The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-15
NEWS IF THE WEEK
 IN WORLD OF SOCIETY
Miss Brown Gives Progressive
 Dinner to Miss DiCkerSon
SOCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Basketball Games at the Athletic Club To Be Followed By a Dance In the Gymnasium.
 Social Gossip.

Yesterday afternoon Dr. Edward How ard Griggs delivered his third and fourth lectures in the special course at the Hlgh school auditorium, the subjects respect lively being "Victor Hugo," and 'Thomas Carlyle.p The audience, made up mostly of women, was large and appreciative
 The lectures were not only delightful to listen to but they were distinctvely h- luminating. pr. Griggs, after giving philosophio review of the French revolu- tion and its effect on civilization, por- trayed Hugo with characteristic glow as a poet, a dramatist, a leader, political and moral, and man of letters in gen. eral, proceeded to point out his limitations as an artist and a novelist.
 In his lecture on Carlyle Dr. Griggs began by saying that the great Scotch Englishman felt the influence both of the French revolution and the Kantian philosophy from which all modern meta physics takes root. With singular clear ness the speaker explained the teaching of Kant and then gave an analytical dis cussion of the author of "Sartor Re- sartus."
 pr. Grigg's course concludes this aft
 
 ? "Tolstoi" The Emerson lecture will be- gin at 2:SO o'clock No one who can ap- preciate an intellectual treat should fail to be present.
 Miss Bessie Brown gave 0 brilliant pro- gressive dinner party last evening in com pliment to Miss Wilcie Dickerson and MT. Frank Jones, the dinner guests in- cluding the members of their wedding party. The decorations carried out the colors of the wedding, white and gold, white and yellow chrysanthemums be- ing used artistically. Each table was decorated with them, and the candelabra shaded with the same colors, completed the color scheme.
 Miss Dckerson and MT. Jones were seated at the central tables where the decorations were entirely of white chrys- anthemums. White tulle, caught to the chandelier above. was drawn down to large cut glass vase filled with gorgeous chrysanthemums, where it terminated in bows, and the shaded candelabra made a most beautiful effect. The dinner cards were handpainted in brides roses and wedding bells.
 Miss Brown wore a very beautiful din- ner gown of pink panne velvet. Miss Dickerson's dinner gown was of pale blue messaline. the princess lines of the gown accentuated with the panels of pompadour silk which also was let in the sleeves and the corsage, the French laces in the pastel shades of blue, pink and lavendar adding to the beauty of the gown. .
 Miss Bess Holdridge of New York, the guest of Miss Dickerson, was in pale yellow messaline. Miss Catherine Verde rey of Augusta, Ga. the house guest of Miss Brown, wore yellow chiffon cloth.
 The dinner guests-Miss Dickerson, MT Jones, Miss Ellen Dickerson, Miss May Collins, Miss Bessie May Thompson, Miss Sadie Gillespie. Miss Nellie Nabers, Miss Marjorie Weatherly, Miss Holdridge of New York; Miss Eugenia Smith of Pratt vile; Mr. Houston Davis MT. Ted Joy, MT, William Curry, Mir. Jack Asbury, Mir. Edward Jordan MT. Richard flaw Mir. Robert Gregory, MT Tracey Lay, Mir. Arthur Chenoweth, Mir. Bert Savage, Mir Edward oJrdan, MT. Richard flaw kns, MT. Fernwood Mitchell, Mr. Nat Barker
 The Rev. J. w Canty Johnson. Nformer rector of the church of St. Mary s-on-the- Highlands, and Mrs. Johnson are now in Charleston, $. C. The many warm friends ! made by them during their residence in Birmingham continue to miss them and