The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

vfve the custom, greatly in vogue some years ago, of keeping open house on New Years day. They will receive informal- : ly on the afternoon of January l, and will have cordial welcome for all who call. New Years receiving is still a feature of Washington social life and it also continues a custom in New Orleans and perhaps a few other southern cities and its revival here will be regarded with much interest
 The wedding of MT. Robert Wickilffe will take place at the Church of the Advent on next Wednesday evening at o'clock.
 The bride will be given away by her uncle, MT. J. B. Jones of Montgomery. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. pr. E. W. Evans, using the beau- tiful marriage service of the Episcopal church. Prof. F. L. Grambs will preside at the organ. The attendants will be, MT. c. D. Gotten, MT. Ewing's best man, and the ushers, Messrs. William T. Archer of Sheffield, c. M. Williamson, II. Gait Braxton, Dr. l.. KeRoy Napier.
 The maids of honor will be Misses Martha and Aurie Armstrong, sisters of the bride-elect and the brides maids will be Miss Margaret Dmmclx of Montgom- cry, Miss Mable Townley of Ann Arbor, Mich, and Miss Emma Ewing and Miss Kate Dabney.
 Miss Armstrong is a daughter of the late F. H. Armstrong, one of the pioneer residents of Birmingham and for years & vestryman of the Church of the Ad- vent. Miss Armstrong is also a niece of Judge Thomas G. Jones and Mrs Mary V. Gesner of Montgomery.
 MT. Robert Ewing is the general mana ger and treasurer of the Roberts & Son printing and stationery business.
 The wedding of Miss Margaret Me Cormack, daughter of MT. and Mrs. George B. Mccormack and MT. Owen Gillespie on Tuesday afternoon will be an event in which large circle of friends will be interested. The ceremony will take place at 2:3O o'clock at the resi- dence of the brides parents on South Seventeenth street.
 The Rev. pr. Sterling J. Foster, pastor of the South Highlands Presbyterian church, will perform the ceremony which will be witnessed by only the members Of the immediate families and the young women who were to have been Miss Me Cormacks brides maids. owing to the mourning of the brides family the we'd ding will be quietly solemnized.
 Miss Mccormack will wear beauti- ful travelling gown of dark blue chinon cloth.
 There will be no attendants, but the aisles will be formed with white satin ribbon held by the little sister of the bride, Catherine Mccormack, and Lottie Evans.
 The young women who were to have been in the wedding party are Miss Mary Cillespie Miss Sadie Gillespie, Miss Iif~ Han Moore Miss Mary Ware, Miss Mae belle Roden, Miss Louise Wadworth. of Charlotte Miss Carter Schaefer of Geor- gia.
 MT. and Mrs. w. S. Webber announce the engagement of their daughter Ca milla, to Mr. Robert R. Meyer. the we'd ding to take place at their residence on South Perry street, Montgomery, on Wednesday, January 1. No cards.
 The enlargement will be of interest to a host of friends both here and in Mont gomery, as well as other places. MT. Meyer is quite a successful business man, He Is partner in the Empire laundry, as well as one of the propretors of the Metropolitan hotel, and is member of the clubs both here and in Montgomery.
 Mrs. A. M. St. John, accompanied by her little son, is visiting her father, Dr. w. H. Murphy, on the North Highlands.
 Mr. Henry Murphy of Rollins spent Christmas in the city with his father, pr. Murphy.
 At the concert at the Southern club this evening from to 9:30 D. m., the Cal man orchestra will present the following numbers
 Overture, The Mill on the Cliff (Reis- siger)
 Selection. The Jolly Widow, request 1ehaD.
 Jntermezzo, Luzon (Ellsworth).
 Selection, Fra Diavolo (Auber).
 Episode. Oasis CLangey).
 Selection. Madame Butterfly (PuccinD.
 Waltz, Frauenherzen (Strauss).
 Cornet solo. Dreaming played by Sig nor Fred Nappi
 Valse Lente, Innocence lMoret.
 Overture, Orpheus (Offenbach).
 Miss Amber Feeder of New York; the