The age-herald., 1898-03-06
In the Social Realm of
 Birminuham and Elsewhere

Mrs. Lorenzo Woodruff. after a short visit to the family of her brother, Gen. F. s. Ferguson, has returned to her home at Montgomery.
 MT. Robert Hiden of Richmond. Va, spent few days in Birmingham during the past week.
 Miss F1orrie Kyle of Gadsden is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. c. Thompson, on Syca- more street, South Highlands
 Miss Mary Ida Stoelker will be the guest of Miss Ada Simpson during the week at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Rush Simp- son, on the South Highlands.
 
 Miss Isabelle Hardie of New Orleans Is the guest of MT. and Mrs. William Hardie at their home on First avenue. Miss Har- die is the youngest sister of Mr William Hardie, and has only made her debut into New Orleans society this winter. She is beautiful representative of southern girl hood, and is already one of the belles of the Crescent City. She was Queen of Pro- teus at the recent carnival festivities at New Orleans, and Birmingham people who enjoyed Mardi Gras in that city are enthu- siastic in their description of her grace and beauty, of the magnificent gown she wore, of white satin, with an immense train of turquoise blue velvet, trimmed with wide bands of ermine, and her gorgeous jewels. Miss Hardie will spend several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Hardie.
 Miss Mabel Byrd of Atlanta is a guest of her brother, MT. B. F. Byrd, at Wood lawn.
 Mrs. Warren Springer of Chicago has just presented a very valuable flag recently to an organization of Irish women, who hau han thpmGa1yaS for a laudable purpose of studying the history and literature of Ireland. This flag was carried by the ancestors of Mrs. Springer at the siege of Limerick in 1641, and is of green colored material, with a gilt harp in the center. Of course, the once bright green has faded in spots to dull orange color; it is much frayed at the edges, and several holes have been pierced in it, yet it Is priceless treasure to these patriotic daugh- ters of Ireland.
 Mir. and Mrs. Eugene D. Thompson gave a charming euchre party Friday evening at their home,' on Sycamore street, South Highlands, to Miss Florre Kyle, of Gads- den, Miss Standiford and Miss Danforth of Louisville. There were five tables of players, and the choice of partners was made in this very unique way. Photo graphs of the young lady guests, taken when they were babies, were selected by the young gentlemen, and, then they were compelled to guess whom these photos represented among the party ,Gyf grown girls present. Naturally tashs procedure was the cause of mlach merriment and pleasure. The,,laz2zy-s prize, Delft crumb trax aGud brush. was won by Miss Lucille Smith. Dr. Hardee Johnston won the gentleman's prize, handsome cigar case The following were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Thompson: Misses Standiford, Dan forth, Florrie Kyle. Hannah Elliott, Lu- cille Smith, Matte McDavid, Blanca Ran dall Kathleen Hooper, Julia Ward, Hen rietta Wilcox, Isabelle Mushat and Miss Coffey; Messrs. Danforth, A. c. Crowder J. T. Patton, Will H. Johnston, John c. Pugh, James Randall, Hardee Johnston, John London, Ashly Cleveland A. lief lin, Dr. Frazier and MT. and Mrs. E. H. Cabaniss, Mrs. Theresa Evans and MT. and Mrs. J. L. Tanner. Several of the