The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13

Brilliant Reception.
| New York, November 2-Under a
bright, clear sky, and within the sacred
portals of st. Thomas church, where
less than week ago Miss Consuelo
| Vanderbilt was made the Duchess of
Marlborough. Miss Pauline Payne
Whitney, daughter Of William G.
Whitney, formerly Secretary of the Navy,
was shortly after noon today, welded to
Almeric Hugh Paget. youngest son of the
late General Lord Alfred Paget, and
grandson of the first Marquis of
Anglesey.
As far as the ceremonies go, the
wedding was not less brilliant than the
Marlborough Vanderbilt hymenaL 1t
was, perhaps, more distinguished, though
the bridegroom, again an Enlishman,
does not inherit title.
On this occasion, numbered among the
wedding guests were President Cleveland
and members..of his cabinet who journeyed
from Washington to do honor to the
young couple. There were also present,
diplomats.
1t was indeed a state occasion as we'll
as a great social function. Society and
politics, for the moment, were happily
mixed.
The scene in the church was in some
respects, repetition of last Wednesday.
Society flocked to the wedding and again
filed the spacious interior of the edifice.
There were the same beautiful women,
the same gathering of society notables,
and the same display of gorgeous
costumes.
Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, one of
the bridesmaids, is not only great
heiress, but beautiful young woman.
She was introduced at dance given by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Douglas
Sloane last winter. Her eldest sister,
Miss Adele Sloane, now Mrs. James A.
Burden, Jr. made her social debut at the
same time as her cousin, Miss Edith
Shepard in 1892 Miss Gertrude Wander
biit, another of Miss Whitney's brides
maids, is one of the prettiest girls in So
c1ety, and, of course, rich as well. Miss
Beatrice Bend is another handsome
young woman. Miss Brown, Miss Bar
ney and Miss Dimock are all attractive
and popular.
The idea of the entire wedding was to
have 1t as bright an affair as possible,
and the costumes Of the bridesmaids
were selected in accordance with this
view. They are pale blue rose and yell
low peau de sole, and chic and pretty.
The girls all wore velvet Tam
O'Shanters, to catch with loops of sable
and ornaments of brilliants on the left
side of the crowns They carried
muffs, tiny French affairs of velvet
| trimmed with bits of sable, with lace
frills at either side, and uniq ue silver
| ornaments on top.
With the exception of the brides
brother, Payne Whitney, who is of the
younger polo set, the ushers were all well
known bachelors. Two of them are rich
Westerners, the others being Messrs
William Cutting, Jr., John G. Furman,
Crawford Livingston, II. Maitland Ker-
sey, Winthrop Rutherford and George
Hoyt
| Irrespective of the fact that Miss
Pauline Whitney is q daughter of so
prominent man she has an acknowl-
edged claim on society-the late Mrs.
Whitney, her mother, was SO widely
known and SO well liked. 1t was Mrs.
| Whitney who gave Grover Cleveland's
| first administration the social eclat it
had in Washington.
| Though this marriage is really an in
ternational one, the Pagets being one of
the historical families of England, it
does not seem quite like other interna-
tional marriages, for the bridegroom has
proved his mettle in the serious battle
of life, and has acquired fortune in bus
mess in Minnesota, though related to
many noble families in England
Soon after 10 O'Clock the doors of ST.
| Thomas church were thrown open.
Carriage after carriage rolled up in front
of the door and emptied it's load of richly
| dressed men and women, and it was not
| long before the church was crowded The
| floral decorations were superb. Indeed
| the church's interior had been trans
| formed into fairy land, charming and
enchanting to behold from the great
dome to the remotest corner, flowers were
everywhere, and tastefully arranged.
There were massive garlands of foliage
and flowers, lilies of the vaIley orchids