The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-26
WEDDING GOWN OF VIRGINIA FAIR


All the details of the two most inter
esting weddings Of Easter week have
now been arranged. When Miss Virginia
Fair becomes the bride Of William X.
VanderbiltS Jr. on April 4, the magnif-
cence of the occasion which unltes the
representatives. of Americas two great
est fortunes will be unparalleled in the
history Of fashionable New York. Before
society has had lime to talk 1t over how
ever, an equally interesting and impos-
Ing ceremony will follow the next day,
when Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane be-
comes the wife of John H. Hammond,
says the New York World.
The wedding ceremony Of Mr.. Wander
bilt and Miss Fair will be performed by
Father Murphy at noon. on Tuesday,
April 4, at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs
Hermann Oelrichs. on the northeast cor
ner Of Fifth avenue and Fifty seventh
| street.
In the beautiful conservatory that
opens from the salon on the Fifty-seventh
street side Of the Oelrichs home a mag
nifcent altar will be erected. Before
this altar, which will be ablaze with wax
! candles, the couple will be married Mr.
| Vanderbilt's best man will be Mr.. Car
roll, classmate at Harvard. Miss Fair
has selected as maid Of honor her friend,
| Miss Tolfree, of California.
| OF the conservatory Is large ROOM
which will be arranged like Gothic
chapel. 1t will be literally filled with
beautiful pink roses. This color by the
way, will predominant in the decorations.
The wedding breakfast will be served at
small tables placed in. The dining and re-
| ception rooms and in the great hall on
| the main floor. In all these rooms the
walls will be literally covered with pink
| roses -.
DETAILS OF WEDDING GOWN.
The details of: Miss Fairs wedding
/ gown have been kept a profound secret.
Only the members of the brides family
have seen 1t. Nevertheless, the Sunday
World is able to give today an exclusive
/ picture and description of this exquisite
| robe.
The gown is of heavy white satin, &un-
usually fine Its skirt is trimmed with
rare old lace that is put on in point
| in front and goes up the back in two
! founceS. II has. court train, and all
he seams Of The skirt are, embroidered
| in pearls I'M maidehhair fern pattern.
+ Very. daintilY designed and well adapted
to suit Miss Fair s style of beauty is the
waist. This is trimmed with priests
:. yoke of the old lace. put on fiat and
! plain. The. sleeves are marvelously tuck
4 ed in, rows of three tucks going across.
:; These little3 thcks are almost innumera-
/ bic and beautifully fine. Between the
/ tucks are Insertions of the same fine lace,
also laid ON fat At the wrists there Is
another fall of the lace :
The body of the waist Is made after the
same manner with tucks and insertion
of the lace. and there is also a full front
| of It., ; =
About the throat there is a high col
lar of the lace laid upon standing pieces
| of white satin The veil is also of lace
With the gown Miss Fair is to wear
white satin. slippers, embroidered In
pearls and white silk stockings.
| Nearly all of Miss Fairs costumes have
| been designed or suggested by Miss Fair
| herself, for She understands, even better
| than the dressmakers, what her type of
| figure and beauty requires. &c.; =, =
/. Many. of the gowns are exceedingly
| simple and yet SO smart In effect that
! one forgets their severity.
| AN IVORY WHITE CHINA SILK.
| 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 up over a rich rose-pink china
| silk, which glows through the white
silk like the tintS of a she'll
| 1t IS an afternoon gown for summer
| wear and is finished off al the throat
| by, q mass of? fine fluffy lace, and there
| lis a girdle of black velvet ending in, a
! large rosettetsat one side of the front
| this being the. French touch which raises
| it above the ordinary. There is also a
| shoulder; knot Of. black velvet, and the
| effect of the clear white and pink, set
| off by the rich black, is wonderfully
| pretty. : =. it5.,
| lovely hat of rough Sun-burnt straw
laden with large, full-blown pink roses
| and a tall cockade at one side Of black
velvet loops, and there are long stream
| ers Of black velvet down the back, at
atched to the hat by square buckles of
| fine-cut .steel and briiliants.
| An exquisite gown for carriage and
calling wear is of pale lavender NOUS
( seine de sole mounted Oh brilliant en-
| erald-green silk. The green is modified
| and subdued. BY the delicate lavender
| over it, ands. as it CLEANS through the
| mousseline irE "a mysterious fashion, 1t is
| charming in effect.
| There is a. deep pissed f1ounce of the
| lavender mousseline de sole set on very
[ full about the bottom with a small 1uche.
| Above this the gown clings closely to
| the figure, and there are delicate en-
| broideries carried. out in. silk of the
same shade, of Lavender. which trail up
| nearly to the waist.
| The sleeves and yoke are of little puffs,
/ as tiny they can be made. and they
extend far over the hands in points
| Over the figure at the sides and back
| is fitted the most beautiful Venetian
| point lace in rich ecru, and the stock
| is of the same lace, made to stand up
very high at the back into the hair.
| A HAT OF UNUSUAL. DESIGN
With this gown Miss Fair will wear
| very unusual hat and one after her own
exclusive design, with no thanks to
| French milliners for any of the sug-
| gestions.
1t is of long. stems of flowers made
| over frame and caught down at in
tervals. It is turned up at the back
| and is worn a little forward. 1t is trim
med with a wreath or circlet Of purple