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TWO TTTE BIRMINGHAM NEWS-AGE-HEF ALTJ STJWDAT. JIfTBMB! 4 The SoofAt Greatest Newspaper 1 MRS. F. MARKELL Society Editor Phone 3-1121 I SOCIAL NEWS AND ACTIVITIES OF WOMENS CLUBS I eleanor moody Assistant Society Un, Phone 3-1 121 EMINENT READER INTERESTING GROUP OF ST. LOUIS VISITORS Pi Kappa Alphas To Be Honored At Dance Martha McCarty Parties And Movements Of People Whose Names Make News Wedding and pre-nuptial parties; early intimation of forthcoming, debutante parties: the annual swimming meet at the Birmingham Country Club Monday: interesting visitors from New England and the West; alluring plans for the Fall with the Scribblers Club of the Junior League inaugurating its new program: the beginn.ng of characteristic activities that will continue, through the Winter, suggest a busy month of September.

Scribblers Club Of Junior League To Meet Tuesday TYie Scribblers Club of the I -cogue will hold Its first meeting the Fall on Tuesday morning oclock In the conference ronm Birmingham News Are -Judge C. N. Feidelson will speaK .1 formally to the group. Every member of the League, active, associate or honor who has any Interest in writing urged to be present at the a meeting. Contributions to the League Magazine will be disc, and plans made for mee, throughout the Winter.

For further Information ing tho organization, prosier. members are asked to call one committee In charge. This grn eludes Mrs. Douglas Arant. editor the Junior League Clifford Duet, chairman of arts s-interests; Mrs.

Preston Haskell city editor of the Junior Lein, Magazine: Mrs. Hobart retiring editor of the magazine Miss Kate Duncan Smith, of publicity. mother. Mrs. Edward R.

Gunby, of The Glgnoux-Hardman wedding on Wednesday afternoon and the marriage of Joe Atkins and Elinor Jar-dine In Red Bank, K. on Saturday are outstanding events of the present week. Martha McCarty is to be one of the very busiest of the September brides Theta Fraternity. The wedding will with parties arranged for every day take place in November. Atlanta.

Miss Gunby is a graduate of the Spence School in New York and of Rose Mary Hall in Greenwich. Conn. She made her debut in 1928. Mr. Hardie was eduacted at the University of the South at Sewanee, and at Oglethorpe University.

He is an active member of the Phi Selta Members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will be honor guests Tuea-. day evening at the dance given by the College Club, on the Terrace Garden of the Thomas Jefferson HoteL A local orchestra will play and members of the school set will be presenL Last Tuesday evening at the college club dance for the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity the following 1 guests were noted: Virginia Swann, Evelyn Beardln. Josephine Kidd, Elizabeth Gore. Alys Varlan Robinson. Irma Cummings, Margaret Gam-brill, Julia Ellis, Virginia Walker, Charlotte Reemer.

Marjorie Cheatam Louise Lathrop, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ireland. Alice Daniels, Maxine Kaufman.

of New York City; Mrs. Collin Stonebrook, Merlul DeBardeleben Mildred Avery, Anne Armistead! Adele Fort, Patty Ireland, Mary Katherine Hood, Virginia Patton, Harriet McCoy. Margaret Kidd. Lucy Hanby, Helen Mason, Evelyn Ashmore, Elaine Young, Sue Ship-ley. Charlottee Cordray, Margie Lantrlp, of Jasper; Pamela Pierce, Esther Hinds, Dorothy Schultz, Mr.

aid Mrs. Ed Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Ireland. Marjorie Hollner, Ann Cowart, Margaret Yeates, Billie Stull, Mrs.

Charles Summers, Burgess Rudolph, Sarah Nesbitt, Jane Sevier. Sara Lucy Allen. Helen Knight, Jeanie Walker, Roberta Munger, Marian Reemer and Frances Ferrell. Society Personals ANNE GOLDEN WILKERSON Nationally known reader and firet president of tho Birmingham Center of Drama League of America. Mre.

Wilkereon it actively interested in the Little Theater, MRS. SYDNEY SANDS AND CHILDREN Photo by J. F. Knox. Mrs.

Sands, the former Virginia Rutledge Stephens of Birmingham, is pictured with her eon, Edwin Sydney, and small daughter, Mary Frances, the latter being named for her maternal grandmother, Mrs. F. R. Stephens, whose guests they are in this city. Murray White is to resume his studies at the University in Tusca-! loosa this week.

