The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
WOMEN ano SOCIETY
 Marie Bankhead Owen Society Editor, Phone No 1884
UNDER THE YOKE.

UNDER THE YOKE. cannot wear the old clothes
 wore last spring. alack! Because my waAstband now has crept
 Quite halfway up my back! And as for sleeves, more dolorous
 Than ever Is my song
 Whereas they have been full ana snort
 Today they're small and long! Fen ones anatomy Is not
 Exempt from sudden change: We take on flesh. or cast 1t on,
 In manner passing strange!
 Dame Fashion says: You must be fat,
 Or svelte. or ouaintly lean. More ticelli-like"-and 10!
 No other type IS seen!
 Oh. Mother Eve. why did not you
 Withstand the serpent's wtles? Then we. your daughters. had not
 The curse of varying styles!
 New York Times. MRS. T. H. MAssoN,s TEA
 FOR MRS. ANDERSON.
 Mrs. Neal L. Anderson was the guest of honor again yesterday at , o'clock tea given by Mrs. T. H. Nab son.
 ! An informal greeting was extended to the guests by the two attractive daughters of the hostess, Mrs ,. T. West and Mrs. George Simpson who stood in the be-fowered reception hall The formal receiving line was placed In the parlor and with Mrs. Mabson at the head. The guest of honor needed no introduction as she is so affection ately established in the remembrance of her large circle of old friends here. After Mrs. Anderson were Mrs J. w. Black, Mrs. N. w. Woods. Miss Fanny Fitzpatrick and Mrs. Henry M. Ed monds.
 The tea table was placed in the par Dor adjoining. being presided over by Mrs E. M. Trimble. Both rooms were decorated with white snap dragons. smilax and killarpy roses.
 The nectar was served from pie turely appointed table in which the decorative motif was white and green. A tall vase filled with Easter lilies was the admiration of all Surrounding the bowl were garlands of smilax and fil- agre balls of white and green candy and dishes of white and green candy. The refreshments carried out the white and green tones also. The nectar was served by Mrs: E. P. Amerine, Mrs. s. J. Cassels. and Mrs. John c. Ander- son, where the guest of honor is now visiting. Assisting in the gracious hospitality, of the occasion were Mrs. S. K. Williamson, Mrs. Clement / G. Hewitt, Mrs. Algie Mabson Mrs. George Stowers, Mrs. M. B. Mabson. Mrs. Bowling Blakey. and Miss Lizzie Fitzpatrick. Four very attractive hg- ures moving among the guests were the four young grand-daughters of the hostess, all in white frocks, Misses Frances, Mary Cell and Susan West and Fanny Baldwin Simpson.
 LANGUID SOUTHERN BEAUTIES.
 The Louisville Courier Journal Is publishing a series of articles by a for eign diplomat. who. for reasons of ct pnt eli If his writings. The fourth number of the series on the American woman Is confined to what he designates as the '.Languid Beauties of the South.'
 He has written with mixed praise and censure of the Eastern Girl" as stud jed in New York and Pittsburg; the ''New England Girl" in Boston, Prov idence and Worcester: the Southern Girf' in New Orleans and Louisville; sthe "Western Girl' in Chicago, Mil waukee, St. Paul and Denver. and the Typical American Girl" in cities like Buffalo. Cleveland. Detroit. Cincinnati and Columbus.
 Tsently kissed by tender. Gulf stream zephyrs, caressed by a climate that Is soft and sweet. and nurtured by the kindly rays of a Southern sun, the Louisville and New Orleans women are the most restful of any have met in the United States. They are typical OL 4u0 WoiLfCu OA youE oouLL, dIu tOlu, --beautiful to a degree. With large eyes well draped by heavy lashes, olive complexions, pink tinted cheeks. teeth like pearls-and ah the prettiest feet fin the world-they would be at once fhe joy and despair of any painter. who would revel in their beauty and tear his hair because he could never fully transfer 1t to his canvas.
 The Southern woman is the only wo- man in the United States who is not bundle of nerves. After a day of bus lness and worry and American hustle. an hour spent in her company Is better than a month at a sea shore. She talks in a quiet. soft smooth voice, in. which the subdued tones predominate. and 1t matters not what she says. am willing to confess that whenever I have had the delights of g. chat with one of these charming members of the great American sisterhood that I have