The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-03
LENTEN EVENTS IN SOCIETY WORLD Miss Mary Campbell Among Naval Society Sponsors MIR. RAMSAY A HOST Miss Jennie Trimble Is Much Enter tained in New York City-Miss
 McCandless Honoree at
 Dinner and Luncheon
MIR. RAMSAY A HOST
Rx MYRTLE MILES

Annapolis, was in attendance last week at the convention of the Society of Naval Sponsors, which she organized three years ago. The Washington dailies have had a number of references to the programme followed at the convention and fuller ac- counts of the many Inequalities that were shown the cotrie of members.
 The. programme of the convention. which assembled the morning of Febru- ary B, was as follows:
 10:30 a. m.-Informal reception in the cabinet room of the New Willard by the president and officers of the Society of Sponsors of the United States navy.
 1:3o a. m.-F ormal opening of the meet ing of the Society of Sponsors of the United States navy.
 13O D. m.-Luncheon to the Society of Sponsors of the United States navy. New Willard.
 BOO p. m.-Second session of the meet ings of the Society of Sponsors of the United States navy.
 February 24-Cavalry drill at Fort Myer meet at New Willard at 80 p. n.
 February 25. p. m.-Sponsors hold re- ception at house of Lieut.. James Tom at quarters D.. navy yard, to meet the ladies of the navy yard.
 Saturday afternoon a tea was given aboard the Presidents yacht, 'the May fiower," by the officers, following with reception in the navy yard. Referring to these courtesies the Washington Post says:
 Yesterday being the last day of the convention of the Society of Naval Spon- sors, the officers of the navy yard showed the sponsors the points of interest in the yard, and Captain Logan of the Mayf1ower received them on board his ship. Later in the afternoon a reception was given at Tomb quarters, to the of- ficers and ladies of the yard, in honor of the sponsors who attended the con- vention. The latter were Miss Minnie Coates, sponsor of the Concord and presi -dent of the convention; Mrs. William Kitchen, sponsor of the Mississippi; Miss Louise Macon, sponsor of the Arkansas Miss Keith Frazier. sponsor of the Ten nessee; Miss Mary Campbell, honorary president of the society and sponsor of the Birmingham, and Mrs. Tomb, sponsor of the training ship Boxer.
 Mrs. Willard assisted Mrs. Tomb at the tea table; Mrs. Althouse served frappe, | and Mrs. Soule presided at the punch bowl Among the guests were Captain and Mrs. Beatty, Lieutenant Dowell of 1 the Mayfiower, Lieutenant and Mrs. Will lard, pr. and Mrs. Spratling, Lieutenant and Mrs. Downs, and Lieutenant and Mrs. Soule.
 The society has been granted a room In the National Museum for its exclusive use. Meetings have been held during February for the past three years, usu ally at the New Willard, and the fact that permanent place of meeting has been secured Is another step made by this exclusive organization. The proceed ings of the business meeting of the so- eiety are set forth thus in a Washington daily:
 Assured of the permanency of their or ganization, with the tender of a room in one of the government buildings as q place for their annual meeting, and the selection of a secretary who is to be compensated for giving special attention to their affairs, the membership of the Society of Sponsors of the United States for the organization, adjourned for luncheon at 1:SO o'clock this afternoon after a session of an hour and a hale in the cabinet room of the New Willard hotel. Election of officers will be held this afternoon.
 The proceedings were informal. not withstanding that manifest respect was paid to parliamentary practice. A prop osition to provide each member of the so- ciety with text book of parliamentary practice was voted down as unnecessary and a useless expense.
 The secretary chosen by the society is Miss Edith Benham, formerly of San Francisco, now making her home in Washington.
 The president. Miss Minnie D. Coates of Chester, Pa, sponsor of the Concord, oc- cupied the chair. The members present were Miss Mary Campbell of Birming- ham, Ala, sponsor of the Birmingham; i; Mrs. William w. Kitchen of Buffalo, N. r., sponsor of the Mississippi; Miss Carol Newberry of Washington. sponsor of the Michigan; Mrs. James H. Tomb of Wash ington, sponsor of the Boxer, and Miss Macon and Mrs Benham.
 The chaplain of the Senate. Rev. Ulys- ses G. B. Pierce, opened the session with an invocation. Lieut.. Commander H. V. Butler addressed the sponsors, telling of the benevolent purposes of the Naval Re- lief society.
 It was decided that surplus funds of the society, available after the payment of all expenses, should be contributed to the funds of the Naval Relief society and be applied to the aid of indigent widows and orphans of officers. sailors rine corps.
 An increase of five members, sponsors of naval vessels recently launched. was reported, and the loss of one member, Mrs. Alice Gould Hawes. by death.
 There was discussion of the desirability of changing the time and place of meet ing. The lack of opportunity for western members to join in the annual yearly meetings, held in Washington by direc- ton of the constitution, was set forth. No action was taken.
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 Society remembers the christening of the cruiser Birmingham" in June, 1907. as an event of national society interest