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SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN j
Norment-Bradshaw Wedding
At Presbyterian Church
m
Mrs. T. 0. Smith’s Garden Party for Mrs. Middleton Barnwell
The Birmingham Art Club’s Seventh Annual Exhibition
Opens With a Reception and Continues Today.
The Glee Club Concert to be an Event of
the Evening—Other Notes
By MYRTI.E MILES
MRS. EDWARD L. NORMENT
| The marriage of Mias Mary Bradshaw,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell Brad
ahaw, to Mr. Edward L. Norment was
I celebrated last night at the South High
\ land Presbyterian church at 9 o’clock,
I’and followed with a reception at the
Bradshaw residence on Highland ave
nue. The two young people have many
friends, the bride’s patents having lived
In Birmingham for many years, and
1 the church was thus filled to its ut
most capacity, while the reception was
also attended by a large number.
The decorations in the church were
* simple but beautiful. Palms and smilax
F were massed in the chancel and large
» pink hydrangeas stood out in gTeat
splashes of color against the green back
ground.
Before the ceremony an attractive mu
sical service was presented by Mrs. Belle
McCoy, who rendered a similar service
f. at the marriage of the bride's parents.
■ As the opening tones of the processional
m’ere sounded the first ushers, Mr. Claud
Estes and Mr. John Porter, entered from
opposite aisles, followed by Mr. O. G.
Gresham and Mr. MaU Otey.
j Miss Josephine Cosby, cousin of the
j bride, and Miss Virginia Abbott were
ilrst bridesmaids. They were followed
Ir. J. T. Bostick and Mr. John Prow
ilternating with Miss Susie Norment,
r of the groom, with Miss Louise
s, these in turn by Mr. W. V. Hart
and Mr. Mac Norment. the groom's
her. Miss Katherine Kearney of New
ans, with Miss Margaret Coleman
» followed by Mr. Arthur Adams,
itid Mr. Edwin Robertson; Miss Elisa
Bowie entering afterward with Miss
riett Fitts, Mr. Vaughn Harrison and
Gaston Rogers following. The last
esmaids were Miss Carol Woodson
Miss Helen Eustis.
e party as they gathered at the h1
the girls in the softest of rose
red robes, trailing as they descended
allies, and the men taking their
lion back of them, made a charm
picture and one that will not soon
forgotten by an admiring throng,
a bridesmaid carried un armful of
Killarney roses the shade of her
ss Martha Dabney, a Blender maid,
3«t diminutive in stature, was her
r’s maid of honor. She also wore
Ink evening gown, made round,
b, and carried a shower bouquet
rmie roses and sweet peas. Master
fham Bajlard and little Miss Evelyn
IWW—
IORNLEY SCHOOLAR JOBE
will sing the tenor soioa this
with the University Glee dub..
Knecht, the bride's niece and nephew
were flower children. Clad In white
they scattered rose petals. As the bride
with her father, Mr. Caldwell Brad
shaw, entered and- approached the altar
Mr. Norment, accompanied by his bes
man, Mr. Calhoun Colffns, entered fron
the vestry and the vows were solemn
ized at the altar, where they met. Dr
II. M. Edmonds, pastor of the church
! was the officiant.
Miss Bradshaw, who is an exceedingly
handsome young woman, was an un
usually lovely bride. <5 he wore a su
perh wedding robe, a r-ondon creation o
heavy satin with court train and tulle
draped bodice. Throughout the length o
the train a tulle drapery was caugh
with clusters of orange blossoms. Th'
bodice, a filmy chiffon confection, caugh
together with seed pearls,' was adorn**
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MR. HARRY J. WHITE
Bass soloist this evening with tin
University Glee club.—Photo by Ped
dinghaus.
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with exquisite rose-point duchesae lac#
The tulle veil was bordered with a nar
rower pattern of this rare lace, whlcl
composed a frill round the face. A chap
let of orange blossom* trimmed the cai
of the veil which had an additiona
length of tulle In front. Her bouque
was made of valley lilies and orchids.
