The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-18
CONFEDERATE BALL IS THE GROWING EVENT
 WEEK OF BRILLIANT SOCIAL AFFAIRS

The Country club will again this
 evening present brilliant appearance,
 as the club will give a reception and ball in honor of General Young, his
 staff and their families and the official women of the veterans, sons and daughters.
 The club has issued invitations, and all members who wish to receive a
 card for friend may apply to the secretary of the club.
 The club will be handsomely decor
 ated and following the reception, which will be at S:30 o'clock, there will be a
 ball, and late in the evening delight full refreshments will be served. The receiving party is composed of MT. and Mrs. John M. Caldwell MT and
 Mrs. Robert Jemison, Jr., MT. and Mrs. J. D. Kirkpatrick, Maj. and Mrs. E. M. | Tutwiler, MT. and Mrs. Walker Percy,
 MT. and Mrs. David Roberts, Jr., MT and
 Mrs Val Nesbitt, MT. and Mrs. E. H. CabinesS, Mir. and Mrs. w. R. J. Dunn MT. Robert Thatch.
 | General Young and staff, their wives and daughters, Mrs. Odenheimer, Miss Kernan, chief sponsor chief sponsor for Sons of Confederate Veterans, com anders of the Third division, their sponsor, commanders of Sons and their sponsors Mrs. Whitehead of Washing l ton, D. C.; the head of the Ladies' Me fnorial association, Governors and Mrs Henderson and staff and their wives GoVernor Harris of Georgia and staff also all the chaperons of the chief | sponsors.
 | The transmississippi department af the U. c. V. have been the center of | much admiration and entertainment during their stay in the city. Miss Lil- Ian Craig of Navasota, Tex. is the sponsor, Miss Hazel Price Davis of Stuttgart, Ark, and Miss Edwina Reid of Little Rock were the maids, the chaperon is Mrs. Ben Knox of Fort Worth, and Mrs. J. A. Rountree matron ! of honor.
 1 Tuesday MT. and Mrs. B. R. Smith gave delightful luncheon for the party, and yesterday MT John w. 1 IONeill gave a luncheon party at the Newspaper club, and afterwards an au- tomobile party, and today Dr. w. S. Rountree will give an elaborate lunch con at the Southern club, following the parade, in their honor.
 
 | Mrs. John Chisolm gave a large and beautiful luncheon party yesterday at 1 the Country club in honor of Mrs. Ed mund Randolph Paxton of Charlotte, N. c., wh ois the granddaughter of the late Col. Stonewall Jackson. | The table was elaborately decorated in roses and sweet peas and Confederate | flags The covers were laid for 30 and l each place was designated by artistic hand-painted cards and Confederate flags 1 The following well known women were l Mrs. Chisom guests, Mrs. R. F. Simp- l son, Mrs. Houston Davis, Mrs. Henry Chisolm, Mrs. George Hutchinson, Mrs.
 John London, Mrs. Vasser Allen, Mrs. John Weakley, Mrs. George Can't of Tus- 1 cumbia, Mrs. l.. G. Woodson, Mrs. Robert
 Jemison. IT,, Mrs. George Watkins, Mrs. c. J. Sharp, Mrs. M. E. Dewstoe Mrs. 1 George Seldom of Faunsdale, Mrs. Charles l Calhoun, Mrs. M J. Gregg, Mrs. Harold 1 Samson, Mrs. I. F. Young, Mrs. James l Bowron, Miss Edith Bowron. Mrs. Sid i J. Bowie, Mrs. H. A. Sharp, Mrs. Bessie
 Vaughn, Mrs. Norborne Cooke, Mrs. Walker Percy. Mrs. John Raul, Mrs.
 George Simpson, Mrs. David Roberts, Sr., and Mrs. Joseph McLester.
 This afternoon at 4:3O o'clock the wom-
 en artist and musicians will give an in- l formal reception in the Cable parlors to | the officers of the National Federation l of Music Clubs, and the state delegates | who are here to form a state federation of music clubs. Those receiving are Mrs.
 A. J. Ochsner (president of the National | Federation of Music Clubs) of Chicago, H.; Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Chicago; | and Mrs. William James Gilfillen, editor and associate editor of Musical Monitor | the official organ of the federation), | Memphis, Tenn; Mrs. Ella May Smith 1 Chairman of department of American
 music), Columbus, O.; Mrs. George Hous- | ton Davis, president Music Study club
 of this city; Mrs. Victor Hanson. presi- dent state federation; Mrs. E. T. Rice, | president Treble Clef club; Miss Sara
 Mallam, Miss Norma Scholar, Mrs. Will I liam Gussen, Mrs. Clara Harper-Steele, Miss Abigail Crawford, and Miss Eulale l Dean.
 of Music Study club, Associate Acton and Junior club to attend opening ses- l sion this afternoon at 2:30 of Alabama l organization. All clubs in the district are | requested to have full representation as l these clubs are the hostesses for their convention. Treble Clef Arion, Wednes- | day Morning Musical, West End Music II Study, Bessemer Music club also invited l All are urged to attend daily sessions
 and concerts Thursday and Friday nights. | Birmingham will have this afternoon
 at the opening meeting of the Alabama 1 Federation of Alabama Music Study clubs | the rare pleasure of hearing one of the younger artists of the country MT. G. 1 Major Kaiser of New York, who still a youth, bids fair to climb to the heights | of the great of this greatest of all musical | fields of America.
 | A petted protegee of both Robert Blass | and Emile Fisher of the Metropolitan l opera house, MT. Kaiser has been receiv- 1 ing attention from the professional world | of singers for sometime, although he has 1 only been on the concert stage a short while. It is during visit to friends | in Birmingham MT. Kaiser has consented l to sing at this opening meeting of the 1 federation.
 Mr. Kaiser is a baritone of remarkable | neil frop TV n A | above G. few years ago he was4one of | the two men accepted in the elimination contest held by the Music League of 1 America
 | Mrs. William Gussen will accompany l MT. Kaiser. The programme is as fol- l lows:
 Ra rber of Seville. Mien Chuck Kramer: