The age-herald., 1898-01-13
{ IN THE SOCIAL REALM. }
 . -sY MRS GEORGE c. BALL----s.sSv
In the Social Realm of
 Birminuham and Elsewhere

Birmingham and Elsewhere
 Mrs. c. P. Perrin will be the guest of Mrs. David Roberts for a few days. She will leave about the 18th inst for her home at Middlesborough, Ky.
 Miss M. L. Reynolds is visiting MT. and Mrs. J. o. Cross, on Eleventh avenue, South Highlands.
 Miss Daisy Lewis will visit Mobile next week to attend house party to be given at the residence of Capt. s. T. Prince, of that city. u
 Miss, Elise Jones, who has been at school at Baltimore for some time, reached home yesterday and will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Will A. Porter, at her home on the South Highlands, for a short while
 MT. Henry l.. Underwood received a ca blegram yesterday calling him to England on business. He will leave Saturday for New York, en route to London. Miss Ada Simpson, who is at present vis- iting relatives at Montgomery, will soon | return te Birmingham to spend several months with MT and Mrs. Rush Simpson, Fourteenth avenue, South Highlands.
 
 | Mrs. A. c. Foster and Master Searcy Foster, of Tuscaloosa, are visiting relatives | in the city.
 A recent wedding was responsible for one | of the most magnificent day toilets that l this season has seen, and this included a novel use of chenille trimming Velvet was l th9 material the in that new shade of purple known Ophelia, and a slightly darker shade was used in the trimming. In this case the chenille was woven into net and edged with chenille fringe: this was arranged as shawl drapery one side of the bodice, and on the skirt to form yoke that hung down the front in pointed apron to the hem. The skirt had a slight train, of course, ar ranged in fan of pleats, but no other trimming. On the side of the bodice that the chenille did not cover was arranged a fall of yellow lace. The bonnet was a net of purple chenille, over gold crown, and was worn with narrow velvet strings Empress Augusta Victoria's latest birth day present from her husband is a bracelet made of the seven miniatures of her chill dren, painted on ivory and set in jewels From the middle picture hangs the portrait of the kaiser in heart-shaped medallion.
 
 Miss Hulitt Trapp, at her home at Mont gomery, has as her guest Miss Eva Cham berlin, of Atlanta.
 Mrs. Creighton, the wife of the bishop of London, is one of the most public-spirited women of England, and is much interested in whatever concerns worSingwomen. She occupied the chair at a recent meeting in the interests of the women in the clothing trades, and made strong address in their behalf.
 The Phantom party given by the Young | Mems Hebrew association for the benefit of | Temple Emanuel was very largely attended and greatly enjoyed.
 Mesdames Herman Saks, A. B. Loveman, A. Slaughter R. Loventhal and MT. Louis Saks had charge of arrangements, and were ably assisted by Messrs. Louis Loveman and Joseph Slaughter as floor managers. Sutton's excellent orchestra furnished the music, and dancing continued until a late hour In the grand march the guests were attired in artistically draped she cts, making a weird, grotesque spectacle for the on- lockers.
 A large sum was realized for the Temple.
 
 The following suggestion from an ex- change should prove helpful to pretty wo- mem:
 Some people say it is vulgar to have any perfume whatever, no matter how sweet, about the person or clothing. Others con- tend that a delicate perfume is mark of daintiness. Be that as 1t may, nearly every woman likes to have her undercothing, gowns; gloves, handkerchiefs and stationery emit a faint breath of sweetness of some kind and men like it in women; too. Once let a man associate a certain alluring per fume with certain woman and he never separates the two in his mind. II It IS Vlo- let he always thinks of her when he gets a whiff of the scent of violets; if rose, she comes to him whenever he smells that flow CT, even if many years and thousands or miles are between them. Those who go in for occultism say that perfumes have just as much occult power as gems. Perhaps this is so perhaps it isn't; but one thing is certain and that Is that women are always learning some new way to make themselves and their things daintier and sweeter than ever before. The latest fad is for scented clothes hooks. An ordinary wire bodice rack or skirt calender is used. Each end is slipped into long bag made of fancy silk and lined with cotton batting literally sprinkled with cachet powder. The ends of the bag are shirred full around the shank of the calender, or are tied with ribbons so that they are easily removed when there is necessity for renewing the powder Bodices hung on these scented extenders get just enough perfume about them to make those about the wearer wish that it was little stronger. And that is the se- cret of using perfumes properly.
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Carter, at their home, at Avondale, entertained number of friends Tuesday evening, complimentary to MT. Charles G. Johnston of Nashville. Among those present were Misses Elvira and Collise Lewis, Marion Douglas, Minnie Alstone, Emma Foster, Lydia Carter, Ma riah Hosmer, and Messrs. Warren Griffin, Frank Crlail, Charles G. Johnson, J. H. Wideman, W. D. Mitchum, R. w. Algood, M. Winn and Dr. s. R. Caffee. The members of the Nineteenth Century club were the guests of Miss Kathleen Lewis yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Hugh Morrow read a paper upon "The Present Reaction in Favor of Edgar Allen Poe" Miss Annie K. Walker contributed an in- | teresting essay upon "The Weird and 1 Croteenua in Poetry." Miss Mary Clare