The reception at the home of Mr. am
Mrs. Bradshaw was a delightfully con
genial occasion. The eecoratlons' wer<
sniilax and asparagus ferns, with boxei
of lilies of the valley and hyacinths, am
vases of roses to give their exquislti
perfume and color. Mr. and Mfs. Brad
shaw, the latter, very handsome in t
white lace evening gown, with a bit o!
black Brussels net, and a rose girdh
to introduce a touch of color; Mrs. Nor
ment, the grooms* mother, also wearing i
lovely lace gown, and the bridal part?
constituted the receiving party. Tw<
delightful out-of-town guests were Mrs
Sproull of Anniston and Mrs. E. J. Gowe:
of Mobile, who came up for the weddlnf
JF’rom the dining room a delicious buf
fet supper was served. The table wai
handsomely decorated. In the center wai
the weding cake, and suspended abovi
it from the chandelier were 10 small baa
kets each holding a pink rose and a spra?
of lilies of the valley. In the 'centei
of this cluster was a large basket, atm
liar In design and containing a larg<
| cluster of pink and white blossoms.
The punch table wfas stationed on th«
veranda and Miss Margaret Bradshaw
Miss T,ella Robinson and Miss Emil?
Harrison, the bride's yminger sister, am
two of her young frierms, were in charge
Mr. and Mrs. Norment left at mid
night for Savannah, from which poir|
they will sail for New Tork. After sp^*
ing a week or 10 days In the metro|P',f'
and In a trip up the Hudson then will
return to Birmingham for -the suanmN
A BIT OF HISTORY CONCERNING THE “GREEN
BEETLE,” CHINESE FANTASY, AT THE LYRIC
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By DOLLY DALRYMPLE
It isn’t peremptory that you see “The
Green Beetle," the strange Chinese fan
tasy. round at the Lyric this week, to
realize Bret Harte's meaning when he
wrote:
“That for ways that are dark 1
And for tricks that are vain.
The heathen Chine* is peculiar—"
But—
A glimpse of this weird sketch certain
ly emphasizes ih“ poet's lines.
There you have the Chinese atmosphere
in all of its queer, exotic nature, with the
scent of opium and Hashcsh, the great
Dragon covered watts, the dense, pene
trating aroma of poisons and teas and
medicines, and the sullen low class Chi
nese “Moy Gow,'' swaying and bending
over the little tabaret of Inlaid antiques
ami the suave, courteous, deliberate, sin
uous land in our sense) non-normal Chi
nese gentleman of wealth and position,
“Sec Yup—.’
“With the smile that is childlike and
bland.”
It sort of gives you the “creeps" when
von see the workings or the vari-colored
minds of these yellow men and the depths
they explore and the tremendous cun
ning they possess.
You scarcely believed before that such
j people really exist, because the average
American's idea of the Chinaman is his
laundryman—simple, kind, and docile.
“The Green Beetle” Is a daring thing,
daring in the sense that It involves an
expression of an opinion of an oriental
on the Christian religion.
Anybody who takes offense at this, how
ever. has only a narrow mind to censure,
for it is the oriental outlook, the outlook
of the educated oriental who has adopted
the veneer of civilization, but wrhose in
stincts are unchanged, and it is delivered
with an impressiveness that cannot fail
to appeal. „
With the cold, calculatinglv executed
design In his mind the Chinese gentleman
of “The Green Beetle” is the first “stage”
Chinaman who has made the theory of
“White Slavery” in Chinatown In the
least degree plausible.
Queer—
Isn’t it—
How these plays of Chinese character
crop sporadically on the theatrical hori
zon every now and then, as witness "The
Cat and the Cherub” which set. everybody
a-wondering whether or noj some day a
new field mightn’t be explored by the
drama with Chinatown as a background.
While the Chinese gentlman. See Yup,
played wdth tremendous effect by Mr.
