The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-10
NEWS OF THE DAY
 IN SOCIAL WORLD Early Fall Weddings SOIem-
 nized Yesterday NOTES HERE AND THERE Tennessee Girls Return From Europe. Miss Margaretta Williams Member of Party-Wedding of MT. Nor
 rss and Miss Cleveland.
NOTES HERE AND THERE
By MYRTLE MILES.

By M K | EE MILES,
 Yesterday afternoon at 6:3O o'clock in Talladega occurred the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Cleveland the daughter of Mrs. William Cleveland, to MT. John Edwards Morrss. of this city. The mar riage was solemnlzed very quietly, only the relatives and close friends of the contracting parties being present. It took place at the home of Dr. and Mrs. F. w Weeh, the Rev MT. Gwaltney of- fcating. Shortly after the ceremony MT. and Mrs. Morrlss left for Asheville, N. C., where they will spend about three weeks. Upon returning to this city they will be at home in their residence on Virginia avenue.
 The wedding of Miss Gertrude Ellen Dexter to MT. Warren Griffin of Rush. vile, H., took place yesterday in New Hampshire. Miss Dexter is the daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Aveymr Isaac Dex- ter of this city, who. with their family are spending the summer in the ances- tral Dexter home in Charestown, N. H., where the wedding occurred. l. The wedding Of Miss Jessie TruliouS and MT. James B. Branum was quietly solemnized Tuesday evening at the resi- dence of Rev l. D. Steele Dr. Steele officiating There were no attendants and only few friends witnessed the ceremony. The young couple have taken apartments at 2O15 Park avenue. where they are at home to their friends. Mir D,ay1 io in to ht,Q in this city.
 Miss Margaretta Williams of this city, was one of a party of r young women from Tennessee who after touring Eu- rope this summer, arrived in New York Saturday on the steamer New York" The party is now in Nashville, where, since their arrival Monday they have re- ceived many social courtesies among them being luncheon at which Mrs. Percy Warner Entertained Tuesday
 Their trip included England, Belgium. Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France in the order given. A New York paper of recent date gives pretty pie ture of the party taken on their arrival in that city and an interesting interview. It says in part, That the young women are popular in their native state was de- cided before the start was made from this port, on the Arabic of the White Star line July 23 by the votes of the readers of The Tennessean, a newspaper pub lished in Nashville.
 Miss Edna Moseley, of Clarksville. was the spokesman of the party, and all
 
 a perfectly lovely time" The only thing missed in the itinerary was visit to Warwick and Stratford-on-Avo because of indictment weather.
 eff you ask me what I enjoyed best it was Switzerland, said Miss Moseey "The Alps were grand and Interlaken was beautiful, yet for a single spot Neuhau- sen-on-t Rhine was the most pictur- esque, and ride through the Black Forest was most interesting.
 "We had an ideal day at Versailles and enjoyed every moment of two days in Paris. We will go back tonight to Nashville, where, we are told. a royal welcome awaits us tomorrow night"
 Of the return trip across the ocean the following account is given:
 For the first four days of her trip west ward the New York was tossed by giant seas and swept by wind of hurricane force. Immense waves rode over the ship which rolled and pit .hed in the storm, and on Wednesday last a great comber struck the vessel on the port bow and swept the entire length of the upper promenade deck. At tho time more than 50 women were on the deck and when the wave rushed aft it threw them in heap against the after deck house. Among the victims of this mis- hap were the young women tourists from Tennessee.
 Gen. Ralph F. Prime, of Yonkers who was making his thirteenth trip across the Atlantic said that the storm was the worst that he had ever exper- fenced. s~
 NO sooner had we passed the Need- les" he said, 'than the gale hit us, and for time 1t blew so hard that no one could venture on deck. The ship be- haved splendidly, but no ship could stand up in a gale like that one Seas dashed over her almost constantly for
 
 At one time on Wednesday it was as black as midnight and there was some uneasiness among those unused to the Atlantic, but we rode through it all right Not in thirty years of travel have I seen such weather
 Miss Williams will remain with rela- lives in Tennessee several weeks before returning to Birmingham 10 reopen her kindergarten at the Margaret Allen school
 Mrs. Harry s. Matthews and Miss Eleanor Graves Matthews will leave Sat urday for New York city, where Miss Matthews will be student at Mrs. Gard ner's school. They will be joined Sep tember IS by Mir and Mrs. w. H. Graves and Miss Virginia Graves who will re- turn on that day from their tour of Eu- rope.
 MT and Mrs. J. D. kirkpatrick have returned from an extended stay in Blow ing Rock, N. C.. and points on the coast. They were guests of Mrs. c. P. Perrin at her summer home in Tennessee.