The age-herald., 1897-09-22

have not been considered comparative exactly, by the average reader, yet the London Academy has this to say of the lierary relationship which exists be- tween these two notable men:
 Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling are two names which the average reader would hardly link together, but the Lcn- don Academy has discovered that the one Is the progenitor of the other. It says:
 Before Mir. Kipling rose glowing in the east Mark Twain held the field. He was the ideal of masculine writers. There were no half ways with his read ers-either they swore by him through thick and thin or internationally they cast him aside. Probably TO author has been so little read by women. although. on the other hand, there was hardly a boy in the English-speaking world who would not have bartered h.s soul for Mark Twain's corncob pipe as relic. He did just what boys and elemental men lil0e-he wrote straight to the point. He feared no one, and he esteemed laughter above all the gifts of God. Thus 1t was from twenty to dozen years ago.
 "But then, dn the early eighties, Mark Twain's old manner became changed. He abandoned his Zest in laWlsSS nte and the records of his personal impress sions in the serious places of the earth,
 
 His sorrowing readers had only just per-. ceived the melancholy truth when Sol diers Three appeared in it's quiet, blue gray covers, to mark the beginning or "a new slddge- e-hammer pen and divert thsir grief. British ndia won, and to- day MT Rudyard Kipling is the ideal masculine writer and his is the pipe that is coveted by boys and elemental men. He is a finer artist than Marx Twain, his sympathies are wider, hls Inc .1-ig gR when all be said, the fact remains that Mark Twain is his literary prcg snitor."
 Mrs Annie Besant has reached New York after a six months featuring tour of the United States exp psuLding the principles and tenets of tht93sorhy. Ste will sail for England today. On Sunday she delivered a farewell iacture at Chick ering hall, New York. on Life ard Death" Mrs. Besant's tour through the country has resulted in the organization of fifty branches of the theosophlcal so- ciety, and Count Wachmeister, who wta his mother accompanied Mrs Besant in her trip through the Unitsd Stat says: "The tour has been a most satls- factory one, and Mrs. Bss3nts wo1k Tn the cause of theosophy has been most fruitful Her visit to this country has not been in any spirit of antagon' sm t. ward any other organization, despite re- ports to the contrary Indeed, this could not have b:en the case, for theosophy shows that all anltagorisms of such char acter are wrong and do not tend to the universal brotherhood which Mrs. Be- sant teaches"
 The wedding of MT. Claudius A. Tyson and Mrs. Mary c. Smith yesterday morning at Il 30 o'clock at the home of the bride on Park avenue, brought to- getner a delightful company of near rela- tives and intimate friends to witness solemn, beautiful marriage ceremony. It was a wedding singulary appropriate, peculiarly fitting in every phasa, an1 no bride and groom ever received sin cerer congratulations from friends and kinsfolk The parlors of the pretty home were decorated with grsat wavy palms, and bowls and vases of beauti- full pink and white roses. The mantels were banked with roses, and from every nook and corner they pesped out upon the happy scene. The bride and groom stood near the folding doors which sep arate the rooms, and were preceded into the parlors by Messrs. T. F. Steels and D. M. Forker who were the only grooms men. Immediately following the bride and groom came Miss Ella Smith, and Mir. Chsrlss Smith, daughter and son of the bride, and MT. Claude Tyson, the only son of the groom, who stood near their parents. Rev. Dr. Curry of the First Presbyterian church performed the ceremony, after which MT. and Mrs. Ty- son received the warmest congratula- tions of the guests present. The br.da's costume was a very handsome and be- coming creation of cloth in gresn and brown shades, with hat to match. She carried a large bunch of lovely bridal roses, tied with white satin ribbon. Miss Ella Smith wore a stylish tailor-made gown of dark blue, with hat en suite. Miss Smith accompanied MT. and Mrs. Tyson upon their honeymoon trip to Nashville and other points of interest. Tha bridal party left on the midday Louisville and Nashville train for the Tennessee Centennial. They will be ab- sent about ten days. They carried with them the loving wishss of every friend for happy trip, and for a life of ln- alloysd pleasure and contentment. The flowers used in the bridal decorations
  Hillman hospital according to the re- quest of Mrs. Tyson, who is a member of the hospital board and has always been one of the most active, unfaltering and devoted women of Birmingham in furthering all good work and in reliev- ing the sick and sorrowing of the city. Such woman deserves all the happiness that can come to her, and MT. Tyson Co l.o la 1T 1TYs and Mrs. Tyson received many elegant gifts.
 Messrs. E. T. Wilcox and Ernest Redd have returned from a long visit to New York city and suburbs.
 Mrs Thad Weatherly Is at home from a pleasant visit to friends at Newcas- tie.
 Mrs. J. M. Davidson ard children. ana ;alrn l