Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-21

entertained by Mrs. Yancey Newman, an l
 the pnze, a very handsome cut glass Dot-
 tie filled with violet water and tied with | green ribbons, with bunch of violets att
 tached, was won by Mrs. James Weatherly. | After delightful refreshments were served
 the club adjourned to meet swith Mrs. l James c. Hunter next Tuesday evening. | This will be the final meeting of this series, | and as is the usual custom of the club, the | husbands of the members will be enter
 taiued next Tuesday evening by them.
 Mrs. J. c. Hunter, who has been president
 of the club for the present series, will make
 the final gathering an occasion of great | pleasure to the members and their bus bands.
 | Miss Amy Jordan came over from Talla- | dega to be present at the Haskell Throck- | morton wedding.
 | Miss Eoise Johnston is now visiting rela- l tves in Columbus, Miss She will be ab-
 sent several weeks.
 | Mrs. c. l.. Haven has returned to the | city after long absence among relatives | in Kentucky.
 | Mrs. A. 0. Lane will leave on Saturday | for visit to New Orleans ana Ocean | Springs of several weeks duration. She will enjoy tue mardi gras festivities In | New Orleans, and afterwards the pleasures l and comforts of Ocean Springs, which is favorite winter resort on the Mississippi | coast.
 Mrs. Robert Stone leaves Saturday night | for New Orleans, and will remain there | during mardi gras.
 1 The young gentlemen of the Phiihedonian | club will give one of their enjoyable colil- lions tomorrow Friday evening at their club rooms.
 It will be most gratifying intelligence to the many friends of Mrs. Florence Jordan | and her family to learn that they will soon | return to Birmingham from Talladega. | They have been sadly missed from the so- | cial life of our city, and their return to Birmingham will give great pleasure to | friends who have never become reconcil ed | to their absence.
 The Cadmean circle will meet with Mrs. J. Evans Dunn, on West Twentieth street, tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at o'clock. The following card foretells an evening
 of rare enjt yment to<the fortunate 35 s, recipi- | Tuesday evening, February 26, O o'clock.' | Enclosed with the card of MT. and Mrs. | Sinpige was that of Miss Marx, in whose l honor the reception is given. | Bishop Henry NJ. Jackson will be in Bir- miogham on next Sunday, and will preach and administer the rite or confirmation in l the morning at Woodiawu and at night at
 Avondale. On Sunoay afternoon at | 'elock Bishop Jackson will confirm a class at the Church of the Advent. ww&
 The remarkably clever parody published | in the AGE HERALD last Sunday, ''Society as 1 Found It, ,' was written by one of our brightest young gentleman and one of the most popular beaux in Birmingham's so- | ciety, and in this travesty he gives evil dence of positive talent, which he should l cultivate.
 = The following invitation has been re- ceived by many friends of Mrs. Alex T.
 London: ''At home, Mrs. Alexander T.
 London, Saturday, February B, at o'clock. Whist. R. s. V. P." Miss Jane Warrington has invited a number of her frendsto card party to- morrow (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Both these entertainments, Mrs. Lon- | don's and Miss Worthington's, are antici- | pated with great pleasure by their friends. The positions of honor attained by the l Birmingham young gentlemen at the State university is very gratifying, not only to | their personal friends, but to all wEo are Messrs. John Henley, Ed Smith, James l McLester, Hill Ferguson and John Trim | ble are the young students selected for | speakers places from our city, and they are l to be congratulated upon their success. | Mir. Ed Smith, who is son of MT. and Mrs. Addison G. Smith, has been honored | by being elected president of his class, the | junior.
 The following letter has been received by | the president of the Cadmean circle from l the department of the interior: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, WASHINGTON, D. c. | There is in process of compilation, under l the supervision of Dr. s. B. Weeks of this
 bureau, directory Of American learned
 societies, to be published and distributed
 by this bureau. Ishould be glad to include l your society in this directory, and beg therefore that you furnish me at your l earliest convenience the following particu- l lars: Corporate name of society; date of organization; date of incorporation, if in-
 corporated; objects for which organizedlor | incorporated; names of founders or first | officers; names of present officers; list of
 publications, with date, etc.
 Ishall be pleased to send you a copy of l of this directory as soon as issued. Very respectfully, WILLIAM L. HARRIS, l Commissioner.
 The Philomathic society of Howard col | lege will celebrate it's thirty second anni-
 vsrsary Friday night, the 22d instant. The
 following Is the programme:
 | Presidsnt-W. 8. Britt.
 Marshal-E. V. Smith.
 | Query" Resolved, That the Mental Ca- | pacities ofth Sexes are Equal.'
 Affirmative-C. B. Alverson and A. j..