The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-06
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S7T will be source of great pleasure
 to the many friends here of uttie ! 9 Margaret Laird, the beautiful Bir- )mingham child who is now in New Ao'k and as just received splendid posluoh with the Fox Film corporation to appear in moving pictures, to hear excerpts from a most interesting letter which she recently wrote to a Birmingham friend
 Little Miss Laird has just finished picture with Pauline Frederick and in her letter she says:
 "on the ferry on the way to Fort Lee to see Mary Pickford, I met Theda Bala' and she invited me to her studio. l visited with Mary Pickford for two hours and she is such dear little thing, but not as pretty as her pictures. She said such nice things to me that if l were to tell all the compliments she paid me, you would think I was vain. Then we went to the Fox Film corporation to see Miss Bara and mother and l watcneu her work MT. Edwards, her director, came to mother and said Miss Bara was nav ing note written to the casting man, MT Kingston in her name, and said that they would be making cast in aoout week and gave mother the note anu told her to take me over to the pookl1s office. As soon as went in Mir King ston said I had the sympathetic lace that he was looking for, and asked me to hring him my picture Mother took me and my picture there this afternoon, and what do you think? They have cast me for the part of Theda Bara when she was a child and we will go to Flori- da in two weeks to make the picture. The director said the play would be called Kittens Just think of me playing the part of stars childhood. But some one has to he Miss Bara as a child, and I'm glad it will be me l don't know any thing further about the details, but will write you again when I do. Please give my love to Dorothy Kettig; l just love her and I think she is about my age I was Il on December 3l, 19l6.'
 A marriage of interest to a large circle of friends and relatives which will come as a surprise to many is that of Miss Virginia Stone, daughter of MT. and Mrs Mims E. Stone and MT. Marshall Hogan, which took place on Saturday evening at the Handley Memorial church, where the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dockery, pastor of that church. and was witnessed by few friends and relatives.
 The bride, who is one of Birmingham's loveliest and most talented young wom- en, wore a smart tailored suit with hat to match.
 Mr. Hogan and his attractive young bride left at once for short wedding trip and upon their return will make their home with the brides parents on South Fifteenth avenue.
 Mir and Mrs. Willard J. Wheeler enter tained at a lovely buffet supper last evening at their home in honor of their daughter, Miss Thelma Wheeler, who will be married this morning at 9:3O O o'clock to MT. NJ Yerby Hudson.
 The house was thrown open and appro- priately decorated with blossoms and handsome ferns.
 The dining room table was handsome in appointment, being adorned with spring blossoms, narcissi and carnations Mrs. Gregory Johnson and Mrs. Agnes Worthington served tea and chocolate. The guests included the members of the bridal party and the young women who have entertained in honor of Miss Wheeler.
 Mrs. Moss and her sister, Miss Dela Wood, entertained at a bridge party yes