The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-23
WHITNEY VANDERBILT.
The Attendants Are All Rolling in Great
Wealth.

Wealth
The bridesmaids selected by Miss Ger.
trude Vanderbilt, who is TO be married !
to Henry Payne Whitney at Newport
next Tuesday, are, with one exception, |
great heiresses. The prospective for |
tunes represent many millions. 1t is ex-
pected Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, the
younger sister of the bride, will atten'
her MS flower maiden. She is n pr -
girl, in her fourteenth year. Ivy
heiress to at least S15,000,O0O, .3he .; Is
probably have double that an anu VIII
Miss Emily Vanderbilt SUM.
Miss Lila Sloane are fir 4 cousins Je Of d tbe
bride. They are the do 10, ea,ms % vne
and Mrs. William Douglas sloane the the
i,,t TS SisS aI Oh Mr. Cornelius Wander
bit: me M .sses Sloane are extremely
puoilc spr .test. Miss Emily Vanderbilt
olos.ne tire president of the A. b. c.,
vi Al .of-|sasement Circle, charitable or
E"-lza,fon. Her sister likewise contri-
.Jutcs work and money to the A b. C's.
, MIS-. William Douglas Sloane inherited
trcm her father, the late William II. Van
serbilt, S1O,000,000, and the fortune is
said to have increased enormously. 1t
will be divided between the five children
some day, as will the wealth of the head
of the family. 1t is quite safe to put
the Misses Sloane down as heiresses each
to So, 900, 600
Miss Amy Bend. who has been the
guest for some time of the Sloanes, at
Elm Court, will be. "a bridesmaid. Miss
Bend is not an heiress in the largest sense
of the term. She is one of two children
of Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Bend, Miss
Bend is favorite niece OF a rich bachelor,
| Isaac Townsend, and an elderly spinster
sister of his, Miss Amy Townsend.
The impression is that there are no
| greater heiresses in America than the
Misses Gerry. Their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, are said to be
the second greatest real estate owners in
| this city. Miss Angelica Gerry will no
| doubt have fortune of S15, 00O, 900. She
| will be bridesmaid for the first time at
| the Whitney, Vanderbilt wedding
Miss Minnie Taylor is included in
Miss Vanderbilt's list. Miss Taylor is
| likely to come in for 81 900, GOD.
Miss Edith Shepard, another brides
| maid, Is one of the brides pretty cousins,
and will herself be married in November
| to Ernesto G.. Fabri Miss Shepard :
the Misses Sloane, her mother, Mrs Ell
lott +. Shepard, being sister of Mr.
| Cornelius Vanderbilt
| Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt's six brides.
maids will be beautifully arrayed at the
wedding. Their costumes have all been
| made abroad, and have just come over
with that of the bride
There will be but few absentees among
the Vanderbilt relatives at this wedding
| This will, however, include Mr. and Mrs
| Cornelius Vanderbilt, .Jr., and Mr.
James n. Burden, Jr., who are now
| abroad.
| President Cleveland, it is said, will
come from Buzzard's Bay to attend the
| wedding.
Mr. Whitney is making strenuous efforts
to ascertain how his plans for the estab-
lishment of a country seat for his son
| in the Berkshire Hills gained publicity.
! His son takes the matter good-naturedlv
and laughs ut his fathers failure to keen
| the surprise Il secret
While working on the temporary house
| Monday night, the stone masons came
upon number of relics Of the days when
the mountain was the home of the Tagli
| comic Indians. There were numberless
bits of flint and several stone arrow heels.
These reminders of ii century or more ago
We're spread over Il territory of nearly ten
miles, showing that the October Noun
tam must at one time have swarmed with
| savages
a beautiful spring of water was found.
and it was decided to connect it with n
basin constructed to hold 5000 gallons.
from which those who live on October
| mountain will henceforth get their drink
| ing water.
The establishment of the Whitney
home has gi~en an impetus to the entire
| surrounding country. All the material
mas been purchased in .LenoX and Pits
Held, and times are better than they
have been before.-N. Y. Journal