I Mr. and Mrs. Nick Musso (Josephine Cascio) announce the birth of a son on Sept. 2, whom they have named Nick. Jr.

Mrs. Musso and baby are at the South Highland In-I firmary. Mrs. J. D.

Mosley and little daugh-: ter, Doris, will return this week after a delightful 10-day visit In Dav-j tona Beach, Fla. Miss Lillian A. Vaughan has returned to her home in Mobile, after spending the Summer in Washington, D. and Birmingham. While in Birmingham she and her mother were guests of Mrs James M.

Knight 1 and Mrs. Paul Darden. 1019 South Fortieth Street. East Lake W. C.

T. U. meets Wednesday at 10:30 at the Methodist Church in East Lake with Nelson Thomas as speaker. Miss Mildred Thagard, Fayetteville, N. has arrived to resume her duties as librarian of the Misses Howards School.

Mrs. J. C. Persons and her daughters, Nelson and Virginia have returned from a month visit at Virginia Beach and Danville, Va. Mr.

and Mrs. George Gordon Crawford. Pittsburgh, and Miss Peggy Crawford have joined Mrs. Horace Hammond apd her daughter, Catherine, at Atlantic City for a visit. Mrs.

George W. Connors will return next week from Asheville, N. where she has been at Grove Park for several weeks. Kirkman Jackson has returned from New York, where he visited his mother. Mrs.

Charles S. Belsterling, and Mr. Belsterling, and his sister, Mrs. Burrows Freeman and Mr. Freeman.

Dr. and Mrs. J. Stewart French who have spent the past month in the mountains of East Tennessee, Dr. French's old home, and in West Virginia, will return early this week.

)C )t Mrs. W. C. Vail has returned from an extended visit to Chicago, having spent the Summer there. Mrs.

W. B. Cravath, of New York City, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. David Solomon, and Mr. Solomon.

Dr. and Mrs. W. Langley Sibley and son, W. after an absence of several years, have returned to make their home In Birmingham.

Maj. and Mrs. William Foster, Jr who have recently returned from the Philippines, and have been visiting Mrs. W. B.

Foster here, have gone to Denver, where they are to be stationed, Mrs. George Hughes leaves Tuesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. C. W.

Barrett in New York, and later to visit Mr. and Mrs. William Meade Prince in Wesport, Conn. Miss Marjorie Noojin leaves this week for the University of Ala- until her wedding on the seventeenth. She is already attending numerous functions for other brides-to-be sharing honors at many of them.

Thursday afternoon she is being complimented at a bridge party when Katherine Wharton entertains. Mary Adeline Starnes is entertained Saturday evening, at a buffet supper for Martha and her fiance. Mrs. Hubert Foster's luncheon party will be given Sept. 12 at the Thomas Jefferson while Tuesday, Sept.

13. is the date for Mary Winston Wofford's buffet luncheon for this popular bride-elect. Mrs. Mitchell Williamson will be hostess Wednesday, the fourteenth, at a seated luncheon at her home, on Hanover Circle, and the same afternoon Miss Marie Smith will entertain at a tea shower complimenting Miss McCarty at her home in Mountain Brook. Mary Ellis Spotts will give a bridge tea for Miss McCarty at her home In Hollywood Thursday, Sept.

15, am Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. A. B. iese and r.

and Mrs. McCarty aie entertained at the home of the former. Col. and Mrs. Felix Blackburn, aunt and uncle of the bride-to-be, are giving the rehearsal dinner party at their home, on Cliff Road, and Miss Harriet Doster will honor the bridal party at a breakfast Saturday.

Other courtesies are also planned for Martha and her fiance. Mr. and Mrs. J. B.

Crockett had a delightful stay of a month at Edge-re a e. Beach Hotel in Chicago following a shorter v.sit in Michigan, arriving home just time to see the latter sister, Mrs. J. T. Southgate, and Mr.

Southgate, depart Tuesday of this week for a fortnight in Manhattan and to greet their nephew, Wyndham Southgate, who arrives Sunday with degrees from Harvard and fresh from a Summer passed at Narragansett, on the Rhode Island coast. While in Chicago, whom should this couple find living in the same hostelry than a former belle of Birmingham. Mrs. Howard Kolb (Edith Snow 1 who -s her home at the Kdgevater i ch and who had as guest her sisie Mrs. Ee Baron Lyons (Edna Snow), of Mobile.

