The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-03
NEWS OE TIE DAY
 IN SOCIETY WORLD Garden Party By Moonlight At
 Beecher Home NOTES HERE AND THERE Informal Card Parties Given Yester- day for Visiting Girls-openina Dance at BIount This Even-
 Ing important Event.
NOTES HERE AND THERE
BY MYRTLE MILES.

There has never been in Birmingham a more delightful occasion than was MT. and Mrs Leonard T. Beeeher's lawn party last evening for MT. Hubbert Smith and his bride of a few days. The Beech CTS are living in a very picturesque and informal style in large barn on their property at Graymount, planning later to erect home for permanent living. Their present quarters, however, while limited, are quaintly artistic, and reflect the per sonality and charm of the host and hos tess who have infused within them the veritable spirit of hospitality. The enter tainrnent last evening took place on the lawn.
 Beside Mrs. Beecher's exquisite grace and tact as hostess her gift as one or the most distinguished interpretative readers of this country makes of any hos pitality of which that Is a feature not able occasion. Last evening as a gracious tribute to the bride and groom who this week begin their united lives. she gave her beautiful interpretation of that in imitable love story of Barries, "The Lit tie Minister" a typical story for the honeymoon. She stood on a small plat form prepared on a natural elevation. In the half darkness lit by the soft radt- ance of the summer moon her guests gathered about her and listened raptly to the artistic presentation of this favorite drama, for the spell of her wonderful magnetism is never more potent than in It's rendition. small light threw the IL t-o i..+<. thence, and made 1t possible to distin- guish every expression as she gave the interpretation, this being practically the only artificial light used.
 Her gown was an elaborate French cre- alton of net yelled with pink and gray, a foundation of gray underlying a gossa- mer-like pink fabric. The bodice and skirt were embroidered in pink roses.
 A dainty collation. was served to the guests on the lawn. the party returning to the city in the late moonlight.
 MT. and Mrs. Smith received with their host and hostess. Mrs. Smith was lovely in a garden frock of lingerie clouded with laces. She was the center of admiration during the evening. The guests included a group of about 75 of Mir. and Mrs. Smiths chosen friends. Mrs. Beecher' 8 hospitality was especially gracious as the continued illness of Mrs T. O. Smith, the groom's mother, prevented any enter tainment of the young couple at his home.
 Among those invited by MT. and Mrs. Beecher last evening were MT. and Mrs. James Bowron MT. and Mrs. w. P C.. Harding, MT. and Mrs. Leslie Fulen- wider, MT. and Mrs. P. H. Lallande MT. and Mrs. A. H. Ford, MT. and Mrs. A.. w. Smith, Miss Marie Smith, Mrs. Ship man, MT. and Mrs William MudF Judge and Mrs. Dan Greene. Mir. and Mrs. McCary, MT. and Mrs. Richard Johnston, MT. Jelks Cabaniss, MT. and Mrs Rob- ert McDavid, MT. and Miss Manley pr. and Mrs. Mortimer Jordan, MT. and Mrs. Edwin Ball, MT. and Mrs. Charles Ab- bolt, Col and Mrs. R. H. Pearson, Mrs. Rix, MT. Hugh Martin, MT. and Mrs. Walker Percy MT. and Mrs. w. D.. Smith, Mrs. Weller, Col. and Mrs T. G. Bush, Miss Annie Williams, MT. and Mrs. John Coffin, MT. and Mrs. Mark Lewis Mr. and Mrs. c. T. Randall, Miss Ruby Munger, Dr. w. D. Evans Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, Miss Dorothy Orr, Mrs. Paul Earle, Miss Mary Lou Wilson, Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Phillips, MT. and Mrs. John Cartwright, Mrs. Davids. Miss Myrtle ofb