The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

called attention to a rifle standing in the corner. Sometimes" he said, "he takes the gun and shoots the little sparrows." It developed, however, that a rose garden is to be established this spring in a corner of the yard and that MT. Barr will bo expected to give the spare moments between his duties as banker and society man to cultivating the oses.
 card table, standing in the little den all blue and mahogany, gave to the question of the bachelors diver sions in the evening. They occasional ly have friend or two for little game, but as they tell sad tales of the luck of the house, one fancies that this is not a favorite amusement. Perhaps even this will change, however, when spring comes and they play in the pret- ty outdoor card room which adjoins the living room and whose table and chairs are all cool green and lovely.
 dinner with the bach elors Is de-
 Ightful thing. Their dining room, with it's beamed ceiling and paneled walls of old English and dull greens and browns showing between; it's frieze a hunting scene, and the splendid reflector over hanging the table assisted by smaller lights studed the ceiling and shaded In gold and yellow; dainty damasks and silver on sideboard and buffets, is a perfet< place. Even to the plates which rest on the rail which surrounds the room is harmonious and charming. Yet. when reference was made to the evident care used in the selection of their household effects, MT. Burr re- marked that he and MT. Carpenter held the worlds record for house furnish ing. We furnish ed this entire house in three houEs," he said convincingly "even to the silver. Except" he added as an afterthought. the clock. bought that after MT. Carpenter left me. In fact, I slipped back and bought it, and 1t has never ben a popular article of furniture in the household Person. ally like that clock and think that every self-respecting house should have one, but I meet with sarcasm every time I mention it."
 The attraction of the dining room is emphasized by a silent, watchful, ef ficient butler. and, best of all, a cook who can cook! This is why MT. Barr and Mir Burr, who formerly did eagerly frequent that excellent hostelry, the Souther club, now only lunch there and dine at home. The former explain ed it this way: Burr and I were in- variably at the club in the evenings. Other people came and went and in the society columns their names were con- spicuously displayed as dining at the club As we were never mentioned as being tHsre at all, I take 1t that we simply 'et.' Nowadays we dine, and at home"
 AS course after course of the dinner that night came and went with a flaw less perfection of service and taste excellence and luxury obtained without the assistance of any woman whose service was not bought as mere com modity, one could not help a skeptical sort of wonder which doubted the need of a woman in the home after all. However, when 1t is known that the bachelors themselves still refuse to al- low themselves to be labeled "hopeless." 1t may bring some comfort to those wo- men who begin to see themselves as luxuries, not necessities, to recall that the necessities of life have not been enough for this trio, at any rate, and that without the luxuries they have not been content. Certain it Is that they are as delightful in their home as they are important and necessary in the so-