The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-08

score was given a set of lambrequins and to the winner of the greatest number of
 games was awarded a beautiful brass
 jardiniere. The guests prize was a swinging jardiniere.
 Miss Mary Lanier was the hostess at
 one of the prettiest card parties of the
 week when she entertained yesterday afternoon in compliment to her guests, the
 Misses Ianier of West Point. The
 game was bridge and the occasion as- sembled about 20 of Miss Lanier's friends.
 The color scheme was green and white, l segre cards being ornamented with four leafed clovers and wish for luck dur
 ing 1909. The colors. green and white
 were also carried out in the three-course luncheon which followed the game.
 Miss Martha Dabney and Miss Ruby Hume kept the score. The other guests
 were Miss Bessie Lanier, Miss Jett La
 nier Miss Virginia Means, Miss Alabama
 King. Miss Marie Pnckard, Miss Dor
 othy Orr, Miss Flora Orr. Miss Frances Warren Miss Helen Benners. Miss Flor
 ence Rogers. Miss Connie Evans, Miss i Eleanor Matthews, Miss Gertrude Sulli- van, Mrs. Augustus Benners, Miss Lin- ! GodthWaite
 The game prize. a pretty work apron. was won by Miss Alabama King, to whom was also awarded the score prize,
 handsome embroidered tie. The conso- lation, a handsome lace tie, was drawn by
 Miss Lincoln. The hostess presented her
 guests of honor each with a pack of Congress playing cards and score pad. A delightful meeting of the Music Study
 club was held yesterday at the home of Mrs Charles Sharpe, whtn the study was the Composers Foote and Chadwick.
 Among the illustrations of the work was
 piano selection from Mrs Rivers, an
 exquisite group of the songs of Foote by Miss Mallam, a Chadwick number by
 Miss Annie Moore, a brilliant piano num- Der by Mrs. Bowman, Chadwick solo selection by Mrs. w. J. Adams and a violin selection by Mrs. Grace Openshaw Beggs, accompanied by Miss Stribling. Stories of the lives and works of the
 composers were given by Mrs. Pugh, Miss
 Amie Ward and Mrs. Rivers. It gave the club great pleasure, as it does the musical public, that Mrs. Beggs has taken up her artistic work with the violin. As Grace Openshaw she was one of the violin art
 ists, and during the seven years retire.
 ment from musical circles she has lost
 none of her ability an artist with her bow. Miss Stribling's beautiful accom- panlment on the piano was treat within itself The next meeting of the club will be with Mrs. Percy Tabler as hostess at
 the home of Mrs. Gamble, on Fourteenth
 street, between Tenth and Eleventh ave- nues.
 Mrs. S. A. Benton and little sons, Samuel
 and John Miles, have returned from Co.,
 lumbiana where they spent the holidays with MT. and Mrs. J. E. Miles, Mrs T. L. Hill has as her guests Mrs Thornburgh and Miss Thornbough
 of Knoxville. They have recently returned
 from a two-years trip abroad and are
 en route to Cuba, where they will be the remainder of the winter They will re- main in Birmingham about 10 days.
 The Study Circle will not hold a meet ing this afternoon.
 The Shakespeare club will hold its meet ing with Miss Ruth Allen at the Margaret Allen school this afternoon. Miss Bessie Lanier and Miss Jett Lanier will return tomorrow to their home in West Point. Ga, after visit to Miss Mary Laner.
 | Mrs. Hngh Barr Miller of Hazelhurst, | Miss, is the guest of Mrs. J. A. Mont l gomery.
 Miss Suzanne Frantz of Augusta coun- | ty, Va, is passing the winter with her
 uncle MT J. A. Montgomery. Miss Sadie Gillespy is expected to return l today from Cleveland O.
 1 Mr. and Mrs. Felton Wimberly are l still at the Hotel Hillman. They will l not take possession of their apartment at
 Terrace Court until later in January. Mrs. William Byrd has returned from Blount Springs.
 Among the guests at the Pitts -Fitzhugh
 wedding at Blount Wednesday were MT.
 Frank Ormond of Selma, MT. Foeman of
 Tuscaloosa, Judge Pitts, MT. Mckee, MT.
 Tarver and MT. Robert Pitts of Selma; |eColonel Pitts of Uniontown, and MT. Mel vile Drennen of Birmingham. The meeting of the Study Circle, which
 was to have been held this afternoon with
 Miss Virginia Hiden, has been postponed
 until next Friday.
 The Cadmean Circle will meet this aft
 ernoon with Mrs. Samuel D. Weakley. The Quest club will meet with Mrs.
 Willard Wilson this afternoon at 2:3O
 o'clock.
 Mrs. T. E. See1ye. Mrs P. McGrath and Miss Margaret McGrath of New Orleans will arrive Saturday to attend the Seelye- Carrigan wedding.