The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-20
By MYRTLE MILES

One of the most interesting women in southern society is Mrs. Henry T.
 Bankhead of Atlanta, whose Alabama
 connection brings her very close to our own people. She is the wife of Captain Bankhead, United States army son of Senator J. Il. Bankhead. Mrs. Bankhead is well known in Birmingham society, not as visitor to our city, but as fellow guest in fashionable summer resorts, and bv Birmingham people who have met her in her own charming environment, the army post, Fort McPherson near At- lanta. Her husband has been stationed for the past four years with the Sew enteenth infantry, United States army, and they have entertained in their de- lightful fashion distinguished people fran many cities and countries.
 Mrs. Bankheads leadership in Atlanta society followed naturally upon the hon. ors that had been showered upon this brilliant young southern woman abroad. Her life has been brimful of interesting happenings and would, indeed, furnish material for capital romance. She is a native of Florida and as the beautiful Alice StlCkneY IeC0lNtu lllC iiOiioSO eAAeAb might have been accorded a young prin-
 cess, not alone in her own state, for she
 left there early, but the countries of Flu
 rope and Egypt On the death or her
 father, his law partner, Judge John G.
 Long. was appointed guardian for herself
 and her brothers and sisters. Judge Long
 was at that time mayor of St. Augustine,
 but reeiving an appointment from Presi-
 dent McKinley as diplomatic agent and
 consul general from the United States to
 Egypt, he removed to that country for four years, taking with him his ward,
 who became the head of his household and as the hostess entertained and was en- tertained by the most prominent peo- ple. During the four years in Egypt she was the toast of the court set, and all Cairo was fascinated by the young hos tess of the American consulate, the Khcdive pronouncing her the most beau- tiful girl in Cairo. Her sister married, during their stay in Egypt, Captain Hall, an Englishman and president of the Egyptian railroad. After the stay in Egypt followed a series of conquests abroad. It was while visiting with her guardian at the home of Maj. Gen. Sir Reginald Wingate, formerly sirdar of the Egyptian army, and Lady Wingate in Dunbar, Scotland, that Judge Long died Among her many friends and admirers
 during the lengthy stay abroad was
 Sir Rudolf von Slatin, a hero of Khar- tounl and intimate friend of Chinese Gordon" Another was Lord Cromer the English minister, and Mohammed Ali, a brother of the Khedive. Mrs. Bankhead adds to the list of her triumphs in Paris and London. General Porter entertained her brilliantly in Paris and she was pre- scented 10 the King and Queen by MT. Choate, at whose home she visited. She was a guest at Buckingham palace and sat at the Kings table at a dinner in St. James palace. She, on the other hand, entertained members of the nobili- ty and of the blood royal, among them the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, the crown prince of Austria, and such promi- nent folk as President Loubert, Ambas- sador and Mrs. Choate and others. 1t was after her return to America that she met Captain Bankhead at a banquet giv- en to tine rivers and harbors commission of which his father, then congressman, but now Senator Bankhead, was pronli- nent member. Their marriage occurred at the residence of Mrs. G. M Pullman on Prairie avenue in Chicago. Her mar riage very fittingly brought her back to her native southland, and she has spent most of her time since then in Georgia, l where her beauty and the charm of her