The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-26

0HE details Of the two most inter
esting weddings of Easter week
have row been arranged. When
= Miss Virginia Fair becomes the
- bride OF William K. Vanderbilt
:: -: Jr; ON April 4, the rnagnificence
-s."1e- occasion which unites the repre-
lt.yes Of two great fortunes will be
.:tralleled IN the history of fashion
10 New. York. Before society has had
10 talk II over, however, an equally
ting. and imposing ceremony will
e.w the next day. when Miss Emily
.datbiit Sloane becomes the wife of
- H Hammond.
"ie wedding ceremony of Mr.. Wander
and Miss Fair Will be performed by
sr-fer Murphy at noon on Tuesday.
.-.. : at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs
--uan Oelrichs, on the northeast cor
a- Of Fifth avenue and Fffty-seventh
rect.
Q the beautiful conservatory which
er-s from the salon on the Fffty-sev-
.-tc-street side of the Oelrichs home a
5cntfCent altar will be erected. Before
MS altar, which Will be ablaze with
AK candles, the couple will be married
-. Nanderbilts best man will be Mr..
lrCoW. a Ciassmate at Harvard. Miss
air has selected as maid of honor her
end, Miss Tolfree Of California
OF the conservatory is a large room,
which viii be arranged like a Gothic
q apel. It will be literally filed with
r,.-utifUl pink roses. This color. by the
way. will predominant in the decorations
lie wedding breakfast viii be served at
srsaIl tables placed in the dining and re-
.eptIOn rooms and in the great hall on
The main floor. In all these rooms the
y.al.s Will be literally covered with pink
roses,
Her Wedding Gown.
The details of Miss Fairs wedding
gown have been kept a profound secret.
The gown is of heavy white satin I'M
Usually fine. It's skirt IS trimmed with
rare old lace that is put on in a point in
front and. goes up the back in two
aaunces. It has a court train, and all
the seams of the skirt are embroidered
n pearls in maiden-hair fern pattern.
Very daintily designed and we'll adapt
Cd 70 suit Miss Fairs style of beauty is
the waist. This is trimmed with a
PRIESTS yoke Of the old lace, put on fiat
and plain. The sleeves are marvelously
tucked in, rows Of three tucks going
across These little tucks are almost In
Vulnerable and beautifully fine. Between
the tucks are insertions Of the same fine
lace. also laid on fiat. At the wrists there
IS another fall Of the lace.
Tire body Of the waist is made after
tho same manner, with tuCks and inser-
ION Of the lace, and there is also a full
front OF 1t.
About the throat there is a high collar
Of the lace laid upon standing pieces of
white satin. The veil also is Of lace.
Win the gown Miss Fair is to wear
white satin slippers embroidered in pearls
ard. white silk stockings.
Nearly all of Miss Fairs costumes
have been designed or suggested by Miss
Fair herself
Many Of the gowns are exceedingly
simple and yet so smart in effect that
one forgets their severity.
All Kinds of Gowns.
One Of the prettiest of these simple
frocks is of sheerest, finest ivory-white
china silk-the kind that has a sheen and
simmer This is most beautifully made
ilp over rich rose-pink china silk, which
glows through the white silk like the
tints of a sea shell.
It is an afternoon gown for summer
War and is finished off at the throat by
q mass of fine fluffy lace, and there is a
eFrdle of black velvet ending in a large
rosette at one side of the front, this be-
ing the French touch which raises II
q hove the ordinary. There Is also q
shoulder knot of black velvet, and the
effect of the clear white and pink, set off
BY the rich black. is wonderfully pretty.
With this gown Miss air VIII wear
lovely hat of rough sunburnt straw laden
with large. full-blown pink roses, and a
tall cockade at one side of black velvet
looms, and there are long streamers of
black velvet down the back, attached 70
the hat by square buckles of hne-cut
steel and brilliants.
An exquisite gown for carriage and
calling wear is of pale lavender mousse
line de sole mounted on brilliant emerald
green silk The green is modified and
subdued by the delicate lavender over it,
and as It CLEANS through the mousseline
in a mysterious fashion it is charming
in effect.
There is a deep pissed founce Of the
lavender 'nousseline de sole set on very
fiii1 about the bottom with small ruche.
AbeVe this the gown clings closely to the
fgIIre. and there are delicate embroid-
cries carried out in silk OF the same
shade of lavender which trail up nearly
10 the waist.
p THE. sleeves and yoke are Of little puffs,
es tiny as they can be made, and they
axfAnd far over the hands in points.
over the figure at the sides and back Is
f++ed the most beautiful Venetian point
Iace in a rich ecru, and the stock is OF