Birmingham state herald., 1896-05-31

ton is greatly beloved in our city, and | his friends will be glad to hear that he | may spend few days in Birmingham
 shortly, when he will give his delightful | lecture on 'The Man in the Moon." If
 he does consent to lecture there will be | no charge for admission, but the public
 will be invited to hear him.
 The following musical programme will | be rendered today at the Southside Bap- 1 tist church.:
 Morning Service-Organ prelude;
 Hast Thou Not Known" Pfinger, Mr. | Cartwright and choir; offertory, solo by
 Miss Meyer; postlude.
 Evening service-Organ prelude l Whiting): Search Me, Oh God" | (Baumbach) voluntary by choir; offer
 tory, "When Sparrows Build" W. Ga-
 brieD Mrs. Halsey, nee Miss Carrie
 Bridewell; organ march. The Edgewood Literary circle was en-
 tertained at the last meeting by Mrs. H. | D. Merrill. Mrs. J. T. Glover read pa | per upon "The Early Life of Gen. Lew | Wallace, Mrs. J. F. Gresham read 'Bi- l ographical and Critical Sketch of Gen 1 eral Wallace" Mrs. Harry Harsh gave | selection from Ben Hur and Mrs. Burt | Porter gave an account of the period | in which Ben Hur was written. Mrs l Merrill served refreshments after the | literary exercises. The Edgewood club | will meet next with Mrs. l.. P. Worl at | LakeView.
 Mrs. Thomas H. Notion gave most l enjoyable picnic Thursday evening at | East Lake to Miss Annie Brewer of An l niston and a number of young friends. The party returned to the city about Il | o'clock.
 The Thursday Evening Euchre club | met with Mr and Mrs. J. H. McCary. The prize, a handsome pair of chocolate cups, | was won by MT. James Weatherly. After l the serving of refreshments the club ad- | journed, to meet next with MT. and Mrs. | w. G. Estes.
 l Miss Uottie Coffin, after a sojourn of several months in New York, where she l pursued her vocal studies, returned home a few days ago.
 The Clionian club met Friday afternoon | with Mrs. Fell when business meeting
 was held and the course of study for the | next season was discussed. Mrs. Fell | served refreshments during the after noon. The final meeting of the CEonian 1 club for the season will be held next Fri
 day morning at 9:30 o'clock at Mrs. Rob- ert Cunningham's. e4sst- .. l The Highland Book club was enter l tained on Wednesday morning by Mrs. K. D. Johnston. Mrs. George l.. Haven read an essay upon "The Three Dumas,' Mrs. E. K. Campbell gave paper upon Eu- l gene Field, and the members of the club l answered questions upon the lives and l writings of the Dumas and Eugene Field. l The next meeting of the Highland BOOK club will be the final one for the season. After the literary programme Mrs. John- ston served refreshments.
 1 This afternoon at o'clock at the First l Methodist church Rev. Dr. Scudder Will preach the baccalaureate sermon before | the faculty and students of the Pollock Stephens institute:
 Professor Mahler, who made such
 success of Bobby Shafto," will leave l next Wednesday, accompanied by his l family, for Lake Elhart, Wis, where they
 will rest for three weeks; from thence | they go to New York. Afterwards he will resume his old position as master or cer- emones at Congress Hall, Saratoga, Tor ] the nineteenth consecutive summer Pro lessor Mahler intends to return to Bir- mipgham during the next year and pre- sent another children's opera. Wednesday evening a very happy party | of cyclers visited the Ensley furnaces, returning later to Birmingham by moon- l light. The party consisted of Mr. H. R. | w. Wadeson and Miss Margaret O'Brlen, MT. c. w. Warren and Miss Bessie OBri- | en, MT. and Mrs. A. E. Barton and MT. | Erskine Ramsey.
 Miss Nettie Grigg has display of her own exquisite china painting in the win | dow of Colby & Roll, First avenue, which | is exciting much admiration. It is a great pleasure to chronicle the success achieved by accomplished Birmingham
 girls in any line of endeavor.
 The following account of Professor Du Bose's picnic was written by one of the participants, and is published with pleas ure: .f. a5.Ast. s5I "Professor DuBose gave a most enjoy able picnic to his school on Wednesday, Nav 26 The teachers and pupils met at the South Highlands academy at o'clock and took the dummy for Gate City. On arriving there we walked to the springs. This walk was pleasant part of our pro- gramme, for the scenery around was quite picturesque, the road was shady and the, air was fragrant with the odor of the pines. On our way we passed an open school room door, over which was the name "Gate City Collegiate Insti- tute." in large black letters.
 Lust within the door stood fine-look- ing. stalwart old man, with no coat on and his shirt sleeves rolled up to his el- bows. switch in one hand and book in the other. Facing him stood long row of attentive children reading the morning lesson.
 we laughed heartily at this picture, for 1t was an exact counterpart of the schools described to us by our fathers. "After delightful day spent on Ideal picnic grounds, and after enjoying the delicious cream and berries provided by Professor DuBose, we sauntered back to Gate City, to return home. .its. "As he was anxious to meet the teach CT to learn if his methods were more eff ficacious than those adopted by the fao of South HfOhta ndQ Professor DuBose called at the Gate City