The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08


A glance at the social calendar
idea OF the forthcoming enter
$. though several other evening
will probably be announced for
lern club How Lent is to be
Ipassed by Birmingham society remains
sstiIl a question. More or less serious pur-
suits usually occupy the attention, charity
sreceiving much of the time that in the
Social season is relegated to gay affairs.
A contemporary journal ters how Monte
Carlo keeps Lent. This is the objective
point of many travellers on that side of
1.-THE water, it appears, during the period
usually relegated TO sacllcloth, ,and ashes,
land, so notes the journal;
But for the slight differences in the
tconformation OF nature, one might con-
fuse Monte Carlo with Deauville, or with
iParis-Deauville during la grande semaine
i'm August. or Paris at the time of the
sGrand Prix. Everywhere old friends and
lacquaintances are unexpectedly met, and
lat every other turn are seen the same
5daces that have become familiar earlier
I'm the season al Aix-les- Bains, at Vichy
icr at tho races in Paris The whole of the
sRiviera, from Hyeres to San-Remo, is
,crowded at this time with smart peo-
Fple, and during the course of a week,
seach and every one of them turns up
sfor a constitutional on the terrace at
Monte Carlo; no matter whether they are
lin hiding at respectable Cannes. at gay
land careless Nice or at one of the
squieter places-Cap-Mar Mention, or
iBordighera.
MANY well known English people have
.teen here for some weeks. but many
more will be arriving directly after the
first court which comes rather earlier
sthan usual. ON February 49, The English
'sre fond of slipping down to the sunny
south during Lent for here they can be
5just a little naughty in their sackcloth
fand ashes without attracting undue at
.tention. Their season is a short as well
as merry one and no harm done, for
the mills of the English gods seem to
grind right along during their absence
and Easter finds the majority of them
sitting so decorously under English roof
trees that it is doubtful if the all-seeing
eye has noted their truancy from a single
charity fete.
From time immemorial efforts have been
made by private individuals to start what
might be termed counter attractions to
the casino The question of clubs, espe-
eially of private bridge clubs. has come
Np again and again since the great craze
for bridge swept society. This year the
casino has responded to the popular de-
mand by designating two rooms on the
first floor of the Sporting club to be de-
voted entirely TO bridge and poker. The
innovation is proving to be very popular.
The rooms set apart for this purpose
handsomely furnished, and there are six
tables for ca q game. Here the smartest
women and the most popular beaux may
be seen every afternoon, and often they
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When they tire of bridge or poker they
have only to mount the stairs to the
Sporting club proper and begin all over
again at roulette, fente-et-quarante, or
baccarat."
=. A clever party was given the other
evening in New Orleans by Mr. George
N1agiDnis. who is known to a number of
Birmingham folk who have lived in or
visited in that city. An exchange speaks
of it as village dance" and one of the
most attractive novelties of the present
social season. Mr. Maginnis entertained
at the home of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nv. d. Maginnis on st. Charles avenue in
honor of his sister, Miss Josephine AIagn-
mis-, popular debutante The rooms Of
1.-THE lower floor of the spacious home
were decorated to represent rural scene,
palms, eyergreens ana Spanish moss COW
ering the walls and draped from the doors
and windows. In the dining room the
center piece of the supper table was u
great bowl filled with fruit. Miss Magin-
mis-, who received with her brother and
her parents, wore simply made village
dress of crimson. with white dots and a
iereen sash. Her hair plated. and the
two plaits hung down her back Red roses
were in her hair and the pretty young
debutante made q charming picture The
girls among the guests wore simple
dresses such as would be seen at the
ordinary village dance. and because of
this enjoyed the dancing all the more.