Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-05
SOCIETY.


 Mrs. Robertson was the charming host ess of the clionians on Friday last.
 Excellent papers were read by Mro. Dearborn and Miss Patton. Mrs. Riggs read selections from Dream Life"
 The following was the programme:
 Paper-''Wendell Phillips."
 Paper-"The Field Family"
 Reading-.Dream Life" J. K. Moore.
 The Clionians have recently adopted their colors. white and green, emblems of purity and peace. They wear the white banner of intellectual progress above the green garland of hope for better results in literary effort.
 Their colors combine beautifully on the white rose, which flower they have se- lected. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Ledbetter.
 The Phoenix club will entertain its members and their friends with progress i've euchre tomorrow night.
 MT. Bert Blach, who leaves this week for his home in California, entertained a few friends at dining at the Morris on Sunday evening" Those present were MT Blach, Henry Bowman, Leon Schwarz, L.. Loeb, L. W. Friedman, A. Rich.
 Mrs. Sam Kirkman left Sunday for Madisonville, Ky, on visit 10 Mrs.s William Ross, and Mrs. Edith Taliaferro;;
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 Miss Bentley, of Columbia, Tenn, ar rived yesterday on a visit to her sister Mrs. Gen. Fucker.
 MT. Nathan Stern, of New Orleans, who has been on a visit to his sister, Ms. Sig. Steiner, returned yesterday. MT. Stern has been inspecting the iron industries of this district with view to investing.
 MT. John Tanner, of Athens and Rev. Charles Taylor, of Courtland and their wives, have recently celebrated the fif- tieth (golden) anniversary of their mar riage Perhaps they are the only couples in the state who have achieved this dis tinction. Are there others? If our state exchanges will give the names or any couple or couples in their neighborhoods who have been married fifty years the State Herald will be glad to compile the list.
 MT. and Mrs. D. M. Drennen are enter taining their mother, Mrs. George s. Houston.
 The entertainment of the Edgewood Literary club with their husbands on Thursday, the 31st, by MT. and Mrs B. o. Watkins, was most delightful affair. Music, with select readings and the serv- ing of delicious refreshments, made most enjoyable evening. The club will be entertained on Wednesday, the 9th of January by Miss Terney, of College Hill.
 The Misses Minnie and Lula Brown; of Pantotoc, Miss, returned to their home yesterday after spending the holidays with their cousins, MT. and Mrs. Pinck- ney Philips. These young ladies endear- ed themselves to many hearts while here, and they will find cordial welcome when they choose to return to the Magic City.
 The Montgomery Advertiser is disposed to twit the State Herald on the relative importance it gives to items Of news The Advertiser waits until Sunday morn ing and gives a hashed up account Of the social doings of the week. This method may suit siow-going town like Mont gomery. but would not be tolerated in Birmingham, where one event succeeds another so rapidly that function nVe days old is considered out of date. The State Herald gives every day record Of social news, just as it records the days doings in other lines.
 MT. Henry Lamb and wife, who have been domiciled with MT. and Mrs. Wesley M. Smith for a year, returned to Indi- ana yesterday.
 MT. c. A. Mountjoy has returned from a visit to his brother, MT w w Mount joy, in New York. He found his brother in prosperous business, and enjoyed ms stay in the metropolis.
 Mrs. Kate Johnson, daughter of Bishop R. K Hargrove, is in the city, and IS on her wayEto Tuscaloosa. She is accom- panied by her young daughter, Hallle. They are the guests of Mrs. Fannie Pear son, North Highlands.
 There will be service at St. Mary's at il o'clock Wednesday, which IS the Feast of Epiphany.
 Dr. Thomas Jordan and wife who have been spending the past four months in Livingston, for the benefit of the health of Mrs Jordan, have returned to the city, and are stopping at the residence of Mrs. Robert Jones, 515 Twenty-hrst street.
 Miss Bessie O'Bren leaves this morn- ing for Montgomery to spend some time with relatives.
 "The Missing Rail-" was the subject of the sermon Sunday morning by Rev. o. P. Fitzsimons. The text was the tower of Siloam falling on thirteen Gal ileans. The speaker said in substance; T have nothing to do with the question whether the Cahaba bridge was weak or a rail was taken away, but will confine myself to the theological aspect Of the tragedy The disaster was caused either by the weak bridge or missing rail. and not by the intervention of God. Some people might say the train ran off be- cause it was on Sunday-people said the same thing to Christ when they asked Him if the thirteen Galilear1s were not more wicked than others He replied with an indignant nay, in which reply was the unspoken intimation that phys ical disaster was not the result of moral turpitude but the inevitable result of violated Jaw. Laws were the thoughts of God. When man knows the laws of nature to that extent he knows God, and to want Him to change either for favor or for punishment, would be in derogation of the idea of God. The devil knew this better than Christians-relying upon ac- tivity in many instances he accomplishes more than good Christians who ignore every essential of success. The practical conclusion of the whole matter is that disaster and failure may come from one thing lacking-the engine, the car the road-bed, were all right, but there was missing rail, therefore the Cahaba trage-- dy. So mans mental. moral and physical eouipment may be ever so complete, let oro eeuential however be neglected, and