Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-13

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 4. Thou, Who Knowest Each Human Feeling" (VerdD-Mrs. Catchings, 5. (a) "Sleep, Noble -Childp s(CherubinD; | Cb) When at Dawn (Schumam-Cho- rus. s.,...-.,..s.ss... 6. Scene de Ballet-Mfss >openshaw. T. "Winter" (King HalD-Cherus,a 8. ''The Hart's Springtime" tWickede) Mrs. Vincen. g. "Gipsy Life" (schuman)-chorus. %sss9 s.ssisaals ssss7assg -szs The Treble Clef club was organized b about nine months ago and is composed of twenty of Birminghams talented and popular ladies. The membership Is islinited to twenty singers under the di- rection of Miss Lotie Coffin, with Miss Edna Gockel as accompanist.
 This recital will be of unusual interest bin many ways. It was planned for Christmas week, to be given, as are all | their recitals, at the residence of one of lsthe members with invited guests. They | have, however, on this occasion, consent ed to use Seals hall and allow admis sion to be charged, which will give the general public an opportunity of hearing | them, and at the same time help one Of our churches.
 The rousic selected=is varied and from l the best composersi from Cherubfni to | King Hall with a little preference for 1 One of the daintiest selections on the | programme is the folk song by 'Schu- | man, When at Dawn,. in a Dress of | Green" for light, soft staccato treat ment it shows wonderful finish in exc | cution; placid as it is, with Cherubini's \ smooth lullaby, the full beauty is | brought out. et
 l At the Cumberland Presbyterian l church, on December 23, at 330 D. m., MT. l Julius Weston Davidson, of Oneonta, l will lead to the altar Miss Ruth M. Lee, | daughter of MT. E. F. Lee, of 2517 Sev- | enth avenue. MT. Davidson is well
 known in this city and the above news
 is in no wise a surprise to his many | friends.
 l The Southern club held its annual elec- l tion of officers last night. with the fol- 1 lowing result: President. F. Y. .Ander- | son; President Jack w. Johnston; | Secretary, T. H. Benners; board of gov
 ernors, E. T. Wilcox, E. A. de Funiak, J.. l D. Kirkpatrick, J. H. Barr. J. R. Carter. l The principal officers were elected to l succeed themselves.
 The Young Mems Hebrew association | will meet this afternoon at o'clock A l good attendance is desired.
 l Church of the Advent corner of Sixth l avenue and Twentieth street, Rev. John | G. Murray, rector.e Sunday, school 9:30 a. m., morning prayer Il, a. grl., evening | prayer 7:30 p. m. Evening prayer Wednesdays p. m. ..,..,-.--...........- | The duett by Miss Coffin and MT. Ran dell needs no further mention, as the | names of the singers are sufficient. Miss Openshaw, with her violin, will l give rare treat in her selection as the 1 different movements of the dance give | opportunity for a display of technique | and feeling which she can well interpret.
 The song which Mrs. Catchings sings is l the prayer from Byron's 1.-Two Foscari." !" l The wife of the banished Foscari pleads | in vain before the doge, of Venice for
 the sentence of punishment to be re- l called.
 "The Hearts Sprfngtlrnes speaks for itself, and in Mrs. vincens rich contrarto voice will be one of the most attractive | numbers. a
 l The personnel of the selected chorus which will assist in the performance of | Handels Messiah" at St. Mary's-on- the Highlands, on the 22d, is as follows: | Sopranos D.. G.. Chandler, T. | c. Thompson, James Bowron, Catchings and Chadwick, and Misses Clara Maxim
 and Ennor Meyer Altos-Mesdames B. | Guckenberger and Vinson, and Misses l Margaret Meyer, Berte Hays, Lucy Beall | and Edna Gockel. Tenors-Messrs. Orr, Lyons, Cartwright, Thomas, Stafford and I Bowron. Dillon, Sheppard and Stevens; and there Is no better chorus of its size l in this broad land of ours.
 sss t's'''aPf- A walk through the market shows the l stalls to be filled with every edible in the | shape of meats and vegetables that the | appetite can demand In fact, the mar ket house is filled to- oyerfiowing. The | constant growth of the Southside de-
 mands a market house beyond the | tracks. ssA
 The doctors have decided that drunk
 enness is a disease, and now they con- | tend that laughing is 8 disease The | giggling girl is certainly far gone No 1 doubt the sickly smile and infectious l merriment are sure symptoms of the
 laughing disease.
 The preponderance of opinion favors January 1, 1901, as the beginning of the twentieth century. The first hundred in | series of numbers runs from l to 100, inclusive The nineteenth century ex- tneds from 1901 to 1900, and the twentieth century begins with190l
 l When church fairs were first .inaugu- rated the ladies charged too much for the
 articles on sale The newspaper ~wags perpetrated many jokes on the lone oys-
 ter in the plate of soup. But now the
 ladies have gone to the other. extreme
 and charge too little. Tho profit on the