The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-03

lN MANY interesting features will UWll mark the twenty-fourth annual AtS convention of the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy which will be held thls year in Chattanooga, Tenn. November 1+17, says the Mobile Regis ter. The Shiloh dinner, which is an an nual feature of the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention, win be given at Signal Mountain inn. Mrs. Alexander R. White of Paris. president of the Shiloh committee, will preside, and Mrs. Roy Weeks Mckinley will be the toastmistress. Mrs. Odenheimer, president general, Is a member of the Shiloh committee, and will be an honor guest at the dinner. The Shiloh monu- nent committee has completed it's labors and has dedicated the beautiful monu- ment to the Shiloh battlefield, but by unanimous consent the committee will enjoy an annual reunion dinner. This year the principal toast at dinner will be the fact that the committee paid complete for the monument and has enough money to erect powder to mark the trenches containing the Con federate dead. Miss Mildred White, chief of pages for the convention. has received the list of pages from Mrs Odenheimer, president general of the Daughters of the Confederacy. These lovely southern girls will officiate and will be accorded many delightful social courtesies. ball will be given at Signal Mountain inn in honor of Miss White, and the pages on Thursday evening, November 15. to which the Chattanooga men will be invited and the officers from the post.
 Miss Lowella Hanlin win entertain the younger members of her music class this afternoon at 5:S0 o'clock at her apartment at the Ridgely. Among the guests will be Frances Melvin, Virginia Oden, Rose Hood. Mary Giles, Marica Lasseter, Margaret Gibson, Elizabeth Holmes, Virginia Alexander, Veroqua Buckingham, Reba Rosenfelt.
 
 SPANISH CLUB MEETS
 The Spanish club held its weekly ses- sion at the Young Mems Christian as- sociation Thursday evening. Mrs F. C. Taylor, q native of Mexico gave a very interesting lecture on the geography and history of that country. She related the leading facts of Mexican history from the earliest tirnes before the com ing of the Spaniards down to the pres ent time. The history of Mexico, al- ways picturesque was all the more en- chanting. told in the Spanish tongue, so well adapted to the narrative style of literature. The stories of Tturbide. Maxi millan, Porfirio Diaz. Juarez and Santa Anna, always full of romance, will al- ways hold a greater charm for those who were fortunate enough to hear Mrs. Taylor Thursday evening.
 LITERARY SOCIETY
 The Curry Literary society held an in- teresting meeting yesterday afternoon. The programme consisted of a debate: Resolved. That the United States Should Conscript All Labor During the War" The affirmative was upheld by Messrs. Bayliss and Bowlan; the nega- tive by Messrs. Wise and Bledsoe. PARTY
 Misses Gladys and Helen Conley enter tained st delightful Halloween party Tuesday evening. The house was gro- tesque in Its Halloween decorations of jack-o lanterns, bats and black cats One of the most enjoyable features of the evening was the visit to the witches caves. Those invited were: Misses ve- ina Ridenhour. Flora Sadler, Mildred F. ey. Lucille Pamplin, Hazel Kelso, Darrell Tfnsley. Ammie Mae Smith, ErneI