The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17

vile and neighboring localities. Mrs.
1 Erie Pettus was a Miss Chapman and
her sister and other relatives are among
the well known north Alabama folk.
another Birmingham family which came
| from Huntsville are the Penneys. Mrs
James e. Penney was Miss Speake Mrs.
! Nilloughby Claybrook was Miss Belle
Farris of Huntsville; Mrs. Truman AL
drich, Jr., was Louise Banister of Hunts
Vile. and her aunt Mrs. Sterling Lanier,
was also a Miss Banister of Huntsville.
and Mr.. and Mrs. LanIer lived there
during their early married life, as did
Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Leedy, the latter
| formerly Miss Stratton of Memphis There
are scores of others here whose early
memories are tenderly associated with
this picturesque old city
LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
There are others, too, who are at some
distance from Huntsville yet one always
recalls in this connection Mr.. Edward
Johnstons country home, a handsome
new structure, is passed several miles
outside of Huntsville, and his brother.
Mr.. William Johnston, another son Of
the late Senator Johnston, also has an
interesting country place near him. When
one thinks of Huntsville 1t is always to
recall the 'bele of the sixties,' Mrs.
Virginia Clay Clopton, whose home is
out of town, but who passes most of
her time with Mrs Milton Hume and is
as tenderly revered as ever in her his
tory, now that her advanced age has
made her the rarest of visitors to func-
tions at which she formerly was so inn
portant a guest. Miss Media Humphrey
who was here this week from New York
and whose voice has been so raved over
by those who heard her sing, is a Hunts
Vile girl, just as Mrs. Aldrich whose
piano concerts are always we'll attended.
Fair types of Huntsville's fashionable
matrons are Mrs. David Grayson, Mrs.
John Kirkpatrick and Mrs Crockett
who are delightfully."- remembered as mouse
party guests of Judge and Mrs. Oscar
Hundley two winters ago. They were
pretty and clever and always stunningly
gowned and their hosts were tactful and
hospitable-so they were among the most
feted visitors of a busy winter. Mrs.
James Stevens, who was with them is in
Huntsville a great part of the time and
former resident of that place. and we'll
she represents it. There are any num-
ber of interesting and charming women
in Huntsville society, all of whom have
friends here; Mrs. Felix Baldridge, Mrs
Earl Smith, Mrs. William Newman, Mrs.
Ben Lee Young, Mrs. Paul SpealSe, and
the daughters OF Congressman Richard
son, who are frequent visitors during the
StdSOf, NlTS. <AlltSOI, uTS. nllllOh ldiilSi,
Mrs. Walter Kranz, Mrs. Peyton Greet,
Mrs. John Rison Jones, Mrs. Harry Rhett
Mrs. Tom Gilbert, Mrs. Wigton, Mrs.
Fickling Miss Sunie White, Mrs. S. w.
Judd and Mrs. Baugh, and the Huntsville
girls are charming Miss Margaret New
man, who recently visited here, is pretty
and popular; so is her sister, Miss Susie
Newman, and Miss Shelby Patton, Miss
Lucille Anderson, Miss Leola Nance, Miss
Ge Miss E1fZahafh f,OVVrV
Miss Bessie Cruise, Miss Edith White,
Miss Nan Ficltling, Miss Emily Hillman
Allison Miss Bessie Wigton, the Misses
Mastin Miss Elizabeth Chapman, Mrs.
Alberta Van Dusen, Miss Jane Echols
and Miss Fair Coleman are among the
number of attractive young women who
would be included In list of the youn-
ger fashionables
A GOVERNORS HOME
But the people of Huntsville are it's
ultra-modern products; it is in the homes
that antiquity dwells; to them one must
GO for the ante-belum atmosphere that
envelops this pretty city and that takes
one back to the splendid. brave old
days There are scores of them-too
many to mention all-and it almost makes
good southerner's heart ache to see
them standing there in their simple dig
nity maintaining the sweet, hospitable
air of those other days long past Mrs.
William Greet, Mrs. Stanley's mother,
whose whole life has been passed as a
resident of Huntsville, was asked yes
terday as to the age of one of these
homes 90" she said, ''it is not very
old: let me see-just about 80 years, be-
lieye" Her grandfather, Thomas Bbb,
the first governor of the state of Ala
bama, built one of the show places of
Huntsville, the Bierne residence, which
is one of the massive and beautiful places
pictured on this page. 1t was copied
from the plan of his residence at Belle
Nina the little town which took its
name from that of the homestead, beau
tiful Manor He built 1t for his daugh-
ter, but 1t has since passed out or the
family beautiful portrait of the gov
ernor, by the way hangs in the drawing
room of a lovely white brick residence
which sits far back in an old world flow
er garden 1t adorns the walls of his
great granddaughter, Mrs. Wigton and
Miss Jane White; and other splendid por-
traits of later date portray the grand
mother and mother of these two interest
ing women, who were born In this same
quaint house. Their mother was married
at the Bierne place, then the property
of the Bradleys. Another beautiful old
place is the home of Mrs Rosalie chap-
man, Mrs Erie Pettus' mother. 1t was
erected 10 years ago. That of the Garths
is also quite old. and another that is
type of the ante-bellum mansion is the
Newson place. Major Echols' residence
is always pointed out to visitors as one
of the beauties of Huntsville. Another
which is one of the Oldest formerly was
the property of Miss Carrie Robertson,
who recently sold 1t. Miss Kate Wee
denis home is near the place which
marks the spot on which the first gov
ernor of the state received his oath. The
house is after the colonial type, built OF
brick painted snow-white and surrounded
with old-fashioned shrubs and flowers.
The street on which it stands is splendid
ly shaded. Not far away is the hill which