The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-07
YESTERDAYS EVENTS
 IN WORLD IF SOCIETY
Brilliant Dinner-DanCe At the
 Country Club
MR. CRAWFORD EN PERTAINS
MT. and Mrs. Taylor AlIerdce of Pitts burg Being Extensively Enter tained at Series of Dinner.
 Danees-SocaI Notes.
BY ANNIE KENpRlck WALKER.

T'N'SiG NENDhiOk WALkER.
 Brilliant among the February events was the dinner dance at which Mr. George Gordon Crawford entertained last evening at the Country club in 1 compliment to MT. and Mrs. Taylor | Allerdice of Pittsburg, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crockard. l The decorations were most showy and effective. The large table at which the guests were seated was 15 feet wide and 30 feet in length, and was set in palm garden where towering l bay trees and gorgeous tropical plants made a wonderfully beautiful room There was an overhead decoration built especially for the occasion. Producing 1 an arbor effect over the table was smilax hung trellis, luxuriant with delicate vines. Into this setting where the wealth of the conservatories made an indoor garden of tropical beauty were placed the costliest of roses | American beauties, white fresias and hyaeinths were used most Iavishly, these brilliant roses making a glowing color note which was also accentuated in the candle shades of poppy leaves and scar let tulle, studded with white hyaeinths While roses were used with such pro- fusion, the low arrangement in vogue was noticed, with the exception of the central decoration.
 Garlands of asparagus vine studded with delicate flowers connected silver | pa q af eolonill service of cut glass was used for the champagne and liquors. A din- ner of six courses was served
 The American beauty tint was carried out in the details of the dinner. The ices were served in cake baskets with ribbon handles of scarlet, decorated with strawberry blossoms, and filled | with fresh strawb erries. Other details were most artistic. Some of the access sories with the courses were in fanci- full flower design.
 The dinner cards were handpainted, the design in garlands of roses and ribbon, connecting the words, Pitts burg and Birmingham"
 After dinner there was dancing in the ballroom, which was decorated with palms.
 Mrs. Crockard wore a very handsome dinner gown of white satin made em- pire.
 Mrs. Allerdice wore a dinner gown of white net trimmed with Duchess lace.
 Among the many guests were MT. and Mrs. Crockard MT. and Mrs. Allerdice, Mrs. Ross C. Smith, Mrs. Walker Percy, Mrs. Edward w. Barrett, Mrs. ". H. Kettig, Mrs w. w. Crawford, Mrs. Henry B. Gray, Mrs. John M Caldwell, Mrs. Charles A. Stllman, Mrs Echols Melee, Mrs. Eugene Brown, Mrs Jack Johnson, Mrs. Henry L. Badham, Mrs. | Harold R. Samson, Mrs Leslie Fulen- wider, Mrs T. C. Thompson, Mrs John L. Kaul Mrs. Guy Johnson, and MT. Percy. MT. Barrett, MT. Kettig, MT. l Crawford, MT. Gray, Mr. Caldwell, MT. ! stillman, Mr. McBee, Mr. Brown MT. Johnson, MT. Badham, MT. Samson, MT. Fulenwider, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Guy Johnson. Mr. Ramsay, MT. McCreary, MT. Wilson Brown, MT. Kaul, MT. Gull pepper EXum.
 An instance of shameful indifference on the part of an auto driver. and what ] is worse. of the probable owner of the car. occurred two evenings ago at street crossing in one of the downtown ] thoroughfares.
 A young woman attempted to cross the street and was knocked down by a car 1 She fell between the two front wheels i The chauffeur brought the car to standstill.
 l Besides the chauffeur there was man seated in the tonneau. but neither one made the slightest attempt to assist this | young woman, who was lying almost stunned in front of the car, with it's binding lights beating upon her, and conscious of the impending danger-pos- | sibly death--with another movement of | the car.
 ! A man who witnessed the accident 1 rushed to the assistance of the young woman. The car sped on up the avenue, in full speed. Those in the car never | paused to ascertain the extent of the injuries, to even express regret at the | accident. The obstacle in the pathway 1 had been removed-possibly mained for | life-but that was the business of some l one else.
 | Fortunately the young woman suffered | only the inconvenience of bruised shoul- | der, but her injuries might have been | more serious, even fatal. She heard no 1 signal when the car started. It was at ] a standstill when she started to cross ! the street. The next moment she had l the sensation of being pinioned under ! wheels.
 | Accidents will happen. With the pres | ent rage for speed the public has grown | somewhat indifferent to motor car acci- dents, but it is ineXcusable for chauf | feu. or owner of a car, to leave a victim i lying helpless and driving off with all | possible speed to avoid detention on the 1 part of the authorities.
 | Such instances of neglect and indiffer- l ence have been recorded to the shame of I -------------1l