The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-14

semi-rural visitor Is the field into which woman has entered. For the living-earn- ing woman is new creature in this world, who in manner defies all instinct and traditions. How many thousands of her there may be in that city of over 100000 people the writer does not know, but she Is everywhere in the vast em- poriHms of trade.
 Where the clang of falling iron re- sounds all day long; where endless wheels dizzily and ceaselessly turn, she has her corner. In the crowded world she can no longer wait. Wind and storm must no longer delay her. Time must be to her now what 1t is to a man with the curse of Eden nexorably upon her, bearing Ill the burdens of her nature. She has en- tered into the contest by tens of thou sands. Age, misfortune, widowhood have nothing to do with 1t. And how does. it affect her? Not at all. Here, then, oh, stranger, who go from green fields and umbrageous woods, Is the strangest pug gle of all the city offers you! Tt is man that has unsexed the world and left 1t es- sentially unchanged! This is still the woman to whom you will offer your seat in the crowded car. It is still she whose face is unsmirched by the glare of pub licity. and to whose daintlness and femi- ninity remain as ever. And the south has yielded her quota to swell this hive of self-supportin. self-respectipg. intelligent self-supporting. self-respecflng. intelligent, women. Birmingham has given Mary Rumph, who is doing interesting and mo- ble work, being associated with the New York Playground association. Four after moons in the week she visits the hospital and entertains the children with folklore stories and dances. Among the hospitals are Bellevue and St. Mary's, where an- other Birmingham girl Elizabeth Mooar has been studying for three years to be a trained nurse. She will be given her di- ploma in February. Ruth Mooar has a position with large publishing house Bessie Bloodworth holds a responsible po- sition with a large firm with offices on semi-annually. Kate Bloodworth won a scholarship at Cooper's institute and Is taking a course in interior decorating and design. Mrs. A. T. Henley, who was, in days gone by, considered one of the best dressed women in Birmingham, has turned her taste into a moneymaking profession. an "out-of-town shopper" for her friends. She has apartments at the Park Avenue hotel. Everyone knows of the literary success of Lucine Finch. Mrs. Frank Me Donald who, as one of the beautiful Wadsworth girls, was few years ago belle of Alabama, has entered the field and has lovely apartments near Broad way and West End avenue, where she gives one lodging for pay.
 + One of the delightful things about few weeks stay in New York is that one can find home nest with charming home people. Mrs. L. B. Bloodworth is delight fully located in the exclusive neighbor- hood of the West Side between Broadway and Riverside Drive. This gentle, refined southern woman has gathered about her coterie of charming people. In her dining room, with its good southern cook ing-for nanny Is in the kitchen-I met the Miss McDonnels of Mobile, cultured and wealthy. Montgomery gave Miss FL lie Riley; Birmingham for awhile gave Mrs. John Minge, Miss Kate Rogers, Miss Fanny May Mason, Mrs. George Mooar and Miss Alice Rumph. Mrs. Mary E. Crane and Mrs. Hewitt, mother and daughter. from James Lane Aliens coun- try, and from whose personalities he could draw his best type of the Kentucky wom- an For Mrs. Crane belongs to a type that originated in leisure age, when all manual labor was done by slaves and when social accomplishments were con sidered the only education necessary for