The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-22
Informal Bridge Parties in
 Birmingham Yesterday
NOTES HERE AND THERE
Mr.. AIex Cecil Hostess to Twelve. Mrs. Crawford Hostess at Informal Bridse-Miss Leila Wood En-
 tertains-PersOnals
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| tionally dull one Tn birlilihshoi'' -1'T | preceding ones this summer nave peeh
 lacking in entertainments of formai l nature for older folk, but extremeiy lively with dances for the school ana
 college set. Until this evening. when
 subscription dance, al fresco, VIII oe
 given at East Lake, however, there nave
 been no large gatherings of young peo-
 ple. and with the exception of several
 informal card parties for visitors, there
 was no entertaining whatever the first
 days of the week. Little parties gather l for informal bridge as is always the
 custom in Birmingham during the sum-
 mer season. An added zest is given to | the stay-at-homes by the introduction | of auction bridge. Mrs. Ledbetters at-
 tractive home is the scene, morning and
 afternoon, of little gatherings of the
 devotees of the game who are learning
 this new phase and judging from the number of converts and their enthusiasm
 one may safely predict that the coming
 winter will see auction bridge played almost entirely at card parties. | A day never passes without the little spend-the- day party when the game IS 1 the thing about which the whole hos pitality pivots. Usually these are limit | ed to one or two tables of players but | sometimes there are three.
 | Such a party Mrs. Crawford Johnson asked yesterday to her lovely home, in- viting group of congenial friends to meet her sister, Mrs. w. A. Fairchild, of Chattanooga, who is herself very fond of the game and enjoyed this lit- tie meeting with congenlal spirits. silk hose were given as the trophies of the day and flowers added to the beauty of perfect morning in making the affair an altogether happy one for Mrs Johnson's guests. At noon the number was augmented by others who responded to her invitation for luncheon. MRS. ALEX CECIL HOSTESS Another of the small and informal gatherings of yesterday was a morning
 bridge party with Mrs. Alex Cecil as the hostess. The affair was in keeping
 with the beauty of Mrs. Cecirs every en- tertainment and those whom she had as her guests count the affair as one of the happiest of the summer. Among d the game and enjoying the tempting
 luncheon afterward were Mrs. Cecil, Miss Ryding, Mrs. Mortimer Jordan,
 Miss Florence Rogers, Mrs. Mcintyre,
 Miss Mcintyre, Mrs. Hubert Scruggs, Mrs, Harry White.
 The two prizes, a jardiniere and fern,
 and a, pair of silk hose were awarded
 respectively to Mrs. Hubert Scruggs and
 Mrs. Mortimer Jordan.
 MISS LEILA WOOD
 HOSTESS TO sTAY-AT-HOMEs
 Miss Leila Elizabeth Wood was the hostess this week to the Unnamed club of the younger girls and men of the
 college set, whose entertainments this
 summer have proved such a charming feature among the pleasures of Birming- | hams "Stay-at-Home" folks.
 | An al fresco guessing" contest was followed by buffet supper by moon- light. MT. and Mrs. Harry Coffin, ana the hostess parents, MT. and Mrs. Ster- ling A. Wood, assisted in receiving Miss Florence Coffin won the girls prize. for the highest score, and the gentleman's prize was won by MT. Henry Weiss. The young men of the club will give a mon- light hay-ride to the young ladies on next Monday evening The members are as follows: Miss May Lou Cobb Miss Florence Coffin. Miss Edith Thompson, Miss Elizabeth Bowie, Miss Rose Owen McDavid, Miss Kate Perry, Miss Dor othy Johnson. Miss Virginia McDavid, Miss Leila Elizabeth Wood Messrs.
 Charles Heidt. Charles Ford, Henry Weiss, Russell Lanier. Henry Gray
 James Gillespie, Frances Weiss, Mel vile Davis. Douglas Kirkpatrick, Robert Hemphill. John Bradley, Burr Black burn, and Clement Wood Among the guests of the club were Miss Joy Tom. linson, Miss Katie Belle Kilby, of An niston, and MT. Otis Dressler, of rus- cumba Mir. Hugh Martin MT. Hugh Miller, MT. William Dicks, Mr. William Millsap, MT. William Wilson, and MT
 Leighton Wood.
 A CHANTECLER LUNCHEON The king of the barnyard. so popular at the moment, presided very gaily at a luncheon given yesterday at the home of Mrs. J. F. Baldwin. Mrs Baldwin is a | hostess whose originality and deftness are frequently commented upon among her friends. and her luncheon yesterday was no departure from the usual inter esting and original affair." The centerpiece showed typical barn yard scene. Cunning little pheasant hens stood here and there exhibiting the beauty of their plumage. The place fa- vors were chandeliers, and to make the scene complete, corn was scattered over the board.
 Those who accepted this pretty hospi- tality were Miss Annette Hoyt, Miss Col lett. Miss Grace Meighan. Miss Foster, Miss Carrie Beatty. Miss Isabel Coyle and the hostess.
 The especial guests were Miss Janette Collett of Houston. Tex. and Miss Juliette Foster. her hostess NOTES AND PERSONALS
 MT. and Mrs. J. B. Shropshire and their daughter. Miss Helen Shropshire. have returned after a fve-weeks' tou;. of the east. They visited Niagara Falls. Atlantic City, Buffalo. New York city and other points
 MT. and Mrs. 2. H. Cabaniss will spend the month of August at Tate Spring.
 
 Mrs. Charles M. Nice and daughter have spent the past month at Bay Head. M "A vein @o1s