These attractive sisters are as popular as W'hen they were favorites in Birmingham society. Mrs. Kolb's daughter, who is the mother of three lovely daughters, resides at Hinsdale, a suburb of Chicago, and her son, Howard, was recently married to an attractive young girl, an artist who is making a success of commercial art and Illustrating. The Crocketts also met Marion Hamilton, who Is assistant director of Red Cross at the Great Lakes Naval Training School, living in Lake Forest. This coterie of former Birmingham girls met frequently for luncheons and teas and enjoyed Immensely their associations in Chicago.

Frances Montgomery, attractive daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Alex Montgomery, Is remaining through the month of September in West Virginia where the maples have begun to turn and the nip of Autumn is in the air. With her parents and other members of the family, Frances was a guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. Guy Montgomery, at Lewisburg, in close proximity to White Sulphur Springs, famous watering place, and all enjoyed the celebrations there during the week dedicated to Gen. Robert E.

Lee, who camped there in 1861 en route to join the commands of other Confederate generals. Distinguished folk from many states were at the Springs for the dedication of the Lee Cottage, attended the 5 o'clock tea at the Spring House, still topped by "Miss Hygeia." the gift of Mr. Henderson, of New Orleans, which was the center of outdoor life in the early days where visitors met three times a day to drink the waters and gossip of current happenings. Doubtless Frances and Alex. enjoyed most the Lee monument ball where old dances were revived, including the White Sulphur Riley, in costumes of that period.

It was a replica of the first Lee monument ball given in 1877, attended by several thousand people, the largest ball ever given at the Springs. Frances will return in time to make arrangements for her debut as she will be one of the group giving parties. as will Murray Smith, lovely daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubbert Smith.

Rumor had it that Mary Sloss Whitaker, president of the Club, was to be presented at the first of the debutante parties in the Fall, but row that Mary Sloss has elected to continue serious study In Laboratory of State Hygiene in Madison, with the eminent Dr. W. D. Stovall, some one of the group of attractive girls composing the membership of the club will inaugurate the season. An engagement of interest in Birmingham and throughout the state is that of Miss Elsa Carolyn Rletzel, of Brooklyn, N.

to Lieut. Jasper Joseph Riley, U. S. A. The bridegroom-to-be Is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Jasper Joseph Riley, of Ozark, having been graduated in the class of 1930 from the United States Military Academy at West Point and Is now stationed at Fort Bennlng, Oa. Miss Rletzel is the daughter of Mrs. Herman Rietzel. of Brooklyn, is a graduate of the Erasmus Hall School of that city, and member of the Delta Sigma Sorority.

She is Identified with army circles In New Tork and has frequently visited at Fort Benning. A picture of the pretty bride-to-be appears elsewhere In this paper today. The wedding of the young people Is to be an event of December. Miss Rosalie Howell Gunbys engagement to Sydrtngham Knight Hardie, son of Mrs. Paul Dobbins and the late John Alexander Hardie, of Alabama.

Is announced todRy by her Mr, Jacobs Is famed for, augmenting its dignity and its poise. Dr. and Mrs. D. S.

Moores attractive camp on the Big Cahaba is just a 20 or 30-minute drive from town and there the most cordial hospitality awaits their guests, for I know of no more gracious couple when it comes to entertaining, than Annie Moore and "Friend Husband, whom his scores of friends love to refer to as Deety." The place is an ideal river cottage with the broad verandas running entirely around the house, while the big living room, with its huge stone fireplace, takes care of the guests In the Winter. Annie Moore, who is such a perfect likeness rf Billie Burke that It never escapes comment by her many friends and admirers, is prettier than she's ever been, and always wears the loveliest clothes An important member of Dr. and Mrs. Moore's household, whether at their camp on the river or In town, is Mrs. Moores mother, Mrs.

Jennie Pettus. who enters into the spirit of gaieties and enjoys her pretty daughter's friends quite as much as the others. She is tiny and slender, the type of mother I always like to refer to as "Life's Little Angels. And then there's Annie Moores adorable nleoe, Virginia Pettus, making a happy household where you always find congenial company. Fr'lnstance those two nice young doctors, whom everybody likes.

