Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-11-16
WHITNEY AND PAGET
Wedding at New York Outshone
the Marboroughs.
The PRESIDENT WAS A GU S
Beautiful American Girl ard an Eng
'lshInan Of Noo'e Family y ere
Truly Wcd.

clpal society events of the year. greater
n interest and second only in nagni1i-
cence to the recent Marlborough Van
| derbilt alliance, was the marriage Of
Miss Pauline Payne Whitney to Allner-
| ic Paget, which was celebra ted al 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
| Z. Whitney, who was secretary of the
| navy in the first Cleveland adminstra-
| 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-
/ s*iNAN
| grandson of the first marquis of An
| glesea.
| The interior of the church was COM
| pletely hidden beneath ivies, chrAsan-
| 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 We're entirely hidden in
lr y,lln
| cnancel and choir stall tree ferns ana
palms were placed. The chancel rail,
galleries and side aisles We're banked
with flowers, over which was artistic
ally draped a hanging green and white
traceTy Of foliage and lilies, which gave
natural unstudied effect to the dec
orations.
The family and immediate friends
had seats separately from those re-
served for the guests by floral gate
built on gothic lines, extending across
the center aisle. On the right sat Pres
dent 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
3f the British embassy, Dr. Clauncey
". bepeW and specially invited guests
On the left were seated the members
If the Whitney household, Lady Cole
hroOl1 and Miss Alice Paget sisters OF
he Bridegroom, Lord Westmeatil ana
personal friends Of the bride In honor.
IF the occasion, Edouard De Rezke and
Mime. Nordica sang Faure's duo, THE
Srucififd, from Mendelssohn's Eli
jah. Just before the betrothal ser
vice, Nine. Nordica sang Gunouds
Ave Maria" and Frank Ondricek rem
aered Laud's ''Flegie" in the violin.
iiandel's Largo was performed by
F'ranlso's orchestra, accompanied by
aarps and organ, and d delightful mu-
ical program was presented before the
arrival Of the bridal party.
WEDDING PROCESSION.
Soon after Il o'clock, to the strains
0f the wedding march, the bridal party
proceeded to the chancel in the follow
ing order:
Ushers-Gould Hoyt, John c. Furman,
H. Maitland kersey, ". Cutting. Ir.,
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
atrce Bend, Susie Dimmock and Edith
Blake Brown, Miss Vanderbilt was
in white, Miss Sloane in pink, Miss Bar
ney in yellow, Miss Bend in heliotr0pe.
Miss Dimmock in blue, Miss Brown in
green.
WEDDING GOWN.
Miss Whitney. who entered leaning
on the arm of her father, made a beau
tiful bride, Her wedding gown of ivory
white satin, was perfectly plain with
out lace or embroidery save heavy
silk cord, which ran around the edge.
The corsage was finished in rosettes
on either side and the full sleeves were
finished from the elbow to the wrist in
gauntlet style with a narrow frill of
lace at the waist The waist was seam
less. \ cluster of orange blossoms was
fastened at the left side on the waist
line and the veil was made from
splendid piece of point lace, once worn
by the brides mother, which extended
almost to the train.
The bridal party We're met at the
chancel steps by the groom and best
man, Gerald Paget, The bride and
groom We're met at the chancel steps
by Bishops Potter and Leonard and
Rector Juhn Wesley Brown. The
charge was read by the rector, Bishop
Leonard performing the betrothal ser
vice and Bishop Potter officiating a the
marriage ceremony proper at the altar
rail.
Immediately after the ceremony the
newly welded pair We're accompanied
to the vestry by President Cleveland
and Sir Julian Paunceforte, who sub
scribed their names to the marriage
register as witnesses.
While the bridal party were signing
the register, Nine Nordiea sang and
the flower girls presented favors to the
specially invited guests.
THE RECEPTION.
A reception was held Immediately af-
ter the ceremony at the residence of the
brides father. TO which 400 guests We're
bidden. In the inner hall an immense
bell Of white flowers was hung. beneath
which the bridal couple received the
congratulations o. friends. The decor
ations of the house We're simple and eff
ectiye The wedding breakfast was
served at small tables set in the ball
room and dining room. The bridal
party was seated at a crescent shaped
table arranged across the bay window
The bridal couple will pass part of
the honeymoon at Mr.. Whitney's coun-
try seat at Westbury, Long Island, and
later slowly tour through the eastern
states Ell route to St. Paul, Alinn.,
where Mr. Paget and bride will make
their home.