The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
G. WINTHROP SANDS MARRIRS.
BRIDE or ". II. IANDERBILTS
STEPSON rs MISS T4TO MELTON.
YounE Man Was Harvard Freshman
Last FAll-Of Late Has Been Working
In u Bankers once Here and Living
Alone In the ". Il. Vanderbilt House

O. Winthrop Sands. stepson Of William
X. Vanderbilt, ana Miss TayO Newton,
daughter Of Dr.. and Mrs. b. Newton OF
100 West Fifty-sevonth street, we're mar
rled yesterday morning at the Marble Col
legiate Church (RefOrmed), Fifth avenue
and Twenty-ninth street, by the Rev. Otto
l.. +. Mohn, the assistant minister.
1t was said last night by the friends Of
Mr. Sands that the marriage had been
approved. not only by the parents Of the
bride, but by Mr.. Vanderbilt and his wife,
who. bsfore her marriage to Mr. Wander
bilt in 1909, was first the widow Of Samuel
Stevens Sands and later the widow Of
Lewis NJ Rutherfurd. These friends said
that, although the marriage may have
appeared TO he hasty. II was not exactly
40, but rather the result Of the wish Of
the young people 10 be married at once
and as quietly rs possible. The Rev. MIR
Mohn said that the ceremony was ar
ranged for ten days ago.
Mrs, Vanderbilt Il abroad. Tie parents
Of the bride were not present at the cers-
mony Dr. Newton, retired physician,
said last night at his apartments in the st.
Hubert that he did not o bject to the match
formed the ceremony or who was present
There was consent on both sides he
said. Il did not deem il my business TO
interfere with my daughters affairs"
ia your daughter Of age?'
I do not think co., said DR. Newton
II was not that he did not know her years,
but that he was in doubt as to the legal
age for marriage without the parental
consent.
A man close 10 Mr.. Sands said last night
that the bridegroom was 20 years old and
that the bride was a year younger. The
Rev. Mr. Mohn was asked about this.
They wero both OF age hs said The
groom was "a years old have his aflidavit
for that-and the brde-well shs was Of
age"
The friend Of Mr.. Sands said that Mr.
Sands's brother, S. Stevens Sands, was at
the wedding and that the only other wit
nesses were Mr, and Mrs c. l.. Waterbury
and j. II. Alexandra, Jr.
Mr.. Sands came here from abroad three
years ago. He 10 q tall, handsome young
fellow Of athletic tendencies, a golfer and
rider He and his brother we're in the fresh
man class at Harvard when this years
catalogue was printed. He has recently
been at work in the banking house Of Taller
a Robinson at Wall street and lived a
rather lonely bachelor life IN his step
fathers houSa at 90 Fifth avenue. His
mother has lived abroad for years-ths
Vandsrbilts are now in Frsnce-snd his
brother IL Gtill at college. Mr.. SaDds's
friends said yesterday that he and Miss
Newton have known each other since child
hood and have had an understanding for
a long time.
The bride is described a. a very beautiful
young woman OF tho brunette type. Mr..
Sands mother. who was Miss Anne HarTi-
man. married Samuel s. Sands when she was
IS and joined him in the outdoor sports OF
which he was so fond. She was a daughter
Of Oliver Hartman and the sister Of Mrs.
William r. Travers. Her married life
with Mr. Sands was very happy. After
his death she married his most intimate
friend, Lewis Morris Rutherf I'd since
that time she has lived mostly abroad
She bore two sons to Mr., Sands, Winthrop
and Stevens, and two daughters to Mr.
Rutherford who died in 1901.
Mrs. RutheTfurd's marriage 70 Mr. Nan-
derbilt, which took place in st. Marks
Church, London, April 20, 1903, caused
comment because Of the
Of English churchmen, based
on the fact that Mr.. Vanderbilt was a
divorced person. His former wife Ia now
Mrs, o. II. p Belmont