The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-27
EVENTS YESTERDAY IN SOCIAL WORLD The Carnival Gossip Makes Its
 Appearance SOME SOCIETY NOTES Luncheons and Afternoon Teas and Informal Dinner Parties Today.
 Recalls Alabama
 Poets.
SOME SOCIETY NOTES

The Carnival Gossip" the bright ana clever journal that was want in other years to delight many readers during the carnival season in Mobile, has made it's appearance after several years of silence ''In the thirty-third year of it's useful ness to Mobile" as it's editor. MT T. C. DeLeon says, editorially the Carnival Gossip improves like old wine, and has every right to renew it's claims upon it's old clientele as well as upon the new. Illustrated with the pictures of carnival queens, and containing many articles of significance historically, it shows the un- mistakabe touch of the brilliant journal ist whose name has always been associat- ed with 1t. Of particular interest is the following extract from an article on the society of Colonial Danes:
 The Alabama socety-the true and de- voted women who originated and worked out the proper tribute to a great mem ory-was organized under state charter, February 1898, under Mrs. Hortense A. Batre, it's president still. Since it has remained ever true to it's ideals, and practical in the permanent expression. Among these are good works in the pres ent day charities. The society bestows yearly prizes of fifty dollars each for the two state colleges at Tuscaloosa and Auburn, for the student writing the best essay on Colonial subjects.
 A gold medal for girl graduates is also bestowed by these conservatives of our sacred memories of our first yester- days, In addition they send thirteen year. ly magazines to while away the tedious time of convaleseents in the Philippine hospitals.
 Of the Alabama society the officers are: President Mrs. Hortense A. Batre of Mobile; vice presidents, Mrs Harvey E. Jones. Sprlnghill, Mrs. Mary R. K Fowlkes, Selma; Mrs David Roberts; cor responding secretary, Mrs. Harvey E. Jones; recording secretary, Mrs. Ellen Pe- ter Bryce, Tuscaloosa treasurer, Mrs. Richard H. Clarke, Mobile; registrat, Mrs. Norman G. Winn, Demopolis.
 The suggestion of a memorial to Bien- vile first came from Mrs. Batre at the national convocation of the Danes at Washington city in 1904, as elsewhere noted The design of a "Waysde Cross" instead of a monument was suggested 
 was approved by the president, and adopted by unanimous assent. The entire cost of over 5000 was raised wholly by contribution within the membership. No outside aid was asked; there were no so- called benefits. The plat in the southwest portion of Bienville Square was granted by the city of Mobile and the work en- trusted, for the stone finish to Maddox & Eastburn, home experts. The bronze tablets of inscription and slgnet were placed in the skilled care of Messrs Cabaret X Go. of New York, whose exc cution tells in the photo-engravings on this page.
 The details of completion and the dedi- cation of the cross were reposed in the hands of the committees named below hands whose results have proved them as taste-bearing as they are trusty and strong.
 Owing to the fact that the United Charities find that there are two other monuments on foot for the erection of consumptive camps near the city, it has abandoned it's project for building one in- dependenty, but will cooperate later on with one of these, it's idea being to erect m annex devoted entirely to charity. The money donated for the consumptive camp will be put in the bank and kept for this purpose and the society desires to thank all of those who so generously responded to it's appeal
 In reference to a group of Alabama poets, the Carnival Gossip says:
 The still fresh grass above rare Mar garet O'Brien recalls career the most brilliant and sure of any recent Ala bama woman. Yet she lives-and will ever. in the hearts of known and un- known friends made by her words.
 Mrs. Matte Dope Scales is in Louis- vile.
 Mrs William Gray Estes buffet luncheon to Miss Ware today will be at 1 o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. Allan Harvey Wood ward will return to Woodward on We'd nesday.
 New Orleans.
 
 Miss Eva Conner has returned. She has recently been the guest of Mrs. James Craig Smith in Montgomery.
 Mrs. Samuel D. Weakley will give an informal tea this afternoon from to G. in compliment to Mrs. Le Master.
 Mrs. Robert Jemison Riddle of Nashville will be the guest of Mrs. s. B. Trappe after the carnival.
 Carnival Opens in Mobile.
 Mobile, February 26.-The carnival opened today with the arrival of King Felix III, followed by a civic parade in which marines of war vessels in port took part. Tonight the M E. M gave their annual parade, the subject being "The Flight of the Hours" on seven floats entitled Dawn, Sunrise Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Night and Starlight.
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