The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25


  Mrs. J. H. Phillips, whose presence added much to the afternoons enjoyment, Mrs. Phillips gave a most interesting and instructive talk on the purposes and ad- vantages of the federation, after which delicious refreshments were served. The Novelist club is the latest applicant for administration to the State Federation. Miss Mary Ruth McLester will entertain Friday at an afternoon tea in honor of Miss Edna Josephine Moore. It will be one of the very informal pre-nuptial en- tertainments for an autumn bride. The guests will include a coterie of young girls and few of the married friends of the hostess.
 Miss Mary Tardy will be hostess at Halloween party Saturday evening in compliment to Miss Josephine Minor. One of the pleasant social events of the near future will be a dinner given by MT Owen Watkins in compliment to his sister. Miss Clarice Watkins, and MT. Lyman F. Berry whose wedding will be 1 an event of November 10. The dinner will take place at the Country club l Mrs Barnes Morgan will entertain at l cards Tuesday afternoon in compliment to
 her guest Miss Lille Cornell of In-
 dian Springs, Ga. The game will be | bridge.
 l Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock in the new parish house of the Church of the | Advent a silver tea will be given under 1 the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society. It ! is the plan of the society to continue
 these teas throughout the winter, giving them on the last Monday in each month
 with two of the ladies in charge. Tomorrow Mrs. George R. Ward and
 Mrs. Priestly Toulman will preside. A series of teas given last winter were de-
 lightful occasions and largely attended. 1 They took place at the homes of the
 members, rThey will be even more popu-
 lar now that the parish house has become
 the home of the teas
 | The ladies of the Southside Baptist church will give a bazaar during the first
 week in December. A feature of the en- tertainment will be the dinners which they
 plan to make delightful.
 One of the first entertainments for which the doors of Terrace Court will be opened is a card party which is to be | given by the William l.. Yancey chapter, ! United Daughters of the Confederacy. This will take place during the early days
 of November, the hours being from 2 to
 5, the exact date to be announced later.
 The game will be bid euchre and there
 will be three prizes. The party will be in charge of committee composed of 1 Mrs. T. c. Thompson, Mrs. John c. Carmichael, Mrs. Arthur Lovelace, Mrs. Fischer Humphries and Mrs. Agnes | Hankinson. Its purpose is an addition to the William l.. Yancey monument fund.- The billiard room and den, whose deco- rations are almost completed, will not 1 be given to the use of the general pub- lie, but through the residents of the court | its hospitality will be frequently extend-
 ed to guests in the use of these charming
 apartments Some of the members of the committee on arrangements for the party | have apartments there and to them the 1 courtesy has been extended. It will be | necessary, of course, to limit their use
 to a degree, and the line has been drawn just there. The card party will be given
 under pleasant auspices, in lovely SUI .
 roundings and promises to be one of the most enjoyable social affairs of the au-
 tumn.
 l Beginning tomorrow afternoon, Mrs E. 1 G. Stephens has announced her intention 1 of serving table d'hote dinners at 'The | Golden Lion' to theatre-goers. Beginning | at o'clock and continuing until 7:30 1 there will be time for devotees of the | opera to complete one of the charming 1 little functions, whose mysteries Mrs. l Stephens understands so well, before go-
 ing to the opera house to hear the l Merry Widow sung They lkbe con { tinued throughout the winter, and will be
 the dainty, festive little events that so- 1 ciety loves.
 Elegantly engraved invitations were is- sued yesterday by MT. and Mrs. Richard l Massey as follows: MT. and Mrs. Rich- 1 ard w. Massey request the pleasure of
 your presence at the christening of Ter | race Court Birmingham, on the evening I of Friday, November 6, from until Il | o'clock" This will mark the opening to | the public of one of the most beautiful apartment houses in the south. | The first of a series of card parties, the | proceeds of which will go to the fund for 1 the building of new wing at St. Vim 1 cents hospital will be given on Tues 1 day afternoon at o'clock at the residence l of Mrs. Frank P O'Brien on South Nine- teenth street.
 The auxiliary has now decided in addi- 1 ton to its regular work to aid in the | erection of the new wing. Besides several ! card parties planned the auxiliary will l give a bazaar the last week of Novem- 1 Der In St. Pauls hall. Mrs. Frank J. | White, who is president of the ladies'
 auxiliary of St. Vincents. has appoint
 ed the following ladies to be in charge
 of the various booths: Mrs. William Var
 ley is chairman of the dining room com
 nittee, assisted by Mrs. Frank P. O Brien,
 Mrs. James T. Van Arsdale and several
 others. Mrs. w. B. Leedy, Jr., will have
 charge of the doll booth, assisted by Mrs.
 Michael Clifford Miss Ethel Clifford and
 others. Mrs Henry Murphy has charge
 # the sofa pillow and apron booth as-
 sisted by several ladies. Mrs. Tom i OByrne will be in charge of the fancy