Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-30

George c. Ball, Nineteenth street, between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, South High lands. Telephone 9SS)
 How the wedding bells chimed yester- day throughout this pretty Alabama town, that nestles about the base of Red mountain! The warm spring air Vibrated with the mellow sweetness of their ring ing and the gentle south wind was freighted with the fragrance of orange blossoms and bride roses. In the city and on the Highlands there sounded the joyous measures of wedding marches and the solemn words of churchly ritual that united forever the hearts and lives of men and women. May the sweet toned bells forever ring the rhymic song of love for these happy brides and grooms, and may their several pathways be ever bright and fragrant with fade less blossoms as they journey onward
 Yesterday morning a 10:30 o'clock. in the handsome auditorium of the Central Presbyterian church, Miss Marie unger- man was married to MT. O. z. Neill by .Rev. pr. L. s. Handley. A large number of friends were present to witness the nuptial ceremonies and the chancel pull pit and organ loft were ornately dec orated with roses, Easter lilies and palms by loving hands. Miss Corrie Handley presided at the organ, and as the bridal party approached the altar played with fine effect Mendelssohns wedding march. The ushers, Messrs. Robert Cecil, Howell Graham, Bert Woodrow and Robert Hewes wearing morning suits, with boutonnieres of bride roses, preceded the bride and her maid of honor to the altar down the broad aisies on either side of the church.
 The bride was accompanied by her sis ter, as maid of honor, and she was joined at the altar by the groom, MT. O. z. Neill and his best man, MT. w. J. Hendley, where the solemn marriage service of the Presbyterian church made them man and wife.
 The bride wore a stylish and becoming travelling dress of changeable blue and brown, with hal and gloves 10 correspond. She carried large bunch of bride roses.
 The maid of honor, Miss Sophia Unger- man, was gowned in a handsome blue toilette, with hat to match, and she car red bridesmaid roses.
 MT. and Mrs. o. z. Neill left soon after their wedding for a visit of ten days to Chicago, carrying with them the congrat- ulations and good wishes of a large circle of warm friends.
 Tomorrow (FridaY afternoon at 4:30 o'clock the beautiful May Day festival will be given by the ladies of St. Mary's- on-the Highlands at the home of Hon. and Mrs. J. A. VanHoose The lovely lit tie May queen, Miss Virginia Means, will be crowned with royal roses; there will be thirty pretty flower girls; twenty or more girls and boys will dance around the May pole, and delicious refreshments will be served under the widespreading trees. There will be music and other attractions galore.
 On Monday evening about twenty I,sJ t1a, n.1@ their wheels to East Lake, where they enjoyed a delightful lunch and rest, re- turning to the city about midnight. while the rays of the full moon bathed the en- tire valley and all the hillsides in silvery beauty.
 When Miss Leila Chisolm selected yes terday, the 18th, as her wedding day she must have whispered the secret to the roses and the privet, for they seemed to bloom in riotous profusion to do her honor. The privet hedge about her home was blossom with snowy clusters, and, as she passed in and out of the gate, the branches, thick and heavy with numberless white blossoms, formed 8 bridal arch for the fair young bride St. Mary s-on-the- Highlands yesterday long before o'clock D. m.. the time appointed for the cere- mony, began to fill with the friends of Miss Chisolm and her family. The chan eel of this picturesque church, which seems to have been designed for we'd djngs-so beautiful does it appear with its bridal adornings-was very lovely, with a, a,profusion of pink and white roses, palms and vines. The altar rail was cov- cred with pink and white roses its entire length; the organ was partially hidden with handsome palms; the chancel win dows were tastefully decorated with vines, while the splendidly carved oak xxyit niH white cloth, embroidered in gold and deli cate shades of pink. The reredos, of the same material and embroidery, had a boye it a chain of pink and white roses, and candles burned in the elegant brass candela bra, Illuminating all the beauti- ful memorials that crowded the altar a nd chancel The choir stalls had been removed from the chancel and the floor was covered with white. At the altar rail white cushion, fringed with pink roses, was used by the bride and groom to kneel upon during the ceremony. Previous to ,he arrival of the bridal party Professor Guckenberger, who presided at the or gan, played number of delightful se- lections, and promptly at o'clock the notes of the bridal chorus from Lohengrin announced the arrival of the bridal party. Rev. Owen P. FitZsimons rector of St. Marys, and the groom. Mr., Berward Robertson Guest of Americus, Ga, with h,s brother, MT. Frank Guest Of New York. his best man, came from the yes try room and awaited the beautiful bride nt the altar.
 The ushers Messrs. William H. Wade, W. K. Dangaix. John Chisolm and Hardi- man Meade, in couples, entered the church, going to the chancel down the center aisle. They wore morning suits, gray gloves and boutonneires of bride roses. Immediately following the ushers came the maid of honor, Miss Louise Chisolm, clad in white organdy and car rying a large bunch of pink La France roses. She svas perfect picture of fresh girlish beauty. The bride, regal and beautiful, in an elegant gown of brocaded ivory white satin. long tulle veil covering her face and falling upon the extended traine. carried a great bunch of bride roses, tied with white satin ribbon, and came in on the arm of her father, Col. Robert Chisolm, meeting the groom at the altar, where the solemn wedding cer- emony of the Episcopal church was per formed by Rev. MT. Fitzsimons. Dur ing the service Professor Guckenberger softly played appropriate selections, and as the bride and groom left the chancel the notes of Mendelssohn's wedding march pealed forth. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party and few