The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-16

the nuptial ceremony which united the lives of Miss Louise Martin Walker and MT. Hill Ferguson. The event took place last evening at the Church of the Advent which with the large family connection of the bridal couple and their many friends was filled before the hour appointed for the wedding service. The church, which, with it's long aisles leading to a beautiful altar is an ideal place for a wedding, presented probably the prettiest bridal scene in it's history. The chancel was massed with green and it's rail encircled by a border of pure white blossoms. The altar, which glowed with many lights was white with chrys- anthemums. Row after row of seats near the front of the church indicated by clusters of American beauty roses, the especial guests, and within them sat handsome women, gowned in modish evening costumes, with their escorts. The great number of guests told of the popularity of two of Birminghan's best loved young people and rarely has so representative a gathering been seen at church wedding.
 At the appointed hour the byidal party entered the church, the wedding march of Mendelssohn being played by Prof. Fred L. Grambs. The ushers who led the way were MT. Porter Walker, the brides brother MT. Bert Throckmorton, her cousin. and Dr. Lorenzo F. Luckie and MT. William H. Johnston.
 The six bridesmaids each made a beau- tiful picture as they entered the church. They approached the altar in couples all ternating with the groomsmen. The first two were Miss Kathleen Nixon and costumes were all white and built of satin with an overdress of chiffon and cut with a low neck Miss Nixons was embellished with pearls and crystals and ended in a graceful train. Miss Gillespy's s costume was built of satin and chiffon with an overskirt of lace ending in fringe and corsage decoration of pearls and silver.
 Miss Gillespy and Miss Nixon were followed by MT. Robert Johnston and MT. Frank Smith. The next bridesmaids to enter were Miss Fannie Dunn and Miss Elizabeth Buford of Nashville, a cousin to the groom. Miss Dunn's chif- fon and satin robe was richly garni- tured with silver and spangles, and Miss Buford's gown of white chiffon oyer satin was embellished with rare duchess laces with a corsage trimming of crys- tals and pearls.
 MT. M. S. Sloane and Mr. Richard Hawkins were the groomsmen who fol- lowed Miss Dunn and Miss Buford. Miss Belle DeBardeleben and Miss Virginia Means entered next. Miss DeBardeie- ben was extremely handsome in a rope fashioned with an overskirt over chif- ion, bordered in pearl fringe and hang- ing loosely over the princes lining, while the bodice was elaborataely embroidered in pearls. Miss Means looked her love- Hest in white chiffon and satin with gold trimmings. The grocmsmen who followed them were MT. Robert Gregory and MT. Mudd Martin. a kinsman of the bride. Each of the six bridesmaids wore as coiffure ornaments fillets made of gold cloth with a row of brilliants above the forehead and gold rose as a side ornament. Their flowers were huge clusters of American beauty roses. Two little flower girls. Virginia Jem- ison, niece of the bride. and Florence Young, her cousin, were flower girls. They entered at this point in the bridal procession, charming little figures in white frocks and carrying gold baskets | laden with yellow roses and valley lilies. They preceded the two matrons of hon. or, Mrs. Robert Jemison, Jr., sister 1 of the bride and Mrs. Arthur Gray of Sewanee, Tenn, the grooms sister. Both 1 of these young matrons were society girls in Birmingham at the same time. the former as Virginia Walker and the latter as Laura Ferguson. and they were never in the days of their girlhood lovelier than last evening. Their gowns were each the counterpart of the oth- CT. They were fashioned of white chif- l ion en train and with graceful draperies, and the trimming was of gold lace. Mrs. Jemison and Mrs. Gray carried French bouquets of yellow roses showered with lilies of the valley and tied with gold gauge. Their coiffure ornaments were gold hllets.
 | Miss Sue McLester was the maid of honor. She was gowned in yellow and carried a French bouquet of yellow roses and lilies.
 Miss Walker entered with her broth CT, Mr. William Mudd Walker, wfro gave l her in marriage. She has always been regarded as one of the handsomest girls in Birmingham society ard expectations that she would be beautiful bride were | not disappointed. She was one of the most aueenly that Birmingham has had. 1 Her robe was built of satin luminous l in the richness of its texture and el- aborately trimmed with rose point lace. entered against background of tulle, l A dainty design on the corsage was en-
 broidered in valley lilies and the only l other, corsage trimming was a butter fly of pearls caught in the center of the
 bodice. A long tulle veil enveloped her figure and was caught on her coiffura 1 with orange blossoms. She carried a