The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-01

1RALD, WEDNESDAY, JAN
musical will conclude in time for the
luncheon hour, any luncheon parties to
be made up
Colonel and Mrs. Robert II. Pearson
will keep open house this afternoon, re-
| viving the very charming custom of
receiving on New Years day. They wish
it understood that no hours have been
| specified In order that their friends who
| have engagements for the opera this
| afternoon or elsewhere may feel at lib
erty to call as early or as late as they de-
| sire.
The Ewing Armstrong wedding this
| evening at the Church of the Advent will
| be an event of social interest several
| hundred invitations having been issued to
! the church.
! The visit of Mr. and Mrs Spencer Mer-
| chant Maben of New York to their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Campbell Maben, Is
source of much pleasure to their many
| friends. Mrs. Maben on previous visits
! was extensively entertained and she is
a most charming and attractive woman.
Among the attractive young girls at
home from school is Miss Helen Rosa
Randolph, the sister of Mrs. Richard
Randolph. She attends school in Wash
| ington.
| The engagement of Miss Elizabeth
Bowman of Pennsylvania and Mr.. Ben
| jamin Franklin Roden, Jr, of Birming-
ham. recently announced, is one of wide
social interest The wedding has been
set for January Is. Miss Bowman is "a
graduate of Vassar, and Mr.. Roden grad
uated at Columbia i'll the engineering
| department. The wedding will be a brill
| liant event. Miss Maebelle Roden, a sis
! ter of the bridegroom, will be maid of
honor.
| An interesting event of the week was
! the wedding of Mrs. Matte Thompson
Register and Nj. Thomas Hugh Miller,
on Monday evening, at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cecil. The
! ceremony was performed by the Rev.
u. d. Mooney, and was witnessed by a
| few intimate friends. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Miller have many friends in this city.
| There were several informal events
last evening" number of people enter
| tanning on the last night of the old
| year, when toasts were drunk to the
new. While they were no formal gath
erlngs, they were none the less delight
! full. assembling congenial parties here
| and there Several of the guests at the
open meeting of the Highland Book club
went later to other parties, and there
| were some six OF eight dinners of twelve
| or fourteen guests.
| Miss cecile Rotholz, who has been the
! guest of Miss Banch Wolff in Mont
| gomery, has returned.
| Mrs. Charles Calvin and little daugh-
! ter are visiting friends in Gainesville.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Christenberry have re-
| turned to Atlanta.
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Moon of Gadsden
! have returned to their home after
! pleasant visit with friends in this city.
! Mrs. Emma Montgomery and Mrs.
| George Montgomery are visiting at the
| home of Mr.. j. e. Blackwood in Gads-
den.
| DR.. and Mrs Nell Jackson have re-
| turned from OpelilSa.
| Miss Eva Martin of Pickins, Ala, is
| guest at the home of Judge Porter,
| 1910 Eighth avenue, north.
| Mrs. Robert N. Bell entertained few
| young people with chatting dish party
Monday evening, in honor Of her daugh-
| ter. Miss Virginia, who is spending the
| holidays at home. The guests who en-
| joyed Mrs Bells hospitality were Misses
| Olive Haenlett. Norma Hood, Mildred
Bowney Martha Bell Lyman. Carrie
| owen and Pauline Ballard; Messrs.
| Chapman, Ralph Russell, Rufus Bell
| Goode Haenlett, Arthur jenkins and
| wellington Owen. Miss Virginia Bell
| will return to Randolph Macon Woman's
college this afternoon.
| The Misses Eva and Mary Commings.
! who have been the guests of Mrs. T. H.
| Commings, returned to Nashville yes
terday.
| The following is from the Montgomery
| Advertiser: AN out-of-town wedding
| which will interest Montgomerians is
| that of Miss Mary Coleman Armstrong
| and Mr.. Wickiffe, which will take place
| in Birmingham on January /. The BRIDE
elect is a niece of Judge Thomas G..
| Jones and Mrs. Virginia Gesner. Miss
Margaret Dimmick of Montgomery will
| be one of the bridesmaids.
| The North Haven Social club will meet
| Thursday afternoon at o'clock with Mrs.
| E. o. Fisher.
| The Rev. and Mrs. L. II. Jackson of
| Pratt City celebrated their twenty-fifth
| wedding anniversary last night at their
| home on South Fifth street by inviting in
! a number of their most intimate friends.
| The Rev Jackson is the successful pastor
\ of the Methodist Episcopal church in
! Pratt City. He has a gratifying record
| as high school pricipal college profess
| sor, college president and pastor Many
! a young life has come under his moulding
| influence and will be pleased to learn
| that he is still pressing on to success
and victory. Mrs Jackson Is still his true