Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-30

 Smith returned from Livingston yes- hunt of several days.
 Mrs. Eugenia Barrett has returned from Visit to West Point, Miss, and was ace companied by Mrs. Lorenzo Clsby.. Mrs. C5isby Is the guest of her. sister, Mrs. Ct. M. Williams, South Highlands.
 ; The dance of the young people at the res- idence of Mir. and Mrs. Rufus N. Rhodes on Thursday evening was a pronounced success, and one of the pleasantest of the Christmas festivities.
 The intense cold of Friday evening did not prevent the gathering of cultivated and critical audience, which filled the Sun day school room of the First Presbyterian church and which came in response 10 in- vltations from the Cadmean circle to hear Miss Conway of Memphis lecture upon ttIdenl Justice. 1 Miss Conway was stranger to the large majority of those who were present on Friday evening, but she Immediately preposessed her audience with her distinguished appearance, charming manner and unusual mental gifts. Her lecture was terse, clear cut and thoroughly original. She reached the point Of positive eloquence several times during the lecture. Her humor was rsfiaed and contagious and her arguments strong and convincing. Her audience listened with profouudest att tention and pleasure and felt that great treat had been afforded them in listening to one Of the remarkable women of the south, who has been honored in other sections because of her high attainments. Miss Conway advocated woman's suffrage and laws for the protection of women in a way that set it's most pronounced op- ponents to serious thinking. She did this brought to the subject consid- eration not often accorded by an audience of southern men and women. She paid a high tribute to marriage, but urged the preparation and a lie of independence and self-support in case they do not marry, and rightfully argued that such course would preclude the necessity for women marrying for sell fish or mercenary motives. Miss Conway took the position, and rightly, that if a woman has the ability to win success and create sphere she is entitled to the suc- cess and worthy of the sphere.
 There was great curiosity felt to hear Miss Conway, and her lecture on Friday evening gratifed the largest expectations She is g woman of broadest culture and highest aspirations, and southern women have cause for gen nine pride in one of such intellectual endowments, combined with her other remarkable traits.
 Mrs. Frenk Fowlkes entertained Miss Conway and few other friends at lunch Friday morning. Mrs. Fowlkes was pu- pil of Miss Conway's previous to her mar riage.
 The following invitation has been re- ceived by the younger set of beies and beaux, and they are all in hutter of de- lightful anticipation in consequences:
 Miss Mary Virginia Graves, at home Monday evening, December 31, at half past o'clock. Dancing. R. 5. V. P.''
 
 The cotilion given by Miss Meade, in honor of the friends who have composed the house party at herhoms on last Thurs. day evening, was much enjoyed by the Birmingham contingent and the visitors from other cities. The german was led by MT. John Maxwell of Columbus. Miss, and Miss Brown of Florence, Ala. The house party is composed of Miss Brown of Florence, Ala, and Miss Puryear of Franklin, Tenn., and Mir. Walter Cleve- land of St. Louis, Mo-. Mir. John Maxwell Of Mississippi, and Mir. Coleman of Shef- field, Ala. The cotilion of Thursday evening was succeeded by other festivities at different times.
 Ihave received pleasant account of q social event of much interest in Childers- burg: "The society people of this place were rendered reception Christmas eve at