The age-herald., 1898-02-15
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guest of Mrs. J. T. Nixon until after Marui Gras
 Mrs. J. ". Barclay returned last night from a charming visit to friends at Tampa Fla.
 
 Hon. John M Martin, of Tuskaioosa, is spending a few days Tn Birmingham. Dr. J. W. Barclay returned Sunday night from Mobile.
 Mrs will A. Porter and her little dangh- ter returned Saturday night from visit to Baltimore and New York.
 MT and Mrs. Frank Boston, of Atlanta, are the guests of their sister, Mrs. Gesrse l.. Morris on the South Highlands
 
 Mrs Chappeil Cory, of Montgomery, will reach Birmingham Wednesday and VIII pc pc the guest of Mrs. T. c. Thompson on sixth avenue during the convention of the Daughters of the Confedarcy.
 Missssusie Haas left yesterday for Esw Jersey, where she will act as bridesmalo to the marriage of friend.
 Miss Jennie Porter who has been quite i sick for several weeks is steadily improv- ing.
 Mrs. W. c. Fitts. of Montgomery, arrived in Birmingham yesterday and will spend several weeks with her mother. Mrs. G.-W. Hewitt.
 Mrs William Duncan Nesbitt and Mrs Thomas H. Motion will leave this afternoon for Anniston where they will spend several days with relatives and friends.
 
 MT. N. W. Trimble is visiting his daugh- ters, Misses Mary and Jennie Trimbie, who are at school at Salem, N. c.
 
 Mrs H. R. Johnston will entertain the Tuesday Whist club this afternoon at 2:3o o'clock.
 The Woman's Christian Temperance union will meet in the parlors of the First Methodist church this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
 
 Tonight F. Marion Crawford will deliver his brilliant lecture Leo XIII In the Vad- can" at the opera house under the aus pices of the ladies of the South Highlands Presbyterian church, and there is every indication that he will be greeted by very large and apprecative audience.
 It is announced that Mrs Hetty Green will build railroad through Oklahoma. The proposed road will run from Medford on the Rock Island to Sherman, Texas. where 1t will connect with E. R. Greens road. There the line will be connected with the Hutchinson, Oklahoma and Galveston from Hutchinson, Kan, and will give the territory another connection with the guf. The road, it Is said, will be built durlhB 1898.
 MT. and Mrs Peyton G. Bowman will en- certain a number of their friends at supper Wednesday evening at o'clock at their home on the South Highlands.
 Miss Willie M. Allen has given her two last lectures on Saturday evening, Feb. D.
 ---a--- -t.xx. Tv. tixralx in the chapel of the Pollock-Stephens h. stitute, complimentary to the senior and junior classes of that institute, and to the same classes in the High school. The sub ject of these lectures were London and Warwickshire. The remaining lectures in her course will be given in the chapel of the Pollock-Stephens institute, and all of the pupils of the institute will have the benefit of them.
 The Review-Appeal, of Franklin, Tenn, says:
 The Misses Briggs entertained their visi- tor Mrs. B. M. Starks, of Louisville, Ky, formerly of Birmingham, Ala, with progressive Il o'clock breakfast Saturday, Feb. B. The color scheme was pink the embroideries hints, carnations, etc., car rying out the idea. The breakfast was served in seven courses. The ladies progressed between each course, which was decided by drawing cards from tiny envelopes. Those present were: .Mesdames B. M Starks, Louisville, Ky; w. w. Campbell, Turren, Ed Perkins, N. c. Per kins w. T. McLemore, Spring Hill; Ben Hunter Foster, Misses Leah Cannon; Cynthia G. Cannon, Cynthia H. Cannon, Graham German, Alice German, Narcis Bullock, Hettie Farr, Louise Parkes Lou lie Hammer, Mrs. J. B. Lillie, Florence liar rison, Jamie Smithson, Tillie Briggs, Willie May Briggs.
 One of the notable women who attended the meeting and assisted in organizing the Woman's Press Association of Alabama was Mrs. Zack Smith-"Paul Pry'-of the Birmingham Age-Herald Mrs. Smith Is a woman of interesting personality, and made a pleasant impression those who met her.-Montgomery Advertiser
 The concert to be given for the benefit of MT. J. E. Giies by his musical friends has been deferred until Tuesday evening, March 1, owing to the numerous entertain ments which are being crowded into the few days preceding Mardi Gras.
 Little Misses Mary and Martha Bradshaw celebrated their fifth and third birthday, respectively, last Friday afternoon by en- tertaining a number of their young friends. Games were enjoyed by the children, after which delightful refreshments were served. The long dining table was beautifully decorated with violets and trailing aspara- gus, and was filled with tempting goodies. In the center of the table was the Dlrthuay cake, which held five white candles and three pink ones, and contained the ring, which, in cutting, was won by little Miss Mary Parke London. The guests were: Misses Fay Tomlinson, Margaret Cleno- werth Carry Johnston, Leona Plosser, Leonne Cosby, Mary Parke London; Mae belle and Josie Cosby, Eula Nabb Whatley, Minna Adler, and Masters Frederick Fer guson, George Whatley, Willie White, Pol lard Jones, Louis Plosser
 Miss Florence Wolfe, of Nashville, is the guest of Mrs. W. M Cosby, on Eleventh avenue
 Yesterday afternoon from to o'clock. Master Terry Barker, the handsome little son of MT. and Mrs N. B. Barker, enter tained a goodly number of his young friends at a valentine party.
 There were pretty sentimental suggestions of the day in all parts of the home. Wild smilax etched graceful outlines upon the walls, and over the mantels; pink carna- In and made