The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-16
NOTES OF THE WEEK
 IN SOCIAL WORLD The City Beautiful Idea Gains
 Strength in Birmingham GOSSIP OF SOCIETY FOLKS Lovely Homes In the Magic city-The Y. M. c. A.-The coburn Players.
 cements-PersonaIs. News of Interest
By MYRTLE MILES.
(TeIephones: Bell 11so, Peoples 2se.)

drive about the various residence sections of the city on summer after noon discloses the fact that Birming- ham is truly city of home loving people. Some one said lately that the happiness or discomfort of the woman abiding within house can be detected by the way her yard or lawn is ar ranged and cared for. Whether its pretty surroundings reflect the happiness or just the opposite, doesn't seem quite clear, as while one woman made the suggestion that her friends unkempt flower garden was the result of a great sorrow that left no time or thought or anything else, another said she would turn to her home as a solace and beau tify it and care for it as a means OF forgetting her trouble If she really were the right sort of woman. A pretty lawn and garden, we will say, indicates the pride. energy and taste rather of the owner. It is not neces- sarily dependent on his finances, for some of the most attractive effects are produced in the simplest homes by the use of a little ingenuity and effort, while homes of wealth often look for bidding enough
 One of the most pleasing sections of the South Highlands Is a block on Ave- nue G, near Twenty ninth street. There Is a row of small houses, each with tts pretty flower garden showing the re- suit of plenty of attention and fre- L. 4o I.1 seen, yet not more than a block away there are weeds rambling all over the front lawn of a dwelling which could not be bought for several times the money expended in one of these cot tages.
 Is a little two-room cottage occupied by Italians. The front porch Is small and narrow, but there Is room for a few plants and pots of geraniums are growing tall and green. There is a single great pink rose blooming in an other pot. These little evidences of pride and ambition make pretty home of place that would not otherwise at tract a second glance.
 The home of MT. and Mrs. Edward Martin near Twenty ninth street, or the Highlands, already shows their thorough accord with the city beauti- full plan. It is a charming cotta se den of unusual beauty.
 The catalog issued by the Young rrr. Il. r.. city shows what noble works are be- ing successfully carried forward here.
 This is truly a great organization It is helpful along so many and varied lines that 1t is a boon not only to wom- en of one but of many classes. A list shows that every part of town Is rep resented, it being confined to no class. Though of especial help to the busi- ness woman, many of the most prom inent women of the city have the'r names on it's list of members and are actively interested In the conduct f affairs, both at the association rooms in the Watts building and the hotel which Is separate from the other part of the work, being at 720 North Twe1- ty-first street.
 The lunch room is a popular adjun ,t to the association. Here for a mod crate sum- the working woman or the hurried shopper can procure a we'll prepared lunch con. The following, a menu of the week. shows what may oa done with the outlay of few cents:
 Ten cents lunch, any one of the fol- lowing with any drink:
 Ham, beef, pork, ch eese or egg sand wich, sliced tomatoes, soup and crack CTS. shredded wheat with milk, frozen six rolls.
 Vegetable soup ..-................ Dc Roast beef .............. 1Oc Pork chops with brown gravy.... 10c
 VEGETABLES.
 Hash brown Irish potatoes .... 5c Corn on cob ....,............ be Macaront .-............... ,c Sliced tomatoes .............. Dc Potato salad ................. 6c DRINKS.
 Ice tea, coffee or sweet milk ...... 5c BREADS.
 Home made bread or egg bread. ... 5e DESERT
 Frozen peaches ................... 6e Cantaloupe .................. 6c Sliced Peaches .......... .......... Sc
 An ice nearly every day--a chang with each day.
 In addition to the lunch room feature other privileges enjoyed by the mem bers are the library and rest rooms and a choral club. Classes too, are organized in French and the commer. cial branches, also in art.
 The Y. W. c. A. with its many at- tractive Inducements is deserving of large membership.
 1 There will be barbecue on the law at the Southside Baptist church today from 12 to 2 o'clock and again from to o'clock
 Miss Luetta Gregg will leave next wesl for the mountains of East Tennessee tt snend the remainder of the summer.
 In response to a telephone call yesterda, pleasant voice said, If we should or ganize block improvement society or our block would there be any chance o getting rid of a seven-foot board fenc, which has been our front view ever sine, we built our new home? We had hops of getting rid of it when we peepec through the fence once and saw A nea
 hedge growing inside, but 1t still grow
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