The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN WORLD OF SOCIETY Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Give
 Dance for Young People HOLIDAY EVENTS BEGIN Christmas Festivities in Many Homes For the Young Folk Who Are
 Spending the Holidays in the
 City-Announcements.
HOLIDAY EVENTS BEGIN

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 At their beautiful home on High land avenue Mir and Mrs. S. E. Thomp- son entertained at a dance for yodng people last evening in compliment to their young daughter, Miss Helen Thompson, and her cousins, MT. Henry Cheny and MT. George cheny of De- troit, Mich. The occasion assembled the school girl and boy set, and was characterized with much picturesque ness in the decorations, besides being the iolliest kind of dance. The Thompson residence, spacious and beau tifully arranged, makes the entire low CT floor quite like large ball room, the immense living room a most de- lightful place for holiday dance.
 Adding to the attractive interior were the Christmas decorat tions. Crimson bells were suspended between all the sliding doors, and beneath the arches, and southern smilax was used in the picturesque decorative effects. It was 1ti tetllil9 OHt Ol lue DIlSDleSI ana DTGl- tiest of interiors that greeted the guests, and the welcome extended them by the beautiful young hostess one of Birmingham's loveliest girls, made this initial dance of the week the gayest and prettiest of winter events.
 There were between 70 and 50 guests.
 The extremely indictment weather which ushered in the holiday season had little effect upon the joyous home- coming of young folks who have jour. neyed home for the Christmas season. There has been perfect exodus from the universities in the south, and as far as Virginia, Maryland, Fennsylva- mia, New York, New Jersey and even from the western universities, Chica- go, and elsewhere, many college men there has been constant stream of ar rivals for the last few days.
 This alone would mean a happy Christmas, and the whole world is frightened by this spirit of good cheer so evident in the greetings of happy young folk. All of the entertaining of
  the Christmas season will be inspired by the school girl set, or the uniVer- sity set, a combination quite ire sistible. and the week from their point of view will be most interesting so- cially.
 The arrivals of most of the univer- sity set have been already oh hronicled. The dates for the holiday dances have also been announced.
 On Christmas Day the Southern and Country clubs will keep open house in compliment to the visiting Yale men. some fifty in the Glee club. Plans for the whole week are entirely suhser- vient to the ruling Christmas set.
 Lient. George M. Morrow. U. s. A. has arrived for the week, and is the guest of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. George M. Morrow, at Glen Iris.
 lieutenant Morrow is a member of the artillery corps. stationed in Boston, anc will return north the latter part of the week. He is being cordially welcomed by his numerous friends
 Mir Walter Hood of Lexington. Va. expected to return to Birmingham for the holidays, but was prevented by social and business engagements.
 Mrs. J. c. Motley has returned from F'aunville.
 Mir. and Mrs. Forrest are the guests of Mrs. Hubbard.
 MT. Eidredge Fletcher of Madison is the guest of his sister Mrs. J. E. Frazier.
 MT. Frierson is the guest of Mir. and Mrs Dan McCcnough for the holi days.
 Mrs. George Curry will give a mas querade party on Thursda evening il compliment tc Miss Orlean Barnett.
 Mrs. Lamb will give a luuche on on Thursday to her young daughter, Miss Roberta Lamb.
 Messrs Henry Altemus company of Phil adelphia publish a series of little booklets in which various authors epigrammatically air their views on the great and the lit- tie matters of life.
 One of the best of these and one dealing directly or indirectly with the greatest matter of all--that duplex problem pre- sented by woman and marrage-is Regi- nald Wright Kaufman's book having the antithetical, title, "A Bachelors Guide to Matrmony@ There are bright things and dull ones in these pages, fresh