The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30
home, his difficulty temporarily bridged

Among those who are interested in the
 institution in the capacity of officers of various chapters or members of boards
 are, Mrs. c. M. Roy. Mrs. c. A. Nolan,
 Mrs. M. o. EzilSiel, Mrs. J. T. Doster, Mrs. John B. Reid, Mrs. A. M. Kilby,
 Mrs A. J. Gilmore Mrs W. A Dawson,
 Mrs Richard Massey. Mrs. A. D. Smith,
 Mrs J. D. Dabney, Mrs. J. D. Collins,
 Mrs. Henry Hiden, Mrs George A. Blinn, Jr Mrs. Edward Moore, Mrs A. M.
 Kilby Mrs Henry T. Dean, MT. Fred
 M. Jackson, MT. Robert J. Jemison, Jr,
 Rev John W. stagg, D. D., MT. John w O'Neill, MT. William Ryan, Dr. B. D.
 sibley, MT. John C. Henley, MT. R. F.
 Johnston.
 MT and Mrs T. Catesby Jones of Rich mond, Va announce the engagement of
 their daughter, Rosalie Fontane, to MT. John G. Armistead also of Richmond, the
 wedding to be celebrated on the evening
 of Wednesday, November Il, at old St.
 Paul church, 6:30 o'clock.
 The above announcement will be read with the deepest interest by MT. Armi- stead's many friends in Birmingham. He formerly lived here and is a brother of Mrs. w. E. Leake MT. Armistead and his bride will make their home in Rich | mond, where they will have apartments at the Carlton.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Young Ware an-
 nounce the engagement of their daughter, Willie Kirk, to MT. Murray Collins White, the marriage to occur early in the fall at Tuskegee
 MT and Mrs. Alonzo Elliott announce the engagement of their daughter Sarah,
 to MT. Lewis G. Richter, the marriage to take place the last of September. Dr. Lawrence A. Fielder of Qutman, Ga, announces the engagement of his
 sister, Carolyn, to MT. Paul Wright of Birmingham, the marriage to take place in October.
 Mr and Mrs. D. Seifert of West End announce the engagement of their daugh- ter Marie Augusta, to MT. l. C.. Wag- goner, the wedding to take place early in September
 Mir and Mrs. w. H. P. Jenkins of
 Franklinton, N. C., have issued invita- tions to the marriage of their daughter, Beatrice Aurora to the Rev. Foster Kirk
 Gamble, the wedding to occur at noon
 on Wednesday, September 16, at the Grove Hill church, Franklington. Both MT. Gamble and Miss Jenkins have friends in Birmingham who will be in- terested in this announcement A hand somely engraved card enclosed with the invitations states that they will be at home after November 1 at Longdo, Corea. charming letter was received this
 week by friend of Miss May Collins from Paris Extracts from it will be of interest.
 "This morning we went to mass at the Madeleine" she writes, "the church I've told you about. The music there Is among the best in Paris. The chants and an- thems played on the two great organs
 and sung by boys voices were exquisite.
 especially in such a beautiful building. Lots of people were there, especially Americans and English. All during the
 service they passed around collection baskets, the wardens in their fancy eigh- teenth century costumes going before
 them. Sargent pour le M le Warden, S il' vous plait.' That didn't show much
 reverence, did 1t? But it got good deal of money.
 "This afternoon we spent at the Mu- scum in the home of Mime. Sevigny, and at the home of Victor Hugo, both a long | way off. The former was the lovely hotel of the famous woman in which she lived at the end of the seventeenth century. It is a big, dark gray building of two stories, around two inner courts, with towres breaking the monotony here and there The rooms are all very much like those in the Hotel de Cluny and are now filled with objects of historical in l. terest especially of the time of the Revo- lution There were 1ettres de cachet, | letters about the execution of Louis Seize and Marie Antoninette; documents signed l by the latter two or by famous char acters of the time the armchair in which Voltaire died; pictures of him, Marat Desmoulins, Danton, Robespierre, etc.; Napoleon's toilet and table service for his campaigns were displayed 1 there, every piece in solid gold, with his mono gram and crown on it-his tooth brush | included, together with the boxes to put | them in neatly. There were models of | the Bastille too, which of course is com- | pletely destroyed. On the third floor in one of the towers are relics of the Franco | Prussian war, among which the most in- teresting to me was list of edibles at the price they were sold at then. Rats were priced at francs each and stuffed tur- keys 200 francs each"
 Birmingham court, No. 1, Tribe of Ben | Hur, will hold it's regular meeting Thurs day night at the Maccabees' temple, on | Fourth avenue, near Nineteenth street. | The order gave trolley ride on Thurs day evening, last, which proved highly enjoyable. This Is a new order in this | section of the country and the members are highly encouraged at the progress being made in gaining members. | Miss Blanche Bain will entertain the | Cooper-Adams bridal party at dinner to- morrow evening in the private dining room at the Hotel Hillman.
 Miss Margaret Robertson entertained a | few of her friends yesterday informally at a very charming luncheon Only eight were gathered about the pretty table, | which held as its central decoration large bowl of white asters with aspara- gus ferns. As place cards attractive pie lures of the young hostess home on the backs of post cards carried the suggestion
 of wish not to be forgotten. They were appropriate in that the young people are planning to depart for various colleges