The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

MRS. CARRIE 
 ] ings and join in the exchange of bright ideas. I would much rather do that than join a bridge club as I did last year. 1 ' have thought a great deal about it, and ! it gathers charm the more I think. But 1 I shall have to give it up now that l m to spend the winter in Florida Would anyone present like to adopt my pet scheme?'
 ! This led to a discussion and found sev- eral supporters who were prepared to ! adopt it-in addition to bridge. Whether ! it is a plan that will live remains to be seen. Now comes news that story tell ing is in vogue at Newport, Lenox and other resorts in the world of fashion-noc story telling in the sense of
 "All who told it added something new, And all who heard it made enlargement, too,"
 which has fourlshed since time and hu- man activity began. The literary cote ries of Newport and Lenox are exercising the gift of narration this summer, and this in spite of the fact that the man who writes a good story is not necessarily the person who tells good one, as was true i in the well-known case of Oliver Gold smith, who Samuel Johnson said wrote like an angel and talked like fool Ir is possible that story telling is an lnno- vation which like many others started at fashionable resorts, will spread through out the large cities. Washington already inclines to it. President Roosevelt has done much toward creating a storytelling atmosphere there by his custom of in- viting those whom he wished to hear talk to lunch with hin-for practical rather than esthetieal purposes, of course, | but still it encouraged flow Of soul at many a recital which might otherwise | have been formal, and many times dull.
 Should Birmingham hostesses sanction the story telling fad as 1t is possible will | happen in some other cities a decided charm wll be added to social life during | the winter season.
 The Birmingham Seminary has issued attractive booklets to its patrons ana friends which indicate that the coming i session will be unusually successful. The Seminary has many points of excellence 1 which have commended it since it's es- tablishment in this city to those inter- ested in educational matters. It is un- der the supervision of Miss Louie Comp ton, and Miss Hattie Morton, both, Of ! whom are teachers of superior skill, and are personally women of much grace and charm. education of young women and have won i the admiration of all those who have been patrons of the school. The faculty i for the coming year is exceptionally strong being composed of teachers from representatiye colleges, notably Miss Elm ma Augusta Jones, who is an artist Of unusual merit and is in charge of the ] art department. She has been a stu dent in some of the famous schools of the { east besides working in the studios of 1 Franz Aulich and others in ChN,ago. Her | figure studies from life are charming. | Mrs. Louise Horner Kean of Kansas City will succeed Miss Curtis in the music | department. Mrs. Kean has beautiful 1 lyric soprano voice which has had eX cellent training with such artists the famous Marchesi, and later Chevaliers in Paris, Lamperti in Milan. besides famous teachers in New Aork and Boston. She will be a decided addition to the Birming- 1 ham musical circle.
 Mile. Olga Buttel, formerly of Geneva, Switzerland, will have the chair of mod 1 ern languages at the Seminary, and Miss Elizabeth J. Bradin that of expression. Both are cultured and attractive women. 1 Other departments will e presided over by special teachers of skill and personal | charm, and the attraction added by a well-equipped gymnasium, basketball and tennis grounds, merit the popularity l which the school has enjoyed for years 1 throughout the south.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Lovelace have re- turned from visit to relatives in Marion. l Few American women have, in so short time, reached the height of fame as that wonderfully gifted artist, Carrie Jacobs Bond of Chicago, whose visit to | Birmingham IS months ago as the guest s,ff 1A | appreciated treat to all who heard her. Hers has been varied life, with it's | full measure of tragedy and pathos, and it's short measure of happiness. which has developed the soul of the woman and given to her the rare gift of reaching other souls With voice having no claim | to greatness, she has yet been able to sing her way into the hearts of many nations with her wierd rhythm and mys- l tic charm.
 One of her greatest admirers is Jean de | Reszke, and that noted Welch baritone, 1 David Ffrangon Davies wrote of her work; q am fond of violets; that's why 1 like your songs. There's work in the 1 world for such as you. Many thousands are awaiting youN messages"
 It was at the White House last winter, at private dinner party where only genius was present, that Mrs. Bond capt- vated Mir and Mrs. Roosevelt to such an extent that they were loath to have her leave the piano.
 She has just returned from Hawaii and the Pacific coast, where she spent six months, and for the spring she has en- agreements in England, where on a for mer visit she sang for David Bispham, who was so impressed with har art that he added several of her songs to his own | repertoire, for he said: "It is easy to write difficult music, but difficult to write l with simplicity music that reaches peo- pie. Mrs. Bond has that gift
 One of the most popular songs sung by Madam Schumann-H einch last season was His Lullaby" the words and music or which were both Mrs. Bonds.
 Ebert Hubbard says: "Art is matter of heart, not head; and Mrs. Bond pos sesses it."
 All who know her, and there are few music lovers who do not, are familiar with the happy-hearted philosophy of her "Od Man" hero. His latest discussion with his citv hoarders was of fhe foreign