The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-15
ny JANE SHELBY

week of this organization of writer folk, the other being held Tuesday morning when Mrs. Maude Murray Miller of Co., lumbus, O., was present and sddl essed the club, giving a very interesting account of her work as member of the Ohio board of censors for motion pictures
 Yesterdays meeting entirely given over to Mrs. Woodruff who in her own charming and unaffected manner inspired the club with a broader vision of the wide field of literary achievement than it has ever had before. Coming from one who has "arrived,'' Mrs Woodruff's words bore double weight, especially interesting being her outline of the aim and work of the Authors League of America, with which she is in close touch. occupying an important place on its executive bard.
 Mrs. Woodruff read beautiful little poem, "The Golden Christmas Tree,
 which will be published this summer In book form, along with other poems by we'll known writer's the proceeds to go to milk fund for babies in New York city.
 At the conclusion of the meeting light refreshments were served, si1s t"v Montgomery Journal.
 The home of Dr. and Mrs Seals liar lis has been bright. with young com pany this week, whom their attractive daughter. Miss Josephine Harris, IS en- tertaining. Her cousin, Miss Gertrude Molton of Birmingham and Miss Frances Hall of Memphis arrived Ill time to attend the enjoyable dance given by Miss Josephine Harris and Scale Harris, Jr.. on Tuesday night. On Ell day Miss Claire Blount of Pensacola, sister of Misses Mollie and Carrie Blount. who frequently visit the Hairls family, arrived in the city for Visit to them. She has first graduated from school at Columbia, Tenn, and Will make her debut in Pensacola next Win ter. notes the Mobile Register.
 One of the largest house parties ever given in Birmingham will take place next week when the young daughter of MT and Mrs. Frank Nelson, Miss Margaret Nelson, and her brother will entertain 24 of their friends at the | handsome Nelson home on Highland avenue. Miss Annie Moore Provost will
 be among the guensts, some of wh"m come from north, south. east and west.
 Mir Nelson has gone north to meet the girls who will some by boat to Sa- yannah where they will be met by the | Nelsons' private car, arriving in Bir- l mingham Tuesday Some interesting so
 cal events is planned in honor of the house party every day. and Miss Pro.
 vost, who is always popular in Birming- ham, is anticipating a delightful time l lives there after the close of the house
 party. which itself will last two weeks Mobile Item
 Polly Peachtree writes as follows in
 Hearsts Sunday American
 | '''The importance of the June bride on
 the social horizon Is threatened only | by the bridesmaid, careful bride se- l lects her maids with view to the ef
 feet. not only on the tout ensemble, out on herself particularly She is a girl Hho knows her own points, who is will | ing to have a bevy of real beauties in her bridal party--or, for the matter of
 that, is willing to have real beauties | as 'ehums' before the time comes to | select her bridesmaids. The three times | and out fallacy has been proven again
 and again by Atlanta girls who have
 achieved a habit of being bridesmaids. | Nearly all of the home wedding par
 ties of the present season will be large | ly made up of Atlanta girls though sew | eral visitors will also figure in the
 bridesmaid contingent. Eliza Dancy of Baltimore comes to be a maid at Jane ] Thornton's wedding. and. Mildred Sykes | of Mississippi has already arrived to be
 in Passie May Ottley's wedding group. Bertha Moore's bevy of nine pretty girls (goodness meD will include five
 out of town maids--a fair proportion,
 I suppose, as she is to go to their town
 as a bride. Margaret Gage Is coming
 over from Birmingham to attend Mary King. And vice versa to all this, At
 lanta girls will figure in out of town | weddings. Aimee Hunnicutt will maid a New Orleans friend, and Alice May Freeman goes to Birmingham to act
 as bridesmaid at the marriage of her friend, Dorothy Johnson, on the 17th II