The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-05
COUNTESS DE- CASTELLANE
Marriage Of Miss Helen Gould to a
Nobleman of France.
SCENEOF BEWlLDERING BEAUTY
Wedding at the Home OF Mr.. George
Gould. Oriental Spi.ndor Cere-
monY Performed by Archbish-
op Corrigan According to
the Romsh Ritual.
BY Southern Associated press.

to-uny Ills GFhce, ArCnOlSnOD COrrlRuu I,
officiating, Miss Auua Gould became
the Countess De Castcllanc. and the
fortunes OF ono Of Americas richest
heIressns were linked with those of II
French noblemau of ancient name and
proud connections.
The wedding took place at tho home
of George Jay Could, Fifth avenue and
Sixty seventh street. The palutinl
dwelling of tho head of the Gould
family, with it's spacious rooms fur
nishcd i'll Oriental spleudor, was II
fitting place Tor the ceremony, which
could not be held in tue Cathedral
owing To the fact that tho bride is IL
Protestant.
The nuptinl mass was omitted from
the ceremony. Tho invitations were
accordingly limited to relatives aud
about seventy five ultimate friends,
making less than one hundred III all, us
the house would not accommodate
more.
Ths scene within was gorgeous in
the extreme. The hnl wns Unnked
with palms. ferns and potted plants.
The Enst luuia room, IN which the
ceremony was performed, the music
room opening out of it and the library
upstairs were elaburatcly decorated,
the prevailing tone being PINK and
white. American bennty and bridal
roses, japan lilies aud lilies of the
valley were used by the thousand. At
the rear Of the hall pains aud eXotics
were used to transform the recescs into
~ grotto,in which electric lights giowed
The heavy ouk paneling OF tho stuir.
case was covered over with gronnd
work of palm folWgo aud smiluX, white
Japan liiios aud white roses. Over this
gnrlands of pink aud white rcses were
draped. From the centre OF the dome
over the stairway garlands of asparagus
plumes, entwlnud with white roses
ana lilies of the valley. were
hung like ribbons of Maypole.
The ends of these garlands were OK
tended to form canopy over the
bridal walk, which led from the foot of
the stairs, across the hall through the
doorway into the music room, reaching
the centre OF which 1t turned TO the
right into the East lndn room, aud
ended at the raised dnis placed ut tue
ironJ of tho room, and over which
canopy OF royal purple was suspended
Nhlto ribbons, attached to potted
plnuts, enclosed the walk.
The guests were nlI assembled Mt
ll:ij II. IN. Mrs. George j. Gould,
assisted by her mother, Mrs. Kingdom,
received them. Promptly III l. o'clock
of the Cathedral, touched the keysnnd
the strains OF the brldni chorus from
"Lohengrin" iioated through the
house.
Archbishop Corrigan and two us
sistnnt priests from the Cathedral took
their places on the dais. Grouped
about III front of the room were rela.
tives OF the bride and the Marquis and
alnrqGIso De Cnstellane, parents OF the
groom. Oouut DE Castcl!uDe entered
irOm the hallway moment later with
his best rnuu, Count j can DE Castel
nne. They took positions ut the side
OF the dnis.
The bridal procession descended the
stairs and passed along the floral cauo
pied floor nud into The East Indin room
In the following order: First came the
ushers, Prince Del Drogo, Mir. Brock
ho!st Cutting, Howard Gould Mr.. Raval
Dnvnl. Then came the Uridesmaiis.all
in white. They were Miss Helen Gould,
Miss Beatrice richardson, Miss Lnthe
rine Cameron and Miss Adeliue Mont
gOinery. Following them were George
IHy Gould. with the bride. Two nep.
Icws OF the bride, Masters Kingdom
hd jay Gonld, carried the bride's
ram, which WAS of great length.
The nshers parted when they reached
ie dais, the groom stepped forward to
sie side of Ihe bride ani the brief
Catholic ritual was Iead, the Archbish
p giving the couple his benedic,lon.
After the couple had received the con.
arnlulntons Of friends tho wedding
breakfast was served.
''Perhnps you would not think so,
bat very large proportion of disease
IN New York comes from carelessness
about catching cold, " says Dr.. Cyrus
Edison. ut Is such 4 sImule thing aud
so common that few people, unless 1T il
case OF pneumonia, pay any attention
to cold. There are Il great mauy cases
OF catnrrh aud consumption which have
their origin III this neglect of the sim
plest precautlon Of every day life. The
most sensible advice Is. when you have
ono get rid OF 1t as soon as possible.
BY oil menus do not neglect it," DR..
Edison does not tell You how to cure n
cold, but We will. Take CEamberlain's
Cough remedy. 1t Will relieve the
lungs, aid eXpectoratiou. open the Sc
cretlons and soon effect permanent
cure. 20 and 90 cent bottles for eals
by ull druggists.