The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-26

| ren said T have known the time when as many as forty boys would | be in the parlor one young lady at the same time. l recall just here a story that Capt. Frank $. White told apout a certain Mississippi 1 belle who was visitor at His house later she came to Birmingham to live. On the occasion of her visit. from o'clock Sunday afternoon un- til II o'clock Sunday evening, 157 young men. called on her. Capt. ! White suggested that in order to fclicitate matters he'd suggest that she have the parlors arranged an other Sunday afternoon like his law offices, with a reception room for waiting, and private offices so that business might be expedited and en- agreements arranged"
 "As I was about to say" MT War ren continued, Ion that special after noon we were greatly interested in the new club we had formed and quite interested in name for it. We called on Miss Margie Hooper (Mrs. Horace Shropshire) and with some 20 or 30 other fellows who were calling we got to talking about q name for. the club. Miss Margie sug- gested that we call it the Komus Klub.' which was very happy sug- 1 gcstion and at the next meeting we decided upon that name.
 We numbered between 40 and 50 members at the second meeting" Mir. ! Warren said. "and we were very en- thusiastic. The club was strictly d dancing club and gotten up largely as a rival club to the Fortni ghtly club. which was formerly the Mon- ogram club The rivalry was ter, r!ble the Fortnghtly club would give dance and then the Komos | Klub would give one and try our best to outdo them, no matter al what cost Both clubs had their dances at the Caldwell hotel then | just as many of the dances are now held al the Tutwiler hotel--and we had wonderful parties.
 About that time we enrolled on our register as charter members of the Kosmos Klub, said MT. Warren, "tht names of John MacQueen. president, R. NJ. Allen, Don D. Kinnebrew. J. K. War rcn, C, B. Warren, E. c. Beard. II. G. Crowder. l.. w. Stollenwerk, Il. A. 1 Ian, w. w. Hobson, L. G. Bardwell. J. A. Bardwell, S F. King, H. W. Hyde, Charles A. Garland, J. +. Wheeler, w H. Atkinson, E. F. Leach, George M. Burns. D. ". Hall T., V. uOhiPScb, oOHh D. JS>~%~' | A. Allen, l.. c. Clary, c. w. Fergu- son. F. M Lynch. T. T. Partow, l. w. Finch, B. Eberhart, l.. J. Haley Jr., F.. B. Cottingham, Ross c. Smith w. H. Kettig. Harry Jones, R. K. ! Ragland, R. w. Newman. M. T.. Poe, lR. C. Middleton, J. B. Cobbs. l.. T. Bradfield. Lucian Julian Walker Thomas M. Owen, W. A. Chenoweth Richard Randolph, R.. F. Knott, A. W. Glover. E. A. Taylor, H. E. Reynolds"
 q remember that the Komos Klub had drugget made for the large Caldwell hotel dining room where we had our dances" Mr Warren said the floor being tiled and very poor
 for dancing. We had no regular clubrooms because the komos klup at that time was strictly dancing | organization and our dances. were paid for by subscriptions; whatever they cost every fellow stood for his share of the expense. no matter now great.
 "Finally, we decided that we'd go Into a permanent organization" Mir Warren said. and have regular club rooms and become a business as well as social club--and accordingly we \ secured two floors in the building on l First avenue between Twentieth anc TwentyAfirst streets, afterward oc cupied by the old Turn Verein. The