The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-10

"oh the world Is fair, for the sun is high,
And the clouds have fed from the April
sky,
And the river leaps on its way, and sings,
And draws new life from its mountain
springs.
The robin calls from the willow tree,
DO you hear? Do you see?
The world is fair and joy is free
Do you see?'
Brilliant spring sunshine will doubtless
bring a great throng into the park this
morning, and the display of Easter frocks
and hats will quite put in the shade the
many-hued flowers in the squares and
around the fountain. Easter for the past
few years has been so disappointing as to
weather, with overcast skies and chill
winds, that a perfect Easter day seems due
US this year.
Tomorrow will commence the gaieties of
the spring season, and besides the ger
man Tuesday evening, and a number of
card parties, society will have no scarcity
of weddings within the next ten days The
first of these will take place tomorrow
Thomas and Miss Beatrice Launey will be
united in marriage, the ceremony being
performed at st. Johns church. Miss
Launey, sister of the bride, win be her
only attendant, and Mr. Marion Thomas
will accompany his brother as best man.
The ushers will be. MIR. Robert Fleming,
Mr.. Edward Stoddard, Mr.. Hugh Thomas,
and Mr.. John Shellman Immediately after
the ceremony, the bridal couple will leave
for New York on a short wedding tour, af-
ter which they will make their home at
4l5 New Houston street, east.
Thursday. at noon, Is the time appointed
for the wedding of Mr.. Bayly Hopkins and
Miss Kathleen Hunter. The attendants
will include a maid-of- honor, best man.
three brides maids and three ushers. These
are Miss Otella johnson of PETERSBURG
Va, Miss Elise Rauers, Miss Florence
Nisbet, Miss Kate Guerard, and Messrs
Henry Crawford of Columbus, ]. M.
Fleming, Henry Walthour and c. ]. Hun
ter.
" The third wedding of the week, that of
Miss Margaret Dickerson Branch and Mr..
James Lester Sexton of Charlotte, N. c..
will also take place at st. Johns, and on
Thursday evening. Miss Branch's brides
maids will be the. Misses Serple of Norfolk.
Va, Miss Mary Jones, Miss Georgia Charl-
ton. Miss Nina Pape, and Miss Georgia
Freeman, while the ushers win be Mr.. Ed
ward Habersham, Mr.. Newell West, and
mir George Freeman.
Tuesday evening was beautiful with
moonlight, fortunately for the bicycle
party given by MIR. and Mrs. Robert NJ
Butler to Bannon Lodge, where a delicious
fish supper was enjoyed. The tide was
high ana the silvery light made the water
and the marshes especially lovely while
even the bluff al Thunderbolt was SOFTEN
ed into something very like beauty or.
at all events, the picturesque The vouna
people of the party spent a merry EVENING
with imDromptu dances on the pavilion
until II O'Clock, when they mounted their
wheels and rode homewards. Those who
were present were: Miss Margaret Good.
win. Miss Rosa Sullivan, Miss NIarv
Haines, Miss Mabel Stoddard. Miss Flor
ence Nisbet, Miss Kate Guerard. Miss Ma
mie Wilcox, Miss Elizabeth Butler. Mr.
Henry Walthour. Mr. Clarence Anderson
Mr. Fred Myers Mr.. Swan Sullivan. Mr.
Mills u. Lane, Mr.. Robert Fleming Mr.
Horace Crane, MIR. Robert Butler. Jr..
Mrs. S. p. Goodwin and Mr.. and Mrs r
M. Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Estnl have sent ont
invitations for the marriage of Miss Mar
earet Mortimer Estill and Dr. Frank Cone
Exley which. win take place Wednesday
afternoon, April 20, in st. Johns Church.
Mrs. Hodges, who has been spending tae
winter in Savannah, left Wednesday fol
New York.
Miss Caro- duBignon has returned from
a delightful visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Haines in Atlanta.
Miss Marie Huger, who has been visiting
MIR. and Mrs Joseph A. Huger, left We'd
nesday for Knoxville, Tenn.
Miss Hattie colquitt arrived yesterday
from Atlanta to visit Miss Lille Ander.
san.