The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19

| range for the reception to be given during
 the educational conference was held yes terday afternoon in the Commercial club | rooms, when special committees were ap- pointed by Mrs. c. P. Orr, the general chairman. The arrangements were prac tically completed SIS the board of govern
 CTS of the Southern club at the request
 of Mrs. Orr. will open their club house for the reception on the afternoon of April 27
 This action on the part of the govern ing board is considered in keeping with
 the hospitality for which the club has
 been noted in the past and the ladies in
 whose hands the details of the reception
 have been placed were unanimous in their
 expressions of appreciation of the club 5 generosity.
 While the most brilliant entertainments of every social season are given at the Southern club. and many gatherings rep resentative of southern society have been held there the reception to be given m | compliment to MT. Ogden and his party
 and the many other distinguished guests 1 will assemble the greatest number of representative people that have ever been entertained at the club. It's generous hos | pitality, together with the brilliant re- ceiving party of Birmingham women, will 1 insure a cordial greeting to each one of the visitors and the reception will be the
 occasion for Birmngham's most repre-
 sentative citizens to meet personally the l hundreds of prominent visitors. | t.z tf,,I1 Ioa
 orated with palms and flowers, and the
 spring weather will bring into use the wide verandas.
 Receiving with Mrs. Orr and the ladies l of her committee will be the popular
 president of the club, MT. James Weath- | erly.
 Three committees were appointed yes-
 terday and the publication of the names
 of the ladies composing each committee | Is considered a notification of her ap- | pointment. The hour and place of the
 meeting of the decoration and refresh
 ment committees will be announced in | tomorrow's Age-Herald.
 | Owing to a slight misunderstanding in l regard to the meeting of the committee yesterday several women were not pres
 ent. A meeting of the reception com l mittee of which MT. R. S. Munger Is
 chairman was called for this afternoon
 at o'clock in the Commercial club l rooms and some confusion arose In re- gard to the committee of which Mrs. Orr | Is chairman. The two committees are
 entirely seperate the duties of MT. Mun-
 gers committee being to meet the vis-
 itors upon the arrival of the trains. This | committee includes a number or Birming | hams most prominent men. | On Mrs Orr's committee appointed to | arrange for the reception at the Southern club are one hundred women, number | of unmarried women having been asked I to assist in receiving.
 1 Besides the reception at the Southern club, both the Country and Athletic clubs
 will keep open house and dispense the
 week of the conference generous hos pitality. In keeping with the hospitality l of those cities entertaining the confer | ence in the past Birmingham is making | every effort to entertain It's guests and the
 week of the conference will be socially
 most brilliant, with people entertaining at
 
 house.
 The committees appointed by Mrs. Orr
 are as follows
 Music-Mrs. A. B. Loveman. chairman;
 Mrs. A. B. Elford. Mrs. C. s. Simmons. Refreshment committee-Mrs. N D.
 Smith, chairman; Mrs A. J. Riddle, Mrs.
 R. II. Carter. Mrs. A. o. Lane, Mrs. NJ.
 V. Joseph, Mrs. Robert Jemison, Sr., Mrs.
 Henry Milner. Mrs Cole, Mrs. T. D. Parke, Mrs. Charles Nabb. Mrs. Zac
 Smith, Mrs. James Bowron, Mrs. C. O.. Locke, Mrs. D. M. Drennen, Mrs. Bur
 nette, Mrs. Taliaferro. Mrs. F. Y. Ander- son, Mrs. B. r. Moore, Mrs. Quincy Ew- ing, Mrs. R. S. Munger.
 Decoration Commttee-Mrs. E. K. Campbell, Mrs. R. N. Rhodes, Mrs David Roberts, Mrs. B. R. Conner, Mrs. E. w. Barrett, Mrs. T. G. Bush, Mrs. w P Pinckard, Mrs. J. D. Matlock, Mrs. E. M. Tutwiler, Mrs. s. D. Weakley, Mrs. J. w. Tomlinson, Mrs. James Weatherly, | Mrs. S. F.. Thompson, Mrs. J. w. Stagg, Mrs. J. c. Carmichael, Mrs. Robert Jemi-