Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-20
spcuous on the 24th at the opera house and Southern club rooms.


 Southern club rooms.
 "Your presence is requested at the second annual ball, given by the young men of Calera, at the Vanderbilt hotel, Calera, Ala, Thursday evening, De- R. 0. Coor Fender, T. c. McKibbon, ". D. Breazeal. Invitation committee-W. c. Mccain, L. F. Dial, J. D. McKibbou, W. B. Armstrong, J M Grim. T, Floor Hardy" A bright and merry Christmas to the Calera belles and beaux.
 A most unique pamphlet, with a we'll executed orange on the outside page aud the inner leaves of deep yellow, has been received. It bears an invitation to the orange tea and Christmas bazaar, which is to be held Thursday (today), Friday and Saturday, December 20, 2l and 22, at 2104 First avenue. At this bazaar all kinds of attractive articles will be for sale, and the Art league will make it's Christmas display of china painting, oil and water color5 and drawings. The ladies of the bazaar will serve yellow and white lunch during | the day and evening. The cooking school closes it's term with this bazaar, which is given for the benefit of the Mothers mis- sion. The orange pamphlet contains in- | numerable receipts for orange dishes, and is remarkably well arranged and litho- graphed.
 | The Methodist and Catholic bazaars are | in full blast and are great successes n every | way. Surely the women of Birmingham will deserve every scintillation that shall | pertain 10 future crowns, for they certainly are not being borne to another and higher | sphere on '' fiowery beds of ease, but will | have come through labor and tribulatlon. There is something very pathetic in the | death of Robert Louis Stevenson, the gifted | novelist, in the far-away Samoan islands. | His life out in these islands of the Pacific | was comfortable and not entirely uncon- | genial, but was rendered necessary by | tendency on Mir. Stevenson's 8 part to lung | trouble. His home was well built two- | story cottage, and was surrounded by | colony of patives who wereiespecially de- voted to him and his family. Mrs. Steven son seems to find it comfortable sort of | existence, and che and her son, MT. Lloyd | Osborne, managed all the practical con- cerns of the plantation of 400 acres. Mrs. l Stevenson was widow when she married | MT. Stevenson. A brilliant writer is lost | to the literary world by the untimely death | of Robert Louis Stevenson. He had | genius for weird story telling which placed | him in the front rank of modern novelists.
 
 The marriage of Miss Anna Fosdick Thompson and MT. Alex D. Cecil Wednes- day (yesterday) morning at Il o'clock drew together large and fashionable au- dience at the First Presbyterian church. At the appointed hour the grand organ,
 under the skillful touch of Mrs. Robert | Stone, pealed out the first notes of the | wedding march. Then came down the | aisles the six handsome young ushers,
 Messrs. Cary Thompson, Earnest Redd, | Richard Evans, Thompson Berry, Charley Leeper and Eugene Ware. The flowers | worn by the ushers as boutonieres were | Marechal Neil roses. The lovely maid of honor, Miss Mamie Howell of Bessemer, 4AE.- N,Nl Mat | Thompson, down the right aisle. At the altar the groom and his best man, his | brother, MT. Robert Cecil, met Miss | Thompson and her father. Rev. Dr. L. s. | Handley performed the beautiful ceremony which made Mir. Cecil and Miss Thompson man and wife. The brides dress was l handsome blue cloth gown, with hat to | match, and she carried a large bouquet of | Marechal Neil roses. After the ceremony | Mir. and Mrs. Alex D. Cecil drove to the | for Louisville, Ky, and Columbia, Tenn. They will be absent until after the holi- days. This popular young couple have the best wishes and sincerest congratulations of very large circle of friends. MT. and Mrs. T. T. Hillman left yester. day for San Diego, Cal., to be absent for some time.
 Mrs. Victor Gage leaves today for her former home, Union, 5. o., to spend the holidays with her family. Mrs. Gage is the daughter of General Wallace of South Carolina.
 The dance of the Philhedouian club was a charming success, and their club rooms were brilliant with beauty an youth until the wee sma' hours of Tuesday night. The weather was delightful and the lovely girls were beautiful in their bewitching new gowns. The ball room of the club is most agreeable place to dance, and the music was inspiring, so there was nothing left to be desired for the complete happiness of the young people. The following belles and beaux were present on Tuesday even- ing: Misses Kathleen Hooper, Bessie o 'Brien, Eioise Brooke, Lucy Hagood, Sara Martin, Katie Bell, Louise Patton, Natalie Phelan, Margie Hooper, Patti Ruff ner, Ola Rodon, Gertrude Ransom, Fannie Arnold Kate Smith, Mittie Sherrod and FIorrie Roden, Messrs.. Charles Davis, Walter Prescott, Eugene Ware, John T. Patton, George NJ. Brown, Sale Phean, Sam Cowan, Charles Leeper, Charlie Schoolar, R. B. Going, J. Cosey, Love- lace, A. D. Gibson, Earnest Redd, C. d. P. T. Bradford, Hoffman, Theodore Keonig, Smith Crawford and W. 0. Phillips. The german was led by MT. John Patton assisted by Miss Lucy Ha- good.
 The lOllOWlHS pTOSTdllhS VIII DS Ton- dered this evening at the orange bazaar:
 Quartette selection, Gee club.
 Solo, Miss Ruffner.
 Solo, Miss Woodward.
 Whistlng solo, MT. Latady
 ''Spanish Orange Giri," Miss Fallon.
 Solo, Miss Bessie O'Brien.
 Yesterday afternoon Mrs. L. c. Wood son gave an elegant card party at her resi- dence on the South Highlands. Her pretty home YVES decorated with handsome palms, and the rooms were filled with brilliant, charming women. Progressive euchre was the game played, and eight tables were dis tributed in the various rooms. Mrs. Woodson entertains with exquisite grace and charm, and throughout the entire af- ternoon there was glow and enthusiasm among the guests which indicated their genuine enjoyment It was a most de- lightful entertainment, and emphasizes the fact that Birmingham certainly has the most charming, fascinating women to be found anywhere. and eS hOStesSsS or guests