The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
CLUB TO BE FLOWER LAND
 FOR LOVELY CHARITY BALL

Probably one or the sweetest pictures that our imaginations can conjure up is land of bright flow CTS.
 As child, used to sit upon the broad, low post of side fence. look at the sun, and then press my fin gers tightly over my eyelids to see the flaming pictures.
 It was the thing I loved most to do, because it took me out of the prosaic and made me forget I was lonely and would like to cry
 What 1 saw, hidden deep, were moving flowers twice as large and one hundred fold as vivid as the common ones of my brown earth; and strange wheel-like designs of a flitful, shimmering brilliancy and blaze of impetuous color such as only a dying sun lmprints so pas sionately and madly as it's farewell kiss to the sky.
 Impressions Behind Closed Lids
 These days I have better sense than thus to mistreat my eyes. But even yet do I thrill with god-like joy to the recollection of those panoramic eye scenes. I felt that the world was reeling around me, rocking me in swooning, singing circles of aurora glory in an atmos- phere filled with the perfume of carnations and lilac blossoms. In the glorious, tender, enveloping warmth of the sun-which freckled me, but of which I was divinely careless-lI was rendered as intoxi- eated as a young goddess in fairy land of constantly new and alluring entertainments.
 l was sorry to open my eyes. The world was drab.
 Actual lands of gay flowers did not see until I went to France.
 But there. among the wide gar dens, found such fretwork of trees in bloom above and around r1e, and such masses of fragrant blossoms crowding my feet, that it seemed once again l was flirting with the suns gay, shut-eye landscapes.
 tell you this because these thoughts all came with a binding rush into my mind this week when Mrs. Ernest Hettrick, formerly lovely Helen Thompson, gossiped with me about the coming Charity ball at the Country club.
 Blossom Burg
 This year, as you know, she, with Mrs. Munro Lanier, is sub-chairman for the beautiful affair, which will be put on the Monday night after Easter.
 The decorations will be flowers, flowers, flowers--so many and so vivid and in such masses that spring will seem to thrill into life when the guests assemble for their trip ping of the grand march!
 o you see, must not, and I could not, tell you the SECRETS of that party which are being held as surprises for you when you attend, clad in sweetest folds of beautiful i and shimmering and filmy gowns. But 1 may whisper 70 you that the memories will be sweet, and the visions you will tuck behind your eyes for keeps give you merry hap piness when you sit at home, times, and they flash between you and rainy day.
 Statuesque and queenly Lydia Eustis, who has been chosen as this years chairman for the ball, is co lead the grand marcn, and the 195 girls who compose the Junior League which is putting on the dance have arranged that there shall be a mystery feature, with especial music. This will unexpectedly de- light and astonish you. The stunt" has never been shown in Birmingham before-and very choice and out-of- the ordinary gowns are needed for it, And thus, whisperings run, if the costumes are not especially brought on from New York, they musc De fashioned here with infinitesimal painstak- ing.
 But what do the Junior Leaguers care if there is hard work, when their efforts are being expended merely that the children of the poor, and grownups who are needy, may have necessary money to make them warm and comfortable, lift them into better surroundings-of- fer them hope once more in their terrific fight against world whose problems are too haro for their solving! In order to fashion the flowers, great groups of the members-2O or more in each committee-are