Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-21

club at the last meeting.f The prize, a
silver pen knife, was won by Mrs. w. A.
Cochran. Mrs. Tillman served refresh
ments during the evening. The club
meets next with Mr.. and Mrs. James
Weatherly.
Miss Lucy Martin is visiting Mrs. Jo-
seph McLester for a. few days.
The ITALIAN club gave it's first enter
tainment, handsome reception, Friday
evening from $3.50 to 70 o'clock, al the
beautiful home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dwyer, Twelfth avenue, South High
lands. The rooms were filled with cut
flowers and potted plants; an excellent
orchestra furnished music during the
evening, and the young folk spent the
hours with various diverting games and
happy converse. The prize for the most
SUCCESSFUL guesses, in one of the games,
was Won by Miss Anna May Phelan; it
was box OF Huyler's candy. Delicious
refreshments were served by Miss Dwy-
er. The following young people were
present: Misses Louise Chisolm, Anna
May Phelan, Kathleen Hundley, Sue AL
len Ball, Ada Bowron, Kate Jemison,
Fannie Summers, Velma Enslen, Annie
Roberts, Edith Ward and Helen Erhman,
and Messrs. Jackson Halsted, John CHS
ohm, j. Morton, Jack Montgomery, Cyrus
Stafford, Donald Conner, Montgomery
Brown, James Dwyer, Forney Johnston,
sgd Smith Forney Baker, Marion Ma
son, Will Leedy and Pointer Bradley.
Miss Jennie McGaughy, one of the GER
tificate piano pupils of the Conservatory
of Music, returns to her home at Madi-
son, Miss, this week. Miss McGaughy
is sister of Mr.. Snowden McGaughy of
the Alabama National bank.
Prof. and Mrs. Benjamin Guckenber-
ger, Miss Orline Arnold, Professor Wei
gand and the trustees Of the Conservato-
ry of Music have every reason to congrat-
ulate themselves upon the delightful
closing exercises of very unusually sue
cessful season, which occurred Friday
evening. A large audience, and a very
appreciative one, filled the hall to its ut
most capacity Friday evening, when the
graduates rendered one of the most diff
f1eult and enjoyable musical programmes
ever heard in our city, and rendered it
with the finish, taste and execution of
artists instead of amateurs. The hall
was tastefully decorated with the con-
servatoFy colors, light blue and white,
and on the steps of the stage were beau
tiful palms, ferns and other potted plants.
On one side of the stage sat the faculty,
Rev. Q. p Fitzsimons, Gen. e. w. Ruck-
er and Hon. w. c Ward; on the other
side were the nine fair girl graduates in
dainty gowns of white. These were
Misses Amy Whaley, Mary Rucker, Edna
Gockel, Ellen r. Butt A. A. Steele, Marie
Wilson, Grace Openshaw, Jennie Nc
Gaughy and Cleo Glover. The recitations
of Misses Butte and Steele were very
superior and the piano numbers by Miss
McGaughy Miss Ruclker, Miss Glover,
Miss Gockel, the vocal selection by Miss
Whaley and the violin playing by Miss
OpenshaW could not have been surpass-
ed An unfortunate accident to Miss
Il nil Sc l.n4
taking part in the programme, much to
the regret of the audience. The diplo-
mas were happily presented by Hon. w.
C. Ward. The Conservatory of Music is
now an established fact and is far be-
yond the experimental stage. 1t is
credit to its promoters and an honor to
our city.
The Bicyclers Rest is becoming very
popular with the young folks of the city.
no Friday evening the following party
enjoyed dance at the retreat after rid
ing out on their wheels:
Misses Annie Redd, Matte and Zem-
ma Webb, Mollie and Amy Jordan, Ju-
liette Wheelan, Mary and Gussie Cleary,
Alice Wheeler, Virginia Walker, Vilette
Monghon, Kate Morrow, Mittie Sherrod,
Susie Martin Fannie Mae Burgamy, De-
Lacy Tutwller, Lizzie Thompson, Marie
Nelson and Messrs. Samuel ID. Weakley,
Walter Fowlkes, Smith Crawford, Ed
Wilcox, Charlie Ledbetter, Ed Warren,
Tom Sims, Robert Baugh, VIII Wisner,
Henry Going, Mudd Martin, Phil Finch,
Archie Gibson, Gordon Monghon, Porter
Moore, Charlie Stillman, Harris Vaughn,
Nat Miller, Arthur Crowder, Cary
Thompson, Ed Frost, Wiley Brownlee,
Tyler Wilson Redin, Charlie Leeper,
Dick Going, John Patton, John Steele,
Sale Phelan, Jim Webb and Professor
Brown. Chaperones, Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
n Johnston r
and Mrs. Richard Bates.
The Treble Clef club meets Friday
morning at 10 o'clock with Mrs. w. b.
Feagin, Eleventh avenue, South High
lands:
Mrs. John Powers Friday evening at
her hospitable home in Woodlawn gave
a delightful reception to her nieces,
Misses Ada and Clara Peters and Jessie
young ladies left yesterday for home
with their brother who has been attend
ing Howard college.
The Mailer Dancing club will meet at
Lakeview Tuesday afternoon from to
o'clock.
Miss Tatum of Montgomery is now the
guest of Miss Laura Ferguson, at her
home, corner Twenty-first street and
Hlghland avenue.
Mr.. Duncan Trimble has returned from
the state university.
Mr. Sam Laird is at home from the
University of the South, at Sewanee, and
is entertaining a number of his college
friends at his home on the South High
lands. Among his guests is Mr.. Seibels
of Montgomery.
Last night from to II o'clock Profess
sor and Mrs. Guckenberger entertained
the trustees and students of the Con-
servatory of Music and a number of
friends with beautiful reception at the
hall of the conservatory. The room was
decorated with ported plants, cut flowers
and draperies in the colors of the con-
servatory-light blue and white. De-
licious punch was served and a delightful
musical programme was rendered by
Professor and Mrs. Guckenberger, Mrs.
II. H. Sinnige and Professor Weigand. 1t
was full dress affair and was a charm
ing finale to a brilliant commencement
week. Mrs. Guckenberger was assisted
in receiving her friends by the recent
graduates of the conservatory, in their
lovely white gowns, and the following
ladies: Miss Arnold MeSdameS E. w