St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-22

CT liidI Sic SliOulu llV6.- All manner OF
rumors have been current in regard
to the magnificent settlement Mr..
Letter was to make upon his Gaugh-
ter the day of her marriage. The
sums reported as constituting this
settlement have varied through ev-
cry stage Of the hundred thousands.
AS matter of course, these wild
rumors have reached the ears of
Miss Letters family, greatly to their
dlStaste. Mr.. Letter, in response to
a direct query on this subject, has
announced that he will make no set
tlement whatever upon his daughter,
and that so far from this ever nav
ing been his intention or enc of the
conditions of the marriage as re-
ported, he has no slight idea of max
ing any settlement, even of the most
modest dimensions. What he will dc
in fact, what he has already done
is to give the daughter outright the
amount he would nave given her
on her marriage irrespective of whom
she had selected for her husband
All his children have an income of
of dressing themselves and INDUCING
their fancy in whatever manner they
elect. This money, now given to
his eldest daughter, is simply in the
nature of a continuance of that al
lowance to which she has been
FOR YEAT55 ACCUSTOMED.
Naturally as married woman her
requirements in this line will be greater
than as a girl in society; therefore, it
is to be supposed that the sum will be
a large one, enabling her to take the
place required of her among the nobil-
ity of England. In addition to this
Mr.. and Mrs. Letter have given their
daughter several elegant presents of an
individual character. AS already an
nounced, the present of the groom
elect to his bride will be the Scarsdale
diamonds, which she will wear upon
her wedding day. AS the future Lady
Scarsdale these diamonds would in the
course of time have come to her, but
as the groom's father, the present
Lord Scarsdale, is a minister of the
Church of England, it seems more fit
ting that the diamonds should be
given at once to his sons bride to
wear in all the freshness of her youth
and beauty. Going over to London to
live will not be in her case in the
nature of giving up all the associa-
lions of her life to form new ties and
make new friends on the other side of
the water. For many years past Miss
Letter has spent SO much time abroad
that her friends, not only in London,
but throughout Europe, are legion.
When, after the close of the London
season, and the closing of their town
house is in order, they will go
TO KEDLESTON HALL.
in Derbyshire, the Scarsdale country
seat, where, doubtless, round of gay
cites will mark the arrival of the
bride and groom. Few men who have
come to America for their brides have
had the satisfaction of introducing to
their friends in the queens domains a
more distinguished looking woman
than the one who will be the future
Lady Scarsdale When the groom
elect arrived in this country from En-
gland April IL, he was accompanied by
his sister and brother-in-law, Sir Will
lam and Lady Miller his brother,
Frank Curzon, who, with the brides
brother, Joseph Letter, will be one of
the ushers, and Lord bennington. the
best man. The entire party. upon their
arrival in Washington, went direct to
the Letter residence where they will be
the guest of the brides family during
their stay in this city, In one sense.
1t will be a home wedding, as the only
attendants of the bride will be her
two sisters, Miss Nancy Letter and
Miss Daisy Letter. The latter is a
school girl, and will not make her de-
but into society for some years. She
is strikfngly like her oldest sister. the
bride-elect. No one will be admitted
to the church the day of the marriage
except upon presentation of one of the
cards issued with the invitations to
the ceremony. The rule will be en-
forced with the
UTMOST STRICTNESS,
as the seating capacity of the church
is only 700, while the number of invi-
tatfons out for the ceremony is greatly
in excess of this number. When it is
taken into consideration that in adj
ditian to the members of Washington
society who will be present at the
marriage there is to be a large in
crease in the number of guests in the
strangers who will come from the
North and West especially for the oc-
casion, it will be seen that even with
the utmost care and the incest calcu-
alton the problem of seating the guests
or even finding room for them within
n &c
one fraught with the utmost dildculty.
At the breakfast that will be served
at noon at the house this same diff
Guilty will not Of course exist, as the
number of guests hidden to that Dor
ton of the wedding festivities is much
smaller 1t is limited to $50. The idea
that in some quarters has gained cur
rency to the effect that the bride would
be
GIVEN IN MARRIAGE
by the British ambassador is entirely
incorrect. Sir Julian Pauncefote will
have no part in the marriage ceremony
other than to be present among the
lookers-on. He will, of course. with
Lady Pauncefote, be one of the guests
at the wedding breakfast, and will
doubtless then offer the toast to the
health, happiness, and long life' of
the bride and groom. The ceremony
at the church will be strictly in ac-
cordance with the English fashion for
such happy events, even in regard to
the hour. This has been set at half
past IL o'clock, as in England no mar
r1ages are permitted to take place after
II o'clock. There will be a full choral
service, for which the choristers have
been practicing for a fortnight past
Bishop Talbot, of Wyoming, who has
known the bride-elect since her earliest
childhood, will perform the betrothal
and marriage service, after which
Archdeacon Mackay-Smith will pro-
nounce the benediction.