The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
CHAUTAUQUA CHATS
By Katherine Hopkins Chapman
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tioned there to guard 1t from possible negro callers.
 ''Oh, yes; certainly" agreed the Southerner. knowing the same senti- ment from a Southerner would have aroused unkind comment. Then I'll move on,' said a man standing near, flor belong to the Black family.
 The Cotton and Gulf States booth was decorated with the coats of arms of the States included, framed in cot ton and grey moss, and with some uni versity pennants, which lately made one Alabamian resolve that next year the Tuscaloosa and Auburn colors also fly here.
 Texas contributed a queer little wooden derrick.
 What is that?" I asked inadvertent- ly. That represents our large oil wells" replied the Texan.
 "Oh, yes, of course. They will soon be familiar to us in Alabama, for many wells are being bored with reasonable hope of success; and Huntsville is now using natural gas entirely in her homes and factories" I boasted in return.
 Mrs Hillyer of Augusta, Ga.. chair man of the Southern reception commit tee, is a host in herself. Alabama had five representatives, in the receiving line at the Cotton and Gulf States booth They were Miss Eudora Conolly of Selma. delegate from the Chautau- qua Circle there, and member Of the Pioneer Class of the c. l.. s. C., which was graduated in 1882, and is conse- ouently celebrating it's twenty firth anniversary; Mrs. John S. Chapman of Selma; Mrs. Henry B. Gray of Bir- mingham, wife of our Leutenant-Gov- ernor; and Miss Hannah Elliott of Blr- mingham. whose handsome and charmf ing presence adds to any assemoiage.
 We AIabamians were also very proud of our representatives in the Gibson Picture tableaux, which drew enormous crowds, estimated at 5000, to the Am nhitheatre two nights In the groups of women, picked from this vast concourse for charm of face, figure and bearing, the dainty blonde loveli- ness of Miss Mamie McMillan of Flu Jaw and the stately brunette beauty of Miss Hannah Elliott of Birming- h ham stood out with pleasing distinct ness.
 Although most of the Alabama colo. 1 ny will remain here until the close of 1 the season-some through September there have been some changes. Mir 1 turned to Birmingham and MT. and Mrs Willard J. Wheeler and family have arrived from there.
 MT. and Mrs. Alexander T London have also recently arrived here from 1 Birmin gham, and Mir. London hai seemed especially interested in the l discussions on free libraries and i'm 1 migration. two problems Birmin ghan | Is now trying to solve.
 Other new Alabamians here now art Miss Able DuBose of Tuscaloosa, Mis- i Irene Russell of Athens, Miss Alice B
 Frazier of Mobile. and Mrs. M ant Miss Kate Robinson of Mobile. l Mir and Mrs. Clifford Lanier O | Montgomery are the Alabamians mos 1 prominent in Chautauqua life. Sidne.
 Lanier is one of the few Southern poet
 who has received worldwide recogni
 tion and he is a Chautaudua favorite
 MT. Clifford Lanier's work is so closet,
 associated with that of his famou
 brother that the S. l.. s. c. class o
 'Ss is called the Laniers, after them
 The class motto: The Humblest Lif that Lives May Be Divine" is take from clifford Lanier's writing, and tn class flower is the violet.
 The open air reading hour at sunse
 this week has been given by Mrs
 Bertha King-B Baker to selections. on afternoon each. from Kipling. Steven