The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-01
NEWS OF THE DAY
 IN SOCIETY WORLD Gossip of Prominent People
 Here and Elsewhere A SOCIAL CALENDAR The Season of Opera in New York and What It Meansto Society.
 Thanksgiving Day in Bir- mingham Society
| SOCIAL CALENDAR
By MYRTLE MILES K (TeIenhoues. Hell 4.}OO. PeOnies 231l


 damaslx curtain at the Metropolitan opera
 most brilliant social and artistic season
 of opera that New York has ever exper-
 fenced. Society is participating with
 greater brilliancy and in greater number
 than ever before. Last year the far
 famed diamond horseshoe" this being
 the name by which the parterre boxes are
 commonly known-proyed too small to
 accommodate all who were eager and elig-
 ible to sit in this exclusive tier, so the
 names of the socially prominent over
 flowed into the grand tier of ooxes.. This
 season even a greater number of socially
 prominent devotees have invaded the
 grand tier, and a still further overflow
 is to be found in the orchestra seats, if
 one may believe the report of attendants
 upon the opera for every journal of ex-
 elusive society publishes glowing reports
 of the music the people and the fashions.
 It is said that no opera house in any of
 the old world music centers can vie with
 the Metropolitan for it's artistic excel
 lence. It is practically the only opera
 house in the world where each opera is
 sung in its original language, for at the
 Metropolitan operas are sung in Italian,
 German, French and English by an en-
 semble of the worlds greatest singers.
 A box at the opera is more difficult to ,obtain than a string of finest pearls or a
 diadem of rarest gems. The latter may
 be found at any of the famous jewelry
 establishments, but the opera box is held
 to tenaciously and is rarely to be had
 even for a night a season. except in
 case of death or absence from the country
 of it's owners. Throughout the summer
 general topic of conversation is always
 the opera, and the questions, Have you
 box?' or Have you procured seats for
 the opera?' are often heard. It Is a fact
 that operagoers, generally, go to be seen
 as well as to see, and for this reason
 there Is a desire on the part of every
 stranger who goes to New York to take
 in the opera for the purpose of seeing
 who is there or to study the costumes
 and lucky is the visitor who is invited to !, sit in one of the prominent boxes. The invitation to dine and go to the opera is always longed for and presence in one of the best boxes of the house carriers with it a much coveted distinction. It is the desire of the debutante to appear, if not at the opening night of the operas at least frequently duringrthe early part of the, season, aud for this reason there is al-, ways azgreat demand for boxes in fam flies where there are .debutantes. .rfiisl year among those having debntante daughtas or relatives whom they. are in- l, troducing partly in this way are Mrs. Ledyard Blair, Who has two debutante daughters, Mrs. l.. Cass Ledyard, who will introduce a daughter, Mrs. J. Pier pont Morgan, Jr., whose daughter Miss Jane Morgan, is to be introduced, and Mrs J. Woodward Haven, whose niece, Miss Charlotte Cram, Is debutante. There has been little change in the per sonnel of the parterre boxes. Colonel John Jacob Astor was there on the opening night with his bride, and other boxes are | held as usual by the families of Messrs. Il J. Pierpont Morgan, William K. Wander H bilt Ogden Mills, Elbridge T. Gerry, Au- Il gust and Perry Belmont, John E. Parsons Il and a number of others whose names have H been famed in the social annals of Ameri- | ca for many years. Il The jewels and gowns worn this year I at the opera are more beautiful and cost I ly than ever Many Stunning things worn I at the coronation festivities were brought H |s times during the season. Furs are most 1y used for evening wraps and very sparngly a trimming on gowns. The H hair is being done very simply, curls, \ puffs and braids having been to great extend abolished, but elaborate head dress will be worn over the hair, made Of pearls, crystal net, silver or gold lace and ornamented with ostrich tips, silk flowers and Seweled ornaments.
 Costumes, dress and the artists on the stage corpbine to make the opera society's greatest spectacle.
 Yesterday was a perfect day for fes- I tival of any sort and made Thanksgiv- ! ing nothing short of ideal. It was abso- lutely quiet for the most part There ! was a quiet wedding or two; dance N followed the football game several small | dinner parties were given. but the family party was high in favor and the sweetest { events of the day were those which in- eiuded only the family circle.
 ! The football game was well attended, as the Thanksgiving game always is | Among the parties of young folk whose enthusiasm is the making of "a game, | there were many lovely strangers. for ! rarely have there been as many pretty. | ,Isitors for the holiday season as hos Dftable Birmingham is entertaining just TOW. Miss Eleanor Matthews and her | charming visitor, Miss Minta Jones of II Charlotte, were noted m the Matthews \ car accompanied by Mir. Krebs MT. | Jones and MT. Tom Martin. Miss Char II lotte Hopkins, her hostess. Miss Wealth. Y erly, and Miss Doris Weathery were in- II terestins members of a gay little party, " and Miss Jennie Mobley, with Mrs. Owen ,i Gillespy and a coterie of other friends, N were observed in one of the cars, and in l5 another were MT. and Mrs John War N Ten, their guest. Mrs Wyatt and the Ed la Warrens. There were scores of other in- < teresting people. among them many from ' out of town, who are here for the week ' end, and who added to the gaysty in the q grandstand and the automobile passen- gers outside. The subscription dance at II f'rars' hall and the innumerabe dinner lt Parties which followed the game made \ the day one of pleasure for c6lege folk x and the younger set.
 K MIR. HORACE JOHNSON 2. '' N A HOST FOR VISITING GIRLS