The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-19
NOTES OF THE WEEK IN WORLDOF SOCIETY Mrs. Shontz Discusses the Due
 de ChauIneS NOTES HERE AND THERE September Is the Month Between Sea sons and Social Life Is Extremely
 Quiet In Town-Frst
 Methodist Social.
NOTES HERE AND THERE

that of Miss Tn eodore Shonts and the
 Due de Chaunes, or rather that the
 engagement will be no longer denied. An exchange says: Mrs Shonts, at the new family resi- dence, 123 East Thirty fifth street. New York, expresses herself as thour- l oughly approving her daughters titled l suitor
 The Due de Chaulnes." said she "is
 man of most estimabIe qualities and me character. He is one who com mands admiration not only for his per sonality, but for his mental gifts. | thoroughly approve of him." Further, the wife of the interbor-
 ough chief had this to say: q am not one of those who deplore the interna- t1onal marriage. True, there have been few that resulted disastrously, but 1 It has been my observation that A 1 larger number have been successful | than unsuccessful. l have personally i known a greater number of happy i international marriages than unhappv ! ones."
 In the interview Mrs. Shonts, while unwilling to issue a formal announce
 ment of the engagement, virtually ex- i pressed the belief that her daughters 1 romance would reach a happy eulmi- nation soon.
 'l do not wish any public announce
 ment," she asserted, for it would not be timely just now. So far as I am concerned, admire the duke very much indeed and believe he has the right | sort of qualifications" Mrs Shonts was in cheerful mood although she confessed to not having felt well since her arrival in New York.
 She has winning personality. Her features are mobile and very express i sive; her hazel eyes are magnetic: her
 voice is sweet and well modulated. ! She wears her gowns with as much
 grace and chic as her daughters. She was dressed for an automobile ride, and while she conVersed her daughters, Miss Theodora and Miss
 Margaret, came down to join her. Mr | Shonts appeared very soon after and
 made up the family group. The party
 had an enga cement for luncheon. but 1 consented to answer questions. MT. Shonts. however, was reluctant
 to admit that any such thing as a ru
 lnored engagement existed in his house. 1 hold. Indeed, he very emphatically as
 serted that there was nothing in the
 report. Despite his vigorous asser- l tion, however, Mrs. Shonts smiled | quietly to herself, the calm yet as-
 sured smile of the woman who knows 1 the power of feminine persuasion and
 does not quail before her liege lords | objections.
 As Mrs. Shonts continued to laud the 1 young duke, the head of the Shonts household grew impatient and paced
 back and forth, finally going in search
 of wraps and Veils and cushions for ! the comfort of the auto party.
 Mrs. Shonts.' l said. your husband
 stated in an interview this summer
 that the duke was trying hard to come 1 up to the American ideal. Do you think | he has succeeded?" 'I think he has acquired many ad-
 mira ble characteritics, and as he is
 an ardent admirer of American push | and nterprise-American forcefulness ] perhaps 1 should put it--he has no | doubt been profiting by the example
 set by representative men in this
 country. He said when he was here | that he thought America afforded a
 ment."
 | Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rankin are in
 New Orleans.
 Mr. and Mrs. George H. Harris have | returned.
 Mrs. Samuel Adler and Miss Bernard have returned.
 The young people of the First Meth
 odst church will give an entertain
 ment this evening at s o'clock in the
 parlors of the church. There will be
 music, and a cordial invitation is ex-
 tended the young people of the church
 to be present.
 The many friends of Mrs. Henry L. 1 Badham will regret to hear of her con | tinued illness.
 Mrs. Mamie Pearson Rix is now in
 Hot Springs, Ark, where she will be
 joined later by her mother. Mrs. Rob
 ert II. Pearson. Mrs. RiX will pass the { winter in Birmingham. 1 Miss Mary Paul Speck of Washing
 ton, D. C., is visiting friends in Bir-
 mingham.
 Of the arrival in Edgefed. s. C., of two
 charming Birmingham women. the Chron- l icle says
 Two gifted women arrived in Edgefiell
 a few days back direct from the James { town exposition. and great are their
 powers of recountal and description. that i with them a great deal-the great eXposi-
 and all the outlying points of historical
 interest stand out in clear relief before | our minds eye Indeed when We shall
 reach Norfolk we shall know exactly
 where to go and what to look at. These
 ladies are Mrs. Rosa Clisby John and [ Miss Annie Clisby, who are now with their
 sister Mrs James M Cobb. Mrs. Johns ! description of her visit to old James, ! town proper. some miles away from the ] exposition, is really worthy of a place | in Harper's Monthly. , Miss Jamie Going and Miss Gamaliel l Dixon have entered the Agnes Scott col
 lege at Decatur, Ga. i Judge B. NJ. Allen gave a box party 1 to Miss Nixon and Miss Martin on Mon | T, .;x,U at