Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-12

nominations anyway" "Why." replied the other, "the Methodists. they go down in the gutters and pull them up; the Bap- lists. they wash them; the Congregation alists, they starch them; the Episcopa- Hans, they blue them, and the Presbyte- rians, they iron them out"
 Mrs ". A. Chenoweth has introduced the chafing-dish into Birmingham. This adjunct to the Sunday night tea, the summer luncheon or midnight supper, is almost as fascinating as it is useful. Lord Chesterfield said that 'the best bred woman in the land ought to be the best housekeeper;' so charming woman has added this useful weapon to her other attractions in her campaign against the masculine heart. Christine Terhune Herrick whose rame is a guarantee for It's value, says: "'rhe chafng-dish began it's career in the hands of the bachelors. Assisted by the chafing-dish, they could and often did-not only welcome cheerful evening in, but could also see it out in a blaze of glory. Even now, when the chafing-dish has become an or dinary sight on family tables, it is still haloed with suggestion of reVelry and midnight feasts that endears it to the hearts of that large class who amid the proprieties of Philistia, secretly long for the joys of Bohemia
 The Circulating library party at the South Highland Presbyterian church on Thursday evening was one of the most enjoyable entertainments of the season. The ladies in charge of this most novel and interesting affair were Mrs. R. D. Johnston, Mrs. T. O. Smith, Mrs. George Haven and Mrs. John Barbour. Deli ctouS refreshments were served during the evening, and a neat sum. realized for the church. Some of the interesting vol umes were:
 "Plgrims Progress'-Miss Sallie Will Hams.
 'Daily Newspaper''-Miss Nettie An derson.
 Baxter's Saints Rest"-Miss Camille Herndon
 His Bad Anger'-Miss Ava Bradford
 Jonathan Edwards Confession of Faith''-Miss Mary Morton.
 "Old-Fashioned Girl'-Miss Ludie Sharpe.
 "A Ministering Anger-Miss Daisy Lewis.
 Perfect Through Suffering; or, Con solation in the Furnace'-Miss Cornelia Meade.
 "A Bow of Orange Ribbon"-Miss Es- te1le Turner.
 "The Young Men of Scripture"-Miss Fannie Meade.
 Positive Evidences of Christianity Miss Emily Koenig.
 'The Woman in White"-Miss Rennie Leigh Head.
 "The Royal Path of Life"-Miss May Hooper
 ships That Pass in the Night"-Miss Kathleen Hooper,
 "Cruden's Concordance"-Miss Virgin ia Sharpe.
 Mrs. w B. Leedy, whose name is syn onymous with elegant hospitality, en- tertained in royal style at a euchre mat inee Tuesday afternoon in compliment to her sister, Mrs Charles M. Cole of Memphis. The handsome rooms were most lavishly adorned with lovely roses, palms and delicate ferns. The parlor was very effectively decorated with Paul Neson roses, the library dream of love liness in La France" while the dining room, one of the most attractive apart ments in the house, was rich in the beauty and fragrance of the royal jacqueminot. The prize, set of silver shirt waist and cuff buttons, was won by Mrs. George Ward. The consolation prize, a lovely after-dinner cup and saucer, fell to the lot of Mrs. H. R. Johnston. The refreshments consisted of several courses, each delcacy and served in elegant style. Mrs Cole still retains the charm and fascination that characterized her in former years. The following were Mrs. Leedy's guests: Mesdames J. M. Davidson. Wyman, J. M. Martin, John London, Dunn, Ashford, Hunter, ward, Graham, Mccormack, Pearson. Robinson, Weatherly, H. K White, Drennen. Ball, Harry Jones, Frank Fowlkes, Eugene Brown, J. R. Smith, Syd Moore, Alice Smith, H. R. Johnson. A. G. Smith, Parke, Mayberry, Charles Smith, and Misses Worthing- ton, Ball, Hooper and Ruffner.
 The many friends of Miss Blanche Eugenia Partee, formerly of Birming- ham, are pleased to find her such an ex- cellent musician. There is on sale I0W at Stones recent composition of hers, La Favorita Waltzes." dedicated to the Jefferson Volunteers, which evinces much talent Miss Partee's likeness ap- pears on the title page and shows her to be the same sweet little lady she was when she left us not long since. She has the name Blanche Eugenia Bugh signed on the music.
 
 The Little Jokers were most delight fully entertained by Miss Mary Clare Milner last Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The parlors were profusely dec orated with roses, peonies and rare, ex- quisite iris flowers. The refreshments,