St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-02
TO Be WE'D TODAY
Anna Gould to Become the
Countess Castellane This
s Evening.
MAYOR STRONG TO TIE KNOT
The Great Wedding, However,
Will Not Occur Until Mon
day Noon.
MAYOR STRONG TO TIE KNOT
COUNTS BACHELOR DINNER
He Has No Head for Details
1t Was Almost a Fail
upe.

NEW YORK, March 1.-The Orient
al drawing room of the Gould man
sion is to be the scene of the Castel-
lane-Gould wedding Monday, March
4, at noon. The furnishings of the
house are nowhere so elaborate as
in this room. Mayor Strong, if his
gout permits, will go to the house of
George Gould Saturday evening.
There he will meet the Count de Cas-
tellane, his brother, and all those
Who are to participate in the we'd
ding ceremony.
When the time for the event of
the night arrives eX-Judge John F.
Dillon, representing the Gould Sis
ters, and Frederic R. Coudert, rep
resenting the De Castellane inter
ests, will produce the marriage con-
tract. Then Mayor Strong will go
through a formula similar to that
which unites dozens of youths and
maids in the city hall every week.
Made man and wife in the sight of
the New York law the Count and
Countess de Castellane will proceed
to affix their autographs to the con-
tract. The half-dozen or so of per-
sons chosen to act as witnesses will
sign, and with that the whole affair
will be over.
The provisions of the contract
make the count several times a mil
1onaire during good behavior and
bind the countess to sustain the ex
penses of the great establishment
that the young couple are to set up
In Paris. Ex-Judge Dillon has de-
voted to its preparation all of that
remarkable legal acumen that stood
Jay Gould in such good stead for
many years. This legal transaction
at an end, the Count de Castellane
and Anna Gould will be welded
that is to say, if either should die
between then and Monday morning.
the other would be the widow or Wild
over. of him or her. SO far as the
courts go. but society is not expected
to consider them the Count and
Countess de Castellane until after
Archbishop Corrigan has formally
blessed the union.
Count Boniface de Castellane, who
mas been supposed to be a French
edition of the late McAllister, so far
as arranging social functions. has
proven TO be a most helpless sort of
young man, with no head at all
Tor detail. It is said he forgot all
the details of his bachelor dinner
the other night, forgot all about the
chef, forgot to arrange for various
matters, and that it came near he
ing a failure. The thing that most
engrosses his attention these davs
is the changing of his clothes at
stated hours during the day. All of
the arrangements for the wedding
nave been taken in hand by Mr.. and
Mrs. George Jay Gould, and as Mr..
Gould himself is not losing an hour
from his business these DAYS it is fair
TO assume the intimate friends of
Mr.. Gould who talked on the subject
today must be right.
The whole brunt of this business
ne said, has been placed upon the
shoulders of Mrs. George Gould, and
she is the busiest woman in New York
today. Flowers, decorations. music
and, In fact, everything has been re-
ferred to her. If, as it surely will he
everything passes off successfully
there will be no one to claim credit
put Mrs. Gould herself 1t has been
said that the count takes great de-
light In arranging things himself. This
is wrongly put. 1t ought to be said he
takes great deal of pleasure in think
ing he Is helping to arrange matters.
AND let me say this one thing: The
Iacts have not been printed, but dis
torted statements, which have had the
erect of annoying the Gould family
exceedingly. These have been like most
-Wlllful Misrepresentation"
1t is a fact that none of the arrange
ments have really been completed so
far, and, Notwithstanding all the Cos
sip, no one but the Goulds and their
most intimate friends know what the
music will be, nor any of the hundred
and one other details which contribute
to swell wedding.
The count himself is responsible for
the statement that at the conclusion
OF the wedding breakfast he will take
his wife to Lakewood, where they will
remain until next Tuesday night or
Wednesday morning. Then they will
return to this city in time to take the
steamship New York, for Southampton.
The Count knows he will go to Paris.
but he has not quite decided what he
Will do after that. He wants first to
introduce his wife in the Faubourg ST.
German set. Then they will probably
tour the continent
bali gown composed of yellow and
white satin, which was completed at
kraemer's today, will be a charming
addition to Miss Annals trousseau.
The Square-cut bodice of white satin
Is embroidered in gold spangles. A
full Fedora effect in front is confined in
two broad plaits at the back Four
satin bordered ruff1es of chiffon of
graduating depths form the epaulettes
over the shoulders and back The
sleeves of yellow sa tin are full, but
drop gracefully, giving less breadth
in the shoulders, and are pretty di-
gression from the immense ballroom
sleeves seen so much recently. The
skirt of yellow satin, devoid of any
1diiS III lOlQS
from beneath a girdle of white satin,
corresponding with the style of the
bodice in spangled decoration.
An opera coat which Is designed with
great artistic skill, is in Sicilian moire,
embodying shades Of pink and blue.
this too, had just received the finish
ing touches of the ladys tailor who
has supplied the outfit.
Friday evening fashionable dinner