Louis Cassavant. a former Boston opera
company star, Is the real hero of the
“The Green Beetle," with his sonorous,
vibrating voice and pulsnting. gripping,
personality, the "character part" which
Mr. Frederick R. Seaton plays, Moy
Gow. is the one with which this story has
to do.
Moy Gow is the “silent” member of the
cast.
Only twice does he raise his voice, and
then as a weird accompaniment In dole
ful tones to the beating of the death
gong over the two inert, prostrate forms
of the victims of the deadly poison, ad
ministered at the instigation of the suave
See Yup.
Mr. Seaton Is a veteran character ac
tor. and his name is synonymous with
successful portrayals of various roles
since he was merely a youngster starting
in the game.
His Chinese “make-up" is nothing short
of artistic and the sullen, dogged, ex
pression. which is conveyed even to his
| slow, dragging, sulky, iwovements, shows
keen observation and n tremendous
. amount of study of the oriental which
must have required years of labor and
ambition.
I was talking with Mr. Seaton yester
day about “The Greer* Beetle.” and the
author of it anil "how tt happened” and
a dozen and one other things that were
of Interest to me.
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, and will be at home on Arlington ave
nue. Both have a large number of friends
who will be interested in their marriage,
Mr. Norment is a successful young busi
ness man of this city avid Is highly es
teemed among hosts of friends. His bride
is a charming girl and deservedly pop
l ular.
1 MRS. SMITH S PARTY
FOR MRS. BARNWELL
The garden party yesterday afternoon at
the home of Col. and Mrs. T. O. Smith
was a charming heralding of spring. The
formal gardens, with their prim hedges
and conventional beds In bloom, the tan
gled mass of fragrant petals in tile Bing
llsli garden and the walks among clam
bering rose trees, quaint old sundlali
and shaded pergolas convinced even those
who have had no glimpse of flower-car
petod fields that we are truly in the lap
of spring.
No event of the year Is anticipated witl:
more genuine pleasure than this annual
celebration of Col. and Mrs. Smith's wed
ding day, so hundreds of friends de
lighted yesterday morning In the sun
shine that promised an afternoon out of
doors. Though the residence, which is
a charming type of Blnglish architecture,
was prepared for the reception of the
callers, and Mrs. Smith and her attrac
tive lionoree welcomed her guests there,
each soon found their way to the gar
den to linger as long as they might amid
such enchanting surroundings.
Mrs. Smith, with Mrs. Barnwell, Mrs.
Robert Jemison, Mrs. Hubbert Smith and
Miss Agnes Terrell, stood In the living
room to receive the callers. The hostess
wore a delightful spring afternoon toil
. ette of white voile embroidered In pink
roses, quite the gown for a garden party.
Mrs. Barnwell’s "gown was a flowered
taffeta creation, also with the rose de
► sign. Mrs. Hubbert Smith’s a lace robe
with touches of blue, and the other mem
bers of the hostess group were also ap
propriately attired for the afternoon. In
1 the reception hall and dining room other
members of the receiving party mingled
! among the callers or invited them to the
garden, and a charming setting for deli
cate laces and taffeta*, and flower
trimmed hats was achieved by the grace
ful distribution of snowballs and snap
j dragons, roses and lilies and bther flow
' ers from the gardens.
In the dining room Mrs. William Mudd
Walker and Mrs. John Snow Jemlaon
’ presided at the coffee table. Here Mrs.
Smith had used a color conceit of plnM
i and red. A great mound of pink and
red roses centered the table, and sur
rounding this were tapers burning be
neath roae-colored shades, whose trim
ming was a garlanding of tiny red roses.
The confections, pink embossed with the
deeper red, emphasized this plan, and
! the dainty sandwiches with tiny red bows
added another bit of decoration.
In the garden Mrs. Calvin Jones, Miss
i Caroline Garnsey and other friends of the
, hostess presided over a punish table on
, which flowers were scattered. Miss Ella
Hubbert, Mrs. J. Rivers Carter, Mrs.
