The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-04
GRACE AND CORNELIUS
THE vANDERBILT-wILsoN wEpDyxc
TAKES PLACE IN NEW YORK.
Third Marriage Among vnnde~b,,t
Unattended by the Members of
that Family of M%iuionaires.

presents received. great banquet prenared
$4,000 of floral decorations furnished and
then given to the hospital, trousseau COM
pleted and all other arrangements made
with society in a iutter of gossip for weeks.
young Cornelius Vanderbilt and Miss Grace
Wilson were quietly married at noon to-
day at the Wilson residence, No. 5n Fifth
avenue. this city. Assistant Rector William
ii. Pott. OF st. Church. OBLIGATED.
There were present Mr.. and Mrs. r. 4.
Wilson. the parents OF the bride: MIR. and
Mrs. Marshall. Orme Wilson. Robert Goelet
jr, r. T.. Wilson. jr.. brother of the bride.
and Frank Polk, of Boston, who acted as
lest man The Vanderbilt family was not
present Mr.. Polk was a classmate of
young Vanderbilt at Yale.
Miss Wilson entered the rear drawing
room. In which the took place.
leaning on the arm of her father. who gave
her away. There were no bridesmaids The
drawing room was decorated with cut flow
ers- The ceremony was simple and brief.
There was no music and no wedding break
fast The bridal gown was of pure white
material with a lace cape. The bridal veil
was OF old lace and reached to the bottom
OF the gown The bride wore in her hair
d diamond wreath. surrounded by orange
blossoms. After the wedding congratulate
NO@ N0IG received from the
Prince of Wales. the Earl and Countess of
Pembroke and the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough The latter is a cousin of the
bridegroom.
Mr.. Nanderbilt's present to the bride was
a brooch containing thirty diamonds sur
rounding a large sapphire. His present to
the best man. Mr.. Polk, was a pin of pearls.
When the bride and bridegroom left the
Wilson mansion. the former was attired in
a travelling dress of blue silk, covered with
lace hligree. She wore white gloves with
broad black stripes, a straw hat. prettily
trimmed with pink flowers. She carried i'm
flowers. ~
Both she and Mr.. Vanderbilt looked radi-
sntIy happy and smiled at each other
broadly as he assisted her into the carriage.
As she seated herself her eyes fell on a
group OF the family servants at one of the
Gasement windows OF her fathers home.
one smiled at them. nodded goodbye and
threw them a kiss. As the carriage was
f ber fs away she threw a parting kiss to
one ofthe parlor windows.
II HONEYMOON.
IL was ascertained that Mr.. Vanderbilt's
valet had procured tickets for the couple
Tor Saratoga. where a portion of the hon.
eymoon will b. spent. There were no in
vttations to the wedding issued. but the
cards were sent out announcing the mar
riage- A single carriage stood in front of
the Wilson residence during the ceremony
In which the bridal couple was conveyed to
the railway station.
The story of the courtship of Miss Grace
Wilson and Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr.. is of
interest The couple met for practically
the first time last August at Newport
DUring the next two months, according TO
the friends Of Miss Wilson. Mr.. Wander
Dit. who was madly in love. paid her the
most 2SStdnOnS and nm arnffffn~ @o0+;
The others say that a dead set was made
az MIN from the start. In either case Mr..
Vanderbilt and Miss Wilson were constant
~ in each others company. Young Mr..
vanderbilt was sent to Hot Springs. Col.
IN tne late autumn to get rid of some of
dampness of the Newport climate. Within
q few days Miss Wilson reached the
Springs. properly chaperoned, of course.
IL was after the return of Mr.. Vandar-
bilt and Miss Grace Wilson from Hot
called in New York on Mrs. Wilson. and
asked for a straightforward reply as to
whether Miss Wilson was going abroad for
the winter or not. After the assurance
that she was not. Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt
sent their son across the ocean, as he de-
weeks Miss Wilson was off TO Europe. in
company with her brother-in-law and sis
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet.
The four Cornelius Vanderbilts. two pres
ent and two past, are now being thoroughly
eanvassed. very naturally. Commodore
house. is the source of supply for any num-
Der or anecdotes as an original character.
IS We'll as the most successful man of his
day. Cornelius Vanderbilt III was the eld-
est son. He made what is termed an "un-
fortunate marriage Ii was without the
him. The lawsuit which followed the de-
mise OF Cornelius Vanderbilt | can be
easily rs &C all Soo by many, Some sum of
by the chief heir OF heirs, and the affair
was so settled. Cornelius Vanderbilt III
passed away in a retreat. Cornelius Van
derbilt III is the eldest son of the late Will
liarl H. vanderbilt. the second son of Com
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt. and the in
heritor I'm bulk of his wealth.
Cornelius Vanderbilt " is the second
son of Cornelius Vanderbilt III. His per-
sonality and characteristics are of more
interest now than ever heretofore. He is
younger looking than most men of twenty
two: of slender, boyish build, rather dark
as 10 complexion. and very dark as TO
hair. When younger he had a Chinese
look about him.. At Yale Cornelius Wander
heir i'm the hereafter of a fortune expected
10 reach s4o0.OOO.0OO. Then. too. his father
had built there the splendid memorial
building OF the university. which does hon
or TO the memory of the late William II.
Vanderbilt. the eldest son..
o A FAvORITE AT YALE.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was not at all a
favorite at the college; just the opposite
o. the eldest son. of whom everyone was
fond. He is regarded as purse-proud. and
well aware OF the fact that he is a Van
derbilt. With this he is said TO assume an
air of gentleness and diffidence. which
recalls the lines relative to the fact that
"the devil grinned. for his darling sin is
the pride that apes humility" This gentle
manner prevails only at times. for Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. jr.. is regarded as very
surly as TO manner as a rule.
He dresses fairly well. as he could hard
~ help doing with the best tailors and
haberdasiiers at his beck and call. but not
particularly. He is a fairly good rider. but
not a crack polo player, as has been stat
ed. As far as he has already gone now he
is a good yachtsman. His two most init
mate friends or chums are Frank Harri-
son. second son of Mr.. and Mrs. Burton
Harrison. and young Pollock.
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt is the quint-
essence of quietude. actually having Moth
ing 10 say. He is. of course, too young yet
to have anything of the man OF the world
about him.
There is a wide range of opinion as to
the age of Miss Wilson. Her friends here
generally place her as about twenty-seven
years old. Others recall her as a big girl,
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