The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-28
ANNIE KEHDRIGE WALKER.
nusuaI Number of Beautiful
VisitInu Women in Birmingham

VISITING Women in Birmingham
The number of beautiful visiting women
IN Birmingham tfnis season is being dis
cussed with a great amount of interest by
the home girls, who declare that the So
cial functions of the winter are graced
by SO many visiting bellies and beauties,
that all the beaux are being monopolized.
A Birmingham belle acknowledged that
she received her invitation to the South
ern club reception with a sigh OF content
ment, for she had quite made up her mind
to stay at home. the visiting girls she
continued, are so wonderfully attractive,
and all the men are going SO wild about
them, that it is positively alarming, and
really it Is only the debutantes of the sea-
son who are perfectly confident of invita-
TONS"
A deoutante who was present, declared
that she had no confident feelings on the
subject at all, and that she envied the
belle OF three or four seasons, whom it
seemed to her was so successfully launch
ed as to be able to hold her own against
any bevy of girls.
And she looked at the pella of q few sea-
sons with rather imploring eyes. as if to
read the secret of her social success.
Il was talking with one off tae prettiest
of the visiting girls the othsr evening in
one of The dressing rooms" said i young
beauty who was in the party, land while
knew that it was not very good form
just at that time to ask her when she ex-
pected to return, still l did so, without
any special desire to know her plans; and
afterwards l sure that she fel. | did
1t through little jealousy, just on &c.
COURT of a silly little incideu. that &C.
Cured later on"
livery woman In The party wanted to
know what the incident was BAL the wo-
man most concerned declined TO 20 into
details.
A belle OF the winter said she was going
TO entertain very beautiful girl before
the season closed and that any sensible
hostess wanted the attractive girls. ..le-
cause, she said, laughingly, the Bir-
mlngham girls are - attractive and so
charming in every way that a visiting Girl
must be unusually beautiful and bright.
and wear pretty clothes II she aspires +,
belleship."
Inc visiting girls in the past who were
now IN the married set were recalled, land
they are all so attractive" said a young
woman, with prophetic air.
Well, remarked one of the girls at am
going to entertain two awfully pretty girls
some time during the season. and l hone
that you will all be nice to them"
Some one then spoke of the loneliness a
visiting girl felt in dressing room. when
she has no especial friend among the girls.
She puts on her slippers, buttons her
gloves.
from any one. and even the maids are
| usually assisting the young women whom
they happen to know" said a girl who
notices the little things.
"A club man told me-" said one of the
women. that the number of visiting girls
who would attend the Southern club recep-
ton was greater than in any season past,
and that also number of out-of-town men
would be guests at the clubs reception, SO
that it is possible that the home men are
discussing their prospects in view of the
arrival of visiting club men,"
20, well,' said a debutante, "the Bir-
mngham men do not have anything to fear,
for those whom have met are delightful"
The belle of several seasons laughed.
30, yes" she acquiesced sweetly, "they are
all charming when ones first flowers are
left at the door, and ones first party is
going to take place. A bevy of pretty visit
ing girls is nothing to grow alarmed over
any more than the coterie of home girls,
with whom the bud of the season makes
her bow in the fashionable world. The de-
butantes,'' she addede, generously, "are
much to be envied. and 1t is my opinion
that even the bellies of several winters
would gladly exchange places with the
white robed figure who is just being intro
duced into society"
The discussion continued for some time,
and they pictured, at least, the scene which
the Southern club will present tomorrow
evening when crowded with the prettiest of
home girls and the brilliant bellies who are
visiting Birmingham.