The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-04
News And Items OF Interest
To Women And Society
Sailing Day Picture Apropos This Week-Many Plan to
Leave For Europe-Talented Young Pianist In Recital.
Novelty Shower For bride Elect-Notes and Per
sonals of Well Known People
BY MYRTLE MILES.

The exodus from Birmingham for lot
eign shores began several days ago anu
promises to continue throughout 'uhe'
many from Birmingham planning ~
spend at least portion of the summer
abroad. The appended extract, clipped
from Roy McCardell's description IN the
New York World of sailing day, VIII give
the stay-at-homes a picture oil a ne"
York steamship pier the day their friends
sail for foreign shores:
"a New York ocean steamship pier
is a square tunnel that appears to run
n mile out to sea. 1t smells like ferry
boat with a dank odor of bllge water
horses, tar and oil. 1t is 10 degrees
darker than outside, and the sides are
open half way up from the floor to
the ceiling. The mighty steamers lie
alongside of these rectangular open
.ings, showing the lower and upper
decks, but the view of the bridge and
1.-THE upper three-quarters of the smoke
stacks are cut off from view.
1T is near the hour of sailing. The
proper thing is now to take ones state
room the night before, in case of early
salings. Society goes from the dinner
party and the theatre to the ship.
Friends and belated passengers are
hurrying from cabs, taxicabs and street
cars. Messenger boys and liveried serv-
ants are arriving with baskets of flowers
and champagne The friends and the
departing are mingling aboard, laughing
weeping. kissing, until the cry of All
ashoren
The friends of those sailing now
straggle down the gang planks and
range themselves at the pier openings.
Those sailing gather at the deck rails
and final messages and greetings are
shouted across the intervening space,
the purport of which is lost in the din
and turmoil.
Kisses are thrown, hands. handker-
chiefs and folded newspapers are waved.
porters, seamen. stewards and officers
hurry to and fro among the crowded
decks and up and down the gang plank.
at is sailing time and over. the
friends ashore wave and shout and the
friends aboard shout and wave. The
moments pass. enthusiasm flags, the
Climax is MISSING, a leeilHS Oh poIeuoiIl
will not down.
Then the gangway goes up, the
whistle bawls hoarsely and continu-
ously and the steamship backs out along
the pier-a panorama vital. hugh and
stirring.
"A wave of arms and handkerchefs
and the huge hulk, still bawling like
ho tbat ic ic ot,f in mid
stream. turned around and on it's way
to glamored lands beyond the sea!
Good-byel Good-byel
This past week marked the begin
ming of the summer fight to Europe.
Year by year the custom grows. The
same people who went in other seasons
will go this. The people who can af-
ford it<fer this season, as the first time,
go as well. The people who could not
go this year are hoping to be able to go
next. Had the census enumerator asked,
Would you like to go to Europe?' none
would have answered in the negative
Among the Birmingham travellers in
Europe this year will be Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Donnelly, Miss Annie Donnelly, Mrs.
S. +. Thompson. Miss Helen Thompson,
Miss Willie Allen, Miss F'redercka Fer
guson Miss Margaret Chenoweth, Mrs.
David Roberts, Miss Belle Roberts, Mrs.
F. G. Alexander, Mrs. II. F. DeBardele-
ben, Miss Corrie Handley, Miss Maybelle
Cosby, Mr.. Blankenshp, Miss Helen Rosa
Randolph, Mrs. R. H. Pearson, Mrs Rx,
Miss Annie Pearson, Miss Nellie Sloss,
Miss McCune, Mrs. E. G. Stephens Miss
Florence McCrossin, Miss Anne Curtis,
Mrs. Paula Simon, Mrs Loui Porter and
others who have not yet fully determined
upon plans.
MISS ROBERTSON IN RECITAL
Palms and cut flowers transformed the
. parish house into a bower of beauty
Wednesday evening for the certificate
recital of Mics Ruby Robertson Of Adair-
Vile, KY, a pupil of Mrs. Monetta
stribling Wells. Miss Robertson has
completed the teachers course in the
Mendessdhn School of Music and ap-
peared before her friends on this occa-
sion in piano recital which was a
source of genuine pleasure as we'll as a
proof of excellent musicianship. She is
personally most attractive and was a
picture of girlish loneliness in a simply
designed gown of white lace over ivory
satin, to which the finishing touch was