The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-29

was gwen the past week at the Criterion, in Piccadilly, London. The sextette m- cluded MT. Washburn, MT. Morton B. Howell MT. William Tipton, MT. Cameron Montgomery, MT. Horace Allen and Mr. Guy McCollum.
 The Criterion is among the prominent and one of the most fashionable of Lon don cafes, and the entertainments there are of a high order. The singers are well paid. The audience at the Criterion Is as distinguished and as appreciative as Gov ert Garden.
 An engagement of interest throughout the south is that of Miss Sarah Hodgson of Sewanne. Tenn, daughter of the late Rev Telfair Hodgson, to pr. Oscar N. Toraln of Indianapolis. The wedding will take place September 1g In St. Luke's Me- moral chapel at Sewanee Miss Hodgson is sister of Dr. John P. Hodgson of New York. The recent death of the brides mother will make the wedding 0 quiet one, but no announcement of the summer has been received with greater interest.
 After her husbands death. Mrs. Hods- son continued to take the same devoted interest In Sewanee where the name of her husband Is perpetrated in beautiful and imposing memorials. Mrs. Hodgson' death occurred just before the celebra- tion of the semi-centennial at Sewanee in June.
 Mir and Mrs Crawford Johnson are nt Lookout Inn.
 Mrs. Garner and MT. Tom Garner have returned to Tuscaloosa.
 The friends of MT. Russell Davenport will regret to hear that she suffered a painful accident few days ago at the Alabama White Sulphur Springs where she and MT Davenport have been staying since their return from their wedding journey east.
 Mrs. Joseph R. Smith Is critically III at her residence on Nineteenth street Her condition grew alarming on Tuesday night and the members of her family were summoned. Deepest sympathy is extended them by countless friends. Mrs Smith Is one of the most beloved women
 
 health has been a source of deep sorro r
 Mrs E. T. Taliaferro returned yester- day from Virginia, where she has been spending ten days at the summer home of Dr. Lewis c. Morris In Albemarle county.
 Mrs. William Langley sibley returned
  after spending a few days in town
 MT. and Mrs. Eugene Lester Porter visit at Louisville and Hardin Springs. Ky.
 Mrs. William D. Nesbitt Is in New York where she has gone to meet her parents on their return from Europe.
 Mrs. w. F. B. Davis, who returns from Europe next week, will make a visit to Miss Hazel Dimmick in Philadelphia be- fore returning to Birmingham.
 Mrs. F. c. Stephens Is now in Paris.
 Miss Joe Birdsong of Eufaula Is the guest of friends in Birmingham.
 Mrs. N P. T. Finch and Miss Ethel Finch nave gone east for a stay of q month in northern Pennsylvania Return ing, they will visit Washington and Jamestown.
 Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Joseph and thel. little daughter will sail from Europe Sep tember 4. They have been abroad sev- eral months.
 MT and Mrs. D. B. Goldstein announce the engagement of their daughter, Esther, to Dr. Henry Swedlaw. the wedding to take place October g. At home to friends Sunday afternoon and evening
 Invitations have been received in Bir- mingham to the marriage of MT. Thomas Milton Denson, formerly of this city, to Miss Mildred Louise Orr. at the resi- dence of the brides parents, Mir and Mrs J. Wesley Orr, S)9 East Hancock avenue Detroit The wedding will take place Sep tember 16 at 7:3O o'clock in the evening MT, Denson has relatives in Birmingham and Gadsden. and is extremely popular. He was formerly connected with The Age-Herald. and has many friends here who extend him congratulations.
 Mrs. Lee Cotton. Miss Mabel Mutt and Mss Annie Pettus left yesterday for East Brook Springs Tenn, to be gone for several days.
 A fashionable event of the week was