The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-05

| but just the sweetest, dearest, most wof1- derful, unselfish person in the world, and wish had higher education so I could call him even nicer things. I saw at the Ball-it will always be spelled with 8 capital letter in my memory-and he saw
 me and knew me- right at the very first, and just came running as if he had been waiting all the while Of course I told
 him that it wasn't me, but I couldn't
 make him believe me, and then when I was awfully cool, he just looked like he
 was the most hopeless thing in the world. just didn't have the heart to be severe. so was just as polite as could be and watched him being sorry.
 And he called me Little Bits-iust like daddy does when he loves me most-and then he started to explain. Then all of a 1 sudden I realized how little I was, and how terrible it was to doubt a friend, and especially one who had been so won- derful all of the time. So l just broke down and told him never mind, that I understood, and that he needn't mind at | all, but just lets forget all about it. Even then he wanted me to know why 1 he didn't come, but I wouldn't listen, because I told him I was ashamed for l having doubted him. And he just smiled the most wonderfm smile all in his eyes, but his lips didn't smle-they just said beautiful things and made me happy.
 l So had a gorgeous time, a perfectly l perfect time, and even when I wasn't dancing with him l was enjoying every 1 minute, because the world is so beautiful and the people so lovely. I just never | saw such charming costumes, nor such original designs. All of the debbies were l living right up to their regulations for being the prettiest and cleverest ever and I was quite proud of them. Leonora was the loveliest thing I ever saw as she lead the grand march, and she and Liza beth Locke both were leaders in the fig
 ures. Just everybody was there, and we felt amply repaid for our labors because the black and white effect, with the pink roses was perfectly stunning. There was quite rush for the silhouettes of the wonderful Neighborhood House board board members, and I think that there Will be perfectly enormous sum real ized for their beautiful charity. I just didn't want to go home at all, and when they played Home Sweet Home" and 1 my little doctor came for me, felt really l grieved But during the last dance Bun- 1 llie broke and took my mask away and asked for it as a souvenir, and my heart | beat fast; it just couldn't help it, because ] he doesn't know, and I don't suppose he ever. will know what it means am going to dinner with him tonight, and then we will talk it over-everything.
 | puffed up some of the boys were during
 the Leap Year hour, because they were
 being rushed. And I actually heard one
 dear thing say that 22 girls had asked him l to dance. I wouldn't dare breathe his
 name, for I know all of the rest would
 mob him and contend for honors. I only danced with people I didn't want to, be- l cause I was afraid that those that ]
 really wanted to dance with, would think l wanted to too much. l am rambling on terribly, but I am ir
 a beautifully rambly humor, and I just 1 hate to come back to earth again.
 1 Josephine Shields, that stunning New York girl, who is visiting Margaret Moore 1 is being wondrously entertained. There
 was Miss Fanny Dunn's luncheton today
 when the girls, just a few of the debu- tantes gathered about a spring-like table all decked with yellow daffodils, and ther
 Mrs. J. D. Moore's yesterday was just as lovely. White clouds of tulle and go1
 den sheaves of daffodils against a bacl