The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18

my Godson, Clitherir Birch Lawrence, on
| his christening.
| ITO you, dear little christened lad. dear
! little Godson boy, is given the world with
all it's gifts; 'tis jam-cram full of joy
| childhood's bright days. kind words,
sweet thoughts and mother-loving hours
| The happy birds all outdoor folk and
heaven-kissed, fragrant flowers, ths
! brook, the woods so deep and cool, the
| fields the sky SO blue. The world holds
| cut its welcoming arms, the sunshine
shines for you. SO as these gifts were
| given me, my little Godson lad | share
| them all with YOU today. to make your
whole life glad
| MIS-. Lawrence was very popular
| Birmingham girl when number of the
present-day young matrons were unmar-
! ried bellies. Next week Mrs. Birch expects
| to have group of her contemporaries
| to meet her at luncheon. among them
Mrs William Walker, VINO was before hei
marriage Mollie Cullom; -.rs. Paul Chal
ifoux. who was Dora A:cLester: Mrs.
Culpepper Exum, then Lestra Kinney;
J Mrs Lewis Morris as Bessie Jemison.
Mrs. Walter Phillips. Miliie Nabb, AMI
others of that especially attractive ana
gay little set of a few years back.
| Miss Annie Laurie of Montgomery is
one of the pretty girls of the Capital
| City who always finds a royal welcome
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| a familiar and gracious figure at all of
the gayeties of the times Another ex-
! tremely pretty girl is Miss Frances Oates.
| a delightful North Carolina girl, who is
here for visit to her aunt. Mrs. George
| NJ. Webb. Miss Oates is a former stu
dent of Hollins institute. Virginia, and
| later of Gunston Hall. Washington, anu
has the smartness and poise by which
| she girl of the fashionable finishing
| school is usually known.
Mrs. Frank Lupton's guest is her sister.
| Miss Lottie Woods of Charlottesville. Va +,
| a member of the fine old family of Woods
which is one of the proudest in that sec
ton of patrician southerners. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Micaiah Wood, whose
| coming to Birmingham is always the sig
nal for many graceful little colrtesos.
| the social arrangements which are de-
| signed to pay homage to a woman VIII }
| has been a belle her whole life long Miss
| Woods father was an eminent Virginia
| lawyer and a member of General Lees
staff. The family is related by marriage
and blood to the Fontaines, the Dabney'i,
| the Nelson's and others of Virginias S first
families. Miss Woods is exceedingly pret
| ty and charming, and Mrs. Lupton's
friends have been lovely to her.
| From Mr.. Frank Dedmeyer. who is
former Birmingham resident, but left
here several years ago accompanied by
mis- charming wife to enter the consula-
service, has come a pleasing account of
mis- surroundings in Prague, Austria, his
present post The letter was received b.
a friend of Mr.. Deedmeycr several days
ago and will prove interesting to all who
knew him here. 1t will aforementioned
that he was stationed first at Prince Ed
ward Island and later at Leghorn, Italy.
He wrote, in part:
. I'VE are here inn the old city of the
Czechs. We left New York on October a.
s,t
Berlin we reached Prague on October 1s
My predecessor left this post few DAYS
, thereafter and / went to work. The sys-
tenn is now about the same in all con-
sulates, SO that ] stepped in here ami
started to do things as I would have done
| had | returned to Italy. There is more
work here than at Leghorn. Besides my
self there are at this consulate a vice
consul, a secretary and a stenographe-.
And we work hard all day and e-ery day
and then we never quite catch up. The
house and the consulate are combined
| here, as it we had it ih Charlottetown,
and we much prefer that arrangement
1t was not SO at Leghorn. Servants are
good and cheap here. We have the best
kind of cook for IS per month, a house
maid for Sc per month, laundress and
man Of all work at the same rates. b.
hemia is rich agricultural country; game
is well cared for and we have an abund-
+ snt and choice table. Some few Ameri-
cans and English reside here many OF
the natives speak the English language
| German and Czechic are the o.-icial Ian
1 guages, although about 30 per cent of the
inhabitants of Prague are Czechs. TIL.
+ position of the American consul il very
desirable ore here. In fact an official
position in this country goes a lcng way.
We quite like it, although we are ready.
always ready to be promoted again, II