The age-herald., 1897-09-08
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 Mrs. Ruth McEnefy Stuart, who seems especially near to Birmingham women, since hen visit to l.he city last winter lives in charming apartments near Gra- mercy Park, New York City. The ex- terfor of her home Is o.dinary and com monplace, not differing from dozens Of others in the same locality, but the in terior is antistic and delightful, in keep ing wi.h the tastes ard talents of th.s famous southern wItter. The walls are hung with quaint tapestries of soft, ten der tints. e.lcl1ings and paintings, while objects of rare workmanship in porce- laine, brass, bronze, etc, make halls and rooms unique and at ractive. Mrs. Stu art has her study or writing room from whence she sends out to the reading world the beautiful stories of southern life and southern humor, on the top floor. Mrs. Stuart comes naturally by her rare literary gifts. On both sides of her family there were well-known duulIOTS. IOln IltT CHiluIOOu GilS gave evidence of heq storytelling powers, which later placed her among the fore most writers of this prolific century. Mrs. Stuar's latest work, 'In Simpkins- villc." is being as eagerly read as her earlier uomances.
 
 While one reads with great pleasure Owen Wister's stories, very little is known of his personality by the world generally He is a graduate of Howard, and the matter of deciding upon a pro- fession was difficult one, divided as he was between a desire to study law and to devote his life to a musical career. In order to decide this question Wister wenb ito Germany, where he studied music and received high honors. Not wlthstanding these encouraging resul B he later determined to become a lawyer, and opened an office in Philadelphia. He spent his vacations in Wyoming, and his experiences on the breezy plains, with the wild, unframed cowboys and In- dians, appealed 70 his tastes more than
 
 of western life of the free plains of the great wilderness, and this he has done, and in the doing he has become famous Theodore Roosevelt says of Mister:
 ''Many men before him have seen and fcR. the wonder of that phase of west ern life which is now closing, but MT WiS1tea makes LIS see what he has seen and interprets for us what he has heard. His short sketches are so many cantos on the great epic of life cn the vanishing wilderness. He shows us heroic figures and heroic life; not heroes and the heroic life as l,hey are conceived by the cicistered intellect, but rough and strong and native, the good and eveil alike chal- lengfng the eye. To read his writings is like walking on a windy upland in fall when the hard weather braces body and mind."
 "A writer Of fashions has the follow ing advice to early autumn brides:
 June is the month for excellence for brides, but September reaps its harvests of the ripeped summer f1i,sations, and every autumn furnishes it's own per centage. Ivory white satin is above all 'the gown fer the wedding, and the rich CT and heavi5r the quality the happier the bride, if brides have time to think of such material aids to happiness. Satin is also the only fit background for the family heirlooms of ancient, fflmy cobwebs, which are reverently produc- cd for ths all important everie in the drama of life. The girlwho wears her grand mothers fiounces and veil is an object of envy to any or all of her bridesmaids who have net yet attained the dignity of the three generation badge of gentilty and she makes a mental reservation that her own grand daughter shall enjoy the prestige of that happy ultimatum But for the country house wsdding in September, white sat in is a rife too grand for everyday folks. Girls who have an eye to fitness prefer 10 carry with them the sweet refrain of summer ffirtations, and some thing like the reproduced memories of the gowns that geared those halcyon days. A point in favor of simpler ma teI.als, organdies mousellires, and sweet. old-fashioned Swiss, trimmed with real valenciennes, is the fact, very much advertised at the time, that the wedding gown of the present Duchess of Wes, minister cost only 75 cents yard. Organdies, ranging from 65 cents to S1 in price apropcs of Madame la Duchesse, over taffeita silk slips, make fascinating wedding ard bridesmaids gowns, which rank second to none in effect, and will mak4 even a plain bride pretty on her wedding day. One for September bride is over white taffeta, with deep Sparsh fiounce and puff ing of the same at the top. A bunch of orange blossoms tied with white satin ribbon is the only other trimming at the top of founce on the left. High