The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-22
NEWS OF THE DAY
 IN SOCIETY WORLD Where Well Known People
 Will Live This Winter THE DAYS EVENTS
The Woman in Politics-Her Personal Influence-Linen Shower for Bride -Elect-Miss Orr Wins
 Prizes for Art Exhibit
By MYRTLE MILES

paper quoted the saying that the English mans home in his castle, but added the parenthetcal observation that in many cases the Englishwoman's home Is her prison explaining that very rarely were the houses, with the exception of the handsomest and most pretentious sort, planned conveniently from a woman's standpoint or equipped with those devices whitch are joy to a woman's heart.
 Just lately, it appears, these shortcom- ings are becoming noted, and it is prob able that for the people of ordinary means as well as those of more import anee in the financial and social world, domestic architecture in England will be
 improved. 1t seems to me that if more women took up the profession of do- nestle architecture there might be a chance everywhere of finding houses that are more convenient from the house. wife's point of view failing in this, women's needs should receive greater at- tention from the architect than they do now. Mir and Mrs. Harry Burn are building a handsome home on Sixteenth avenue.
 Probably no city in the south has more homes-in comparison with its popula- tion-that are convenience and pleas ure to the women of the household than Birmingham. Most of the houses are modern, necessarily, since the city itself
 is so; and deference has been shown to woman's taste and needs in every sort of dwelling. There has hardly been a time In many years when so many homes of the handsomer type were being erected. New ones are springing up in every To- cality and the picturesqueness of the sur roundings of Altamont Road, and in Mountain Terrace and at Edgewood, where several houses are in course of erection, and in Norwood, give an added charm to the convenience and beauty of the houses themselves. Two homes just completed and on adjacent lots are the Herbert Tutwiler and the k. M. Tutwller Jr., places on Sycamore street. They ad- join Mrs. Frank Y. Anderson's handsome home
 The number of new homes is making a consequent number of changes in ad- dresses of people of fashion Mrs. David Roberts, Miss Belle Roberts and MT. Meredith Roberts, who have been at the Margaret since the sale of their Quinlan avenue home, will be found later in the season domiciled in their beautiful new residence on Altamont Road, at the crest of the mountain. From their Italian Ter race they will have most beautiful view of the city. In Mountain Terrace Mir. and Mrs David Roberts. Jr, are erect ing a handsome home which will be ready for occupancy before long. Their lot is one of the most beautiful in lovely Mountain Terrace. Another charming place in the same locality is the Frank Smith residence, which is almost com {c xx,1,f ffa conveniences is long living porch, while on the other side is a sun parlor; that luxury which every hostess covets.
 On Twenty-eighth street, south. will be several young married couples MT. Matt Murphy has purchased an attractive home on that street near Highland avenue; and Mrs. Erswell and her granddaugh- ters, Miss Katherine Kirkman and Miss Aileen Kirkman, have also taken pretty brick residence where they will spend the winter on this street On Twenty y-sixth street Mir. and Mrs E. F. Stovall have built the architecture of their home in its introduction of brown stone, being very effective. Near them, MT. and Mrs. Roscoe Harris have lot on which they plan to build after Christmas. One of the prettiest and most practical of the new homes on Twenty-sixth street was recently erected by MT. and Mrs. Robert Ingalls,. Their plan is both clever and artistic. MT. and Mrs. Henry Porter, Jr., will be among their neighpors, occupying their own recently completed house.
 Late in the winter MT. and Mrs. Jelks Cabaniss will build on their lot at Moun- tain Terrace; their house will not be completed before spring. A picturesque new brick house nearing completion is that of Mir. and Mrs. G. C. Estill on Mountain avenue. The lot is elevated and most attractive. On the opposite side of the South Highlands is Dr. and Mrs. Stubhs' lovely bungalow, erected recently on Ardis Heights Mir. Ralph Fies is building a handsome home on Highland avenue adjoining that of his father, MT. Jacob Fies.
 In Hanover Circle is MT and Mrs. A. H. Fords new residence, built on fan shaped lot, and in keeping with its type. A number of large windows afford beautiful view of the mountain. Mir and Mrs. George Gordon Crawford's magnifi- cent home, also in Hanover Circle, will be completed in the early winter. On Iroquois street MT. and Mrs. Henry Westall are building, but during the course of their home's construction they are occupying Mr. and Mrs. Tedd Joys residence on Juniper avenue and Twenty eighth street. Not far distant is Mr and Mrs. Sterling Fosters almost com pleted residence, which is to be one of tHc nanusoiHeSt III tldt seclioH or the cltN. Mir and Mrs. C. H. Ungerman will build in the spring. Their lot is on Nazuma and Linden.
 Mrs. B. F. Roden will soon move into her palatial home on Niazuma street. It will be-as her Fifth avenue house was In it's day--one of the beauty spots of the residential section. With spacious halls and formal apartments. the paneling of the lower floor is to be of massive wal nut, and much of her handsome antique furniture is undergoing renewal to add to its decorative details. A distinctive feature is the hand-carved mantel of cream marble unusual of design. This is stationed in the dining room Another beautiful feature of the house will be the sun parlor erected with a vaulted roof