Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-15
SOCIAL.


 SOCIAL. lI
 American novelsts rarely make their lheroine an American woman-they pre- | fer3to go to Englandt or other countries | for their type of perfect woman. Per | haps this is due to the fact that Amer | ica is comparatively new among the nations of the world, and the typical American woman has not yet been | evolved. The nearest approach to the | typical American woman is found in the canebrake of Alabama. There has been but little immigration to that section, and the families have intermarried for generations. The fertility of the soil has made life easy, and wealth has given leisure for the cultivation of the gentler side of life. The lovely ladies of the canebrake have been famous for years. One of the canebrake beauties Is now vis- ising friends in Birmingham. She is of tho proper height, and finely formed. She has that gentle and genial manner which is to woman what perfume is to brown hair. Her eyebrows are deli cately traced. Her large brown eyes sparkle as the dew-drop in the morning sun.
 
 When a. hog is roofing in the fields he is called in plain English a hog, but when he is killed he becomes translated -the polite French language comes into play and translates him into a la this and a la that.
 IA man should avoid weak-ninded friends and strong-minded wife.
  During the recent cold snap a poor widow in the suburbs had to stay in bed all day because she had no coal to make a fire. Yet there wer millions of tons of a fire. Yet there were millions of tons of of kind hearts who would have shared with her their prosperity had they but known of her extremity. If the United Charities had been in operation, with an overseer in each district, this poor wo- man would not have suffered.
 
 The preacher in one of the large city churches Sunday night paused twice in his sermon and asked for the attention of his congregation. Each time the at tention of the congregation was at tracted to fashionably dressed young women who entered with their escorts. A pretty girl will turn the heads of the largest congregation. The profoundest spiritual truths fail to fix attention if the rustic of a dress is heard in the rear A pretty girl we'll dressed at
 
 the men look to admire her beauty and the women to see what she wears. The pretty young lady, has such adulation shoWered upon her that it is a wonder she is not spoiled. She can draw atten- tion from the preacher, and she is the inspiration of the society writer. Men worship her and women fear her. If she becomes vain, selfish, fickle, she is not altogether to blame. The debutante es- pecially is in danger of being spoiled. The world is new to her and the words of fattery young men whisper in her ear are taken as gospel truths.
 Several friends gathered at the resi- dence of MT. A. R.. Dearborn, on Ave- nue G, last evening, to hear Miss Patton, whose remarkable voice has been highly cultivated in the best schools of the east. She sings the most difficult classic mu- sic with ease. MT. Walter Newcomer was the accompanist, and he possesses talent of high order. The evening was very enjoyable.
 Athens, Ala, Dec. 14.--On Thursday night, Dec. 10th, 1896, the marriage of MT Frank C. Hayes to Miss Annie D. McKissack was consumated at the color ed Congregational church, Rev. M. s. Jones officiating. This marriage has been looked forward to with great expectancy, as 1t is the first of it's kind which has ever taken place | in.t the town. namely, rainbow wedding, each bridesmaid dressed in the respec- tive eolors of the rainbow. The grooms- men were all in full dress.
 The decoration of cedar and holly in which art, beauty and splendor were combined, formed magnificent pageant. At 7:30 o'clock the organ pealed forth the sweet strains of Wagner's Tann- haeuser March, under the execution of Miss Blanche Ashley. First came two little girls marching up the aisle strewlng flowers on their way, stopping at the gates in front of the altar. Then came four smaller girls. who.held the streamers from a large bell, suspended from the arch followed by the bridesmaids and groomsmen in the following order: MT. Peoples McKissack ana Miss Lizzie Jones, MT. Smith Palmer and Miss Ella Nelson, MT. Parker Faust and Miss Ella Thomson, MT. Lewis Malone and Miss Lily Mai Malone, MT. Thomas Jones and Miss Daitie Mai Miller, MT. Charles Hill and Miss Irene Jones. each couple sepa- rating at a certain place. the bridesmaids passing through the gate on the right, the groomsmen through the gate on the left, forming themselves In a senni-circle before the altar.
 Next came the groom, with the best man, MT. Glen Childs, who passed through the gate on the left. Next came the bride and maid of honor. Miss Annie Belle McKissack who marched through  best man in the arch under the bell, un- der which the sacred knot was tied which made them man and wife.
 The bridal party marched out through the central gates, just the reverse of the order in which they came into the church.
 To describe the costumes and jewelry worn by each member of the bridal party would take too much tinsc and space. suffice 1t to say that the bride was beau- tifully gowned in white silk chiffon and wore lilies of the valley. The groom wore the conventional black.
 After the ceremony the bridal party and friends repaired to the home of the brides parents. where a reception was given. Many presents were received, certifying the popularity of both bride and groom.
 The Highland Book club will meet at Mrs. James Bowrons next Wednesday morning.
 Auburn. Dec. 14.-(Special Correspond ence. .)-A social reunion of the confed- crate veterans, daughters of the con- federacy and sons of confederate vet erans was held Saturday night in the chapel of the female Institute, pr. F. H.