Dr. Joe Hlrsch and Dr. J. L. Siebold: and Leon (ole and May Shackelford, whose glorious voices are so generously contributed to any gathering: Ruth and Hunter Smith, one of the most attractive couples in society: Bill Streit, among Birminghams most popular beaux; pretty Elva Lavvles, who looks like she has just stepped off the Rue de la Paix; and ever so many other charming folk.

If there were ever any two men in Birmingham who have more friends than Ferd and Sol Caheen I dont know who they are, and they have been so inseparable for so many years that one is rarely referred to without the other. All of which leads up to what I'm trying to say and that is, "Mr. Ferd, as he is affectionately called by many Camps, Steamboat Springs, Colo, the past six weeks, returned to mingham Saturday. Mrs. J.

F. Watkins and Mfsj.w. nes Watkins have returned frea motor trip to Mobile and Hope Ala. Mrs. L.

C. Fitzpatrick, accompany by her son, Richard, is leaving Mon. day for Los Angeies, to be with k-daughter, Miss Margaret Fitzpatrick who recently signed a contract with the Paramount Studios Mr. and Mrs. J.

A. Allen and (am. ily are visiting in South Alabama and Georgia. a a Joe Kirby. is ill at the Wood, lawn Infirmary.

Mrs. A. G. Spinks and children have returned to their home in Perry after visiting Mrs. Spinks mother, Mrs.

A. B. Spidle, wh-, at her home in Central Park Elmer Bush is thne week-end euegt of his parents in Cullman. Mrs. Laura Sinoot and Mrs.

Wild Fitzgibbons are passing the week-enfl in Pensacola. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ives. Mr W.

Eldridge, iss Celia Herman Sam Herman left Saturday for a days' stay in Asheville, N. also expect to visit in Atlanta nj route home. A1 Shook is spending several with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nw man Shook, in Tuscaloosa, Miss Elizabeth Daniel has turned from a stay at Atlantic Hpai and Jacksonville.

Fla. Miss Sallie Davison is spending hr vacation with her mother. Mr- Davison, in Brewton. Mr. and Mrs.

George F. Kiivhod (Regina Moreno) announce the bird! of a son at South Highlands mary on Aug. 26. Mrs. J.

D. Williams and Miss Oath erine Williams motored to Rrewton Saturday for a week's visit with relatives. Announcements W. M. S.

McCoy Memorial Chvrri will meet in the church parlors Mon-day at 10 a.m. There will no luncheon. Avondale W. C. T.

U. will mett Wednesday at 12 noon at the Avondale Presbyterian Church. Box luncheon. W. M.

S. of East Lake Church will have Its monthly Junh eon and business meeting Tuesda; with the Lizzie Lampkin Fin serving luncheon at noon Mr O. Bowling will speak on FT U. work. Note change of tho dar from Monday until Tuesday Birmingham Writers Club will have a called meeting Tuesday at I p.m.

at the Tutwiler. All memlwi are asked to he prompt for important business coming before the chib Catholic Womens Club, of Wert End, will meet with Mrs. Herman Conrad, 414 Fulton Avenue. Wednesday, at 2:00 p.m. The monthly meeting of the Bcird of Directors of the Childrens Aid ciety of Jefferson County, will I held in the Kamram Grotto Committee Room, 2G12 Magnolia Avenui Five Points, Tuesday, at 10 p.m, iii Mrs.

P. H. Lea and Mrs. B. Me-Vicar have returned home after visiting- Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Whit Lauck in Memphis. Tenn Miss Beatrice Johnson is the houw guest of Mrs. W. F.

Hall, o' Ale ander City (Flo Maddox, of Birmingham). Perrin Cranford and Fred lAinp. Conroe, are the guests of iff-Cranfords sister, Mrs. Nelson n-ant, and Mr. Bryant, for a f9' week vacation.

Miss Evelyn Buck and Miss Davis, Anniston, were tho recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bryant. West End Study Club msU Thursday at Harrison Park Clubhouse. Presidents Club of W.

B. A. meet at the Health Center Tues4T at 10:30 a.m. W. M.

S. of Calvary Ba-pflO Church will meet Tueaday at J1 a at the church. Members note of date, Sadie Deerr Chapter O. E. S.

meet at the Masonic Temple Mon4? at 8 p.m. Members will bring oen-trlbutlons tor the tomato shower the orphanage. Robert R. Moore will address Jefferson County Division of tM Womans Organization for National Prohibition Reform Wrdnesdaf morning at 11 o'clock at the TutwlW Hotel. W.

