Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-13


 On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Joseph R. Smith, Jr., entertained the Tuesday After noon Card club, and the prize, a beautiful cut glass vase, was won by Mrs. George k. Ward.
 Mrs. Florence Jordan came over from Talladega On last Saturday and remained 10 Birmingham until Monday. So brief a stay on Mrs. Jordan's part was great dis appointment to her many, many friends in our city, who are exceedingly anxious to have her return to remain permanently with us. Mrs. Jordan, Miss Jordan and Miss Mollie Jordan have been much pleased with Talladeea and it's good people, but their absence from Birmingham has been a serious loss to the social life of our town, and no family could be more genuinely missed than Mrs. Jordan's has been by our ent-e community.
 Mrs. Joseph R. Smith, Jr., has most charming trip in prospect. She will leave next week for New York to spend the Christmas holidays in the metropolis with her daughter, Miss Maggie, who, with Misses Mamie Pearson, Emma Leedy and Augusta Sharpe, are all at the Van Norman insti- ute in New York.
 The following handsome invitation has been received, and sincerest congratula tions and good wishes are extended to the young couple:
 "Judge and Mrs. J. E. Horton invite you to be present at the marriage of their daughter, Emily Donelson, to Mir. Thomas Cowan Mcclellan, Thursday evening, De- cember 20, at S:30 o'clock; Cumberland Presbyterian church, Athens, Ala, 1894. '"
 Miss Horton is lovely, cultivated girl in every way, and Mir. Mcclellan is a splendid young fellow, who is entirely worthy of his ancestry, He is the only son of Hon. and Mrs. R. N Mcclellan of Athens, Ala, and a grandson of Hon. Luke Pryor. Although quite young he has made friends in many parts of our state, and in Birmingham he has scores of friends who rejoice iu his happiness and good fortune.
 MT. McClelen is a nephew of Mrs. Maolin Sloss of our city and of Judge Mcclellan of the supreme court of Alabama, and he be- gius life with a future aglow with hope and promise.
 Miss Berenice Fearn is in Tennessee at this time, called thither by the critical ill- ness of a sister.
 Miss Mary George Linn is now in Mont gomery, visiting Miss Rebie Berney. Miss Linn has been for some time at Auburn, the guest oI neur TelallVeS.
 The Monday Evening Whist club WAS entertained by Miss Lizzie Hutton at her home on Eighth avenue. The ladies' prize, pretty fan, was won by Miss Annie Redd, and the gentlemen's B prize, a hand some pair of cuff buttons, was carried off by Mir. Wade.
 MT. Hampton s. Smith has been in Bir- mingham part of this week and received the heartiest welcome from very many friends.
 rumor comes from Montgomery of the approaching marriage of a beautiful girl, who has on several occasions visited Bir- mingham, and was always the recipient of many social courtesies. She is to marry young gentleman now living in Mont gomery in January, and, owing to recent family atfiiction, the marriageNvill be qui- etly solemnized.
 In referring in Sundays column to a much appreciated invitation sent me from Atlanta, Ga., by the Cotilllon club, Ispoke of the club as tone of the swellest institu- tions of very swell Atlanta, !" and so it is, but, unfortunately, between my illegible chirography and the peculiar tendencies that all newspaper type have for getting in the wrong places, the sentence read: "One of the smallest insttutions,' etc. Think of such blunder, think of calling any thing in Atlanta small, but above all the very elegant and famous Cotillion club l make every possible explanation and trust no Atlantian read the disarrauged paragraph.
 The South Highland Presbyterian bazaar opens it's doors today, and will continue until Saturday evening. There will be use- fu, as well as ornamental articles for sale. Beautiful things made from tissue paper, embroideries, stamped linens, dolls and doll belongings, and home made and fancy candies. A lunch will be served from 12 to 8 o'clock in the day and from 6 to 10 o'clock in the evening at reasonable rates, and prices of all articles will be in accord ance with the present times. There will be feature of especial interest to the chill dren, namely, an orange tree, with every orange containing an article worth the price paid for it. The ladies cordially in- vite all their friends to call at the bazaar, just next to Caheen's, even if they do not desire to make any investments. The ladies in charge are anxious to make the bazaar social center for the next three days, and that should be easily accomplished with the agreeable women who have the enter prise in charge.
 Although somewhat late in the day, l de- sire to refer to the exhibition recently given by the gymnastic class of ladies at the Young Meu's Christian association, for 1t marked an advance lD the physical educa- tion of our women and girls. An audience of about 100 were present on the occasion and were much entertained by the exhibi- tion given by the class of eighteen young ladies. This was the first thing of the kind ever held in Birmingham, and proved success. The exhibition opened with wand drill, which was gracefully executed; next came some exercises on the vaulting horse, which surprised a number in the audience. Then came dumb-bell drill, designed for hysienic purposes, followed by parallel bar exercises; afterwards an Indian club drill was well performed. The event of the evening was the competitive high jumping from a spring board. The audience seemed to enjoy this part of the programme more than any other. Four of the class succeeded in jumping 6 feet. The exercises closed with one of the games frequently played in the gymnasium, called "passing the Indian cIub.o Much en- thusiasm was shown by the class in all the details of their work, and the healthy ap- pearance of the pretty girls indicated the great benefit being done them by the regu- lar exercises. Prof. c. Harry Miles is the director of the class, and tue ladies in- augurating this work ha ve done a wonder