The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

dinner were the dinner cards, which were done in water colors and represented in miniature the various furnaces in the dis trict. The picturesque ruins of old Tan nehill with '1S52" decorated one of the dinner cards. Garlanded with American beauty roses, the cards of unusual size completed the beautiful details of the din- ner. They were the work of Miss Lucille Douglass one of Birmingham's most tal- ented young artists.
 Mrs. Henry B. Gray, chairman of the patronesses for the charity ball, met with her committee yesterday morning at the residence of Mrs. T. G. Bush Ar engagements for the ball have practically been completed. The 0allman orchestra has been engaged and the details for the decorations and for the refreshments have been dcided upon. Japanese lanterns will be hung about the private park at the club and the club house will be decorated with them. The refreshments will be served al fresco and all .the charming features of garden party will make the evening delightful for those who do not dance, while within the club house the orchestra will present a dance pro- gramme, the ball to be quite beautiful and brilliant, and of course immensely fashionable.
 One of the patronesses for the ball said yesterday that the tickets were being dis. posed of rapidly. They are on sale at the Southern club, at Parkers and at Yeatman & Reynolds. The price of sin gle ticket is $2.50. Mrs. Gray has per- sonally sold over $500 worth of tickets.
 Miss A. L. Williams, president of the auxiliary under whose auspices the ball is given, said yesterday that the work of district nursing is one to commend itself to every philanthropic person.
 "The district nurse Is constantly going among the sick" she said, daily adminis- tering to them. She goes into the homes where there is great physical suffering and to those who are in need of help in many ways. The aged, the little children, no one who needs assistance is neglected. As soon as their cases are reported to the nurse she responds. In the report al- ready published the public can see what a wide field of philanthropy is included in the work of the district nurse, but wish that more was written of the work and it's importance more generally appreciated.
 It seems that it should be a great priv ilege. to. contribute to a fund that is in stantly applied to the alleviation of pain and illness Miss F6rsman. the district nurse, does mores than to administer to the sick. She sets the example of cleanli- ness and ahygienic comfort, and leaves daily lessons on the preparation of simple menus, showing how whole families may live economically and still have whole some diet, if little care is used in preparation.
 Her work is educational. She is deeply interested in all phases of district nursing and is devotng her life to its cause. Since she understook the work she has not been absent. but short time, only few weeks last summer, which she spent in New York Investigating the work there in the slum districts
 At the residence of Mrs Morris Marx on Arlington avenue the Council of Jewish Women will hold an important business meeting this afternoon at o'clock.
 At the residence of Mrs F. H. Andrew 101O Eula street, a meeting of the William L. Yancey chapter children of the Con- federacy will hold an important meet ing this afternoon at 8 o'clock. Dele gates to the convention of the U. D. C. $ will be elected and there will be a. re- hearsal of the childrens chorus for the reunion.
 Several informal bridge parties as- sembled congenial gatherings yesterday, more than one hostess entertaining in- formally, and the usual bridge coteries meeting both morning and afternoon.
 The ladies of the Boys club will cele- brate 'tag day. on April IS.
 In her apartment at the Margaret, Mrs. William Mudd Jordan will entertain the Music Study club this morning at 10:30 o'clock. The subject will be Rubenstein.
 The ladies of the Birmingham Free Kindergarten association are patronesses for brilliant concert to be given by the Glee club of the University of Alabama iu Birmingham on the evening of April Il.
 Unusual social interest will center in the concert. owing to the popularity and prominence of the members of the club, several of whom are from Birmingham.
 MT. Tom Garner, director of the club, also has many friends in this city, and the most cordial reception awaits the members of the club. r,.
 i. In those cities where the club has ap- Yeared the artistic excellence Of the pro- gramme has made the concerts the most attractive events of the season. and so- cially the visit of the Glee club has been made the occasion for much entertaining, for box parties and for the largest and most fashionable audiences of the season.