The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-15
Series of Brilliant Enter tainments Planned-En-
 tertainment Committee
TO HAVE MEETING
 THIS AFTERNOON
Mardi Gras Dinner-Dance Tomorrow Night Is Opening Affair-Hen- dersOn To Be Guest at Ban
 quet Later On

was announced yesterday by C. NJ. Stan ley, president of the Birmingham News paper club. That the month will be filled with events of unusual interest and that the liveliest time in the history of the club has been mapped out by the of ficers, was indicated yesterday when MT. Stanley made the announcement as to the new committee.
 The committee is composed of Clyde w. Ennis, chairman; J. Frank Jutz, T. J. Wingfield, James Hard, George Leming, Ted Brownell, Pharles Coleman. Jr.,
 Charles Fell Sidney Lazarus, c. D. Cok- CT, J. B. Sherman. This committee will meet this afternoon at o'clock at tha Newspaper club dining room to go over
 preliminary details.
 To begin with, tomorrow night there will be dinner-dance at the club in
 celebration of Mardi Gras. There will
 be several vaudeville artists from the
 local theatre present to asssit in enter taining the guests. The affair will be dinner dansant which will not include
 anything except la carte services. The artists will be asked to assist at various times during the evening Secretary Dam eron of the club has arranged for con- fetu paper ribbon favors and the like. The reservation list for the affair, which has been known only to members, was
 unusually large yesterday. Honey Boy" To Be at Club On Thursday night there will be an en- tertainment at the club following the the atrcal performance of Honey Boy Evans and in which Mir. Evans and sev- eral members of his company will take part The entertainment will begin inn
 n,edately after the performance at the Jefferson theatre, and will continue un- til 1 o'clock. MT. Evans is accounted one of the best entertainers on the stage at this time, and minstrel of wide repu-
 tation. His appearance at any function is calculated to excite great interest and enthusiasm
 It was announced yesterday that in ad- dition there had been planned recep- ton on February 9 which will mark the first anniversary of the Newspaper club. The club will have been opened one year on that date.
 | The officials of the club have invited | Gov. Charles Henderson to come to Bir-
 mingham during the month and make a | speech to the members of the Newspaper | club. Governor Henderson has so far | refrained from leaving Montgomery. but l it is stated that assurances have been | received that he Is anxious to come here and outline his policies before the club. He is expected during the latter part Of the month.
 | Governor Henderson will be accom- panied, it is stated, by several members of his staff, and it is expected that the men,b bers of the club will find his visit of great interest.
 Overshadowing of the dinner which will be given to the governor is one that the club plans to give during the month to Crawford Johnson and ether new officials of the Chamber of Com merce. A definite date will be selected at a meeting of the committee this afternoon.
 At this dinner there will be both members of the Chamber of Commerce who are also members of the Newspa- per club and those not members. The desire of the Newspaper club to honor President Johnson of the Chamber of Commerce is expected to cement rela- tions between the Chamber of Com merce and the club in the idea of CO., operation that Mir. Johnson earnestly invoked at his inauguration. Expect 25O Men | At the dinner to President Johnson, it is expected that at least 250 of the most prominent men in Birmingham vii be present. No one will be permitted to make speech except Mir Johnson. The remainder of the entertainment will be gridron features for which the Newspaper club has attained an envia
 ble reputation.
 Following the dinner to MT. Johnson the club will be host at a dinner in honor of Miss Billie Burke, the actress. at which ladies will be present. Miss
 Burke will be here soon in One of her most successful plays and the members l of the entertainment committee pro- pose to give her a banquet after the | performance. The banquet list vii be limited but the tables in the cafe will
 be available.
 l The officials of the club have deter
 
 mined to inaugurate series of regu-
 lar afafirs. so that something will be l "doing" at all times.
 The club has inaugurated a policy of employing white people on ths club floor and it Is expected that with thus innovation there will be several addi- | tional changes.
 f While this series of spring affairs
 Is in progress. improvements will be
 made in the cafe service and floor on the promenade will be arranged which will permit those having meals
 at the club to see over the city while l dining.
 | The orchestra will remain as 1t Is,
 with the exception of Miss Kelly. who 1 has been offered a vaudeville engage ment and will leave soon to fill it. The club has arranged with Chicago0ook | ing agency to supply singer every 50
 days. The new singer will arrive this week.
 Charged With Shooting Woman
 Son" Hill. . negro, was arrested yes
 terday afternoon by Detectives Morland
 and LaRue and placed in the city jail on a charge of assault with intent to
 murder The negro was arrested in con-