The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-26
RECITAL GIVEN
 BY MRS. CARROLL An Appreciative Audience Hears Gifted Woman
 in Dialect Stories

No more delightful entertainment has ever been given in Birmingham than the recital at the Country club yes terday afternoon. under the patronage of the Study circle. when Mrs. M. P. Carroll of Augusta. Ga, gave her in imitable dialect stories including old | fashioned negro stories and the unique Georgia Cracker" and his lingo.
 Mrs. Carroll was assisted by Mrs Houston Davis. whose plano selections are always highly enjoyable. The spacious ballroom of the Coun- try club was artistically decorated and the large assemblage awaited the pre- mier numbers of the programme with much interest.
 In his usual graceful manner Dr. J. T. Plunket introduced the honored guest paying glowing tribute to the beauty and grace of the women of the south, and the chivalry of the men-both dur ing the golden age" as he termed the period, before the war; and at the present time.
 As Mrs. Carroll made her bow amidst the generous applause that was accord ed her, the stage setting seemed trans- formed at once into a drawing room by tho magic presence of this stately old fashioned grande dame
 When the applause had died away and she began her story. Echoes from Dixie" which she told so dramatically, so wonderfully so compellingly. one in stinctiyely looked about to see the Con federate flag. waving above her snowy head and listened for the band to play "DiXie"-so realistic was her recital of the ante bellum stories, which strike close to the heart of every true south- erner.
 Her description of the old plantation before the way. the Big house." the servants quarters, the horses, the car riagos. the house parties that were en- tertained-all so graphically told in accents of velvet and silver, by this clever woman. who tells them best of all because sine has lived through them all and knows-made story that was inimitable!
 The negro dialect, Mrs Carroll has to perfection. and one story after an- other did she tell with striking effect. preaching sermons, singing songs, giv- ing toasts. until her audience felt that they had lived through one of the pleasantest experiences of their lives so vivid was the description.
 No less clever is the portrayal of the Georgia Cracker"--a distinct innova- ton, by the way, on the platform, and Mrs. Carroll's wonderful powers of mlmicry were shown to an unusual ad- vantage in the stories of this class of people who are indigenous to the soil" as it were. of her native state.
 The platform has held and will hold many lecturers. celebrities. reconteurs name at once so clever, so brim full of human nature, so brilliant and de- lightful as that of Mrs. M. P Carroll a grande dame of the old south"
 Mrs. Davis. whom it is a joy to look at, as well as to listen to. played two piano selections, the Kamenoi- Ostrow of Rubenstein's and the Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 13, Liszt, with brilliancy and charm. and added countless ad- mirers to her already long list.
 Birmingham is greatly indebted to the Study Circle for so rare treat, and when the programme was completed and a delightful repast of sandwiches and tea was served. the hostesses Of the occasion were warmly congratu- lated upon the brilliant and. delightful entertainment for which they were sponsors