The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-12

lege. Perhaps Tuscaloosa never sus- tained a greater loss than in the depar- ture of these two lovely and cultured sis ters.
 Mrs. Mamie Bridge is claimed by Tus-
 caloosa as a former resident. though she
 really spent her girlhood in Northport,
 Tusealoosa's sister city across the river.
 Mrs. Bridges was Miss Mamie McLes-
 ter, member of the prominent family
 of that name who later moved to Tus-
 caloosa and became an important factor
 ir its development and upbuilding. Mrs
 Robert McLester, who was Miss Ruth
 Gibson, also of Northport, married Mrs
 Bridges brother The double wedding
 uniting these two couples is still recalled
 with interest by many friends. Mrs
 Bridges is q double first cousin of Mrs.
 l.. N. c. Snow. who was before her mar
 riage Miss Carrie McLester. Another
 member of this family, Miss Jennie Me- Lester, married MT. ]. A VanHoose.
 a brother of MT. Woolsey VanHoose of | Tuscaloosa, and lived for many years in Birmingham Recently. however, she has removed to Bangor, a delightful re- sort near Blount where she presides over | a beautiful rustic home of most artistic architecture, the walls of its 16 rooms being built of logs. and the mantels con structed of marble from Alabama quar- ries
 more recent acquisition to Birming i.dilt sS hTS. 1. C. AQa1nS. WHO as MISS Minnie Cox is known and loved by every booy. great and small, in Tuscaloosa. Mrs. Adams paper on The Problems of | Sin As Treated By Hawthorne In His | Novels" written to be read before the Culture club, captured at first, the N00 prize offered by the Alabama Federation of Women's clubs and, later, the one of- fered by the national federation, which | eets biennialy. This signal honor was
 a source of pride to all Alabamians and particularly to Tuscaloosans. who feel a proprietary interest in Mrs. Adams
 She is very popular in Birmingham, and an active club woman, being a member of the Quest. the Music Study club and the Pettus- Roden chapter of U. D. c. She is at present acting chairman of scholarship ce mmittee of the state fed- eration.
 Miss Anna Stillman, the daughter of the late Rev. Charles A. Stillman who for more than 25 years was the able and beloved pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Tuscaloosa, has made her
 home in Birmingham for several years
 She Is very active in church and club life, having a remarkably. fine class in the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian
 church, and being ono of the brightest
 members of the Amaranrh club. Mrs. c. M. Rudulph, formerly Miss
 Marlou Aston of Tuscaloosa is a young woman whose fine natural endowments have been developed by unusual educa- | tional advantages. Alter completing | corrse at St. Marys in New York she spent four years at Vassar. being a graduate of that institution. She is well known in the club and social life of Birmingham, being a member of the College Women's club, which she has strNed recently as director. She was also for two years active on the scholarsnlp
 committee, which has charge of one ot | the most important branches of it's worK She is a grand-dauehfa~ af MT J. H. Fitts, who as treasurer of the state uni- versity did such. 'patri )tic service to his commonwealth. Mrs. Rudolph is n popu- lar member of a wide and prominent l family connection.
 Mrs. Henry Fitts. Mrs. w. c. Fitts
 Mrs. H. M. Somerville and Mrs. War I ner Shook, though not natives of Tus- calcosa, resided here long enough to be-
 come thoroughly identified with the so- 1 cial life of the town, and to make hosts | or friends who regretted deeply yielding them to Birmingham
 | Mrs. Grubb, one of Birmingham's brain I est women, was before her marriage Miss l Alice Vfgo and former Tuscaloosan, as I was also her sister, Miss Mary vigo. Mrs. Biert and Mrs Gaudin are also ex- 1 Tuscaloonsans
 Mrs: N. H. Carpenter is remembered
 as Miss Eloise 8ealle, a descendant of
 one of Tuscaloosa oldest families Mrs
 Carpenter is a prominent club woman
 and is a member of the health commit
 tee of the Alabama Federation. l Miss Leila Harris. a cultured and valued member of the faculty of the Central l High school in Birmingham, is a mem-
 Der of the College Womens club Miss
 Harris spends her vacations with her
 parents, Mir and Mrs. w. c. Harris on | Broad street.
 | n
 the Culture club in Birmingham, is re-
 membered in Tuscaloosa as Miss Myra Gaines.
 Mrs. E. s. McGlathery formerly Miss Anna Baker the beloved principal of
 the Tuscaloosa High school, is now prom
 inent in church and club work in Wood l lawn. Mrs. McGlathery is loyal | alumna of the Central college where she
 mas several times served ably as toast
 mistress at the association's banquets Mrs Frank Freeman. formerly Miss Laura McAlpine, Is the daughter of Rev
 R. B. McAlpine, one of the most scholarly
 Presbyterian ministers in Alabama 1 Though she has been living in Birming-
 ham only short time Mrs Freeman
 has already made her influence felt, and
 Is very active church and Sunday school worker,
 Mrs Earle Drennen was formerly Miss
 Annie Fitts Finn of Tuscaloosa She is l interesting and vivacious, endowed with bfine intellect and many social graces Mrs Drennen was for a time a member l of the Culture club. and is very popular I in Birmingham.
 Mrs. Will Cobbs Is remembered as
 Miss Mary Stringfellow, the charming daughter of the late Rev. Horace Str1ngfellow, who was at the time of his death the beloved and able rector of Christ church. Mrs. Cobbs, who is decidedly literary and intellectual, has lived in Birmingham for several years and is enthusiastic over the charms of the city of her adoption.
 Mrs. Hugh Roberts was formerly Miss Eddie Mae Hester of Tuscaloosa, a
 member of family famous for the
 number of belles and beauties it has produced. Mrs. Roberts is widely known
 and very popular in Birmingham. Mrs. Mayo, now of Birmingham, was formerly Miss Maude Battle of Tusca- loosa, and is member of the Battle family which built several of the beau tiful antebellum homes which lend so
 much of dignity and stateliness to our
 residence districts. Mrs. Mayo has wit and decided literary talent. several of her poems having been accepted and published by eastern magazines. Mrs Richard Leland. while not na- tive Of Tuscaloosa herself, lived here
 for a number of years, being a member Of family that has made history not only1 for our city but for our state.
 She Is granddaughter of Gov. John S Martin. niece of MT John Martin, at one time congressman from this district, and her family connection also
 includes Tuscaloosa's popular poet. MT. Samuel Minturn Peck.