George Morrow, Jr.. Mrs. Leonard Beech
- «r. Mrs. Lovell Yerkes, Mrs. Sidney
Bowie. Mrs. Frank Nelson were among
, the members of the receiving party sta
tioned either In the house or garden.
The pergolas and arches in the rosary
are in full blossom just now. Those who
Lboked. however, for the Dorothy' Per
JiiuK. which was in flower during the
garden party last year, however, found
i iri Its stead the lovely Cherokee and
r other climbing roses. One of the beauties
of the garden is the Marie, Henrietta and
another the Stiver Moon, a big, white
blosom with a golden heart. The hedges
are a ricb, beautiful green, Just riow9
“Mr. John Willard,” said Mr. Seaton,
“the author of ‘The Green Beetle,’ Is a
tremarkable chafecter himself. He is
now an actor playing in a road1 company
of ‘Within the Uw.’ He has several
other sketches on in vaudeville and he
has written two or thw»»- dramas, but he
is only beginning to btv heard from. His
collection of data for the ‘The Green
Beetle’ is quite an amazing thing. It
was several years ago that an incident
impressed itself so upon him that he be
gan to think, and the result of his think
ing was The Green Beetle.' Mr. Willard
was then a clerk in a bank out In San
Francisco, and it was just about the
time that a certain famous New York
case occupied the minds of the public. A
New York girl was supposed to be lured
away and murdered by a young China
man, who fell in love with her when she
was teaching him In Sunday school. Mr.
Willard noted among the depositors at
the bank a Chinese gentleman, elegant,
well bred, splendidly educated, and very
rich. He came at stated intervals to
make tremendous deposits at the bank,
always guarded by two men who never
left his side. The Chinese gentleman be
came such a notable figure at the bank
that his appearance was remarked and
many inquiries were mane concerning his
wealth. He belonged to a certain ‘tong’
—high classed and elegant, that was con
ceded. Suddenly one day the Chinese
gentleman disappeared. Murdered? Per
haps. Who knows* Anyway, Mr. Wil
lard got the atmosphere for a story and
‘The Green Beetle' evolved from his pro
lific brain. The sketch has made a big
hit everywhere it has been presented.”
“Did you study the character part that
you play in the west, among the Chinese
of California?” I asked.
"Bless you, no.” said Mr. Seaton, “I
studied right in New York Chinatown. Of
course, the west is full of the Chinese—
so honeycombed are they along the west
ern coast that when tne earthquake oc
curred hundreds of planes were unearthed
that, were never*heard of before. But I
got my impressions from New York Chi
natown. Take my facial make-up, for In
stance. It took me weeks to get just the
proper coloring, the purplish-gray lips,
the bluish-gray outlines of the eyelids,
and the yellow complexion—Just the right
tone."
"Is this the first Chinese part you’ve
ever played?" I asked.
"Yes." was the reply. "My work for
many years has been the creation of In
dian roles. I have coated every Indian
part of any importance for years back,
'•'tie Indian character sketches in 'The
Girl I Left Behind Me.’ The Heart of
Alaska,’ ‘Northern Lights,’ ‘The Girl and
the Gambler,’ ‘Crippled Creek,* and
dozens of others I did. Chief Joseph of
the Nez Perze tribe was an intimate
friend of mine. I lived out on the reser
vation for months at a time and became
very friendly with th« Indians."
"Do you consider the Indian character
part more interesting than the Chinese?"
I asked.
‘By far.’ said Mr. Seaton. "For the
big, whole-souled life in the open, give
me the red skin man. I love the part,
and I say that advisedly, for I’ve known
the restricted game from the time I was
9 years old. when T ran away from home
(I'm southern; came from Richmond.
Va.). to go with Forepaugh’s circus. From
that T went into the legitimate drama
and have remained ever since. I regard
the author of The Green Beetle’ as one
of the most promising of our playwrights,
and you are going to hear something big
from him one of these days. In fact, you
may see the sketch we arc doing now put
into a three-act play. While the story of
‘The Green Beetle’ may seem improbable.
