The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
NEWS OF TIE DAY IN SOCIETY WORLD New Book By Southern Woman
 Attracts Attention
  NOTES AND PERSONALS
NOTES AND PERSONALS
.Automobile Rides This Afternoon For Benefit of Free Kindergarten-Mrs. Tarrant Entertains TWenti-
 eth Century Club.
BY ANNIE kENDRlcK WALKER.

AndfeWS, puDnSned seflally In the Sat urday Evening Post, has now made it's l appearance in book form The author,
 widely known in the social and literary
 life of the south, has long been consid- cred one of the most brilliant and talented of southern women For several years she was member of the staff of the At lanta Constitution, having been discov- cred by the late Henry Grady, who recog-
 nized in her the talents of the writer the artistic sense and feeling of the poet For some years Amulet Andrews (Mfs
 Joseph OhD has resided in New York
 and her southern friends have noticed from time to time her stories and poems in the leading magazines. with occasional
 comments about life and things which she has now treated of in "The Wife of Mar cissus," a journal which the critics say Is quite as interesting as was Marie Bash lSirsteff's.
 The period is today and the scene New York Narcssus is not the Narcissus we
 know about-but he is a poser in the
 artistic circle which Amulet Andrews
 writes Of with the fidelity of DuMaurier. Narcissus is a Hedonist-a leader among the new TIedonists.
 And pxho are they?" asks some one at Mrs Morle's studio tea.
 Narclssus wrote poems. but his wife
 well, no one can blame her for not liking his poems and for loathing him, which
 she does very frankly in her journal She believes that in an atmosphere of ducks and horses and baby lambs, 'out in that nice atmosphere he may get to
 writing poems like Wordsworth as he
 grows older and sinners down. Words
 worth wrote poems to girls too-caln,
 gentle verses. There's nothing loveler in
 the English language than his poem to Lucy but don't believe Narolssus ever could write such a tempered lyric His are so sultry''-whieh gives a fair Idea of Narcssus' temperament.
 "I think I'll ask-no, I've never men toned money to Narcissus I don't be-
 lieve he'd like it. He said once English
 men thought it bad form. I do believe. though a white plume would cheer me. Mama says hats do more for an unhappy
 woman than anything -oonfides the wife of Narcissus to the pages of her journal
 which gives another insight into the char acter of Narcissus.
 The wife of Narcissus makes her last confession when she hears of his death
 but before that she has much to say
 about him, and of the stupid parties she
 attends, where the only bachelors are elderly clubmen who look dried up and
 where the dowagers in velvet look like
 a human upholstery shop.
 The wife of Narcissus has a charming
 sense of things. When things strike her as incongruous she feels as she would
 if Maud Muller was trying to play Marie Antoinette. The wife of Narcissus s
 an adorable creature.
 The numerous friends and admirers of the author will be delighted to know that her first book is meeting with instant
 success. Mrs. Ohl has a charming young daughter, who was educated in French convent.N MT. Oh is one of the best known American newspaper correspond ents. He is now in the Philippines. In compliment to Dr. Dlta H. Kinney of Washington, D. C., Mrs. J. W. Donnelly will give an afternoon tea on Tuesday afternoon from to o'clocA at her resi- dence on Highland avenue. Mrs. F. I. Tarrant entertained the mem- bers of the Twentieth Century club yes- ttrday afternoon.
 Mrs. John Perry entertained the mem bers of the Quivive club yesterday after noon.
 The members of the choir of the First Methodist church, of which MT. Damn Petersen is director, entertained at an in- formal reception last evening In the par llors of the church, to which number Of Invitations were issued.
 MT. Ned McDavid returned yesterday from Huntsville.
 MT. Guy Johnson entertained at dinner en Tuesday evening at the Country club.
 For the benefit of the Free Kindergar- tens automobile rides will be given this afternoon, starting from Five Points. The ohauffeurs will be competent and there will be many to patronize the autos These rides have been frequently arranged on the South Highlauds, and they are always gala occasions for the little folk.
 Miss Grace Hardie entertained the mem- | bers of tho Amaranth club yesterday aft crnoon.
 The Cadmean Circle held Its weekly l meeting yesterday with Mrs. J. D. Kirk 1 patrick.
 Miss Helen Van Hoose returned few ! days ago from Pass Christian.
 Gen George P. Harrison of opelika. | who has many friends in Birmingham. Is In the city.
 Mrs J. Henry Flowers, the guest of | - 1p!!ssgy. 7. GElsRisr W