The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-27
NEWS OF TIE DAY IN SOCIETY WORLD Mrs. Maben Entertains At
 Cards fer Guest NOTES HERE AND THERE Miss Pinckard's Tea for Visiting Girls. Meeting of United Charities.
 Personal Notes-An-
 nouncements.
NOTES HERE AND THERE
By MYRTLE MILES.


 girls, Miss Rebecca Pollard Miss Mar garet Rose and Miss Frances Warren. The event assembled a number of the. un- married set and coterie of the seasons brides.
 The Pinckard home, which is ideally planned for entertaining, was notably at tractive when adorned for the afternoon. Killarney roses were used in profusion in the drawing room, their exquisite pink tint harmonizing prettily with the soft colors in which the apartment is decorat- ed. Pink azaleas added their ethereal beauty elsewhere to the color scheme.
 A bowl of the deep-hued specimens of this exquisite flower decorated the cen ter of the tea table and corresponded with the colors of the pink candles and dainty bonbons.
 Miss Pinckard and her guests of honor received alone in the drawing room. The hostess was gowned for the afternoon in a shell pink costume with dainty lace garnitures Miss Rose, who stood next to her, wore catawba messaline frock trimmed with gilt gold-embroidered faces. Miss Pollard looked very handsome in an afternoon gown of white, made in the directoire style and Miss Warren was gowned becomingly in a pink crepe de chine made empire and with effective touches of black.
 At a punch table in the reception hall Miss Flora Orr and Miss Gertrude Sul- livan presided. Miss Orr wore white afternoon gown with green corsage gar ad bat Cnl- livan's gown was black with touches of white and gold.
 Miss Pinckard was assisted by her mother, who looked charming in a recep tion gown of white, trimmed with real lace Others assisting her were Miss Dorothy Orr, Miss Martha Dabney, Miss Mary George Cruikshank, Miss Vernon Marks and the Misses Scott of Washing ton.
 Among those calling during the after noon were Miss Edith Bowron Miss Lu- cile Gaston and her guest, Miss Mary Becker of Chicago; Miss Louise Walker, Mrs. Felton Wimberley, Miss Sadie Gill lespe, Miss Virginia Means, Mrs Will liam S. Mudd, Mir Albert Dudley Cald- well, Miss May Collins, Mrs Taylor Southgate, Miss Emma Koenig, Miss Annie Ward, Miss Bessie Ervine, Miss Helen Coulbourne, Miss Fannie Mae Ma son. Miss Alma Feagin, Miss Louise Rush. ton, and number of others among the unmarried set and brides of the season.
 Mrs. J. C. Maben's bridge party yester- day afternoon in compliment to Mrs. Spen- cer Maben of New York, was one of series of charming events with which she has been complimented during her stay and was one of the most brilliant given for her. A number of guests came in for tea at the close of the afternoon.
 Mrs. J. c. Maben was a queenly hostess in her gown of black satin with iridescent trimmings. Her guest of honor was su- perbly gowned in an imported costume of yellow satin.
 Among the guests were Mrs. J. D. Moore, Mrs. w. c. Shackelford, Mrs. J. F. Frazier, Mrs. Priestly Toulmin, Miss Curtis Simmons, Mrs. Crockard, Mrs. Paul Lee Cooke, Mrs. c. A. Calhoun, Mrs. Mercer Barnett, Mrs Foster, Mrs. Vince lock, Mrs. Harold Samson, Miss Mary Ad- dison of Virginia, Miss Annie Pearson, Miss Annie Walker, Mrs. w. E. Evans, Mrs E. M Tutwiler, Mrs. Arthur B. Morgan of Virginia, Mrs. E. M. Tutwiler. Jr., Mrs. W. N Malone, Mrs. Felix Dren- nen, Mrs. Rivers Carter, Mrs. Maben Hobson, Mrs. Vincent Ferguson, Mrs. Mark B. Lewis. Mrs. Polhamius of New Tomlinson, Mrs. J. c. Henley, Mrs. w. A. Porter, Mrs. J. Norman Brooks, Mrs. George M. Cruikshank, Mrs. Harrison Stewart Matthews, Mrs. E. K. Campbell, Mrs George R. Ward.
 These were joined after the game by Mrs Robert Jemison, Mrs. Coleman Nor ris, Mrs. J. w. Mcqueen and Mrs Frank Y. Anderson and Mrs. Thomas o. Smith,
 The guests were invited into the dining served from the large central table which looked lovely with its immense punches of pink roses in silver baskets resting on centerpiece of Russian lace Candles of pink lighted the table.
 The prizes were unusually handsome. Mrs. J. c. Henley won the first prize, a Dresden china chocolate pot. The second was a Cloisenne vase and the consolation brass teapot, was drawn by Mrs. J. Rivers Carter.
 Music is becoming a popular mode of entertainment in the smart class of the east Members of the exclusive sets in New York have been invited recently to attend a series of musi- cales at the home of Mrs. Clarence Mackay which included group of the operatic celebrities.
 In the New York Herald of this week is an account of the second in the series. A party of 26 was invited to dinner first. the guests being seated at one long table which was decor- ated with pink roses, white lilacs and yellow orchids, combined with vines and ferns. Other guests arrived after dinner for the music. They numbered probably 100. Among the opera stars heard were MT. Ricardo Martin. Mrs. Benjamin Lathrop MT. Alvin Shroed- CT and MT. Charles Gilbert. MT. Mar tin, by the way. is former Atlanta man and both he and Mir. Shredder are known in Birmingham. The peo- gramme included selections from Ital- ian and French opera and the works of such composers as Liszt, Dvorak, Gounod, Massenet, Puccine, Tosti and Schubert.
 In view of the decided advance of interest in our own city 1t is pleas- ing to note the claim that this ex- quisite art is gainging upon society quisite art is gaining upon society
 That Covent Garden has discovered" another singer is the news that comes now from London and is of especial