The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-11-16
THE PRESIDENT WAS A GUEST
Beautiful American Girl and an Eng.
lishman of Noble Family Were
Truly Wed.

derbilt alliance was the marriage Of
Miss Pauline Payne Whitney to Almer-
ic Paget which was celebrated at noon
today in St. Thomas church in the
presence of a distinguished company
of guests, which included President
Cleveland and Secretary of War La
mont and Secretary Of the Navy Her
bert.
The bride, although very well known,
has been known in the society Of this
country and Europe for two years past.
She is the daughter of Hon. William
c. Whitney, who was secretary Of the
navy in the first Cleveland administra-
ton, and is one of the wealthiest men
in New York. Additional interest has
been centered upon the bride because
she is an heiress to several millions
from her father and more from her
grandfather Henry b. Payne of Ohio,
the Standard Oil magnate.
The groom is the youngest son Of the
late General Lord Alfred Paget, per-
sonal aide-de-camp to the queen and
grandson of the first marquis of An
glesea.
The interior of the church was COM
pletely hidden beneath ivies, chrysan-
themums and lilies These flowers also
being arranged on four triple arches
erected across the center aisle seats,
while the stone gothic pillars and
abutments were entirely hidden in
masses of rhOdodendrons. Around the
chancel and choir stall tree ferns and
palms were placed. The chancel rail,
galleries and side aises were banked
with flowers over which was artistic
ally draped a hanging green and white
uacery of foliage and lilies, which gave
a natural unstudied effect to the dec
orations.
The family and immediate friends
had seats separately from those re-
served for the guests by a floral gate
built on gothic lines, extending across
the center aisle. On the right sat Pres
ident Cleveland, Secretary of War Dan
iel p. Lamont and Secretary of the
Navy Herbert, and in the seats imme-
diately behind the presidential party
were Governor and Mrs. Morton, Sir
Julian Paunceforte and the members
of the British embassy, DR.. Chauncey
M. Depew and specially invited guests
on the left were seated the members
of the Whitney household, Lady Cole
brook and Miss Alice Paget, sisters of
the bridegroom, Lord Westmeath and
personal friends of the bride. In honor
of the occasion, EdOuard De Rezke and
Nine. Nordica sang Faures duo, "The
Crucihed," from Mendelssohn's "Eh-
jah." Just before the betrothal ser
vice. Nine. Nordica sang Gunoud's
Ave Maria" and Frank Ondricek rem
dered Lauds "Flegie" in the violin.
fs
Franko's orchestra, accompanied by
harps and organ, and a delightful mu-
steal program was presented before the
arrival of the bridal party
WEDDING PROCESSION.
Soon after u o'clock. to the strains
of the wedding march, the bridal party
proceeded to the chancel i'm the follow
ing order:
Ushers-Gould Hoyt, John c. Furman
II. Maitland Kersey, W. Cutting. Jr
Winthrop Rutherford Jared Howe
Crawford Livingstone, and the brides
brother, Harry Whitney. Then came
four little flower maidens, Misses Cath
crime Barney, Laura Whitney, Frances
Bingham and Dorothy Whitney, the
brides sister. Those four little attend.
ants in white carried large baskets OF
lilies of the valley and white roses
Following these came the six brides
maids, Misses Gertie Vanderbilt, Emily
Vanderbilt Sloane. Azubey Barney, BE
atrice Bend. Susie Dimmock and Edit
Blake Brown. Miss Vanderbilt wa.
in white, Miss Sloane in pink, Miss Bar
ney in yellow, Miss Bend in heliotrope
Miss Dimmock i'm blue. Miss Brown il
green.
WEDDING GOWN.
Miss Whitney, who entered leanin.
on the arm of her father made a beau
tiful bride. Her wedding gown of ivor,
white satin, was perfectly plain with
out lace or embroidery save a heavy
silk cord, which ran around the edge
The corsage was finished in rosette.
on either side and the full sleeves wer,
finished from the elbow to the wrist il
gauntlet style with a narrow friI o.
lace at the waist The waist was seam
less. A cluster of orange blossoms wa.
fastened at the left side on the wais
line and the veil was made from z
splendid piece Of point lace once worr
by the brides mother, which EXTENDED
almost to the train.
The bridal party were met at tn,
chancel steps by the groom and bes
man, Gerald Paget. The bride anC
groom We're met at the chancel step,
by Bishops Potter and Leonard, anC
Rector Juhn Wesley Brown. TIL,
charge was read by the rector, BishoI
Leonard performing the betrothal ser
vice and Bishop Potter officiating at tn,
marriage ceremony proper at the altar
rail
Immediately after the ceremony tn,
newly welded pair were accompanied
TO the vestry by President Cleveland