The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The holiday sales closing yesterday have been signally successful. Many women have availed themselves of the oppor- tunity of purchasing handmade pass, anrons. cushions, and the innumerable dainty and useful things now essential to the complete furnishing of the boulder. Those women who have worked for weeks on the articles for the bazar have been fully compensated by the patronage or the week, and in a number of handsome drawing, rooms, where the sales nave been conducted, the tables and booths filled with attractive articles, and tho throngs of feminine shoppers" has been il very busy and interesting scene. Draw ing room sales are immensely popular everywhere. particularly just before Christmas, or Easter, and 8 number Of prominent women in Birmingham and elsewhere, have graciously lent their houses for these purposes.
 Tho ladies of the St. Johns Methodist church have met with great success at their bazar which they arc conducting at Bynum's on Third avenue. One of the shop windows has been beautifully dec- orated and arranged with number of pretty and useful articles and the ladies have been exceedingly successful in dis posing of them.
 A holiday sale, under the auspices of the Kings Daughters, will open this morn ing at 10 o'clock in the kindergarten rooms of the Margaret Allen school Beautifully dressed dolls, and artistic and useful articles suitable for holiday gifts will be sold. Homemade candies will also be for sale. The Kings Daughters have recently made a gift of handsome piano to the Young Women's Christian Association. The proceeds of the bazaar will be devoted to their work for the association. No organization in the city has worked with more enthusiasm and interest than the Kings Daughters, which for several years has raised funds through it's annual bazars, for hospitals to which 1t has contributed most gen. erously.
 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith has returned from Athens, where she attended the D. A. R. conference.
 Mrs. J. D. Matlock has returned from Montgomery. where she attended the conference for school improvement.
 MT. and Mrs. Solon Jacobs have named their little daughter Virginia.
 Mrs. E. NJ Tutwiler will entertain at luncheon today for Miss Bessie Jemison
 Doc l,a turned from Macon, Ga.
 Mrs. ". H. Nevins was hostess yes- luncheons of the season. Covers were laid for F. The table was beautiful in all it's appointments. The hand-painted china being the work of the hostess. The decorations were in Melior vases and car nations. The place cards were hand painted Dutch heads. Those enjoying the hospitality of Mrs. Nevens were. Mes danes Belle Mooar, B. F. Tyler, J. T. Harwell, c. F. DeBardeleben, Tom Ellis, J. c. Henley, Harry White, John Minge, Hunter Smith, Zack Nabers.
 MT. and Mrs. c. II. Fortman of Helena, Mont, arrived yesterday on long visit to their mother, Mrs. Fallon and sister, Mrs, T. w. O'Byrne, at their residence, 2217 Seventh avenue, north.
 Miss Blanche Fortman of Helena, Mont, Is the guest of Miss Alice Fallon at 2217 Seventh avenue, north. She arrived yes- terday and intends to stay in the city sev- eral days.
 
 Dr. H. A. Emens and bride of Trinity, Ala, are guests at the residence of Mrs. w. J. Duncan, 1915 Eighth avenue.
 The Ladies' Auxiliary of Birmingham Council No. 172, United Commercial Trav- erels, will give lunch at Fowlkes &s Myatts grocery, l12 North Twentieth street from II to o'clock, Saturday. De- cember 2. All good U. c. T. men and their friends arc invited to come and get something good to eat.
 AlbertuIls. December 6.--(Special.) J. Quite . pretty double wedding took place in the Msthodist church here at s o'clock yssteeday svsnins, the contracting parties