The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-12
LENTEN TOPICS GENERAL BRILLIANT DINNER PARTIES
 ENTERTAINING AT CLUB; BELLIES AND BEAX IN MAY POLE DANCE

 Earle. Invitations to the wedding and | also for the reception were issued to sev- ] eral hundred guests and the cards were l also enclosed. The wedding will be Of | interest to a large circle of friends.
 Mrs Charles H. Koenig of Houston, | Tex, is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Harry | Lee Koenig on Highland avenue. | Miss Mamie Stephens will ieave the lat | ter part of this week for Catasauqua, Pa, where she will spend the summer with her aunt, Mrs. George Davis.
 The Rev. J. c. France of South Pitts | burg. Tenn. will conduct the Il o'clock services at St. Mary's-on- the Highlands \ today.
 | The ladies' auxiliary, division 9 of A. O. | H.. will give a grand Easter ball April | p at Knights of Columbus hall A cor | dial invitation is extended. There will | also be a euchre for those not wish ing to dance. Handsome prizes will be | given.
 Mir and Mrs John T. Slater announce | the engagement of their daughter. Bertha | Vert to <Mr. Giles Bradley Bond of | Chattanooga. the wedding to take place June l at St. Johns Episcopal church, | Selma.
 Mrs. W. J. Rankin left yesterday for | Edgefed, s. C., where she was called l by the illness of her sister-in-law At the concert at the Southern club this evening from 7:30 to 10, the Calman or chestra will present the following pro- gramme:
 Overture. Berlin in Smiles and Tears. Conradi. Selection, The Duchess of Dantzig, Caryll.
 Suite of Town, A. and B.. Bepdix. Selection, Le Petite Due, Lecoque. Fantasia, An Enemy to the King, How son.
 Medley. New Hits Harry van Tilzer.
 Serenade, Hearts Secret, Diamond.
 Selection. Fra Diavolo, Auber.
 Waltz, Return of Spring. Waldteufel.
 March from Athalia, Mendelssohn.
 MT. and Mrs. Evan R. Jones have is- sued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Agnes Mortimer. to Mir Wal ter Richard Sanders, on the morning of Thursday, April 23, at Il o'clock, at Christ church, Tuscaloosa.
 Mrs. E. L. Higdon will entertain the
  at 2:S0 o'clock at her residence in Wood lawn.
 An Easter egg hunt will be given on Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the residence of Mrs. William Redd, the pro- ceeds from which will go to the Second Presbyterian church.
 The following chapters have sent in the names of the delegates who will repre- sent them at the convention of the Ala bama division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, which meets in this city May 13 IA and 15.
 Those having friends among the num- Der whom they desire to entertain, are requested to notify Mrs. W. K. McAdory, 1920 Euclid avenue, chairman of the guest committee:
 Dixie chapter, Montgomery: Mrs. War ren F. Dent, Mrs. J. G. Winter, Miss Olivia Arlington.
 Alexander City: Mrs. Vara Walker, Mrs. T.. H. Streit
 Prattville: Mrs. Julia A. Pratt, Mrs. Joseph Sanford, Mrs. Mary Mims.
 Newbern Miss Mary Ella Pollard.
 Scale: Mrs. John E. Henry, Mrs. F. M. Brannon. r
 Tuscaloosa: Mrs Ellen Peter-Bryce, Mrs Rose G. Lewis, Mrs c. M. Max well.
  Hrs. J. W. Cunningham.
 Opelika: Mrs. A.. L. Dowdell, Mrs. R. l.. Sanford.
 Ozark: Mrs. R. M. Bowling, Miss Allie Garner.
 Troy: Mrs. Lon White, Mrs L. M. Bashinsky.
 Albertville: Mrs. E. NJ Espey, Mrs. Mary Bradley
 Athens: Mrs Charles La Croix Mrs. M. K. Clements.
 Auburn: Mrs. B. B. Ross. Miss Mary E. Reese, Mrs. Andrew Buchanan.
 Belle Nina: Mrs. Helen B. Hayes, Mrs. b. P. Garrett.
 Blocton: Mrs. Eugene Reynolds, Miss Lilly Pratt.
 Camden Miss sallie Jones, Mrs. J. Miller Bonner.
 Decatur: Miss Catherine Armstrong, Miss Julia Walden, Miss Sallie Houston.
 Ensley: Mrs Hollingsworth.
 Gadsden: Mrs. w. A. Hamman, Mrs J. w. Cox.
 Greensboro: Mrs. Leila J. Otis. Mrs. Mary G. Pickens, Miss Mary Apsey.
 Jacksonville Miss Mary Sargent
 Livingston: Mrs. R. B. Galloway, Mrs. c. W. McMahon.
 Montgomery, Soph.e Bibb chapter: Miss Mary kirkpatrick, Mrs J. A. Kirkpat- rick, Mrs. L. G. Dawson, Mrs. l.. B. Whitfield, Mrs. R. P. Dexter, Mrs. G. IT. McCombs, Mrs. F. G. Tayloe Miss Pauline Hauseman, Mrs Bibb Graves.
 "The permits heretofore granted to persons to sell flowers on the sidewalks were revoked. and two applications for new ones were denied,' says a writer in San Francisco paper.
 The above tiny item appeared few days ago in the court notes and I won- dered where were the eyes of the Outdoor league, the California club, and other public spirited women that they let the notice pass without mention. Don't we all remember, few years back, the great protest that was made all over the city when the supervisors ordered the city vendors from the sidewalks? No, no!' cried the voice of the people, leave us one of the most picturesque features of our city. Leave us the 10-cent punches of volets, the carnations, the roses. Leave us the Italians and their pretty, pretty flowers" The papers were full of interviews with prominent club and society women and public men, who expressed their indig- nation at the punishment of the sidewalk flower sellers. remember one pathetic little para graph contributed by working girl who said she had a sick mother, and every day she brought that mother a