The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-28
NEWS OF THE DAY
 IN SOCIETY WORLD
Esthetic Effects In Menus and
 Decorations
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
Mrs. TrimbIe Returns From Delightful Trip to D. A. R. Coneress-Socia Side of Tag Day" De-
 Iightful Feature.
BY ANNIE KENDRicK WALKER.


 Of the several Birmingham women whose esthetic tastes in the arrange ment of menus and decoration of lunch con and dinner tables Mrs. Jean Illus ton, who is so well known among the Country club set has achieved a repu- tation in this particular field Mrs. Huston is the wife of the steward of the club. and both MT. and Mrs. Illus ton have many personal friends among the club members and their wives, their long connection with the club identify ing them with it's history.
 MT. Huston's connection with the club has always been so satisfactory that words of praise in these columns would be indorsed by hundreds of club mem bers. Mrs. Illusions artistic work is more or less in the background, as far as public mention has been concerned, but she deserved special mention.
 Mrs Huston has had special train ing for her work in esth etic study. Not only in artistic lines but in scien- tifc instruction has she been carefully trained. In Boston Mrs. Huston studied scientific cooking with Janet McKensie Hill. She also had a special course under Mrs Rorer. She had splendid foundation in mastering the principles of the art sof cooking, and being a woman of artistic taste she took up the esthetics of cooking and under Mrs. Phillips of Nashville learned the art of cake embossing.
 Much of the artistic beauty and estheticies seen in the menus at the work Nowadays more attention is paid to the individual designs of cakes than ever before. The old fashioned cake, overly decorated, is seldom seen ex- cept in the pyramid affairs known as the brides cake" Originally enters now into cake decorating, and for each guest tn ere is generally an individual cake in various designs, depending or the caprice of a hostess who chooses American beauty roses for her floral sch eme, or Easter lilies, or LaFrance. Mrs. Huston has learned to make cakes resemble a LaFrance rose, and all of the many beautiful designs favored by the smart hostess. Her artistic work in the preparation of club menus and also in the decoration of luncheon and dinner tables cannot be surpassed, and in much of the sumptuous entertaining at the club her taste has contributed to the catholicism so noticeable amid the lavishness of the modern menu and the profuseness of decoration
 In the making of the candied baskets designed as flower baskets, Mrs. Hus ton is particularly artistic. And it is said that no one can arrange such fetching little bows of tulle on them, or use ribbon to better advantage. Give Mrs. Huston little time and some i'd ga of your color scheme, and she will evolve candied baskets that a brides maid might carry at sweet-pea we'd ding, and with LaFrance roses and a few yards of pink tulle and satin rib bon, she can make table look, in a common phraseology, good enough O eat" And no one appreciates more all the artistic beauty that can be sx- pressed in a shaded candle, or the elegance conveyed in a dinner card Mrs. N. w. Trimble, as delegate from the General Sumter chapter to the D. A. R. Congress in Washington, has had most delightful visit. She was accom- panied by her daughter Miss Jennie Irimble, of whose stay in Washington the Post says: "One of the pretty and attractive pages is Miss Jennie De Nou- veil Trimble, who is acting for the Ala bama delegation. Miss Trimble is de- scendant of John Washington, and is popular in her home state."
 The Washington Post also makes a recent reference to Mrs. Martha s. Gielow of Alabama, who has been confined to her apartments at the Farragut on account of serious injury to her knee. She was