The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-25

and Mrs. Joseph Jackson Willett, Is a member of one of the south's most
 prominent families. She possesses a | brilliant intellect, beauty and a mag
 netic personality. Mr. Donaldson is a
 member of an aristocratic Baltimore
 family and exceedingly popular in i business and social circles. The we'd .ding is the continuation of romance | that started when MT. Donaldson was
 in service at Camp Mcclellan
 Among the out-of-town visitors at | the wedding were Mrs. Frederick B. | Donaldson of Baltimore. Mrs. Homer | Turner of Atlanta, Mrs. |. c. Halte- 1 of Dancy, Mir. and Mrs. Ben Fillmore | Of Demopohs Mir. Harry Davis and l Rev. Thomas Donaldson of Baltimore. Characterised by elegant simplicity ! was the wedding of Miss Ruth Chand-
 Ter and MT Edward Chiles Daugherty,
 which was solemnized at the home of l the bride on Wednesday, at high noon 1 in the presence of the family and a. few intimate friends.
 | Rev Keener Matthews performed
 the ceremony in the living room be- fore an improvised altar of dogwoo6 1 blossoms and evergreens and Mr. C. E. Ard gave his daughter in mar riage.
 inc DIiue WAS iuNely Tn a coat SulJ Of blue serge with accessories to
 match and she. wore corsage bou-
 quet of bride roses and valley lilies Following the ceremony luncheon was served in the dining roon@ The pretty wedding cake, embossed in val ley lilies, was cut and distributed to
 the girls who were guests at the we'd ding
 After a wedding trip to southern Ar lire ..i1I l,,o at home on Quintard avenue
 The bride is one of the most ad- mired young girls in Anniston. her lovable nature and charming manner winning friends for her wherever she goes.
 Mir. Daughertv was stationed with the Virginia troops at Camp McClel-
 Ian, coming back to Anniston to re- side after receiving his discharge from the army. He is member of prominent Virginia family and has won many friends during his stay in Anniston
 Among the out of town guests at the wedding were MT. and Mrs. W. I. Daugherty of Newport News, Mrs E. C. Chandler. Mir and Mrs. J. s. Yeats Mrs. Paul Farrant. Mrs. Roy Knight and MT. J. M. Bell Of Birmingham and Miss Levinia Phoebus of Phoebus. Va.
 The many Anniston admirers of Miss Melanie Gordon. a former prominent and popular Annston girl, now resid- ing in Washington, D. C.. will be inter- ested in her latest success, told as fol- lows in a Washington Star edition of last week:
 Washington girls create a furor on Blaze Broadway very often nowadays, and the most interesting little story of recent conquest happened just last week. It was in the Maurice Browne Company of the NLedea of Euripides al the Garrick theatre in New York on Monday afternoon, when. just three hours before the performance, one of the women in the cast, who was playing very difficult role, was taken ill, and they realized it would be impossible for her to go on.
 ''The director. fearing that the Gair;ck theatre would have to be dark, called i2 Melanie Gordon. who was general un- derstudy, and had not been rehearsed in any of the parts. but had merely watched the reLearsals in what was con- sidered a more Or less vain hope that something would fall her way.
 "'Do you think you could play this part without rehearsal?' he said. I know I can,' was Miss Gordon's smiling reply, for she had been waiting for just such chance.
 And she did play it, too. and in highly creditab1e way, and seemed quite surprised and little bit embarrassed by all the laurels tht were heaped upon her by the management and other mem bers of the company in her dressing room after the performance was ovef
 "I don't think the audience that wit nc ssed the performance was ever any the wiser and this was the unceremo- lious but highly successful way in which