Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-03-04
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Gould Wedding.

gan officiating, Miss Anna Gould be-
came the Countess de Castellane and
the fortunes of one of Americas richest
heiresses were linked with those OF
French nobleman, of an ancient name
and proud connections. The wedding.
which took place at the home OF
George Jay ssGould, Fifth avenue and
Sixty.seventh street, will be marked
with white stone in the chronicles OF
magnificent social events. The pala.
tial dwelling of the head of the Gould
family with its spacious rooms, furnish
ed in Oriental splendor, was fitting
place for the ceremony, which could
not be held in the Cathedral owing TO
the fact that the bride is Presbyterian.
Miss Gould, while she consented to
the Catholic ritual, declined to JOIN
that church. A special dispen.
sation was therefore obtained and
the nuptial mass was omitted from
the ceremony. The scene with
in was gorgeous in the extreme:
The entire parlor floor was decorated
with flowers.
While there were present some in
vited guests outside of the immediate
family circles of the Goulds and Castel.
lanes, their number was small and the
wedding was private. Those present
at the ceremony, in all, did not number
more than 100.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. George J. Gould and their child
rem; Mrs. Kingdom, Mrs. George ].
Gould's mother; Mrs. Hamilton, sister
OF Mrs. Kingdom; Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Gould; DR.. and Mrs. G. F. Shrady;
Messrs. Henry and Charles Shrady,
Mr.. Frank ]. Gould, Sir Roderick
Cameron and his family; Mrs. Noyes
and Mrs. Dickinson, aunts of the
Goulds; Mr.. D. S. Miller, an uncle OF
the Goulds, and Messrs. Jared and Al
fred Baldwin. The Castellane family
was represented by the Marquis and
Marquise de Castellane, father and
mother of the groom, as we'll as by
Count Boniface, his brother.
The young sons of Mr.. George j.
Gould, Masters Kingdom and Jay, jr.,
acted as pages.
Some idea of the magniGcence of the
decorations which formed the setting of
the ceremony are given. A wagon
load of wire frames were used and 2, GOO
| American Beauty roses, 5000 punches
of lilies of the valley; 1000 strings of
smila1, each string measuring yard
and half, and $500 yards ofasparagus
vine were contracted for by the florist.
In the centre of the George Gould
residence is an immense hall open to
the roof From the ceiling of the hall
GO feet above, ropes Of asparagus vine
fell to the first floor, forming canopy.
The ropes Of the asparagus were stud
ded with Easter lilies and the sweep OF
the green and white garlands from the
roof to the first floor produced an effect
of great beauty. The staircases from
the hall to the top floor were entirely
hid under bank of Easter lilies. The
wall in the hall and three adjacent
rooms were hidden behind an ingeni-
| Gus decoration. Wire frames in the
form of panels and arches were made
by the florist. The former were fitted
against the walls and were filled with
moistened moss, into which fresh
blossoms were stuck.
ceived was that of having entered a
chamber of walls of pink roses and
ceiling of feathery asparagus. The wire
frames over the door leading into the
front or Moorish room, in which the
ceremony was performed, were stud
died with lilies of the valley, and the
semblance off doorway was moulded
into an arch of lilies of the valley.
Except one portion of the Moorish
room. where the priedieu stood in front
of q mass of palms and plants in bios
SON.. the walls of the front chamber
were completely lined with lilies of the
valley, which were kept fresh by the
moistened moss in the frames. The
doorway between the Moorish room
and the Louis XIV room adjoining was
covered with lilies of the valley. The
wire frames covering the walls in the
Louis XIV and the white and gold
room just beyond were filled with
American beauty roses.
AS one stands in she white and gold
rooms, looking through the Louis XIV
chamber into the Moorish room, the
ceilings seemed to the observers to be
supported by solid walls of American
beauty roses and lilies of the valley |
The floral decorations in the dining
room and in the chambers above were |
snperb, though not lavish.
Several orange trees in full bloom
were added to the beauty of the conser.
yatory. Mr.. Gould and the florist have
not estimated the cost of the floral
decorations, but the statement that
they will exceed in prodigality any
other wedding decorations seen in this
country is not eXtravagant.
The East India room, in which the
ceremony was performed, the music
room opening out of it and the library
upstairs were deliberately decorated,
the prevailing tone being pink and
white. American beauty and bridal
roses, Japan lilies and lilies of the
valley were used by the thousand. At
the rear of the hall palms and exotics
we're used to transform recess into q
rustic grotto, in which electric lights
glowed. The circular alcove formed
BY the tower at the Fifth ave-
nue. corner of the East India room, was
a dream of fairyland. 1t was paneled
with lilies of the valley, over which
hung garlands of pink and white roses.
Suspended from the ceiling of the al
cove was q mammoth horn of plenty,
showering lilies upon those beneath.
An orchestra of stringed instruments,
concealed behind bank of palms, an