The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14

yer. she has been mistaken repeatedly
 for a student, but in reality has not been
 one of their ranks for the past year. Her
 gown is the official American woman
 barristers robe. It is a modification of
 the English barristers gown the only
 difference in the two costumes being
 slight change in the sleeve, hers having
 a group of tucks near the cuff. With the
 robe she wears the mortar board ca'
 It was first adopted by the Portia club
 of New York,
 There is no other woman lawyer in
 Alabama When asked where her one predecessor is practicing a quizzical smile 1 passed over Miss kelly's face.
 Why. she didn't practice at all,n she | said. "She married immediately after
 graduation. l suppose however" she
 added collectively. 'her legal training was
 not altogether wasted. It really broad
 ems one and Is a splendid foundation for
 any other profession that one may adopt l later-matrimony, even" Miss Kellys youthful face and girlish figure seem i almost incongruous when one considers i the dignity of her calling. Barely out l of her teens and with mignonne face i both her appearance and manner are
 sentially feminine There is a directness ] and searching scrutiny in her glance, 1 however, that suggests the barrister. She i is connected with several fraternal orders i and women's clubs, and lately. became l a member of the Birmingham chapter of ] the Southern Association of gGollege
 Women She is sister of Mrs. Ervine 1 of Anniston, formerly Miss Marion Kelly,
 whose clever letters from Europe created wide interest several years ago. When some one spoke the other day
 Of the uniqueness of her position as a member of the bar, the suggestion was
 made that she would probably be dis pleased if another woman were to adopt i it since she could longer be pointed
 out as "the only woman lawyer in Ala | bama. "Oh, dear me" she said, moth 1 ing could please me more. It is just
 the being pointed out that I object to- ] If I had some one to share my 1 spicuousness I would be more than i pleased" She chatted interestingly of the obstacles that had to be overcome before she could be admitted to the practice of law. You may just imagine my diff
 fculty." she said. fin obtaining the con sent of my mother to such a proceeding when I tell you she was the most old fashioned person imaginable. But 1t has 1 been my cherished wish since I was a i child and I listened to discussions of 1 legal matters with real interest when I was quite little, and so became familiar l with a lot of terms very funny to be stored up in a tiny head. Then later I went into my fathers office and in the ] leisure moments between my tasks as l his stenographer studied law. At last : seeing that I was bent upon preparing myself for it my plans were no longer ] opposed by my family and so began my course in the law department of the state university" She completed her | course last year and was a picturesque l figure as she marched into the hall on the day of graduation with the class ! president, MT. John Denson of Lafayette,
 leading a line of 32 young men to the
 rostrum where the diplomas were pre-
 sented.
 Miss Kelly's success in her chosen ca-
 reer is another evidence of the constantly
 broadening field for womans endeavors.
 profession that has heretofore in our
 state been confined solely to men, she, a
 dainty, frail little woman, has adopted
 and is practicing it in a modest womanly
 way but with a determination and
 strength admirable in no matter what
 walk of life
 Mrs. Fermine Baird Catchings of New ! York, the widow of the late MT. w. B. ! Catchings, announces the engagement of 1 her daughter, Marjorie to MT. Sanford i Garland Etherington of East Orange, N. ! l., the wedding to take place in the near ! future.
 The announcement of Miss Catchings l engag cement will be read with interest
 among a large circle of devoted friends 1 in Birmingham. She made her home in l this city for number of years and was 1 admired alike for her beauty and her de-
 lightful grace of manner. It was only ! a few years ago that the family re- moved to New York The marriage will
 probably be celebrated at Mrs Catchin8s home In Garden City, Long Island, where i their summers are spent.
 l MT. and Mrs. George Hardeman Harris announce the engagement of their sister,
 Lalla Rookh Harris, to MT. William
 Thomas Hill, the wedding to be an event of April IA.
 An announcement that has been read with wide interest throughout Alabama
 appeared this week in the Tuscaloosa | Times Gazette, when MT. and Mrs Sam ue Strudwick announced the engagement l of their daughter Elizabeth Webb to Mir 1 Edward C. Snow of Tuscaloosa. Both of the young people are prominently con- | nected and very popular throughout the state. MT. Snow is related to the Van l Uoose and McLester families of this city 1 He is a son of MT. and Mrs. E. N. c.
 Snow of Tuscaloosa and a grandson of i the late MT. Richard McLester, man of great prominence Miss Strudwick is a cousin of Mrs. Carl Seals of Birmingham, who plans to be one of the guests at her wedding.
 l The date of the wedding of Miss ! Ellen Ely Gregg and MT. Robert Inger- soil Ingalls, of Dayton, O., is announced to take place on the evening of April l IA at 7:30 o'clock at the home of the
 brides parents, MT. and Mrs. Matthew
 J. Gregg.
 | MT. and Mrs. John K. Warren an nounce the engagement of their sister.
 Annie Seals Dawson to Dr. Frank l.. 1 Whitman, the wedding to take place | very quietly at heir home on Iroquois | street Tuesday afternoon, March 16, at
 4 o'clock.
 It was during a visit to the studios l in the Watts building that I chatted | with Miss Evelyn Heine of her father, | one of the famous volinists of his day | and her story of the people of her | family and found that the incidents of | their lives might be woven into TO- | nance or poem. She loves to talk | of her father, the blind violinist and l composer, and of his great genius, but little is known of his family. It Is of her mothers people that there is a | wealth of tradition and a host of in-