The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-18
By MYRTLE MILES

Birmingham's social eye has been look ing toward the cabaniss- Morris wedding with much expectancy. Last night antie- ipation eliminated in a brilliant nuptial celebration. Miss Elizabeth Morris, daughter of Mrs. John M. Cartwright by a former marriage, and MT. Jelks H. Cab aniss, son of Mir and Mrs Edward H. Cabaniss, were united in marriage at the Highlands Methodist church on Eleventh avenue at s:3O o'clock. reception to which several hundred friends of the two families were bidden followed at the Cartwright residence The nuptial event has created broad interest, as the bride and bridegroom are two of the most pop ular young people in society. Miss Mor- ris is a daughter of the late MT. George Morris, wealthy, prominent and beloved citizen of Birmingham. She came out last winter-a year ago-and was one of the belles of the season, invited everywhere as they say in Georgia, beautiful and prominently connected with the old aris- tocracy of Georgia, yet withal very sim | pie and unspoiled. MT. Cabaniss Is graduate of the University of Alabama, at which his father and other kinsmen of his family were also educated. He is a mem Der of one of the leading Alabama fam flies, a connection of others-the Shorters and the JeHxs and others who have made history-a clever young man and suc- cessful lawyer, the future promises much brightness for his bride.
 The church was handsomely decorated in flowers appropriate to the Easter we'd ding, hanked by towering palms and ferns. The pews set apart for the fami- lies were marked with white ribbons draped between white standards filled with clusters of lilies and smilax. A programme of nuptial music, played by Mrs. Charles K. Dewman, Jr., proceeded the VOWS. The selections blended softly into the wedding march as the bride and her attendants entered the church vestibule. The two ushers, MT. Matt Murphy and MT. Thorn ton Estes, led the way to the altar, pro ceedng down opposite aisles, The eight brides maids, a group of the prettiest of Birmingham girls, entered singly, two ap- preaching simultaneously down the cen tral aisles.
 They were Miss Ellen Percy, Miss Fredrika Ferguson, Miss Alice Coughlan, Miss Joy Tomnson, Miss Belle Roberts, Miss Marjorie Weatherly, Miss Jane Hood of Georgia and Miss Gamalel Dixon. In bridesmaid attire they were like q clus- ter of lovely spring flowers, gowns of soft est pink made of satin and yelled with white laces and tilmy lingerie fabrics, just slightly en traine. Instead of the conventional bouquet they carried great armfuls of pink Killarney roses, so fresh and dewy, and held in such graceful abandon, that they seemed to have been just gathered from some garden of prodi- gal bloom.
 | Entering alternately with the approach ing pairs of bridesmaids were the grooms- men, MT Sorsby Jemison, MT. Charles Crane the second of Chicago, MT. George Morris, MT. Pelham Anderson, MT. Beach l ChenoWeth, MT Walter Hood and MT. | William R. J. Dunn.
 | The two pretty maids of honor were Miss Kathleen VanHoose of this city and Miss Ethel Tathem of Chicago. Instead of the pink cast shown by the brides- maids costumes, the empire robes were all white, fashioned of diaphanous marquisette over satin, but almost en- tirely overshadowed in Irish and filet laces They, too, carried big loose armfuls of Killarney rosebuds, and their slippers and other accessories were white | MT. Cabaniss entered the vestry with his brother, MT. Edward Cabaniss, as his best man. As he reached the altar he met his bride, who on the arm of Mir. Cartwright, had been slowly descending | the aisle.
 No more beautiful girl has ever stood before a Birmingham altar. She was sur passingy lovely in her rich bridal robes, with her wonderful eyes all a-sparkle un- der their straight black brows, her bright color showing through the mist of her veil, the pale pink of the orchids among the lilies in her bouquet giving the only color note to her gorgeous costume. The bridal gown was superb in the quality of thesrich charmeuse satin distinguished in the sim picity of the design. A broad, pointed bertha of point applique lace was the sole garniture of the bodice, encircling the neck which was cut slightly low. At | the neck Miss Morris wore the bride grooms gift, a beautiful bowknot of dia- monds, and about her neck was caught a | diamond lavaliere, her two only orna- ments. The veil, which was pushed back as she left the church, was adorned with a cluster of small orange blossoms.
 The bridal party assembled within the chancel as the VOWS were pronounced by l Bishop Mccoy, and after the final bene- diction the triumphant notes of the we'd ding march sounded as the party left the church. Many hurried from the church
 to the Cartwright residence, where the
 
 ure of NIT. and Mrs. Cabaniss for an east
 ern trip to include New York Washing
 ton, Atlantic City and other points.
 
 The home of MT. and Mrs. Cartwright,
 standing high on its terraces almost at
 the crest of the Twentieth street hill was
 brilliant with it's many lights. The pillared
 veranda was inclosed in canvas and
 suggested to the entering guests garden
 of woodland flowers Branches were
 brought from the country and thrust through the interlacing wires, bloomed
 and breathed out their sweetness for the
 wedding guests who strayed there. Crab
 apple and mountain laurel thrust their lovely heads among the green of the foii-
 age, and hawthorn blossoms and wild azalea gave out a sweet perfume. This
 was one of the most inviting corners oi
 the house. Within the spacious rooms the