The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28
SEASON UNUSUALLY QUIET HERE IN TOWN Warm Weather Is Bringing
 Many Departures LATE JUNE WEDDINGS Week-End cotiIlons at Nearby coun- try Places Will EnliveE the Sum-
 mer Season-SociaI
 Gossip.

The end of June has brought quietude in the social world. With the exception ef bridge and informal dinners at the club there is little entertaining. Prepara- tons are going on for the usual summer departures for mountain and seashore, for country house and seaside cottage. Birmingham does not, however, have the appearance of desertion that will come later on when town houses w1ll be closed. Highland avenue is still quite alive with smart traps and autos these afternoons, but there is little to chronicle in social way.
 People with house guests for the week are entertaining informally, and there are many who prefer this informal gaiety of the south to it's more formal social life. It is more hospitable, relieved entirely of any social strain, and refleeting much ot the open-hearted hospitality of the south ern people.
 Weekend cotillons at nearby country places will attract many people through out the season.
 A large favor coton will be danced at Blount Springs on the morning ot July i. Many guests will go up for the weekend and the cottage colony prom ises to be usually large this season, while the hotel, which has undergone exten- sive repairs will be crowded for the sea son. Blount is at once the most historical summer resort in this section, politically and socially. Both politicians and belles have been made there and it's prestig } is quite undisputed . MT. and Mrs. Randolph, MT. and Mrs. Edward Deverux Smith are in their cot tases, and many guests have engaged room in the hote', which is now under the management of Mr. M. Clifford.
 MT. and Mrs. Culpeper Exum are en- fertaning several guests at their High land avenue house. Miss Anna Elmore arrived yesterday morning from Mont- gomery, and in the afternoon Miss Ellen semple and Miss Emily Semple of New York arrived, after a visit to friends m the southern part of Alabama. The Misses Semple left New York earlier in the su;a- mer and among their southern visits was a charming stay to their aunt Mrs. J. Kirk Jackson in Montgomery. They are the daughters of Mrs. T. Darlington Semple, one of the brilliant southern women in New York society. Her holse, Lear Riverside drive, is perfectly char m- ing and for many years she has drawn about her many distinguished people to her teas and receptions. Her young daughters, both of whom are very beau tiful girls, have taken a prominent part in society, and the many warm friends Of their mother throughout the south have always felt great interest in them al- though when they left Birmingham 10 le- side in New York they had many years of school life ahead of them. Last year they, with their mother and also with Miss Elnore, passed the summer travel ing abroad
 Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Kinney, Miss Mary Kinney and Hubert Kinney will leave Tuesday for Dayton, O.
 Mrs. E. F. Campbell and Miss Mary Campbell are in New York. and will sail on Friday for Europe.
 Mrs zac Smith will sail Saturday for Europe.
 Miss Marie Smith returned yesterday afternoon after a charming stay in Jack son, Miss.
 MT. Maclin F. Smith has returned from the Virginia military institute.
 Mrs. c. s. Simmons, who is in New York at the Webster, will spend several days this week with MT. and Mrs. Don Bacon at their town house. Since their return from Europe Mr. and Mrs. Bacon s New York house has undergone extensive repairs and some of the new furnishings were selected by Mrs. Bacon while abroad. The Bacons have many friends
 
 the most charming women in society here tor several seasons.
 MT. and Mrs. Wilnam Halls also de- lightful New Workers, we'll known in Br- minghanl, and who have been abroad for two years. will return in August.
 Miss Mary c. Reese has gone to New York to study with Miss Nicholson, and will later join MT. Marshall Fry's classes at Southampton, Long Island. ' Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bradford have returned from their wedding journey and are at home al 1906 Eleventh avenue.
 
 MT. and Mrs. Leonard T. Beecher left yesterday for Ohio
 The members of the William l.. Yancey chapter held their last meeting for the SeuSOn ffludy WlIn hfS. k. w. Ewing. The condition of the chapter is most f1ourishing. Its membership num- bers the high water mark, and all things are most promising for a profitable and useful year with the opening in October. The accompanying picture comprises a group of members who were in the coaches which this patriotic chapter dec orated for the recent reunion floral pa- rade. On the box seat are the president Mrs. Chappell Cory; the first vice presi- dent, Mrs Ernest Redd and Mrs. Louise Bankhead Perry who so gracefully man aged the four beautiful white horses.
 Little Evelina Lanier Redd the great granddaughter of the renowned secession leader and orator, William L. Yancey, for whom the chapter is named, bore in her hands the chapter banner. Others in the party were Mrs, A. A Gaines, Mrs. Leonard Hobart, Mrs Daisy Wendell, Mrs. c. J. Sharp Mrs. Shepherd, Mrs. Agnes Hankenson, Mrs. Alexander Cecil, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. J. c. Carmichael, Mrs. o. Atkins, Mrs. T. U. Walters, Mrs