The age-herald., 1898-01-28
In the Social Realm of
 Birmingham and Elsewhere


 Miss Emma Leedy returned yesterday from a delightful visit of several weeks to friends at Mobile.
 The Cadmean circle will meet this after noon at o'clock with Mrs. James A. Go- ing, corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty third street.
 The Clionan club will be entertained this afternoon at o'clock by Mrs Blinn
 
 The members of the Little Jokers' Euchre club were the guests yesterday afternoon of Mrs. Frank Fowlkes, Twenty-first street. South Highlands.
 The prize, handsome Dresden clock, was won by Miss Kettle Jones. Tempting re- fresments succeeded the games of euchre. Mrs. Walker Percy will entertain few friends at luncheon today at o'clock.
 The Amaranth club will meet this after noon at o'clock with Miss Elise G. Ball. Last Tuesday evening the Drexels of Philadelphia gave a cotllion, which was 50 6ldDOTdle ana lHe ldNOIS Ol WhiOh Soot such a large sum of money, that it has been the cause of a vast deal of gossip and many an envious heart-burning A Philadelphia journal gives the following de- sails of the extravagant affair:
 You could buy comfortable home up town for merely what the favors of the cotillion alone cost. Twenty-seven hundred dollars will not more than pay for these trinkets to be given out to the smart throng who are fortunate enough to be bidden This beats anything ever given in Phila- delphia, New York, Newport or anywhere else in this country, and will go down in history as the cotillon of cotillons.
 The average price of favors for germans is about sl000. When it reaches $2,0O0 the cotillon is something extraordinary and is the talk of the town. The average price of each favor then is A or s5, and generally two favor figures are danced but the Drex- el affair had no less than five favor figures and the trinkets numbered not far from 1,500 pieces They were made in New York and shipped here on the day of the ball. And a great number of New Workers came over also, for the guest of honor was Miss Josephine Drexel, daughter of Mrs: Joseph
  She has been much entertained this season, but Tuesday nights dance will eclipse all others.
 All the fayors are novelties and show great inventiveness. Among the prettiest were the "fsh-nets," green and white in tone and very elaborate The stick is four feet long with a circular wire frame at the end. resembling crab-net, of tarlatan. Lilies and greens, representing seaweed, are wound in the net and down tine stick, while little fishes of bright tin are among the lilies and grass. Then there were satin muffs of the ordinary size with huge pink bows The outer surface is of pink and the inner white satin. They are trimmed with swans down and on the front of each is a coronet in gold of spangles and silk. These are very expensive. French aigrettes of pink roses and purple violets, work-bags of brocaded satin, parasols of red, yellow. pink, white and greens, with flowers and ribbons; feather fans of pink, blue and white; four-in-hand whips; walking sticks; Japanese paper cutters and paper weights and feather wands with ostrich feathers are among the other favors.
 For the men the most interesting is the set of court favors of papier mache in imitation of the genuine and strung witt! ribbons of the proper color. There will be several of these orders, including the Black Eagle and the Iron Cross of Prussia.
 Miss Helen Gould, who has secluded her self in the country for five years, has re- gently gone to New York, and has taken possession of the elegant home of her father, the late Jay Gould. Miss Gould will remain In the city the rest of the sea- son, but it is not known whether she will entertain or continue to live in her usual quiet, unobtrusive way. Miss Gould has devoted her energies and her great for tune for many years to the relief of or phan children, helpless, needy old women and to the cultivation of flowers. She is a noble, generous-hearted woman, and seems to be anxious to atone-as far as in her lies-for her selfish, avaricious old father, who went to his death burdened with the contempt of his fellow men.
 Miss Gould has fifteen millions in her own right, besides two magnificent homes. She is esteemed the wealthiest young wo- man in New York, with the possible ex- ception of Miss May Goelet
 Thus far Miss Gould has stood out be- fore the American people as a glorious specimen of noble womanhod, and she can be depended upon to remain true to her generous impulses.
 Miss Louise Dansby has returned from a visit to friends and relatives in south Alabama, and is at home with her sister, Mrs. J. o. Darby, Woodlawn.
 
 Mrs. Rose Lebolt and Miss Ruby Mayor, who have been spending several months with relatives and friends at Dayton, O., returned home yesterday.
 The Fenalon Literary club entertained its associate members at St. Paul's hall. Father Henry gave an able lecture on the "vatican and its Treasures" interspersed with personal "reminiscences. musical programme was also enjoyed by the club and its guests Extracts from Bishop Vim cents article on ''School Out of School" were read by Miss Margaret Cahalan.