The age-herald., 1898-01-04
In the Social Realm Of
 Birmingham and Elsewhere

bifmingndin anu EiSeWHefe
 The General Sumter chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet with Mrs. Robert H. Pearson to- morrow morning. Jan. 5, at 10:SO o'clock Members of the chapter are requested to carry their dues for 1898 to the meeting.
 Miss Kathleen Hooper has returned to Livingston after spending the holidays in Birmingham.
 MT. Forney Johnston has returned to the University of Virginia to resume his stud ies.
 The Tuesday Whist club will meet this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock with Mrs. l.. G. Woodson, instead of Mrs. Ball.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Wo- mans Auxiliary of the Young Mems Christ ian Association will be held Wednesday morning, Jan. 5, at 10 o'clock, in the asso- citation rooms. All members are requested to be present.
 Mrs. Wiley M. Reed, of Nashville, is vis- iting friends in the city.
 At a meeting of the No Name club, of Montgomery. it was decided to increase the membership from twenty-five to thirty la- dies, and to permit the hostess to invite a few guests at each session.
 The course of study adopted by the No Name for the present season is "Europe in the Nineteenth Century" and the of ficers and members of the club are as fol- lows:
 Mrs. Alex B. Garland, president; Mrs. w. c. Bibb vice-president; Mrs. James Andrew, secretary and treasurer; Mrs M. H. Amerine. Mrs. E. c. Andrew, Mrs. Jas. Anderson, Mrs. B. J. Baldwin, Mrs. J. D. Beale, Mrs W. c. Bibb, Mrs. Chapel Cory, Mrs. l.. G. Dawson, Mrs. Geo. B. Eager, Mrs. Evelyn H. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Alex B. Garland, Mrs. Harris Gunter, Mrs J. A. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. c. A. Lanier. Mrs. E. P. Morrisette, Mrs. J. D. Roquemore Mrs. Lorraine Rogers, Mrs. L. D. scelye, Mrs. Darlington Semple, Mrs. Horace Stringfellow, Mrs. Carl Tutwiler, Mrs. W. B. Ware. Mrs. Sterling A. Wood, Mrs Lo- renzo w. Woodruff
 Miss Sue Allen Ball will return to At lanta this afternoon to resume her studies at Mrs John Prather's school, 251 Wes l Peachtree street.
 Mrs. wilkerson, of Marion, is the guest
  teenth avenue, South Highlands. In the house where ferns are kept there should be induced, by meas of 'evapora- tion, swinging spraying much moist ure to the air as possible, for they gener- ally do not successfully withstand dry parching atmosphere, says an exchange For the purpose of retaining a moist ail about the plant Wardian cases of ferneries are often used with good success, or a glass bell placed over the plant part of the time. It is well to bear in mind, also, that ferns) with the exception of the hardy up- land sorts) grow in moist, shady places. It is therefore essential that they never dry out, and that they be kept in partial shade. It Is not wise, however, to soak the plants daily, whether needed or not When new fronds are unfurling, avoid placing the plant in a position where il will be exposed to the full power of the sunlight, as it will sometimes burn or blast the tender young fronds.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Creche will be held this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. J. T. Nixon, when the annual election of officers will occur.
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 Hon. and Mrs. J. H. Bankhead spent yes tcrday in the city They left in the af- ternoon for Washington, D. c. Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Baldwin, of Mont gomery, were guests of the Morris hotel yesterday. 5ar Misses Ethel Clifford and Mabel Roy re. turned yesterday to Nashville to resume l their studies.
 A woman's daily paper is to be started | in Paris according to the Paris correspond l ent of the London Daily News. The foun- l dress is Madame Marie Durand, late oi 1 the Theater Franchise. She will call hel l paper La Fronde. She hopes the offices will be the rallying point of all French women struggling for the extension oi | their rights. Madame Severine is to sup. l ply magnards. A maynard is a short, sue. culent article. Madame Durand is amply provided with capital. Her offices are all most lualuriously furnished in a house that will be entirely devoted to business She l has arranged to supply La Fronde gratis 1, to all the schoolmistresses of France for Q