The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN WORLD OF SOCIETY Morning CotiIiOn Danced At
 the Southern Club MANY AF TERNOON EVENTS Yale Men Entertained at Formal Re- captions and Their Visit To Bir-
 mineham One of Great So-
 ciaI BriIIiancy.
MANY AFTERNOON EVENTS

A morning cotillon was danced yester- day at the Southern club over 100 guests dancing. and the occasion was character ized with the seasons hospitality and good cheer It was not until after Il o'clock that the cotilIon began. It was led by MT. Edward Jordan, who intro duced number of pretty and graceful figures.
 After the cotillon eggnog was served down stairs. In the smartest of Christ mas toilettes Birmingham belles and beauties assembled at the club, where, after the cotillon, they found little time intervening between the social engage ments of the afternoon and evening. Among the guests at the club were MT. and Mrs. Hubert Drennen, MT. and Mrs. Johrn T. Yeatman, MT. and Mrs. Carl and Mrs. T. H. Aldrich, Jr., MT and Mrs. Spalding, the latter among the prom inent arrivals for the winter
 Among the young women dancing were Miss Fannie Dunn, Miss Jennie Trimble, Miss Weatherly, Miss Willie May Bates, Miss Hamilton, Miss Ware, Miss Elliott, Miss Bessie May Thompson, Miss Cruik- shank, Miss Pillow, Miss Mary Gillespie. Miss Sadie Gillespie, Miss Edna Moore, Miss Barden and Miss Coleman.
 It was a disappointment that the mem bers of the Yale Glee club did not arrive in Birmingham in time to attend the club cotlllon, as it was intended to entertain them immediately upon their arrival. While the cotillon was over when they reached the city several Yale men were at the club before beginning their after noon calls.
 By o'clock the Christmas calling be- gan, many auto parties being made up, and the fashionable avenues quite filled with motors speeding clubward or stopping here and there to deliver belated Christmas gifts, or for the occupants to make a short call. The day was so charming that motoring was quite deli cious and rather hurried calls were made so that the rest of the afternoon could be spent in driving and in order to fill the many dinner engagements of tine evening.
 Brilliant among the events of the after noon was the informal reception at the residence of Colonel and Mrs. R. H. Pear son in compliment to the members of tho Yale Glee club. The occasion was re- plete with Christmas cheer and holiday gaiety. Receiving with them were a group of young women.
 Among those receiving were Mrs. Bridges, Miss Annie Pearson, Miss El- len Lynn Motion, Miss Helen VanHoose Miss Anna VanHoose, Miss Florence Weatherly Miss Marjorie Weatherly, the Misses rGaham, Miss Sholl, Miss Addie Norton, Miss Cruikshank, Miss Pillow Miss Mary Campbell, Miss Timberlake Miss Evans. Miss Wheelock, Miss Gehrs, Miss Leedy, Miss Bridges, Mis- McLes- ter, Miss Bessie May Thompson.
 MT. and Mrs. Walker Percy also re- to the visiting Yale men, the afternoon being one of charming social brillancy. At the prettily appointed tables placed on the veranda, enclosed with canvas, were groups of charming young women, while within the house the hostess was assisted by bevy of beautiful girls.
 Among those receiving were Miss Ellen Percy, Miss Belle DeBardeleben, Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. Kettig, Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Badham. Miss Moody, Miss Dunn, Miss Cobbs, Miss Elliott, the Misses Graham, Miss McLester, Miss Mary Ware, Miss Willie May Bates, Miss Hamilton, Miss Lizzie Morris Mason, Miss Mary Gillespie, Miss Sadie Gillespie, Miss Ruby Munger, Miss Eleanor Matthews, Miss Florence Smith, Miss Hardie, Miss Anne Earle. Miss Nellie Nabors
 Miss Katherine Earle will entertain the Nineteenth Century club on Tuesday aft ernoon instead of Wednesday.
 The Country club was also the scene of Christmas dancing party last evening, a subscription dance being given by a number of the younger dancing set. There were over 100 guests. Coffee and punch were served during the evening and the occasion was one of the most de- lightful of the week.
 There were a number of eggnog parties yesterday morning among the young mar ried set People who had house guests entertained with informal Christmas eel ebrations, and there were many family reunions.
 The following from Town and Coun- try" will be of interest to the Birming- ham people who feel an interest in the engagement of Mrs. William Bailey Thomas of Mobile and Lieutenant Com mander Mark Bristol, United States navy:
 For Mrs. William Bailey Thomas the fiancee of Lieutenant Commander Mark Bristol. Father Gleason gave a dinner on board the flagship Connecticut. The host, who Is one of the most scholarly of the chaplains In the navy, entertained the company with some witty and original verses, and among the guests who helped to make the dinner a merry affair were Lieutenant Cronan, whose cleverness has been well displayed at the gambols of the Lambs in New York: Lieutenant Castle man, who excels as an imitator, and Lieu tenant Ralph Earle, who has "a fortune in his voice. and who will doubtless cheer his comrades on the Journey around the Horn.
 Last night MT. Clement R. Wood and Miss Leila E. Wood gave theatre party to the concert of the Yale Glee and Mandolin clubs at the High school. The following couples assembled at the Will