The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-29
SOCIETY.
BY ANNIE PERRY REID.
Bell Telephone 1897.
A. T. o. BALL AT
THE COUNTRY CLUB.

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The ball given at the Country club
Thursday night by the resident members
of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity of
Birmingham was one of the most brilliant
events ever given in the city.
There were about 12o couples who took
part in the dancing and nearly as many
spectators.
At Il o'clock the grand march took
place and was led by Mr.. Forney john
ston, assisted by Mrs. Johnston
The walks were tastefully decorated
with smilax and evergreens and festooned
with moss from southern Louisiana.
On all the side walls were hung the
college penants some of them being sew
eral feet long and made of exquisite tex
lures.
AS the young ladies' entered the club
they were given a piece of blue ribbon,
on which was their name and also beau
tiful Alpha Tau Omega stickpin.
Punch was served in the library from
an deliberately decorated table. In the
dining room was served a salad and ice
course.
On the dining table was a large vase
of the fraternity's favorlte flower the
Tea rose. surrounded by sailed almonds.
bonbons stuffed dates and erystalized
fruits.
Coffee and sandwiches were served in
the private dining room.
During the evening the representatives
of the various colleges got together and
gave their college and frat" yells quite
as enthusiastically as they had in their
college days.
The visiting young men had their
names, their chapters and their colleges
written on their shirt fronts so as to
fasicilitate introductions.
The patronesses acted as hosts. They
were as follows: Mrs. w. d. Nesbitt, Mrs.
W. E. Fort. Mrs E. NJ. Tutwier, Mrs.
j. b. Rylance, Mrs c. J. Barr, Mrs. Vas
sar Allen, Mrs. Forney Johnston, Mrs.
L. C. Bradley, Mrs. r. S. Munger, Mrs.
Oscar Hayes Mrs, J. II. Frye, Mrs. c.
l.. Williams. Mrs. Brett Brown, Mrs. l..
c. Brown, Mrs. J. f. Berry Baugh, Mrs.
d. H. Brown, Mrs. r. Il. Chadwick, Mrs.
j. c. Carmichael, Mrs. L. A Crumley,
Mrs. T. b. Clements. Mrs. ]. r. Dew
y,
Glenn. Mrs j. w c. Johnston, Mrs. j. S.
Jemison, Mrs w. S. Lowell, Mrs. I. 5.
McCarty, Mrs. j. C. Pugh, Mrs. w. ID.
Smith, Mrs Motion Smith, Mrs. S. j.
Sheppard Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Woodson.
Among the beautifully dressed women
were Mrs. w. D. Nesbitt in gray silk;
Mrs. Forney Johnston in a lace robe over
silk; Mrs. j. ID. Dabney in black lace;
Mrs. Duglas in black crepe de chine; Mrs.
Jack Johnston in blue taffeta; Mrs. John
Warren in white lace; Mrs. j. l.. Drennen
in pink chiffon and lace; Mrs. ]. c. Pugh
in pink messaline; Mrs. Ed. Werner in
blue crepe de chine; Mrs. Brett Brown
in white crepe de chine and lace; Mrs.
r.. E. Woodson in yellow chiffon and
lace; Miss Marion Hamilton in yellow
satin and lace, made empire; Miss Mary
Kirkpatrick in blue silk; Miss Sadie
Elliott in black lace with touches of red;
Miss Grace Andrews in pink messaline;
Miss Myrtle Cook in white chiffon; Miss
Lucille CASTOR in white crepe de chine
and lace; Miss Henrietta Wilcox in white
lace Miss Vernon Marks in pink silk;
Miss Roberta Hawkins in blue silk with
trimmings of pastel roses; Miss Bessie
Brown in white chiffon; Miss Virginia
Means in white chiffon; Miss Martha
Dabney in white with touches of blue;
Miss Helen Hume In pink silk; Miss Bessie
Jemson in blue silk; Miss Sadie Gillespie
| in yellow with trimmings of brown; Miss
Mary Gillespie in embroidered chiffon
over Powered silk; Miss Nellie Nabers in
white embroidered chiffon with pink
roses: Miss Mary Danner of Mobile in
| white chiffon embroidered in lilac: Miss
katherine Leach of New Orleans in blue
chiffon with pink rosebuds; Miss Mary
Ruth McLester in red crepe de chine; Miss
Emma Ives in white silk net over blue
| Miss Reba Powers in pink silk; Miss Hell
en- Clayton in white crepe de chine and
lace: Miss Sadie Allison in blue silk;
Miss Louise Walker in blue silk; Miss
Laura Brown in blue messaline; Miss Jen-
ME Bridges in blue silk; Miss Elizabeth
Mooar in white chiffon and Lace Eulame
Gaudin in white silk; Miss Linley Gra-
ham in yellow chiffon; Miss Hermoine
Brown in an invisible plaid chiffon with
bands of ribbon; Miss Clara Kronk in
black chiffon; Miss Lucy Williams in
blue silk; Miss Alice Moore in white
lace; Miss Sophia Wittichen in pink en-
broidered silk.