The age-herald., 1897-08-08


 practice law in the Alabama courts, could she apply for admission to the bar of the state, etc. Judge Banks at once inves- tigated the law on the subject and found that a woman may not be admitted to practice law in Alabama. The statutes, as they now stand, are opposed to this. There is no reason that women should malpractice law in any state in the union, If they have the capacity and amplitude for the legal profession.
 .r The Moth and the Spider
 A wee bright spider spun her web, All in the golden sun; summer breezeS it's meshes blew That gleamed and glowed with rainbow The spider lay half hid from view Under the web she'd spun. 1,- A butterfly fingered over the web,
 All in the golden sun;
 The flowers he'd kissed thro' careless s hours
 Caught'is he where the spider covers Under the web she'd spun.
 Tangled deep in that silky web. J All in the golden sun
 lis lis strong wings beat it's strands aside; Tattered but free he spread them wide; Bruised and broken the spider died I'-tr Under the web she'd spun. a
 ,. Invtations have been issued to a bar becue. to be given at Cyclers' Rest, Au- gueio il, 1897, from to II o'clock D. m. There will. be. music and all kinds of tempting refreshments. Isa ptin VI Mrs 4Chappell Cory and her two boys are spending the summer at La Faye;te rAla..i with Mrs. Cory's parents, Dr. and Ml1s. Armstrong;
 Mrs. N. w Trimble and Misses Mary and Jennie Trimble are now at Mt. Airy 1, Mrs. Trimble will return to Birmingha m about Sept mber l. Misses Mary and Jennie Trimble will resume their studies at Salens N. O., at that .ime. l. .t-s r.. Mrs. B. F. Moore and her two children returned home yesus rday, after stay of | several weeks at Knoxville and other 1 poinas of interest.
 Dr. and Mrs. Cunningham Wilson will move to the Soulh Highlands in the au- I tumn, and will occupy the house on Tenth avenue, next door to the home of MT and Mrs. Walker Percy.
 MT. and Mrs. w P. G. Harding. Miss
 
 Harding returned Friday night from a | charming visit to New York. r.. Miss Katherine Hatch, of Perdido Bay, is the guest of Miss Daisy Lewis al; her home on Underwood Hill, South High lands. Miss Hatch formerly lived in Bir- mingham, and Is pleasantly remembered by a large circle of frjsnds; r Pelham chapter, Daughters of the Con- federacy, will meet next Wednesday aft ernoon. at o'clock in the Commercial club, rooms.
 MT. and Mrs. Willis J. Milner and Springs yesterday. where they will spend several weeks.
 ] i. MT. E. IA. DeFuniak, MT. Ernest Redd and MT. D. T. Wilcox are spending Sun foday at Blount Springs. They will return to the city this afternoon. ie MT. Wilbur Brown Jr, came up from Montgomery last nigho to spend Sunday with bis family.
 Mrs. Harry Jones and Master Tom Jones are now visiting New York.
 Maj. and Mrs. J. w. Dwyer and family have gone to Pass Christian for short stay.
 I's Mrs. Virginia Ruffner is visiting rela- lives and friends at Louisville, Ky. f Mrs. l.. J. Rittenberry, MT. Robert Rit- tenberry and Master Alec Rittenberry {, leave. tomorrow for visit to relat lives in Middle Tennessee. There is strong probability that MT and Mrs. Thos. M. Owen, now of Wash ington City, may return to Alabama to reside, in the near future. This will be most delightful news to the many friends of MT. and Mrs. Owen. who will await their coming with the heartiest possible welcome.
 At a meeting of the Nineteenth. Gen. tury club held Friday afternoon, at the home of Miss Alva Bradford on the South Highlands, Miss Eloise Johnston was elected vice-president for the coming season, and Miss Ava Bradford treas urer, Mrs. John London is the efficient president and director of the Nineteenth Century Club, and by her tact and rare talents, has made it one of the most promi- nent and progressive clubs of the city. aa1e next regular meeting will occur the first Wednesday in October Previous to this meeting, Mrs. L. CrozierFrench Twill deliver lecture to the club at her E Schooliof Expression. During the com ing winter the Nineteenth Century club will meet once every week. every other week. with member, The intervening weekstsat the rooms of Mrs: Crozier- Freuchs 9' I'll v~s q. Zafss E iHon LA Van fIooses and his charming party reached home Friday aftsrhoon. all looking well and in the best of spr-