The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-07
Sout.aerners in New York.

] Mrs T. Darlington Semple and her young daughters. Miss Ellen Semple and
 Miss Emile Semple of New York have l returned from a charming stay in the i south They were the guests earlier in the season of MT. and Mrs. Culpepper 1, Exum in Birmingham, and have since been visiting in, the south. Mrs. Semple
 has been travelling in the west with her I father MT. William A. Gunter of Mont l gomery, and made a long stay at Colo
 rado Springs Her young son, MT. Dar- | rington Semple, is now on cruise up l the Sound.
 l Mrs Semple, back in her town house, 1 in one of the handsomest neighborhoods in New York, is arranging to reopen her school for girls early In October. Miss 1 Gladys Enslen of Birmingham will be
 among the southern girls at the semple
 school this winter
 ! The school, established in 1908, Is one of the best known In New York, and besides its boarding department, has a day pat
 ronage of many of the most prominent families in New York. The school has a full equipment for Kindergarten, pri- | mary, intermediate, and academic depart ment. The academic department offers two separate courses, the college prepara- tory course and the general course and l pupils are prepared for any college se- lected. There are also many special stu dents who pursue advanced work under the guidance of the splendid faculty. Young women who have already re- l ceived preparatory or acamedic train | ing and wish to finish in New York by l taking the higher branches in English or l the languages and taking art or music are given unsur passed opportunities and
 all of the departments are under teachers I of established reputation and large ex- perience.
 l The advantages of he southern girl wao | spends winter or two in New York l schools means so much to her that one | hardly knows where to emphasize. Mrs. l Semple requires her girls to attend lec- l lures given by specialists, especially | those at the museum of natural history, 1 where the topics cover large field and I stated visits are made to the museums
 for the purpose of familarizing the young I women of the school with the master | pieces of art and stimulating interest in science. Visits to the libraries, the | opportunity to hear the great opera stars, l the best in dramatic art, all of 1t con- :, tributes to the education of the young l women who spend a winter or two In | the metropolis.
 I know of no one who has made so brilliant a susccess of her school as this charming woman. Residing in one of the | most beautiful streets of New York, her house Is just as attractive in it's furnish ings as an artistic woman could make 1t. The drawing roomss are frescoed in @ delicate yellow, with a beautiful mural | decoration. The furniture Is upholstered in delicate yellow, and colonial in design. She has some old treasures from art dealers and connoisseurs without which no smart house Is complete, and which gives her New York house most artistic atmosphere. Into these elegant draw ing rooms come the most brilliant and in- teresting of society on her at home days, Wednesdays during the season.
 She sends out cards for "Wednesday afternoon, and for Friday evenings. The young women under her chaperonage come down to assist her.
 Mrs. Semple is a member of some of the exclusive clubs of New York and she has taken an active part in the en- tertainment of the southern society and of the Alabama club, Last winter at the dinner given by the club, Mrs. Semple and Waldorf. where the dinner was held. When they entered the banquet room Senator Joseph F. Johnston was in the midst of his address. An Alabamian who was at the dinner tells me that all eyes were turned in the direction of this lovely woman and her beautiful daugh- ters, and that Senator Johnson paid them gracious tribute.
 Their recent visit to Birmingham was made the occasion of series of gaieties. few women ever being accorded so much
 social attention.