The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-19
NEWS OF THE DAY IN SOCIETY WORLD Formal and Informal Dinners
 At Clubs NOTES HERE AND THERE Miss Wiswel's Marriage of Interest Locally-Today's Events in so- ciety-Bridge-Teas-Per-
 sonal Mention.
NOES HERE AND THERE

Mrs Miller will entertain at cards this afternoon in honor of Mrs. Norwood Richards of Mobile.
 Mrs. Felix Blackburn will give a bridge party this afternoon in compliment to Mrs Coleman Ward and Mrs. George Danforth.
 Miss Clyde Smith will be the hostess at an informal tea this afternoon in honor of Mrs. John s. Butler of Nashville.
 Miss Flora Orr will entertain at cards
 Thursday morning.
 Mrs. J. c. Maben has issued invita-
 tions to bridge party for the after noon of January 26.
 Mrs. Priestly Toulmin will entertain at
 bridge tomorrow.
 Chapter No of St. Marys Aid so-
 ciety will give a silver tea this after
 noon from to o'clock at the home of
 Mrs. Mamie Williams, 27Ol Avenue H, to
 which all are invited.
 A number of small parties dined at the
 Southern club Sunday evening. At some
 of the tables were groups of three or
 more, while at others there were couples
 who had dropped in for a short while. A
 party of four was composed of Mir. and Mrs Felton Wmberly, Miss Mary Ware
 and MT. N. L.. Steele. At a table nearby
 were MT. and Mrs. Porter Marker, Mrs.
 Hubert Drennen, MT. Randall, Mrs. Frances DeBardeleben, Mrs. Bradley
 Saunders and Mr.. Fred l. Jenkins. At another were MT. and Mrs. Harry
 Jones and MT. and Mrs. L. Seiver of
 Norfolk. MT. and Mrs. w B. Leedy,
 Miss Emma Leedy and Mrs. B. L..
 Wyman made up another party. Mr. and
 Mrs. Solon Jacobs, MT. Wilson Brown
 and Miss Bessie Gwynne of New York
 were seen together and others noted were
 Judge B. M. Allen. Miss Julia Grant.
 Miss Sadie Gillespy, MT. Dabid Roberts,
 Dr. and Mrs. John Wade Watts, MT. l..
 B. Musgrove. MT. Archie Gibson, Mir
 Ferguson and Mir. Robert Jelks. |. A beautiful dinner was given al the
 Country club Saturday evening by a
 party of five of the young bachelors. The
 private dining room was festively adorned
 for the occasion, with exquisite speci-
 mems of white hyacinths and buttercups. A large central ornament made of these
 delicate flowers decorated the table.
 The place cards were hand-painted in hyacinths and buttercups
 Those seated about the table were MT. Valentine Nesbitt, Miss Virginia Means,
 MT. George Eggleston, Miss Sadie Gill lespy, MT. James Towers. Miss Marjorie Weatherly Miss Lucille Gaston, MT. Ford,
 MT. Seibles, Mrs. Dudley Lawrence, MT.
 Horace Soper, MT. and Mrs. Fred Dim
 mick, MT. and Mrs. J. c. Maben. | MT. and Mrs Frank Crockard enter tained a small party of guests at the | Country club Saturday evening. The eight young girls who took par. l in the colonial play at the tea given | Saturday by the members of the General Sumter chapter, Daughter of the Amer ican revolution, were given a theatre party that afternoon by the ladies of the chapter.
 The many friends of MT. Harriett Wis well O'Neil will be interested to learn of the marriage of her sister, Miss Mar guerite Wiswell, whose accident with a small automatic pistol which she was ex- amining came so near ending her life. f.l.. distressing incident occurred at the home of her uncle. The weapon was sent to her as a Christmas gift and when she was showing it to a friend unwittingly discharged it, the bullet passing through her body and almost proving fatal Miss Wiswelfs engagement to MT. Raymond Brooks of Goldfeld, New, had already been announced, so the wedding took place at the time planned, January ', but in San Francisco at the St. Francis hotel. where she was taken to remain until her strength is recovered. Mir and Mrs. Brooks will go to their home in Goldfeld very soon. He has large mining interests in Goldfeld.'
 Mrs. John Pope Jones, whose first visit home since her marriage was the occasion of much entertaining, both formal and informal, has returned to her home in Newman, Ga. At the basketball game this evening be- tween Birmingham and Augusta, Miss Eva Conner will be the sponsor for the Birmingham Athletic club and Miss Mary Ruth McLester sponsor for the Augusta Y. M. c. A.
 Mrs. Charles Dillard Jackson has re- turned after a visit to Montgomery. Miss Edna Sibley has returned from a | visit to friends in Mobile She was re- called to her home because of the illness | of her mother Mrs. Charles Sibley | Mrs. Hubert Drennen is spending. the week at the Hotel Hillman with her pa- rents, MT. and Mrs Nabb Mr. Drennen | is in New York.
 | Miss Marie Smith has returned from Athens. where she was the guest for two weeks of Miss Anna Hobbs During her | stay she was the center of admiration at
 a number of delightful affairs given in | her honor.
 M. and Mrs Dravo have returned to Pittsburg, after visit to Mr. and Mrs. | Frank Crockard.