The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-11
TEA TABLE TALK

An interesting bit of gossip appears in
| the latest issue of the Spur about Mr.
| Price Mckinney, who married Lucy DWy-
| er. one of Birminghams loveliest girls.
| Mr. Mckinney has visited here with his
wife several times for a brief space and
Mrs McKnney's friends found him a
| most delightful man. The Spur states
! that "Mr. Price Mckinney, the founder
| of the new Wickliffe Stud, and recent
! ACQUISITION to the membership of the
| somewhat exclusive Jockey club is one
| of the most difficult of men to. outbid at
a horse sale after he has made up his
| mind just what he wants. This was
shown plainly enough when he ran Colin
! up to $4,000 rather than lose the oppor-
| tunity to purchase this famous horse, at
the James r. Keene and Charles Kohier
| sale Mr.. Mckinney, who is member
| of the iron contracting firm of Corr1gan,
| Mckinney & Co., is one of the wealthiest
and most substantial business men OF
| Cleveland. His race track activities, now
| ever extend very far afield; he Is very
| large stockholder of the Juarez RACING
! association down in Mexico
| Another bit of talk that made interest
| ing gossip among a group at tea table
| a day or so ago was the note which ap-
| peared in a smart eastern paper to the et-
| feet that "It looked for time as IL the
wedding of Miss Lucie Hoke Smith. the
|
Smith of Georgia, would not take place
| on December 80. Very likely 1t would not,
| at that had the bride not marched right
| up to the Secretary of the Navy and
| told him that it was bad enough for the
| Dolphin, and her fiance, Lieut.. Alston
| Simpson, U. s. N, to be ordered off to
| San Domingo a month before the date
| set for the wedding, without being told
| to relieve the Wheeling in Mexican waters
| instead of coming home. The Secretarys s
heart melted and on Christmas day the
| lieutenant was able to greet one or the
most popular and attractive girls In the
Younger set-the acknowledged leader OF
the southern contingent in Washington
| The bride, who has been out in society
only a year. spent the early part of her
childhood in Washington. Her father was
| then a member of the Cleveland cabinet
Nothing could more strongly emphasize
| the grip that the "the dansant.' tango
| tea or whatever you want to call 1t, has
| got on society than the invasion of the
| conservative and dignified Congressional
club of Washington by this craze. 1t
| was shown, said one just returned from
the capital city, the afternoon of De-
| cember H. when not only the younger
members of the club were on hand, but
the staid old-timers from Capitol Hill left
the club early so that they could go down
to the dance.
The Shoreham. where the Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Marshall are living, was
the first to take up the tea dance. After
Christmas the Willards followed.
Friday afternoon at the Country club
one of the notable guests and one of the
most graceful dancers among the men was
Mr.. James r. Nunnally of Atlanta, who
expressed the most enthusiastic enjoyment
of the tango tea as a club function. He
had come to Birmingham Mr. and Mrs.
Barrett's guest, mainly to take part in the
1.-The dansant," which is not yet an es-
tabished club function in his own city,
and expressed the most intense satisfac-
tion with the innovation. The dansant
has unquestionably won society here, each
: week finding additional men among the
guests. This Country club affair is al
ways artistic and beautiful. An enjoyable
feature of the east one was the dancing
of Mr.. ]. e. Miles and Miss F'lorrie Miles
who gave their new version of the Brisii-
ienne Maxixe with a brilliancy and artis-
tic finish that charmed all who saw them
At the tango tea yesterday afternoon at
the Birmingham School of Dancing were