The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-06

| officials in the land including the presi-
dent and his cabinet and of what is
recognized as the best of New York and
New England society. The Hay family
has been in mourning since the death of
Adelbert Hay, but for this one day the
mourning was put aside and the we'd
ding was celebrated with all the pomp
and circumstance that would have char
acterized it otherwise.
For several days past the guests have
been gathering and preparations have
been making for the wedding. The
groom's father, ex-Secretary VIM Q.
Whitney, came to Washington with a
party of distinguished friends, includ-
ing Sir Edward Colebrook, c. E. Bar
ney, Miss Barney and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerald Paget, while Payne Whitney,
the bridegroom, had gathered about him
at the Arlington, large number of his
college chumS and friends.
Presents almost without number have
been pouring into the Hay home for the
last fortnight; it is believed their num-
ber exceeds 400, many being articles of
almost priceless worth. But it has not
been possible owing to the reluctance of
the family to obtain a complete list of
these presents, though it is known that
they include houses and lands, a yacht
and jewels and articles of vertu and art
without number.
The church where the ceremony was
performed was elabOrately and artis-
tically decorated with flowers land
green's Back of the pulpit and before
the organ. the tall graceful palms formed
a great bower of dark green, and be-
meath, like miniature Niagara, great
sprays of Easter lilies trailed to the
ground. Candelabrum twice as tall as
man stood at either corner of the pJII-
pit platform, each bearing II lights.
Down the center aisle was a beautiful
bridal path made up of lilies attached
to the pews on either side. The walls Of
the church We're festooned with south
ern smilax, topped off with great masses
of Easter lilies caught up by bows of
wide white ribbon.
CHURCH WAS CROWDED.
The church was crowded. It's seating
capacity is only 500 which promised
badly for the one thousand persons in
vited. 1t was believed that official
Washington could not be accommodated
even in small measure, so the invita-
tions were limited to friends of the con-
tracing families, the only exception be-
ing in the case of the diplomatic body.
Even here, it was not possible to in
clude in the invitations the entire diplo-
matte list and the elect were the heads
of legations and their ladies alone. So
in the case of the United states con-
aress the persons invited We're those
who were on personal relations with the
Hay and Whitney families.
The ushers were all bachelor friends
of the bridegroom, namely: Henry
Clews. ir. Frederick Kernochan, J. N.
Waterbury. jr-, Milton S. Barger, Cow
enour MOTIFS OF New YORK; James ~
Wadsworth of GeneSeO, N Y; Hugh D.
Scott of Philadelphia and Major Charles
L. McCawley, u S. M. c., of Washing
ton.
Mr. Whitney's best man, was Eugene
Hale, jr., son of the senior senator from
Maine.
The bride was assisted by two maids,
her sister Alice Hay and Dorothy Whit
ney the 15-year-old sister of the bride
groom They were prettily gowned in
gray crepe de chiene, made over white
silk and wore great picture hats of
white felt with long white ostrich
plumes. The bride wore neither jewels
nor lace and her toilet was one of ex-