The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-17
SOCIETY.

SOCIETY. ]
 Col and Mrs. T. G. Bush will receive informally on Friday afternoon from until o'clock in honor of Vice Presi- dent and Mrs Fairbanks.
 Three hundred invitations have been is- sued by Mrs. John C. Henley for her reception to be given from until this afternoon in honor of Mrs. John c. Hen ley, Jr.
 MT. and Mrs. J. C: Maben have re- turned from New York, where they ac- companied their daughter, Miss Betty Maben, who sailed on Saturday for Ma ples Miss Mapen is chaperoned by her cousin, Miss Merchant, and will prob ably spend six months abroad.
 The engagement of Miss Mary Conner to Mr. Mills B. Lane of Savannah is an nounced. the marriage to take place June II. Miss Conner is a niece of MT. B. B.. Conner of this city and has been fre- quent visitor here.
 Mrs Paschal Shook and her little daughter will visit Mir. and Mrs Albert Lynn in Pittsburg next week.
 Miss R. A. Edmonson and her niece Mrs. William Clarke Scott, will leave to- morrow for visit of several weeks at Richmond. Va.
 Miss Leila Adams will leave Friday for Shreveport to visit Miss Clara U Pres colt.
 Mrs Horace Hall has gone to Mobile.
 MT. w. R. Pendry of Great Falls. Mont, arrived in the city last week. He will reside in Ensley.
 Master Basil Clarke, son of Mrs. J. Riv- CTS Carter, has gone to Newport News, Va, to visit his grandmother.
 Mrs. A. DuBoise Bairde of Spanish Hon. duras is visiting her mother, Mrs. Anna Mahan, at Briarfield.
 Mrs. George Woodrow of Bessemer, for merly Miss Myrtle Lee Nell of this city, who has been critically Ill at St. Vincents during tho past week, is now much inn proved and is able to see her friends.
 MT. and Mrs J. G. Putnam have as tteir guests MT. and Miss Putnam from Fayetteville, Tenn.
 Mir ard Mrs. A. K. Lewis of Colorado are stopping with MT. and Mrs. Charles Powell on Twelfth street.
 Cadet Charles Bertrand Powell of the military school at Marion and MT. George Holt of Montgomery. one of his class mates, arrived in the city yesterday.
 A reception at the Mercy Home was keld yesterday, both morning and after noon. The new hospital adjoining the home was thrown open to the public for the first time. A special invitation was extended to the visiting women of the conference, as well as to all others in terested in this important branch of the citys charities. The number of homeless children, orphans and half-orphans who nave been rescued from pitiable condi- tions has increased to fifty
 Miss Etoile Ashford has as her guest Miss Annie Peebles of Mooresville.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Kerns, who have been attending the conference, left yes- terday. They have been visiting Mir. and Mrs. O. l.. Kerns for two weeks. MT. Frank Kerns is the secretary of the Rose bud Foreign Mission society.
 MT. and Mrs. William W. Ramsey of Greensburg Pa, are visiting Mir. and Mrs. Morris Ramsey.
 The Improvement society of Lakeview school had a meeting at the school Tues day afternoon. A mothers meeting fol- lowed the business session. Fruit lemon ade, contributed by the members, and waters given by the Huston Biscuit com pany, constituted the refreshments
 The Sorosis win meet today at o'clock with Mrs A. J. Dickinson. at No. 5l7 North Twenty-second street.
 Nr. and Mrs. C. II. Reed have returned from California where they have been spending the winter
 The First Baptist church Sunday school will give it's annual picnic on Saturday, May 19 The picnic was to have been two weeks ago but was postponed on account of rain The. cars will start from the church at S:30 a. m.
 A meeting in the interest of foreign mis- sionary work will be held at the First Methodist Episcopal church, south, at 4 o'clock this afternoon to which all wom- en in the city are Invited. Addresses will be made by Mrs. J. B. Cobb. associate sec retarv of the women's board of foreign missions. and Mrs Dr. Wainright return eSa missionary from Tobe, Japan
 Today Friday and Saturday lillman Hospital Chapter No. 1 will conduct rummage sale on the corner of Avenue D and Twentieth street in Randall's old store. Donations of secondhand clothing etc. will be graciously accepted if de- livered at the place any time during the three days.
 This chapter consists of less than twen- ty working members and they struggle along, giving to the hospital each month s3O and visiting the hospital weekly with flowers for patients. They now ask for volunteer associate members. These mem- bers will not be called upon for any hn captc In, rtax- ,.f