The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
MOBILE SOCIETY.
Many Theatre Parties.

society out CT spell Of the "glooms" which was caused by too much wealth CT of the rainy kind that took complete possession all day of everything and everybody not housed.
 Blanche Bates in The Girl of the Golden West" drew full houses in New York for two seasons and it. is only natural to suppose that she would do a full house business in Mobile for at least one evening. Every box in the Lyric was taken and the orchestra con- tained an unusually brilliant audience.
 The Lyric, which is called the the- atre beautiful, shows on it's audiences too with good effect and especially the occupants of its boxes. for in them the women can wear their largest and most picturesque hats and not give a cent about obstrueting the view of their escorts.
 Mir. and Mrs. Gregory M. Luce gave one of the largest and prettiest box parties of the evening In honor of MT. Jex Luce for the younger set are pret- ty and picturesque. Besides the Luces Misses Mabel Goode. Mary Lane, Hem nie MePhillips. and Messrs. J. B. Da- wis. Frank Adams and George Creary composed the party. After the theatre there was a many course supper com hined with joIly time at the Caw- thon.
 Mir. George Fearn. sr who is one of
 
 party givers. had as his box guests Mrs H. Clay Moore of Atlanta, Miss Rosa Coates. and MT. William Mnto.
 Mir. and Mrs, William H. Monk were responsible for another theatre party, and MT. and Mrs. Henry Clarke. Mir. and Mrs. Robert s. Bacon occupied their box. At the supper afterwards at MT. and Mrs. Monks residence on Govern ment Street, Miss Grace Rockwell and Mir. Lyman Dorgan joined the party. The table decorations were pink roses for thP centre and pink shaded cande- labra.
 MT. 'and Mrs. William c. Carroll and Misses Willie and Marie Louise Carrell were in another box and still another was occupied by Mir. and Mrs. J. M. Walsh and Misses Mary and Bertha Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. George Fearn, Jr., had as their guests Mir. and Mrs E. J. Buck.
 The Cawthon had an unusual num- Der of informal after the theatre sup pers and one of the very nice ones was that given by Mir. Joseph Lyons to Miss Corinna Kirkbride. Miss Dorothy Don- aid and Mir. Elgin Thames.
 Lyric were MT. and Mrs. E. D. Ledyard, Mir. and Mrs. Charles Hall. MT. and Mrs. W. W. Heron, Mir. and Mrs. Hem ry Hall, Mrs. W. B. Thomas Misses Matte Diggett, Mollle Irwin. Mabel Heustis, Nell Hall, Saidee Parker of Anniston, Marie Bush, Mir. and Mrs. w. F. Tebbetts, Miss Reynolds Of Marion Ala. Mrs. Imogene Little, Misses Doro- thy Donald, Grace Rockwell, MT. and Mrs. Norborne Clarke. etc.
 The Daughters of the American Rev. oIution held a business meeting in the Cawthon parlors this afternoon, which because of the indictment weather, had sAIr In af ff1AUnharg nFASAnt. The business transacted was in relation to the amount obtained from the recent Glee Club Concert, which Is to go to the Continental Hall fund. paper on the City of Philadelphia, which was read by Miss Meta Thompson. was in- teresting and bright. and greatly en- joyed.
 It required real sportsmanship and an ardent love of bridge to weather the weather today, for rain coats and rubbers were very necessary artlcIes of dress for the members of the Ham ilton Club, which held its weekly meet ing with Mrs. Frank Davis this after. noon. The prizes. three books. Little Journeys Abroad" Famous Actresses" and "Famous Prima Donnas." were eagerly played for by Mrs. John Coch- ran, Mrs. William Fitts. Mrs. Charles Gazzam, Mrs. Joseph McPhtllips, Mrs. Rittenhouse Moore. Mrs. Syd Robbins, Miss Mabel Heustis, Miss Le Baron Mrs Henry Hall, Jr., Mrs. B. c. Hughes and Mrs w. B. Thomas. At the conclusion of the game. afternoon tea was served.
 A telegram has been received an nouncing the arrival in New York, of Mrs. H. G. Donald, Miss Katherine Donald and MT. Kenneth Donald.
 The University of Alabama Glee Club was again represented in Mobile | yesterday, for MT. Cabaniss aid MT. Stickney spent the day in the city.
 Mrs. Rhett Goods, who has been i'll for some days with the grippe, was | sufficiently recovered to be able to at tend the theatre this evening. 
 | MT. Gregory M. Luce will leave to- morrow evening for New York and will be accompanied by Mir. Jex Luce and chaperone Misses Corrine Kirkbride | and Mabel Goode as far as Washing ion. These two young girls have had | three weeks of holiday from boarding school and have been having a perfect 1 time here. Both are very pretty and | attractive Miss Kirkhride returns to i the National Cathedral School in Washington, where Miss Ethel Roose- | welt is receiving ner euucatiOns ana where Miss Kirkbride. with her unus- nalify delightful manners is one of the most popular girls. Miss Mabel Goode resumes her studies at Miss Summers | in Washington. While here. Miss Goode has been wearing some most becom- | ing gowns and in the after church parade Sunday she was most attract ively gowned in an Alice Blue chiffon velvet gown, with hat to match and with this she wore a light brown fea- ther boa with shoes and gloves tt match.
 There were other departures too on yesterday, which will rob Mobile | society of some of it's most liked rep resentatives, for MT. and Mrs. w. D Stratton and MT. George Ketchum Gag' left for the North. Mir. and Mrs | Stratton will return in about ten days to spend the winter here in the Ketch um homestead, and MT. Gage will re main East at college.
 Mir. Curtis Bush, Jr., has rented tn, Horace Clarke house on. Governmen Street.