The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-22

The past week has been full of gaieties of all sorts hardly restrained even by the persistent rains, which, however, prevent ed the wonderful pageant prepared for Shrove Tuesday night by the Order of Myths.
 The real carnival began on Friday ev- ening with a beautiful bal masque at the Athletic Club attended by the king, queen and court. On Saturday evening the king entertained his court at a very elaborate dinner dance at tlIe Batt.e House. Many reservations had been made and it was a brilliant scene. on Monday evening the Infant Mystics gave their annual parade and ball, the subject being Dreams"
 There were dreams of horror in vivid red, dreams of love, aerial dreams, dreams of plenty, all appropriately mounted in six beautiful floats manned by seventy-five maskers When they entered the ballroom they displaced the Man in the Moon, who occupied the stage, surrounded by palms. As the em- blem cats came through the moon, the spot light followed them all around the ballroom. This emblem has typified this secret society for fifty years and float containing it leads the parade The first two dances as usual were reserved for the Society of the Cats, leading the grand march.
  on the stage which was arranged as throne room, the two chairs being hand somely draped. MT. Taylor Peck, wno was Emperor Felix III, was attended ny twenty Knights, who preceded him and his two pages, Gordon Brown of Boston, and Louis Moragnes, about seven years of age, dressed in heavy white satin gold trimmed and wearing golden wigs.
 The latter carried the queens crown and was followed by the maids of honor and ladies in waiting. They were Misses Elizabeth Heakes, Jean Maltby, Helen Courtright, Mary Bellingrath, Matte MarechaL Nan Maclin, Marie McPhitllps, Gordon Burgett and Helen Horn, all dressed in white and carrying red car nations The queen followed attended by two pages George and Calom Shearef, who bore her train, which was six yards in length Miss Wefel is tall and slender with a gracious manner and when she arose with the crown upon her far heao and scepter in hand she made a queshls figure.
 Her robe was of white satin hand en- broidered with rhinestones and pearls
 The short sleeves were of silver lace and Medici collar was sparkling with rhinestones. The emperors gift was circle of sapphires and pearls and she carried long -stemmed Radiance roses.
 After a special dance for the court,
  stan. and then finished the evening at the Infant Mystics.
 The city was crowded Tuesday, the streets gayly decorated, and hundreos of individual maskers made gay scene The naval hydroplanes from the air station at Pensacola flew over the city for the amusement of visitors and many visited the flotilla of war ships.
 The officers from these. ships added q note of interest to the balls and en- tertained lavishly aboard ship. The theme chosen by the Order of Myttes for their parade was the Rubaiyat, carried out in six handsome floats. The Blooming Rose, Daughter of the Vine, the Moon of Heaven.
 The ball given after the parade was a brilliant one. When the whistle an- nounced the coming of the maskers, the hall was darl<ened. The rumble Of a distant drum was heard and as the calcium light suffused the stage An, Moon of My Delight" was sung and the curtain drawn aside, showing Omar Khayyam. with his loaf Of bread and jug of wine. Then the singer began his second verse. "We are no other than moving show" and mov- ing figures appeared slowly. The or chestra began the oriental march Out of the East" and the maskers led by Folly and Death. their emblems, en- tered the ballroom and selected part ners for the dance.
 The dance was led by Miss Fannie Warden gowned in white silver cloth and carrying red roses. The souvenir pins were grapes and leaves, the tendrils forming the letters O. o. M. At the stroke of F, ushcring in the dawn of Ash Wednesday. the mysteri- ous figures disappeared from view and the ball came to an end
 Among the attractive out t-of-town visitors is Miss Mary Ida Wood of Bir- mingham, who is the guest of Miss Damaris Smith. Miss Wood is 1.-the, graceful young woman with wealth of black hair and lustrous dark eyes and she wears very beautiful gowns.
 Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hunter of Bir- mingham. with their tiny son, arc guests of Dr. and Mrs. Rivers Rush. They came to be present at the mar riage of Miss Mary Knight Rush and Mr. Edward Robinson. which was a markedly important event of February IL Mrs. Hunter was matron of honor and wore a lovely gown Of apricot taf- feta.
 Mrs F R. Wood, who has recently come to Mobile to live, is valued new member of the Needham Bryan Chap ter, D. A. R. At the meeting of this chapter on Monday it was decided to ATI-II- T~ Ao D.