The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-31
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 Saturday afternoon from to o'clock at Capitol park. The entertainment will be given for the benefit of the foreign mission fund.
 Miss Lucille Douglas will give an after noon tea Saturday In her studio in com pliment to Signor Moretti
 The Twentieth Century club will meet tomorrow afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. D. R. Copeland.
 A reception for the benefit of the organ fund of the Central Presbyterian church will be given at the residence of Mrs. Charles A Noland on the afternoon of April '.
 The Amaranth club will not meet this week.
 The following is from the San Francisco Evening Post
 The wedding of Miss Florida Graves and Edward Devereux Smith took place to- day at high noon in the Empire room of the Palace hotel the Rev George Eld- ridge of St Johns Presbyterian church officiating.
 The room was bower of St. Joseph lilies, narcissus and stately palms, pro ducing an artistic and harmonious effect.
 The bride wore a handsome going away" gown of brown silk, trimmed with heavy cream colored lace. Her hat was of brown and cream and she carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley.
 Her sister. Miss Virginia Graves, was the maid of honor and wore chic gown of white and black silk, large black picture hat and carried American Beauty roses.
 Lieutenant Benjamin Broadway of the Bear was the best man, and the bride was given away by her father, Capt. w. H. Graves.
 Only a few intimate friends were pres ent at the ceremony, and the wedding breakfast was served afterward.
 MT. and Mrs Smith left today for Del Monte and Santa Barbara, where they will spend their honeymoon before re- turning to their home in Birmingham, Ala.
 Mrs Smith is considered one of the beauties and beles not only of the south, but wherever she has been on her ex- l tensive travels. She is brunette, with vivid coloring and possessed of a wonderful amount of that elusive quality which can only be defined as charm of manner, which is enhanced by the southern softness of her speech. I She is a daughter of Capt. w. II. Graves, a wealthy retired lawyer of Bir- mingham, who Is one of the leading clt- izens of that city, but has spent most of his time travelling for several years.
 On her mothers side Mrs. Smith is a granddaughter of John Whiting, the first president of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad. one of the wealthiest cit izens of the south. Both the Graves and Whtings are old and distinguished Vir- ginian families.
 Mir. Smith is one of the cleverest young men of Birmingham being only 27 and having been city attorney for the past three years.
 He is member of the wealthy law firm of A G. & E. D. Smith corporation law yers; the captain of the Brandon Light artillery, a fashionable militia company, and belongs to the leading clubs of his native city.
 An odd feature of this wedding was the sending by Captain and Mrs. Graves | two weeks before the wedding of cards announcing that the marriage of their daughter would take place on March 24
 Another unusual thing was that follow ing the custom of the bried's parents the wedding ring used today was, in- stead of the plain gold band generally used, an elaborate diamond ring.
 Captain and Mrs. Graves and their two daughters have been in California since the first of December, but have only re- gently come to San Francisco, having spent their time in Coronado, Passadena, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara Captain and Mrs. Graves and Miss Vir- ginia Graves will remain here some days | longer
 D. H. Williams of Boston spent yester- day in Birmingham a guest of William Lindsay MT. Lindsay entertained infor- mally MT. Williams at his Woodlawn home last evening"
 Miss Annie Kendrick Walker who has | been very i'll since Saturday. was thought | to be slightly improved at late hour last night.
 The following invitation has been is- | sued. "rhe Sisters of Charity and grad uating class of St. Vincent's Hospital | Training school request the honor of your presence at their commencement ex- | ercises on the evening of Thursday, April T. at 7:30 o'clock. Hospital ampitheatre, Birmingham, Ala"
 The Clionian club will hold business meeting this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. S. l.. Ledbetter, Tenth avenue. south, at o'clock. | The flower mission committee of the | Woman's Christian Temperance Union | would be glad to have flowers brought | to the parlors of the First Methodist church next Saturday from 12 to o'clock The flowers received will be distributed among the poor and sick on Easter Sum- day
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 Railroad Superintendent Killed.
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