The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-03
TOPICS OF
GENERAL INTEREST
Birmingham Party Witnesses
Carnival In Madrid
NOTES HERE AND THERE
OF Interesting People, With Lenten
Gossip of Town and Country.
Some Departures for Near
by Summer Homes.
NOTES HERE AND THERE
BY ANNIE KENDRlck WALKER.

Raulston of Birmingham expresses hcr
delight at this view of Spain, its
people. it's art, it's scenery"
This is our sixth day in Madrid,
she wrote in a recent charming letter
TO friends in this city. Madrid is the
largest and most modern city in Spain
Parts of it remind me of Paris. We
arrived in time for the carnival, which
did not amount to as much as we eX-
pected, although some of the floats Were
attractive and the parade looked fac
on the broad streets of the Prado.
After starting for Spain we found
this pension--the quaintest place imags-
nable. 1t was recommended by people
we had met in Granada and is so much
more interesting than a modern hotel
1t is kept by Dona Dolores Carmora
and she is as sweet as her name-smy-
pathetic as the Italians say. Sergean;
and Chase have both been entertained
here.
1.-THE household now consists of two
| American ladies doing Spain, three
! German students, one Englishman and
one American besides ourselves, and
the Dona Dolores.
EVERY where we have found kind
! friends to speed us on our way and
help us out of any difficulties that
might arise. in foreign travel. The
Spanish people are most courteous and
| obIiging far ahead of the French.
"Of course the greatest attraction to
me in this city is the Museo del Pardo,
which contains a most wonderful col
/ lection of paintings-the most valuable
in the world, perhaps, and the only
! gallery in which we can study the
| Spanish painters thoroughly. There
are over 60 pictures by velasques i'll
one large sala. The Surrender Of
/ Breda' is to me the most remarka BILE
| he beautiful b'ue of the sky and the
mountains is so essentially Spanish and
true to the scenery around Madrid.
! The collection of Murillos is fine, as
well as the Ribeeas and Zurbarans ,.
There are also some of Raphaers Ma
| donnas, a fine portrait of cardinal,
some Titians Rubens, Van DEycks, in
fact all of the schools are well rep
resented
! In referring to her visit to Granada
/ Mrs Raulston says, Granada mean
| tire ALEXANDRA to smes l never realized
before that there could be SO much of
the Alhambra besides the palace, and
that the Moors really existed. The
stories of them, their mosques and
| palaces, their taste for art and let
| ters seemed myths to me until 1 saw
| the proof of their existence in the ex-
| duisite work, SO little of which re-
mains intact. There is still enough
| to show what the whole must have
been. No wonder Washington Irving
! fingered there and was inspired 70
write so many lovely stories of the
place. 1 sat at the window of the
Hall of Ambassadors, the view from
which he deeply loved.
Tonight we leave for Cordova, TAX
| ing sleeping car in train de luxe.
| am anxious to see what the sleepers
are like, having heard such queer ac-
| counts of them. From Cordova we
shall go on to Seville. We have visited
| Toledo, the oldest and most Moorish
town in Spain, very interesting with
It's mosque old bridges and towers and
! narrow winding streets
! Mrs. Raulston and her party are now
| in Italy.
! A charming reception was given yes
terday by the board of directors of the
| Young Women's Christian association in
! their rooms in the Watts building. The
ladies of the board were at home from
| to Z o'clock and the tea was like a
| delightful private party, the decorations
typical of spring. and many ladies calling
curing the receiving hours.
| Quantities Of dogwood and bridal wreath
| were used in the decorations the green
and white colors harmonizing with the
restful colorings of the rooms. which
| have recently been done over In the
| double dining room a large table elabor-
a.ely decorated with dogwood, which was
| arranged in a large gold and silver bowl,
| sent to the association by Mrs. T. G..
| Bush especially for this occasion. On the
! smaller tables were vases of spring bios
| sens. An orange ice witr CAKES was
served.
| In the music room an inipromptu pro.
| sramme was arranged. All of the rooms
we're thrown open for the reception and
! presented a bright picture. Besides the
| .arge double dining rooms where hundreds
| of Young women have luncheon every day,
there Is a large living room,-the office OF
| the secretary, and a spacious rest room
| which is fitted up with all the convent
| ences of a dainty boudoir
| The association is constantly growing
| in membership, and the past year en-
| plasized it's Importance to the commune
| ty more than at any time in its history.
| Among those on the board are Mrs. e.
| 4. Taliaferro, president of the board;
/ Mrs. C. p. Orr, Mrs. William M. Walker
| Mrs. C. T. Randall, Mrs Mabelle Sloss
| Cecil, Mrs I. o. Smith. Mrs. 7. G. Bush,
| Mrs. Walter Beasley, Mrs T.. j. Bryan,
| Mrs. Sydney G. Bowie, Mrs. j. M. Cart
| wright, Mrs James Bowron, Mrs c. p.
| DeShazo, Mrs. A. B. Elford, Mrs. Eu-
game F.. Enslen, Mrs. T. j. Goldwaite,
Mrs. W. E. Ford, Mrs. Florence e. Jor-
dan, Mrs. T. Henry Johnston, Mrs. MARI
| D. Lewis, Mrs Robert Munger, Mrs. s.
| r. Moore, Mrs. Frank Nelson, Mrs. |. ID.
Mrs Margaret Ramsey. Among the meni-
| bcrs of the Young Wom1n's ChristAa1
association auxiliary were Miss Elliott
| Miss Marianne Hamilton. Miss Grace Har-
| H., Mic. Nellia Closs Miss ANNA Il olh