The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-12
MISS VIRGINIA CLAY WRITES OF A. M.
 "DEGREES" TAKEN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Miss whyte Among those invited were Mrs. M Y. Washington Larendon, Mrs. Eugene Philbin, Mrs. Garland Whistler, Mrs. Alva IL Doty, Mrs. Robert Ludlow Fowler, Mrs. Donald Mclean, Mrs John G. Carlisle, Mrs. John c. Calhoun, Mrs. Eugene Sykes Mrs. James Claiborne, Mrs. George Gordon Battle, Mrs. Charles Gilmore Kerley, Mrs. Livingston Rowe Schuyler, Mrs. D. M. Thompson, Mrs. Hugh Garden, Mrs. Rodger A. Pryor, Mrs. John A. Jackson, Mrs. Richard II. Springs, Mrs. Robert Clew Jones, Mrs. Thomas Sizer, Mrs. Edwin Shields, Mrs. Walter S. Logan, Mr. Robert McClan- min, Misses Logan, Miss Rees Senator and Mrs. Lindsay, General Joseph Wheeler, MT Walter Drennen, MT. Perry De Leon, MT. Charles Ritchie Ward, Dr. Fielding Taylor MT. Walter Taylor, MT Clyde Wise Portlock, MT. John Sar- gent Wise, Jr, MT. Hollister Logan, MT. George M. Gates Mir. Richard Evans, Lewis Woodruff, MT. Dandridge Spots wood, pr. Boiling Lee Mir. James Lind say Gordon and Dr. Catesby Jones'
 Mir Walter Drennen of Birmingham sang at a recent recital given in the East room at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York. The programme included a group Ol SoHBS Dy hOTDdY, liiu iioiiti AN0AAAS, while the gem of the occasion was said to be a new song by MT. Drennen, en- titled Whispers of Heavenly Death
 Mrs. George N Hartman was the so- prano of the afternoon, and, with Mr Drennen, sang a duet by Goetze The patronesses included many of New York's fashionable women, among them being Mrs. John Winthrop Almy, Mrs. w. Allen Bartlette, Mrs. Samuel Cor I ner Beckwith, Mrs Charles c. Cowen, Mrs. Charles H. Davis, Mrs. Leon Dar- | gin, Mrs. George De Forrest, Mrs Nor | ton Evan Evans, Mrs. George H. Eddy Mrs. Walter Hgley, Mrs. Samuel Has, | sell, Mrs. Charles Harrison, Mrs. Henry
 C.. Jackson, Miss Leary, Mrs. Frank L. Moore Mrs. Donald Mclean, Mrs. James Henry Parker, Mrs Charles H. Post, Mrs. John Darricott Reynolds, Mrs. Ed
 ward Sturgis. Mrs, Theodore Sutro, Mrs Josephine Walton.
 The luncheon at which Mrs. Henry Clifton Abbott will entertain Friday af- ternoon, at ? o'clock, will assemble eighty-four guests and will be a beauti- 1 full event. Mrs. Abbott will be assisted in receiving by Mrs. Harry Jones, Mrs. l.. Sevier, Mrs. Dan Greene, Mrs. George Whatley, Mrs George M. Morrow, Mrs. c. II. LeSourd, Mrs. May Fitzpatrick, Mrs. George B. Bates, Mrs. Anderson Bates, Mrs. LeRoy Holt, Mrs. J. w. Young, Mrs. D. B. Anderson. Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. J. W. Farrier, Miss Me Knight, Miss Josephine Mcknight Miss Willie May Bates.
 Elaborate preparations are being made for the colonial tea to be given Satur- day afternoon, April 25, from 4:30 to 6;S0 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. J. Nor man Brooks. The tea will be under the auspices of General sumpter chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, and the proceeds will be devoted to the Continental hall fund.
 A limited number of invitations will be issued in the old English style, and a delay on the part of the engraver has | caused the date of the tea to be changed from Saturday, April IS, as originally planned to the following Saturday: The receiving party will include every member of the chapter. The Daughters will suggest in their powdered coffeures and patches" the beauties of the colon ial period, and every Daughter is re- | quested to follow, as far as possible, the style of dress in vogue at that time | The weddings of Easter week will in- clude that of Miss Mary Eugene Moore and Mr. William Keller, Jr., of Talbot ton, Ga, which will be solemnized on Tuesday afternoon, at 2:3O o'clock, at the residence of the brides sister, Mrs. Peter B. McKensie. The ceremony which will be performed by the Rev. J. H. Thomas of Talbotton, will be witnessed by the relatives and few friends, and MT. Kel- Ter and his bride will leave immediately for Talbotton.
 Miss Claude Hill McKensie will be Miss Moores maid of honor. and MT. Neid McGhee of Talbotton will be best man. The wedding will be preceded by dinner Monday evening, MT. and Mrs. McKensie entertaining in honor of the wedding party.
 The marriage of Miss Mary Virginia McCrossn and MT. Andrew Jackson Reil- ly Jr., will take place Wednesday morn ing at o'clock, at St. Paurs Catholic church. The Rev. Father o'Reilly will perform the ceremony, MT. Reilly and his bride leaving immeoately for the south.
 Miss McCrossin's maid of honor will be Miss Virginia Fallon, and MT. Reillys best man will be Mir. Paul Reilly.
 A series of dinners will precede the wedding.
 Among the prettiest events of the week will be the card party given by Mrs. Thomas V. Boardman, Tuesday after noon, at o'clock, and at which she will entertain over a hundred guests.
 The decorations will be typical of the spring season, and Mrs. Boardman, who Is one of Birminghams most charming hostesses, will be assisted in receiving by Mrs Harry Jones, Mrs. Richard Ran dolph, Mrs. John B. Reid, Miss Reid, Mrs. Canty Johnson. Miss Amy Jordan, Miss Levert, Mrs. I. F. Young, Mrs. T. D. Parke, Miss Ala King, Mrs. A. H. Ben ners, Mrs. Robert Stone.
 Mrs. Frederick Watkins Dixon will en- certain Wednesday afternoon in compli- ment to Mrs. Henry Williams Fowlkes and Miss Amy Jordan, the occasion to | assemble fifty guests.
 The guests are expected to bring two kitchen receipts and the details of the