The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-21

lN MIUCH interest is being shown in the IWlI coming of A1scha Elman, who AVS will appear here at the Jefferson theatre March 15, under the auspices of the Music Study club. He is acknowl- edged by many as the greatest violin genius of this generation. He was born on January 21 1891, at Talnoje Russia. His first violin was given to him as 8 birthday present, and the little 4-year- old boy astonished his family by at once playing many tunes by ear; his father was a violinist and school teacher and he taught the youngster for 8 year, at end of which time little Mischa was first heard in public at concert arranged by the Princess Ourosov. So unusual was the performance that MT. Elman senior decided to forsalxe everything to the edu- cation of Mischa, and accordingly he took the child to Odessa.
 In spite of being but 5 years old, Mischa Elman astonished the faculty at the I'm perial School of Music and was admitted as a pupil of Alexander Fidelman. He was the youngest student ever enrolled In 1902 Leopold Auer, the great violin pedagogue, chanced to hear Elman, and after some difficulty he gained permis- sion from the Czar to take the boy to St Petersburg as his private pupil. A year later Elman played at notable concert in St. Petersburg, substituting for Professor Auer, and the city was taken off it's feet by the 12-year-old won- der child. From that time on Elman ap- peared throughout Europe, creating the widest enthusiasm
 His English debut was made at Queen $ hall, London, in March 1905. He played the Tschaikowsky concerto as it had never been played in London and honors were again showered upon him. The next month he appeared in Paris with the same results.
 America first heard the genius in Jan uary, 1908, when he played in New York with the Russian Symphony orchestra.
 
 The following from Listening Lizzie in the Anniston Star and Hot Blast will be read with interest by many friends here: "All who have talked to Mrs Shaw and Augusta Cobb since their visit to Bir- >rningham during the state meeting of the .luffragists seem to have imbibed some of their enthusiasm for suffrage. Mrs. Shaw is going to invite the members Of the suffrage league and all 5who are 1n- terested in the study of the suffrage ques- tion to meet at her home on Friday aft ernoon, when plans for the future of the league will be perfected Mrs Dry and Mrs. Chaddock, who have given much in- telligent thought to the subject, also at tended the state meeting. Mrs Angus Taylor of Birmingham, who has relatives and numbers of friends here created in- terest at the meeting by bringing with her several times her little plump, five weeks old baby, thereby exploding the theory that suffragists neglect their fam flies. Samuel Wallace of Heflin, Mrs. Mathis of diversified farming fame, lsa- dore Shapiro and Frank Willis Barnett, whose fine articles in The Age-Herald. are so thoroughly enjoyed, are among the speakers who will come to Anniston un- der the auspices of the league in the near future. Miss Gilbert, the fiance of Roy Sterne was one of the interesting work CTS at the meeting in Birmingham. Next week I will publish the names of Annis- tons suffragists and sometime perhaps will publish the names of the anti-suf- fragists, but, oh, dear, I'm sure the Star would never allow me space enough to print the names of our Anniston women who are on the fence
 "Dr. Frank c. Weaver of this city and Miss Emmette s. Boozer of Nashville, formerly of Peaceburg, were married in the bridal parlor of the Tutwiler hotel in Birmingham at S:3O o'clock Sunday morning by Rev. J. E. Bird, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of this city. The wedding was the continuation of 8 courtship that has lasted since the happy couple were school children and playmates. Dr. Weaver went to Birming- ham Saturday night, accompanied by Rev. J. E. Bird and J. D. West, who acted as best man. The party was met in Birmingham Sunday morning by the bride-to-be who had been accompanied from Nashville by Mrs. L. c. Waldrop, former resident of Anniston. A wedding breakfast followed the ceremony and later in the day Dr. and Mrs. Weaver left for Mobile and New Orleans, where they will see the Mardi Gras festivities. On their return to Anniston they will make their home at 1219 Quintard avenue"- Anniston Star.
 One of the brilliant affairs of the sea- son was the annual Mardi Gras ball given last evening by the Southern club, which was attended by a number of the society set.
 The club, which is one of the hand soonest in the south, was thrown open, brilliantly lighted and most appropriately decorated with Mardi Gras colors com bined with quantities of ferns, palms and spring blossoms making pretty foil for the many handsome costumed young women and girls. The ball was lead by