M. S. of the Weet End Methodist Church will have a busln meeting Tuesday at 8 with a meeting the same day at 2 89 change of date. bama, where she will stay at the ZTA House. Mrs.

W. T. Cardwell and daughter. Hazel, have returned to Washington. D.

after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Waddell. C.

W. Barrett, Jr after a visit with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hughes, has returned to his home in New York City. Miss Sue Stevens, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs, Charles Stevens, has returned from a six weeks stay at Pensacola, Fla. Dr. and Mrs. H. G.

Waddell and daughters, Gwendolyn and Grace, have returned to Pittsburgh, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. S. Waddell. Mr.

and Mrs, Donald Stevens have returned to their home in Denver, Col. Miss Caroline Prince has returned to her home in Westport, after visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hughes. Mr.

and Mrs. Lee B. Davis (Virginia Dean) announce the birth of a daughter Aug. 26, whom they have named Virginia Lee. Mrs.

Davis and baby are at Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. John Lipscomb, is returning this week to Perdue University at Lafayette, Ind. He will enter the senior class of the school of Aeronautical Engineering. Miss Margaret Beyer and Miss Ida Huckaba are spending the weekend at Biloxi. Miss Owen Luther is visiting in Cleveland, Ohio, and in Canada, a Miss Mary Barranco left Saturday for Chicago, where she will remain during the Winter for musical connections.

Mrs. L. A. Watson (Eunice Wright) Is visiting in New York City for some weeks. Mrs.

Albert Mims, of Thomas, is 111 at the Norwood Infirmary. Miss Kathryn Luther will spend Labor Day in Enterprise, the guest of her parents, Miss Clara Thain, of the Birmingham public schools, has returned home after an extended visit In San Diego and Los Angeles. Miss Virginia McLaurine, of Nashville, arrived Saturday for a visit to her cousin, Miss Eloise McLaurine, in Woodlawn. Miss Helen Carter Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.

Gus Means in Monte-vallo. Mr. and Mrs. Rex AVheeler and sons, of Mobile, have moved to this city and are at home in the Avalon Apartments. a a a J.

G. Bass, and J. N. Bass, of Mobile, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.

J. G. Bass, in Birmingham. a a a Miss Sara Lowry returns Monday from a Summer spent with her aunt, Mrs. T.

Bush, in El Paso, and with her uncle, Gen. Ernest Hinds, at San Antonio, Tex. a a a Miss Mary Margaret Dickas has returned from a Summer spent with her aunt, Mrs. W. R.

Samuel, and Mr. Samuel, at Signal Mountain. Miss Loreta Days leaves Monday for Cincinnati, where she will make her future home. a a a Mr. and Mrs.

Homer Haisten and children and Mrs. T. A. Jones have returned from a motor trip over the Lee Highway to Washington, D. C.

a a a Dr. and Mrs. Hal C. Bennett and children, Airglnia, Betty, Jessie and Hal, have returned to their home in York, after visiting Mr. and Mrs.

H. B. McLaurine In Woodlawn. a a a Mrs. Robert E.

Livingston and Miss Kathaleen Livingston have returned home after a visit to the Gulf Coast. a a Miss Marguerite Johnston is home after a months stay in Sewanee, Tenn. a a a Gerald A. Smith, band Instructor at South Highland School, has arrived from Ottawa, where he passed the Summer. a a a Mrs.

Mattie V. Harper left Saturday for a visit to her daughters, Mrs. Ida Deuke and Mrs. Clara O'Brlne. a a a Miss Jeannette Hodge, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. G. T. Hodge, is convalescing at her home following an operation for appendicitis. a a a Mr.

and Mrs. Isaac Houser are Improving at their home after an automobile accident a week ago. a a a Miss Doris Thain, who had charge of the swimming department and also studied nt the Perry-Msnsfield Noble and Celeste Hendrix, could not have made any couple happier than this charming one by such a gift. They are simply In Seventh Heaven over young William Robert Hendrix, II, named for his wonderful grandfather, Dr. W.

