The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-07
YESTERDAYS EVENTS IN SOCIETY WORLD Mrs. Conner Gives Luncheon To
 Highland Book Club NOTES HERE AND THERE Over 200 Guests Attend Buffet Lunch con at Which Mrs. Conner Enter
 tains at Her Residence
 In This City.
NOTES HERE AND THERE

Mrs. 49raxton Bragg Comer's buffet lunch- con yesterday to the ladies of the High land Book club was beautiful and bril- liant occasion, assembling over 200 guests at o'clock. Mrs. Conner, who has re- gently returned after passing the winter at Naples and in Havana, Is looking most charming from her long stay in southern climes and to the delight of her countless friends is very much stronger.
 The many guests were received in the drawing room, Mrs. Conner welcoming them there, while in the immediate re- ceiving line was her daughter, Mrs. Frank Holland Lathrop, Mrs. J. E. Elliott of Toronto, Canada, Mrs. Frank Majors and Mrs Electromagnetic Conner ITS. Conner was beautifully gowned in lowered lisse in the orchid tints, empire in design, and finished with real lace
 The house. so palatal and admirably arranged for entertaining, presented a scene of brlliancy. The decorations were of cut flowers. An orchestra gave a charming programme and it was between and o'clock before the long line of autos and carriages was broken.
 Punch was served by Miss Eva Conner. who was picture in lovely white gown, with scarlet wreath in her hair
 The coffee tables were in the library and in the dining room an elaborate hot buffet luncheon was served, the bon-bon table having for it's central decoration a bowl of lilies, while white tapers burning in old brasses here and there throughout the house made an artistic picture. The Highland Book club membership includes nearly 30 of Birmingham's most representative ". men, They made up a distinguished receiving party, and seldom in the social Afe of this city has there been so brilliant and gracious d hostess entertaining so many bright women as guests of honor.
 MT. H. c. Ky. Ing and Miss Ryding are at home at 14OO South Nineteenth street. They are charming English peo- pie and have made many friends since coming to Birmingham.
 MT. and Mrs. Rutherford have returned to New York after visiting MT. and Mrs. Prfestly Toulmin They expect to sail later for Europe, and have been passing the winter in Nassau.
 Mrs. J. H. Phillips will spend the re- mainder of the week in Columbus, Miss. The wedding of Miss Margaret Almeda Swann to pr. Oscar Clarence McCarn took place yesterday afternoon at 5;30 o'clock at the residence of the brides parents. MT. and Mrs. P. Wilson Swann, near Statesville, N. c. Dr. McCarn and his bride expect to reach Birmingham this afternoon and will be at home after May F at Blossburg. rhe bride has many friends in this city, where she formerly resided, and MT. McCarn is also we'll known in this city.
 The open meeting of the Clonan club this afternoon at the residence of Mrs Mark B. Lewis will be a delightful oc- casion of the week.
 Friday night at the Bijou next week will be Arab Patrol benefit night" The Arab Patrol of Zamora temple, Mystic Shrine, has bought the house from Man ager Semon for the occasion.
 Dream Iity' is the musical comedy in which Little Chip and Mary Marble will appear. Friday night promises to be the banner night of the season. The shriners will attend in a body, accompanied by their ladies' occupying a section of the orchestra floor and the boxes. The house will be appropriately decorated for the occasion and each lady will be presented with refreshments of some kind. The Arab Patrol will appear in their new uniforms reception committee and will see that everyone has big time on this night. Tickets are on sale with members of the Shrine and indications point to a record-breaking house on this night
 The following tribute from the Mobile Item will be deeply appreciated in this city:
 "In the Magic City, at the top of Twen- tieth street, in the city proper, stands Capitol park. Ambitious Birmingham men. when they first laid out the p'
 set apart a large plot of ground
 they declared the future caIN f state would be erected. Birmings has thriven and grown into a wonderfully great city, yet the state capitol, the cradle of the Confectionery" is still in Montgomery, where it will ever remain.
 But in that beautiful piece of ground, whether state building is ever erected there or not, stands today something which in our mind is greater tribute than 100 monuments to the people of Bir- mingham. It is not monument to some great warrior, or statesman, poet or priest, artisan philanthropist, or victim of cruel monster of violence. It is a statue to a woman-the first, if we are rightly informed-ever erected in Ala bama to a woman.
 Miss Mary Cahalan early in her young womanhood chose the honorable and difficult task of a school teacher. Step by step the splendid school system of the Magic City improved, and to large tent this was due to the untiring efforts and energy of this beautiful Christian