Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-04
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
The Ducal Nuptials Will Be Dream Of
Splendor.
Flowers, Gowns, Gifts and Music
Weddings at Home This
Month.

The Duke of Marlborough spent the last
Sunday of his bachelorhood quietly as the
guest Of the British embassy. He was a
participant in the afternoon promenade on
Connecticut avenue, in company with a
stalwart member Of the embassy. Today
he will be in New York, to take his part in
the rehearsal, and to attend the dinner
given by Mrs. Brockholst Cutting in honor
of the bridal party. Col. and Mrs. William
Jay will entertain the duke, the bride-elect
and her mother at large dinner tomorrow
night.
Wednesday is the wedding day. The
floral decorations of St. Thomas Church
will extend from vestibule to chancel. A
vista of pink and white blossoms will be
produced by placing en- the ends of the
pews huge floral stanchions OF palms and
pink and white roses. The columns will
be banded with pink and white chrysanthe-
NUNS, the dome will be hung with garlands
of foliage and flowers, the ends reaching to
the chancel. the galleries and right and left
transepts. The six columns supporting the
dome will be wound with sashes OF pink and
white chrysanthemums and feathery ferns.
Cosmos garlands will festoon the gallery
| ratings and pendant from these will be Or
chids.
Across the chancel will be three lofty
arches of Gothic design composed of as
paragus fern as frame work 10 the thou
sands of bride roses and lilies TO DE used
The chancel rail will be concealed by
treilis of lilies of the valley, while the two
gates will be composed of farleyepcis fern
| and white calleyea, an exceptional thing,
owing to the scarcity of this flower. At the
back of the chancel a mass of palm foliage
will spring from the ground, and flowers.
white and pink only. Banked against the
| choir stalls are to be parterres OF standard
roses and growing pink lilies. graduating to
tie tiled floor and edged with white and pink
| Alpine violets. Taking the place OF the choir
curtains and only partially concealing the
| two organs, will be erected three arches on
either side, composed OF white ana PINK
roses, and all sinking behind grill work OF
chrysanthemums and cut palm foliage. The
columns fianlsing the organs will be entWin-
ed with sprays of climbing vines, springing
from bushes of roses growing at their nase.
| In the pulpit century old palm will be
placed, while around the side Will be gar
| lands of pink orchids and maidenhair fern,
with hanging crates of farleyencis fern,
| making a drapery touching the floor. Mr..
| William K. Vanderbilt will drive from the
Metropolitan Club to I'D street to join mis-
daughter, in whose carriage he Will CriVe 10
| the church. She will enter with her father,
and the bridal procession will proceed III the
| conventional form, the bridesmaids proceed
| ing the bride and her father. Bishop Little
john will perform The marriage ceremony
| and Bishop Potter will pronounce the bene-
| diction.
The bridesmaids will be Miss Winthrop.
daughter of Mr.. Buchanan Winthrop; Mss
| Evelyn Burden, daughter of Mr.. l. Town
send Burden; Miss Morton, eldest daughter
| Of Gov. Morton; Miss Elsa Bronson, daugh-
| ter of Mr.. Frederic Bronson; Miss Daisy
Post, daughter of Mr.. William Post: Miss
| Katharine Duer, daughter of Ir. William
| Duer, and a granddaughter Of the famous
| wit, William R. Travers; Miss May Goelet,
| daughter of Mr.. Ogden Goelet, and Miss
Laura Jay. a daughter of Col. William Jay.
The usEers whom the duke has chosen 10
assist him at the wedding are very well
known in New York society, and have Of
| ten assisted at famous weddings. They are,
| without exception, members of the knick-
| erbocker Club, at which club the Duke of
Marlborough has been a frequent visitor
since his arrival in this country. They are
! Messrs. F. Brockholst Cutting, Richard T.
| Wilson, jr., Reginald Ronalds, Herbert d.
| Robbins and Hamilton Wilkes Cary. The
| Duke of Marlborough's best man will be
| his cousin, the Hon. Ivor Churchill Guest,
| the eldest son Of Lord Wimborne. His
! mother is the eldest sister of the late Duke
| of Marlborough. Young Guest is a fine
| looking man, of tall and commanding pres
| ence and just about the age of the duke.
| The bridesmaids gowns, although simple
| in design, are exquisite. The skirts. of
| heavy ivory satin, cut very full, are without
| trimming other than long sashes of ciel
| blue satin ribbon, which reach nearly to
| the lower edge. The hodices, made also OF
| the same rich ivory satin, are finished With
| very full, long sleeves and girdled with a
| broad ceinture of the ciel blue satin. The
| prettiest feature, however, is a Marie An
| toinctte fichu of fine cream lace, which COW
| ers the shoulders and crosses surplice fash
ion in front to meet the girdle. This lace
| will be caught in front with the turquoise
| souvenirs of the Duke of Marlborough. En-
| circling the throat inside of the slightly
| "V" shaped neck will be worn broad band
| of blue velvet, clasped in turn with several
| rows of pearls.
The broad brimmed hats are the more
| picturesque, in that they are made of a
| deep, rich shade of royal blue velvet, trim
| med with ciel blue. The six ostrich plumes
as are the large coouilles of satin ribbon
| which fill in the back of the caught-up
| brim, also the twist and rosette of soft
| chiffon which encircle the crown.
The chief beauty Of the wedding gown, OF
| course. Is the eXQuisitely fine point lace
| flouncing which covers the entire front OF
| both skirt and bodice.
The lace which will adorn the brides veil
| is an exquisite piece Of point d'Angleterre
| and Miss Vanderbilt will be of the third gen
| Grafton to wear 1t. This lace was first worn
/ when bride, by her maternal grandmother
| Mrs. Murray Smith, who was Miss Desha
| of Mobile, Ala, a member of distinguished
| French Huguenot family. Mrs. Vanderbilt
| also wore the lace at the time of her we'd
ding, and the beautiful fiounce which has
| been attached to the wedding gown is as
| near a reproduction of the old lace as could
| be manufactured in the most famous house
| in Brussels, where 1t was found impossible
| to copy the pattern exactly, as the art which
| fashioned the old piece is lost to this world.
So skillfully is this lace adjusted to the
| gown, DESPITE the fact that the founce
| crosses the skirt horizontally four times
| trims the front of the corsage and falls IN
| triple revers over the shoulders, it has NOT
been cut Peeping from underneath the low.
| est flounce is narrow border Of orange bios
SONS.
The court train, five yards in length, is, as
| has already been told, marvel of exquisite
| embroidery all about the edge. extending ur
both sides to the shoulders. The finest OF
| seed pearls, mingled with others of varying
| size, are used to form small rose leaves, ard
| these are growing. apparently, from g
! thread-like vine of silver, tied at three inch
| intervals in true lovers knot.
| A long spray of orange blossoms, which
| trails over one side of the skirt. and tine
| smaller one of the same flowers. fastened or
| the front Of the corsage- are beautifully
| fine.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's gown will be of ciel blue
| satin, with f1aring skirt just little longer
| than walking length. Around the edge OF
| the skirt will be attached a border of Rus
| sian sable. The waist will have the effect
| of a tight-fitting coat with cream colored
! point applique sides, which show a waist OF
| chiffon embroidered in green pearls A sable
| collar and shoulder piece complete the coat
| effect. A lace and silver capote. with pale
| blue aigrette, will complete this elegant cos