The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-16
NEWS AND GOSSIP
 IN SOCIAL WORLD Event of Interest to Visiting
 Methodist Women NOTED MISSION WORKERS Birmingham High School Boys Will Give TalHho Ride Next Friday
 Evenlng--Many Interesting
 Visitors In the City.
NOTED MISSION WORKERS

The event of greatest interest to the visiting women of the Methodist confer ence yesterday afternoon was the meeting at the Eleventh Avenue Methodist church, when Mrs. w. H. Johnson of Texas, Mrs. L. P. Smith, also of Texas. and Miss Belle Bennett of Richmond Ky. gave informal talks on the Home Mission work.
 The church was crowded to It's full ca pacity, and the speakers of the afternoon, whose work Is so well known in the conference was most heartily greeted.
 Mrs. Johnson, who Is one of the most distinguished and interesting women now present among the delegates is the editor 1 of "The Kings Messenger" and superln- tendent of the Rescue Work of the Wom- ans Board of Home Missions at Dallas, Texas. She gave a resume of the work accomplished in her department
 Mrs. l.. P. Smith. who Is the first vice president of the Womans Board, and who represents the north Texas contin- gent, spoke in detail on the work of the city missions.
 Miss Bennetts interesting talk com prehended an outline of all the work in cluded in the term Home Missions,' &C., complshed during the past year by the Woman's Board; the work of the schools and city missions. Miss Bennett the president of the Woman's Board, and woman of brillancy and attractive per sonaiity.
 This afternoon at the First Methodist church, Mrs. Cobb of Nashville, associ- ate secretary of the Woman's Board, and rt,rl,t r.,f11 iva foreign missions
 A charming event yesterday was the morning card party given by Mrs. Henry T Dean. in honor of Mrs John C. Henley. Jr Miss Refs of New York and Mrs. Arthur Stewart of Marion. Fifty guests were present.
 Mrs. Gaylor, who has been visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. David Roberts, will leave the city in a few days for New Orleans, where MT. Gaylor Is now stationed.
 One of the charming visitors in the city at present is Miss Denny of Nash vile, the daughter of Professor Denny She Is the guest of MT. and Mrs. T. '. Walter and will remain in the city for several days longer. Her mother will arrive on Thursday and will also visit Mrs. Walter.
 Miss Smith of Cave Springs, Ga.. Is the guest of Miss Glennie Mosely on Eleventh avenue.
 Mrs. Norman shannon is the guest of Mrs. John shannon.
 Miss Brett Reid left Saturday for Liv- ot,, ttntt hn nln nf the school term.
 Miss Mary Campbell will entertain on Friday week at a ghost party
 Mrs. W. H. Johnson of Dallas. Tex, Is the guest of Mrs. J. P. Jackson. A tallyho ride will be given on Fri | day evening by number of the High school boys for Miss Alethea Wallace. Miss Jeanne Bridges. Miss Evelyn Adams. Miss Lola Rideout, Miss Clara Cronk, Miss Bessie Bigsby. Miss Lucille Jones, Miss Dora Somerville and Miss Eleanor King. The party will be chaperoned by Mir and Mrs Richard Burt and Miss Ala bama King. The others included will be Mir Irwin Welch. Mir. Henry Weiss, MT. Charles Brown, MT. Val Cobb, MT. Err nest Bragg. MT. Wilton Rideout, MT. Percy Green, MT. Theo. Rideuot and MT Ives Streit.
 MT. Edward E. Kersh and Miss Louise Nunnally were quietly married Monday night at the Government Street Presby- terlan church, Mobile. in the presence of only few relatives and intimate friends.
 The sister of the bride Miss Nunnally. acted as bridesmaid and William Teb- betts, Collector of Customs for the port of Mobile. as groomsman.
 MT. Kersh Is the city editor of The Mobile Register and Is well known all over Alabama. The bride formerly resided at St. Paul. Minn., and visited Mobile for the past two winters. MT. and Mrs. Kersh left for a wedding trip on the Mobile and Ohio railway