The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-18

1 things going on Especially this must be true in the interest of those who would give publicity to really fine and educa- tive meetings."
 New Orleans contributed a visitor to Birmingham the past week who repre- sents a most modern type of the old-fash- | toned aristocratic southern woman, who
 has emerged from traditions into the commercial world and who has won fame and fortune by putting into practical use a simple recipe. The visitor l re- fer to is Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Holli- day whose name is a household word
 to those discriminating epicures who will
 nave only the best in edibles. Some years
 ago Mrs. Holiday made an orange mar malade which she calls "Ho- Mar Ma. '"
 She started on small scale and present. ly everybody was calling for her delicious marmalade so, what should she do but jump right into the business world, start q little manufacturing plant and today she supplies a clientele from Maine to Mexico, from New York to Florida
 One or Mrs. Holidays most ardent
 .fio-Mar-Ma-ists'' is Margaret Deland, the well known writer, who first became acquainted with the delicious sweet by the name of Sunbeam Marmalade," and when the patent office at Washington told Mrs Holiday that she must choose another name and she put her rnarmalade on the market as sHo-M -Mar-Ma" Mrs Deland promptly wrote that she wouldn't have that, but wanted the same old kind as she charmingly put it: q want the real thdng-the marmalade that tastes like orange blossoms smell"
 Mrs. Holiday, is very handsome woman-tall and slender-with silver hair and flashing gray eyes. She has a large circle of friends in New York and the east and is always beautifully enter tained when there. She added many new friends to her list during her brief visit to Birmingham.
 have been so pleased to learn that a number of young women have been placed in the postoffice in Washington to replace men who have gone to the front There was a most attractive pie ture in one of the Washington papers a few days ago of the girls, with the following lines:
 Postmaster Chance is not worrying because of inability to obtain men to fill vacancies, caused by the war, at the city portoffice, as he figures that wom- en can do the work just as we'll The picture shows some of the girls he re- gently engaged to assort mail.'
 We'll Becky, my dear, didn't tell you last week that we were going to have some very interesting announce ments made soon, in the engagement line, mean. Well, here they are: Pret- ty and popular Annie Moore Provost is going to marry Don Drennen early in December. You know Annie Moore Is a Mobile girl yet we all feel a most wonderful claim on her as she is named for her aunt. Mrs. J. D. Moore who really adores her, and has spent much time here.
 Don is dandy young fellow and all his friends are rejoicing with him in his wonderful luck
 Then there is pretty Marie Hard wick, who is to wed ere many moons Will Hogue of Marion. Both have loads of friends and the event will be quite interesting.
 MT. and Mrs. Lathrop entertained at a wonderful dinner party (50 guests) at the Country club on Saturday evening in honor of Eugenia Blount Mrs. Lathrop's daughter, and Mrs Lathrop's brothers. Bragg Conner CT should have said Lieut.. Bragg Conner as he is on colonel Somebody's staff) and Hugh Conner.
 You should see Eugenia, she is quite a young lady now and has grown a bit too since we saw her a few years ago-but she has changed very little ana IS the same sweet lovely girl we used to know when she ran and played on her grandfather's (Governor Co., mers) lawn a few years ago. I know