Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-19
girls who are brightening the social life of Birmingham with their presence.

girls who are brightening the social life of Birmingham with their presence
 Miss Lizzie Merritt, one of Atlanta's charming belles. is visiting Mrs. Bonner, Twenty-fifth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, north.
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 Miss Annie Leigh Harris of Deeatur,l Ala, is visiting her cousin, Miss Lizzie Farley, PIP, Avenue G.
 The members of the Thursday Evening Euchre club were the guests of MT. and Mrs. w. N. Malone at their last meeting. The prize, handsome paper cutter, was won by Mrs. w. G. Estes. After enjoy ing delicious refreshments and an es- pecialIy agreeable meeting the club ad- journed to meet next with Mir and Mrs. w. A. Cochran. a
 The following invitation has been re- ceived from Nashville and it tells of pretty compliment to one of Birming- hams brightest and sweetest girls:
 MT. and Mrs George w. Thompson, at home Friday evening. January IT. Complimentary to Miss Evans of Bir- mingham, MT. Hill and MT Thompson of Nashville R&
 Mrs. Chappell Cory and her children are now the guests of Mrs. Coryfss pa rents, Dr. and Mrs. Armstrong, at St. Johns parsonage, Seventeenth street and Avenue E. south.
 The Mendelssohn society will give their next concert at the opera house on Feb ruary II. These concerts are looked for ward to with great expectations of de light not only by our own citizens, but by many of the surrounding cities where many associate tickets are held.
 The music that will be rendered will be entirely new and has never been heard here before. It is expected that this will be one of the most popular and pleasing concerts that has been given in this city, even better than the last one given by this famous club.
 The reception given Thursday evening by Mrs. w. s. Brown and Mrs. J. w. Wal lis at the home of Mrs. Brown was a de- cided success financially and socially. The programme was a varied and inter- esting one. and was thoroughly we'll rem dered. Bountiful refreshments were served, and a good sum was realized for the organ fund of the First Methodist church.
 The young ladies in charge of the TO- sette party at the hall of the Young Mems Hebrew association on Thursday evening had every reason to be gratified with the success of their undertaking. A large crowd was present to enjoy the unique
 
 were served by Mesdames E. Levy, M Well. s. Loventhal, J. Schwab and Miss Veil. An umbrella was voted to Miss Irene Leyens as the most popular young lady. She it was who directed and man. aged with such skill this successful served one The following young ladies were present. and wore rosettes: -. l{ Black and red, Miss Bettye Click, Gainesville, Tenn; green and red, Miss Leah Block, Natchez, Miss; brown, Miss Fannia May David, Chattanooga, Tenn; blue and black Miss Julia Hirsch, Vicks- burg, Miss; white and heliotrope, Miss Clara Suss, St., Louis, Mo-. pink and white, Miss Bessye Hart, Jackson, Miss, {; ! blue. Miss Hattie Mayer. Vicksburg, Miss. blue and yellow, Miss Blanche Plautt, Cincinnati, O.; gray and white, Miss Amelia Strauss, Columbus, Ga.; lav- ender Miss Maud Rice, Vicksburg,. Miss; lavender and white, Miss Fannie Err drick, Selma, Ala; yellow. Miss Beatrice Wertheimer, Pine Bluff, Ark; gray MISS Joseph. Selma, Ala; heliotrope and pink Miss I.illie Wolff, Montgomery Ala. or ange, Miss Emma Wellman; white, Miss Rosa Berkowitz; pink and black, Miss Irene Leyens; green and white, Miss De- na Holzer: red. Miss Florence Wertheim- CT; green and lavender, Miss Dora Beck: blue. Miss Lena Schfessinger; blue and white, Miss Flora Solomon; red and blue Miss Leah Ullman; red and white, Miss Cecil Wise; purple, Miss Ophelia Levy; yellow and white, Miss Sadie Reinach; green, Miss Grace Loventhal
 The Clionian circle was entertained on Friday afternoon by Mrs. Fell. Miss Mamie Morrow was historian and gave an interesting account of "Georgia Dur ing the Civil War" Mrs. w. s. Brown was not present, but sent her paper upon A szIx lCi HowZe was essayist and read an article upon "The Prose Writers of Georgia The quotations were from the poets, Of Georgia After the literary exercises re- treatments were served and the club adjourned to meet next with Mrs. pr Riggs. g9 I.se Mrs. F. 3Y Anderson has issued the fol- lowing ha ndsome invitation to her many friends:
 Mrs. Frank Y. Anderson, at home, Thursday, January 2s from to G."
 This morning at the South Highland Presbyterian church Rev. Dr. Barbour will preach a sermon especially to the "Y's," the Young Women's Christian Temperance union, and the public r~" in- vited to be present. This socie he ton. Miss Jamie McLester is president and much interest is evinced by the mem bers. They now meet regularly and have literary programmes of profit, with quo5 tations at roll call., and discussions upon subjects of import, after which simple refreshments are served. The young la dies intend to meet occasionally in the evenings and will then entertain some of their young gentlemen friends. Mrs. w. l.. Murdock has charge of this important branch of the temperance work and Is doing valiant service in this noble cause J ssffs 'f
 The Highland Book club met with Mrs B: B. Conner Wednesday evening. Mrs. E. K. Campbell read an interesting paper on .'The Social Life and Customs of Ja- pan" Mrs Fred Hardy had a fine paper on "Art in Japan" and Mrs. George L4 Haven told in an entertaining way of the many current events-of the previous two weeks. After the programme Mrs. Conner served tempting refreshments. The club meets next with Mrs. Jack w. John ston.
 A number of the friends of Mrs. w. F. Nabers have received the following invl- tation for next Wednesday afternoon: s7 Mrs. W. F. Nabers, Wednesday, Jam uary 22, 2 o'clock. Luncheon. Answer" ft -f---T