The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-08
NEWS IF THE DAY IN SOCIAL WORLD A Visit to the Battlefield At
 Waterloo NOTES HERE AND THERE Wedding of Miss Marshall and MT, Potts Today-Return of Travellers.
 Fall Guests-lnvitatlons.
 Announcements.
NOTES HERE AND THERE
Bv MYRTLE MILES.

To those who have read and admired that portion of Victor Hugos Les Miserablese in which Is given his won derful story of the battle of Waterloo, Miss May Collins account of a visit to the battlefield will be of peculiar inter- est. She wrote from Antwerp to friend in this city:
 "On arriving at station a little be- yond the village of Waterlool but nearer the battlefield, we were seized upon by Mrs. Brownes agent to the derision of others who were screaming for custom CTS Mrs. Browne Is a lineal descendant, she says, of a sergeant who fought on the famous field, so she has collected many relics and pictures of the battle to form a museum at her hotel. After looking at guns, swords, skulls and things we had a two-franc lunch at her hotel, after which one of her guides charged us an exorbitant price for telling us what took place on that famous June IS, though we had read Victor Hugo's great description. We stood on the Lions mount to view the field while he pointed out the stations to us. The mount is a tall conical mound of earth taken from near the sunken road, surmounted by a noble bronze lion, erected by the allies It didn't look as if blood had ever been shed on that fair green expanse with fat cattle and patches of yellow grain here and there on it. Looking on that scene of peace and simple plenty it was hard to realize that within nine hours it was strewn with 10000 dead. Near the cross roads are two monuments, erected to some of the fallen brave, and there are several old farm houses riddled with shot and shell that still stand to testify to that fierce struggle that took place with In and around them. The most noted of these is Hugomont, the old chateau where the struggle began and was cen tr-ed all day. The orchard, the garden G-.d the battered walls each has its trag- edy to tell. One can almost imagine them as one looks in the well where so many wounded were cast, or in the lit- tie chapel, where others were burned alive and where only the wooden image of Christ and the Virgin survived. Grass and ivy have softened the waste @ lit- tie, but the great drama enacted there is almost too recent now for the place to seem 8 picturesque ruin"
 The wedding of Miss Ethel Marshall, the daughter. of MT. and Mrs. B. w. Marshall, to MT. Ralph Chester Potts of Wilmington, Del, will take place this afternoon at the home of the brides parents. I'll North Twenty-fourth street. The ceremony will be witnessed only by the family, no invitations having been issued. The attendants will be MT. Glenn McCurdy and Miss Maude Andrews.
 Mrs. Theresa Evans returned yesterday from Canada and Erie, Pa.
 Mrs. Felix Drennen has returned from Michigan.
 Miss Jessamine Roberts and Miss Naldo Allen are h Montgomery.
 MT. and Mrs. c. w. Ufford have re- turned from an extended stay in the north and east. They will remain in Birmingham during the winter.
 
 MT. Felix Drennen. who has been quite i'll at the home of his father, Dr. Dren- nen, has been removed to his home. Friends will be glad to know that he is greatly improved.
 Mrs. M. N. Dabney and Miss Kate Dabney have returned from North Caro- lima.
 Miss Helen Slater of Selma is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Fisher Humphries.
 MT. George Newhall Shorey has re- turned to Birmingham and will make 1t his permanent home.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Mercy home board will take place this morning at 10:SO o'clock at the home,
 Miss Carrie Wilson and Miss Marion Wilson have returned from the Berkshire hills in Massachusetts, where they spent the summer months. They are the guests of their sister. Mrs. John Going, 1000 Eleventh avenue south,
 Miss Mary Thornton, Mrs. George Thornton and Miss Rebecca Thornton have returned from Northern Michigan.
 Mrs. D. H. Marbury and children have returned from their summer home at Marbury, Ala,
 Mir. Henry Fowlkes and MT. Walter Fowlkes will leave today for Red Boil ing Springs, Tenn. MT. Fowlkes Is rapid- ly recovering from his recent iIinsss and was able to take short drive Sunday.
 The many friends of Miss Lizzie Morris Mason will be pleased to learn that she is convalescent after having undergone an operation for appendicitis
 Mrs, A. R. Forsythe who spent last week in the city has returned to her summer home in Altoona, Ala,
 Miss Fleribel Brown has returned from Bailey Springs.
 Mrs. E, E. Radcliff, Miss Lillian Rad cliff and Miss Lula Radcliff of Mobile, are guests of Mrs. F. w. Bromberg.
 Mrs. c. E. Bowman is in Atlanta,
 Mir Herbert Hazette, who formerly lived in Birmingham, has spent several days in the city en route from Toledo to Mobile, where he will in the future