The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
SOCIETY,".
BY ANNIE PERRY REID.
Bell Telephone 1897.
FOR MRS. MCCORMACK
AND MISS SHELBY.

Mrs. Lewis Minor gave beautiful
George Washington tea yesterday after
noon at her home on Tenth avenue,
south, in honor of Mrs. Hugh Pendelton
Mccormack and Miss Mamie Shelby.
The entire house was attractively deco
rated with the national colors, large
American flags of bunting, and the chan
deliers were covered with red, white and
blue shades.
All of those in the receiving party
wore costumes in keeping with the times
in which Washington lived, and had
their hair powdered.
In the library, Miss Mary Ruth Nc
Lester. Miss Mary Long, Miss Maibelle
Roden and Miss Laura oliver served
punch. A canopy was formed of Ameri-
can flags and under this canopy the
punch table was placed.
In the dining room the table was per-
fectly beautiful, in the center of the table
being a large vase of cherries growing
on the branches with the foliage, the
crystalized cherries being served from
George Washington" hats. The bonbons
were in white and red.
were served from silver trays. From the
chandeliers were hung red and white
hatchets, and to the ends of the tables
broad streamers of red, white and blue
ribbons were tastefully hung, and were
attached to silver caHdelabras at the
table. These candelabras were shaded by
the red. white and blue tissue paper
shades.
Mrs. Minor was assisted by Mrs. NC
Cormack. Mrs Smith Cullom, Miss
Mamie shelby, Miss Lillian Moore, Mrs
Hunter Smith, Miss Carter Warren ana
Mrs Henry Deane, and received the
guests in the paror Mrs. S. H. bedpet-
ter, Miss Mollie Nolan, Mrs. ROBERT
Hemphill and Mrs. S. l.. Ledbetter were
in the receiving hall. Mrs. ]. T. Harwell
Mrs. / b. Raulston, Mrs. Henry Hlden'
Miss Virginia Eiden, Mrs. A B. beath
Mrs. Robert McLester, Mrs. G. G. Moore
Mrs. ]. w. Mcqueen, Mrs. G. b. Meteor
mack, Mrs. c. G. Davis and Mrs. M. d.
circuit served in the dining ROOM
Mrs Minor looked like a miniature
who had lust stepped out of the frame
She wore a beautiful Powered brocaded
wore a white tulle tissue. She is a beauti-
full woman, and looked unusually well III
this costume. Mrs. Hugh Mccormack
wore a lavender silk tissue with fiounces
and bertha Of real black lace. Mrs. Nc
Cormack is the daughter of DIR. Samuel
Perry She was formerly Miss Anne
Perry, and has always been considered
one of the brightest and most attractive
women in any community that she has
lived Miss Mamie Shelby, the other
guest of honor, is an unusually pretty
type, having blue eyes and brown hair.
She wore becoming frocl1 of pink en-
broidered null. Miss Shelby has num-
Der of friends i'm the city as she has
frequently visited here as the guest OF
her sister, Mrs Henry Dean. Miss Carter
Warren wore a white chiffon dress with
red gloves; shoes and stockings, and an
old fashioned necklace of corals. Miss
Lillian Moore wore a yellow satin and
| lace Mrs. Hunter Motion Smith wore a
| pink silk null made empire and trimmed
with white passementrie; with this she
| wore a polk bonnet of gold braid and
| pink roses Mrs s. l.. Ledbetter Wore
white chiffon and lace. Mrs. Robert
Hemphill wore gray silk with touches of
| blue. Miss Maibelle Roden wore a gray
voile trimmed with lace and blue velvet
ribbon. Miss Mary Long wore an old
! rose silk trimmed with Irish point lace.
! Miss Laura oliver wore white not over
| silk. Miss Mary Ruth McLester wore a
white voile with a large white picture
hat. Mrs. j. r. Harwell wore a black
lace robe with real lace tissue caught
at the neck with an old fashioned minia-
| ture. Mrs. M. ID. Orcutt wore a lowered
! silk with touches of pink. Mrs. Henry
! Hiden wore white Swiss and lace Mrs.
]. B. Raulston wore a Powered silk. Miss
! Virginia Hidden wore a Powered chiffon
with blue as the predominating color.
Mrs. A. S. Leath wore a Powered chiffon
and lace Mrs. Jones G. Moore was in
white wolfe and lace. Mrs. j. w. Nc
| Queen was in white lace.
During the afternoon about 400 guests
| called,