Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-19
SOCIETY.


] A theater-going woman passes through
three stages. As q matinee girl, she
| weeps and laughs with the actors,
whether they be good, bad or Indifferent.
! She has no discriminating taste, and
| adores the stage and all on it. The hero
| is to her a god, though he may be the
| most eXecTable actor that ever trod the
| boards. Then her taste goes to the other
| extreme-she abomin@tes the stage-it is
all false-mere paint and powder and
glitter. She is disguised with its HUI
slons-its paper snow, its feeble attempts
| at thunder, its salt for the spray of
water. The third stage finds her not
such cormorant, nor such an iconociast.
She does not care to see all the plays
! that come along, but she enjoys intense
ly a good play. Her taste has become
discriminating She admires the art of
the finished actor, and a well-set scene
appeals to her aesthetic taste. Her pleas
ure in the play is more refined, purer,
deeper than ever before. There is no
| pleasure that just exactly takes its place
| and grows by what it feeds on.
| When woman dresses for men, she
| looks to general effect. If she has an old
| gown that is becoming, she will wear it,
| although ID may be out of date. She we'll
| knows that the men don't know any bet
ter. When she dresses for women she
| is sure to wear her latest and most fash
| ionable attire, whether 1t is becoming or
her neck-wear, her gloves and her shoes.
| An Atlanta woman said to the society
writer of the Constitution, why do you
| fill your columns with the dolngs of So
ciety women? They are the butterflies of
/ the social world. They lead empty lives.
| They toll not neither do they spin. Why
| not fill your columns with matter con-
corning the noble women who make
] living for themselves and others?, The
Y whOSa work sonnet hin 2V
| To this query it may be said that society
women give entertainments, and it is
mostly these functions that engross the
| pen of the society writer Here in Bir-
| mingham some of the most prominent
| society women also lead in charitable and
| benevolent work, and hence they become
| prominent in the papers in both ways.
! One of the most elegant entertainers and
! most accomplished society ladies in the
| city is very enthusiastic and self-deny-
| ing in charitable work. She sacrifices her
| ease and comfort for the sake of the
| poor, and they will rise up and call her
| blessed. She will receive a reward
] greater than any society writer can be-
| stow. There Is Miss S. r., who is a popu-
| lar society girl, and yet finds time to take
| an active part in one of the. most useful
of the benevolent institutions in the city.
] Capt Ward, in his address at the
| outhside Baptist church Sunday night.
| said the ladies' who have punch at their
| card parties violate the law which pro-
i hibits card playing where there is liquor.
] Capt Ward certainly has not drank any
| ladies' punch. It's weak as water. To
get tight on it one. must drink enough
| water to fill the Van Hoose canal If the
ljladies should be arrested under the law
mentioned and summoned before. Judge
| Sharpe, and he should decide that the
punch was liquor he. would lose his
| standing as a judge. efe
s.
The reason a woman never knows the
J, right way to turn bank check to indorse
! it is the same as that which explains why
| she always buttons with the left hand
while a man always buttons with the
right: she is built that way.--MobilesReg-
lister.
! A very sad story comes from Niles,
| Mich. 1t appears that a. young woman
| at that place felt so certain that Bryan
| would be elected that she wagered 1000
J kisses with a young man against a. box
| of gloves on the result, During the last
| six weeks she has been busy nearly
every evening in paying the bet. A few
days ago, however, a dispute arose over
the count, and, in, order that no mistake
| shall be made, at the young woman'S sug-
| gestion, the score has been wiped out
land the count will. be begun all over
again. Michigan girls always are scru-
| pulously honest in refusing. to take adj
| vantage of an adversary.-SelmaJ Journal.
Miss Floy Chandler is the guest of her
! brother, Mr.. E. G. Chandler. 80
l., Dr. and Mrs. Jas. H. Allen left yester-
| day for months visit to South Alabama.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Zach. Nabers, Of Jackson,
| are in the city stopping with the family
| of Dr. T. L. Robertson. They are. here
with their little daughter, who sas been