The sun., 1903-11-11

ing to put three pairs of eyes to this when
a SQUAD of police came around ard drove
them away policeman had to stand
with his back to each door after that.
A lot Of women showed bits Of paper in
the faces OF the police and said they were
passes, but that didn't go.
Out in Fifth avenue the crowd by
this time stretched from the church al
Fifty-third street to the Goelet house at
Forty-ninth street. 1t overfowed the side
walks and formed narrow lane in the
street Every dressmaker and mllilher
in New York seemed to be in it, Some
took notes. A lone, mou ted policeman
tried in vain TO keep the carriages movin g.
hut II was useless at times. Everything
on wheels that could possibly get there
seemed bent on going past that church
William X. Vanderbilt and his wife got
Iop .lessly entan gled. They left their car
rh ge and by dodging horses heads for
( oc managed to reach the church.
Many OF lers did the same.
LITTLE vANDERBILTs FRIGHTENED.
At 2:25 o'clock the bridal party was spied.
First came Mrs. Goelet and the Dukes
mother, the Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe.
The horses and ccachman and footman wore
white ribbons and cockades and the crowd
for a moment thought it was the bride.
There was a rush which the police beat back.
Then, came the bridesmaids in three car
riages. It took the bridesmaids long
while to get into the church., too
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius |anderblIt 1oi-
lowed Their carriage was the only one
that was open. On the front seat, sitting
very dignifed. were the two little Misses
aAin't they sweet'" said dozen women
n. to, Ia ~
few feet of the awning where the police
mixed up in hopeless confusion OF skirts
and feathered hats, were holding struggling
women in their arms, Mr.. Vanderbilt
decided he couldn't get any nearer ana
alighted to hand his wife out.
The crowd made a rush and surrounded
the carriage, and the little girls looked as
scared as could be. One of them was on
the point Of tears when her father, brush
Ing aside some women, who would have
done 1t for him, picked her up and carried
her inside.
BRIDES CARRIAGE HELD Up.
Up the avenue there came murmur
and the brides carriage appeared. There
was no mstaking it. The horses wore
enormous strearners OF white ribbon, with
cockades Of white ribbon and lilies Of the
valley. There were white cockades on
coachman and footman, too. Every vehicle
halted and the bridal carriage had to come
to q dead stop at the corner of Fifty-third
street. That was what the women ap-
parently had been looking, for and what
the police were not looking for.
There was only one policeman at hand.
Over him women seemed fairly to jump.
The windows were down. and inside Miss
Goelet could be seen adjusting her veil
with the aid of a small hand mirror.
Its the bridel' went up in a chorus, and
with common impulse the women made
for the carriage. A woman climbed on
each step.
Miss Goelet looked frightened, especially
when she saw hand thrust in from the
brother, was having all he could do on his.
The carriage couldn't bulge Finally Mr..
Goelet ruthlessly cast one woman from
the step and put his head out.
Cant you help ns, otficer?" he said.
His sister could be seen edging away from
her window and holding on to her veil.
The one mounted policeman finally came
up. but only the danger OF being trampled
under foot made the women let up; More
policemen arrived and surrounded the
carriage until it could move on.
WOMEN DRAGGED FROM UNDER THE AWNING.
When the carriage drew up at the
awning. women got down on their
hands and knees and began to crawl
under 1t. Inspector Mclaughlin ordered
--roiirems to drag them CUT. Re took a
hand himself and grabbed the tail Of a
womap's skirt. When he had got all Of her
the neighborhood of co. Her clothes, which
werS good, were covered with dust.
All | wanted was just peek. she said
tearfully. Several women got under the
awning and up to u the church door They
All this time Inspector Mclaughlin had
been sending repeated calls for more police
men. He finally got seventy-fve more.
Inspector McClusky came up, too, to help.
While the service was going on the crowd
triad IN tho pplicernnn h,t n win
CAMERA MAN ON CARRIAGE AXLE.
At 8 o clock the. chimes rang out the
"Lohengrin" march. The police stood
firm, and the new duchess, laughing, and
the Duke, looking rather serious. got into
their carriage without much difficulty.
The street was almost impassable, but the
mounted policeman finally cleared a path,
while women jumped up in the air to get
look at the occupants. One camera man,
who, with others, had Jared badly in the
crowd, had a seat for one brief moment on
the rear axle. He was hauled off by a
policeman and his camera sent fving.
AZ the guests came out, the crowd
swarmed about the carriages and peered
into the doorways. One woman, holding
a FYench poodle, was caught in the. mob
which line of policemen forced up on the
church steps. The air was rent with the
yelps Of the dog and the screams of the
woman. When policeman got to her
II was found that two Of the dogs paws
had been crushed and were bleeding. The
woman WAS In tears. Her corduroy suit
had bloodstains on it.
1t serves you right, madam, was all the
comfort she got from the policeman.
CHuRcH DECORATIONS WRECKED.
Few OF the carriages could respond to
their calls, SO a lot of the guests walked the
four blocks 10 the house, the ushers leading
the procession in body.
After most Of the guests had left the
church 1t was decided to admit the public
to see the decorations, Those responsible
for this decision were sorry minute after
ward Through every door the crowd
surged in and made rush to the chancel,
bearing away flowers and leaves of palms.
The police were hastily called in then to
clear the church of the despoilers, but
the decorations were wrecked in spots.
Fifth avenue, outside, looked like Palm
Sunday.
The police said last night that three
fourths Of the women in the crowd con-
sisted OF dressmakers, their agents and
assistants. Many Of them, so the police
men.said came from other cities and towns
with the firm intention Of seeing the gowns
at the wedding at any cost.
THUS THEY WE'RE MARRIED.
The Scene in the Church When Miss Goelet