The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

s."....".."s.....s.s.s ss''...s.ss.s''s'sss.s's.. decided upon white enamel and pretty 1 chfntz curtains. Gray and pink will be the color scheme employed"
 'You referred to the stewards needs | for service. Will improvements be made | in this department?"
 "Yes, new linens have been voted and | the silver will be replenished as well. i The service has been decidedly handl- | capped, and it is remarkable how well things have always passed off under the circumstances"
 "The tea terrace Is the innovation which is attracting all attention just now" she was told. What steps have the committee taken toward it's estab- lishment?"
 "Willow furniture has been ordered" said Mrs. Jacobs, and is expected next week There will be three dozen com fortable and pretty chairs and six tables of this type, one topped with festive parasol. They will be placed in the front lawn, on the level below the veranda, which will prove a comfortable place and
 pretty one until the club can introduce a stone terrace such as one finds in many country clubs. That could not be done | this summer in time for the place to be | used before autumn-too late for any
 pleasure to the stay>at-homes It will | probably be done next year. Tea carts
 and all of the other necessary and in- | teresting paraphernalia incident to that | feminine occupation, serving tea, will be part of 1t. The golfers can see the tea drinkers from their vantage point on the links and if they care to do so may come up to speak to their friends; if they prefer not meeting them while in the outing costume of the links or tennis court they can see the terrace far enough away to evade it. This is an advantage of location
 "Who, may I ask, is to see that the tea hour, a new thing in itself, passes off successfully? When will 1t happen and how often?"
 Three afternoons a week the tea will be served-Tuesday, Thursday and Sat | urday. The hour is 6 to T-convenient for everyone. Returning from matinee, base ball or other amusement, 1t will become an easy and natural habit, we think, to
 motor by the club on the way home for | a glass of iced tea It will prove a re-
 freshing aid to the woman who already | has formed the custom of motoring out
 to bring home her golfmad husband. and
 an easy way to greet her women friends
 without the task of calling these hot | days. AS for it's especial sponsor, the duty will fall upon a committee of three women appointed each week. For the 1 coming week they are to be Mrs. Tru- man Aldrch, Jr, Mrs. John ". Tomlin-
 son and Mrs. Frank B. Fowlkes. This l committee may always select others to be with them if they choose to have as | sistant hostesses. The tea served on these | days will, of course, not interfere with
 the privilege of having it by especial or
 der as has always been the custom, on | other days. These three days will be
 especially featured, however, and tho | club provides the tea"
 | with so clever a plan for attracting l the women to the club, one hates to think
 of winter coming and freezing out this
 new hospitable spirit. Will anything be | done to continue it?'' asked Mrs. Jacobs, and she said that this recalled another scheme-that of the ladies' table dhote luncheon for Wednesdays during the win ter. Every Wednesday @ table d'hote dinner will be served for the women Wednesday because this is matinee day and one may have luncheon and after wards a matinee party, or, if preferable, remain at the club for an afternoon of bridge The Wednesday afternoon musi- cale will continue to be a monthly fea- ture.
 ''This is another plan to popularize the club for the women," she continued, fand that is precisely Mr. Badham's desire to make the women feel welcome in the club. He says that there is a general hesitancy on the part of the women to appear there unless by special invitation or accompanied by an escort. It shall be the effort of his incumbency to remove this impression and to give the women
 the same use of the club as that enjoyed by their husbands and brothers" | A useful innovation mentioned by Mrs | Jacobs is the ''complaint box" which
 has been installed adjacent to the bulle-
 tin board at the club. 'It will help the
 house committee she said, "to please
 the members even in the little changes
 which will be instituted. Into the box
 may be slipped note calling attention
 to any carelessness, rudeness on the part
 of the servants or what not. If the but
 ter is sliced too thin and the lemons are
 sliced too thick for example, the com
 mittee would like to know even so small
 an objection. The complaints must be 1 signed, but the names of their senders
 will be kept inviolate. Once each week | the complaint box will be opened by the
 committee and prompt attention given
 to the contents. These are the things | that have been decided upon," she con
 cluded. "Other matters will be taken up l later"
 | Thus has the house committee set about bringing the Country club toward that
 ideal which Is said to vary with the in-
 dividual or with the community. The | Country club of Birmingham will be | ideal for this community when the plans | for 1t are perfected It is at the mo- ment one of the most delightful organi- zations in the country from the stand point of the men who comuose it's mem bership. MT. Badham, wto is broad minded in his dealings and Shesterfield- ian in his manners toward bPth men and women. has tlken steps in placing it on the most amcable footing possible with the members. His house committee