The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-09
GOOD WORK FOR
HILLMAN HOSPITAL
Women of Temple Emanuel
Donate Linen TO the Hospital
SOME SOCIETY NOTES
The Treble clef Club Rehearsins for
Concert, Which Will Be a Bril-
liant Event of the Sea
son-Personals.
SOME SOCIETY NOTES


tributes more generously than the Tenn
pie Emanuel chapter, The chapter re-
Gently gave one hundred dollars worth
OF linen to the hospital. Everything that
was donated is ready for use, and while
| the present wants of the hospital were
| supplied, some of the linen has been put
In reserve The hospital was badly in
| need of linen, and the surplus funds of
the chapter could not have been put to
| better use.
The chapter has only sixty-three mem
bers, but they work with the greatest en-
| thusiasm. Mrs Samuel NJ. Adler is pres
ident of the chapter and Mrs. Joseph
! Slaughter is the secretary.
The Treble Clef club is holding weekly
rehearsals for the approaching concert
which will be given ON the evening Of
March 81. at the Country club. OF
| Madame shotwell-Piper, one Of the solo
lists for the evening. Il New York critic
| says:
Few singers have come into public favor
so completely and so rapidly as has Mime
| Shotwell-Piper. the young American so
prano. Madame Piper, who made her de-
but only four years ago at the big New
| England festivals, scored such a striking
success at that time that her engage
nent to appear in New York with the
! Symphony orchestra, under Walter Dam
roseh. followed Immediately. and within
a surprisingly short time she found her
SELF firmly established. Subsequently
! Madame Piper sang with the Thomas or
| chestra, and now she is touring the south
and middle west under the direction Of
| Loudon G. Charlton. manager of Madame
CTadsd. David Bispham and other artists
or the foremost rank
| Madame Piper is said to have a fine,
| ringing, well placed voice, combined with
| undoubted temperament and charming
personality. Her voice is of excellent
| compass said the st. Louis Mirror,
| dramatic in quality, but capable of being
| nodulated to suit the most delicate can
table passages, and of sufficient power
and volume throughout. She employs at
| times chest tone with excellent effect"
The marked interest in Madame Piper S
| recital indicates that the singer Will re-
celve n reception such as she deserves.
Query CabantsS, the handsome little
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward II. Cabaniss,
entertained a few neighborhood children
| yesterday afternoon the occasion being
his sixth birthday. The bright afternoon
| gave the little folk an opportunity to play
| ON the wide terraces and they made pic
| turesque groups in the bright sunshine.
| Within they gathered about an artistic
table. the candles lighting 1t being shaded
I'm pink and the birthday cake holding
six pink tables. Bonbons and the ices
served in the prevailing tints made the
little party one of the prettiest of the
week.
! The ladies of the West End Baptist
church will give a moving picture show
at the church, Hawkins street station,
tonight
| Miss Emma Leedy entertained on
Wednesday evening, the guests including
| the members of the house party recently
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hun
ter Mayberry at River View
OF interest to Birmingham is the fol-
lowing:
| The friends of Adjt Augustus Drum
/ Porter of the First Pennsylvania regl-
nient of volunteers will read with inter-
est of his engagement which has just
| Dten announced IN New YORK, Inc First
| Pennsylvania spent the summer of 9es
at Chickamauga park and Mr.. Porter was
| one of the most popular men in the organ
| ization. He IS to be married after Easter
| to Miss Ella de Ruyter. who is a daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. John de Ruyter.
| She Is a descendant of Jorn de Ruyter
| the old Dutch admiral. Her mother held
very enviable position in the best So
| ciety of New York, and her charming
| hospitality is remembered by many. Mrs
| de Ruyter, who died about seven years
ago, was Miss Nettie Cromwell daughter
| of the late Charles T. Cromwell of Man
| nersing Island, in the Sound near Rye
Mr.. Porter's flancee is therefore descend
ed from two OF the Oldest families in
| New York
Little Heustis Clark is i'll at the home
of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Huntington Clark
Mrs. James Weatherly will entertain the
Cadmean Circle this afternoon.
The clionian club will meet with Mrs.
Richard Fell.
Miss Hassie Meadows is visiting her
parents at Cotoosa.
MIS-. hoDerl CHADWICK is IN Memphis.
The Edgewood club will meet this aft
ernoon with Mrs. A. n. Ballard. 1105 North
Twenty-fifth street at o'clock.
Miss Edith Bowron has been selected
sponsor for the Classical school in the
basketball contest tonight. Her maids will
be Miss Kathleen Nixon. Miss Eleanor
Matthews Miss Mary Campbell, Miss Ma
rion Robinson and Miss Dora Somerville
The University Military school will have
as sponsor Miss Bessie McCrossin, whose
maids will be Miss Carol Montgomery,
Miss Dorothy Orr and Miss Addie Smith
Mrs Robert McI.ester was the hostess
guests were Mrs. Dow OF Michigan: Mrs
Chiles Clifton Jewell of Mississippi: Mrs
Leila A. Lopez and Mrs. Louie Hart; Mrs
Lewis Minor. Mrs. ]. T. Harwell. Mrs
William Nevins. Mrs. S. l.. Ledbetter
Mrs. r. II. Carter Mrs Jones G. Moore
Mrs. lack L. Nabers, Mrs. george B.
Mccormack, Mrs. Charles G. Brown. Mrs
Benson Cain. Mrs Charles DeBardeleben
The prize. a handpainted PLAGUE, was
won by Mrs. Lewis Minor.
The Young Ladies' Aid society of the
Westminster Presbyterian church will
give an old fashioned spelling bee at the
residence of Mrs. j. D. Head, 1919 North
Twenty-fourth street on Friday evening
the 9th inst
The Clionian club will meet this after
noon at o. clock with Mrs. Richard
Fell. 2004 Huntsville avenue.