The age-herald., 1901-11-20
WOMAN
 w and SOCIETY
BY PAUL PRY. Mrs. Davis Entertains.

Mrs. Davis Entertaif1S'
 Mrs. William Elias B. Davis was at home to her friends at Hotel Hillman yesterday afternoon at 2:sO o'clock Euchre was played and the spacious palm room and private dining room of the hotel was filled with an assemblage of beautiful women beautifully gowned. It formed an ideal place for such an affair and so fascinating was the picture that the fair guests often forgot play and deal in their rapt and frank admiration. The decorations were elaborate and con sisted of white chrysanthemums and palms. A wide border of graceful bam- boo was twined around the balcony and beautifully screened the open court. l Mrs. Davis. who is one of the most ad- mired women in Birmingham. received her guests in the parior. She wore very stylish gown of turquoise blue cloth trimmed in white with effective touches of black.
 In the receiving line were Mesdames S. J. Coleman, Algernon Nelson, L. G. Woodson, c. H. Nabb. w. H. Kettig, Mansfield Lathem, Misses Mary Griffin, Kate Marshall, Mae Simmons, Ferry Nabb Daisy Moody and Mrs. A. B. Tan ner.
 Mrs. Henry Gray and Mrs. Edward Cabaniss presided over a flowing bowl of champagne.
 The tally cards were daintily decorated. and after number of closely contested games the prizes, which were not only elegant but selected with rare taste, were awarded
 The first prize, an exquisitely hand painted fern bowl was won by Mrs. J. w. Hughes, Jr., on cut with Mrs. J. B. Morson, Mrs. Harry Matthews and Miss Mary Cahalan
 The second prize a silver bon-bon dish was won on cut by Mrs. Solon Jacobs The third prize, a beautiful pearl stick pin, was won by Miss Kate Rogan on a cut with seventeen ladies.
 The lone-hand prize, the most admired or ala handsome lemonade pitcher was won by Mrs. Harry Jones.
 Refreshments were served in courses. the ice was served in cases which repre- sented in a most realistic way a deck of cards.
 The consolation was drawn in unique little favors, which also carried ont the card scheme and were filled with dainty bon-bons Mrs. Harry Jones drew the consolation prize. which was a cut glass toilet bottle. She graciousIy presented 1t to her friend. Miss Mazy Couch of Charleston, w. Va. who is the guest of Miss Millie Nabb. A full-string band rendered music during the entire even ing.
 The guests of Mrs Davis were Mes danes T. H. Aldrich, T. h. Aidrich. IF Vassar Allen, F. Y. Anderson, Thomas Ashford, Bell, J. w Barclay. N. E Barker, E. w. Barrett, Robert Baueh Beck, Frost. Louis Bradfield, J. L. Powell. J. Norman crooks, Charles Brown, T. G. ] Easfi, w. A. Battle, E. H. Cabaniss, Ben son Cain, John Caldwell, Charles Cal noun, Chadwick, E. G. Chandler. George H. Clark, J. B. Cobbs, A A. Coleman. R G. Copeland. J. H. Coughlan, J. T. Col. bourne, Sam Cowan, ". w. Crawford T O. Cross, George Cruikshank, ]. R. c,n. ningham, Pete Clark, John Dabney. A R Dearborn, DeBardeleben, H. F DaRor deleben, F. W. Dixon, Felix Drennan C. D. Ebersole, w. G. Estes, Polly Evins farrior, N B. Feagin, D. M Forker. R | A. Fox, J. E. Frazier, A. L. Fulenwider J. T. Glover, J. F. Graham, Henry Cray. BenJ. Guckenberger, Dan Greene. L.. I Haley, w. P. G. Harding, R. w Haske,, A. T. Henley, John Henley, Hopkins Hubbel, James Hughes Tr u,,,d,o.. Alexander Maben Hobson, Robert Davids. Soion Jacobs, Hardie Johnston R. F. Johnston, Harry Jones, Robert Jones. w. H. Kettig, J. D. Kirkpatrick. A. o. Lane. Sterling Lanier, Sam Ledbetter. w R. Leedy, LeVert, Lynch Morris, Hugh Mar tin' Harry Matthews, G. B. Mccormack. R. Everett Meade, Syd Moore, w I. Montgomery, Arthur Moody J. D. Moore. B. F. Moore, J. B. Morson, C. H. Nabb. Nelson W. D. Nesbitt, zac Majors, Rob- ert Newman, Nixon, c. P. Orr, Thomas Parke, J. E. Dedman, Earle Perkins. F.. F. Quigley, Richard Randolph, Charles Reed, B. F. Riggs, George Rogers. L.. Sevier. Sharpe, L. A. Shipman. c. S. Simmons, H. H. Sinige, Lundie Sloss. A. G. Smith. James R. Smith, w. H. Smith. Zac Smith, E. T. Taliaferro Terrell. S. E. Thompson Lipton, w. M Trimble, E. M. Tutwiler, Priestley Toulmin, J. R. Van House, William aVughan, Futile, G. M. Williams, Ed Wilson, L. G. Woodson, Wittichen, Young, Cole, Frank White, R. l N Wheeler. Harry Wheelock, and Misses | Nettie Anderson, Mary Anderson, Flori-