The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-20

week was given yesterday by Mrs. Ed
ward J. McCrossin and Miss Bessie Nc
Crossin. In the group this was the sec
ond tea. the first having taken place on
Monday, when Mrs. w. L. Murdoch's
pretty afternoon party for the unmarried
set introduced the weeks festivities
The McCrossin residence has been the
scene of many charming Inequalities,
many of them for the younger folk and
centering around one or another of the
pretty daughters of the house. The tea
yesterday included both the matrons and
the younger women. A coterie of Mrs.
McCrossin's friends augmented by par
ty of Miss McCrossn's formed the re-
ceiving party. Among those invited to
receive were Mrs. Cyrus Pittman Orr,
Mrs. w. D. Smith, Mrs. Robert Media
vid, Mrs. Henry Dean, Mrs H. F. De-
Bardelebeh, Mrs. George Morrow, Mrs.
J. A. Smith, Mrs p Fl. Earle, Mrs. w.
H. Millspaugh, Mrs. Richard Peters, Mrs.
Charles Davis, Mrs. Frank Nelson, Miss
Estelle Nabb, Miss Sadie Gillespy, Miss
Dorothy Orr, Miss Flora Orr, Miss Ellen
Linn Motion, Miss verden, Miss Eugenia
Johnston. Miss Marjorie Weatherly, Miss
Bessie May Thompson, Miss Martha Dab
ney, Miss Ira Bradfield, Miss Edith Bow
ron and Miss Belle Wilkins.
The decorations of the home made 1t
more than usually attractive Chrysan-
themums were used with the artistic skill
that is so essentially a characteristic OF
the hostess in each of the rooms thrown
open to the guests. In the dining room,
however, the color scheme was varied
by the tones of the Richmond rose,
crimson blossoms forming the low center
piece and augmented by the gay red
shades over blazing tapers and crlson
bon bons. A delicious cup of tea was
poured here and served with the dain-
tiest of sandwiches to every-caller by Mrs.
George Morrow, Mrs. Robert McDavid
and Mrs. C. P. Orr who bestowed the
most graceful of welcomes on the guests.
Mrs. McDavid was lovely in gown made
of soft white fabrics and embellished
with laces. Mrs. Orr wore white cos
tune, and Mrs. Morrow's was In the
wine tints with jet trimmings and black
net
ception hall by Mrs. II. F. DeBardele-
ben and Miss Dorothy Orr. Mrs. DeBar-
deleben was most distinguished In black
lace and sequins with which she wore
a corsage bouquet of parma violets Miss
Orr looked charming in a cream robe
Mrs. ]. A. Smith also received in the hall.
She was gonwned in pale blue silk.
Mrs McCrossin, Miss Bessie McCrossin
and a group of their friends stood in line
in the drawing room, where they met the
callers. Mrs. McCrossin looked extreme
ly pretty as she greeted her callers. She
was gowned for the afternoon in white
crepe de sole with lace trimmings and
touches of gold. Miss McCrossn, who is
one of the prettiest girls in the younger
set, never looked more attractive than
on this occasion. Her costume was pink
cashmere de sole made with a tunic
caught with roses.
Several hundred women left cards at
the residence during the hours of tea.
Among those calling late In the after
noon was a party Of members Of the rid
ing club recently organized on the South
Highlands and which rode by at the
end of a cross-country run. Notable
among those accepting Mrs. McCrossn's
and Miss McCrossins hospitality were
Mrs Maben Hobson, Mrs. ]. Rivers Car
ter. Mrs. Latady, Miss Maebelle Roden.
Mrs. Claude Ebersole, Mrs. John Fletch-
err, Mrs Frank H. Lathrop, Miss Berry
Lathrop, Miss Jea nBallenger Miss Eva
Conner. Mrs. Frank Y. Anderson, Mrs.
Mortimer Jordan, Mrs. Thomas Heflin.
Mrs. Lewis Morris, Mrs. Oscar Under
wood, Mrs. Robert Jemison, Mrs. VIII
Leedy Mrs. Ed Warren. Mrs. B. F.
Moore, Mrs. Mason billiard, Mrs. s. D.
Weakley, Mrs John w. Tomlinson, Mrs.
Michael Clifford, Mrs. e. N. Cullom, Mrs.
william M. Walker, Miss Louise Walker,
Mrs. John G. Bradley, Mrs. Daniel A.
Greene, Mrs. ]. H. Minge, Miss Anne
Watkins, Miss Pleas Hobbs. Miss Ro-
wena Day. Mrs. s. e. Thompson, Mrs.
Paschal Shook, Mrs. Vincent Ferguson.
Mrs. John Sibley. Mrs. Hugh Morrow.
Miss Matte McDavid, Miss Campbell,
Miss Lacy, Mrs. w. P. G. Harding, Miss
Weatherley Miss VanHoose Mrs. Cart
wright, Mrs. James Going, Miss Elizabeth
Going, Mrs. Benners, Mrs. Exum, Mrs.
Order, Mrs. Henry Hiden. Jr.. Mrs. Chap
Hodges, Mrs. z. CASTOR. Mrs. Russell
Hunt, Mrs Hardee Johnston, Mrs. Will
liam Cosby, Mrs. Thomas Parke, Miss
Marie Smith, Mrs. James Bowron, Mrs.
Joseph McLester, Miss Sue McLester and