Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-29
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A lssture under. the. auspices of. the.
Womahs Band of the Third Presbyterian
church, Avenue II and Twenty second
street. will be given tonight by Judge
Banks. The subject, egMexico," is inter
estingP dealt with, and those who attend
will have a pleasant evening. Refresh
meDts will be served imhediately0 after
the lecture.
Mrs. Harry Wheelocks "at home" from
3 to 5 yesterday AFTERNOON -was~a most
enjoyable affair The wea Their did not al
low all to attend who hadehoped to, still
there were large number.
These gatherings are growing very pop
ular with the matrons on the Northside,
ard are looked forward to with much
pleasure each week. Mrs. Wheelock is
one who understands the art~of enters
tanning, and no one leaves her house feel
ingi sorry they were PRESENT, There was
music, both vocal and instrumental, also
lovely refreshments. Each lady took a bit
of embroidery, and 1t seemed as If It was
an evening of come round and bring
your knitting"
Among those present were: Mesdames
]. d. Moore, Robert Newman, Robert
Sloan, John Towers, Robert Houston y;
Frank Redd, J. Riddick Estes, Robert
Sherry Mcknight Harry Coffin, Robert
N. Brown, Miss Hall, Miss sophy Haga-
man. ~ -. -
The young ladies of ST. Agnes Guild
will give a reception at the rectory of the
Advent as soon a .519 rsetory Is fin'shhesal
Miss jamie Moore is home again, after
pleasant stay in Atlanta, where she
has been on visit to her. aunt; -
We are glad to know that Mrs. William
Rgdd is improving. The last account OF
her, she was able to sit up. - z..=..Gs
The tea at the residence, of Mrs. James
A. Allen tonight to be. given by MRS.
Bradleys Band of the First Presbyterian
church, promises to be lovely, and will
be an enjoyable occasion.
At their regular rehearsal last night,
the Apollo club considered the matter OIL.
the invitation to take part In the propos,,
ed May Festival, and 1t was decided
unanimously that the club, would cneer-
fully cooperate with the committee. IN
charge, and that their orchestra would
contribute such numbers during the
Festival as the committee may WISH "a b,
Active preparation is now in progress
for a grand complimentary concert to
be given by the orchestra in February.
After this concert is over, preparation
will begin for the May Festival -
Recently the Georgia legislature passed
a bill whereby women were made eligible
to the position of state librarian, the
assistants place having been most credi-
tably filed by woman for several years
past AS matter of course there are
many applicants for these offices, among
them Miss Mary Maggie, who wishes to be
the. next assistant librarian. Miss Ma
gle was one of the first teachers of the
Pollock Stevens institute and contributed
no little to the high standard attained by
that school with Mrs. Pollock and Miss
Stevens in charge. During her brief stay
in Birmingham Miss Maggie made many
friends who will watch the contest in
our, sister state with intense interest.
Shells peculiarly fitted to such an office.
An ardent love of books and thoroughly
familiar with them, she is the more COM
potent for the reason that she has been
the, efficient private secretary to- the
present state librarian for the past sew.
eraI years. Gov. Atkinson could not, APP p
point more capable and better equipped
woman to the Office; and, as MANY Of
Georgia's legislators and high officials
have pledged their efforts. in. her behalf.
her friends have cause to hope for the,
success of this accomplished Georgia girl
who has been associated with the office
long enough to know it's details fully and
ft0 nave acquired the knowledge and -eXr
perience necessary to the perfect con-
duct of a public trust. '4 =
Mrs. T. M. Bradley's band, of the First
Presbyterian church, will give a free will
offering from to II o'clock today at the
residence of Mrs. james "A. Allen, No. 521
Nineteenth street.
We are told that lady in high Wash
ington society gave an entertainments;
and, supposing some guests would like
to bring friends, she invited 300 names on
her list of acquaintances, and prepared to
care for 500. When the list of her serv-
ing man, who attended the door, was
run over, after midnight. the lady found
she had had a crowd of $780, who ate
her viands, drank her wine and did what
in them lay to ruin her carpets and fur
niture; $50 people, men and women, all
logged out in good and fashionably made
clothes, went where they were not only
not invited, but where they were not
wanted. Why haven't people in Wash
ington, who entertain, the courage to
place man at the front door, on all such
occasions, who will demand a ticket of
every proposing guest? That is the prac-
tice in London. Why not with US; 1t Is
a sensible practice, and clearly necessary
in Washington This episode gives one
a faint idea of what mobs the Inaugural
ton balls are, and some notion of what
an outrage Mark Hanna's mere sugges-