The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-03

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 The Creehe will meet this morning at 1O:9O o'clock at the residence of Mrs. J. T. Nixon.
 The Agathos club will meet this after noon with Mrs Frank H. Bell in her apartment at Terrace Court.
 The card party to be given by the William l.. Yancey chapter, United Daughters of the Confederaey, will take place in the cafe at Terrace Court this afternoon This promises to be one of the most charming events of the week.
 MT. and Mrs. J. D. Moore will enter tain the members of the Jones-Moore bridal party this evening after the rehear- sal at the church. Their other guests will be only the family connections. The Central School Improvement asso- citation will meet this afternoon in the High school building at clock. A full | attendance Is urged.
 | The Ladies' Aid society of the West End Baptist church will give barbecue to- i day on the lawn back of the church l on Tuscaloosa avenue and Hawkins street at the old school house In Elyton. 1 Band No. 1 of the Home Missionary society, West End Methodist church, will serve an oyster luncheon and dinner from 1 F m. to 10:30 D. m. on November 6, at the residence of Mrs. T. s. Miner. 1 Members of the Treble Clef club are asked to note a change in the time of meeting. The club will meet tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Allen school. full attendance is desired. | as important matters will be discussed. | The Highland Book club will meet to- | morrow at Il O clock instead of the usual earlier hour with Mrs. E. K. Campbell as | hostess.
 A heavy downpour of rain yesterday l afternoon between and o'clock did not deter all of those who wished to attend the opening of the Gold Lion Tea Room from doing so. However, there promised to be a throng of guests and the indictment weather was regarded generally as a decided misfortune. In spite of the storm a number drove In during the hour of the reception and found the pretty cafe aglow with light | and cheer. It's cosy interior presented d festive scene with it's profusion of palms. potted plants and flowers artistically grouped so that it was almost veritable garden. The quaint little tea cart, which is a recent innovation, was wheeled lightly among the guests, burdened with the fragrant beverage and dainty waters. | Mrs. E. G. Stevens, who is the mana ger of the tea room, Is always graci- ous hostess. Notable among those who visited the Gold Lion yesterday were Mrs. Algernon Nelson, Mrs. Henry B. Gray Mrs. William T. Kettig, Mrs. Braxton Bragg Conner, Miss Eva Conner, Mrs. Frank H. Lathrop and others.
 Afternoon tea will be served daily throughout the winter. The tea room will be left just as it was yesterday after noon as many who failed to go because of the rain will go today instead.
 Invitations to the informal reception Friday evening, given by Miss Mabel Moore and Miss Lucille Moore in compli- ment to -,liss Minor and MT. Long, have had to be recalled because of the death of Mrs Walker, the groom's grandmoth- CT. Several other pre-nuptial festivities cannot occur because of this bereavement in Mr. Longs family. They include a luncheon to have been given Saturday by the bride to her maids, linen show CT by Mrs Morrison and dinner which MT. Long planned to give Monday even nig to his groomsmen.
 It has been learned with a great deal of interest throughout the state that Mrs. Thomas M Owen will succeed Mrs. J. M. DeCottes as editor of the society page in the Montgomery Advertiser. Mrs. De- Cottes, as was announced last week, has assumed charge of a paper which she will no doubt conduct with. the success that has marked her career as writer.
 Mrs. Owen is one of the most brilliant women in Alabama. She has been prom inent in southern journalism for years, having been a constant contributor to Nseveral periodicals in addition to free lance work. Her charming stories in Uncle Remus' and in the "Tayor-Trot- wood" magazine have created much ad- hiring comment She has also written a play which is said by critics who have reviewed it to be exceedingly meritorious. She is at present in New York, where she is experimenting the staging of her play. The Advertiser Is to be congratulated upon securing the services of one who wields e pen graceful, tactful and force ful and who is personally an acquisi- tion of whom it may be proud.
 Mrs. Benjamin F. Atchison of Louis- vile has announced the engagement of her niece, Miss Virginia Lee, to MT Louis E. Bryant of this city, the wedding to take place in January.
 An enlistment day tea was given yes- terday afternoon at the Southside Bap- tist church in the basement. It was a charming affair and was attended by a number of members of the congregation and of the church societies.
 An attractive tea table was festively decorated. It was covered with ex- quisite bit of Mexican drawnwork and bore large bunch of brides roses in the center, and dainty bon-bon dishes filled with pink and white hints. Tea and wafers were served by Mrs w. D. Or cutt, Mrs. Loy, Mrs. J. B. Deyer and Mrs. Mcdonald
 The hours of the tea were from to 5 o'clock and proved most pleasant.