The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-28
TWO BRILLIANT RECEPTIONS INTRODUCE
 WINTER SOCIAL SEASON IN BIRMINGHAM
OPENING RECEPTION IS
 GIVEN AT PHOENIX CLUB
Brilliant Event Given Simultaneously With That the South ern Club Last Nght-Some of the Well Known People
 Attending and the Striking Toilettes Worn
By MYRTLE MILES

The opening reception of the PhoeniS club was one of the two brilliant func. tions of last evening; il occurred sfmul- taneously with the splendid affair al the Southern club and the two were rivals for beauty and dignity and good spirits. The Phoenix, younger club and in a newer home was nevertheless conspicuous in the grace of the wei come accorded to the friends of its members who are among the superior hosts of this city.
 The club is one of the most modern and beautiful in the south. It's exterior brick is a deep brown shade and har- monious in every line of its construc- ton. is arehitecturally. in keeping with the artistic charm of the rooms in which the clubmen entertain so clev- erly.
 The decorator was at his best when he arranged for the reception last night. Flowers and foliage were dis tributed with taste and effect, every rose and every leaf placed to contribute it's own charm
 The Thanksgiving colors and thoughts were evidenced in the decora- tive appointments and other features of the entertainment.
 The Entertainment Committee
 In the living room and library, where the entertainment committee, the pres iaent and his wife and the secretary of the club mingled among the guests to give them welcome palms were at mi harmonizing with the soft browns and blues and greens of the apartment motif. There is broad, hospitable fife place in living room, reading room and library. Each mantel was banked with ferns and white and yellow chrysan- themums. A cluster of handsome roses here and there in a vase or epergne on the tables saves finishing perfection to the rooms. The punch table stood in the central room beneath canopy of smIlax, itself covered with the aei- icate vines, the bowl surrounded with the tendriis of smIlax ana asparagus
 In one end or tnIs apartment, hlgn above the ooor, were the floral let ters, "1908-l9l2,' done in yellow chrys- anthemums with a pacKground of green Ine two uateS SlSnlneu the year or the clubs birth and the present year,
 In the Ballroom
 In the ball room, where the scene during the oance hours was one of the most brilliant ever presented In a birmingham club. The beams overhead Were enclrcled with greenery ana the sides of the room draped with smilax so that the great apartment appeared an enormous arbor.
 The lights, arranged in clusters on the side walls of the ball room, were twined with the vines and the musi- clans gallery where an excellent or chestra furnished the dance music, in keeping with the predominant art fol- | iage was banked high with palms. The grand march opened the ball, one of the merriest and most graceful of panoramic spectacles. Mir and Mrs. Leo Steiner, the former in the capacity of club president, led the march and the cotillon which succeeded it.
 Mrs. Steiner was one of the hand somest of the many lovely women noted at the reception. Her gown was Pariaisn model, one of the new color combinations whose attractiveness may not be presented in a word picture