The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK
IN WORLD OF SOCIETY
Many Bright Events Made the
Week Unusually Gay
SOCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Society Starts Upon Its Mid.Winter
Season and There Is Every Indica-
ton of Many Brilliant Weeks In
sirmingham's Social World.
BY ANNIE kENDRIck WALKED


the week the most interesting sooiau,, -
the whole winter. The New Years nor
tles' occasions where many congenial
groups nave been entertained, box parties
a' tne opera, and the supper parties aft
erward, musicales and much informal en-
pertaining have filed the week with
events.
Among the box parties of the week
was that given by Mr. and Mrs Frank
CrocKard to see Madame Butterfly. the
guests including Mr.. and Mrs Crawford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross C. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. walker Percy. Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
barrett and Mr.. Ramsay. There was a
supper afterward at the Southern club.
Entertaining also during the week at
congenial parties were Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Z. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Raul,
Mr.. and Mrs. McBee, General and Mrs.
ferguson, Mr.. and Mrs. Lathrop, Colo
mel and Mrs Pearson and a number of
others.
Inc musicale at the Country club was
brilliant occasion on Wednesday By the
time the club house was filled with the
concert parties some one remarked that
the most beautiful women in the world
lived in Birmingham, and pointing here
and there to groups who came in for the
concert, it seemed that the recognized
beauties in Birmingham's social world
mad all assembled at the club.
At one of the dances at the club during
the week, in the cotillon figures the leader
introduced the pretty feature of grouping
the college sets" in figures, which gave
several universities a prominence for the
time being over others. AS the name of
the universities and colleges at which
Birmingham is represented, were called
by the cotillon leader, those at home
for the holidays stepped into the center
of the ballroom and then favored their
partnersa The University of Alabama,
Vanderbilt, sewanee. Bingham, Wash
ington and Lee, Princeton, Harvard, Yale,
altogether a very interesting figure.
Receiving with Colonel and Mrs. Robert
H. Pearson on Wednesday were a group
of charming women, including Mrs. Rix,
Mrs. Bridges, Mrs. Evans, Mrs T. G..
Bush, Mrs. T. o. Smith, Mrs. Cart
wright, Mrs. Orr, Miss Orr, Miss Pear
son, Mrs. S. E. Thompson, Mrs. Wealth
ery and others.
Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Jackson
Halstead entertained at cards in compli-
ment to Miss Mable Wheelock.
There were also several dinner parties,
and yesterday at the club there were a
number of luncheon parties.
Tonight the regular weekend dance
will be given, preceded by the table d'hote
dinner.
At a most delightful meeting of the
Pierian club on Friday afternoon at the
home of Miss Abbie Chambless, officers
for the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows: Mrs. N. A. Barrett president; Mrs.
j. w. Hargrove, vice president; Mrs. A.
p Montague, secretary; Mrs. Elbert Nc
Clendon, treasurer; Mrs. Chappell Cory,
director.
After the disposal of the business there
was a most entertaining literary pro-
gra1nme The club is studying England.
Mr. and Mrs George Bryant McCor-
mack have issued cards to announce the
marriage of their daughter, Margaret.
to Mr.. Thomas Owen Gillespy, on Tues
day, December 81.
Mr.. and Mrs John Mason Dawson nave
issued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter, Florence, to Mr.. William
Temple Seibels, on the evening of Wed
nesday, January Is at o'clock, at the
First Methodist Episcopal church.
One of the delightful social events OF
the new year was the Inauguration of the
happy leap year custom by the Misses
Margaret j. and LAME Hogan at their
beautiful home on the Southsde with
a leap year dance last Thursday evening.
Mrs. ]. Ehlbert and little son are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Ehlbert in
Greenville.
Miss Bessie Carraway is visiting rela-
tives in Greensboro
Mrs Edward F. Shropshire has re-
turned to Atlanta after spending the holi-
days here with Mrs. Colyar.
Mrs. Tarrant is the guest of Mrs. Nc
Mullen in Greenville.
Mrs L. w. Dean, who has been spend
ing the holidays with Mrs. Wiley Ross,
has returned to Gadsden.