The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-06


encrusted in beaded motifs OF orchlos
Miss Mary Cobbs Miss Annie Laurie ana
Miss ella Vaughn Patterson were three
lovely Montgomery girls at the recepeioh.
They came in from dinner at MT. anu
Mrs Ross Smiths home where MISS eonp
is a guest She was wearing pretty
mink and silver robe. Miss Patterson was
in a French dancing frock of green chif-
fon over charmeuse with rosebuds Tor
trimming, and Miss Laurie was also
prettily gowned Miss Ross smith was
one of the prettiest matrons at the clup.
Her costume was turquoise blue char
meuse, a shade Whlch quite SUITS hei
dark eyes and hair.
Mrs Regen of Columbia, Tenn, was
one of the beauties in the ballroom. she
wore pink crepe meteor draped With lace.
Mrs. w. r. Gum, whose guest she Is, ap-
peared in blue brocaded meteor with white
lace garnitures. Miss Lettie Woods OF
Virginia, the guest of DR.. and Mrs. Lup-
ton, was exceedingly pretty in crystal
net over pink.
BrOcades and Lace
Mrs. T. o. Smiths gown was white
satin and gold brocade that was as hand
some as it was becoming. She carried
| meteor roses. Mrs. j. w. MacQueen's
costume was q black Chantilly lace Gre
ated over peacock blue charmeuse The
corsage was made of the jetted lace over
white and a panel in front and in the
back of the trailing skirt was studded in
cut jet Mrs. Kettig wore a ball gown
made with tunic and bodice OF silver
lace falling over a draped skirt of violet
velvet. Her slippers and the ornament
| in her hair were silver and her corsage
bouquet of sweet peas in the lavender
shades gave the final touch of color to
| her novel and beautiful toilette. Mrs.
Dunn's gown was a handsome crystal net
| embroidered in Jet and made over white
| satin, with bodice veiled with flesh-tinted
chiffon. Miss Mary Munger looked stun
| ming in an evening gown of coral pink
! charmeuse with a beaded tunic of silk
| tulle. One of the handsomest costumes
at the reception was that of Mrs. j. Rivers
| Carter. The foundation was charmeuse
| in a vivid shade of blue over which was
| a tunic of magnificent lace. The gown
! is outlined in pink, the skirt made with
| a becoming front drapery and the bodice
| given touch Of striking color by big
| pink rose. Mrs. Edward Ware Barrett
wore a white and gold brocade ball gown
and Mrs. Donald Conner was a beauty Of
the Spanish type wearing deep rose
| shade. Mrs. Robert i. McDaVid was
! there in pink brocade crepe meteor
costume and Mrs. Thomas II. Benners,
who is always one of the lovely women
at the annual reception, was in black
brocaded velvet with a bodice of cream
lace, and carried a bouquet of American
Beauty roses. Mrs. Charles Lutz wore
white brocade and real lace.
Miss Florence Coffin was one of the
pretty girls of the younger set noted in
the ballroom. She wore an apple green
charmeuse dancing frock with a draped
skirt and a bodice of white lace. Her
guest, Miss Kitty Bibb of Decatur. was
in white crepe meteor with lace and cry
stal garnitures.
The Sun Parlor
In the living room on the first floor,
the decorators have used the shades of
tan and brown in walls and draperies
with delightful effect This apartment
with its big fireplace topped with a hunt
ing scene appropriate to a mans club
and ornamented with bronzes, opens upon
the sun parlor which was one of the
popular little, meeting places last nighA
1t is fitted up to harmonize with the
brown shades within, comfortable fibre
furniture, and looking down over the
street as il does was the addition which.
brought forth expressions of gratitude
from probably the greatest number of
clubmen.
The corridors and reception rooms sec
retary's office, waiting room ballroom
and tudor room alike were arranged last
night to give a cheerful welcome to the
club members and their friends. Palms,
bay trees and ferns were appropriately
placed and on the tables in the tudor
room were jonquils, narcissi and freesias
to give the final charm to beautiful sur
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