The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-28
YESTERDAY EVENTS
 IN SOCIAL WORLD The Week Has Been Filled
 With Smart Events THE PRE-LENTEN PARTIES Beauties of Society Much Interested in Designing Costumes for the Jap anese Ball to Be Danced
 in February.
THE PRE-LENTEN PARTIES
TIE GRAY coTILLoN.

Mir. and Mrs. Henry Bramlette Gray sent out their invitations yesterday for their Japanese cotillon which is to be given on Thursday evening, February 8, at the Hotel Hillman. The guests of honor will be Miss Gillespie. Miss Catch angs, Miss Slater Miss Clifford Miss Thompson and Miss McLester, a group of beauties in the social world who have been very prominent in the winter gaietles and who recently created even more of kuror when they were posed In the Christy pictures.
 The guests at the cotillon will include the young people and the dancing con tingent among the married set and this means all the fashionable dancing world. Ever since Mrs. Gray announced that her winter ball was to be a costume affair so ciety has been immensely interested. The belles and beauties in the social world have been in conference with their mo- cistes regarding Japanese fabrics, and they will be swarthed in the most bril- liant and in the softest silks, the Japanese costume admitting of the most picturesque possibilities. Elaborate in gorgeous dra- gons and rich with ehrysanthemums, wys- tera and cherry blossoms the costumes for the cotillon will be exquisite and be- wldering in their beauty, and it will be like g. scene from the Darling of the Gods"
 Coiffieures are to be arranged after the Fashion of the daughters of Nippon. Deli cate fans will be used In the construction of these elaborate coiffieures, and those rare painted things from the fowery Japan will be brought out for this CO., tllon. The effect will be enhanced by close attention to even the smallest detail. Eye brows will be delieately arched, eyes will be almond In shape, cheeks the color of nd In khere will be nothing to suggest an Ameri- can party beyond the conventional even ing dress of the men. Mrs. Gray has wise iy excused the men from attempting fancy costumes, knowing the elmost positive aversion that the average man feels when he is expected to wear fancy dress. Even men of leisure have been known to rebel when they knew that fancy dress was ex- pected of them, and a number of we'll known bachelors have expressed them selves as greatly relieved a Mrs. Gray's sensible decision.
 Society has attended many smart lunch cons and afternoon affairs the past week. but there were no evening parties beyond the small informal dinners. The dinner dance at the Country club last evening brought out the dancing set, and was, as usual, delightfully."- informal, dinner being served in the cafe and the ball room being filled soon afterward with both the people who were out for dinner as well as a number of others who arrived later at the clro house. The dancing classes are held weekly at the club, Wednesdays having been selected as the most conven- lent evening.
 Among the elaborate events of the week was Mrs. Kettig's luncheon on Tuesday in compliment to Mrs Corinne Futile and Mrs David Thompson. It was given in the private dining room at the Hillman,