The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-17
NEWS OF THE DAY
 IN SOCIETY WORLD Open Meeting of Music Study Club AnsArtistiC Success NOTES HERE AND THERE Mir, crawford's Lotos Luncheon-Mr. and Mrs. Harding Entertain at Buffet supper-Announeements.
 Personal Mention.
NOTES HERE AND THERE
By MYRTLE MILES.


 The ball room of the Country club was transformed into a concert hall yester- day afternoon for the open meeting ana reception of the Music Study club Thls was the first of the three open meetings of the year and as such was especiany in- teresting. Another point that attracted the interest of several hundred women was +ba fact that the programme in it's entirety was the work of Mrs. Leonard Thurlow Beecher, Mrs. Truman Aldrlch' Jr.. and MT. Clarence Klenk.
 Miss Edith Bowron was the chief nos tess. She was assisted in greeting the members of the club and their guests by the officers, who include Mrs. Richard Johnston. the president; Mrs. Flournoy Rivers, vice president; Miss Annie Ward. secretary: Mrs Laura Jackson Davids, treasurer: Mrs. George Harrington, cor responding secretary; Mrs. Houston Davis. chairman of current topics; audit and executive committee. Mrs. H. L. Bad ham and Mrs William s. Levell- At the conclusion of the progra>ne these ladies held an informal reception in compliment to Mrs. Beecher and Mrs. Afdrich Cof- fee and waters were served to the guests fin the living room, the coffee urns being presided over by Mrs. Henry Badhanl- The concert room was bower of green, a trellis effect being formed across the room by draperies of woodland smilax The lights. which in the semblance of flower clusters. adorned the sides of the room. were interwoven with greenery.
 
 decoration with the palms and other tropi- cal plants which were banked on the small stage made a beautiful setting for the artists who were the central figures In the entertainment.
 The programme presented was as fol- lows:
 Two Ballads for Declamation CR. Schu- mann), Fair Hedwig GIT. HebbeD; The Fugitives (shelley).
 The Happy Prince CWilde), Iiza Len- mann).
 fa1 But Lately in Dance GA. Fet, tArensky), with viola obligato; (b) The Cockoo (Rands), Q1iza Lehmann), with violin obigato.
 The Bride of the Timbalier Qugo) (Thome).
 Magdalena Cwaler). (Max Heinrich), with violoncello obligato.
 Rarely has so artistic an entertainment been presented in Birmingham, and it will be long remembered by the audience of cultured women assembled to hear 1t. Among the guests several gentlemen who have always given their support to things musical were observed.
 The personality of both Mrs. Beecher and Mrs Aldrich is especially interesting. The appeal made by each was never more potent than yesterday when they gave the best of their talent to an assembly in perfect sympathy and capable of the truest appreciation of their art. They were aided by MT. Clarence Klenk who is a finished musician and demonstrated the versatile phase of his musicianship in his work with the violin, the viola and the violoncello.
 Mrs. Beecher was perfectly gowned for an afternoon musicale, wearing one Of those graceful clinging things that she so wisely augments with a flmy mantle flung about her shoulders. With this costume she wore big black hat as dar- ing as 1t was artistic.
 Mrs. Aldrich, who is always at her best when collaborating with Mrs. Beecher in one of their exquesite selections, looked unusually attractive in gown of white Race with which she wore a pink picture hat.
 Miss Bowron is the first young lady to entertain the club at an open meeting Her charm as a hostess, however, has been demonstrated on many occasions at her own lovely home, and she conducted the beautiful affair yesterday afternoon with the tact and skill that Is so essen tally characteristic of hers. She look ed very sweet and girlish in a blue cloth costume of the turquoise tint with which she wore large tilted hat whose white fur tam o'shanter crown was adorned with a small cluster of pink roses. There are very few young women in the club These Miss Bowron invited to assist her yesterday in distributing the programmes and as ushers. Among them were Miss Fern Minor, Miss Kathleen Nixon, Miss Annie Ward and Miss Maybelle- Roden, Miss Myrtle Miles and Miss Martha Dabney
 The seats arranged in the ball room for the guests were filled and standing room back of these was overtaxed, the attend ance being the largest fin the history of the organization.
 The only guest not member of the club invited to assist the hostess was the lovely Mrs. William Arthur Chenoweth, who assisted in distributing the pro- grammes. An interesting incident of the afternoon was the presentation of large arm clusters of Richmond roses by the club in appreciation of the work of Mrs. Aldrich and Mrs. Beecher. Dr. Evans, making an attractive talk in presenting them for the club.
 Artistically and socially the affair will pass into history as one of the notable events of the season 1909.
 MIR. CRAWFoRDss LUNCHEON