The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-22
NEWS 0F THE DAY IN SOCIAL WORLD Tag Day a Feature In Atlantic
 City NOTES HERE AND THERE A Former Birmingham Girl Achieves Success as singer-stier-Wa Nuptials-Announcements
 Personals.
NOTES HERE AND THERE
By MYRTLE MILES.


 took place there a few days ago, met With the greatest success. Like the cele-
 bration in our city last spring the pro- ceeds were used for children-the New 1 Jersey Children's Home society being the beneficiary. Thousands of persons went about the city on the day appointed wear ing tags which had been tied or pinned on them by the young men and women and children who are working in the in- terests of the society. On every popular street there were one or more at work selling the tags. The board walk how ever, was an exception as permission was reserved by the mayor Miss Dorothy O'Brien, who until two years ago lived in this city, has many friends who will be interested to learn that since her departure she has de- veloped voice of wonderful promise. She was pupil in the Paul Hayne school until she left Birmingham, and at that time did not suspect that later encomiums would be pronounced upon a talent she did not know she possessed. She is the second native Birmingham girl in the past
 
 iastic praise, Miss Leta will Goldsmith ! having attracted notice in the west with her unusual gift. Miss O'Brien Is the sister of Mrs. Percy Whitaker and Miss Nell O'Brien. clipping from the Atlanta Journal of recent date says: That Atlanta Is not musical is an oft | repeated cry, and perhaps as whole Atlanta is not musical, but during the past few years a number of wonderfully talented singers and musicians have been produced.
 One of the most talented of these is Miss Dorothy Wentworth OBrien, who possesses a rich contralto voice of won derful range and sweetness Miss O'Brien is only r years old and until two years ago had never considered that she had a voice of unusual quality. She has been pupil of Baril and under him has made such marked progress that Gerard-Thiers, the famous New York artist, who has spent a part of the summer in Atlanta, has offered to train her voice and to put her on the concert stage in two years. MT. Gerard-Thiers declares that he has rarely heard a contralto voice of such sympathetic beauty, and of such wide range, and expects great things from his 1 young pupil.
 Miss O'Brien is tall and slender, with a splendid presence, and her success is as- sured. She will leave with her sister, Miss Nell OBrien, about October 1 for New York, and her progress will be watched with interest by her friends in Atlanta.
 Mrs William Brophy and her daughter, Miss Jessie E. Benny, are at White Crane Mineral Springs, Dearborn, Ind. They will also visit relatives in Nashville be- fore returning.
 Miss May Fox is the guest of relatives in Gadsden.
 Mrs. Charles Hall of Montgomery is the guest of friends in the city. 1 Mrs. Jamie l.. Lynch announces the en- gagement of her daughter, Bessie, to Mir. Isaac P. McCusker, of Hancock, Md, the wedding to occur September 22. | MT. and Mrs. James w. Muslin of Tus- caloosa and their little son are the guests of MT. and Mrs. S. J. Cole. Mrs Amelia Leonard left this week for l Chicago to remain two months MT. and Mrs. Sterling Wood and their | children will leave Tuesday for Biloxi and the seashore campgrounds. {, Master Coleman Moughon, the young | son of Mr. and Mrs. w. S. Moughon, is quite i'll with scarlet fever. Mrs. Virginia Reese Simms has return | ed from Cincinnati, where she has taken A course in music this summer at the conservatory.
 The wedding of Miss Mary Virginia | Waldron, the daughter of MT. and Mrs. w. H. Waldron, to MT. O. F. Stier oc- cured Thursday evening. Owing to a recent bereavement In the brides family, | orly the relatives and intimate friends of | the young people were present. The Rev. Dr. George Raves, pastor of the First 1 Congregational church, was the officiat- | ing clergyman. Miss Waldron has lived in this city for a number of years and has been favorite with large circle of friends. MT. Stier is in the real estate business and very popular in the com munity.
 l MT. V. S. Loventhal is in receipt of letter from his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. | c. Marks, stating that they will sail for
 Europe on the Cunard line steamer Co.,
 roma this morning. MT. and Mrs. Marks went to Louisville recently to live after
 a residence of 21 years in this city They have just completed an extensive sum 1 mer trip through Canada, the Thousand
 Islands and New England summer re-
 sorts.
 | Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Upshaw, 2O23 Avenue e. have named their little son James
 Rengroe Upshaw, Jr.
 The friends of MT. Thomas M. Floyd
 will be glad to learn that he is convales- cent after being i'll with typhoid fever
 for several weeks at his homo. 514 North l Twenty fifth street.
 MT. and Mrs. Wilbur Kelly have re-
 turned.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles G. Davis have re- gently purchased a lot in an attractive