The age-herald., 1901-05-19

ing grins, but all to no purpose. No first | prize for undecorated harness. Then we trail home through mud and dust and
 the beauty is gone and we declare we l will never do so again.
 The Woman's Club trap was oeautiful
 It was very graceful two-seated ve-
 hicle and was a mass of yellow erysan-
 themums. It was occupied by Mrs 1 George Lyon and Miss Glennon. It own
 first prize, gilt chair. The snake speare Club had an exquisite trap In
 pink roses and foliage and covered with tariaton, the roses looking so natural one wished to test their fragrance. The harness was covered with pink and dec-
 orated with roses and pink satin ribbon.
 Ihis was entered by Mrs. Harry inge the vice-president and founder of the cluD With her rode Mesdames Dickens Lynn, Daugherty and Mcintosh. This | trap received second prize. The white | poppy trap was as dainty and sweet as the young ladies who rode in it. Misses Mann and Glennon. Then there was q
 tiny blue trap with white pony, in which
 rode four tots. gowned in white and
 blue, Misses McMnlan (twins), Mellett | and Tompkns
 The Century Book Club was represent | ed by Mrs Gregory Luce, who rode in
 Sedan chair. It was a mass of yellow l crysanthemums. and her gown was yell | low with which she wore large black l picture hat with dropping plumes. She | looked like grand dame of the Louis. something or other period, going on a tour.
 The tournament and horse show were
 very good, and some beautiful animals
 were shown. I think a horse show
 should be an annual affair in every city,
 as 1t stimulates love for fine stock and
 the proper care of it. Few Southern cities pay enough attention to grooming
 of horses and care of harness, and that
 kind of care makes even common horses look we'll
 Speaking of that makes me think of
 discussion recently heard in woman's
 club regarding the dress of our men. I
 do think the men of the South are the
 most careless about their appearance of
 any in the civilized world One woman
 said that the first thing an Englishman,
 long resident in Mobile, did on reaching
 England was to put on a Prince Albert and silk hat, as that was the only garb
 worn by gentlemen there, and otherwise
 one Is liable to be taken for a drayman. Well, when weekly few of our gentle
 men put on these togs and air themselves out Government street they are observed for blocks and commented on, for in-
 deed they are noticeable among the bob tailed coats, slouch hats. unpublished
 shoes~ bare-handed. slouching majority
 The women of the South dress much bet ter than their sweethearts and husbands and we won't call 1t unself1shness either on the part of the latter, for they spend money freely in evry way that they en- joy, but it Is carelessness and lack of pride. Personally I think these blatant red, pink, green and rainbow shirts are the invention of the evil one and make any man look like cross between ne gro mintrel and a sport. They vulgarize his whole expression. l The Do As You Please Club was enter tained on Thursday by Mrs. Norborne Clarke.
 The Bridge Whist Club was enter
 tained on Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.
 Minor Friend. The advent of literary
 and philanthropic clubs several years
 ago has caused a noticeable decrease in
 card clubs, and I am sure there is less
 care playing here among women than
 any town in the South and that Is as
 it should be. In one town, not so far
 away, I know a club which it Is painful
 to attend as a guest. They have a little two dollar prize, and the way those wo-
 men strive for that prize is perfectly dis
 gusting to the onlooker. Hurry up!"
 Hurry up!'' Do make a lone hand!'
 "Oh, there's the bell!' All with the
 eagerness of Wall street broker watch
 ing the ticker that means the gain or
 loss of thousands. That is the true
 gambling spirit. and 1t is time all good
 women drowned upon It, especially our
 Southern women, who have always been
 so afraid of being fast and loud. We all
 go and do these things, but in our hearts
 we feel 1t is wrong, and if we had the courage would say so.
 Our delegates who have returned from the Federation are enthusiastic over the delightful time they had and are espe-
 cially complimentary to Dr. F. M. Pe- terson and his lovely wife, who was Nellie Winston.
 They are pleased, too. with the bus mess accomplished and the plans for the future. The clubs in Mobile are heartily in favor of compulsory education, as we see things every day that make us re- gret our lack of legislation compelling ignorant parents to give their children some chance in life. There is unique spectacle every day on Government streetof a vegetable cart driven by a
 woman and young girl delivering veg etables. She is about fifteen, with long blonde braids hanging down and is rath- CT refined and sweet looking young wo- man. Yet she is content to go in and out and bargain with negro cooks and probably cannot write her name. The season of picnics Is upon us, and even while I hear the insistent crash of a brass band on the Monroe Park cars playing Dem Goo Goo Eyes," whatever that may mean. Our German friends have their Mai Fest. Every benevolent and other order in town has picnic, so they are of daily occurance. The work | ing people go early with huge baskets of | eatables, which, after all. is the picnic | to most people. They dress up in their | tightest, stiffest lawns and spend l wretched day enjoying themselves. They | all have big families, and Johnnies and | Marys and the children have new shoes | for the occasion, and after they have | waded all day, can't squeeze their feet | In them again, so have to go home bare | foot They all take chances in the va | rious prizes which are mounted in state | on a platform and consist of everything | on earth from stove to horse and l trap. Then the games! Fat mems races; l buxom maids race in coy glee and some- l times measure their plump length upon l the grass; boys burrow their heads in basins of flour and bring up breathless, | but triumphant, coins of various values. | All this time the brass band is fairly | making itself hoarse, for nothing adds | half so much to the fun as its brazen | notes elegant sympages pass along in | front down the shell road and our sister | in brown never had so much fun in her l life.
 1 The Pathfinders had their annual pie | mic on Thursday at Dog River, going l down in Mr. Grey's commodious launch. | This club consists of the society girls. | and they undertook at first to exclude | the married women, but they had to re- | lent in favor of their own members, who | have married right along. They are bus | fly engaged just now in work upon their | annual calendar. They will study Italy