The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-05
MONTGOMERY SOCIAL


 Montgomery, April 4.-(Special)-There are being heard rumors of "After Easter entertainments. One or two receptions are spoken of. and some germans, be- sides the usual outing spring affairs
 Mrs. w. C. Oates will entertain at reception in compliment to her niece,
 Miss Oates, who will visit her shortly
 after Easter.
 One Monday afternoon one of the larg-
 est children's parties of the season was
 given to raise funds for the Free Schol-
 arship fund of the Montevallo Girls h.
 dustrial school. It was given by three
 members of the Mothers Union, Mrs. A.
 c. Forbes, Mrs w. A. Gunter and Mrs. Frank at the home of the latter, on Clayton street. The features of the oc- casion were a hay ride. a fishing pond, an egg hunt and dancing. prize offer
 ed the child who sold the most tickets
 was awarded to Miss Mary Ellen Forbes. and one offered for finding the most eggs fell to little Miss Griffin. Twenty-Five
 dollars was made.
 The first meeting of the Honey Bees
 was held on Wednesday, when the mem
 bers were the guests of Mrs. J. l. Me Kinney at her home on Monroe street.
 The home was elaborareiy decorated in
 honeysuckle, dogwood, crabapple purple
 wstera and yellow jasmine. The feat
 ure of the decoration was however, beehive embedded in a bower of blossoms
 near which from the chandelier a large bee was suspended This club Is one recently founded by Mrs. Mckinney, and is composed of persons who write or
 have written for publication The en-
 tertainment consists of reading by the writers of their own efforts. written
 either for the occasion or previously.
 On Wednesday, Mrs. w. c. Holt enter
 tained the members of the No Name
 club. The programme was:
 'The Minesingers, by Mrs. James
 Wilcox. "The Neibelungenlied," by Mrs. Montgomery Smith.
 The club contributed s25 to the Free Scholarship fund of the Girls Industrial school.
 Each member gave one book and 10 cents to the travelling library of the | Alabama Federation.
 The guests of the club were Mrs An
 drews of Raleigh, N. C.. Miss Mitchell
 of Alabama City, Mrs. o. r. Gregory of
 Montgomery and Mrs. M. Stokes of Montgomery.
 All the chapters of the Daughters of
 the Confederacy met on Wednesday for | the purpose of eecting delegates to the l coming convention to be held in Tusca- loosa. Those from the Sophie Bibb are l Mrs. ]. A. Kirkpatrick Mrs. R. P. Dex- l ter, Mrs. Margaret Cianton, Mrs. An | drew McNeel, Miss Nella Holt, Mrs. l Larkin, Mrs. L. G. Dawson, Mrs. A. c. l Birch. Alternates--Mrs. Kate Kettles. Mrs. George McCombs, Miss Fannie Mitchell
 Mrs. Charles De Yampert, Mrs. F. P.
 Chaffee, Mrs. John w. A. Sanford Mrs | Lydia Doran and Miss Cheney Those
 from the Cradle chapter: Delegates
 Mrs. J. K. Jackson, Mrs. J. D.
 Beale Mrs. Chappell Cory, Mrs L.
 Drakeford, Mrs. Vincent Fillmore, Mrs
 Jesse Lamar Mrs. S. Hertz, Mrs. Mat | tox, Mrs. Finn and Miss Mamie Bethea Alternates-Mrs. c. A. Lanier. Mrs A | M. Baldwin, Mrs. Ella Brock, Mrs. P. T. | Travis, Mrs. Wm. Hubbard. Mrs. Jack | Walker, Mrs. M. P. Watt, Miss Rebie l Mary V. Gesner From the Secession | Bethea, director; Mrs. ]. G. Finley Mrs | w. II. Andrews. Miss Mary Mcintyre | Alternates-Mrs. w. B. Snodgrass, Mrs. John Dow, Mrs. E. A. White. Mrs. G. A. | Folmar. From the Dixie chapter: Dele | Pinckard, Mrs. Lewis Cobbs Mrs. Vic | tor Hanson. Alternates- Mrs. R. A. | Chapman, Mrs. Halls Janney, Mrs T. NJ I Owen, Mrs. H. P. Chandler.
 l At a meeting of the recently organ
 ized Young Womanis Christian associa- | ton held on Thursday the following off | oers were elected: President, Mrs. w. J. | Black; first vice-president. Mrs. Horace Stringfellow; second vice-president, Mrs w. B. Davidson; secretar.. Mrs Kate