Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-14

subject upon which all interest was CEN
tered, except that of the jury. who per-
sisted in wanting a recess and talking to
the. girls. Finally Judge Reitzel called
the court to order and the proceedings
began, to-wit; Miss Nellie Fairness,
plaintiff, VS.. A. L. Hoyt defendant: dam
ages to amount of one dozen all-day
suckers for injuries sustained through
a fall from sleigh and two horses driven
py sad defendant in very reckless man.
ner on the afternoon of the I'd of January,
1897. Plaintiff was ably represented by
Lawyer Byrnne, who, through able and
convincing testimony, and bride to the
jury, won the case. Defendant was rep
resented by Miss Marion Reid who is
the first woman lawyer in the city. Her
maiden attempt was certainly an elo-
quent plea, one of which Choate himself
might be proud, and had not the jury
been bribed she would have undoubtedly
won her first case in court. Her orator.
cal deliverance was rs forceful as the
case demanded. Scintilating in sarcasm,
meliowy, like the twilight trill of the
retiring nightingale in her pleading the
minority of her client, and then again
reverberating as she sco1chingly roast
the opposition for trying to run in Mrs.
Smith as witness. whom the court finds
guilty Of perjury, it thunders through
the air like reality.
When the good time comes that Fiske
promises; when the soul of the perfect
man" shan have predominated over his
body, and he is freed from the brute
Inheritance of appetite" he ma then
subsist on sentiment; but in the mean
time he lives on food, and under the pres
ent management of things it is the duty
of the housewife to do her best to cook it
well.
A case of cheek in society has come
to the notice of the Cleveland Plaindealer.
1t seems that at recent public function
in that city the attention of a lady guest
was drawn to the roseate checks of one
of the young matrons. Hasn't she a
lovely complexion" said the admFer.
Her cheeks are certainly red" admitted
the lady guest. And yet l am sure she
never uses bit of rogue" persisted the
admirer Yet ii is a suspiciously high
color" quoth the doubling guest. So she
resolved to approach as close as possible
to the red cheeks and try and discover
the cause of her glowing suffusion. Pref
ty soon her opportunity came. She came
very close indeed to the rougeless COM
plexon, and had a chance to survey it
with minute care. She noticed the skin
was peculiarly drawn and puckered in
two geoma tricaily correct circles, and it
came to her in fash that she knew the
cause. The woman had put small mus
tard plasters on her cheeks to redden
them. and in this case she had left them
on a little too long.
What's in a kiss? is a question often
asked. Every girl remembers her first
kiss and has her own answer for the
question. Richmond girl dwells at
length upon the ecstacy of the dulcet
moment of the following from a Rich
mond paper is to be believed:
"a young woman of this place declares
that when she received her first ma scu-
line kiss she felt as If something was
running down her nerves on feet of dia-
monds. escorted by several little Cupids
in chariots drawn by angels, shaded by
honeysuckles and canopied by melted
bows"
MrC A. Simmons and Mrs. Irene Hol-
land were married Wednesday evening.
Feb. 10. at the residence of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. s. Jordan. near
Pratt City. Ala. Officiating preacher II.
S. Hamilton.
All members of the art league are
earnestly requested to meet at the league
rooms at $3.50 Wednesday afternoon
Business of importance in connection
with the Porter exhibit will be transact
ed. and all members should be present.
Mrs. Buck, teacher of the French Ian
guage at the Polleck-Stephens institute,
gave a French tea yesterday afternoon
to her pupils at her residence on Twelfth
avenue, North Highlands. Music, games