The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-06

thousands were the visitors to the
Christmas doll bazaar yesterday. be-
ing carried on like vast holiday
party at the old Ledger building,
First avenue and Twenty first
street. throughout Friday.
Strangers who have just come 10
Birmingham to board or to make
their homes here forgot their jobs of
getting their houses all Strengthened
up to go to the bazar before every
thing was gone.
Colorful, funny, brilliant, dashing,
filled with pretty women, was the
bazaar and from drab little house,
wives who had gone down town to
purchase a head of cabbage and a
bazaar to buy cunning baby cap for
a sister in-law's young infant, to a
buxom young creature who felt
weak and wanted her lunch there so
she could help little sick children
get well, everybody was there.
Men There
Glory to goodness-there were
plenty of men on the premises, too.
If there is anything duller than a
big party without man at the holt
day season, the society editor doesn't
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to listen, if nothing else, because
there is so much to tell, and it is so
annoying to buy something without
having your husband there to tell
you what clever little picker you
are
Well, let us begin with the start
ling features first.
Ii Was That Cat
kitty, "Kitty=Meo-w wow
was on everybody's lips, and sloved
hands and ungloved hands petted
that crltter until he betook herself
or himself to the show window and
watched the drizzling rain falling
out there where she or he was gald
she was not---not being tiger.
She's perfect beauty-and don't you
think of offering less than $50 or
SIS for her-for that's a high brow
cat-and you'd insult her.
There's pretty history to her.
Mrs r. l.. Lacy who owns and
operates the Pollyanna Cattery,
wanted to give something worth
while to the show and SO she feared
she didn't have cat on hand
worthy of so fine a thing 9 the
doll bazaar and it's cause. So she
sent into a far region and bought
that cat, every hair guaranteed to
be Persian and no finer color made
and presented her to the committee.
Mrs. Rutherford Ross. however, at
this writing. had declared positively
that nobody should have the cat but
herself IL she could help II.
She was going to speak to the cat
get her personal eonsent-and
wheedle her off home, if no other
way.
Mrs. Charles Denegre said she was
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talking to the cat so
as, maybe, to get pussy's consent to
go home with her instead.
The cat refused to be interviewed
except to say that with all those
gangs of women admiring him or her,
life had become something like
Decorations Fine
The decorations through which the
crowds percolated were really as
magnificent as Santa Claus could
wish. Mrs. Dan A. Green stuffed
added the last touch of attractiveness
to the decorations which were ar
ranged by Lester r. Lester, who, we'll
have you know. spent two whole days
with expensive employees making
things just right. The bill he sus-
tanned must have been large; but he
has never uttered groan Doesn't
hurt him to help up on their feet
again little sick boys and girls
Some There
How pretty is Mrs. Charles Denegre
how lovely a chairman at the spice
shop she makes! How kind she was
to every. every one who came to call,
to buy, to donate.
Lovely were the caramel and fruit
and marshmallow and angel cakes
and glassed fruits and womens can
ned foibles! She was selling a lot.
too, as were the women at the home
made candy booth, who are members
of the Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-
Eel, which organization has these
sweets In charge. At this booth were
charming Mrs. J. II. Loveman and
Mrs. Joseph Schwab, o-chairmen for
the work; Mrs. ]. Fl. Lehman and
Mrs. S. T. Stern and Mrs Lee We'll.