The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-01
Dazzling Display at the Black and White
 Ball.

"1TH kaleidoscopic swirl of color
 M and light, society garbed in fan
 W tastic array of black and white, artistically and charmingly fashioned into quaint and unique costumes, assem- bled at the Southern club last evening for what was undoubtedly one of the most attractive and gorgeous social events of the entire season and one long to be remembered as a climax of beauty and loveliness.
 ''The Black and White ball" for the benefit of Neghborhood house will go down in the social history of Birming- ham as a sample of ingenuity and charm, and those who sponsored it and worked so valiantly for it's success may, if they choose rest upon their well-earned laurels for many long day, for it will require much deftness and cleverness to surpass it. that is assured.
 The ballroom at the Southern club was transformed into vision of loveliness with it's pannelled walls of black and white and rose tinted lights, garlanded with pink shaded roses, which hung in festoons of wonderous beauty from the chandeliers cast a. radiant glow over the galley bedecked dancers in stunning cos tunes of black and white. On the side columns mounted on a gold background, tied with cloud-like bows of rose tulle, were slhouettes of 9 of the loveliest and most ardent workers of the Neighborhood house board. These silhouettes were auc- tioned off to the highest bidder and many , of the debutantes were just tiny bit jealous of the demand of the matrons lsilhouettes.
 The grand march started promptly at 10, and such a gala march it was. An ever endless stream of fairy visions, gaz- ing quite tantalizingly from beneath masks of black and bedecked in cos tunes most bewildering, fashioned of taf- fetas, satins, crepes or fairy-like tulle or taltan. Lovely in French costume of black and white tulle made with hoop skirt of white festooned with black tabs of ribbon. and bodice of black with tulle trimmings with a lovely little French chapeau of maline caught close to the I head with pink rosebuds, Miss Leonora )Hassinger, with MT. Jess Atkins, led the march Each cancer carried a. balloon of black and white, and the skillful couple led the dancers through most intricate and original figures fashioning one of the cleverest stunts of the evening, large black and white ball. -
 Again the fairy band beguiled by their king and queen, where given boxes of spiral confetti in black and white and rose, which was showered over wires and in and out of which the merr' couples danced, until all were compl ely cov- cred with confetti.
 Hark, ye, the chimes pee forth l, ?. g. f. on to 12 and behold-'twas the bewitching hour for the girls. How they rushed and how attentive they were to the fairer sex-the men. Many awkward +I,n bDl1r dolled up' in bows and searfs of maline with ''her' corsage pinned nonchalantly on a nice clean white front and dainty powder puff dangling from his wrist-all this just to please her. Cupid was worked overtime that hour, and when the chimes sounded l he dropped fast asleep, tired unto death.
 Poor chaperons, they worked so dili- gently trying to console the poor wall flowers who were left unmolested after each fair damsel had ''her pick from the embarrassed throng, for this was the leap