Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-27

and Puryear of Tennessee and few other friends. Miss Meade has issued invitations to number of the young people to ger man for this evening, given in honor of her guests. -as3a The concert of the Vanderbilt Gles club on Monday evening, was a charming en- tertainment in every way. The audience was large one considering the season, and was certainly a brilliant and fashionable one. The theater party was an unusually large one, and was such as must have inn pressed our Tennessee visitors with the beauty and cultivation of our city. The stage was appropriately decorated with the Vanderbilt colors-orange and back-and the music, both vocal and instrumental, was highly creditable to the young gentle. men. As body the Glee club is remark ably attractive in appearance. They were thoroughly gentlemanly in manner, con- duct and appearance, and impressed q critical audience in the pleasantest way. It is the beginning of new era in south- ern colleges when students from the vari- ous universities can go through the south singing sweet songs and playing well upon good instruments and giving genteel, ele- vating performances, dressed like gentle men and with their heads showing the res cent use of comb and brush. This is de- ligntful change from some of the late foot ball "scrimmages, which have aroused the indignation and disgust of the parents and patrons of many of our universities.
 
 The reception given the Vanderbilt Glee club by the Southern club was worthy of our oldest social organization and was brilliant success. In no other city has the Glee club been more elaborateiy enter tained, and the gentlemen having charge of affairs have every reason to felicitate themselves upon the elegance and good taste evinced in all the arrangements.
 
 vouno Iadiaa ruho puara praaapt at the reception at the Southern club Mon- day night were charmed with the mem- bers of the Glee club and are saying all kinds of enthusiastic things about the Vanderbilt students whom they met.
 On the afternoon of December 20 Master Courtney Scott Henley entertained bis young friends at a birthday party at the residence of his parents, Capt. and Mrs. John c. Henley, Fifth avenue. The invi- tations sent out by Master Courtney were 80 quaint and pretty 1 shall transcribe one which has fallen into my hands:
 "Courtney Scott Henley Is my name,
 I I m ,I Dig boy' put not yet known to lame. And want our home all alive
 With boys and girls; just come for fun; Robert. dear, will you be one.
 ''2:30 D. m.
 It is needless to add that not only Rob- ert, but all the other little folk who were biddeu did go, and made that pretty "home alive" with mirth and happiness.
 MT. Pointer Bradley, who spent his Christmas holidays at home, returned college, Kentucky. Pointer is achieving a most positive distinction aJ Center college, and his Birmingham friends predict great future for him.
 MT. Edward Johnston, who is studying aneif. at home for the holidays with bis parents, Capt. and Mrs. Joseph F. Johnston.
 Miss Turner of Huntsville is one of the pretty, attractive belles now visiting Bir- mingham. She is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert Newman.
 Mir. Allen Woodward is at home from Sewanee for the winter holidays.
 
 The death of Mrs. William Waldorf As- tor ct Clivedon on- the- Thames on last Sat urday, the 22d, removes one of the most eons spicuous women in social life. She was Miss Mary Paul, daughter of MT. William 6Paul of Philadelphia, and by her marriage to William Waldorf Astor became one of the wealthiest women of our times. She was woman of decided social tastes and aspirations ,and her bus bands vast income enabled her'to entertain iu lavish man. ner. She was charitable in the broadest sense and accomplished much good in quiet way. Among other good deeds she gave annually picnic to the fishermen and pilots of Newport and their families, and occasionally gave Thanksgiving feasts to neWsboys, when there would be 400 boys present. She has lived abroad with her husband and children for several years in great splendor, and has received much at tention from the notable people of Great Britain,
 MT. Astor is owner and publisher of the Pail Mall Gazette, and is apparently per- manent resident of England. Mrs. Astor leaves three children, two boys and one girl.
 Wynn Crinkle, in a most interesting criticism of the late Robert Louis Steven son, tells of a singular incident in his life. Instead of Stevenson marrying a widow he married a Mrs. Osborne, who secured dI- vorce from her husband, MT. Charles Os- borne, for the avowed purpose of wedding Mr. Stevenson. This was done with the sanction of MT. Osborne, and he was con- siderate and generous enough to be present at the marriage ceremony of his former wife and the brilliant writer. There was no scandal attached to the transaction. Mir. Stevenson had met accidentally the Osborne family in Paris-Mr. Osborne is an American-and immediately he and Mrs. Osborne became fascinated with each other, and MT. Osborne quietly withdrew
 
 to secure divorce, was witness at the marriage and seems to have "lived hap. oily ever since,'' and his former wife has been delighted with her life in the Samoan islands. Who knows what the future holds for these easily adjusted people? am confident MT. Osborne's only safety consists in the "waste of waters' which separates him from Mrs. Stevenson. But Mrs. Stevenson is great sailor, and the blue waves of the Pacific have no terrors for her.
 It Is great pleasure to the many friends of MT. Henry B. Gray to know that he has sufficiently recovered from a sprained foot to be able to go about somewhat. He has been confined to his home since the latter part of November.
 Dr. and Mrs. B. l.. Wyman went to Tuskaloosa last night to spend few days with Dr. Wyman's parents, Prof. and Mrs. W. 8. Wyman. They will return on Saturday,
 1 Tbe Tuesday Afternoon Whist club met on yesterday afternoon as the guests of Mrs. B. F. Moore, and the prize, a beauii-