The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-14
MRS. THOMAS BOWRON
AN AFTERNOON HOSTESS

One of the gracious fashionable ar
rangements of yesterday was Mrs. Thorn
as Bowrons afteHioon tea. Several hum
bred of her friends, especially among the
young matrons shared the pleasure of
the occasion. and the hours were marked
by the congenial intercourse among good
friends which predominates at all the
first parties of the season-the younger
the season the happier the party.
The Bowron residence is one of those
quaint interpretations of modern archi-
lecture that places an open fireplace in
front sun parlor ii it but adds the
correct bit of cosiness. or any idosyn-
craey that seems somehow to suit the
temperament of the hostess. 1t is
thoroughly attractive place for entertain
ing. Yesterday afternoon all its charms,
of lights and color, were brought into
play so that the surroundings were quite
perfect. In a bower of autumn leaves
just outside the entrance to the living
room and tucked away in the sun par
lor, Mrs Edgar Marchant Kilby was the
first assisting matron TO greet the guests
if they entered that way. instead of
passing the alluring corner and going
straight ahead from the steps, through
the main entrance to the pretty home.
Mrs. kilby was unusually pretty in her
cream chiffon gown with its soft COM"
hinaton of rose pink satin and iridescent
garntures. Her costume. a CONNECTION in
itself, blended very prettily with the per-
fectly delightful ice she was serving-a
wonderful combination of violet and
strawberry and blue creams and sher-
bets, with whipped cream combined. The
punch bowl was embedded in American
Beauty roses and Parma violets.
In the end of the living room, the hos
tess sister, Mrs. Henry Dean, stood
TO receive the callers, giving them well
come with the characteristic sweetness
that makes her universally popular. She
was like some quaint, lovely portrait
study in pastels, wearing a decollette
costume of heavy blue brocade with
cluster of pink Killarney rosebuds and
lilies of the valley tucked in the laces
of her corsage In the other end of the
room, Mrs. Bowron stood, looking very
lovely and very like her smaller sister,
Mrs. Dean. Her gown was a pale blue
charmeuse distinguished of line and gar
niture, cut in the decollette fashion, and
exquisitely completed with the real laces
and corsage bouquet of Palma VIC
let's and lilies of the valley.
The colors in the room where Mrs.
Bowron stood, are beautifully handled,
and the deep pink chrysanthemums which
filled the vases and quaint Oriental jars
on mantels and tables were wonderfully
effective. Beyond in an alcove leading
to the dining room, Mrs. Thomas Owen
Gillespy received the guests as they
passed to the dining room. She was ex-
tremely pretty in her white brocaded
gown and real lace trimmings, and a big
American Beauty rose worn at her waist
gave a clever Introduction of rich color.
In the dining room, American Beauty
roses were used in profusion. The table
was conferred with a great mound of the
lovely blossoms set in fringe of maiden
hair ferns and interspersed with sprays
of vallby lilies. At one end of the table
Mrs Ted Joy and at another, Mrs. |. C.
Beatty presided over the tea and the
coffee urns respectively. Mrs. JOY was
attred for the afternoon in black, with
a touch of color introduced in her Golf
fure decoration--a Paradise aigrette that
was most becoming. Mrs. Beatty's gown
was superb apricot satin embellished
with lace. A plate course was served in
the dining room.
The cards left during the course of the
afternoon were most representative.
among those noted during the early
hour of the tea were: Mrs. Mason Dill
lard, Mrs. Zach Lee Nabers, Mrs. John
n. Gunnels Mrs. James Arthur Smith,
Mrs. B. A. Reynolds, Mrs. Pugh Pear
son, Mrs. Frank Nelson, Miss Carrie
Knox of Admission, Mrs. Richard John-
ston, Mrs. Reid Lawson. Mrs Henry r.
lowe, Mrs Tom JOY, Miss Elizabeth
Dearborn, Mrs. John T. Fletcher, Jr.
Mrs. Berry Baugh. Mrs. Tom Stobert
Mrs. Robert Lee Gregory, Mrs. M. p.
Seals, Mrs. Otto Marx, Mrs Charles Cal
honn, Mrs. Thomas Benners, Mrs. Frank
Bell, Mrs. Richard Massey, Mrs. Cald-
well Bradshaw, Mrs Ed Warren, Jr,
Mrs Spier Whitaker. Mrs. A. O. Lind
say, Mrs. Mercer Barnett, Mrs. Russell
Hunt, Mrs. George Troup Brazelton, Mrs
B. S. Lester Mrs. William A. Hood, Mrs.
FELTON, Wimberly. Mrs. Andrew Ramsay
Mrs Alex Cecil and others.