The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-05-17
Corey Marries
Mabelle Gilman

Mabelle Gilman
New York, May 14.-William Ellis
Corey, president of the United States
steel corporation, and Mabelle e. Gill
man, the actress, were married at the
Hotel Gotham this morning at 1894.
The ceremony took place in the royal
suite at the Hotel Gotham, Fifth
avenue and Fifty-fifth street in the
presence of small party of friends Of
the contracting couple.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. J. L. CLARK, pastor Of the Bush.
wick Avenue Congregational church of
Brooklyn.
The royal suit in the Hotel Gotham
is on the third floor of the Fifth avenue
side and consists Of eight rooms. 1t is
secluded. The salon and dining rooms
were decorated last night with humid
erds of American Beauty roses. The
management of the hotel and those in
charge Of the decorations were given
carte blanche and the wedding supper
is said to have cost $4,000.
After the supper was over the party,
led by Mr.. Corey and his bride, passed
down the hall between the rows of
palms to the double salon, which was
decorated to representa- small church.
! Broad white ribbons attached to
small white posts formed an aisle
down the center of the room, on either
side of which were the chairs for those
invited to witness the ceremony.
At the head of the aisle was small
white alter. before which was E-prie
dieu covered with white silk, at which
the couple knelt during the ceremony.
On each side of the alter rose white
column, the two being Joined by an
arch.
Teher was no music during the even
ing and there were no bridesmaids.
Miss Gilman being attended only by
Miss Frances Erskine Shaw of London.
Mr.. Corey was unattended.
Miss Gilman wore an empire gown
of white crepe de chine, the skirt of
which was trimmed with garlands of
embroidered wild roses. The bodice
was trimmed with point d'Aiguile lace
caught up with trails of embroidered
roses. The bridal veil was of hand
made tulle, four yards square, edged
with point d'Aiguile lace.
After the nuptials Mr.. Corey and his
bride took an automobile and were
hurled away to Hoboken, where they
boarded the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II
which sailed for Paris. Mr.. Corey was
attended by valet and Mrs. Corey by
maid. The pair will dine in their
own rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corey will proceed to
Paris, where the honeymoon will be
passed. They expect to remain there
until they return to America, about the
middle of July.
Mr.. Corey's only gift to his bride
was the Chateau GEMS.
During the evening, preceding the
arrival of the guests, Mr.. Corey, who
remained at the Hotel Gotham, re.
ceived hundreds of congratulatory tele'
grams and letters from friends and
business associates. Miss Gilman was
also inundated with messages Of con
CALCULATIONS.
This wedding closes another chapter
!, in the career OF .one of Andrew Carne
, gie'r Young men. Wien the grea
= PittsUurg ironniaster began his Mu4L
of building up the steel business hi
drew around him a brilliant staff o.
young men who finally became known
as "Carnegie's mlilionaires. Among
, them was w. E. Corey. He worked a
q puddler. common laboref, in tn
= great steel mills. for a few dollars
: day. Then when Carnegie began hi
- policy of promoting bright young fel
: lows and pushing them to the front
7 Corey was one Of the list. He wa
n made head of department, was givel
u a slice of the stock and sat around tina
/. famous council table where the polio.
was worked out that made the Unite,
States steel corporation perhaps tn
greatset force IN the commercial worl
, of this country.
: After the rapid career of Charles M
y, y Schwab, who was the first of tn
y Carnegie millionaires' to head tn
steel trust, came Coery.
High life was said to have been to
much for Schwab, but it was predicte
Il that Corey would not be led away b
/ the allurements of wealth. And for
. time it appeared that he would renal
$ steadfast. But one day, SO the stor
:. goes, Corey's wife found the photo
!. graph of Mabelle Gilman, the actres:
u in Corey's room. Then began the dc
II nestle tragedy. The breach wideped
3 Mrs., Corey was the wife when tn
70 steel king married when he was young
and she did not progress in society a
he did. Gossip linked the name {
Corey and the actress persistently. Til
al Coreys separated and Mrs. Corey ws
N given a divorce in Nebraska withor
y opposition. The past few months Core
y and Miss Gilman have been in EuroI
Is and returned only for the wedding.
oII WaSv would rather assDniato with