Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-12

appetizing and delicious The visitors prize an exquisite silver collar buckle, was won by Miss Matte Webb. The club prize an artistic China call bell, fell to theot of Mrs. John w. Tomlinson. The following invitation has caused @ hutter of pleasant excitement among the friends of MT. and Mrs. David Roberts,: "At Home. MT. and Mrs. David Rob erts Thursday, May 16, 1895, g D. m. R. S. Y. P."r
 MT. Hampton Sidney Smith and bride | will arrive in the city today at noon. They will be at home to their friends at the residence of Col G. w. Hewitt
 
 Confirmation service by the Rt. Rev. | H. M. Jackson will be held at St. Mary's- | on-the-H Highlands at the early com munion service at 30 o'clock, this Sun | day) morning. Bishop Jackson will also | preach at the II o'clock service.
 "Skeptioism Assailed," by Britton H. | Tabor, with preface by Rev. Charles II. | Parkhurst, is a very valuable addition to the gems of literature MT. Tabor has | turned the tables on MT Robert c. In | gersoll with direct attack upon infi- | delity. Perhaps it will be interesting to | know something of his life. He is a | Missssippian by birth a Georgian by ed- ucation and a New Yorker by adoption. | His career has been a brilliant success l from the beginning, to which the coming | years will add fresh triumphs. He is a | law partner of Charles F. Holmer, one | of the most famous firms in the city of | New York. "Skepticism Assailed' com
 mends itself to every honest doubter,
 whether Jew or Gentle, atheist or infi- l del as well as to Catholics and Protest l ants/ As an instance of the estimation 1 in which the author Is held by that l great metropolis, 1 clip the following l from. the World:
 | A big-hearted able and accomplished | man is MT. B. H. Tabor-a typical south 1 erner He is one of those sort of men | that the soldier loves to follow to the
 last ditch; one whose fervor and magnet 1 ism carries all before him, overcoming all | obstacles by sheer force of character, l and who has few enemies yet myriadS of | fast and loyal friends. MT. Tabor is one | of those men, too, whom all delight to | honor whose presence is an inspiration | and delight He is endowed with what
 might be termed a natural legal intel | lect-which consists in grasping quickly | and accurately legal principles and dis eliminating correctly. Like other men
 schooled in law, he has memory that is unusual, retaining not only principles, but the names of codes and books, with | remarkable precision. An untiring work | CT. MT. Tabor is aggressive in any case | he undertakes, from the smallest to the | greatest. MT. Tabor possesses un- | bounded faith in the eternal realities, is hopeful, and his life abounds with sun 1 shine and happiness.
 | Miss Craig has returned to her home | in Selma after a charming visit to friends in our city.
 Mrs. Alexander of Montgomery is vis- | iting her brother, MT. Joe Frank, on the | South Highlands.
 
 | Miss Copeland, the instructress of the | Art league, is visiting friends and rel atfves in Montgomery
 1 Miss Maud Erswell leaves Monday | night for an extended visit to relatives and friends in Kentucky
 
 | The Mendelssohn club will meet Mon | day evening for an election of officers. |
 l The music at the First Presbyterian i church will be unusually fine today. Miss | Myrtle Booth of Montgomery will sing | a solo, Awake, My Soul" by Weigand. | The double quartette of the Jefferson | Volunteers have kindly consented to as- | sist the choir. This is the promise of Q
 rare musical treat, for voices of such | sweetness and power belong only to the | Jefferson Volunteers. Miss Lila Smith, | the brilliant and gifted young organist, is unfiagging in her efforts to secure the | pest music.
 The Cadmean circle met Friday after
 noon at o'clock with Mrs. Anna O. Phe-
 Ian, on South Highlands. The parlors
 were beautiful with roses, and the re- treatments elegant and delicious Mrs.
 J. M. Martin and Mrs. W. s. Lowell read
 very interesting and instructive papers. The circle will meet next with Mrs. R. D. Johnston at the usual hour. "Twinkling feet" is an expression by one of the Elizabethan poets. This fact
 was well demonstrated by the merry crowd who met on Red mountain last Friday evening. the happy occasion be- ing a dance given by the Jefferson Vol. unteers. MT. and Mrs Starks and Mrs. Anna o. Phelan were the watchful. but indulgent chaperons. The following were the gay participants: Misses Ola and Florrie Roden, Katie Bell, Mittie Sherrod, Sarah Martin, Lucy Hagood.
 Louise Patton, Hattie Inge, Kathleen Hooper, Margie Hooper. Mary Nelson. Lila Smith, Eloise Brooks. Anna May Phelan and the Misses Weldon; Messrs.