The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-08
from Washington group her with the win

from Washington group her with the win | ter's brides
 | Birmingham society will feel personal 1 claims upon the congressional women. | Mrs. Oscar Underwood, wife of Repre- | sentative Underwood of Alabama, holds
 a charming position In Washington soci- | ety. Among the wives of senators there | will be the lovely Mrs Joseph r. John l stou of Birmingham and Mrs. John Hollis i Bankhead, the latter having spent ev- | cry winter in Washington since her hus- | band first entered congress.
 ! The congressional brides, or bridal debu- | tantes, as they are called, are even more | in the social llmellght and as a Washing | ton letter says beyond a doubt the two ! most interesting in Washington this l winter will be Mrs. BourlSe Cochran and | the handsome young wife of Senator 1 Beverdge. They will be the toasts Of l congressional society. Mrs. Coclran, to | whom, when a pretty child, as Anne Ide, | daughter Of the governor general of the | Philippines, her friend, Robert Louis | Stevenson. fantastiealy wllled his birth | day, in due documentary form. is lineal | southerner, her own natal day falling on ! Christmas, which she much objected to- 1 She was reared in Calhoun county, Ala. 1 and in Jacksonville, of that state, where
 her father, Henry Clay Ide, previous to | Mckinley, was prosperous merchant He is q native of Alabsma.
 Mrs Coclrans beauty is of a distinctly southern type. She has uncommon grace of manner. Her golden halr which she usually wears coronet fashion, as does Mrs. Timmons, the beautiful young brown dressed daughter of the Vice Presi-
 dent, is one of her most enviable posses
 sions Mrs Beveridge Is said to have a pretty taste in politics. One expects the home of the Beveridses next winter to
 be a Verita he salon, frequented by keen wits.
 Another now congressional hostess of the Sixtieh Congress who IS champion
 winner of hearts, is the young wife of
 Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, herself not so very much more than a bride.
 Last winter the popular representative got a happy running start. socially after
 tho captains election, at the fashionable
 apartment house, the Connecticut,
 where their Tuesdays were literally
 mobbed. Next winter the fortunate young
 couple will entertain with more eclat
 under their own arborlal perqusites at 21l7 S street where the gallant hero Of the Merrmac and few other things has purchased the handsome residence, lately owned and occupied by Baron Grip, the former minister from Norway and swed en. The baron placed the house on the
 market when his two native CD countries
 were divorced. Mre. Robson will be close neighbor to her intimate chum, Mrs. Eaton J. Bowers, another popular con
 gressional hostess, wife of the represen- tatve from Bay St. Louis, Miss By
 the unique Washington usage. Mrs. Hob
 son. although a comparative stranger in
 town, because she Is a congressional dehu-
 tante, will have to make all tho first
 calls wives of Congressman of longer
 standing and on all senatorial ladies'
 In an interesting and charming letter from Paris. Mrs. F. G. Stevens of Bir- minEham writes of her stay abroad Besides a little coaching through Eng land. which everybody does. she ateered from the "heaten track" and with one or two continental friends followed hsr own inclinations rather than a guide book
 After leaving the English lakes. she writes we spent a few days in Derbyshire. a beautiful section of Eng land. We had a charming day in q small village and wake ed to Haddon Hall, the home of Dorothy Vernon, a lovely old ruin, but most interesting. A day in London. and we began the more interesting part of our trip. We took q steamer to one of the largest chan mel islands. not so well known and famous as Jersey, but much more fasci- hating. We spent some days there and could have spent a week or two easily without seeing all of it's beauty. The shore is wild and rugged. the walls very beautiful and many little islets and harbors through the dearest little water lanes. They cannot be described but have to be seen They are lanes with the wall on one side and the woods running on the other. and arch ed over with vines, the sunlight appear ing through them suddenly and a glimpse of the blue sea dashing against the rocks. The town is quaint and the quaintest customs are still in exist ence. The town crier is still heard
 A visit to Victor Hugo's residence wh en he was in exile for fifteen years was most interesting. The house Is filled with beautiful tapestries and cary ings and is left Just as he used it. The top of the house is the studio. glass top and sides commanding a most beautiful view. Two tables are attached to the wall. He stood at these tables and did his writing.
 We went to Jersey for the night. 1t is quite a summer resort and noted
 chiefly for It's cows and the birth place of Lily Langtry. She still goes tn ere where she has little cottage.
 From Jersey we took steamer for st. Malo, making that quaint place our headuuarters. and visiting all the places
 in Brittany St. Malo, itself an old walled town, IS the most interesting place. The old fish market with the women in quaint caps, cleaning and selling their silvery looking fish Is in- deed q picture. Chataubrand, the French poet is buried here on rock which you can only reach at low tide. 1t is entirely cut off from the main
 land at high tide. Nothing but a cross without letters enclosed in an iron frame. surrounded entirely by wa ter. q strange burial place.
 Little electric launches run every few minutes to Dinard, the fashionable French seashore resort. You see great deal of style at the Casino, bur 1t caifnot compare with Paraine. This Is a most beautiful beach and espla- made. The tourists here, as at Dinard, are French Dinan is an old town reached by river trip. Here Is where you see the artists sketching the old houses that look as though they would tumble over. I do not suppose 1t has changed in thousand years
 St. Seman Is another place reached by q rolling bridge It rolls itself across the water. One could easily, spend the season in so interesting spot. ,,
 We went to Mount St. Michael, an