The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-17
FORMER ANNISTONIAN WINS FAME I'm
EAST WITH BEAUTIFUL SOPRANO VOICE
By PATRIOTIC PATRICIA

BY PATRIOTIC PATRICIA
Admission. August 1.-(Special.) -Amons
the many Annistonians who have won
fame in New York is Mrs. Morse Hub
bard Gouise Hight. Her beautiful So
prano voice is in constant demand.
Mrs. Hubbard is soloist at the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church She is
spending her vacation at her summer
home in Maine, where she is studying
hard on a programme to be presenter
in November at a song recital Mrs. Hub
bard expects to give in Aeolian hall She
has had scores of concert and oratorio
engagements during the past two win
tiers, and is already booked for a series
of engagements during the coming win
fer. Mrs. Hubbard's legions of friends
Yin Alabama hope to secure an engage.
ment for southern tour in order that
her friends may have the pleasure OF
hearing her wonderful high soprano
voice. Mrs. Hubbards voice is also III
demand for Victrola records Her son.
Ford, has inherited his mothers musica!
talent, and also sings in some of New
Yorks largest churches
Mr.. Hubbard is a brilliant lawyer Dur
ing the war he rendered invaluable serv-
ice with the war department in Wash
ington. Mrs. Hubbard also did excellent
war work. Her talent was dedicated to
service, and her lovely voice brought I'M
told pleasure to hundreds of soldier boys
in the camps near New York
Two Selma girls, Miss Annelu Burns
and Miss Madelyn shepperd. have made
4 an enviable place for themselves in the
musical circles of New York as song
writers. For several months Miss Burns
and Miss Shepperd have been proteges of
Mrs Helen Smith Woodruff, who has as
sisted them in finding recognition for
their talents. During their stay in Mrs.
Woodruff's home last winter, she enter
. tanned all of the eminent authors in New
York in honor of Miss Burns and Mrs.
I Shepperd, when they delighted the guests
by playing a number of their origina
compositions. Mrs. Woodruff wrote the
comedy and Miss Burns and Miss Shep-
perd, the music to "Hooray For the
Girls which was played by New York's
Y millionaire debutantes for week Oh
Broadway. Besides writing the music
for Mrs Woodruff's kitty, Kitty,
"
York in the autumn Miss Burns and
Miss Shepherd have secured the commits
sion to write the official song for Robert
Chambers THE Dark STAR" and also
to write song for his serial, In Secret
Music is being written by these two in
teresting girls for 1.-THE Golden Song III
which Geraldine Farrar appears for
Mary Roberts Rhinehart's Amazing
Interlude,'' Robert Hughes Cup OF
Fury Gertrude Athertons Perch of the
Devil" and 1.-THE Street Called Straight
and for novels which will be made INTO
pictures by Leroy Scott and Gouveno-
) Morris.
Among the ex-Annistonians who are ex-
ceedingly popular in New York's social
circles is Mrs. Walter Kobbe (F1orence
Smith. Mr.. and Mrs Kobbe and their
beautiful little daughter Evelyn Byrd
have an attractive apartment wnere
they entertain delightfully."-. Miss Evylyn
Byrd Smith, of Selma, who won so many
I admirers during her visit in New YORK
Hast winter, will arrive IN OCTOBER 10
spend the winter with her sisters, Mrs
Kobbe and Mrs Helen smith Wooo-
ruff.
Miss Carrie Draper, of Oxford. has
made brilliant record as a teacher in
New York, and during the summer IS
spending her time in translating Spanish
Miss Nan Kelly is now librarian IN
New York During the war. Miss Kelly
as personal representative of Mrs. John
Hammond Hays, who was chairman OF
the naval militia work. organized an
automobile fleet New York's wealthiest
women placed their cars at Miss Kelly's
disposal, and frequently went with her
to visit the families of men in the naval
service, and to cheer them during stay
ir the hospital or render aid i'll any
other needed want. Miss Kelly succeed
ed in raising $4,000 for this splendid
work.
Miss Agnes Miles, who was quite pop
ular in Admission during visit to her
brother, Joe Miles, during the stay of
the 10Th division at Camp Mcclellan, has
an attractive studio in New York. Her