The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
EMILY V. SLOANE WEEDS
NIECE OF THE VANDERBILTS MAR
RIEs JOHN HENRY HAMMOND.
st. Bartholomew Church, New York,
a Mass of Flowers and Greenery-
The Gowns and Presents.

NEW YORK, April 5-With all the elab-
crate ceremony that characterizes church
weddings Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Douglass
Sloane, was married TO John II. Hammond,
of Boston, to-day at noon in St. Bar
tholomew's Church, the Rev. DR.. David II.
Green officiating. Notwithstanding the ex-
pressed desire of the bride and her family
for quiet wedding, the avenue for block
in either direction from the church held an
immense throng, which threatened at times
to prevent the arrival of guests carriages
In order to relieve the crush the police
drove the crowd back to the block above
the church and to the block below thus
leaving the street clear in front of the en-
trance. AT II a. m. guests began 10 arrive,
and just before the approach of the bridal
party the church was crowded and guests
stood in the aisle. The four front pews on
either side Of the center were reserved for
the members of the brides and bridegroom's
families
For a reason that no one attempted to
give the arch of smiIax and huge wedding
bell il which the bridal couple were to stand
was not IL place at 11:50 o'clock. The arch
was hastily put up and the bell adjusted TO
one side to balance it. Already the wedding
music from 'Lohengrin" was heard when
one of the attendants ordered the workmen
to take down both arch and bell. This was
done just few seconds before the BRIDE her
father and her attendants entered. They
knew nothing Of what had happened. The
bridegroom and his brother. Ogden Ham
mond. were waiting at the altar. The maid
of honor was Miss Lila Vanderbilt Sloane,
a sister of the bride
The interior of the church was adorned
| with roses, lilies and garlands of orange
leaves and smilax, while palms and azalias
added beauty. The dark marble pillars were
hidden by ropes of green bound with lilies,
and upon the capitols of each column were
great punches of white Easter flowers. At
the chancel rail there was solid bank of
aZalias and lilies in shades of pink and
white. The lectern, pulpit and choir stalls
were bound with ropes of laurel and lilies,
while beyond was bank of lilies and palms.
Two great palms thirty feet high fianked
the altar and jars of roses varied the loose
Easter flowers upon the altar.
Miss Sloane entered the church promptly
at noon, and, escorted by her father, walked
up the center aisle to the altar. She was at
tended by her sister, Miss Lila Vanderbilt
Sloane, followed by Miss Ruth Twombley
and Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, the little cous-
ins of the bride; Miss Knowlton, Miss Edith
groom's sister, Miss Margaret Hammond.
All were dressed in pink and carried bou-
quets of Bridesmaids and Dewey roses. The
brides gown was of white satin, embroi-
dered with silver and trimmed with point
lace. The maid of honor, Miss Lila Sloane,
was also dressed entirely in white. The
bride carried bouquet of lilies OF the valley
and wore coronet of orange blossoms She
wore no jewel adornments.
At the altar Miss Sloane was met by the
groom and his best man. his brother, Ed
win Hammond. The ushers were Alonzo
Potter, Allan A. Robbins, ]. G.. p. Stokes,
G.. Arthur Gordon, W. V. S. Thorne, Will
liam Sloane, Herbert Parsons and c. X. NJ
Beekman.
Invitations to the church were limited to
the seating capacity of st. Bartholomew
and included nearly all the ultra fashion
! able people in the city. Family connections
represented d large proportion of the as
semblage.
Richard II. Warden, the organist of St.
Bartholomew's, had arranged a choice must
cal programme for the ceremonies, and
| played the wedding march when Mr.. and
| Mrs. Hammond left the church.
Following the ceremony at the church a
wedding breakfast served at the Sloane
residence. The guests numbered over three
hundred mostly members of the Vanderbilt
and Hammond families and intimate per-
sOnal friends. The tables were gorgeously
decorated after designs suggested by the
bride. The house, also, was beautifully dec
Grated for the reception which was held on
the arrival of Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond from
the church.
The newly-married pair will spend the
honeymoon at LenoX. The bride was the re-
cipient of many handsome and costly pres
ents. The most valuable of her gifts is
necklace and tiara of diamonds, presented
to her by Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bit. She received ruby and diamond pend
ant from Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Wander
bt. William K. Vanderbilt gave a dia-
mond comb and Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
Burden jr.. a beautiful silver table service.
The groom is a lawyer by profession His
father Gen. John II. Hammond. was chief
OF General Shermans staff during the war
of the rebellion, and commanded a division
under General Thomas.