The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-04
HOLIDAY GAYETIES
FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE
Mrs o. Smith Hostess Mrs Wasrom Gives An Afternoon
Tea-Mrs A. G. Smith, Mrs. stokeey and Mrs. Edward
Smith Announce Afternoon Reception-other
Topics of the Day-The Opera
BY MYRTLE MILES

Miss Nell Harris, whose marriage to MI.
White will be celebrated next week.
The residence was beautifully decorated,
its spacious rooms admitting of an elaoo-
rate usage of flowers and foliage. A dozen
| great palms stood about the rooms in cor
ners chosen for their display, and on
mantels and tables were poinsettia bios
SONS and red carnations.
Mrs. Walstrom and a long receiving line
! composed of the honoree and some of her
| friends, chiefly among the matrons. stood
in the drawing room to receive the call
ers. Miss Nell Harris and her sister. Miss
Jamie Harris, who is to be her maid OF
honor stood next to her in line. and the
others of the party were Miss Sue Clark
Mrs. Hubert Scruggs, Mrs. Tom Stobert
| Mrs. Charles r.. Bowman, Jr., Mrs. b.
| J. Cheeseman. Mrs. Roscoe Harris and
| Miss Irene Embry.
The cards were received at the door
by Master Norman Walstrom, the little
son of the hostess. and little Miss Eliza
beth Johnston. In the hall to extend
greetings were Mrs. U. ID. Mooney. Mrs,
Jack Eaton. Mrs. Roberta Harris Winn.
Mrs. A. r. FORSYTH. Mrs. Barnes Morgan.
in the library a punch bowl stood sur
rounded with ferns and poinsettia. Miss
Renfroe Embry, Miss Effie Hodges and
Miss Mary Harrison presided: those re-
ceiving here were Mrs. NJ. z. Messer, Mrs.
Miles and Mrs. j. r. Hayes.
In the dining rom the decorative details
were especially lavish and beautiful. The
tea table held baskets banked with red
carnations and asparagus ferns, and from
the chandelier red maline was draped and
caught to the candle shades which burned
under red silk shades. The compotes. tied
with the frothy crimson bows and the red
bonbons emphasized the crimson note,
which was so altogether CHEEKY and pleas
ing.
At either end of the table, presiding
in turn over coffee and tea urns, were
Mrs Thomas d. Parke and Mrs. Brooks
Forbes Assisting in this apartment with
sandwiches and bonbons were Miss Dor
soy Harris. Miss Hilda Clark, Miss Ruth
Haynes and Miss Agnes Bethea, who are
to be bridesmaids at Miss Harris we'd
ding; Mrs. j. j. Duncan, Mrs. John w.
Sibley, Mrs. T. A. Hawkins, Mrs. Mary
Stobert and Mrs. Horace Robertson.
Mrs. Walstrom wore a very attractive
reception toilette made of black mar
uuisette over American Beauty char
meuse. Miss Renfroe l-mbry was in yell
low satin decollette, and Miss Irene EN-
bry wore a blue charmeuse toilette. Miss
Nell Harris was beautifully gowned in
white charmeuse with touches OF pink.
and Miss Jamie Harris was unusually dis
tinguished looking in charmeuse with an
overdrapery of embroidered white lace.
Mrs Y. d. Mooney appeared in pink
eharmeuse costume, which is extremely
becoming and pretty, and Mrs. Tom Sto-
bert wore white. Mrs. Winn was very
pretty in black. Miss Mary Harrison was
one of the beautifully gowned young wom-
en- OF the party, appearing in rose char
meuse made with a drapery of antique
black lace. Mrs. Hubert Scruggs recep-
tion gown was Venetian lace made over
blue messaline, and Miss Hodges was in
white lace over pink Calling at the close
of the evening, the men who are MEM
bers of the White-Harris bridal party
and a number of other friends of the
bride-elect and her bridesmaids, enjoyed
an hour with them. There were 80 in the
party.