The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01
GAIETIES IN
 THE WORLD OF SOCIETY

MT. and Mrs. Ross C. Smith gave Halloween dinner last evening at the Country club in compliment to MT. and Mrs Culpepper Exum. Owing to the number of guests the private dining room was not used, the guests being seated at long table in the spacious cafe. Ap- propriate to the season the decorations every where suggested Hallowe en. The central decoration was a huge pumpkin filled with fruits and about midway the table on either side were filled with gor- geous yellow chrysanthemums, while at each end were smaller pumpkins filled with fruits. The place cards for the ladies were handpainted witches and for the gentlemen were miniature devils Attached to each dinner card were clever verses of Halloween. Some of them were:
 Spirits wise and might
 Secrets yelled now bring to light
 Now until the break of day
 Through this house each fairy strays."
 Another couplet was. Now about the
 
 ring" while other couplets were, "Un- locked the spirit world doth lie to night"
 "Tll charm the air to give a sound
 While you perform your antics round.
 The club house was decorated in au- tumn leaves, great branches of them in their richest tints through which shone iap pls fo1a apta u,hi 1iphtg where were softened with the Halloween colors, weird, fascinating in their strange beauty. The details of the menu carried out the Halloween idea. The bouillon was served in pale colored flames and the ices were served in pumpkins. The Callman orchestra played during the din- ner, the feature of which was a fortune teller who appeared on the scene, a note having been sent in to one of the bache- Tor guests requesting permission to read his future professional fortune teller was engaged for the evening and the guests gathered about her in the reception hall and learned their fate.
 Mrs. Smith looked charming in an ele- gant dinner gown of pale yellow chiffon cloth. The skirt was finished with hand made tucks, running lengthwise and the corsage was rich in an applied design of jewels, while the sleeves were inset with a wide band of lace and finished with narrow accordeon plaitings.
 Mrs Exum's dinner gown was of chif fon cloth in salmon tint most becoming to her brunette beauty. The skirt yelled In chiffon over taffeta, was trimmed with real lace applied with handsome tucks which shaped into a handsome train, while the lace was also applied on the seams and caught at intervals with silk balls in the salmon tint. The bodice trimmed with real lace had an applied design in gold embroidery, folds of chif- ion and silk balls giving it finish. The grdle of taffeta was fastened with jew eled buttons She wore a necklace of solitaires.
 Among the invited guests were Mir. and and Mrs. Crawford, MT. and Mrs. Fulen- wider, MT. and Mrs Tomlinson, MT. and Mrs. Haskell, MT. and Mrs. William Mudd Walker, MT. and Mrs. Miller, MT. and Mrs. Raul, MT. and Mrs. Earle. MT. and Mrs. Gray, MT and Mrs. Jemison, Gen eral Rhodes, Miss Moody, Miss Kate Smith, Miss Dawson, MT. Porter, MT. Ramsay, Mir. Robert Brown, Mr. Wilson Brown, MT. Musgrove, MT. Harrison of Atlanta.
 Major and Mrs. J. r. Hanson of Macon, Ga., were expected at the dinner, but were prevented from being present.