R. Hendrix, who, with Mrs. Hendrix, immediately upon hearing of young William Robert's arrival boarded their car at Knoxville and came to Birmingham to see the adorable youngster. Have you ever heard Joe Douglas Robertson play the piano? If not get busy right away and listen to this wonderfully clever young woman manipulate the keys of a "concert grand. She has the most appealing touch and the most marvelous technique and that's about the best combination a pianist can possess.

Mrs. M. V. Joseph, who. with her charming daughter.

Mrs. Victor Lev-entritt (Rosalie), and Mr. Leventritt and their attractive children has spent the Summer In California, writes to friends here of the delightful time they have had. Mrs. Joseph and the X.eventritts left Burlingame Sept.

1 and are now at Santa Barbara, where they will remain for several weeks before returning to New York, where Mrs. Joseph will visit, before returning to Birmingham. And talking about the Josephs reminds me that one of the most interesting pieces of work which the noted young artist Jay Jacobs, has done since he has been here is the portrait of the late beloved M. V. Joseph.

A speaking likeness is the frequent criticism passed on the portrait with all of the artistry which Nation-wide journals are carrying pictures of Miss Blanchette Hooker and John D. Rockefeller. Ill, with the announcement of their approaching marriage in the Fall. Miss Hooker Is a sister of Miss Barbara Hooker, who was a bridesmaid, in Aberdeen, Washington, at the wedding on July 28, of Miss Ellen Jones and Albert H. Hooker, the bridegroom being a first cousin of Miss Blanchette Hooker.

The former Miss Ellen Jones is a niece of Mrs. Nathan L. Miller 8nd Mrs. C. F.

Markell, of Birmingham. Mrs. J. IV. Luke, president of the Birmingham Music Club and most charming matron, was a guest on the beautiful country estate of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Spalding, in Great Barrington, last week. Mr. Spalding sent messages to members of the Music Club here before which organization he appeared In brilliant concert last season, and especially to Mrs. Victor H.

Hanson, who is on the board of the National Federation of Music Clubs and interested in things musical. Mrs. Luke we it to New England some weeks ago for a visit to her son, Levin Foster, who lives at Pittsfield, Mass, the heart of the scenic Berkshire country and, as always, she is having a wonderful Bummer attending the musical and dramatic events which add so much to the pleasure of guests at this resort. Mrs. Luke attended the exhibition of modern art at the Berkshire Museum and found Miss Laura M.

Bragg, director of the museum, receiving the guests upon opening day. Miss Bragg has visited in Birmingham and gave a dinner for Mrs. Luke. The modern paintings are a mystery to many as revealed by the appended story: One of the committee of women, alert for chances to be of service to out of town guests, seeing a stranger, said, as she offered her a glass of punch: "Have you come far to see these horrors? "Yes, to see them all, including one of my own, said the stranger. "Are you stringing me?" "Not at all.

Come with me and Ill show it to you. Do you mean to say you dare lead me to one of these paintings and admit you did it? "Certainly, come with me. The two brave women disappeared in the crowd and who shall say which was the more audacious. In keeping with the spirit of an exhibition which remains a mystery to many, the end of this dialogue Is not divulged, But each woman tells the tale with relish, and with admiration of the other. Did you know that the publisher of Mildred White Wallace's latest success, Close of Day, Journeyed from New York and met the composer In Birmingham recently to ask for other writings, so pleased has he been by the publics reception of this song? Another song, Black Belt Lullaby, lyric by Mary B.

Ward, will be off the press by Sept. 15, and Northern critics are predicting great things for this plantation melody. Close of Day was given a headline feature on the Moon River program of WLW program recently and Mildred and those of her friends who heard It got quite a thrill over It, and it Is said that this song is destined to lead the catalog for 1932. Since her absence from program at a local radio station this singer has many letters from many known and unknown people which have made her very happy. At her honie in Columbiana, Mildred White Wallace is dreaming other melodies and looking forward to the early appearance of the Black Belt Lullaby and the one to follow "Since Your Path Crossed Mine the words having been written by Clarice White Luck.

Mrs. Earl Warden Chafee and Miss Helen Chafee, of Washington, D. are arriving Friday to be guests of Mr, and Mrs. R. C.

McCarty and to attend the marriage of their son and brother, Lieut. George Benedict Chafee, U. S. and Martha McCarty on Sept. 17.

