The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-10
Informal Parties and Large
Reception Compose a Full Day
Visitors Entertained At Reception At the Country Club
Luncheons At That Popular Place-Two Afternoon Teas
and Showers For Brides Elect Announcements of
Forthcoming Events-Mrs Breckenridge to
Be Introduced
by MYRTLE MILES

I to pour tea. and Mrs. Harding Burke to
preside at the coffee table. At the punch
bowl Miss Marguerite Nabers served the
| callers a delicious drink A number of
gifts brought to the bride-elect filled a
white lace umbrella and made an inter-
esting shower when the ribbons were
drawn by two small friends of the hostess.
The regular meeting of the Clionian
club will take place tomorrow afternoon
with Mrs. w. w. Bussey.
Cards have been received by friends and
former pupils of Mr. J. Ed Miles an
nouncing that he has formed an associa-
ton In New York with the great dancer
and teacher, Maurice. A school for dane
ing has been opened by Mons Maurice at
109-115 West Seventy-ninth street, and Mr..
Miles is to be assistant teacher and man.
, ager.
| Mrs. Oscar Hundley is inviting a few
| friends to her home Saturday afternoon
! to meet Mrs. Desha Breckenridge at tea
The coterie will number a dozen friends to
| be seated about her tea table, and talk
| of suffrage and other matters of COM
mon interest.
The subscription dance to occur the
evening of December II at Miles academy
is arranged by Mr.. Matt Otey and Mr.
Frank Baton. The chaperons have been
announced and the checking list is at
| Reynolds.
| Today the Presbyterians will be in
charge at the Hotel Hillman during the
| dinner served for the benefit of the doll
bazaar Mrs f. w. Dixon will be in
charge and assisting her are friends from
the various churches of the same denomi-
nation. 1t is hoped that the splendid sue
cess achieved by the Methodists yesterday
will be repeated.
| Mrs. Valentine Jordan Nesbt will be
hostess this afternoon to the Little
Jokers at their regular weekly meeting.
Mrs. Ed Eslick of Pulaski, Tenn, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Blake. Mrs.
| Eslick is Mr.. Blake's sister and will
| be here several days.
The ladies of the North Highlands
Methodist church will open their an
nua1 Christmas bazaar this morning at
| the Hood q Wheeler furniture store on
Third avenue between Twentieth and
Twenty first streets The bazaar will
| continue today, Friday and Saturday.
Considerable interest in the North
Highland bazar is felt in Birmingham
and the proceeds for the church this
year promise to be unusually large.
At the Country club yesterday Mrs.
Herbert Tutwiler gave a beautiful lunch
con to compliment her cousin, Miss Mar
garet Nottingham Of Eastville, Va, who
is visiting Miss Hettie Sibley. Pink kill
larney roses and narcisSi composed a
large decoration in the center of the ia
BILE, and place cards were decorated after
the same fashion. They held the names
of Mrs. Valetine Nesbit, Mrs. e. II. Ca
banss, Jr., Mrs. Mercer Barnett, Miss
Nottingham, Mrs. George Morrow, Jr
Miss Pauline Finn of Boston. Mrs
David Roberts, Jr., Mrs Robert Johnston,
Jr., Miss Hettie Sibey, Mrs. e. M. Tut
wiler, Jr., Mrs. harrington Hefln, Mrs.
II. u. Sims, Mrs. Arthur Chenoweth, Jr.,
Miss Bland Tomlinson, Miss Lydia Eus-
tbs, Miss Kate Earle Terrell, Miss LeMay
Caldwell.
The Yomogos club elected as officers
at their regular meeting in the Richmond
apartments this week: John r. Williams.
presidents Frank Ridout, vice president;
Paul H. Shropshire, secretary and treas
urer; John p. Abernethy, press agent.
Directors: ]. r. Williams, Frank Ridout,
P H. Shropshire, w. G. West and Marion
Poynter. The newly installed officers
promise activity in the way of informal
social gatherings during the holidays. The
membership of the club is steadily in
creasing.
Mrs. Will Leedy, president of the Fast
Lake Orphanage association, calls a spe-
cial meeting for this afternoon at 3
o'clock at st. Paul's hail. A full attend
ance is urged.
Mrs. AZ A. Dawson has returned home
after viist to Atlanta and to Macon,
Ga, where she was the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. Guy Armistead
Mrse. Allie Birch expects to leave De-
cember Is for New York to spend the
holidays with her daughter, Mrs. Dudley
Lawrence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Rand, who went
east last week, are at present in Ger
mantown, Pa, and will spend the re-
mainder of this week and a part of next
| in New York city.
| Mr. and Mrs. Julian Herndon are In
| New York on their wedding trip.
| Mrs. Sloss has returned to jackson,
Miss, after visit to her daughter, Mrs.
j. II. Mnge.
| Mr.. John e. Miles of Columbiaua is
spending a few days with his daughter,
| Mrs Richard Johnston.
Mrs w. ]. Ashton has returned from