The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
OUT-OF-TOWN AFFAIRS
 OF LOCAL INTEREST

Tn Danyille. Va few evenings ago Miss Halle Bizzell McMillian, an Ala bamian who is now making her home in that city, presented to large audience programme of organ music, assisted by choir beautifully trained. Miss McMil- Han is a kinswoman of Mrs. W. H. Jeff fries of this city, and has large number of relatives and friends throughout Ala bama who will be interested in the ex- cellent notice which appeared afterward l in the Danyille Register, part of Whlch | is here reproduced:
 1 "Without question, the playing Of Miss l McMiIlian was a revelation of sweet I ness and tone from the master music that | she played from difficult pieces that only 1 artists ever play with the execution l that is required The grand tones of the opera were felt from the base cleft as the gently insistent strains of the high cello | trebel cleft came whispering in mixed with mild minors that swelled into the grandest music the church has ever heard at one sitting. At all time MISS McM1l- I Han had perfect touch even with the most | rapid lingering and pedal work when brought the closest attention from the we'll filled pews of the we'll appointed 1 church.
 l Accompanying Miss Connor at different 1 times when Miss Connor so effectively | rendered solos on the violin, Miss McMil- | Han again showed the great technique through the sweet passages of Lucia | Miss McMillian is an accomplished l musician of rare talents. Her home IS | at Eutaw Ala. She was a successful in- l structor at Greensboro, Ala, for SIX years and in addition to her choir work at the Mt Vernon church, she is also iden- tifed with the faculty of the Randolph Macon institute, in the music instruction
 department. Miss McMillian is learned piano director and teacher.
 nf MomapZa and the March of Priests was full of that melody that entrances. The skill in Pilgrim s Song of Hope and the pedal work in
 grand offertory in G, was readily seen
 by the goodly number of those who had the real pleasure of listening to Miss Me-
 Williams splendid recital
 A distinguished event in which Bir-
 mingham people will be interested, is
 described in the Washington Post of yes
 terday's date
 "A beautiful wedding took place al
 Alexandria, Va, last night when Miss
 Roxie Doniphan. only daughter of MT
 and Mrs. Alexander Slaughter Doniphan
 became the bride of Lieut.. Daniel N
 Swan, U. S. A., son of MT. Daniel N
 Swan of Salt Lake City. The ceremony
 took place at S:30 o'clock at the First
 Baptist church, and was followed imme-
 diately1sby a brilliant reception at Elks l hall The church was very simply deco 1 rated Wlln pdlinS, WHltt iostS, anu ishStSi
 lilies baskets of the roses surmountins
 the posts of the pews that marked the
 portion of the church reserved for th'
 relatives and most intimate friends oi
 the bride and bridegroom.
 "A large bridal party. including foui
 ushers who are fellow officers of iht
 bridegroom, and three from civilian life
 Il maid of honor, four bridesmaids g
 little flower girl, and ring bearer, pre-
 ceded the bride to the chancel. She was
 escorted by her uncle, Mr. Howell Gary
 of Virginia and Boston, and was met a
 the chancel by her father who gave he
 in marriage.
 '.Foilowing the reception the bride ant bridegroom left for their journey acros -the continent to San Francisco, whence they will sail April for the bridegroom post in Honolulu.
 Among the ut-of-town guests at tn ceremony and reception were Mrs. Luc. ! W. Cary, grandmother of the bride; Dr and Mrs William Carr of Washington l Dr. E. T. Thode, U. $. A., Mrs Dougla c. Gordiner and Mrs. Carlton b. Ed | wards, wives of the two ushers, an ! Mir and Mrs. F. B. L.ibbey. Miss Eh'il | Iibbey and Miss Mabel Levy, relative of the bridegroom; MT. and Mrs Murra | snyder, MT. and Mrs. J. G. Corley, an | Frank Corley of Richmond. MT. Ioh | Walker of Culpepper. Mrs. John w. Alt man of Birmingham. Ala, Mrs, Edwar Il Livingston of Baltimore, MT. Harry ( Ashdown of Winnipeg