Misses Geraldine Lee and Jacqueline Lee, of Lynchburg, Va have arrived for the Glg-noux-Hardaman wedding. The bridegroom, Fred Gignoux, Jr comes from LaSalle, 111,, on Sunday and his father and sister, Marie, of Portland, Maine, are expected Monday. Other out-of-town guests for this wedding include Richard Elliott, of Wilmington, Olcott Payson, of Portland; Miss Marlon Mussor and John Mussor, of Muscatine, Iowa, and Roby Robinson, of Atlanta. Dr. and Mrs.

B. S. Lester are to be among the hosts of the Labor Day, for they are giving a small barbecue Monday evening at their country place on Shades Mountain, complimenting Mrs. Lester's sister, Mrs. G.

T. Brazelton, of Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs.

George Yancey and Mrs. Roy Knight are leaving Tuesday for New YArk with the trip Interrupted at White Sulphur Springs In West Virginia for a visit of some days. Mrs. David Roberts, will join them In Manhattan and the foursome plans a delightful stay In the east. Mrs.

Jelks Cabaniss and her charming daughter, Betsy, who arrived in New York Friday after a Summer In Europe, are expected to return to Birmingham Sunday. Betsy's coming will add much to the gaieties of the late Summer and being a debutante she Is looking forward to the smart season of the Fall. Miss Leslie Rozc Is giving a series of 10 talks on "Contemporary Composers" at her studio this Fall, with dates to be announced. This Interesting musician has chosen "The Greatest Woman Composer" as the title of her first talk. These complimentary lectures are expected to assemble a number of Interested people at 1909 First Avenue as soon as the series Is announced.

Helen Nice is coming home gun-day after a marvelous time at Sea Girt (on the Jersey coast). Helen Johnston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H.

Johnston, will leave shortly for New York, where she joins the faculty of Hunter College. Mrs. John Chisholm, who Is now at Little Switzerland, N. will visit Mrs. Dan Huger In Charleston before returning home.

Mrs. J. C. Persons and daughters. Nelson and Virginia who visited Mrs.

Person's sister, Mrs. W. D. Overby, in Danville, later spent a month at Virginia Beach. They reached home last week.

Sanborn Smith left Saturday for an extended visit In California. WITH THE LITERATI From the critics all over the country comes the delightful news of the cordial reception accorded the latest play for children, "The Reluctant Dragon." from the pen of Emma Gelders Sterne (Mrs. Roy Sterne), of Pelham Heights, N. formerly of Birmingham, where she had a large circle of friends and admirers, as well as relatives. Among the latter may be mentioned Mervyn H.

Sterne, her brother-in-law, he and her husband, Roy Sterne, being brothers. Mrs. Sterne's father was Louis Gelders, one of Birminghams outstanding real estate men, and one of the best friends the Boy Scouts ever had. The amphitheater at the Scout Camp was built with part of the legacy to the Boy Scouts camp In Mr. Gelders will.

Lovely Miss Bertha Gelders, who married Dr. Von Marie, of Holland, is Mrs. Sternes aunt, and Miss Ida Gelders, who has done such effective social work here, is her aunt, as is also Mrs. Herman Lowenthal; while her talented brother, Joseph Gelders, is instructor In chemistry, University of Alabama, where his wife teaches English literature. With such a background of culture and grace it Is not surprising that Mrs.

Sterne has achieved a pronounced success in cultural and social circles In the East, the occasion of comment regarding her at present arising from the fact that she has received the 8500 prize offered by the Boston Bookshop for Boys and Girls and the Boston Junior League Players, assisted by some of Leagues of Region No. 1 ior her play, "The Reluctant Dragon." The play was produced in New York by Adrienne Morrison, who specializes in the children's theater, she being the former wife of Richard Bennett and mother of the three lovely Bennett girls, Constance, Joan and Barbara, popular cinema stars. Miss Bertha Mahoney, who Is considered the leading spirit In offering the much coveted prizes each year, Is probably the most Influential critic of childrens literature in this country. The prize offered last year was not awarded because Miss Mahoney and the judges did not consider any play submitted worthy of the prize. Mrs.

Sternes play, The Reluctant Dragon," I understand, was the unanimous choice when the award was made this season, the play being given 15 performances In and around New York, including Westchester and Long Island, and was enthusiastical- 1 ly received. The scene of the play will appeal to i all residents of Birmingham, for it is laid in Jones Valley, just before the founding of Birmingham, and Mrs. I Sterne, true to her home town and loyaJ to old Jefferson County, has made a very beautiful setting of a charming and appealing theme. It has to do with a young boy who saves his family's farm by making a cotton crop, and the play Is based on a true Incident. Kenneth Grahame, whose "Dream Days" furnished the Inspiration for Mrs.

