The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-25

good reading for women. PhYslciahs and surgeons in the old world, pafticu- lar.y the women of England, have gwen heroic account or themselves slnce the world took fire, and now the neolcai women of this country are mobillIlnS for service for which they aIe so well fitted.
 With nearly 1090 women and surgeons and phvsictans registered Tor foreign and home service, a corps of volunteer woIh- CTS III process oI organization anu eNo units of women doctors aheaay dls- patched to France the Americah Woln- en's hospital organized for war service bv the medical women of the nationa. association is inaugurating a co.npfeheh- sive programme of service"
 Miss Worth!ngton continued: And do you know that the men returning ltoiu the other side and letters sing the praises Of the work of the women doctors Ihs wounded men beg to be sent to Endeu
 Stret hospital which is run by Dr. Louise Garrett Anderson and her sp'eF- did staff of assistants in Great Britain. National interest has been shown in the Scottish Women's hospital and thelf wonderful work. This organization ol American women doctors is to be oper- ated under the auspices of the Red Cross and organized along the same lines ol the world famous Scottish Womens hos-
 
 such splendid service on the French front, in Servia and in Corsica,'
 We American women certainly should feel proud of these women and the or ganzation which these medical women of this country are sponsoring
 We'll hear you asking, What is there doing in Birmingham socially these days?" and perhaps the most interesting event of the week will be the Thanksgiv- ing eve ball to be given at the Southern club at the handsome club house. It has been the custom of this club to enter tain at an elaborate ban on this date each year, but for patriotic reasons the ball this year will be dance and promises to be a very pretty affair, with many of ficers from nearby camps giving it the military touch which is so dear and near to the hearts of all and is being eagerly anticipated
 A number of the girls who were to have had the usual introduction thls season will have their first "inning" With the belles of last winter and those or the previous winter to set the pace i Did anyone ever hear of so many we'd dirgs in a season? There will be one every day this week and to make IL more interesting two on Saturday. There is Dean Dillard's and Elbert Jemisons wedding on Saturday at the home of the brides parents, MT. ana Mrs Mason billiard, on Highland ave nue. which will be of much interest on account of the prominence and popular ity of the young people and their fam flies
 Mable Marler and MT. Taste of Mary land will be married on Saturday at the First Baptist church, and 1t will be quite an affair, with a big wedding party. She is ;l very pretty girl and has scores of friends.
 am sending a few lines from Polly Peachtree which will be read, l am sure, i with much pleasure, as we southern people are so unaccustomed to multi mllionaires and especially when they are born south of the Mason DiXoh line that they never fail to interest us: | Among those brought to Atlanta by 'exieencies of war a very interesting rerson is Mrs Lawrence Lewis, who was Miss Louise Wise. and is famous l for her Flagler inheritance.
 1 Mrs Lewis is a Georgia girl, Macon 1 being her birth place. She is very 1 her great wealth with an exceedingly 1 quiet mind so far as one can judge l by her manner
 "sinply dressed and unassuming in appearance. young Mrs. Lewis hardly 1 looks the 'Heress' (with capital ID l of the sensational newspaper stores i which have strewn her pathway of late | years.
 Being in mourning, she will not take part in social life to any extent. though she has been "out to the club l be- lieye. with Mrs Forrest Adair, Jr., who 1 is friend of long standing. i Being deprived of her almost new husband by the cruel arm or the con scription law, young Mrs Lewis Will have young woman friend to live with her. having leased an attractive resi- dence on "Hemlock Circle" according