The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-13
RICH GIFT FROM
COREYTOMABElLE
STEEL KING PLANS MANY COST,
LY TRIPLES TO MAKE HIS
COMING BRIDE HAPPY.
MYSTERY IN WEDDING
Plans, Which Are Carefully Guarded
From the Coarse PubIic--Miss
Glllman's Ambition TO En-.
tetaln the Famous.

New York May IL. 2.-friday gifts oi
Sl,000,000, a palatial Fifth avenue
home, a $35 900 troussean, midnight
marriage in the regal suite of the
Hotel Gotham, $4,000 wedding snip,
per for Thirty guests, three months
automobile honeymoon in Europe and
the knowl dge that her millionaire
4 husband retains his place with fht
United States Steel Corporation. Sure
ly these things should make Mabelle
Gilman q happy bride, when she be-
Games tha wife OF William Ellis Corey,
Monday night.
Ten associates of the steel. king
will mark the occasion with the ap-
proval of the Steel Trust and set
at rest all rumors OF Mr.. Corey's
resignation, All sorts of rnmors as
to the wedding arrangements have
been afloat, but Miss Gilman herself
is authority for the statement that
he wedding will take place Monday.
After the wedding Ger mony the co,l-
pie viii board the Ncrth German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II and
take possession OF the captains suite,
which is especially prepared for them.
Mr. Corey will absent himself from
his duties as president of the Steel
Trust for three months, After th ir
honeymoon the Coreys will live in
their recently acquired Fifth avenue
home.
Ar Air of Mystery.
The air of mystery which has been
eiv-n to the wedding plans of Mr.
Corey and Miss Gilman has succeed
ed in defeating their own object, II
this was to avoid curiosity. Every
of bride-elect and her en-.
tourage is watched with inter st. Per.
haps the greatest object Of interest is
Miss Mary Shaw, the companion and
bosom friend OF Miss Gilman,
There is much speculation as TO who
she is, where she came from. and
how sh oh tanned her footing with
he Gilmans and Corey. II has been
said that she was a ward of Mr.. Corey
and there is much 20 bear this out.
She has not the appearance or de
meanor OF pad attendant. Is always |
as elegantly gown as Miss Gilman |
herself and accompanies the affancei |
pair wherever they go. There Is
much discussion among Mr.. Corey and
Miss Gilman's friends as to what her
status Is to be in the Corey house
hold.
Miss Shaw is younger than Miss
iilman. a stnkngly beautiful blonde
yirl, tall and slender Besides being
he possessor CT a large and elegant
yardrob Miss Shaw wears beautif ]
ewels and is bounufully supplied
With money. She affects white almost
d ogether in the evening and her
,eauty has on many occasions eclipsed
Hiss Gilman.
Who is Miss Shawl
Diligent inquiry has fail d to find
lnything concerning Miss Shaws an
ecedents or just when she became q
member Of the Gilman household. II
las bee6 rumored that Miss Gilmani
vas planning q social campaign. but
he G nies this. Her object is. she
declared. TO es ablish a salon in New
FORK which VII rival the famous
'arfsian salons of other days 4
are absolutely noAing for society
IS u known in this. country. SAID
iiss Gilman. There Is no Interest
q It. The people who int rest me
re those who have done something
hose Nho are known in the world OF
iusie. art and literature. I hope thai
~ home viii be known as one vhici
: fr quenfed by the best Of this klni
I people,