The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

The month of brides and roses Is over, and from now until late September there iwill be few, at least of the former But .htere will still be much to talk about where they are concerned, for on this side of heaven there will always be mar riages and giving in marriage. Love makes the world go round" so runs the horneIy adage. And love affects the social world, though perhaps 1t may sometimes be factor in the breaking rather than in the making of marriage between those of great wealth and power First. there is the wedding in which parental ambition plays a part quite as much as when royalty contemplates a matrimonial alliance. Cupidity, not Supif $, shrewd plans lead to union and love is lacking. But this very lack is what makes social history exciting. First the marriage for money, and secondly, for ! love. and the latter is more sacred than the first, though red tape is not so dec i orative as orange blossoms on the fam uvstree, and when the marriage is made for material benefit, usually he or she ' finds that it is better to be poor than to be bored. even without social prestige. We | like to think, here in the south, that our marriages are the result of human emo> tions and the hearts desire and thanks to the sentiment and romance that still rIle in our sunny cline, this Is still true as we know of all the pretty TO- nances that have had their continuation this bring.
 With the approach of July plans for summer trips begin to materialize, Throughout this month, August and Sep tember arrivals and departures are im- partially chronicled, for the popular GUS tom has been to remain only short while and people are back almost before they are missed. A discussion of summer plans this week has revealed that there are a great many who appreciate the comforts of our Birmingham homes, their broad ,verandas, the sleeping porches which have become so popular, and the spacious lawns. preferring them to the uncertainties of the summer resort, and choosing the autumn or winter as the sea- son for fitting.
 In the last few years number of Bir- sningl1am people have purchased summer D homese in various places. Dr. and Mrs l., G. Hwoodson have beautiful place at Port Dover. Canada, and Gen. and Mrs R. D. Johnston another at the same sideal resort, where the two fami- lies spend each summer, entertaining at intervals, friends from home or from oth- CT points Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Evans have a plantation in Virginia, where Mrs. Evans spends part of the season, Dr. Evans joining her for his vacation. MT and Mrs. Samuel Rand have a home on one of the eastern beaches, while MT and Mrs. William A. Chenoweth, on fthe other hand, are the possessors of ,beautiful place in the mountains of North iCarolina MT. and Mrs. James Weatherly and their family are also spending the summer in their lovely home at Black mountain. MT. and Mrs T. T. Ashford own one of the handsomest plantations in Alabama, and part of the outing season is spent there. Nearer home, MT. and Mrs w. D. Smith have a farm at St. Clair Springs, where they. go early in the season, returning at intervals to their residence in Graymont which they keep open..
 Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Cullom have for several seasons taken cottage on the Massachusetts coast. They have gone this summer and were accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. William Walker, and her children, who will be with them the remainder of the season. Mrs. William L. Murdoch has also gone to Massachusetts for the summer. Later she will probably be joined by Mrs. Solon Jacobs
 Lake Chautauqua claims many of our people during the season. MT. and Mrs. w. s. Brown rented cottage there in June and will remain until autumn. Their daughters, Mrs. Henry Fowlkes and Mrs Bessie Brown Caldwell, are with them Miss Annie Williams is also at Chautau- qua. Mrs. John G. Bradley expects to go late in the month and there will be oth- CTS who have not yet perfected plans.
 Mir and Mrs. Charles O. Locke will again be in Deer Park, Md, for the last of the heated term, though they have not decided upon the exact date of their departure. MT. and Mrs. Felix Drennen expects to go to the Jersey coast and later to the Michigan lakes MT. and