The Washington times., 1903-04-14
Groom Is Accompanied BY
HIS Brother and Hall a
Dozen Young Men Pronif-
nent in NeqUporf Circles.
"ArLefgh " BzSfeged.

NEWPORT. r. L, April If-CathIeen
Gebhard Nelson and Reginald CIaypooI
Vanderbilt were married at ArIeigh,
Bellevue and Parker Avenues, today.
The ceremony was performed BY the
Rev. Father William B Meenan- Of St.
Mary's Roman Catholic Church. beneath
a great bower Of American Beauty roses
and Easter lilies. in the main hallway OF
the residence which Mrs. Frederick Neil
son. the brides mother, had hired for the
ceremony
The Brides Attendants.
1t was high noon when the bride. rest
ing on the arm of her uncle. Frederick
Gebhard, preceded by Chiffon Kemp.
niece OF the bride, and MurfeI Wander
biit. cousin of the groom. as little flower
girls. and Isabelle May. OF Washington:
Florence TwombIey. of New Jersey:
Evelyn Parsons and Natalie schenek OF
New York. the bridesmaids. formed
procession at the head of the stairs and
marched down and across the hall TO the
altar, where the groom stood in waiting.
The Rev. William B. Meenan was at
tended by a half dozen altar boys.
The bride was attired IN a graceful
gown Of chiffon and point lace. and wore
a point lace veil. the same as that worn
by her mother and grandmother on their
wedding days She carried q bouquet OF
clusters OF orange blossoms and or
chids, the latter being scarce now. and
requiring an extensive search of the
flower markets TO select acceptable
blooms.
Brother Best Man.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. brother Of
the groom, vas the best man. and Peter
SoeIet Gerry. Albert Gray. Ellis adams.
jules Nelson. 5. n stone. and Arthur
Burden we're the ushers. At the con
eIusion OF the ceremony the bride and
groom received in the main reception
room. the floral decorations of which
consisted of field daisies. smilax. and
ferns
Then followed the wedding breakfast,
after which the young people started for
Sandy Point Farm. at Portsmouth. where
q short honeymoon will be spent before
they sail for Europe Most Of the guests
will leave for New York OF Boston on
special trains early this afternoon
Newport Agog.
Newport was agog today over the we'd
ding OF the youngest son Of the late Cor
neIius Vanderbilt The guests. who are
living at boarding houses in the Hill
Colony. the Breakers. Arleigh. and other
cottages. were about town in automobiles
and traps and ali sorts Of vehicles, and
they gave lively touch TO the city.
which has not as yet the air Of gayety
so typical of the summer life here.
The day. however, vas not propituous.
The skies We're screened by heavy clouds.
with occasional dashes OF rain The
wind was cold and raw. This was
great disappointment to Miss Nelson,
who expressed a devout wish yesterday
afternoon that her wedding day would
be bright
Arleigh Besieged.
ArIeigh was besfesed as early as 10
O'Clock by constantly increasing
throng OF the curious. and this gave
promise of including about all New
port-or at least that part Of Newport
that could afford the time TO stand about
on the curb and sidewalk and in the
street for Two oF~three hours
There we're fifteen policemen on duty
under Captain Smith. but they did not
have much TO DO. as the Newport crowd,
which is more or less accustomed to this
sort of thing was orderly enough IN
deed. the impression produced was that
in the aggregate the crowd was dis
tinctIy bIase Reginald Vanderbilt.
dressed IN long. dark gray overcoat
and black derby hat. drove up TO
Arleigh shortly after 10 o'clock, but he
stayed only about an hour
Mrs. Nelson IN Element.
About that time a corps Of decorators
which had arrived al dawn left the cot
taGe and announced that at last the
work was done. II seems that at the
last minute. almost. Ms Nelson decid-
ed that some of the decorations were 50
placed as 10 make the moving about OF
the guests rather djfieult. ArIeigh being
by no means a large cottage. as Newport
cottages go, and so The decorators were
called upon to do some shifting and re-
arranging.
There were about I55 guests AT the
ceremony, outside of the immediate
families. Those who have seen the in
terror of Arleigh say that Mrs. Neil
son has fully maintained the euviabLs
reputation which she gained by the
original and artistic merit of her forest
dinners" given at the Casino three years
ago Seven carloads OF flowers we're
utilized, including some 20,0o0 cur
/ flowers.
The bridal party dese eended the bridal
staircase through banks OF palms AMI