The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-15
ANNIE EENDRICE WALKER.

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tertained brilliant party at their country
place Wednesday evening in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Merrill Pratt Northington. Quite
a large party from town went to Pratt
Vile Wednesday afternoon, returning to
the city yesterday. Among the guests were
members of Mr.. and Mrs. Northingtons
wedding party, Miss Lucille Smith, Miss
Kate Earle. Miss jamie McLester, Miss Ly-
ons of Virginia, Miss Jennie Porter Mr..
Clark. Mr.. Foster, Mr.. Young, Mr.. Frank
Ellis, Mr.. William Ward, Mr. William
Walker Mr.. Ross Smith, Mrs w. S.
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Buckshaw, Mr..
and Mrs. C. H. Nabb, Mr.. C. w Ferguson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Munger, Mr.. and Mrs.
Porter, Mr.. and Mrs. Earle were among
the guests from Birmingham. The home of
the Northingtons, which Is. one of the hand
soonest places in the south, was further
beautified by the floral decorations. The
dining room, which is an unusually spa
cious apartment, was decorated with white
carnations, and tapers of single Candida
bra formed heart on the table. A supper
was beautifully served, the ices being de-
signed as wedding bells and the cakes or
namentel with orange blossoms.
The votes stand as follows for the little
girls contesting for the doll: Roberta Por-
ter, 80; Leta Will Goldsmith, 90; Louise
Musgrove, IS; Mayo Thatch. Is; Annie
Blinn, IA; Mary P. London, 8; Matte
Fowlkes, 1.
The contest will close Saturday evening,
December l6. The following Monday at II
o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. William
A Porter, the votes will be counted and
the doll will be presented to the little girl.
| The committee Who will count the votes is
as follows: Mrs. William G. Estes, Mrs.
Bingham, Mrs. TrmDle and Mrs Wood
son.
Mrs. John White will entertain the Cl4o-
MAN club this afternoon at o'clock.
Miss Helen Ehrman, Miss Gertrude Ehr-
| man and Miss Alvis Ehrman, who are trav-
cling in Europe, are now at Frankfort-o1-
the Main, where they will remain until af-
ter the holidays, when they will go to Ber-
lin for the remainder of the winter.
Miss Helen Cecil of Richmond, Va. is the
guest of Mrs. Minis Stone.
Mrs. Balm Thompson is in She.byvile,
/ Tenn.
Mrs. L. Crozier French. who is in Cinc.n-
natti, VIII deliver lectures there on Satur-
day ana next Tuesday. She will speak
the fundamental branches of education.
Mrs. Ralph Bardwell, of Talbotton, Ga,
is the guest of her mother, Mrs. George
Estes.
Miss Louise Whitfield of Gainesville,
Tenn. will arrive tomorrow and will spend
the following week with Mrs. Rush Simp
son.
Mrs George C. Ball has returned from
| Atlanta.
| Mrs R. F. Kolb is in Montgomery.
Mr. and Mrs. William Zeigler gave a
| Dutch supper Wednesday evening in honor
| of their guest, Miss Ethel Louise May of
| Montgomery and Miss Thomas of Atlanta,
who is visiting DR.. and Mrs. NJ N. Due.
| An interesting occasion at the University
| of Alabama will be the joint debate of the
| Ersophic and Philomatic societies. which
| takes place on the evening of December
| s. The subject of the debate is: Resolved,
! That an expansion policy will be beneiicia1
| to the United tSates." The speakers for
] the affirmative VIII be Mr.. Marvin Helm
and Mr. Sect Evans Chestnut and Mr.
| Pope Bates Smith and Mr.. Aubrey Boyles
| will speak upon the negative side Mr..
| Smith, who is from Birmingham, dis
|
| High school.
Miss Esterle Shook is the guest of the
Misses Woolsey in Selma.
| Mr.. Richard Browne and Mr.. Charles
| Baton were among the guests as Miss Tom
Woosey's debut dance which occurred last
| night in Selma.
| At the meeting of the Alabama Womans
-, 10 m
| following were appointed on the ways and
| means committee:
General Rufus ~ Rhodes oCoai-man; Mrs.
| c. H Nabb, Mrs Fac Smith, Mrs Frank
| Hodges, Mrs. George Burkhalter, MRS
| Jackson Riley. Pratt City; Mrs. C. S. Sim
mons. Mrs. W. ]. Zeisler, Mrs. w. Fl.
| Jeffries. Mrs e. J. McCrossin, Mrs. James
Weatherly Mrs. p G. Bowman, Mrs. j. A.
| Downey Mrs w. b. Leedy.
There will be others added to the COM
| mittee.
| Miss Edna Gockel will give a piano re-
| cital at the Conservatory of Music Satur-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The programme
| will be follows:
Rondo Capriccioso-( Merdessohn
Etudes. Op 10 No. and Op. %, No. 2;
| Mazurkas Op II No. and OPP. SO No. /;
| Polonase Op II, Nc. G-tChopn.)
Spinning Song-tWilson Smith)
Gavotte and Musette-(D Albert)
Concert Etude-(Chamnade)
| Anita di -(Gluck-Joseffyo
Three Etudes OPP. 53-(Haberbier.)
At Sprng-(Greg0
Impromptu-(R einhold.D
| A Love Dream-04iszt)
|
The betrothal of Mr.. Albert Steinau, OF
| Hope, Ark. and Miss Helen Wise, of this
| city has been announced. The marriage
! will take place January "a. Miss Wise is
| the youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A
DEQEEnT are the exquisite water
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