The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-17

 M. B. Kirkpatrick, Mrs Joseph Norwood Mrs. H. Ruth, Mrs. J. Virgil Smith, Mrs 1 w. H. Taylor Mrs. M. H. Futile and others.
 Gowns Exceptionally Beautiful l The gowns worn were exceptionally l beautiful.
 | Mrs. Frank Penney of Mobile wore a
 handsome, ball gown of pink messalne
 with gold trimmings, embossed with pink roses, and in her hair was a Juliet orna-
 ment. Mrs. Victor Hanson of Birming- ham was very handsome in mauve chif- | fon over pink satin bordered with mara bout Her hostess, Mrs. H. G. Evans, Jr., was in white chiffon over white silk with garnitures of pearl and real lace. l Mrs A c. Sexton of Birmingham, a former Montgomerian, wore pink meteor crepe, draped with embroidered marqui- sette and with touches of brown mar about Mrs. Carl Seals of Birmingha m was one of the charming women at the i ball. Her gown was pink crepe de chine, I trimmed in pearls Her sister, Mrs. Man | ly Foster, whose guest she is, wore black marauisette over gold satin and with old l gold trimmings.
 Mrs. w. w Hill wore lavendar satin with a handmade lace overdress draped
 with black marquisette.
 l Mrs Forney Stevens in white silk with duchesse lace trimmings was a Mont gomery woman also much admired, and | Mrs. Leon McCord in blue marquisette I over rose silk with silver trimmings, looked lovely.
 1 Mrs Bruce Kennedy wore wistaria crepe de chine with Persian trimmings and Mrs. J. M. De Cottes rose brocade, Mrs | B. l.. Boykin black lace over rose silk
 and Mrs. l.. S. McKeral yellow silk yelled | with black lace. Mrs. Oliver Kirkland l wore pink satin with black marquisette overdress and jewel trimmings. | Mrs. E. l.. Russell of Mobile was charming visiting woman Mrs. A. s. l Lyons, who was a member of Colonel
 and Mrs. Russell's party, wore green mes saline with an overdress of imported Per- sian.
 Birmirgbam Girls Present Among the girls who went down yes
 tedrav from Birmingham to attend the
 ball were Miss Ellen Linn Motion, who
 
 Thatcher of Somerset, Ky, Miss Martha
 Dabney, Miss Marjorie Weatherly, Miss
 Sadie Gillespy and Miss Clara Lee Wood- son. Miss Kathleen Van Hoose, who has
 been visiting here for some time was
 also among the Birmingham girls espe- cially admired Her costume was white
 chiffon over satin and her flowers pink roses. Miss IsabeIl Cobbs, whom she is visiting, wore white crepe de schine with crysta passementrie garnitures and
 marabout Mrs. J. l.. Cobbs wore black | lace robe over peach-colored messaline. Among the prominent Birmingham | women noted in the grand march was
 Mrs. John W. Tomlinson. She wore an apricot chiffon gown embroidered in cut steel, in which she was notably handsome. Her hostess, Mrs. Robert Ligon. was in American beauty cope
 meteor with touches of cream chantil- ly and jet embroideries. Her ornaments were diamonds. Miss Carrie Knox of Annlston was very interesting in white chiffon cloth gown embroidered in silver and in seed pearls. Miss Viii lie Keyser of Pensacola wore blue satin yelled in lavender chiffon em-
 broidered in French roses. Miss Kath-
 crime Rhodes of Natchez. Miss, was in white charmeuse satin elaborately
 embroidered in pearls. Miss Eugenia Root of Detroit, Mich., was in electric blue satin with smoke grey marqui- sette over drapery. Miss Mercedes Satmarsh of Pensa cola was another
 admired visiting girl. Miss Susie Nc
 Kenzie of Eufaula wore yellow mes saline yelled with mouseline and gar
 nitured with pearls. Her flowers were
 American Beasties. Mrs. F. Lovelace
 of Brewton wore light blue satin yelled with mouseline. Her ornaments were diamonds.
 Mrs. Louis Lasseter was seen in a handsome chiffon broadcloth, elabor- ately embroidered and with yoke and
 cuffs of duchess lace. She wore da-
 monds and corsage bouquet of Amer
 ican Beauties. Miss Kate Collier of
 Memphis was in white marquisette over satirL and trimmed with marabout Her hostess, Miss Bessie Miles, wore pink satin.
 Miss Jean Burke was much admired in white satin gown with overdress
 of chiffon trimmed in marabout. | Miss Anne Gaston wore pink marqui- sotte over satin with silver trimmings. Miss Taylor Beale, pink messaline with an overdress of chiffon and crystals. Miss Florence Norwood, white embroid-
 cred marquisette trimmed with passamen-
 trie and Irish point lace. Miss Sarah Warren Wikerson, white marquisette silk with amethysts. Mrs J. A. Kirkpat- rick, black lace over white silk, and Mrs J. H. Mourning, white satin with
 Duchesse lace garnitrres. Mrs. Thomas M. Owen was an interesting figure wear ing a cream lace robe over blue silk and with pink roses. Mrs. Frank Glass wore a superb lavendar marquisette embroid-
 cred and made over satin. Her flowers were parma violets.
 Several thousand guests attended the
 reception and ball, which so brilliantly introduced Governor ONears administra- tion and it will remain on the minds of all an event of marked distinction in the
 states history.
 embroidered in forget-me- -nots. Miss Bes- sic Maddox, white satin and marquisette Miss Rosalne Higgins wore blue satin l with an overdress of dewdrop chiffon with dewdrop net. Mrs. John B. Knox of An riston was in black chantilly embroidered | in silver and made over black messaline Mrs. J. R. Rylnnce of Dadeville wore cream lace over satin, with pearl garni- lures and corsage cluster of American | beauties. Mrs. J. B. Gaston wore black a UIdn of Beauty Ie a Joy Forever.