Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-21
Little Carrie Irbv. flower girI.

Little Carrie Irby, flower girl.
 The groomsmen were: MT. Bugenbell,
 Judge Mcclellan, Messrs. Ross c. Smith. Wilson Brown, J. R. Sayre, H. D. Clay ton, r. w. Toney and W. F. Flournoy. The ushers were: Messrs J. w. Tullis. Jr., Frank Field, John Little of Columbus and s. H. Dent Jr.
 gan.
 Among the guests at the ceremony and reception were: Governor and Mrs. Oates, Representative John Mcqueen w.
 M. Drennen, L. B. Musgrove, E. D. Will
 lett and MT. and Mrs. R. L. Houston.
 The bride, who is niece of Governor
 Oates and Judge Toney, has been the
 central figure of "Roseland," the lovely ancestral home of the Toneys of ante
 bellum fame and hospitality. She has
 been a toast at Washington for several
 seasons and a belle in many southern
 cities. She is a young woman of wealth, beauty and many attractions and was Alabama'S s choice for sponsor last April
 by the United Confederate Veterans,
 Bishop Jackson is Virginia gentle
 eloquent and able divine. The pulpit has no grander orator, nor the church
 nobler son. It might be well said of
 him that This style was not after the type of the rainbow; 1t was a gathering of the stars"
 
 James Dwight Dana, the most eml-
 nent geologist in this country, and rec
 ognized by the scientific world as one of the highest authorities on geology,
 died in New Haven last Sunday night.
 He was professor of geology at Yale un-
 til two years ago, when he retired from active work on account of his age. Pro-
 lessor Dana taught that science was the handmaid of religion. He was greatly beloved by the students of Yale, and
 %o1,o nofa oc xxra1I
 text books and treatises on geology are standard works Among the honors
 conferred upon him were the presidency of the American Academy of Science, membership in the Royal Society of Lon
 don, the French Institute, the Royal
 academies of Berlin, Vienna. Rome and St. Petersburg: the degree of Ph. D.
 from Munich and that of IL. D. from Harvard and the Copley and Wallarton
 medals. He died at the age of S2. The Eastertide is here, and with it a
 perfect wave of receptions, dinners, lun- cheons, teas and card parties. It is true, as MT Mallock has so well said that 1t is with the life about us that all our con cern lies and cultures double end IS sim
 ply this-to make us appreciate the life and to make that life worth appreciat-
 ing + man or woman of cul-
 ture is one on whom none of the finer fia-
 yors of life are loSt-who can appreciate,
 sympathize with, criticise all the scenes,
 situations, sayings or actions around
 him-sadness or happiness, charm or
 manner and conversation, a beautiful
 sonnet or a social absurdity."
 There is perhaps little question but that
 the subtle and exquisite flavor of
 life that we call culture is the strongest bond of sympathy between people of a certain quality of character and plane of social life. There is a free masonry
 between the people whose general atmos- phere of life is the same that sometimes more than balances any individual dlf- ferences.
 Mrs. Joe Thompson of Atlanta, presi- dent of the woman's board, and one of the social queens of that city, is proving the power of her magical presence by the enthusiasm she arouses in the ln- terest of the cotton exposition. "Enthu- siasm" says Emerson, "iS the God Tn us. 7" Mrs. Thompson will entertain the mem bers of the Commercial club of Cincin- nati and the Washington correspondents, who have been invited by the directors of the Cotton States and International exposition to visit Atlanta on the 2Sth of May, with an English lawn party at her suburban home Brookwood. There, as always, woman is the power behind the throne" The visitors will be also en- tertained by the Capital City club, one of the most fashionable clubs in the south.
 Mrs. Jack Johnston and Mrs. J. H. Porter of Atlanta have arranged pleas ure party for a trip to St. Augustine, Fla. in honor of Mrs. Charles Henry
 Jones of New York, who is visiting Mrs. Porter Col. Bob Lowry has placed a private car at the disposal of the ladies,
 and within the next two weeks the favor ed guests will be reveling in the Hand of
 bud, blossom and bloom"
 The Little Jokers met with Miss Jennie Porter Thursday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock The house was exquisitely dec orated with wild flowers, that breathed their fragrance from every nook and corner of thai elegant home. Miss Por- ter. who is one of Gods sweet smiles, 1 presided as hostess with her usual grace and gentle dignity. The refreshments | were delicious and served in elegant | style Mis- Delma Wilson won the prize, | a beautiful cut glass vase. The club | meets next with Mrs. Richard Randolph. A great many readers will hear with | sadness of the death of that veteran newspaper man. James w Scott. chief | proprietor and editor-in-chief of the | Times-Herald of Chicago and the Even | ing Post His death occurred just as he | had reached the summit of his ambition, and had been gratified by the achieve