The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-16


 PsssrNG or A PROMINENT WOMAN.
 To many friends in Alabama was sor- row brought by the following para rraph in The New York Herald an- nouncing the death in New York Of well known and highly esteemed Ala bama woman.
 The Herald said: "Entered into life eternal, Tuesday, August Il. Pauline McRae DuBose. at her residences, ss East Twenty Second Street. Notice ef funeral hereafter. Alabama papers please copv."
 For many years the home of Mrs. puRose has been the noted center for a large number of prominent Alabama people, where all from her native state have received warm welcome. 0Ae was a woman of noble and cuiturea bearing and came of race ot oistin- sxuished ancestors. Mrs. DuBose was formerly Miss Pauline Mchae or Ma rengo County, a daughter Of MT. and Mrs. McRae. who were among the early settlers of Marengo County. They were among the French refugees driven from San Domingo during the insur- rection, in the early 30's. They owned vast tracts of land and were enormous ly rich, Their home at Prairieville was the seat of culture and refinement Mrs. McRae was a woman of rare charm and intellect. the echo of whose graces has reached the student of Ala hana's social side of the present day She was a woman of the old school who shone with luster under tho regime ef her day.
 Mrs. DuBose, whose death The New York Herald chronicles. was a bril- liant woman of many accomplishments She was gifted panist and vocalist--a woman the charm and magnetism of whose presence was always felt by her friends whom she loved to gather about her.
 Mrs. DuBase had made her homo in New York for about ten years. The news of her death brings sorrow to many hearts in her native State, where she was greatly beloved and highly es- teemed. -s
 MISS SYKES ENTERTAINS.
 Miss Ethel Sykes entertained deligh<- fully at her home on Lawrence street on Friday evening. when her guests were the members of the E. P U. Club and a-number of other friends.
 The home was adorned in a profus sion of palms. ferns and cut-fiowers, whose blossoms added color and fra grance to the background of green,
 A guessing contest: "The Tale of the Trees" was enjoyed, and the girls prize, gold pin, was won by Mss Dor- othy Graham. and the boys prize, a beautiful silk handkerchief, was award ed to Master Ligon Henderson or Rome. Ga.
 During the evening fruit nectar was served by Miss Phillippa Weir and MISS Annie Sykes.
 Mss Sykes was assisted h receiving and entertaining her guests by MISS Katherine Johnstone.
 Among the young people present were Misses Fannie May Chestnut, Florence Harris. Nellie Wood Wiley, CoTneita crittenden, Mary Manly Elmore, Evelyn Pinkston, Dorothy Graham, P. p. Moore, Gladys Wychs, Annie Warren Homes. Willie Kerlin, Estelle Meyer. Kate Haden, Katherine Johnstone cladys Hudson, Ophelia MeLemore Agnes Marks. Phillippa Wier, Raimer ElIsberry, Frances Waller, Robbie Hails, Mary Pinkston, Ruth Hill, ano Masters: Bowen Henderson, William Laurie, T. J. Miles, Warren Brown. DICK Chestnut, Stuart May. Jack MeLe- more, Mason Handy, Tayler Wyehe, IiRon Henderson of Rome, Ga, Reedy ElIsberry, Jeff Steiner. Clinton Cox. George McAdanus, Barney Walker, Robert Piatt Stout, Carley TatuFn, Samuel Lyons. Joseph Hudson, Gus Gil- her and Benjamin Washeurn.
 LITTLE MISS KING ENTERTAINs.
 Little Miss Elizabeth King was hostess on Friday afternoon when gh Q entertained a number of friends at the home of her parents. MT. and Mrs. M. B. King, on South Court Street :. The occasion was the celebration of the eighth anniversary of her birth day and the hours were delightfully spent in playing croquet. card games, chess and other parlor games.
 The home was adorned for the event in a color scheme of white and pink, roses being the blossoms used to add beauty and fragrance to the back ground of palms and ferns. The ta- ble in the dining room where delicious ices were served was adorned in the pink and white roses and tractngs of green and in the center was the birth . day cake with the eight candles of 2 pink and white.
 The little hostess received her guests in a dainty frock of white lins gerie with fluffy bows of pink rib- bons. She was assisted by her broth CT. Master Leonidas King, and her lit- tie sister, Miss Marion steiner King.
 Among those who enjoyed the hos pitality of Miss King are: Ernest Sandwich, Mabel Sandwich, Dudley Sandwich. Barbara Mckay, Robert Me-