It Isn't to those who read and study, each
so distinctive, for such things ^appen,
are happening, and the limning of charac
ter which the author has done in the
sketch Is almost classic in its artistry. The
whole scheme suggests a huge spider Into
whose web the poor little, unsuspecting
fly drifts—only to find his life not worth
a two pence at the hands of such cun
ning and trickery.’
MISS INEZ SMITH
Contralto, pupil of Mias Norma Schoolar. She will be heard in song
recital this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock in Miss Schoolar’s Studio, Cable
Hall.
and the flowering shrubs are also beauti
ful. Colonel Smith, who came out dur
ing the reception hour, and Mrs. Smith,
gave a glimpse of country life idealised
to the friends who joined them yester
day afternoon.
ANNUAL EXHIBITION
BIRMINGHAM ART CLUB
Owing perhaps to the fact that for the
first time, the Art club secured a jury
to pass on all works submitted for ex
hibition, the seventh annual exhibition
of the Birmingham Art club Is by far the
best ever held In Its history. Each year
as the class of work Improves the jury
will be more critical until a high stand
ard Is established.
A punch table, with a refreshing drink
served from a bowl that la a marvel of
ceramic art. and adorned only with a
Nullos
ills* i'urtls will explain the bidding and
piny of ••The holloa," the latest suction
novelty, at Mrs, S. h. l.edbetter’s homo
Saturday afternoon at il o'clock. SOU will
be charged far tkc iaatraettoa.
v
little dull blue vaee filled with plnl
rosea—an ornament that bespoke th<
choice of an artistic mind—was stations!
near the door of Clark-Jones hall yester
day afternoon, and many visitors wen
regaled during the reception hours. Or
another table were the catalogs, them
selves works of art. Scores of vlsitori
saw the display of local handiwork, an!
never has the art-loving public been si
delighted with the Art club's spring dis
play.
The gem of the exhibition is a stunning
oil painting by Jonas Lie, the Norwegiar
painter, loaned by Mrs. Hugh Martin, r
represents a Norwegian village on e
fyord In midwinter, the roofs of thi
fyord in midwinter, the roofs of thi
houses burnt orange against the snow, oi
which their blue shadows are cast. Thi
cold, gray, wintry water beyond la won
derfully painted, pellucid and full of mo
tlon. This brilliant young painter, whosi
home Is In New York, Is.forging rapldlj
to the front, the Metropolitan museun
having just purchased one of his works.
Above this bangs the picture whirl
received the club prize. “A Cathedral Ii
Cadis," by Miss Lucile Douglas. Orienta
in architecture and coloring, It Is broadlj
pfeinted in. tempera, a cream dome ant
red roofs against a deep blue sky, treei
with heavy bronze-green foliage In thi
foreground casting lilac shadows on •
stucco wall. This is the first time that
the club has offered a prise, and* the re
sult has been very encouraging. It is to
be hoped that this may suggest to* some
art lover In the city the offering of a
yearly prize called after his or her name.
If this plan could be adopted it would
result in bringing outside work to the
exhibitions, and making them every year
finer and more attractive.
The two pictures which received •'Hon
orable Mention” are “Peach Blossom^'
by Miss Carrie Hill, and “Summer Peo
ple” by Miss Alice Rumph. The former
painted in the faint emerald greens and*
cobalt blues, that combined in the dis
tance, produce the exquisite irridescence
of spring coloring, shown a peach tree
In full bloom against a cream colored
cabin with a faintly green roof. The lat
ter, shows three figures, a woman and
two little girls in a field of daisies. In
the middle distance are sloping bowery
woods against a dove gray mountain and.
fleecy sky. It is a picture of graceful
sweeping lines, full of a feeling of fleeting
light and shade and the blue bloom of a
hazy atmosphere. The figures. In shadowy
white, are wind blown, and you can al
most feel the cool breeze and see thq
cloud shadows floating across the daisy
fields.
