The age-herald., 1898-03-10
in the Social Realm of
 BirminQham and Elsewhere

Miss Lillian Richardson after visit of several weeks to her grandparents, Hon. and Mrs. R. F. Kolb. has returned to her honfe att Montgomery.
 Miss Ella Leland, of Tuskaloosa, who has been the guests of friends in the city will leave for home this afternoon.
 
 MT. and Mrs. E. w Barrett entertained the Fortnightly Card club Tuesday even- The prize, handsome gold belt was won by Mrs. Eugene l.. Brown.
 
 MT. and Mrs. L. Fulenwiler have re- turned from a visit to New Orleans and are at present at the home of Mrs. M. L. S3oss on the South Highlands.
 The last favor figure at a recent eotillion made one of the prettiest effects seen in a ballroom this winter The favors were very long giaSed slaves. crowned fwaun clusters of roses, and just a minute before the time for distributing them they were wheeled into the ballroom, clustered in a big sedan chair. In twinlxnng everyone was seized by the gentlemen and given by their partners, and the dance was con tinued with apparently punches of roses foating through the room-high t.bove the heads of the dancers The effect was lovely.
 The members of the Nineteenth Century club were the guests of Mrs. John London yesterday afternoon. The following was the programme:
 Comparison Between Men and Women Criminals-Miss Bertha Lewis
 Lucretia and Kindred Spirits-AIiss Eloise Johnston.
 Reaidnng-Mrs. Hugh Morrow.
 Discussion-Did the End Ever Justify the Means-Led by Miss Mary Johnston.
 The club will meet on next Wednesday afternoon with Miss Fannie Meade.
 
 Another charming woman has been added to cabinet circles, with promise of occasional visits from a young and pretty girl to a new official household. Mrs. Griggs, wife of the successor of Attorney General McKenna, is a delightful acqulsl- tdon to Washington society, and has all ready number of friends there. She ana her husband were recently guests of Vace- President and Mrs. Hobart, and stood be hind the the line'' at the diplomatic recep- tion. She has brown hair, blue eyes, sllsnl figure. and, as Miss Price, of Clevelana O. was before her marriage much ad- mired belle. She takes animated part Tn every social enjoyment, sharing her nus bands fondness for out-of-door n1e. The attorney-general is an ardent lover ot soiI and a >frst-rate shot. He rides we'll 10 hounds and will, no doubt, be prominent In the various outdoor clubs of the suburbs. Several small children absorb much or Mrs Griggs' time and attention, but MISS Helen Griggs, one of the daughters or MT Griggs by an early marriage, will frequsnt- ly be here to help discharge socfal duties. Miss Griggs. who is about 19, has already made her debut. She is blonde and de- scribed by friends as "most attractive.
 
 The White Rose Social and Literary club will meet with Misses Ida and Addle Bea Altman at their home in Avenue il Friday evening. On Tuesday, at Philadelphia, Mrs. John A. Tompkins gave an informal reception at her home on Linden avenue in honor or Mrs. Donald Mclean, state regent Of the New York Society of the Daughters or the American Revolution, and whose recent de- feat for the national presidency has been the cause of so much bitterness Of feeling in the society. Mrs. Mclean IS Mary land woman, being a daughter of the late Judge Ritchie, of Frederick, and Is person. ally most popular in her native state though for official reasons the Baltimore delegation voted against her en masse at the national convention in Washington and are said to have been the ultimate cause ol her non-election. Mrs Mclean wore at the reception the much-talked-of spray or silver laurel leaves, which she stated was given her by the members of her chapter as a mark of personal affection, and not in view of the important position it was deemed she would be called upon to fill. The ornament is to be worn with evening dress and goes across the corsage, not upon the head, and was beautifully de- signed, especially for presentation to Mrs. Mclean, by Tiffany.
 The executive board of the Birmingham Federation of Women's Literary, Art and Music Clubs will meet Saturday at 10 a. m. at the rooms of the Commercial club. The president of the various clubs of the Fed eration constitute the executive board Business of importance will be transacted. Yesterday afternoon Maj. and Mrs. Frank Y. Anderson and a party of friends left for visit of ten days or two weeks to Florida in Maj. Andersons private car.
 The regular monthly meeting of the