The sun., 1903-11-11

that the first of the guests arrived in the
church They were early enough to get
good look at the decorations. The seating
capacity of st. Thomas's is about 1000.
BIG CHURCH MADE CHAPEL SIZE.
When the sudden death a few weeks ago
Of Sir Michel Henry Herbert, British Am
bassador to the United States and uncle OF
the bride Of yesterday, made IL necessary
for Mrs Goelet TO revise her plans for the
wedding, one Of the serious problems con
fronting her was the transformation OF the
| church so that the small number OF guests
who were to be bidden to the ceremony
should not seem lost in the great editice.
Thorley, the flower man, managed this
with great skill. The galleries and all the
body of the church except the nave were
was that only theseats opening on the MIDDLE
aisle were available for guests. Smaller
palms screened the stalls of the chorlsters.
but through the palm foliage. gimpses could
be had OF the ropes OF white roses, with
| which stalls and chancel rail were hung.
The gray stone columns along the north
and south sides of the nave were twined
with English ivy, which climbed, as II were,
to meet the baskets of growing English
primroses that hung from the capitals OF
| the columns. At the entrance to each pew
was knot Of white chrysanthemums and
white roses. blooming against background
of plumed asparagus.
WEDDING IN A BOWER OF BLOOM.
Those were the decorations of the nave
! simple, rich and beautiful The transept
was where the decorator did his best work.
The general effect was that OF palm gar
den, in which orchids, roses, lilies of the
valley and white chrysanthemums bloomed
in all their beauty.
The reading desk was a mass Of pink
orchids and feathered asparagus. The
altar was garlanded with white roses and
lilies and about the ohancel were placed
| chrysanthemums. This was the bower
that had been made ready for the coming
of an American bride and the going Of a
Duchess.
POLICE MOVED 1NTRUpERs.
The ushers, Robert Walton Goelet, a
cousin of the bride; Hugo Barring, Harold
Brasssy Rogers Winthrop henry Bpll ha
church few minutes after o'clock. They
wore black frock coats, gray trousers, white
silk puff ties and pearl gray gloves. With
them came Robert Goelet, brother OF the
bride, who was to give her away. he was
attired like the ushers.
At that time several men and women
who somehow had found their way into
the church were still up in the south gallery.
Young Mr.. Goelet saw them. The sight
was not pleasing. He asked the sexton
to be accommodating but the intr'ders
said they were there by right. The women
asserted this fact belligerently. The sexton
is no fighting man. and he reported to MIR.
Goelet that the gallery folks wouldn't
bulge.
Mr.. Goelet knew way to bulge them.
He walked up to one OF the policemen
stationed in the interior Of the church.
the first bluecoats that society ever saw
inside church at fashionable New York
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| those persons removed from the gallery.
The policeman went upstairs and the per-
sons came down. and they didn't talk back.
They joined the crowd on the outside.
THE GUESTS ARRIVE.
BY that time the ushers had plenty to do
to seat those who came by invitation.
Among the earliest Of the arrivals were
Col. and Mrs. William Jay and Miss Jay.
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Roosevelt. who s visiting Miss Reid at
Ophir Farm. A little later Mr. and Mrs
William X. Vanderbilt arrived.
Mis-. Clarence II. MacGa; who. as Miss
beauty Of the Duchess of Marlboroufh's
bridesmaids, came In soon after the Van
derbilts with her little daughter and was
seated on the bridegroom's side of the
church. the right side OF the middle aisle,
near enough to the front to be included in
Then came the Dowager Duchess Of
Roxburghe, clad in a gown of wirc-colored
velvet, with a hat very much like that seen in
the pictures Of the Duchess Of Gair sborough.
She was seated in the first pew on the right
of the aisle
A few minutes later Mrs. Astor was
seated on the same side of the aisle two
seats behind the Duchess. The fact that
Mrs. Astor was seated OF Roxburghes g
side of the church was quickly commented
oiy che Ia tho bar 10 Of
Orme Wilson, IN uncle Of the new Duchess.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Orme Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs. r. I, Wilson.
Jr, occupied the second, third ard fourth
seats, respectively, on the left of the aisle.
THE ANTI-NUPT1AL MUSIC.
Shortly after the arrival Of the Wilson's,
W c. Macfarlane. organst at St Thomas's,
began the selection from the cathedral
music of "IoLeH grin" This was followed
by selections from Gounod's Romeo and
Juliet" duet for organ and harp, Schu-
bert's Ave Maria followed by Brousseau's
Elevation
As the last notes of this masterpiece were
pealing through the church. Mrs Goelet,
in costume Of green panne velvet, white
lace and toque trimmed with white lace
and sable, was escort ed to the seat that
had been reserved for her, the first on the
American and the English dowagers, sat in
line with each other on opposite sides of the
aisle.
BRIDE WAS LATE.
Mrs Goelet reached he church at exactly
23O o'clock Everybody supposed that the
| bride was right behind her. But five min
utes passed, then ten. then fifteen, and
| there was no bride. The women in the
pews began to crane their necks toward the
rear of the church. Finally at PAT, the
vested choir OF st. Thomas's marched out
of the vestry singing 20, Perfect Love"
and down the main aisle. They met the
bridal party at the door, ard, facing about
| led the procession to the altar
First after the choristcre came the eight
bridesmaids, led by Lady Isal 81 Innes-Ker,
sister Of the bridegroom. and Miss Beatrice
| Mills. Following them came the other
maids in this order: Miss Nina Thayer Miss
| Alice Babcock, Miss Marian Haven, Miss
Martha Johnston, Miss TheIe.e Iselin, Mrs
Pauline Whittier. All were gowned alike.
! They wore pink mousseline de sole dresses
| combined with erlu lace. Just below the
waist line was raised embroidery in n design
| of baskets Of flowers They wore toCues
of pink velvet Of the same hue, edged with
sable, and carried mufIs of the same velvet
trimmed with sable, with clusters OF pink
roses on them.
| WHAT SHE WORE.
| After them, far enough in the rear for
Just the proper effect, came the bride,
leaning on the arm Of her brother. Even
| beside her brother, who is not tall. the bride
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