The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
ALL ARE HEIREssEs,
Miss Vanderbilt's Bridesmaids Repre-
 sent Many Mnlions-The Wedding Next Tuesday-When Miss Wander

Miss Vanderbilt's Bridesmaids Repre-
 sent Many Milllons-The Wedding
 Next Tuesday-When Miss Wander
 hilt Will Become Mrs. Whitney,
 New York, Aug, 2O,--The bridesmaids selected by Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, who is to be married to Henry Payne Whitney at Newport next Tuesday, are, with one exception, great heiresses, | The prospective fortunes represent many millions. It is expected Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, the younger sister of the bride, will attend hor as flower maiden She is pretty girl, in her fourteenth year, She is helress to at least $16,000,000, and will probably have double that amount,
 Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane and Miss Lila Sloane are first cousins of the bride. They are the daughters of MT. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, the latter a. sister of Mir. Cornelius Wander hilt. The Misses Sloane are extremely public spirited Miss Emily Wander bilt Sloane is the president of the A. B. C., or ti-Basement circle, charita- ble organization. Her sister likewise contributes work and money to the A. B. C.'s.
 Mrs. William Douglas Sloane inheri- ted from her father the late William Fl. Vanderbilt, ten million dollars, and the fortune is said to have increased enormously. It will be divided between the five children some day, as will the wealth of the head of the family. It is | quite safe to put the Misses Sloane down as Increases each to three million dollars
 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, ill the largest sense of the term. She is one of two i children of MT. and Mrs. George H. l Bend. Miss Bend is favorite niece of rich bachelor, Isaac Townsend, and an elderly spinster sister of his, Miss l Amy Townsend.
 i The impressiC n is that there are no greater heiresses in America than the l Misses Gerry. Their parents, MT, 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 fifteen mil- lion dollars. She will be bridesmaid for the first time at the Whitney-Van- derbilt wedding.
 | Miss Minnie Taylor is included in Miss vanderhit's list Miss Taylor is ! likely to come in for seven million dol l lars
 Miss Edith Shepard, another brides maid, is one of the brides pretty coIs- ins, and will herself be married in No ! vasnber to Erncsto G. Fabri Miss Shepards fortune will equal that of her cousins. the Misses Sloane, her mother, Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, being sister of Mir. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
 Hiss Gertrude Vanderbllt's six bridesmaids 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. These will, however, include MT. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and MT. and Mrs. James A. Burden, Jr., | who are now abroad,
 President Cleveland, it is said, will come from Buzzard's Bay to attend the wedding.
 MT. Whitney is making strenuous ef- | lDTlS LO4 dSceftdll IoW LIB pittlio " tAiC l establishment of country seat for his son in the Berkshire Hills gained pub l licity. His son takes the matter good naturedly, and laughs at his father 5 failure to keep the surprise secret,
 While working on the temporary house Monday night, the stone masons I came upon number of relics of the days when the mountain was the home | of the Tagconic Indians. There were nnmberless bits of flint and several | stone arrow heads. These. reminders of century and more ago were spread | over a territory of nearly ten miles. l showing that the October mountain must at one time have swarmed with 1 savages.
 A beautiful spring of water was l found, and it was decided to connect it 1 with basin constructed to hold five thousand gallons, from which those who live on october mountain will henceforth get their drinking water.
 The establishment of the Whitney home has given an impetus to the en- tire surrounding country. All the ma terial has been purchased in Lenox and Pittsfield, and times are better than they have ever been before.