The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07
SOCIETY
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(CONlIN DED E'1tOm PAOE lfsJ -~-------------~------- make these balconies accessible to hun- dreds of guests, and no attempt will be made to light them artificially beyond the radiance of the ballroom lights, Tn order to enjoy the charming moonlight effects, the club members depending upon the glory of a full moon on Tuesday evening to carry out the elaborate plans for their ball.
 The Callman orchestra will present patriotic and inspiring programme Throughout the reunion the Southern club will keep open house. Many luncheon and dinner parties will be given there' and the club has decided to serve break fast during the reunion for the eonVeh- fence of veterans and veiting oiupmen who have club cards.
 The second ball to be given the veter- ans and sponsors will be danced at the Country club on Wednesday evening. The lsaU will be opened by General AppeTson ard Miss Eva Conner, the sponsor for .hs south for the Sons of Veterans, as- .istsj; by MT. Hill Ferguson
 The ball will be both beautiful and bril- liant Some idea of the general plan of decoration could be seen last evening by the many dinner guests at the club, who universally pronounced the decorations the handsomest ever seen at the club.
 The exterior decorations will also be most elaborate The entrance to the club will be draped with Confederate flags crossed below the wide arched veranda, and beginning at the carriage entrance and extending to the western balcony bright bunting will be festooned between tne stone pillars, making the promenade beautiful with fiag-clusters and yards Of bunting in the well-beoVed colors of the Confederacy.
 Within the clubhouse the decorations will be patriotic and beautiful. In the living room bunting and flags will make the most brilliant of settings, draplng the doors and hanging from the arcade, while in the four corners and about the balus- trade bunting, fan-shaped, will almost completely cover the woodwork.
 Confederate flags, crossed, will be used in the elaborate plaited effects of red and white bunting, and the wealth of decora- ton will be like a brilliant fete of color The large fireplace will be decorated III scarf fashion and above it will be shield hearing picture of Gen. Robert E. Lee. surrounded with seven battle flags, three cn each side and a handsome flag above American flags will be blended With those of the Confectionery. The entrance to the ball room will have curtain effects oi red and white bunting, and above the entrances will be crossed Confederate flags. Between the windows Will De large fan-shaped effects
 The most elaborate plan of decoration will be seen in the ball room, where the large girders will be transformed into flag-draped columns surmounted by flags, and the fan-shaped canopy decorating the central girder.
 Red and white bunting will be used as frieze the entire length of the ball room. and hanging in graceful festoons over the stage for the musicians, will be caught with huge rosettes, while flag clusters will be used throughout the dec orations. Brightly colored pennants will abe hung with the flags, and no regimental ball could ever be danced amid more color Portraits of Jefferson Davis and Stone wall Jackson, draped with flags, have ] been placed in the ball room and another shield bearing the picture of Gen. Joseph Wheeler is among the handsomest.
 The usual club orchestra will be aug mented by several pieces and patriotic numbers, including Dixie, will be heard throughout the evening.
 Mir Hill Ferguson, chairman of the ball committee, said yesterday, in dis cussing the arrangements:
 'In handling the reunion ball, which is to be held at the Hippodrome on Thurs day evening. June Il, the committee in charge has been governed by the policy which the citizens of Birmingham de- termined on at the outset: that is, that nothing in the city was too good for the old veterans and that there would be TO entertainments to which they were not welcome
 Even on the dancing floor, where the impression usually prevails that the old soldiers are out of place, the committee has arranged series of marches in which the veterans will have their en- agreements with the young ladies and go through the marches with their fair part ners just as they did 40 years ago. Dur ing these marches the escorts of the young ladies will stand aside, and the entire floor will be turned over to the veterans, and the committee believes that these marches will prove a thoroughly enjoyable feature in every respect. The committee will not endeavor to distribute the tickets for these marches but will leave the matter entirely in the hands of the commanders of the various de- partments and divisions. The following t.ance card and accompanying instructions explains more fully the details of these marches:
 Veterans Dance Card
 REUNION BALL
 Hppodrome, Birmingham.
 Thursday June H. 190S