The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

vas detained as q prisoner there until
 last fall, when he was released on ex
 change of prisoners on account of severe
 illness resulting from close confinement
 during the greater part of his captivity
 in strong wire cage, six feet high six
 feet long and three feet,S nine inches
 wide in the penitentiary at Ploetgensee,
 near Berlin.
 ..The first Sir Robert Auckland of
 Maryland had a younger brother, who
 was raised to the peerage as Lord Auch-
 land for his services as ambassador to
 France His son, the second Lord Auck-
 land was governor general of India.
 The Jacksonville, Fla, Metropolis of
 Saturday August 25, commenting upon
 the wedding, says:
 Lord and Lady Auckland are now re-
 siding in East Greenwich, Rhode Island,
 but upon receiving summons rom the
 crown will have to leave immediately Tor
 England Lord Auckland is wet
 known aviator and for sometime "
 instructor at Earle Dodge aviar
 school at Black Point. Lady Auc' i.
 is a Jacksonville girl, the daugt 4 of
 MT. Augustus G. Hartridge ana very
 beautiful young woman. She kSongs to
 one of Florda's most prominent fam
 flies and adds another to the long list Of
 American girls who have married into
 the British nobility
 Monday tomorrow. September 3, being
 Labor Day, a number of events are
 scheduled, among them the big Labor Day parade, which is always an attractive
 feature This year Mrs. H. E. Badger will be sponsor for the painters and sign writers in the parade and her many Friends are interested in the pretty com pliment which has been paid her in ask ing her to act in this capacty.
 ' Never has Birmingham seen a more at rractive group of girls than those who at- tended the Kappa Delta convention the past week It would be difficult to enun- crate the charms of all of them, but mention must be particularly made Of Miss Marion Mullins, the president. Miss Mullins made scores of friends while she was in Birmingham who will always welcome her back. She is splendid type of the college woman, broad gauged, in- tellectual and an inveterate worker. She makes an ideal presiding officer and is very popular with the fraternity. Miss Elizabeth Corbett won everybody by her graciousness and her charm and the ex- quisite grace with which she presided at the banquet Friday evening was com
 mented on by all her fraternity mates in the most complimentary terms. Little Miss Rebecca Smith ('Becky' as she Is samilarly called by the Kappa Deltas) IS IOJ OILY ClGFcl stHO bli6h odl OAiC VI the prettiest girls in the whole frater- nity. She Is a human dynamo when it comes to work, and as the nationai treas urer, has made splendid record for her. self and the fraternity. Miss Smith was delighted over the fine success of the scholarship loan fund and the contribu- tions on Friday last to this activity, amounting tc over $100. was most grati- fying to her. Miss Christine Hopkins. the editor of The katydid, the daily of the Kappa Deltas, is an unusually clever newspaper woman She will make her mark as a journalist if she chooses to follow tho profession. She has brains plus talent, charm, and personal mag netism., Indeed Miss Hopkins was one of the most attractive girls at the con- vention. Birmingham has contributed two of the most popular members, Mrs. Pitts (Minnie Cocke), and Mrs. Frank Clark. Both of, these charming women were very popular with the delegates and represented Birmingham graciously and with great credit. One of the most stun ming girls at the convention was Mrs. George Paddock (formerly Elsie Mauritz- san of Chicago.
 Mrs Paddock lives in Miami, Fla, now, where her husband is we'll known as a lawyer. Mrs. Paddock is tremendously attractive. She is stunning looking and very modern, and everybody at the con venticn voted her one of the most popular of all the girls present. Little Miss Blake of Birmingham (Dr. Preston Blake's lovely daughterk was one of the pret- tiest girls at the convention. and made many friends. Miss Mary Ida Wood was another of Birmingham's beauties who was very much admired, and Miss Marie
 Lanning of Ann.stcn ran these two at
 tractive Birmingham girls mighty close
 race when it came to beauty and charm. V ' "
 The following cards have been received: 1:
 "Dr. and Mrs. Edmond Mortimer