The Washington herald., 1907-05-14

NCM 1oih, May A.-NllIlam Ellis CO.
rey, president of the United States Steel
Corporation. and Miss Mabele Gilman
were welded at 1:27 this morning
in the Hotel Gotham. Mr.. Coreys pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Corey. sr.. and
twenty-eight relatives of the bride and
groom Witnessed the ceremony.
The wedding was preceded by a dinner
served in a dining room off the main re-
ception room of the suite, TO which the
bride and invited guests sat down under
long streamers Of smilax and Brides
maid roses intertwined. Then. without
music and with no ceremonial of brides
maids procession or best mans Offices
Mr.. Corey and Miss Gilman repaired to
the chancel room at the end of the long
hall, powered with dogwood blossoms and
snowballs, and there, under a heavy cur
tain Of orchid blossoms and ferns. they
were married. Rev. J. L. Clark. of the
Bushwick Avenue Congregational Church
Brooklyn. read the service.
The wedding dinner was not set until
/ o'clock. Before that hour, Miss GIL
an kept to her apartments in the hotel.
busy under the ministratons Of her moth
er and several maids. Mr.. Corey sat he
hind locked doors farther up the tiers
OF floors. and would not be accessible 70
even the best of his friends. All during
the day express wagons and special mes
sengers had been bringing packages. large
and small These We're opened by attend
ants. and the array Of gifts was spread
on tables in the reception room.
Guests Begin 10 Assemble.
About 1870 o'clock carriages and auto-
mobiles began to arrive with the invited
guests. As soon as they were dropped at
the hotel, they FASTENED up to the third
hoor and assembled in the small reception
room, just of the dining-room.
Entrance to the suite that had been
prepared for the wedding was through a
short hall, from which led the long pas.
sageway TO the chancel-room. The hall
was banked to the ceiling with dogwood
blossoms, palms, and SNOWFALL blossoms
The north end Of the reception-room
hung with greenery. with pink roses in
tertwined in the strands OF smllax, opened
into the small dining-room. which had
been set for the wedding dinner.
Promptly at II o'clock, when the guests
had arrived, Mr. Corey entered the re-
eepiionroom with Miss Gilman on his
arm. Then the party moved into the
dining-TOom. The table had been heavily
strewn with smilax and Bridesmaid
roses. Long strands Of the mingled green
and pink depended from the chandelier
and led to each plate. Above the four
corners Of the table hung white satin
wedding bells, pleated with lilies of the
valley.
Sit at Brides Table.
Those who sat about the table with Mr.
Corey and his bride-to-be were Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. Corey, sr.. Mrs, Gilman. the
brides mother; Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Riggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Peck. Mr. and Mrs. E. II.
Gary. Mr.. and Mrs Dennis Mehan. James
Gayley, Mr.. Mayer, Charles w. Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Corey, tr.. A. c.
Dinkey. George ". Woolsey. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Cleveland. D. G. Kerr. Miss
Francis Erskine Shaw. of London. the
only attendant of the bride: Rev. J. L.
Clark, Mr.. Slocum and W. Mccormick.
Dinner was taken without hurryins
What toasts there may have been drunk
10 the bride and what healths 10 the
groom even the walters could not know
for with the bonb0ns and marrons elaces
once disposed among the roses. the black
coated servants discreetly withdrew.
No Bridal Procession.
was in order. There was no bridal pro
cession to the strains Of a wedding
march.> Music was lacking. and the bride
was unattended, save by her mother.
Down under the branching sprays of the
dogwood blossoms in the hall went the
groom and the bride, after the guests
had preceded them and taken places be-
hind the heavy ribbons that made an
aisle in the chancel room down TO TIE
white prie-dieu at the north end.
An alcove at this end Of the room had
lent itself well to the decorators hands.
The two columns on either side had been
buried in heavy strands Of smilax. Be
mind the columns a green curtain of the
same foliage hid the wall completely. on
either hand there were gossamer cur
tains of smilax, dotted with great mauve
and purple orchids, fully $50 of them.
fresh and crisp against the background
OF green. Just where the curtains parted |
hung a white satin wedding bell, sprayed |
with lilies of the valley. and under this |
and a little in front of it was the prize |
dieu of white satin.
Bride in White Gown.
The bride wore a wedding gown OF |
white crepe de chine, embroidered with |
red wild roses about the skirt. The
bodice was covered with point d'Aguino /
lace and the train was caught up by a |
spray of embroidered roses. Her veil was /
held in place by a wreath Of orange |
fastened with a sunburst.
After the marriage ceremony. the bride
retired TO her apartments to change into |
her travelling gown. Then she was Joined |
by the groom. and in his automobile the /
two trundled down TO the ferry and went
over to Hoboken.
Mr.. Corey had engaged the captains |
rooms on the hurricane deck of the /
Kaiser Wilhelm IL 1t is understood
that he and his wife will go directly to
Mr.. Corey's summer place outside of
Paris, the Chateau Villegenis. remaining
there three months. As a gift to the
bride. Mr. Corey decided this chateau to
Miss Gilman before their marriage.