The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24

who came with the Gillen family
from Mississippi. and who yet lives
in their back yard in Bessemer, and
who, though aged. still looks after
her white chillen" with a heart that
aches and yearns and calls after them
as they come and go into strange
butterfly worlds-to her.
A keen old soul, she is always in
terested in all the hangings that go
on amidst her race; and she potters
around living a cheering religion of
kindliness that makes the old time
darky so fascinatingly engaging.
Mary has been away five months.
She's seen most everybody; and. like
the little shoes at night, been most
everywhere"
We took her with us on a party
down to Mitchell dam and Lock IL.
and we kept her talking most all
the time.
And the biggest. most shamedest
thing she could tell us was:
& went to a lady's house to stay a
week, and l done stayed there five
months. Never did know when to
leave! Betcer not ever ask me TO
come to see you. l might take up
She was swamped with invitations
there and then.
But nobody could have blamed
Mary, for was she not the house
guest of DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Ochsner7
The latter will be remembered by
Birminghammers as having come
here during the last biennial as the
president of the National Federation
of Music Clubs.
IT didn't mean to act so bad 50
far away from home" assured Mary.
But nobody could resist Mrs. oehs-
ner. Besides. ] didn't want TO resist.
either Sc kept asking me to stay
for one thing and another. and ]
kept staying for one thing and an-
other till l finally picked up my bag.
said knowed my week was up and
came on home"
Being at Mrs. Ochsner's was such
fun"
Wants English Operas
"She is most brilliant woman
related Mary. and keeps up witF
everything She is very nuch a
leading citizen OF her rltx- ard ~ So
of the flour women in ChicaEo wAe
organized and are financing Ts4
Opera in Our Language fpEaeat.ss1
Her three associates are Mr. A-rta-
bald Freer. notable composer M
Rockefeller Mccormack. 4a4 ~.
Louis YeaEer. Every oth<r c-uass1
except America has opera IA - rw%
tongue. and through the.r ~rrA 3
heard several very successful. ers-As
in English sung At RayfEs& FsTk t&-s
summer.
"Dr. ochsner l. the greatest fxErz
surgeon. IS dean % All The Earl2 s-t-
geons. has Invented mere surelcal re-
strumenfs and written mere be>ks ~
surgery than any other dur-pr ic -
world.
nut these things Aav~ns tr-=~s
hts head ia the least ard ~ ~ ~
modest a. additi0az1 NHHerK Ssss
showered upon hirs IS TIE h1ryH2f.
citizen.
Their daughter. Bertha. n 1ss
most talented girl ] have eysz @esr
or course. II you knew ss.fthln<
about Chicago. yes ~lH yssfaxr tHzs
II is there considered zIrssslf srsn4A-
lous not TO do Sotne snss - wNr&- Tire
north IL not fike sAe ~ atA IA that
For northerners beitssS in xhe c1lt6-
vatin Of oneself Sa1erth1 xx1k for
her delight the professson of Aesshet-
ic dancing. and fkis year i ALREADY
engaged with the Oak PARK stock
company. Her art Is after N. form
of Ruth ST Deals
So Many stars
Mrs. 0chsner invited me nj first
for the North Shore Music festival
where some Of the most magnificent
metropolitan stars were engaged.
After that she was giving a party
for Jack Gordon and his bride. Jack
being the concertneister or the Chs
cago symphony, with 80 guests. and
/ must stay and see it through.
During the festival. which was