Miss Adelaide Mahan of Brierfield, Ala.,
sends a set of charming studies done In
Provlncetown, Mass. Had her painting
of “A Backyard” been the required size,
she would have been a close competitor
for the club prize. Its cool white trellised
buildings might mean Italy. With its
faintly green foliage, translucent shadow’s
and warm touches where flowers show,
It Is a lovely and poetical picture. Her
“Lumber Wharf” is a cool, breezy study
of a girl in a wind-blown white dress,
who comes down a plank walk, at the end
of which slender palely green trees blow
against a blue-gray sky.
Miss Della Dryer, the president of the
club, has, among other picture*, “A
Study in Rose” and "A Corner in Bruges.”
The first is a delightful study of a dark
haired girl In an old-fashioned pink flow
ered gown seated beside a quaint little
table, on which she leans. The back
ground Is a cool white curtain with
touches of rose, the aarpet, a lilac pink.
The shadows in this picture are especially
well painted, being transparent and full
of color. “A Corner in Bruges” shows
the quaint architecture of that old city of
red roofs, with a group of picturesque
figures In the foreground.
Miss Eloise Montgomery of Monteagle,
Tenn., is the acknowledged poet of the
Art club. For the past few years she
has devoted herself to the study of mists
in the mountains. With a perfect sense
of design, her lovely little dream studies
look like Japanesque decorative schemes,
and you feel that, in their silvered frames,
they should hang on walls of grass
cloth. The title of the largest “Fair
w’as the spring, but amidst his greening
gray were the days of the hidden sun”
explains itself. A transparent brook
flows quietly through pale green grass,
from which rise delicate tree forms, seen
faintly through the mist. A touch of
scarlet shows in the featherly foliage of
the maple In the foreground.
Miss Willie McLoughlin has a charm
ingly poalnted head of a dark haired girl
in a rich blue kimono.
Mr. Leslie Welton exhibits several fine
water-colors, most of them painted
abroad. “A Canal at Dordrecht Hol
land,” "Fountain Louvols Paris.”
“Choragic Monument of Thrasyllus, Ath
ens” and others.
Mrs. J. A. Montgomery has a number of
landscapes. rlq oils “Virginia Mountains,”
and in water colors several studies done
around Birmingham, an especially charm
ing one being the “Swimming Hole” at
Blount Springs. The old “Blue Hole”—
which is quite green—loved of small boys.
Miss Clara Moorman of Mentone, Ala.,
1 as several creditable little studies of
uookout mountain and of Mobile bay.
Miss Mildred Rumph some excellent Bir
mingham landscapes. A study of “Chero
kee Roses” by Miss Armantine Brown
of Mobile Is well done and decorative in
design.
Miss Alice Rumph has an unusually
fine collection of oils and water colors
this year. She exhibits for the first time
her Salon picture, “Dutch Interior,” which
was also exhibited at the Amercan Wom
an’s Art association, Paris, in the Amer
ican Watercolor society. New York, and
in the Art Institute, Chicago It repre
sents an old Dutch woman, in a blue
gown and quaint white cap, seated knit
ting at a window. Beside her a little
girl is sitting on a stool. The coloring
of the picture is principally browns and
blues, with a touch of yellow in the jug
and o fraint green seen through the win
dow. It is full of atmosphere and the
handling is wonderfully broad and ef
fective. “The Old Mudd Homestead near
Elyton” is a strong, splendidly painted
oil, the white pillared, red roofed man
sion, seen through dark tree boles on a
green slope. “A Peristyle, North Caro
lina” might be a Greek temple to Pan
surmounting a flight of rocky steps in a
mysterlou| wood. There is a fine study
of “Pines near East Lake” and a^oetie
little “City Beautiful” taken from the
Altamont road.
Miss Emma Augusta Jones of the Loulie
Compton seminary sends her usual col
lection of good, stron, interesting work,
the finest perhaps being her “Bit of Gar
field Park,” Chicago. This is a lovely
pergola study in jade greens, rose and
turquoise blues. Her “Church Interior”
is also excellent, with its brilliant stain
ed glass coloring, hnd her “Blackberry
Falls” Is strong and well painted.
