The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-05
THE PRESS DEPARTMENT
OF THE .WOMAN'S BOARD

Miss Walker is the only child of the Sec
ond marriage of Captain John A. Walker
to the widow of Colonel James Cook Lewis,
of Columbus Ga. She comes of a long line
of distinguished men and women.
Her grandfather, john Hedge Walker,
was South Carolinian; his mother was
Elizabeth Hunter. of Virginia: her great
grandfather on her fathers side a
Virginia gentleman of the old school, and
a member of the Walker family of Alder.
marie county. One of the old family home.
steads was Castle Hill, owned now by Col.
onel Rives, the father of Amelie Rives.
Captain John A. Walker, her father. en-
tered the Confederate army with the Thir-
ty-first Georgia regiment, and was on Gem
eral Gordons staff at the surrender. On the
maternal side Miss Walker is a descendant
of the Kendrick family who came over from
England during colonial times and settled
in North Carolina and the colonies of Vir-
gnia. Her great grandfather on her moth
er's side, Thompson Coleman, was colonel
in the revolutionary war; and was present
when Cornwall surrendered. Mrs. Walker,
her mother, was Miss Eliza Kendrick a
great niece of Colonel John Kendrick. the
grandfather of the dllustrious Judge David
Ciopton. of Alabama.
Miss Walker. as society editor of The
Age-Herald, has won for herself an-enviable
reputation in the conduct of that depart
ment. She has two qualities that are en-
tTely SerV1ceaDle IN ner WOrk-tact and
industry. Miss Walker both covers the
news field in society matters and at the
same time she intersperses the actual hap
penings with concise and well-expressed
commentaries upon the same She has the
talent of eliciting the interest of other
women in her work and brings out the best
thoughts of the ladies In Birmingham So
ciety in the discussion of topics of current
and local interest to the sex. Miss Walk
er's column is always entertaining because
1t is always newsy and carries an essenti-
ally concrete interest with Ii. Witha1 her
conduct of her column displays most COM
mendable modesty. She is not burdened
with the lego" of the writer and compiler
of the social items she gives the public
One writing about Miss Walker and her
social column would have to look with very
sinister eyes indeed to discover any defect
which needed remedy. She has really made
her department in the Age-Herald model,
and this statment Is made by one who is
not associated with her on her work.
Miss Aimer Rittenberry.
Miss Alma Rittenberry, one of the most
active and intelligent members of the press
committee, has been engaged in special
magazine and newspaper work for several
years She has told entertainingly of the
writers of the south, of Alabama men and
women. Her style is marked by clearness
and vividness. Miss Rittenberry is a Ten
nessean by birth. Her grandfather, Davy
Crockett Campbell, was one or the pioneers
of middle Tennessee. Her faher, Captain
r. j. Rittenberry, was member of the Fiji
lty-third Tennessee regiment and was in
command of his regiment at the battle of
Franklin, where he was wounded. Miss Rit-
tenbemy is, by descent and natural inclina-
ton, an ardent member of the Daughters Of
the Confederacy, and gives her time I'M
stfnted to that cause. As member OF the
press committee of the woman's board, she
has been found invaluable. She is person..
ally one of the most amicable and clever
of women, always pleasant and oblging
and always active and intelligent In what
ever she undertakes ,. LIZ n i9f