The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-14
SHAMEFUL CONDUCT OF
UNW0MARLY WOMEN

The Associated Press gives a lengthy
report of the marriage of Miss Mary
| Goelet to Henry John Irnes-K Kerr,
eighth duke of RoXburghe, at New York
on Tuesday. We clip that portion
which exhibits the influence of displays
of wealth upon our American women:
The duke and duchess left the Goelet
residence in a carriage. TO " niClr at the
last moment long white streamer was
attached by the uSheTS. and drove to the
Grand Central station, where they en-
tered a private car attached to the ,
O'Clock express for Newport.
Shameful Spectacle.
Fifth avenue in the vicinity of the
church was the scene before and during
the ceremony of excitement and disorder
unparalleled at any of the previous great
weddings in New York. From the church
to the Goelet residence, distance OF
five blocks. the avenue contained q surg
ing mob numbering fully U0O) persons.
mostly women. whom force OF 219 po-
licemen was powerless to hold back.
Before the service began several prom
church and seated themselves in the gal
leries from which they were forcibiy
dislodged by a squad OF police a few min
utes before the arrival of the bride.
When the carriage containing the
bIide-to-be and her brother. Robert Goe-
let, neared the church il was surrounded
by women, who stopped the horses, and
in their efforts 70 see the bride clung to
the steps and thrusting their heads into
the open windows. Mr.. Goelet called 70
the police but il was some moments be-
fore the half-doZen policemen who rushed
TO the rescue were able to drive the curl
Gus women back and enable the carriage
to proceed.
Cornelius Vanderbilt which was Just
ahead of the bride, reached the canopy
leading from the curb to the church the
crowd of women banked up twenty-five
as+h cid f-..ar1 ifaa1I
ward, carrying the solid lines of police
men with them and for moment blocked
the entrance They were forced back,
only to rush forward again when the
brides carriage drew up.
She Saw the Bride.
BY this time policemen from other
points had been collected there but in
spite of them q group of half dozen
women stopped down and lifted the can
vas OF the canopy and crawled part way
under. They craWled 10 their positions
Notwithstanding all the efforts of the pO-
lice to pull them away, and several OF
the canvas until the bride had passed up.
a pauolman caught one very well dressed
woman by one of her ankles and dragged
her along the walk. she still clinging to
her hold. She was lifted up smiling and
satisfied; she had seen the bride.
On the Fifty-third street side of the
church fifteen well-dressed women
crawled down into coal hole leading
under the newest chancel. They could not
see anything. but they could hear what
was going on abc-e. Policemen had to
ente- and drive them out
Four hours after the ceremony Fifth
avenue was still crowded with curious
women many of whom were laden with
spoils from the church decorations for
after the invited guests had left the mob ,
crowded into the church and proceeded to
tear the flowers from the pew entrances.
in a few minutes they began to break /
the leaves from the palms and before they
could be stopped the church was de-
spoiled of many of the floral decorations !