The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-03
MRS. HENRY HOUZE
 GIVES A RECEPTION

The reception given by Mrs. Henry Rutherford Howze yesterday afternoon at the Country club to introduce her broth CTS attractive wife, Mrs. J. Walter Love of Chattanooga, was one of the smartest events of the holiday season. In the ap- pointments of the club for the affair, the decorative motif and other arrangements were retrospective of Thanksgiving and suggestive of the Christmas holiday so rapidly approaching. Poinsettia, like big bright red stars, frightened the apart ments of the club, harmonizing well in
 its brilliant color with the gay draperies of the sun parlor, and increasing the brightness of the firelght in this and the great living room.
 Draperes of smilax were used with lav- ish grace in library and living rooms, and luxuriant distribution of palms made handsome background for the throng of colors in their stunning after noon toilettes.
 Mrs. Howze, who is a hostess queenly and lovely, was assisted in greeting her guests by the following delightful women: : Mrs. A. c. Howze, Mrs. Agernon Smith. Mrs. William Welch, Mrs J. A. Bryan Mrs. Bruce Brewer Mrs. Edgar Mar | chant Kilby, Mrs. T. II. Joy, Mrs. George II. Harris Mrs. Frank Fowlkes, Mrs. | Crawford Johnson, Mrs. l.. w. Collier Mrs Eugene Brown, Mrs. Robert Simp- son, Mrs. E. NJ. Durham, Mrs. |. ]. w. Peters, Mrs. Samuel Earle, Mrs. Robert | Thach, Mrs. Felix Drennen. Mrs. Victor | Hanson, Mrs. Hubert Drennen, Miss Mar | tha Dabney, Miss Gamelel Dixon, Miss l Gladys Enslen and Miss Margaret La 1 tady.
 | The hostess was attired for her reception in old blue charmeuse, a color extremely becoming. Her house guest. Mrs. Love, wore a handsome gray chiffon robe, hand embroidered. Mrs Felix Drennen was one l of the pretty women in the receiving party especially noted. Her costume was l blue brocaded charmeuse made with draperies of chantilly lace and rhine ;, stone garnitures. Mrs. Victor Hanson s gown was green charmeuse with gold 1 trimmings. Miss Gamalel Dixon was a pretty girl assisting the hostess. Her cos tune was white charmeuse with silver trimmings and touches of swansdown. Miss Gladys Enslen who, with Miss Dixon, served frappe in the private dining room
 wore a crystal robe over primrose charm euse. and Miss Margaret Latady was a distinguished young beauty in green charmeuse. Marabout bordered the skirt and chiffon yelled with lace and embel- | lished with pink roses and rhinestones made an elaborate garniture for the cor sage.
 l Mrs. Crawford. Johnson's handsome aft ernoon gown was raisin tinted charmeuse and Mrs. Whit Collier appeared in black charmeuse gaEnitured with lace and tiny pink rosebuds. Mrs. Eugene Brown was noted wearing a pretty costume bullt o' green crepe de chine Mrs. F.. M. Durham was in dahlia colored chameuse with gray fur and chiffon to embellish it.
 l One of the pretty women seen at the reception was Mrs. Bruce Brewer, wear l ing white lace with coral chiffon drap- cries Another, of different type. was
 Mrs Edgar Kilby, who was in pink em- broidered marquisette with touches of blue satin embroidered in ihinestones and @s" "- 1 nitured with lace. Mrs. George Fl. Harris was attired for the afternoon Tn blue Wal
 lace trimmings; Mrs. Frank Fowlkes in prune colored charmeuse with cut steel
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