The record-union., 1895-11-27
Observation-Disclosures.
The Wedding Takes Place in New
York Hotel.


NEW YORK, Nov 26.-Miss Edith
Rockefeller, youngest daughter of
John D. Rockefeller, was married at
noon to-day in the buckingham Hotel
to Harold Mccormick, son of Cyrus Nc
Cornick of Chicago In point of brill
fancy the wedding had given promise Of
being one of the most notable of the
season The marriage was to have been
solemnized in the Fifteenth-aVenue
Baptist Church, and the beautiful inte-
riol of the edifice had been transformed
into a tropical garden. Some forty men
had been at work at the church yester-
day afternoon, and had nearly COM
pleted the arrangement of elaborate
1loral decorations, when word was re-
ceiVed that the marriage ceremony
would take place at the buckingham
Hotel instead of the church and the or
der was given to stop work. The Rev.
DR.. w. p. P. Paunce was to be the Off
ci2ting clergyman, assisted by the Rev.
John Hall.
Certainly a grand ceremony was
promised but the hand of Providence
interfered and Mr. Mccormick found
himself confined to his room on MS
wedding day i'll with an attack of pleur-
isy. which threatened pneumonia. HIS
!
was too sick to venture out of doors, es-
pecially as the weather was inclem-
ent. The Rockefeller family was non-
fed, and the young couple, not wanting
TO postpone the ceremony, 1t was de-
cided to have the marriage solemnlzed
in Mr. McCormick's apartments IN the
Buckingham Hotel.
1t was an awkward predicament 1of
the families of the contracting couple
O,-or n fbo,1coD6 invita- tiO0S had been
issued for the church, and from Chl-
| cagO. Cleveland Buffalo and other
cities hundreds of friends had come to
witness the ceremony. A nOtl1lcatlon Oh
! the change OF arrangements was sent
last night to all with whom it was pos
sible to communicate. Despite TINS, quite
q number of persons presented thein-
selves at the church this morning with
/ cards of admission. They were told
that there would be no ceremony at the
! church. and they drove off with puz-
zled and disappointed expression upon
| their cOuntenanceS.
! Shortly after II o'clock the bride, &C
! cOmpanied by her sisters her father
and mother and all the bridesmaids, ar
rived at the Buckingham hotel Inc
wedding party went direct to the NC
/ Ccrnaick suite The rooms had been
beautifully decorated, pink and white
Icbrvsautherums interspersed with
tall overspreading palms, being eXclu-
sively used. The groom had arisen
ahout 1920 o'clock and dressed himself
i'm his wedding suit Mr.. Mccormick
was feeling quite weak, but had recoV-
cred sufficiently to leave his bed with
safety. a few minutes after noon
everything was in readiness for the
wedding. Grouped about the apart
ment where the ceremony was per-
| formed were Mrs. Cyrus Mccormick,
I Mr.. and Mrs Cyrus II. Mccormick, Jr.,
| Mrs. Emmons Blaine. Mr.. ana Mrs
William c.. Mccormick, Miss Carrie Nc
! Cormick. Robert Hall Mccormick, MISS
Elsie and Miss Eta Mccormick, John
! Grammar. Mr. and Mrs. John d. Rookie
! feller. Mrs Strong, Mrs. Stlllman, mrs.
| Scott. John D. Rockefeller, Jr, Mrs. Dr.
| Hall. Mrs DR. Paunce the bridesmaids,
! maids of honor, the usTerS ana ABOUT
| thirty intimate friends OF the contract
! ing parties.
The bride wore a rich white satin
/ gown. made in princess style, with long
train and white veil of considerable
/ length. Both the front of the skirt and
/ the corsage were draped with point lace
9rd the veil was also Of point lace
This was fastened with the bride
/ groom S gift a superb tiara of diamonds
/ and emeralds. The wedding ceremony
/ was very short, beginning at l2:Oo and
being concluded at 1920. The Rev. DR..
! Parnce oniciated, and DR.. Hall as
sisted. The wedding party remained IN
! the hotel. Some time later they were
driven to the Rockefeller mansion,
where the reception and wedding
breakfast took place Mr. Mccormick
remained at his hotel.