The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-05

$4,000, 900 and that the groom Is a
young Croesus. The bride-to-be has
two uncles worth $50, OOO, 900 apiece and
half dozen worth $50, OO0, 900 each. But
as he is to wed plain American citizen
nobody has paid much attention to the
affair Had Miss Adele Sloane given
hereelf to penuiless grandee from the
other side she would no doubt be IA
nous BY this time.
The engagement of Miss Sloane to
James A. Burden, Jr., was announced
place at Lenox, Mass. The affair will
be solemnized In Trinity. the exquisite
church of which Rev. DR. William eros.
venOr is so proud, and that clergyman
will officiate.
But before entering into that part OF
the matter, it is well to observe that
this is to be strictly Vanderbilt occa-
sion. Miss Sloane, as has been re-
marked time and again, is the second
of the grandchildren of the late w. H.
Vanderbilt to wed. The young lady is
the daughter of William D. Sloan, who
married daughter of the late million.
aire and got fifteen million dollars by
the performance. Mr.. Sloane himself
is worth many millions in his OWL
right, however This is his daughters
third season ''out" She has been the
center Of whirl of gayeties for weeks
ut the court, the superb Sloane country
seat at LenoX. Then she is entertained
too, at Wyndhurst, the house Of Mr.
John Sloane, her multi-milliOnairt
uncle. In addition to that, another
uncle of Miss Sloane's, Cornelius VAN
derbilt, has leased the Bacon cottage
at Lenox Then Mr.. and Mrs. James
Abercrombie Burden, parents of the
groom, and millionaires both, have taken
the fine Eddy cottage for the season,
and their affairs in honor of the APP
preaching event are beyond description.
Miss Sloane herself drives out daily in
her famous four-in-hand drag. The
fair girl is an expert with the whip, in
addition to being an expert in archery
and a devotee of all outdoor sports.
Miss Sloane much resembles her moth
err, who is a member of the famed Nor
ris family, of Baltimore. One of the
married sisters of this lady is Mrs.
Richard Irwin, who resides here, and
another who lives in Paris is Mrs.
Griswold Gray, who made her home in
New York prior to her widowhood.
Mr.. Burden is an aunt of Mrs. Fred
ericlI Gebhard. Her son, the groom, is
still student.
The wedding, taking into account the
presents and the dresses and the func-
lions, will represent an outlay of over
81. 600. 900. The Goulds beggared de-
scription at the De Castellane affair.
but the Vanderbilts will certainly send
it TO the almshouse. A mere list of the
people who viii attendant there will
be guests by the train load-would read
like the cream of the income tax lists.
Mr.. William Douglas Sloane has al
ready made arrangements to have two
hundred wedding guests accommodated
at Curtis hotel alone. A vestibuled
train will bring up the New York
guests the day before the wedding.
Cornelius Vanderbilt and his entire
family: George Vanderbilt. the brides
bachelor uncle; Mr.. and Mrs +. ".
Vanderbilt, who. alas. have no children:
Dr. Seward Webb, the whole Shepard
contingent, and the II Mex. Twom.
bleys viii complete the Vanderbilt dele
cation. That is. of course. excepting
the Willie X. Vanderbilts Nobody
knows exactly how the Willie KS viii
be disposed of. They have certainly
asked him. and he was supposed &c
go with his daughter Consuelo. but
that young lady will not go without
her mamma. and her mamma was not
asked. That, at least. Is the way the
gossips put it. Little Harold :. Van.
jerbilt IS to be page, and Willie b.
u. : to be there az any rate. But il
Mrs Alva Vanderbilt were there and
happened TO meet Mr Willie il would
be embarrassing. One is curious &c
know how it viii be settled, but one
hates to ask.
However. leaving the Vanderbilt
contingent. and taking q look at the
others. there viii he Mr.. and Mrs
Orrne Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs John Jacob
Aston. Mr.. Moses Taylor, young fel-
low who is worth SO. O00. COO and Is ex-
pected TO marry into the Vanderbilt
family one OF these days; Robert
Goelet worth 81. 900 oOo,l orden
Goelet.-c..um OF the prince o. Wales,