Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-05

lou VIII neN TO pa III cents at the uOOf
for grown up adults.
Little children will be cents at the
door; wipe their dear little noses and
bring EN- along.
Cum /, cum all.
p. S.-A valable pryze will be given to
the most disteast lookin man individual,
also to the wummon what looks ekally
as bad.
All to komense at erly HANDLE lite.
P. S.-Lemonade and kake will be ct at
o'clock p. m., at mite.
While Hon. William Mckinley, Hon.
Thomas Reed and all other aspirants for
presidential honors are counting the del
egates from every state and also calcu-
lating every possible chance for or
against success in the rapidly approach
ing political campaign, Ex-President
Harrison Is apparently-counting
the hours which will bring the realiza-
ton of his day dreams for the past few
months. Already he is New York. SO
that there can be no fear of belated
trains or unreliable schedules to inter-
fere with his marriage, which occurs to-
morrow in that city at st. Thomas
church. Mrs. Mary Lord Dimmick. the
bride-to-be, has been living in New York
for some time. All the arrangements for
the much-talked-about wedding have
been completed several days and are in
exceedingly good taste. While 1T is
church wedding and the ceremony is to
be performed by the rector of st.
Thomas church. Rev. j. Wesley Brown,
only few invitations have been sent to
friends and kinsfolk. All the members OF
the Harrison cabinet, Hons. John w.
Foster, Charles Foster, Redfield Proctor,
John Wanamaker and w. II. II. Hitler,
are invited and it is estimated that not
more than twenty-five persons Will wit
ness the marriage ceremony.
Among this number will be General
Harrisons children, Mrs. Mckee, Mr..
Russell Harrison and their families, not
withstanding the reports to the contrary.
Mrs. Dimmick will be accompanied to
the altar by her brotber-in-law, Lieut.. j.
F. Parker of the United States navy
She will wear, according to reports, a
gray brocaded satin, with full front cor
sage and revers of white satin, trimmed
with duchesse lace. Her bouquet will
be large bunch of lilacs arranged by
Thorley the great florist who will also
decorate the church. If General Harri-
son INDUCES in a best man." that dig
nitary will be Gen. Benjamin F. Tracey.
General Harrison and his bride will leave
Immediately after the ceremony for their
home in Indianapolis, which has recently
been refitted and furnished with great
elegance and taste. They will spend the
summer at the Adirondacks 1t seems
that the reports telling of the estrange-
ment of Mrs. Mckee and Russell Harri-
son from their father on account of his
marriage with their cousin, Mrs. Dim
mick, are positively denied by Russell
Harrison, who states that the affection
ate relations uniting the family have
not in any wise been disturbed, but that
he has several times visited his father
since his engagement and that there is
not the slightest ground for. the contrary
gossip. The kilograms tomorrow will
give us all additional details Of this mar
riage, which has interested the nation
for many months
Speaking of brides and bridegrooms, it
is of interest to learn that the Duchess of
acknowledgements Vanderbilt-has
just reached Blenheim Palace. and has
received the most enthusiastic welcome
from her husbands tenantry. The duke
and duchess have been travelling since
their marriage, and there was keen and
natural curiosity among the country peo-
pie and villagers to see the young Amer
lean girl who Is now their duchess and
who has brought fabulous wealth to re-
habilitate a long neglected estate. The
duke and duchess were received with all
the pomp and pageantry which is con-
sidered to pertain to royalty itself. All
the town officials of Woodstock did them
honor, with crimson state robes and ev-
cry insignia of office and rank. Flags
foated, and the American stars and
stripes were especially conspicuous, from
every available point of vantage, while
old-fashioned arches and devices made
of 1t a scene savoring much more of the
eighteenth century than of the latter por-
ton of this progressive nineteenth one.
The American girl made pleasant I'M
preston amid all these ceremonies, which
suggested another and long gone time.
In their delight and joyous welcoming
the tenantry took the horses from the
carriage into which the duke and duch-
ess had seated themselves after leaving
the train at the Woodstock station, and
pulled it themselves to Blenhelm Palace
The English people did not seem at all
inclined to resent the fact that the bride
was a young American girl with small
claim to an aristocratic lineage, instead
of one of England's well-born beauties.
Her manner was SO gracious and consid-
crate that she at once won her way into
their good graces and they gave every
expression of their approval of the mar
riage and their satisfaction with the
bride.
From woman's standpoint 1t is anus
ing to know that when the young duke
was replying to the speech of welcome
from the mayor of Woodstock he be-
came SO embarrassed that he forgot his
lines" in dramatic parlance, and an en-
couraging touch and whispered cue
from his young wife were necessary to
relieve his nervousness. 1t Is said that
an income of 100000 Is essential to the
proper maintenance or Blenbe1m Palace
and the Marlborough estates, but as the
duke and his pretty American wife have
now no financial limitations, small
matter like an annual expense of 100000
will not disturb them.
Talking so much about brides and the
many things being done just now for two
notable American brides, 1t will be in
teresting to learn what writer In the
New York Sun says of the latest styles
of silverware:
zone of the many things In which the
taste of the American people has i'm
proved greatly within quarter Of CEN
fury Is silverware. There Is stil wide
demand for cheap and cheaply decorated
and perhaps the cheapening
of the metal itself has tended 20 encour-
age cheap decoration. but the public taste
has improved. The recent increased
business prosperity has brought about a
demand for better silverware than was
selling year ago.
There was a great output OF cheap
engraved sllverware a quarter of cen
fury ago. Silver engraving, as then
done was a manifestiy cheap and vulgar
form of decoration. The meanest of II
requires small skill OF knowledge. on the
part of the engraver, and the best is not
especially strong. Hundreds of families