The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
MONTGOMERY.

Montgomery, December 26-(Special.)-
 Monday afternoon Miss Fannie Matthews
 entertained the Tintagil club at her beau-
 tful home on Moulton street. Mrs J. L..
 Hall entertained the Tuesday Card club
 on Tuesday. Mrs. John Hastings compli-
 mented with a card party her sisters
 Mrs. Burch of Prattville, and her friend,
 Mrs. Minderhout of Marion Wedesday.
 Mrs. John Kohn entertained the Smart
 Set Card club, when her beautiful little daughters handed the Thanksgiving score cards, handpainted in turkeys and pump kins. On the same day Miss Virginia Norwood entertained the Spinsters' Card club.
 Thursday the Standard club gave, in the evening their superb opening ball in the handsome club house which was open- ed last spring with a brilliant reception, called a mouse warming" The grand march on Thursday evening was led by the president. MT. Alex Rice. with his wife. The costumes were surprisingly elegant and tasteful, the supper boun- teous, and the whole affair one of the most brilliant social functions in the an- nals of Montgomery. Mrs. Lewis Cohbs entertained the Ionian club on Thursday morning, when the subject was Washing ton Irving. Miss Raouls treasures of original letters and Salmagundi papers were exhibited, and Mrs Charles Cole man. the great-grand-d daughter of "So- phe Sparke"--as Irving called Mary Fair lie-read from these manuscripts
 Dr. and Mrs I1ffingham Wagner have issued invitations to a reception Wednes- day evening, November 30, when they will introduce their beautiful young daughter. Miss Fife May.
 The Beauvoir club are extending invi- tations to their opening reception, Friday, December ?, and the ladies are planning superb toilettes for this occasion.
 State Library association was organ ized on Monday in the reception hall of the Carnegie library with a membership of fifty. Among the speakers were the four ladies, Miss Laura Elmore. librarian of the Carnegie library here; Mrs Kate Jarvis of Selma. Miss Calen of Monte vallo and Mrs. F H. Happer of Mobile Dr. Phillips of Birmingham made a most practical and inspiring address, and Dr. Herbert Sayre of the State University faculty formerly of Montgomery, read a most scholarly and interesting paper on the development of libraries The gover- nor and other distinguished men spoke.
 A conference of ladies was held at the Carnegie library Tuesday afternoon to discuss and plan for a League for Civic Betterment, and the initial effort received promptly the most cordial editorial com mendation and support of the city press The following ladies are the pioneers of the movement: Mrs. Walter Fisk, Mrs Charles Coleman, Miss Daisy Smith, Miss Jennie Hereford, Mrs. C. L. Moritz, Mrs. Willie Durr, Mrs. Sidney Weil Mrs Leon Well, Miss Fannie Mathews, Miss Ander- son of Washington, Ga, Mrs. Lila Little, Miss Meyer Miss Hurter. Mrs. Claude Cobbs, Miss Frances Griffin. Mrs. John A. Rice and Mrs Clifford Lanier.
 A mass meeting of women was held in the council chamber on Friday to protest against the displacement of the Fountain Court Square, and the erection of sky-scraper office building on the site. The patriotic and literary societies and the unclubbed women were represented. All terribly in earnest.
 Miss Eunice Burkhardt and MT. Ross Edwards were manfred Wednesday in the Clayton street Methodist church.
 Mir. and Mrs. Rollins announce the mar riage of their daughter, Mary Lee, to MT. Arthur Armstrong, Tuesday December G.
 number of society folks of this city were in attendance at the brilliant we'd dlng in Prattville, Tuesday evening" of Miss Adelaide Northington and Mir John D. Mcqueen, when Miss Willie Browning Haralson of Montgomery was one of the bridesmaids.
 Among Birmingham visitors here are MISS Enlu carter with MISS Halle Mat thews Misses Mamie and Lida Harris with Mrs. George E. Stovall, MT and Mrs. E. N Spence with Dr. and Mrs. Chl- ton Thorington. Miss Katie Birch and Miss Chiffon, and Miss Aurelia Mark stein with Miss Nell Hirsch.
 Other visitors are Miss Elizabeth Haley of Colrmbiana, Miss Fife May Corran of New Madrid, Missouri; Mrs. Godfrey Goldman of New Orleans, Mrs. Henry Moritz of New York; from Annlston. Mrs. William Stringfellow with Mrs. Hor- ace Stringfelow. and Mrs. Cook with her Mrs. Hardwick Ruth; from Au- gusta, Ga., Miss Annie Sandford with MT. and Mrs. J. D. Burk; from Savannah Ga, Miss Sadie Edwards with Mrs. J. c. Boothe from Garrettsville, Ohio. Miss Hazel Boardsley with Mrs. Leslie Gill bert. and among Montgomery women out of town are Miss Grace Halls with her sisters, Mrs. McLoud of Selma; Miss