The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-01-15
Welded At NEWPORT
Alfred Vanderbilt Married to
Miss Elsie French.
DECORATIONS ARE LAVISH
Festivities Incident TO Event
Are Elaborate,
DECORATIONS ARE LAVISH


the wedding of Alfred Gwynne Wander
bnt. PROBABLY the most wealthy Of tae
third generation of the Vanderbilt fam
iIy. and 8iss Elsie French, a charming
Newport girl and former playmate Of
the bridegroom, the daughter OF Mrs.
Frederick Orme French. a resident of the
city for many years.
A brighter sun never shone for any
bride, and in spite of a crispness in the
air 1t did not seem 10 be a winter day.
The ceremony took place at noon in the
ZabrisE Memorial church Of S.. John
the Evangelist. far UP in the old north
part of the city on the very shore Of
Narragausett bay, once the center Of
NewpOrt's fashion, but now far removed
from the social whirl of BeIevua ave
nue.. Miss French made the choice Of
her own place OF worship and her own
home for the scene Of the marriage, in
stead Of selecting d more pretentious
but less familiar Surroundings which
would have been found In New York.
Under these conditions the hundred or
more guests were forced to make a
journey to a city as quiet at this time
of year as an obscure country village.
The festivities, however. did not suf-
fer from these unusual circumstances.
lavishness, was only about half filled
with guests, the Invitations having baen
limited to relatives and close friends Of
the couple
The service was as ornate as the high
est forms Of the Episcopal church could
make it, the wedding procession a pic
ture of loveliness and fine gowns, and the
breakfast, which closed the formal pro-
ceedings of the day, was ons of the
grandest ever served in this ciry.
Although the ceremony was set for
noon, an hour or more before that time
saw the arrival of some Of the guests
at the church, and those who came
about Il o'clock had the pleasure of lis
tening to an organ concert and found
leisure to marvel at the floral decora-
tions. Pink. green and white in many
charming combinations were the pre-
vaiing colors, the distinctive flowers be-
ing the gloire de Ia Refine Bengoras, the
golden gate roses with white azaleas and
the specimen palm.
The center aisle was a lane Of begon-
las. and asparagus, standards eight feet
hign being trimmed with the feathery
foliage of the asparagus at regular in
tervals from the entrance to the chan
eel. Baskets of delicate pink flowers de-
pended from the standards. Specimen
palms thirty feet nigh lowered high
fearns and foliage which banked them
were great clusters of white azaleas and
medallions Of golden gate roses. On the
altar was immense ascension lilies.
The program of the organ concert
which occupied the hour proceeding the
ceremony was selected by Miss French.
The choir boys of the church marched IN
quietly at II % and led in two of the
hymns assigned to them.
The program was rs follows:
Overture, '-Tannhauser,' Wagner.
Festival prelude. Guirand
SeTenade, Schubert.
Hymn, 20, Perfect Love-" Jeffrey.
Sung by the choir
Coronation march. lie Prophete.7
AIeyerbeer.
Bridal chorus, "Lohengrin," Wagner.
Sung by the choir
Just as the tones Of the "Lohengrin''
march breathed softly forth the two cler-
gymen. Rev George f. Beatty. rector Of
the church and Rev. C. Brinley Nor
gan. rector Of Christ church Of New
Haven. entered from the side door. fol-
lowed by the bridegroom and his broth
er. Reginald Vanderbilt the best man
AT the same time The bridal process
sion started up the main aisle the ush-
ers leading. followed by the four brides
maids Eight personal friends OF the
bridegroom acted as ushers They were
Nessrs Worthingfon TitzhuGh White
house. Frederick Martin Davies. Robert
Livingstone Ger-v. Ord Preston Ernest
IseH1. William r. Borden Potter Pal
mer. Jr.. snd rs. Bayard Cutting. IT.
The bridesmaids were Miss Pauline
French. a niece If the bride Mss Elsa
Bronson. a daughter Of the late Fred
erick Bronson. Miss Isabel G. StIlma n.
If New York who shortly wifi become
the bride Of Percy Ave- Rockefeller
and Miss Edith Gray daughter Of Judge
Grav. % Albany
The bridesmaids gowns were ~ pearl
gray crepe. de chene combined with lih-
ertv game Of the same color Their hats
were also Of gray with a Er1t If gold 'n
front Each carried a boUql II Amer
lean Beauty roses
The maid of honor. 9Ti== GLADYS Ware
dert1t sister of the br.dagroom wo-e
a similar gown. alth ugh more modest
in detail some distance behind walked
the bride leaning on the arm ~ her
bro her. an T7Ick French
The brides gown Tas ~ rich ivory
satin, the sk-rt having a train ~ moro
than three yards In length The long
cIose-fttng sleeves ~ satin were f1iE8-
cd -gith deep cuffs of exquisite ace. Th
hieh collar ~ the corsage was - i2oe-
Tae ho-tem ~ the skirt around tre irns
train was trimmed with tllle and SPRAYS
~ ORANGE blossoms.
The BRIDAL vel entirely cover fhs
gown and feU 20 the end % tae t-
magnificent piece y h~
ro.nt lace ana was rhe saue veii wor1
re~ sister when she uarrel General
ron IN England zen wears ago TIC
carried a poQlet ~ white 1rchl7
m as u tsa valley 10 Jewels were
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