The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
MIR. AND MRS. GAYLE'S
 CRYSTAL WEDDING. :.

One of the most brilliant social func- tfons of this and many past seasons was the reception at which MT. and Mrs. w. A. Gayle entertained last evening when they celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding day. The home which is one of the most beautiful in Alabama, was adorned in placing of greens and cut flowers that in its artistic arrangement beggars descrip- ton.
 The hall was in a plan of white and green. The drawing room in pink with green the parlor in yellow and the draw Ing room in red with accompanying greens. Chrysanthemums and roses were the flowers used and in their gorgeous display splendid chrysanthemums vied with and beckoned to splendid American beauties while brides roses and Kath- crime Mermits and La France roses looked on in all their beauty, willing to do homage to the bride and groom of fifteen years.
 A special floral gem that shared honors with the. "Beauties'' in the dining room where the punch table was placed, were two immense --jardiniers of crab, clam, cactus in full crimson bloom.
 Mrs. Gayle was attfred in liberty silk with bertha of round point lace outlined with pearls and carried pink roses. Mrs. James Wilcox, who stood with Mrs. Gayle to receive the guests wore a gown of black chiffon and lace. and held white roses.
 MT. and Mrs. Wilcox were married twenty years last evening. and these two close friends have for several years celebrated their wedding anniversary to- gether as they did last evening.
 During the evening two pOetical trib- utes were read. One by Mrs. Olin, was as follows:
 'In April when the world was new. The blue skies took a brighter blue, And circled. like halo rare, The world that love had made more fair. Our hearts responsive, love the time That brought fresh roses in the prime Of joyous spring. They came to tell The tale of love we knew so well. And summer breezes whispered low The same retrain-it seemed to grow 1ntenser as the time passed by, Until 1t echoed in the sky, And all creation swelled the song As We loved through the summer long. And then autumnal splendors bring The glories that were born in spring To full fruition. God had planned The years to burst in climax grand. Amid luxurious opulence.
 Intangible to grosser sense,
 The one affinity we knew
 Was Gods best gift for me or you "If winter came we never knew The frigid touch. It only threw Its irioescence over earth.
 Renewing force and swing birth To treasures and to pleasures new That m" tiply when shared with you, Fifteen seasons now have passed Each one brighter than the last: And when the years have all been told And to eternity have rolled,
 Transitions gentle hand can bring No changes for eternal spring.
 November q, 1903.
 And one by Mrs. J. l. Mckinney was as follows:
 As stars that point to higher stars
 Where endless light doth go Be thus the radiance of thy joys
 That hidden years will show.
 Kate Slaughter Mckinney.
 Saturday, Nov. 21, 1903
 The following telegram was received from Dr. Glen Andrews
 Les Vegas, N. M, Nov. 21, 1908. MT. and Mrs. w. A. Gayle, Green Aires
 Montgomery. Ala.
 Congratulations bumper to many happy returns. Glen Andrews"
 The friends who assisted MT. and Mrs Gayle in entertaining their guests. were MT. and Mrs. Hubert Dent, MT. and Mrs F. M Billing. MT. and Mrs Jack Thor. ington, MT and Mrs. Charles Thigpen MT. and Mrs. J. K. Jackson. Mr. ant Mrs. J. L. Hall, MT. and Mrs B. J. Baldwin. Mir. and Mrs A. NJ. Baldwin. Mir. and Mrs. NJ. A MT. and Mrs. J. s. Pinckard, MT. ana Mrs w. M. Wilkerson, Mrs. Lila Little Mrs. Philippa Stratford, MT. and Mrs