Miss Carrie Hill’s set of oil studies are
all Birmingham scenes, mountain and
valley landscapes, pines on hillsides,
studies of moonlight and twilight. Her
best work next to the one which won
her ‘^Honorable Mention” Is her “Fire of
Spring” where a vivid bed of scarlet tulips
rise like flames against green fields and
soft distant trees.
The finest still-life is Miss Dryer's
painting in blues, showing a jar of corn
flowers and two magazines with blue
covers against a gray-blue background.
Miss Lucile Douglas has a striking set
of studies of the California coast, great
gnarled trees with pale trunks and
branches seen through dark and heavy
foliage against blue sea and sky; tolling
white sand dunes, out of w’hich the trees
rise almost like silhouettes; pictures that
are wonderfully decorative in design and
striking in color.
Miss Hannah Elliott exhibits one of her
charming miniatures, a charcoal study of
her mother, and a Birmingham lands
cape. Also a design, in pencil, for a per
sonal ChriBtmas card.
The collection of china and crafts-work
is larger than usual, and the architec
tural exhibition the finest and most com
plete ever held in the city.
MISS KIRKPATRICK
PLANS A DANCE
Miss Serena Kirkpatrick will enter
tain a few friends Tuesday evening
informally at her home with a dance.
SUFFRAGE PLAY
FOR MAY 20
, A play will be presented under the
auspices of the Birmingham Equal
Suffrage association, May 20.
MISS HODGES
' HONOREE IN LOUISVILLE
Miss Florence Hodges, who left last
night to visit -Miss Mary Ellen Thixton
in Louisville, will be>*the honoree at
a dinner party given Saturday even
ing by her hostess on the occasion
' of the opening of Louisville’s Country
| club for the summer season.
, MAY FESTIVAL AT
THE ULLMAN SCHOOL
The May Festival at Ullman school It
to take place this afternoon at 4
o clock and be repeated this evening
at 8. Admission will be free, but
candy and Ices will be for sale,
i The festival has been arranged un
der the auspices of the School Im
provement association of which Mrs.
Charles Roberts Is president, and the
entire school will participate. Maypole
dances on the school lawn and all of
the accompanying arrangements for a
typical May day. with drills and folk
dances will compose avcharmlng pro
gramma
MISS FLORENCE COFFIN
TO GIVE A BOX PARTY
Miss Florence Coffin will entertain a
party of 12 this evenlixg at the Jef
ferson theatre where the University
Glee club will present their spring con
cert. Afterward the youing people who
compose her box party will together
attend the dance at tire Newspaper
club. Miss Coffin will Include among
her guests besides her own visitor.
Miss Howell, and Mrs. t^eafnon Gray’s ‘
guest. Miss Paxon, the young women
who were with her on t*he recent Tus
caloosa trip to attend the dances, and
six university men.
ORIGINAL PLAY
AT THE SEMINARY
“The Rose of the Chenokees." an or
iginal play written and staged by the
senior class of the Loullf Compton
Seminary, will be given In tho school
auditorium this evening at 8 o'clock.
The romantic legends of the Alabama
Indians make-a very attractive, plot.
TOM THUMB WEDDING
AT MARTIN SCHOOL
A "Tom Thumb'' wedding will bo
given this evening at Martin school at
8 ofclock, following a matinee produc
tion at 2:30. Miss Douglass, MJss Watts
and Miss Carr will. direct. The pro
gramme follows:
Songs, first and second grades,
"Boat Song,” “Blacksmith."
Arrival of distinguished guests.
Madame Eaanes, Recycle Martin.
First cousin of the bride, Don Bar
ber.
First cousin of the groom, Virginia
Griffin.
Old maid friend of groom, Lillian
Cham hers.
Grandfather “Thumb,” Harry Gneen
berg.