Sterne's play, died a couple of months ago In England. Mrs. Sterne has made a speciality of children's books and plays, her belief being that children should have as rich a life every day as possible. Being the mother of two lovely daughters. Ann and Bnrbara, aged 14 and 11.

she has had a wonderful In- splratlon fnr her work, and she de- I ciares there Is no use to wait for children to know Socrates and Chaucer after they ore "grownups," but to grow up with them, thus lay- Ing the foundation of a rich mental life. Other books and plays of Mrs. Sternes are Swallow," "All About Little Boy Blue," "All About Peter Pan." No Surrender," a War Between the States story, dealing with the events of 1865 In the section of Jones Valley Is now ready for publication. Her play, "Joan of Arc," which is I to lie published this Fall In volume i for children, "Ring Up the Curtain," edited by Montrose Moses, was presented In Pelham Heights last season by the Children's Players. Mrs.

Sterne is a graduate of Smith College, where she received her A. B. degree and subsequently she did graduate work Rt Columbia, but during her Interesting and successful career, all the way Ihrnugh, she has never forgotten Birmingham, which she sings of In song and story, In glowing terms. The ubiquitous natal bird, otherwise known ae "Monsieur Stork." who paused long enough I11 hts flight recently to leave a perfectly splendid young son and heir at the home of MRS. EDWARD Mra.

De Laney, bafore her marriage She la the daughter of Mr. close friends, is rapidly recovering from an illness which has been of several weeks duration, depriving his many friends of his genial society. This popular gentleman is lots better and will soon be at his accustomed post again. Lookers on around the swimming pool at Mountain Brook Country Club have been regaled with two of society's prettiest members recently, Mrs. Key Milner and Mrs.

John M. Caldwell, who have been disporting themselves like veritable mermaids. Stunning bathing suits, becoming and alluring, add interest to the remarkably clever swimming of these two beauties, who are mastering the art which Annette Kellerman made popular with the feminine sex some few years ago. SEPTEMBER SCINTILLATIONS Frank V. Merritt, one of the most attractive looking young bachelors in Birmingham, always beautifully groomed and dressed and so youthful in appearance that youd never suspect him to be the Impresario of a great system of theaters.

Mrs. J. C. Persons and her charming children, Nelson and Virginia, And her mother, Mrs. Elonla Hutchinson, Columbus, relating their pleasant experiences during their visit to Danville, Va and Virginia Beach, where they have spent the past month.

They visited May Overby, Elonla Persons sister, at Danville, whose gorgeous garden is one of the show places of Virginia, and Elonla describes the drives and scenery as they motored to Virginia Beach as being enchanting. Miss T.ucretia Wyman, of Montgomery, who has almost as many friends in Birmingham as she has in her home town, quite the most popular visitor of recent weeks as the guest of lovely Evelyn Martin (Mrs. Thomas Miss Wyman Is not only one of the most cultured and attractive women In the South, but she has that cordial, gracious manner which makes friends everywhere she goes and "binds them to her with hooks of steel." MARJORIE BURDICK FETED AT PRETTY TEA THURSDAY Miss Ruth Burdick and Mrs. Dan B. Hood, of Shreveport, entertained at the home of the former In Birmingham Thursday afternoon with a tea complimenting their sister, Miss Marjorie Soletta Burdick, whose engagement to Walker Jordan McAfee, of Cullman, was recently announced.

Little Hilda June Hood gave a number of readings. The tea table spread with lace had a center motif of pink roses and baby breath. Many gifts were presented the honored. CHEER UP" That new fall dress or coat may be kept rooking like new If, when soiled or wrinkled, you let us skilfully dry clean and press It. Caah and Carry i Delivered Ladies Plain Dresses, 40c 50c Ladies Plain Coats, 40c 50c Tom Jones Says FINISH FAMILY LAUNDRY WEARING APPAREL FLAT WORK 9c 4c PEERLESS LAUNDRY Phone 3-7293 Called for and Dollvorod L.

DE LANEY -rhoto tr RumII Brae in July, wu Mlaa Florence Look-hart. and Mra. W. D. Lockhart of Jaaper.

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