The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-28
NOTES OF THE WEEK IN THE SOCIAL WORLD Interesting Europeans at Rajah
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IMPRESSIONS OF THE SOUTH

Rajah Lodge, May 27.-(Special.)- )-I met an interesting European woman today at | luncheon. She is Mrs Carl Ludwig, who with her husband has been passing the month of May with MT and Mrs. | William F. Aldrich. Mrs. Ludwig is Itai- ian. She was born in Rome and reared ! in Florence. Her family name Is one of the most illustrious in Italy, ranking with the De Medicis for the throne in the sixteenth century. She married, when quite young, into the German nobility, and many years were passed in travel, the Ludwigs later taking up their resi- dence in India. Mrs. Ludwig saw India , under circumstances that make her rem instances exceedingly interesting. She | took an active part in European society in Calcutta. Of the many countries through which she has travelled it is India with it's European society, it's Eng fish influence in government and in so- cial life, it's languorous climate, it's sen suous color, that has impressed her as the most interesting. Mrs. Ludwig learned to speak Hindoostan perfectly.
 She is a most accomplished linguist, speaking fluently some six or eight lan- guages. Her English is perfect and she speaks with an English accent.
 MT. and Mrs Ludwig are both well known in society in this country, particu- larly in Washington. Bar Harbor and Newport. While this is not their first visit to the south, it is the first visit to any of the famous private estates of the 4t, |, having been gained chiefly from their so- cial experience along the American Ri veira on their visits to Florida.
 The month of May, which was selected as the most ideal for their visit to the AL drich's, brought them to the southern country at a charming season. While the weather has been somewhat cool, there have been so many beautiful days that the reputation of the southern climate has not suffered, and certainly here on this estate the month of May has brought a flower fete like those of Nice.
 The gardens are just now at their height of their springtime beauty. Hun dreds of rare plants have been brought from the green houses to the outdoor gardens. The lily ponds, filled with pink and white water lilies and lotus flowers, are frngqed with tall palms and rubber trees, while from the branches of the tall trees about the lower terraces hang baskets filled with bright colored foliage and towering plants. Lemon trees form rich terraces and the gardens are most | tropical with rows of imperial bay trees and Norfolk Island pines, set about ter races thick with century plants, banana l aff ad HAuarin 10 plants.
 The Cherokee rose of the south trails over many trellises and old fashioned classical garden. In such a garden the season seems most charming, and Mrs Ludwig has enjoyed her visit to the full est extent
 She is delighted with her impressions of the south. The hospitality of Rajah Lodge is always characterized with a charm of cordial informality, and MT. and Mrs Aldrich have been entertaining in- formally at luncheons and dinners and driving parties On these occasions Mrs ] Aldrch has been the ever gracious