The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-04

oeautiful. but a very charming girl
ana 1t Is source of regret to her
friends here that her marriage will
take her to another city. She comes
from family noted for its beauy.
Her great grandmother, who was Mrs
Cornelia Hollinger. of Mobile, was
known both at home and abroad for
her beauty. When La Fayette came
to this country he visited Mr.. and Mrs
Hollinger at their home, which was
located on Dog River Island, and on
which spot the Mobile Country Club
now stands.
La Fayettes made the remark that
she was the most beautiful woman he
had seen in America. Her portrait
was painted and sent to Paris where
1t was exhibited as one of the beauties
of America
Mr.. Starnes holds very responsible
position In railroad circles in Birming-
ham. He is a man of sterling worth
and is popular in both business and
social circles.
Owing to a change in the railroad
schedule the marriage will occur at s
o'clock instead of at o'clock as was
formerly intended.
COMMITTEES OF CITY
FEDERATION.
The following are the officers of the
City Federation and also the commit
tees for the year:
President Mrs. r. ]. Chambers;
Recording Secretary. Mrs. Mortimer
futile; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs
Walter B. Fisk; Treasurer. Mrs. e. l.
| gladden..
I Committee on entertainment-Mrs
A. B. Meyer. Chairman; Mrs. w. H.
Seymour, Assistant Chairman: Miss
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Mrs. Mortimer futile. Mrs. J. A Kirk
patrick. Mrs. Duncan May, Mrs. G. G.
Hewitt, Mrs. Alex Rice. Mrs. Charles
Coleman.
Committee on Legislation-Mrs. ]. J.
Mayfield. Chairman; Mrs. B. ]. Bald
win, Assistant Chairman; Mrs. f. p
Glass. Mrs. C. H. Rpquemore.
Committee on Reciprocity-Mrs w
p. DeJarnette, Chairman; Miss Lucre.
tia Wyman. Assistant Chairman; Miss
Rose Strauss, Mrs. Glenn Andrews,
Mrs William Hall.
Committee on School Improvement
Mrs. Walter Fisk, Chairman; Mrs.
Ernest Meyer. Assistant Chairman;
Mrs. J. A. Haardt, Mrs. F. C. Steven
son, Mrs. c. H. Roquemore.
Committee on Civic Improvement
Mrs. Ray Rushton, Chairman; Mrs
Sidney G. Well. Assistant Chairman;
Mrs. w. r. Maxwell, Miss Belle Allen
Ross. Mrs. Hartwell Douglass.
Commute on Press-Mrs. Paul Mer-
tins, Chairman; Mrs. Tisdale Assistant
Chairman; Miss Lallie Moore. Miss
Sophia Holmes. Mrs. John Stratford
Committee on Forestry-Mrs. j. W.
Black. Chairman; Mrs. Owen Brewer,
Assistant Chairman; Mrs. C. T. Ruff,
Mrs. A. B. Garland, Mrs. B. l. Boykin.
Committee on Art and Music-Miss
Rutson Hatchett, chairman; Mrs.
E. P. Amerine, Assistant Chairman;
Miss Pauline Hausman. Miss Mary
Knabe, Mrs. E. P. Flowers.
Committee on Club Organization
Members of Executive Board.
The vitality of any organization lies
in the feeling Of responsibility of its
committees. If each and every chair
man fully realizes the Importance of
her position then is success assured
for the spirit of progress is there
Humanity is never willing to do Just
as well as we did before" the demand
is always for just little better. and
conscientious committee work assures
always progressive results.
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MRS. DUDLEY LAWRENCE TAKES.
PROMINENT PART IN PAGEA Mt.
In the recent historical pageant en-
acted at BronXville, N. Y, in West
Chester County, Mrs. Dudley Bates
Lawrence OF LdWTeHCSNlll6 N. IL,
formerly Miss Kate Birch of Birming-
ham, took a most active part as chair
man of the costume committee of one
of the most magnificent pageants that
has been held in America in years.
says The Birmingham Age-Herald,
The historical pageant was presented
by a series of outdoor pictures five
hundred people taking part in the
pageant, while the patrons included
many of the most prominent paople In
New York City and West Chester
County.
Governor Charles Hughes Mayor Nc
Clellan, Joseph Choate. General Horace
Porter, Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke and
others were among the distinguished
patrons, and among the members of the
Executive Committee were Mrs. Frank
Chambers, formerly of Alabama, and
whose home, Grow Rest is one of the
princely places on the Hudson.
Mr. Frank Chambers was an active
member of the committee and the pa
geant was really on such a gorgeous
scale as to require several committees.
chairman OF costumes and of the heral-
die committee. as stage director and
a large advisory committee members
of which included Richard Watson
Glider, DIR. Lyman F. Abbott. Mr..
Richard Harding Davis, Mr.. Cornelius
B. Fish, Judge Isaac Mills and many
other people distinguished in letters,
authors and artists of note and people
well-known in the exclusive circles of
New York.
Among the well-known women on
Mrs. Lawrence's committee were Mrs.
Stanley Ward. Mr.. Thomas Jewett
Hallowell, Mrs. Lakin G.. Mead, Mrs.
Orrin S. Parsons, Mrs Arthur r. Teal
and others.
one of the most beautiful features