The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-27

day Whist Club yesterday afternoon at
her home on Eleventh avenue. South High
lands. The prize, very handsome cake
plate. was won by Mrs A. G. Smith. The
club will meet next with Mrs. A. I. Hen
ley. ~ 6I
Mrs. ]. H. Mecary has issued cards for
an afternoon reception for Tuesday, May
4, from to G o'clock, at her home on
Twentieth street. South Highlands.
Miss Eta Cross, of Evansville, Ind. Is
spending a few weeks with Miss Mile
Price at Avondaie.
Mrs. B. L. wyman, Mrs James Weather
ly and Mrs. Joseph McLester Will repre-
sent the Cadmean Circle at the meeting of
the State Federation of Women's Clubs at
Selma next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry B. Gray will enter
tain this evening at the Florence hotel in
honor of Miss Martin and Miss McGregor.
Miss Hattie Stein gave a reception Mon
day evening at her home on Eleventh ave-
nue. North. complimentary to Miss Bessie
Hoskins, of Aldrich.
The Concordia society celebrated its
twelfth anniversary at its hall on Avenue
d Monday evening. Montano's orchestra
furnished the music for dancing, and dur
ing the evening vocal selections contributed
to the pleasures of the guests. President
Herman Hentschel, of the Concordia, de-
livered the address of welcome to which
President Emil Lesser, of the Turn Verein
responded An attractive feature of the
evening was the skillful drilling of num-
Der of young girls, under the direction or
Prof. Speidle -
A Washington letter says:
The change in the cabinet has caused
decided ripple on the social current The
Garys, after the Hobarts, have been the
most conspicuous figures in official society
during the past season. They have kept up
a handsome establishment here and have
done much graceful entertaining The
three daughters of the family were un-
doubtedly the prettiest and most popular
of the many cabinet girls which the pres
ent administration has to its credit. rms
change takes the second family of young
ladies out of the cabinet, though Judge NC
Kenna's successor has a very pretty daugh-
ter who will take her place in the onclal
family next winter. For such time as the
new postmaster general and Mrs. smith
will be in Washington this spring they VIII
have an apartment at the Arlington
Mrs. Robert L. Stevenson, widow of the
celebrated novelist, is now quite i'll at Ho-
tel Albert. New York. She reached the me-
tropolis a month ago, and expects upon
her recovery, to proceed to London, where
she will assist Sidney Colvin in editing ana
publishing a volume on the life ana Work
of her famous husband; later she will prob
ably travel in Egypt before returning to
Samoa.
Mrs. Stevenson is an American. daugh-
ter of the revolution. Her maiden name
was Fanny Van de Grift, and she was born
Mrs., c
ed as above medium stature for woman,
and has handsome "boyish-looking face,
crowned with shock of thick, curly brown
hair. Her eyes are brown dark and Deep
Her manner is quick and sympathetic, with
a touch that brings out her Bohemian lie
as an art student in Paris.
Her daughter Mrs. Rose Strong, VINO Is
with her now at the Hotel Albert, bears
a striking resemblance to her. In her
dress-and particularly that for outdoors
Mrs. Stevenson has departed far from the
lines laid down by fashion. Her favorte
house robe is a black brocaded "ho'aku,'
the tea gown of the South Sea ISLANDS,
loosely flowing and luxurious.
Mrs Stevenson smokes cigarettes and
has done so for many years. Her husband
was veritable slave to the habit ana
she says she sees no reason why women
should not indulge in it, provided that they
do not make it obnoxious to others. She
is a woman of high literary ability, and
has an adherence of the modern School OF
analytical fiction.
At the great Confederate Relief Bazaar
held recently at Baltimore an article Tor
sale at the Maryland table which repre-
scented an immense amount of patient in
dustry and perseverance, as well as taste
and skill was a dainty volume, bound In
the confederate coors of red, white and red
and gotten up by Mrs. Bessie Elliott Ores
ham a sister-in-law of Harriet Lane john
son. 1t is entitled, Memories of the
South"
On each alternate leaf are pressed flow
ers and grasses from some spot sacred to
southern hearts, while opposite are appro-
nriate verses some of which reach the
public for the first time through this me-
dunn. Mrs. Gresham is an accomplished
botanist and the blossoms and leaves have
been so treated that their colors Will be
preserved The book has netted the table
$780, and contains flowers from the battle
field of Manassas, the mouth of the crater,
at Petersburg; Mayre Heights, near Fred
ericksburg; the battlefield of Sharpsburg;
Fort McHenry; Appomattox, Chancelors-
Vile. and Gettysburg, with flowers from
the graves of Turner Ashby and Stonewall
Jackson and an ivy leaf from the tomb OF
Robert e. Lee.
The Epworth League will give q recep-
tion Thursday evening at the residence or
Mrs. Wheeler, 21O0 Seventh avenue, north,
to which all leaguers and their friends are
invited.
Playing at Whist