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MILLIONS ENGAGED.
VAST FORTUNES AFFECTED BY THIS
YEARS MATCHES.

partnership. Never before were such vast
fortunes involved as in 5hO engagements
of the lNSt season.
The mere fact that Vanderbilt and a
Rockefeller have bccomr engaged during
the year is sufficient tn give it Il unique
distinction in the financial and marrimO-
NAL history Of the world. Before this gen
Grafton such fortunes Us those of tho Van.
dorbilts and the RuCkcfellCrs were un.
known.
Young men and maidens who arc tim.
idly thinking Of love in y cottage, read
about these engagements and try to over
como your natural feelings of envy. The
wedding presents to these couples will be
worth millions of dollars. and in some
Gases Of sufficient value TO support whole
street full Of ordinary married people for
all their lives.
Let us hope that these marriages will
result in IL crop Of small mllOnaircs who
will grow uD to be generous and useful
citiZnnS.
The following list of fcw of the most
conspicuous engagements of the season,
with AN estimate Of the fortunes involved.
will he sufficient to give it an 'extraordl-
nary place:
Miss Edith Rockefeller, Harold McCor-
mick, SIS coo, 600.
Miss ConsurIu Vanderbilt, the Duke of
Marlborough, &lj, 600. 900
Miss Pauline Whitney, A. II. Pugct,
$40, 900, COG.
Miss Ethel V. Phclps-Stokcs, J. : Hoyt,
50, 600, 600.
Miss Fclicto Oglcsby, G. NJ. Pullman,
Jr., So, 0OO 900.
L., t,,tn &c al =,
engagements has been that of Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt and the young Duke of
Marlborough, sOn account of its interna-
tional character. Attention has been at
tracted to it by the complaints of those
who think that rich American girl ought
not to marry foreigner. But is it not at
least rs praiscwOrthy to devote ones for
tune to restoring II historic house full Of
works of art ms to throw it in with IA lot of
other useless millions? If Miss Vanderbilt
had become engaged to poor but thor
oughly deserving American, there might be
cause for rejoicing, but if she had chosen
an American it would probably have been
one with barrels Of money, and so there is
not much cause for complaint.
The engagement of another member of
the Vanderbilt family, Miss Gertrude Van
derbilt, with Mr.. Moses Taylor, has also
been reported and generally credited by
society, but has been denied by the press
agents of the Cornelius Vanderbilt family.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, rs the daugh-
ter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the head of
the august family, is quite certain to come
in for $25, 900, 600. Her father today is
worth more than 500, 600, 900, and while
the bulk of it will go to the eldest son 1t
has always been the Vanderbilt policy to
deal generously with the daughters.
Miss Pauline Whitney is Il girl not I'M
like Miss Vanderbilt. They have been the
closest of friends since their childhood,
living, ms they do, both at Fifth avenue
and fifty-ScVcnth street. Miss Whitney'S
father, cX-SCcrrtary of the Navy William
&. Whitney, and possibly the Democratic
candidate for president next year, is one of
tile great mOncyCd men of the age. His
wealth is computed Ht between $40, O00 600
and $JO, nOO 900, but the young lady will
also inherit considerable wealth from the
Payne Family of Ohio, to which her moth
er belonged. Mr.. Whitney is one of the
most ambitious of rich men and is rapidly
increasing his great fortune
Although in the Rockefeller Mccormick
nuptials there will be more millions con-
ccrncd than in any of the other weddings
it will doubtless be a very quiet affair." as
the Ruckrfcllcrs have never moved in the
very smart set of New York society.
AS the daughter Of John ID. Rockefeller
said to he the richest man in the country
Miss Edith Rockefeller will probably in
herit between $50, 900, 900 and $40, 900, 600.
She has two sisters and one brother. Mr..
D.. lr..f. 4 .IsI Il
great rate and is probably somewhere in
the neighborhooi of $3.50, OOO 900. 1t has
been estimated as high rs $1S5, 900, 000
but no one knows what it amounts to, not
even the owner of 1t all.
Another wedding which will have a pc
culiar interest for Chicago is that of young
George NJ. Pullman and Miss Fclicite
Oglesby. The bride to be is the daughter
of Ex-Governor Richard j. Oglesby of Elk
hart Ills. Miss Olgesby is not as wealthy
as her betrOthed, who will some day in
herit the vast business and fortune which
his father has built up. The wedding will
not take place for year and half, as
both of the young folks are still in the
hands of tutors. Young Pullman is study
ing at Cornell, while Miss Olgesby will
pass the next year in Paris, where the fin
ishing touches will be put upon her edu-
cation.
The wedding nearest at hand is that of
Miss Ethel V. Phelps-Stokes and John
Sherman Hoyt. 1t will take place at Lon
OK, Mass, where the Stokes family has the
finest house in that region Of milliQnaires.
The ceremony will be performed at Trinity
church on Thursday, Oct. 81, and there
will be reception at the house. which
promises to eclipse in grandeur the Lenox
wedding of Miss Sloane and young Mr..
Burden.
The bride to be is the daughter of Arson
Phelps Stokes. The eldest daughter some
six years ago married Baron Halkott Of
England, and settlement of IS, 000, 900
was made at the time. 1t is quite proba-
BILE that Miss Edith will be equally for
tunate, as the family is fabulOusly rich
one.
There are more than 100 bedrooms in
Shadowbrook, the Lenox home of the fam
lily, but the house will not be nearly large
enough to accommodate the throng of
guests which will surely attend the we'd
ding festivities. The Stokcses know how
to entertain better than most people, and
they almost literally burn money up in
their efforts to please every one.
John Sherman Hoyt is not MS rich as his
future wife, but at the least he can count
upon million. He is nephew of John
sherman and his family has been socially