The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
Nah Jong Fete Brilliant Opening
 For Social Season

lin Unit gave one of the most brilliant balls in the history of Birmingham, the annual Charity ball. in the nature of a Nah Jogn fete. The ball room was hung with Chinese lanterns and Nah Jong tiles in every available space. They were suspended from the ceilings while in panels on the walls were placed brackets with Chinese shades. Four beautiful lanterns were especially noticeable in their varicolored lights of red, green and blue, these being hand painted in dragons and other Chinese figures.
 An abundance of wild flowers, dog wood, honeysuckle. tulips, worlds of them, were used throughout the club. The sun parlor was especially artistic in it's decorations of honeysuckle, tu. lips and purple iris lilies, arranged on the mantel, the windows and in hang ing baskets. Every light through the club was covered with a Chinese Ian tern making striking effect and a wonderful background for the beautiful women and dancers in their exquisite costumes.
 There were arranged in the ball room two sets of gates, one on the side for the orchestra stand, through which the special quartette, composed of Mrs. May Shackleford, Mrs. P. J. Smith, MT. Leon Cole and Mir. Mcclure directed by Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussen, entered. They wore mandarin court costumes and sang "The Vail of the Man darins." and Mrs. Smith rendered d solo, 1.-The Song to the Idol"
 The other gate at the end of the ball room was used by the feature dancers. These gates were ornamented with all conceivable Chinese figures, As the curtains over the gate were drawn Buddah appeared gorgeously at- tired in a magnificent mandarin, to the strains of the Chinese music. Miss Mary Neville, ''the Plum Blossom From the Roof" the "rarest lily of them all," who interpreted Buddah arose on a pedestal and threw off her mandarin, revealing. costume of ogld lace with mandarin coat and wonderful headdress. Descending she gave a beautiful feature dance.
 Following this was the Parade of the Tiles," lead by Mir. Clifford Forbes as Nah Jong. All were dressed in mandarin coats and bright red trousers and carried tiles electrically lighted.
  ence Jordan were two dice girls. Their costumes were black satin with gold dice headdress, with earrings of dice and they carried large dice in their hands
 Next, was the dance of the tiles. These dancers wore coolie costumes with mandarin coats and red trousers with coolie hats. After their dance they formed a wall. The West Wind was interprted by Miss Dorothy Thom- as. She was lovely in a costume of deep rose and gold satiu. Her head. dress being of silver. Miss Elsie Kirk, land as South Wind" wore a dress of spring green satin with gorgeous head dress of silver with floating veil of blue Miss Jean Arnold the East Wind, who is lovely blond, wore turquoise blue chiffon with panels of silver with headdress of silver.
 Miss Ann Gallion as North Wind. was beautiful in white and silver with crystals, her headdress was unusually attractive.
 Miss Elizabeth Rushton, the green dress of gold; Miss Adelaide Fox, the Mary Nabb Phillips was the white
 
 of gold. These costumes were made of sequin, giving the effect of scales. They all carried tiles.
 Miss Marjorie Alder and Mir. Julian Saks were Chinese heralds. They wore red Chinese satin coats, black trousers and cOOlie hats. Their coats were hand-painted with black dragons. They carried symbols. Among the hand somely gowned women were: Mrs. Kennon Thetford to whom so much of the success of the ball is due, as she was general chairman of the affair last evening, was beautifully gowned in a becoming gown of white lace heavily beaded in silver. Mrs. Alfred Walker, cOchairman, was very handsome in a lovely lace and chiffon gown, in the gold shade. Mrs. Frank Smith was lovely in an imported gown of chiffon and crystal. Mrs. Mortimer Baldwin, was becOmingly attired in white bead ed georgette; Mrs. Edward Warren wore brown with corsage of pink roses, Mrs. Henry U. Sims wore a gold lace and georgette frock, Mrs. Eugene Mungers' dress was of blue satin, Mrs. Vernon Whitaker was becomingly at- tired in orchid chiffon beaded in silver Mrs. Robey Mungers' gown was of cream lace, Mrs. Robert Gregory was gOwned in pale green chiffon, Mrs. Mol ton Smith was handsome in a powder blue chiffon, Mrs. Frank Miller wore cream lace, Mrs. Samuel Adler gown was of gold and spangled brOcade. There were a number of other hand somely gowned matrons. Punch was served by Miss Dale Warren, Miss Winston Tutwiler, Miss Catherine Swann. Miss Margaret Smith and Miss Jane Conner in quaint Chinese costumes sold Chinese cigarettes from dainty baskets.
 The feature dancers were: Misses Vonceil Oden, Virginia Foster, Eleanor Willis, Marjorie Adler, Virginia Raul, Rose Smith, Evelyn Redd, Josephine Harris, Harriet Smith, Katherine Mar bury, Margaret Builder, Sidney Adair, Florence Lyle, Dorothy Bowron, Mar garet Tynes, Anne Lanier, Amanda Parker, Mittylene McDavid, Mary Alice Eastwood, Malvina Coleman, Emily Smith, Louise Bankhead, Florence JOr- dan, Anne Tartt Perry, Frances Ar rant, Louise Agee, Anita Hodges, Yan- kee Sibley 1; Messrs. Ray Lacy, Edward Stradley, Kennon Boiling, Julian Saks, William Badham, James Weisner, Walter Agee, Lyle Lacy, William Campbell, John Higgins, Tom Benners, Walter Kennedy, Gus Shackelford, William McWane, Coburn Hendricks, Jean Hamrick, Mason billiard. John T. Badham, Charles Davidson, William Hawkins, John McDavid, Billy Hicks, McGee, Bamberg, Weller Smith, Douglas Arrant, Mir. Barbee, Clifford Forbes {; Misses Dorothy Thomas, Adelaide Fox, Anne Gallion, Jean Arnold, Elise Kirk land, Mary Nabb Phillips, Elizabeth Rushton; Messrs. Henry Mccarthy, Clifton Fennell, John Slaughter, Wirt Whatley, Ed Lenke. Robert Bromberg i; Ln.. LInnan.nan 1-