, caused by bicycle accident.
 The Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, General Sumter chapter, held an m home of Mrs Jack w. Johnston, on High land avenue. Officers for the ensuing nsta ySar Regent Mrs. Robert II. Pearson vice. regent, Mrs. Jack w. Johnston; recording secretary, Mrs l. A. May eqrresponning eSd s. s. Ferguson; historian, Mrs. N. W. Trimblee. The same board of control was re-elected The chapter will meet next with Mrs. R. II. Pearson, the first Tuesday morning III Aprh'
 Mrs. William w. Wilkerson is spending a few weeks in Montgomery with her pa rents, MT. and Mrs R. H. ,Sommervilies. Mrs. Wilkerson is accompanied by her chfi- dren
 The ladies of the Third Presbyterian church are preparing TOT an uhnsuang Mspine Smy at the church. Rev: Dr. John Harbour Miss Cole, Miss Ruffner, MT. c. T. Ran dal and several others will contribute to- wards the success of the evening. No tickets will be sold, but it is expected that every one present will make a free will offering at the door. The ladies are anxious to im- prove the, windows of the church with the financial result of the entertainment. The rehearsals of "Our Regiment are progressing finely and the drama will posi- lively be presented at the opera house March 15 by the following very superior caste: . Mrs Dobbinson-Mrs. S. Bernstein. Oline Dobbinson-Miss Mena Kaufman Maud Ellaby-Miss Rosaline Hymes. Enid Thurston (an heiress)-Miss Amelia Markstein -,
 Captain F'eatherstone-Lucien Brown. Lieut.. Guy Warrener-Charles Ledbetter. Mir Sam Dobbinson-M. Hoffstadt. Bitters Ca servanD--Mr. Benton
 Rev John Talbot-George Ward. Godpapa Elaby--M M Ullman
 The gentlemen of the Birmingham Jockey club are sending to their lady friends very attractive cards, which read thus: "Bir- mingham Jockey club extends to Mrs. - the courtesies of the grounds and club house during spring graces. 1896, w. ". T,,,uford praSiIpnt Alabama State Far