Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15

gends Concerning Christmas" The club offered resolutions of thanks to the Com mercial club for the kindly loan of their rooms for the lecture of Mrs. Robert Cunningham on last Tuesday evening. This was the last meeting of the year of the Clionian club. The next will be held the first Friday in January with Mrs. s. l.. Ledbetter on Eighth avenue. Tempting refreshments completed the exercises on Friday afternoon.
 
 The Pletonian Reading circle met last week at the home of Miss Ullman. The circle is much interested in Prof. R. H. Ely's "Economcs." The study of Hugo's Les Miserables" is also a source of much pleasure to the members. The Pletonian will meet next Wednesday evening at Mrs. Bernstein's.
 Miss Bettie Click is visiting her friend, Mrs. A. B. Loveman.
 Miss Blanche Plant charmingly enter tained a few friends at whist last week. Miss Irene Lezens has returned from a brief visit to Atlanta.
 Misses Ophelia Levy and Estelle Slaughter have returned from the At lanta exposition.
 The ladies of the First Methodist church are making rapid and satisfacto- ry progress with the preparations for their grand bazaar, which begins Tuesday evening next, December IT, in the store rooms at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street, formerly occupied by George Passe & Co. There will be candy pulling every day for the delecta- tion of the children, and on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock there will be ''cat show" on Thursday afternoon at , o'clock there will be "baby show" and on Friday afternoon at the same hour a dog show" Entries are desired Tor these exhibitions by the ladies' and cer- tainly everyone can supply an exhibit for one or the other of these shows. Few families are entirely bereft of all these forms of young life, so grand dlsplay of babies cats and dogs will be the result of the enterprise of the Methodist ladies.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. Caldwell Bradshaw and MT. Charles Plosser have returned from the Atlanta exposition.
 Mrs N. Haubolt of Indiana is spending the winter with her granddaughter, Mrs. Louis Plosser.
 The following elegant invitation has been received from old Montgomery friends:
 Mrs Henry Crommelin desires the honor or your DIeSSICe dt tHC DieNi ice, of her daughter, May, to MT. John Rich- ard Wood, Wednesday evening, Decem- Der IS, 1885, at o'clock St. Johns Epis- copal church, Montgomery, Ala"
 Miss May Crommelin is one of the most beautiful and fascinating bellies of Ala bama, and her brief young ladyhood has been a series of social triumphs. She comes from one of the distinguished fam lilies of our state, which has friends all over the south who wish for this lovely daughter of the race all manner of earth ly blessings in the years that stretch be- fore her.
 The friends of Mrs. R. Lebolt will be glad to hear of her improved condition of health
 The announcement of the betrothal of MT. Morris Berkowitz and Miss Belle Weinfeld was the cause of much pleas urable surprise to their large circle of friends MT. Berkowitz, who is deserved ly popular in our city holds a very re- sponsible position in the large establish ment of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, and by his courtesy efficiency and many sterling traits has won the commenda- tion and friendship of our community. Miss Weinfeld, although living in our city but a short time, has drawn around her a large circle of admirers, all of