The age-herald., 1898-02-22

IN THE SOCIAL REALM.
BY MRS. GEORGE c. BALL
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 understood The world Isn't used to peo- pie who are frank enough to tell out their inmost hearts. and so they are apt to say of the candor that is childlike in its quail ty that it cannot be Quite sincere. It only needed one to know Miss Willard to dis cover how absolutely sincere she was in every thought. word or deed.
 Though she pever marred, Miss Willard had the graat mother heart. I never heard her say an unluind word about men or against marriage. She just seemed to think that tt wasn't for her, but was glad for others when the happy home life came to them
 "IIer eense of humor-that bright wit of hers-made her presiding utterly unique. She never failed to be apropos of the moment, to say something bright and to the point. I've ofbsn wondered, when she kept introducing person after person, how she could think of something new for every one but she always did. and it was always some thing pat.
 Miss Wdlfard's personality treasured everyone. I don't think anyone ever went out of her presence without feeling better and brighter and more hopeful than when they came into it.''
 Miss Evelyn Fitzpatrick and Miss Shep- herd, of Montgomery, are the guests of Judge and Mrs. William w. Wilkerson, Fourteenth avenue, South Highlands
 MT. Sale Phelan, of Montgomery, spent Sunday in the city with his mother, Mrs. Anna O. Phelan.
 Miss Katherine Conner and Miss Carrie Thornton, of South Alabama, are visit ing Mrs. Dan T. Smith, at Avondale.
 Mrs. John T. West, of Montgomery, gave a handsome card party Friday afternoon at the Mabson hotel, Montgomery, in complf- ment to Miss Mary Virginia Graves, of this city.
 Mrs. c. A. Darlton, Misses Tillie and Eff fife Darlton, of Washington, D. C., and Miss Trix Kennedy, of New York City, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. J. R. Wheeler, 1909 Eleventh avenue, South Highlands.
 Mrs. M. L. Storer, wife of the United States minister to Belgium has invented ing. The new glaze, which Is of a dull color, with mottled effects, is the result of using copper in the baking. Mrs. Storer was the originator of the famous Redwood pottery.
 Mrs. H. M. Jackson, of Roseland, is spending some time at Montgomery with her aunt Mrs. William c. Oates.
 Mrs. Chappell Cory is the guest of Mr. and Mrs T. c. Thompson in Sixth avenue.
 This evening at Demopolis, Miss Sadie Webb will be married to MT. D. A. de resident of Montgomery. After brief vis- 1t to the parents of Mir. de Campi, at Chi cago, the bride and groom will make their home at Montgomery.
 At a recent wedding the bride adopted fba hot hnv green and yellow. Palms and superb chrys- anthemums carried out in flowers the col ors selected, and the bridesmaids gowns were yellow poplin, with white null fichus. With these gowns were worn green velvet picture hats and nodding plumes. Green it Is something rather novel in wedding colors when 1t is carried through the gowns of the bridal party.
 Mrs. Blanche w. DeIIo, who was organ- ist at the First Baptist church in this city and leader in musical circles for many years has just composed vocal gem-wordS and music-in waltz time, which she has called Loves Dream'' Musical critics speak in high terms of Mrs. De Los recent composition and predict a successful futurs for her, as composer and song writer.
 The ladies of the Southside Baptist church are serving appetizing lunches at the Brown crockery store in Second ave- nue, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets
 Major Frank Y. Anderson Is arranging to carry a party of his friends ccl a trip to Florida in a special car about the 9th of March
 Mrs. M. N. Due gave a luncheon Satuir- day in honor of Mrs. J. Jefferson Thomas, of Atlanta, at which the following ladies were present: Mesdames J. J. T4Dcrnas, J. w. Barclay, P. E. Scott, D. H. Brown, A. o. Powell, w. Zeigler, w. H. Claniton arid Miss Bethea.
 Mrs. H. c. Lamar, of Showdown, Is wis., iting Mrs. W. E. Hooper on the South Highlands.
 Mrs Paul F'reeman's dancing class gave a delightful cotillion last night at the Volunteers armory. Besides tine pupils, there were many guests present
 Mrs. J. T. Nixon gave a. dinner on Sum- day to her young cousin, Miss Ella Leland, of Tuscaloosa. The following young la dies were present: Misses Virginia Walker,