The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-24


 ingly compared to that of the Queen of Denmark, who married every child to a crown.
 "The Wilson's married the American equivalent-wealth.
 'The oldest daughter married Ogden Goelet and a daughter of this marriage recently welded the Duke of Roxburge. Orme Wilson, the older son, married Caroline Astor.
 Mrs. Wilson's second daughter, Leila, became the wife of the Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, at that time an attache to the British legation at Washington. By the death of his father he became Sir Michael Herbert and rising rapidly in the British diplomatic service, was British ambassador at Washington at the time of his death.
 Grace Wilson the youngest daugh- ter, was married to Cornelius Wander bilt, while Richard T. Wilson, Jr the youngest son, married Miss Mario Mason, daughter of Dr. A. Lawrence Mason of Boston, and niece of Mrs. E. Rollins Morse of New York. All Mrs. Wilson's children except Lady Herbert live in New York, and the latter came to New York from Eng land recently because of her mothers illness.
 As Miss Clementine Johnston os Ma con, Ga, Mrs. Wilson was married to Mir Wilson, himself a southern mar and many years prominent figure in financial affairs in New York and in railroad interests in the south. MT. and Mrs. Wilson have held a leading position at Newport for 30 years and were devotees of the opera having held box at the Metropolitan since it's establishment Until last sum- mer, when Mrs. Wilson became i'll at Newport she had been active in society. MT. Wilson has been in i'll health since his wife became i'll last summer" The c. w. s. of the Westminster church will have a lawn festival Thursday eve- ming from 4 to Il o'clock on the corner of Twenty fifth street and Thirteenth av- enue.
 The Auxiliary to District Nursing will hold it's regular meeting this morning at the residence of Mrs. T. G. Bush. Prompt attendance at 1O:30 is requested. Mrs E, J. Bradley and son of Colum- bus, Ga returned home Saturday after a two weeks visit to MT. and Mrs. c. w. Odom.
 MT. Hilard w. Thomas and Miss Lois Hortense Harder of Woodlawn were quietly married last night at S9O at the home of MT. Bridges. Fifty-ninth street. Both bride and groom are very popular in Woodlawn, Mir Thomas being we'll known in real estate circles, having been connected with that department of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land company in their Birmingham office. Their many friends will be much surprised to learn of their wedding.
 MT. and Mrs. M. D. Gum celebrated the first anniversary of their marriage on Friday evening at their home, SIP Georgia street. The house was approp- riately decorated with potted plants and cotton bols. Fruit punch was served in. 1 the hall, while in the dining room a salad
  table, with it's lace cover had for its center decoration an old-fashioned min iature split cotton basket filled with cot ton and the silver candlebras held green tapers, carrying out the green and white | of the cotton bolls Each guest present received miniature bale of cotton as souvenir of the occasion. Mrs. E. J. Bradley and her son of Columbus, Ga, were among the out-of-town guests. 1 A meeting of the Missionary society of l the First Presbyterian church will be l held this afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. l T. L. Bradley at Idlewild. 1 The members of the Foreign Mission ary society of the First Methodist church will give farewell reception this after l noon at 5 o clock at the residence of Mrs. l A. N. Ballard to Miss Julia Wasson, who will leave shortly for China, where she will be engaged in missionary work. | Mrs. H. c. Petersen and Mrs. E. F. Johnston of Opeika, after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Nixon, have returned home.
 | MT. J. Sandman returned Tuesday morning from St. Louis, where he spent a few days with his brother, MT. Dan s. | Sandman and family.
 l The Sunday school and congregation of | the First Methodist church will hold | their annual picnic tomorrow. All are requested to meet at the church, corner of Nineteenth street and Sixth avenue, at 8:30 o'clock.
 delegation consisting of T. B. Dawes of Mobile, Ala; E. Clayton Brantley and Bernard T. Collier of Tuscaloosa, and Clement R. Wood of this city, left Tues day afternoon for New York. They go to represent the Alabama chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at its an- rual convention, or ekklesia. This fra ternIty, which Is one of the largest in the United States, will hold its ekklesia this year at New York. The meetings of the fraternity and the delegates quar-