The age-herald., 1898-02-23
In the Social Realm of
 BirminGham and Elsewhere


 Mrs. Corinne Futile has returned from a visit to relatives at Montgomery.
 
 MT. and Mrs. Henry F. DeBardeleben will return today from a brief honeymoon trip spent at New Orleans.
 Hon. l.. D. Godfrey, of Gainesville, is spending few days in the city, the guest of his relatives, MT. and Mrs. J. 0. Cross, in Eleventh avenue, South Highlands.
 At Los Angeles, a few days ago, the Turn Verein hall was scene of brilliancy at the dancing party given by MT. and Mrs. R. H. Howell and MT. and Mrs. Mark B. Lewis, to meet their charming guests, Miss Howell, of North Carolina, and Miss Mcqueen, of Alabama. The decorations, which had been arranged by Mrs. Ban croft, were very artistic, and formed most effective setting for the beautiful gowns. Scarfs of alternately pink and. white tarleton were festooned from the pink-shaded chandeliers to the balconies, where they were caught with clusters of fan palms and huge bows of the filmy gauge. The windows were screened with pink draperies, and in the spaces between were fastened date palms curving into wreaths and caught with bows of tarle- ton. The stage, where Lowinsky's orches- tra was stationed, was banked with potted plants and festooned with pink and white scarfs. The same scheme of decoration was carried out in the dining room, where was served an elaborate supper; the long tables were lighted with pink candles set in silver candelabra-
 
 The Nineteenth Century club will be en- tertained tomorrow, Thursday, afternoon at 3 O clock by Mrs. Hugh Morrow, at the residence of her parents, MT. and Mrs Jos. R. Smith, Jr., Nineteenth street. south Highlands.
 The membership of the Amaranth Club has been increased to twenty young ladies, and each week this recently organized lit- erary club grows in interest and influence. A number of the charming young women of the city, married and unmarried, are organizing a club for reading and study, which will no doubt become prominent factor in Birmingham's literary progress Dr. Nixon, of Uniontown, is the guest of friends in the city
 Miss Bland Selden, of Faunsdale, Ala. is visiting for a few days MT. and Mrs Pey ton G. Bowman, on the South Highlands. There will be a very important called meeting of the Mite Societly of the First Methodist Church this afternoon at o'clock at the church.
 Miss Elizabeth Moore of Columbia, Tenn. is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Hubert Scruggs, 1923 Eleventh avenue, Cullom Place.
 MT. A. E. Williams. editor of the Hamil- ton (Ga.) Journal, has been the guest of his father, Dr. Andrew Williams, during the Mardi Gras festivities.
 The next reception at the Y. M. c. A. will occur on the 4th of March
 Mrs. J. T. Harrison, of Talladega, Mrs. o. B. Newman, of Waverly, Ala, and Miss Linda Harrison, of La Grange, Ga-, are visiting the family of Dr. J. w. Newman, on Twenty-Second street.
 Miss Kroell, of Montevallo, is the guest of Mrs. George W. Hays at Avondale.
 Mrs. Egbert Jones, of Holly Springs, is visiting Mrs. E. T. Taliaferro, 423 Nine- teenth street.
 Mrs. G. M. Guffey, of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. B. c. Stouffer, of Connellsville, Pa., are visiting their sister, Mrs. Lewis Minor, Seventeenth street, South High lands.
 MT. J. Asa Rountree gave a handsome dining yesterday to the following gentle men: Mr. c. D. Bonner, Edwardsville Standard-News; MT. M. w. Camper, Flor ence Times; MT B. w. Barrett, Age-Her- aid; Thomas Garner, Tuscaloosa Gazette; MT. c. H. Greer, Birmingham Ledger; MT. L. H. Grubbs, Decatur News; MT. c. H. New Decatur Advertiser; MT. Robert P. McDavid, Atlanta Constitution; Mr. w. H. H. Judson, Bessemer Weekly;