The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-26

Lathem Mrs. Hubert scruggs. Mrs James Going, Mrs. Charles Nash, IT,, Mrs F. w. Dixon, Mrs. Charles Calhoun, l Mrs. Harold Samson, Mrs. H. U. Sims, l Mrs C. C. Blackwell, Mrs. Frank | FowllSes Mrs. Eugene Brown, Mrs. Frank Nelson Jr., Mrs. Webb Crawford Mrs. John Sibley, Mrs. Robert McGavock Mrs. J. T. Whitfield, Mrs. Sidney Bowie, Mrs. ! Victor Prowell, Mrs. Eugene Blanchard, Mrs. Sterling Lanier, Mrs Horace Miller and her guest, Mrs. Wade Elam of An ! niston, and Mrs. Eugene Turner of An niston and others.
 l The Eleanor Hord club will hold a spe- cial meeting on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. E. H. Newsome as hostess A most attractive programme has been arranged with readings and musical numbers. The | subject of the meeting will be The Jew in Literature" and Rabbi Newfield will l give a most interesting as well as in- 1 structive talk to the ladies'
 
 Mrs. Walter Phillips entertained an in- | formal luncheon party yesterday at 1 o'clock at her home complimenting Miss Ruth Sebring of Ohio, who is the guest of Mrs. R. R. Stotlar. The afternoon was spent playing bridge and most attractive prizes were given. The guests were: Miss
 
 Clary Miss Mary Sibley. Miss Elizabeth Locke, Miss Marguerite Lewis, Mrs Will liam Bartlette, Mrs. Robert Daniel and Miss Amy Radcliffe of Pennsylvania, the guest of Mrs. Thomas Parke
 Mrs Joseph Justo entertained at a sur prise handkerchief shower on Wednesday complimenting Miss Stella Mae White. whose marriage to MT. Edward Brazeal lxryin hn Of The house was decorated with ferns and red carnations, and the afternoon was spent playing bridge. A handmade hand kerchief and hand-painted plate were given as prizes.
 MT. and Mrs. Edwin Dillon have re- turned from their wedding trip and are at home with MT. Dillon's parents on Twelfth street, south Mrs Dillon was Miss Agnes Avant.
 
 MT Emory Avant, who has spent the past 10 days in the, city as the guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs. c. A. Avant, has returned to Hopewell, Va
 Mrs. Gaston Torrance left last evening for Henderson, Ky, where she will be the guest of Mrs. Harry E. Thixton.
 very interesting programme will be given at Cable hall this evening" when the young ladies of Simpson M. E. church will present Dean HowelFs suffrage play, ''The Mouse Trap Several interesting numbers have been interpolated, among them Mary Jenny Howe's "Why I'm An Anti and why Ma Cant Vote" Sew eral members of the Alabama Equal Sui frage association will serve as ushers. The list includes Mrs. J. T. Slater Mrs. Nixon Norris Mrs. H. H. Shell, Miss Hortense Bissell, Miss Amelia Worthing- ton, Miss Lenora Hassenger. The follow ing is the programme: Mrs Sara Cullns Atkins, soloist; Miss Helen Marsh, accom- panist; MT. Alvin Ernest Belden, enter tainer. Part 1: Farce, "The Mouse Trap" Scene: Mrs Barnes living room. Time: Present. Cast of characters: Suzanne, French domestic by herself; Miss Annie Barnes, president of suffrage association, Miss Rosamond Hill; Miss Arabella Slow boy, a spinster, Miss Jennie A. Abbott Mrs. Clara Oaks, very slovenly, Miss Ethel Marie Hill; Mrs. Prunella Blaine, dignified member Miss Iva, M Welt man; Dr. Dahlia Drayton, M. D., scien- tifically inclined, Miss Ida Hill; Miss Pansy Simkins, permanently disengaged, Miss Grace w. Morrison; Mir Harvey Holmes. young lawyer, MT. Fred H. Holcomb; Mrs. Samuel Budd( a woman of nerves, the pastors wife, Miss Mi- riam Olive Hostetler; Mrs. James Rus. sell Lowell Cage, an ti-suffragette, Miss Florence Pauline Hill; Parry Laird as Little Willie. Part 2: 1. Sons of Eng land" Mrs. Sara Cullins Atkins; (a) Cherry Ripe" Danks; (b) "No, John, No,'' Old English. ?. "The French Doll,'' Alvin E. Beldon B (a) 'The Cuckoo Nehman) (b) ''Lungi Del Coro'' QHuhn; Co Sunlight (Ware) :. 4. Readings, MT Belden, (a) "The Hindoo;' (b) ''Mammy's Song" Co ''Washin' Day"
 George Barrere, the famous flute player. will come to the Jefferson theatre on Wednesday with his organization of wind instrument virtuosi is said to be not only great artist and a brilliant musician. but those who know him well rarely speak of him without a twinkle in their eyes and a smile on their lips at the recollection of some prank, antic or flash of wit. He is said to be a natural born funny man., even though he has be- come more thoroughly Americanzed than Frenchmen usually become there is a good deal of the ultra French to his make up. He can hold the center of the stage with an inventiveness for all that Is ludicrous, that would beyond doubt have made him a great comedian, had the fates not decreed otherwise
 The Barrere ensemble is the third of the open meetings of the Music Study club series for 1916-1917, and Is one of the most pretentious attractions brought here by the club Inasmuch as there is al- ready big demand for seats, 1t is re- quested that all subscribers who may be unable to attend will notify Mrs Houston Davis, so that these seats may be sold to the public.
 MT. and Mrs Henry Francis Beau mont left last evening for brief