Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-27
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 MT. and Mrs. J. D. Moore gave a recep- tion yesterday afternoon at their hand some home on Eighth avenue in honor Of Mr. and Mrs. Provost of New York A large number of society matrons gath cred and nearly all were attired in Swiss and organdies of different hues. As they moved about the picture was one of kaleidosecpie hues. Music foated down in heavenly strains from above. The dining room was in pink and white, pink roses and fern, and the color scheme was carried out in further details Misses Margaret Smith and Kate Morrow pre- sided at the bowl of fruit lemonade. Mrs. Provost was Bowned in green and black, and Mrs. Moore in white organdy. The following ladies assisted in receiving: Mesdames B. r. Moore, E. ]. Dunn. w. G. Estes, B. L. Wyman, Zac P. Smith, A. c. Howze, John Towers Hugh McNutt, A. o. Lane and $. L. Ledbetter. At night the receiving party and their husbands were entertained by MT. and Mrs. Robert Jemison.
 The Ladies Aid society of the First Presbyterian church and the vested choir of St. Mary 's-on-theH Highlands, are making arrangements for a grand concert at Seals hall on Thursday ev- ening, June To- The programme em- braces some of the best talent in the city, including MT. and Mrs. Oliver Chalifoux, Mrs. E. c. Chandler, Miss Edna Gockel, Miss Belle Mccoy Mrs. James Vihson, Miss Randall, Miss Meyer, Mrs. T. C. Thompson, Mr. Cartwright, MT. Handley, Mr. Guekenberger, MT. Washburn and others.
 On Tuesday evening next MT. Wash burn will give Q concert in which he will be assisted by Miss Patton. The pro- gramme will be made up of numbers to be sung by request. There is a pleasure about a familiar song that a new ore does not possess, just as we prefer to meet an old friend rather than stranger.
 Misses Mary and Lucy Holcomb, of Hayneville, and Miss Evelyn Caffey of Verbena, are the guests of Misses Isabel and Helen Mushat Twenty-first street and Fifteenth avenue, south.
 Mrs. Wyndham Mason and daughters, ard Miss Carrie Brown, are visiting the family of MT. w. T. Riley, Montgomery.
 Mrs. H. H. sinnige will return today from a visit to relatives in Texas
 The State Herald is in receipt of the following invitation:
 MT. Charles E. Bowron,
 Miss Adelaide F. Reilly,
 Married
 Tuesday, May the twenty-fifth,
 Eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
 Tracy City, Tenn.
 As the shades of night were falling fast a party of gay bieyclists of both sexes started from the city for a spin over thd smooth roads. They skinned along as lightly as the swallow skins the lake not swifter is the air ship than was their pneumatic tires. Returning to the city they were regaled with a lurch on the lawn of mine host, and with appetites whetted by the ride they fell to with zest. On the table were dates from which the kernel had been eXtractd and burnt al- monds substituted. One of the party ate. a date and threw the almond away renarking: 'These prunes have got the biggest seed I ever saw"
 The game called "Anogram" is now very popular with the yourg people, Cards with a letter are distributed, and when a card is turned the object is to guess the name of an animal beginning with that lester. The first to guess prop erly gets the card. Those who get the largest number of cards take the prize. - Miss Susie Martin has returned to the city, and is at home with her sister.
 Miss Overton, who has been the guest of the Misses Rogan, has returned to Memphis
 MT. Donald Conner has returned from the Bingham, N. C., college, where he took the gold medal.