The age-herald., 1900-01-07
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oeePPPPPPPpPpppP A NOTABLE WEDDING of the New Year will be that of Miss Maud Alice Well Ter and Mir John Builder, of Chicago. which will take place Thursday evening, January IS, at o'clock, at the residence of the brides sister, Mrs. William T. Smith, in South Twentieth street. The rparriage will be quiet one. and will be immediately fol- lowed by the wedding journey.
 Miss Weller tz a Louisville girl but she and her mother, Mrs. Martha Weller, have been in Birmingham all winter, and have some to regard this city as their home. Miss Weller is a charming girl and has been @ much admired belle at all the smart func- tions of the winter. Her engagement has been known for some time among her inti- mate friends and it Is quite matter of re- gret that her marriage will take her away from Birmingham. MT. Builder resides in Chicago and the wedding trip will be con cluded there.
 AMONG THE DELIGHTFUL events of the week was tea which Mrs William Ar thur chenoweth gave Friday afternoon for Mrs Lewis A May and Mrs. L. A. sadd. The table at which the guests were seated 
 broad band of pink satin ribbon along the center of which were great clusters of white hyacinths ran it's diagonal length across the white satin cover and ended in huge bows At the opposite corners pink tapers burned in candelabra and handsome silver loving cup was among the beautiful access sories of the table. The pink color scheme was carried out in the details of the menu
 ssq1, .sDlr on-hn and tied with pink ribbons, were the sou- yenirs The occasion was characterized with the usual beauty and elegance that mark Mrs Chenoweth's entertainments'N
 MRS. HAMPTON SYDNEY SMITHS card party on Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs Merrill Pratt Northington was one of the most billiant events at which society has assembled this winter. It was quite a s large party and was delightful in every way.
 The card party on Thursday afternoon which Mrs Benjamin J. Dryer gave for Mrs. Lewis A. May brought together a charming assembly.
 There were several dinner parties during the week. but what was quite unusual, no afternoon receptions. It was the first week since ,lhe season opened that the formal af- ternoon tat home was conspicuous for it's absence. This week will, however, bring the Fashionable set together for an after noon reception on Thursday, when Mrs, John Davis Dalbney will receive in honor of Mrs. Abner Wilkinson Crandel. ThnrSv.ay evening pr and Mrs Dabney vii entertain in honor of a charming eevy Of young wo- men who will be their guests. They Will be the Misses Dunlap, of Mobile, who will
 1,. ..la1- Ia RD11X Christian and Miss Dabney of Nicksburg, who will reach Birmingham Tuesday morn ing. Among the card-parties of this week will berthat at which Mrs. James Weather ly will entertain at 1 o'clock Wednesday, Mrs Thaddeus Weatherly, of New York; will be the guest of honor Mrs. Weatherly is being warmly welcomed by many old friends She and MT. Weatherly are among the southern colony in New York who are settled there permanently, and this is her first visit to Birmingham since they went east q few winters ago.
 THE WEDDING ON last Wednesday of Miss Susie Haas and MT. H. Edwin Rainals Kondrup of Washington, D. C., which oc- cured at noon at the brides home, was beautiful event. The floral decorations were elaborate, the house being one that tends itself readily to decorative effect. Miss Haas was nd.er lovelier than III her
  nuptial blessing and she arose from the white satin cushion upon which she knelt awaiting the congratulations of the guests, the pause that fell for a moment upon the assembly. while emphasizing the impress siveness of the moment, at the same time emphasized that winsome charm of the bride which has einays made her distinc- tive fp. any assembly. She was very fair picture just at the moment when her veil was thrown back, and che looked smilingly down the white -ritiooned aisle along which she had just followed the whte-robed priest
 THE LARGE NUMBER of beautiful vis- iting women who have graced the social functions of the winter mas neen a matter of universal comment. The older beaux in society have declared that the beauties of the season have far outnumbered any past winter 'In the old days they fondly say, the balls and parties were graeed by hundreds of visiting women every season, but there followed time when Birming- ham was not as much in vogue as in for
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