The age-herald., 1901-04-28
Many Flower Bedecked Traps
 VIII Be Entered THE BALL 1T COUNTRY CLUB The Musical Festival and the Flower Parade Will Make the Week Brilliant
 Social Gossip.
sY ANNIE kENoRIck WALKER.

SY ANNIE KENDRICK WALKER. I have long wanted to devote an entire Sunday page" to the unselfshness on the part of American men, but every event, every movement that is at all in- teresting has generally been inspired by a woman and the hundreds of Sunday pageS devoted to exploiting the success of women, their work at home and abroad, leaves very little space in which to discuss the attitude of men to the movements fostered by women But in the great public occasions of the week, the flower parade and the musical festi- val those who have worked untiringly for their success have been the public-spirited men of Birmingham. And while the wo- men of Birmingham have co-operated with those movements, and at the flower parade particularly will have all the glory, l am sure that the flower parade committee. Is entitled to a very large share. The members of this committee have not, it is true, been burdened of the detail of decoration, or kept awake at night by the vision of flowers fashioned day after day by fair hands. They have not been ambitious to attempt any thing original and have left such dreams to those who will participate in the parade But the. committee was ambitious for a successful floral parade and their plans outlined some weeks ago give every prom ise of perfect maturity tomorrow They have continued to create an interest and enthusiasm and in the execution of their plans they will deserve very hearty con graduation and the thanks of a city along the avenues of which the floral pa- rade will wend it's fragrant length
 As of the men who have worked for the success of the floral parade, so 1t may be said of the promoters of the musical fes- tival. On these brilliant evenings the brillancy of the audience will lend that social prestige that is given grand opera nights by the presence of those dazzling assemblies. The men who make 1t possl- ble for Birmingham to rank among the musical cities of America deserve more than passing mention. They deserve all that could be said of them, and in the beauty, the brilliancy of the week, the men who have been the promoters of the musical festival and the flower parade must share in the glory (whether they want 1t or not), the glory sometimes ap- propriated by others.
 So much has been written of the pa- >rade that there is little left to be said.
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 Norm promptly at o'clock 44fl announced in the Age-Herald. the | parade will form at o'clock Monday af- ternoop, April %, in Twentieth street, | just south of Capitol Park. and march | southward to Third avenue, thence in | Third avenue to Nineteenth street, Nine- | teenth street to First avenue, First ave- nue to Twenty-first street, Twenty-first | street to Third avenue, Third avenue to | Twentieth street, Twentieth street to | Second avenue, Second avenue to Twen- | ty-first street and then down Second ave- | nue through the Street Fair, thence to | the Southern Club. Fifth avenue and Twentieth street, where the prizes will be awarded. Immediately after the prizes are award ed the floral queen and her maids of honor will be given a reception at the club, the occasion <4n~ be. a. 'ariiliant one. The club will be the popular rendezvous for the club members and their friends the af- ternoon of the parade. for from it's bal comics the floral pageant will be, viewed Dy gay dSSemDlaSe. mere VIII De delightful orchestra, and a buffet lunch con will be served.
 The notably brilliant feature of the aoc- casion will be the floral ball at the Coun- try Club, which will be given Monday evening.
 The elaborate arrangements for the bah and dance, as 1t will be in the beautiful ballroom of the Country Club, will make it an event of distinctive beauty, and the occasion W I assemble brilliant gather ing.
 The tableau in which Miss Bowron will be the central figure will be one of great beauty, grouping about the regal young queen the bevy of lovely young women who have been selected to be her maids of honor. The floral ball will begin at o'clock. There will not be; any cotillon.
 The Electric Railway Company will in- crease it's regular service and the cars to the Country Club will be run/ as late as 1 o'clock. This will include/ cars to the Highlands. The prizes for the parade have been displayed the past week in the shop windows There will bd first. sec ond, third and fourth prizeS for double teams 7 first. second. third and fourth fory single teams, first and second for automo- piles: and prizes for the most original design and for the prettiSst chidrens cart.