Granttmother "Thumb," Annie Phil
lips.
Song, Madame Fames.
Two bachelor-friends of groom, Gray
den Card. Louis Dean.
Two old maid friends of bride Vio
let Clemmons. Bessie Rush.
Disappointed lover, ClarenostFossett.
Two other old maids, Agnes Wilson,
Edna Lewis.
Song. Old-maids.
Consln of groom, Kenneth Rogers.
Cousins of bride, Rubdy Goldstein,
Morris Goldstein.
Bachelor friend of groom, Walter
Smith.
Aunt of bride, Sarah Brown.
Solo. Madame Calve, Emily Brown.
Grandfather “Midget,” Edward Sel
gal.
Grandmother "Midget,” Louise Shep
ard.
President Wilson, Rlgdon Darby.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Julia Lee
Blount.
The minister, Thomas Kent.
The minister's wife, Edna Mae Lesher
Song, Grandmothers “Midget and
Thumb."
Father of the bride, Sidney Griffin.
Mother of the bride, Susie Gould.
First usher, Lawson Vaughan.
Second usher, Edward Holtam.
Ribbon bearers, Helen Byrd, Jack
Reaves.
Bridesmaids, Geraldine Jones, Golds
Mae Barrett, Mary Eddlns Ansley,
Katherine Glenn, Louise Paysinger.
Maid of honor, Elberta Sharp. .
Ring bearer, Clarence Travis.
Flower girl, Anna Polluck.
Bride. Helen Davis.
Groom. Robert Fleming.
Ceremony.
ART EXHIBITION
OPEN THIS EVENING
The art exhibition will be open this <
evening from 8 to 11 o'clock so that the 1
architects who are members of the asso
ciation may be at the exhibition as hosts.
Again Sunday afternoon the public will
have an opportunity tv vtejv the exhibit.
RICHTER-DASH i
WEDDING ANNOUNCED
Friends are in receipt of the following
card: “Mrs. Sarah E. Dash announces
the marriage of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Dash Forbes, to Mr. Alpbons Ferdinand
Richter, on Wednesday. April 22, 1914,
Chattanooga, Tenn.”
Enclosed cards stats: "At home after
May 16, Cullman, Ala.”
YANCEY CHAPTER
GIVES A RECEPTION
The reception of Yancey chapter in hon
or of Mrs. Towns Randolph Leigh, proved
a delightful event in United Daughters
of the Confederacy circles. The home
of Mrs. Leonard Hobart was artistically
decorated with dogwood and other blos
soms from the woods.
The dining room was particularly love
ly, the soft glow of candles in silver J
candelabra fell on the red and whtte ■
roses lying in profusion around the base
and wafted the daughters of veterans
(Continued os Last Pass)
“I AM NOW A
F PY WOMAN”
Says Franklin Lady, Who Says
She Has But One Regret
After Many Years
of Trouble
Franklin, Va.—"I am now a happy
Woman," Bays Mrs. Elizabeth Boone,
of this town, "althought for eight (I)
long years. I Buffered dreadfully with
womanly troubles, and I had to Us in
bed for three or four days, every month.
I was In such condition, I could not
do my housework, nor could I eat
heavy or greasy food of any kind. X *“
was a perfect wreck.
Some of my lady friends advised me
to try Cardul, the woman’s tonic, which
t did. I have now taken seven bottles,
and am sound and well, can do all my
housework, as well as my laundry
work. I am sure the 7 bottles of I
Cardul did me $100.00 worth of good.
I have but one regret, and that Is
that I did not commence taking Cardul
5 years ago. I would have avoided all
that suffering, besides saving all the
money I paid out for other medicines
that 414 me no good.
Several of my lady friends are now 1
taking Cardul on my recommendation
and It 1* helping them."
If you suffer .rom any of the numer
ous Ills so commoi, to women, begin tak
ing 'cardul, today. It relieved Mrs.
Boone after her condition becam
chronic. It will surely help you.
Try Cardul
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