The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-06
NEWS OF THE DAY
 IN SOCIAL WORLD City Beautiful Movement En- outraged By Administration THE DAYS DEPARTURES Daughter of French President To Wed. Block Improvement Societies Are
 Formed-The Movement Pro-
 gresses-Announcem
By MYRTLE MILES.
Telephones; Bell. 11eo: peonIes.

An interesting engagement which was recently announced in this country is that of Mile. Fallieres, the daughter of the
 President of the French republic, to M.
 Jean Lanes, her fathers secretary. The
 wedding will occur August 10 in the
 Elysee. This, of course, will be treated
 as an event of rather more than ordinary
 social importance in Paris, but there has l not been near the excitement and pub 1 lioity that was attendant on the nuptials
 of President Roosevelt's daughter, either | before, after or during the festivities, as it would be contrary to all French ideas of correct form.
 M Lanes is now in Russia, having &C., companied President Fallieres in his of ficial capacity on a tour of the empire, but every day, in accordance with a custom which amounts to a social law in France, he sends to his fiance a bou-
 quet of freshly cut flowers. In his ab- sence the tradition is unbroken, Mile.
 Fallieres receiving daily big bouquet accompanied by M. Lanes card from a prominent florist.
 
 guest of her brother, MT. Walter Robert
 son, will return to her home in Hatties- burg, Miss, today. She will be accom- panied by her mother, Mrs. Sylvester
 Robertson, and her sister, Miss Laura Robertson.
 There will be a meeting at the residence of Mrs. Henry Hidden, 163S Avenue K,
 this morning for the purpose of organiz-
 ing block improvement society All
 residents of block 7s6 are urged to attend. This blSck is bounded on the north by Avenue J, south by Avenue K, east by
 Seventeenth street and west by Sixteenth street.
 Mrs. Robert R. Darden calls meeting of block 7s1 for Friday, August 2, at 5 o'clock, at her residence, 1516 South Tenth avenue, for the purpose of organ izing an improvement society. The block includes Ninth and Tenth avenues from
 Fifteenth to Sixteenth streets, south. All
 residents of the block are urged to attend the meeting
 The new coat of paint which is being given to Paul Hayne school this week is an illustration of the fact that the move-
 ment to improve and beauty is not con- fined to householders alone. The older building has been restored by the appli- cation of brick red, paint with trimmings
 in the gray stone shade, to what was, some 20 years ago, probably its color. There is no public building on Twentieth street so prominent as this and hundreds of people passing on the cars have re- ferred to it's wonderfully changed appear ance. New asphalt walks were placed there last year, and the confning wall and steps improved, and now, with the other changes that this summer has brought, the appearance of the school is rather pleasing than otherwise. Miss Elberta Taylor will leave today for Hattiesburg, Miss, to visit friends. Miss Aileen Wilson, who was the guest for week of Miss Linley Graham, has returned to her home in Talladega. MT. and Mrs. B. A. Reynolds and their little son, Benjamin Clark Reynolds, left Tuesday for a short visit to friends in Annston.l Later they will go to Ingram Wells to remain some time before return ing home.
 Miss Edna Moore is the guest of Miss Annie LeGrand.
 Mrs. B. D. Weaver Is spending a part
 of the heated term in Hendersonville. N. c.
 Mrs. James Wood will leave today for Washington, D. c.
 Miss Edna Sibley has returned from Georgia, where she visited friends. Miss Louise Chairsell and Miss Jose- phone Chairsell and Messrs Henry Chair sell and Andrew Zwald have gone to Ok
 lahoma. They will spend several days in Oklahoma City and later go to Bliss, Okla, where they will stay at Ranch No. 101.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Tulford are in | Columbus, Ga.
 | The Home Missionary society of Sthe i First Methodist church will meet this
 afternoon at 4 o'clock with Mrs. J. w. i Fain, 1112 North Twenty-fourth street. | The members will be addressed by MT. Aiken, the district missionary, l Mrs. R. B. Malone will return to her
 home in Pine Bluff, Ark, today, after a | visit to her sister, Mrs. J. w. Fain. l Miss Penelope Bryan has returned to
 her summer home at Blount Springs after | short visit to Miss Sarah Phelan. Miss Fern Minor left yesterday for
 Marion, Ala, to be the guest of her sis | ter Mrs. Stewart.
 | Miss Bette Maben, who was desperately
 i'll for several weeks in the spring and
 early summer, was seen recently in At
 lantic City by Birmingham woman who