Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-07
A NEW AMERICAN DUCHESS She Ceased to Be PIebeian at Noon
 Yesterday. ACCORDING TO PROGRAMME The Duke of Marlborough Can Now Pay His
 Bills
WITH HIS NEWLY ACQUIRED WEALTH
Immediately Aftel wing Ills Daughter MT. Wander. Quietly Left the ChurcF . ,veral New Feat
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 New Y. Nov. 6.-The much talked of wedding ..s' Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and the Du4cS of Marlborough took place to- day in St. Thomas church. The hour set for the beginning of the ceremony was 12 o'clock. At that hour the church was thronged with representatives of New York's smartest society, gathered to wit ness the ceremony The church was gorgeously decorated for the occasion, the floral display being without doubt the most lavish that New York has ever known.
 At 12 o'clock the officiating clergy, att tired in their clerical robes, entered from the vestry. Bishop Littlejohn, who off, ciated. was followed by Bishop Potter and Rev. John Wesley Brown, rector of the church, who took their stations at the chancel and waited the arrival of the bride and bridegroom. few minutes be- fore 12 o'clock the carriages containing the bride, her mother and the brides maids drove up to the church.
 William K. Vanderbilt reached the church on the minute of 12 o'clock. He escorted his daughter to the altar. When all was ready for the ceremony the church was closed and no one allowed to enter, whether or not they were provided with cards. Mrs. Vanderbilt was escort ed up the center aisle to the front pew on the north side, which she occupied with her other children. The bridal pro- cession was formed in the southern vesti- bule. Warren then began the wedding march from Lohengrin. The Duke of Marlborough, with his best man, his cousin, Hon. Ivor Guest, entered the church from the vestry room and took their posts at the right of the chancel and awaited the coming of the bride.
 The duke wore frock suit of dark gray cloth, a white ascot tie, patent leather shoes and white gloves. The usherS marched up the side aisles and took their stations in front of and at either side of the chancel. The bridesmaids led the bridal procession, walking two and two in the following order: Miss Catharine Duer and Miss Elsa Bronson, Miss Laura Jay and Miss May Goelet, Miss Daisy Post and Miss Mary Winthrop, Miss Edith Morton and Miss Evelyn Burden. Then came Miss Vanderbilt on the arm or her father and carrying in her left hand a bridal bouquet.
 The bridesmaids took positions at either side of the chancel. The bridegroom stepped forward and took the right hand of Miss Vanderbilt and led her to the chancel steps. The marriage right of the Episciopal church then followed, Bishop Littlejohn officiating. Immedi- ately after he had given his daughter away MT. Vanderbilt quietly left the church.
 When the marriage ceremony was over the duke and the bride went to the yestry room and signed the marriage register. At the same time each of the bridesmaids took basket of nosegays and marched back up the aisles, distributing them among the guests. As the duke and his bride re-entered the church the orchestra played the wedding march from Tann- hauser The bridesmaids returned to the chancel and the bridal party marched down the aisles. the ushers leading. The bridesmaids followed them and then came the duke and his brlde After them came Mrs. Vanderbilt on the arm of Mr. Guest. The party immediately entered carriages and drove to Mrs. Vanderbilt's house, where reception and breakfast followed.
 One feature of the wedding which has excited much comment was the fact that few of MT. W. K. Vanderbilts family were invited either to the church or to the breakfast. MT Cornelius Vanderbilt's house Is closed. He and his family are in Newport and will not return to town for a few days. Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard MT Vanderbilts sister, sailed for Europe to- day. MT. George Vanderbilt, Mir F. w. vanderbilt and Mrs. William H. Van derbilt were not al the church. The req son for this absence of the Vanderbilt family is said to have it's foundation in the coolness between Mrs. w. K. Wander plit and the Vanderbilt family as the re- suit Of her recent divorce from her hus- band. The fact that Mrs. Vanderbilt did not invite her husbands brothers and sis ters to the marriage of her daughter caused much talk but little surprise.
 The wedding breakfast was served in the large dining room. Eighteen covers were laid at the table of the bridal par ty The service was of gold. Each guest received the customary wedding cake in a small box, having on its cover a coronet and the letters c and M intertwined. One hundred were present at the break fast. They included the clergy. several representatives of the British legation at Washington, the bridal party and their immediate families and Miss Vanderbilt's nearest friends.