The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02

I
 Kansas City on Monday.
 l
 Miss Louise cobbs of Anniston is the
 guest of Miss Lueile Lane -
 Miss Annie Cabot Hopkins of Colum- bus, Miss, will be the guest this week of
 Mrs. J. s. White en route to Jamestown,
 Washington and the east
 MT. and Mrs. Charles s. Robbins have
 named their little daughter Elizabeth Christine.
 MT. and Mrs. James Bowron will leave
 on June 14 for Toronto to join Miss Edith Bowron, who has been at school there the
 past year. MT. and Mrs. Bowron expect
 to sail on June 20.
 The little daughter of MT. and Mrs H. " Tarrant, who has been seriously i'll at l Sewanee, is better and hopes are now | entertained for her recovery. MT. Tar | rant and Dr. Thomas D. Parke, who
 were called to Sewanee, will remain until she Is out of danger.
 The graduating exercises on last Thurs
 day night ended the most attractive com
 mencement and the most successful year
 in the history of the Birmingham semi | nary.
 The graduating exercises were under the
 direction and in. accordance with the origi- nal conception of the teachers of Eng | fish at the seminary. Miss Julia Berry man. Instead of an address or usual class day exercises, she directed the 1 seniors in the execution of class idyll. | The rainbow and fern have been the class 1 emblems, and these were artistically used | in the decoration and development of the | plant. The picture made when the our | tains were drawn can scarcely be | imagined. Twenty-four young girls gowned in pure white, carrying bouquets l of white sweet peas with asparagus ferns | tied with ribbons of rainbow tin, seated in | a semi-circle on the stage, was Indeed scene of enchantment. The background | all of green, with a frieze of ferns, arched | by a gauge rainbow, completed the stage | setting for the idyll After prayer by the Rev Dr. Handley the programme began with a song by Miss Aurelia Sewall. She as the closs poet, represented a wanderer | who, led to this vision of loveliness, ques- tioned what 1t was A triumphant reply sung by Miss Zadie Rogers, stated that it was a rainbow, and after chorus of rejoicing the wanderer wondered whence 1t came and whither it was going. Miss Rose Gillespy told the history of the class in relating the coming of the rainbow. Just as she finished the story of the life of the rainbow maidens there came the soft refrain from the class
 When the Colors Fade Where Shall the Maidens Cor" Miss Catherine Mccormick responded immediately, reading in her magic mirror the future of each maiden, when she should be gone from the shelter of the bow As the violet lines appeared in the
 mirror she caught a glimpse of the philosophical the serious girls; In the f.,q ,s.Ia full lives; blue brought true loves;" green, the symbol of hope, showed those who had realized their ideals; yellow, pure jeal- ousy, reflected those who would compete for honors; orange came as mixture of hope and enegy; last of all red the pas sionate, life of colors showed the society girls.
 As a mist fell over the mirror the class again sang softly in chorus, and asked | what should become of the colors when the maidens had gone.
 Miss Katie Lane then gave little fare well poem, in which she left to the other classes the fragments of color, as lights of promise and hope This was followed
 by the class song, "A Farewell" written by Miss Aurelia Sewall.
 After this poetic interpretation of the rainbow class of 1907 MT. de Ovies delivered the diplomas, with short talk of congratu- | lation to the young women, and a few | words of advice. The class being seated, the flowers sent by friends were delivered by little girls in white, who placing quan- | titles of exquisite flowers at the feet of the graduates retired to leave this scene | of beauty to the view of the audience. | Before Dr, Handley pronounced the | benediction he made a few remarks In which he congratulated Miss Compton and | Miss Morton for the success attained by | the seminary this year, when the matricu- ] lation of over 375 students has made 1t larger than ever before, and the splendid work done has more fully established It's ] as an institution of learning
 
 l The wedding of Miss Annie Perry Reid | daughter of Mr and Mrs. John Bradley l Reid, to Dr. John Wade Watts, will take place on Wednesday afternoon at 8 | o'clock at the church of St. Mary son. | the-Highlands. the ceremony to be per- formed by the rector, the Rev J. w. Canty Johnson. The colors of the we'd
 ding will be pink and white. Miss Reid will be given away by her father and will have as maids of honor her two
 sisters, Miss August Randolph Reid and
 Miss Brett Randolph Reid.
 Dr.. Watts best man will be his brother,
 MT Edward Seabrook Watts of Mont gomery. The ushers and groomsmen will
 be Dr. Wyatt Hefin, Dr. Robert E. Co.,
 mer. Gen. Louis V. Clark and MT. John
 l.. McRea of this city, and MT John c.
 Cheney of Montgomery and MT. Samuel
 l.. Phedford of Jackson. La-
 Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Lamb of Dunlap,
 Tenn, announce the engagement of their
 daughter, Edith Malbelle Howard to Mir
 Barclay Humes Dillon of Birmingham,
 the wedding to take place the latter
 part of June.
 Miss Carrie Hundley of Talladega, who
 has frequently visited Birmingham. the
 guest of Gov. and Mrs. Joseph F. John
 ston, has recovered from her recent &C.,
 cident, which occurred while she was vis-
 iting in Selma and which has detained
 her there several weeks.
 Mrs. w. c. Agee of Selma will be in Birmingham this week, en route to Blount
 Springs, where she will spend the sum mer.
 Mrs. H. c. McIlvain and Miss Virginia Randolph McIlvain of Selma will arrive
 this week to be the guests of Mrs. John P. Evans.
 Mrs. Richard Randolph and Mrs. Henry
 Badham have returned from Mt, Pleas
 ant Tenn, where they were the guests
 of Mrs. John Ruhm, Jr. During their visit
 they were brilliantly entertained, meet
 ting there and at Columbia a group of
 old school mates, who formed many con
 genial parties at which Mrs. Randolph
 and Mrs. Badham were the charming