The age-herald., 1902-01-19

on long ocean trips In Colonel Payne's wonderful yacht Aphrodite.
 Now that the wedding of young Payne Whitney Is near at hand, his uncle has become a veritable fairy prince. Over the happy young couple he is waving the all-powerful wand of wealth.
 Listen to his wedding gifts to this | nephew of his heart. and see if he has not become a fairy prince, indeed.
 A magnificent steam yacht, fit for ocean cruising.
 A check for $50,000.
 And New York residence to be built exactly to suit the taste of Payne Whit ney and his bride.
 The new house will not be ready for occupancy for about two years. It is to be built on Fifth avenue, as near as pos sible to Colonel Paynes own residence. i The yacht Is to be most luxuriously | furnished. The bride and bridegroom will spend the summer months aboard her, cruising about the waters of Northern | Europe
 | Now, for the other gifts which are ar irving at the Washington home of the Hays thick and fast.
 One of the first gifts which Miss Hay received was tiara of marvellous beau- | ty. It Is whispered that this is William | c. whitney's gift to his sons bride The | tiara is a work of art wrought in match | less pearls and almost priceless dia- monds. In the direct front there is an | artistic, high design. made entirely of pearls. At both sides of this there are gold chains so thickly studded with dia- monds that but little of the chain is vis- ible.
 tiara says that Miss Hay has received a string of pearls. great pear-shaped matched pearls from Payne Whitney s sister Mrs. Almeric Hugh Paget Mrs. Paget is devoted to her brother Payne, and is delighted over his coming mar riage, as she is very fond of Miss Hay.
 Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. Sr., has sent Miss Hay magnificent silver tea service. and Mrs. Harry Payne's oldest child an exquisite jewelled bracelet. It is gold bracelet set with pearls and costly tur- | quoises.
 Among the other gorgeous presents which Miss Hay has already received is a complete set of glasses, sufficient for every course of a formal dinner. They are all of the exquisitely tinted favrile glass, and each is marked with Miss Hays monogram in gold. This gift alone cost many thousand dollars.
 An enormous diamond star is another gift-each ray a mass of small diamonds and each pOlnt uDpeu Wltn a large uld- mond of great beauty. There are also massive silver candlesticks and candele- bra.
 And Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay will among other things, make a settle ment upon the bride upon the day of her marriage that will mark her as one of the wealthiest young women of the coun- try. Mrs. Hays father, the late MT. Stone of Cleveland. left fortune to her that mounted high up into the scale of millions.
 Still another of the early-to-arrive we'd ding presents is a coffee set of solid gold
 Just what the bridegroom will give his bride Is still secret. but since their en- gagement he has given her an exquisite diamond heart, with large emerald set in the center. Miss Hay always wears this diamond heart locket. and she has 1t suspended from a fine gold chain. An other of his recent gifts is a bracelet consisting of the slenderest flexible chain of yellow gold. in which are set large solitaire precious stones. There are no duplicates. The little bracelet, though