The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
N EWS IF THE WEEK
 IN SOCIETY WORLD
Bal MaSque At the Club Will
 Be Very Brilliant
.PRE-LENTEN SEASON NOTES
Musieales and Bridge. Parties at the clubs-Lenten Lectures Are An nouneed-Engaeemen
 and Soeials.y

The delights of masquerading seldom appreciated outside of the' pleasure loving south, finds expression in balls of splendpr and beauty in many south ern cities. In those cities Vyh ere mas querade balls have become traditional these annual events are replicas of pre- ceding balls, no moVe splendi,s, nor less beautiful.
 Society here must naturallye turn to the gay balls of the carnival cities for much of it's inspiration, and this is not difficult since these balls have been so frequently attended by Birmingham people. Almost every one has mem ories of the carnival balls in New Or leans, and if the bal masque4 to be danced at, the club on Tuesday evening is not a small replica of some of the famous balls danced elsewhere in bril- liant past seasons it will not be the fault of the costume makers.
 Delayed orders were tebegraphed out last night, and the ball room of the club house will present a dazzlingly brilliant scene when thes ball opens. From beneath hundreds sof dainty masques will sparkle bright eyes and not even the masque will always con ceal the tantalizing smile ,of the masker.
 All the guests will be en ma asqpe. Ad- ditional orders were received last night by a Birmingham tailor who wited for a number of handsome costumes4 Mod istes have been busy for weeks and pretty women have been deep in the dainty mysteries of masques.
 An interesting series of lectures will be given during the Lenten season un- der the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the General Sumter chapter having made arrange ments with Mrs. Kinney, the head of the coprs of army and navy nurses, to deliver several lectures in Birmingham
 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith is chairman of the committee which is in cor respondence with Mrs. Kinney, who is widely known for her splendid work in the field of the army nurse.
 Mrs Kinney will give five lectures on the subject of the care of the sick in the home.
 Women throughout the world are in terested in modern methods of nurs- ing. It is safe to say that in no branch of materia medica have such complete changes come as in that appertaining to the care of the sick. Upon the trained nurse of today rests the great est responsibilities, and her services are in such demand that the training schools of the hospitals cannot supply this increasing demand. Birmingham has more than once experienced a famine in nurses made at a time when the modern methods of nursing meant more as a prevention of contagion than the visits of the physician. But it is not only long seiges and epidemics that demand the modern and sanitary methods. but in ordinary illness. in the daily and systematic care of the pa tient suffering from minor causes. Fly genie nursing Is a subject upon which every woman should give close study, and the lectures of Mrs Kinney will afford an opportunity that should be fully appreciat ted by hundreds of women in this city.
 Tickets for the series may be secured from members of the chapter The first lecture will be given on March 4, and