The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-23

The first dance of the holiday season was given by the seniors of the Margaret Alien school. who entertained last even
 ing in the pleasant fashion that prevails alWays with the near debutantes' of tnls fashionable institution. A commend apie lact to be mentioned in connection "lth the dance Is that the hour-S 3O--was S mentioned on the invitations. and most of tae young people responded promptly lhe Misses Allen, like many of the pa- ,lons oI their school and parents of col lese glris are firm believers in the early- hour dance, and Miss Allen the principal remarked yesterday that it was with the ioea or conserving the strength of these young people whose holiday is to be so busy that the S:30 to F o'clock plan of .leif nrst dance was instituted and met "ith instant favor from the hostesses
 Last evening the annual dance was es- pecially enjoyable, the more so because
 It was first of the holiday festivities. and oecause IL was planned by such popular members of the school set Miss Miriam SHyer president of the senior class. led the dance, with Miss Holden Naff con- uccting some beautiful figures, in one or which favors were given These were cio-eio wands and red-rose horns The
 decoration of the ballroom, in holly Wieaths, mistletoe and red bells which were Tn evidence throughout the lower loor or the school. was significant of the
 holiday period. The hostesses who en- .ertained almost 200 of their friends, were: MISS Miriam Smyer, Miss Mary Ida Wood MISS Virginia Messenger, Miss Diminis Mhkinson, Miss Julia Casey, Miss Ellen Cooley, Miss Isabel Hazzard. Miss Anna LeBarr, Miss Julia Shackelford, Miss Ma rion Pinckard Miss Frances Woodrow.
 Miss Madeline DeShazo.
 me members of the D. D. club were nosts last night to a number of their l friends, giving their first annual dance
 at the Birmingham Newspaper club. The
 membership of the organization includes 10 or the juniors, the majority of whom are not yet college boys so that their meetings continue at intervals throughout
 the winter With them at the first of
 .heir inequalities to which outside boys
 were invited in addition to their girl
 friends were about half hundred young
 people of the college set. During the
 later hours the number was augmented
 ny several of the Margaret Allen school junction thus making for their first day
 or holiday pleasure an especially diverting
 enniax Attractive favors were presented
 ny the club to their partners They were
 rings, which bore the club emblem, The tables were removed from the roof garden cafe of the club and with the MUSIC or the exceedingly capable orches- tra, and tempting sandwiches and punch the preparations for a delightful party were complete. The hosts of the occasion
 were: James Downey, Marcus Mcclellan,
 Fucker Agee, Walter Agee. Richard John
 ston, John Terry Badham, Fred Hard,
 sterling Foster, Charles Webb, William
 Bromberg, Albert Ross, Rowan Oden,
 Joseph Smith, Frank Lay and Leon Wy
 man.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Badhan, Mir. and
 Mrs F. w. Bromberg and MT. and Mrs
 4.,x-t tfo.-
 boys to act as their ehaperons.
 The women who are selling Red Cross
 seals In behalf of the campaign against
 tuberculosis are doing an unselfish and
 very beautiful work, and one which de-
 serves fine results. This is Episcopal day
 With Mrs. T. O. Smith as chairman. She
 has asked as her assistants Mrs w. D.
 smith, Mrs. Hubbert Smith, Mrs. Frank
 Stevens, Mrs. c. M. Tardy, Mrs R. s. w
 Browne, Mrs. Charles Foster, Mrs W. M
 Mayes, Mrs. Arthur Adams. Mrs John
 London, Mrs. W. s. Lowell, Mrs. Charles
 DeBardeleben, Mrs. Harry Whe dock, Mrs.
 Carl Seals, Mrs. $. F.. Greene. Mrs. c. T.
 Randall, Mrs. E. B. Peddinghaus, Mrs
 John H. Minge, Mrs. Middleton Barnwell, Mrs. Gus A. Pope, Mrs. Herbert TutwIler. Mrs. Robert McDavid, Mrs. F. T. Wilcox, Mrs. Felix Drennen, Miss Annie Pear sen, Miss Ella Hubbert, Miss Annie Don- nelly, Miss Gertie Gehrs, and Miss Lise Shropshire.
 The Wednesday luncheons at the Coun- try club will be continued, but the the-dansant will not be resumed until after the holidays
 Miss Miriam Smyer is expecting Miss Katherine Smith, Miss Nell Ayers and
 Miss Lois Mundy of Cedartown Ga, to hn Anke f~.. days. They will arrive Saturday, De- cenlber 26. and are to be guests of honor
 at several parties given by members of the school set. among them dance given the evening of December 30 by their house hostess. luncheon next Tuesday at the Newspaper club with box party after ward at the Lyric. Miss Eleanor Ander- son as the hostess; box party Thursday given by Miss Julia Casey and Miss Anna LaBarr, and luncheon New Years Day