The age-herald., 1897-08-13

 Miss Hannah L. Hukill has become a famous woman out west She has f5sced the Coll ge of Physicians and Sturgeon to open is doors to women. This m d. eeal school is a department of he III nsis. State university, and .he adnli sion of women to its lectures and clin.cs is es- teemed a great victory which succ edea a very little fight. major!.y of the facun.y opposed the oper.ng of the doors to women, and the students generally resented the idea of having them as men, tai equals. But as soon a. the msdcal' school became a part of .he univer .ityra which is co-educational, many women. desired to study m d cine. These reqa sts were promp ly rSfuns5d, but Miss Hu-il who had been student al the Harvey Medical coil,g', decid sd to pr, ss the point to the utmosJ limit. She claimed certain rights, because the university favored co3 education, bu the pres.d Il pr. Draper, discouraged her. Sh:. wrote to the two women trustees, Mrs. Mary T. Camel and Mrs Lucy M Fowler, but was sniorme1 ahat it was hopeless to expect to be per- mfd ed to en!er the school uri:&l 1S9S Miss Hulxill contnded persfstently for what she believed to be her privil ge, and sns was streng thened in her posi..on by ths application of not less han twelve oth women for admission 70 the medical de- --pai ment. The trustnss r,al'zed at lstt that sooner or later the women would gain tn fir point they g.ac fully VI lded 'to the importunities of tcee ambitious women. Miss Hukill was the first NO, man to matriculae. She has already a nfair knowledge of medicine but has n1Ehown commendable anx.ety to perfscl herself in her chosen profession. Mss nHukill has paid all her college expenses lby stenographic wogdx Such a woman Sne.d have no fear of boundless success.
 
 Some philosophical newspaper writer has been giving vent to he following sem sible views concerning certain social mis- takes:
 Social mistakes may be divdd into < three classes: Mistakes of word thought and deed. One of the greatest mistakes in life is to be continually talking aboui- ones self Thcre Is no word in all the vocabulary of conversation so tedious to others as the personal paonoun II" Though one of thia smallest words in use, there is none that takes up more room in the every day world But what is the most amusing Is that each particular 'T' is so convinced that his or her own ts- pecial world would cease to go were he f,n.ta ttyl1 .I" is so common ahd such bore, il. is better not to mention his name ofteher chan can be avoided.
 social folly is to imagine that peophe are always looking at or thinking of you. Such ideas are often the offspring of con- cest and are among the chief reasons why So many fashionable ladies put on such absurd airs of affed ation, why young debutantas enter room so awkwa hly- As matter of fac, it is good to remem- ber that rcople very often look at you without seeing or thinking of you, They have oher things 10 think of.
 If we could only convince ourselves that we are not always the pivot of our friends and acquaintances' thoughts, there would be fewer hurt feelings and imaginary grievances.
 Another social mistake Is to appraise people according to appearances, for. as the old proverb truly says, appearances are decietful." Society is the greatest offender in this respect. and opens the doors to all kinds of adventurers ana adventuresses if they are well-dressed ard seem to have plenty of money, while she will ignore far better people If they are not rich enough, or too scrupulous to get In debt to give dinners and dances. To think persons presentable because they are dressed well and spend a great deal is often both foolish and misleading. One Of the most vulgar social mistakes is that of patronizing. which some people are fond of doing in an undefnable, yet none the less susceptible way. If these s"some people" are better than their as- sociates. let their style and good taste, not their airs, prove their superiority. Only snobs patronize; only cads submit to it. This is perhaps the most inex- cusable of all social errors. as 1t is found ed upon vanity and self assertion
 Mrs. John L. Parker has returned from her summer outing.
 Mrs Geo c. Whatley and children are at home again after a visit to Cook Springs.
 Mrs. D. L. Purser of Tuscaloosa, Is the guest of friends in Birmingham. She came up to attend the Davis Muslin wedding.
 Miss Lola Denson has returned to Bir- mingham after a visit to her aunt, Mrs. I n Millford al Tn soa loosa
 Mrs. Sarah Taylor is now the guest of iAIr. and Mrs. Geo. c. whatley, at theis home on Highland avenue.
 
 MT. John Caldwell and MT. Felix Dren- men are now In New York