The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-18

ming along the road from the Breakers, clad in a white rubber raincoat. enjoying a conflict with the elements. Next she took up coaching and her mother gave her a coach and four, which she soon learned to handle under the tutelage of pro fessional whip. She was joined with la dies Four-in-Hand club of New York and is eligible now to take part in their annual parade in Central Park.
 It's mighty inspiring, too, when jaded New Workers look upon a lot of young girls, each tooling her own coach and four. and none can do it better than Miss Gladys Vanderbilt.
 She has taken up cooking, too, with q class of society girls. Should the cook leave the counts Hungarian castle with out notice, the American countess could get him up a smack of Boston baked beans pumpkin pie-if there are pump kins in Hungary-go coffee and Parker rolls. She swims, too, and sometimes sails @ boat. She likes tennis and golf. but hasn't given either game the time to make herself an expert.
 Miss Vanderbilt made her formal debut to New York society in December, 1901. Her mother gave a large ball in her honor and Miss Vanderbilt led the CO., tillon with that premier of cotllon lead CTS of New York, Worthington White house. After that the entire Vanderbilt connection gave series of entertain ments for the debutante topped off by grand ball at Mrs. Vanderbilts for the pick of society. in January 1905.
 The fashionables found a debutanto that wasn't bored, as most of them are in New York. Miss Gladys was having all kinds of fun. And so simple were her clothes that girl without a soul to bless her, couldn't have envied this girl with SIP, eco. She went to one wedding in a simple white muslin gown ungarnished with particle of lace. With it she wore a white sailor hat trimmed with quill and 0 white velvet bow. Other girls of eighteen would have been in chiffon, vel- vet or lace. and implumed picture hats. It was Mrs. Vanderbits idea to bring her up unspoled by great wealth, and she has succeeded. as befttlng the last of the Vanderbilt girls
 This youngest Miss Vanderbilt looks like her elder sister. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney-Gertrude Vanderbilt-when she was young. Miss Gladys has the typical Vanderbilt Roman nose and dark features. She has half sombre counte- nance, though she is the merriest of per sons. She is short and petite, as is her mother, with raven hair and dark lus- trous eyes. She has dressed always most simply, but now that she Is soon to take her place as a lady of the Emperor of Austrla's court, more will be expected of her.
 Of course. so rich a young woman has her name often mentioned as soon to be engaged. It was confidently predicted in society, only last spring, that she was to marry the Marquis of Anglesey. Again her name was coupled with that of young Robert Walton Goelet, who will inherit $40,GO000O of the Goelet fortune
 Count Szeehenyi is a Roman Catholic and Miss Vanderbilt is an Episcopalian. For that reason there will have to be regulation dispensation and a church wedding must be foregone.
 'I wanted to have Gladys married in Newport, at the Breakers" Mrs. Wander bilt told her friends "but it would be hard to have them come up here in De- cember, so we shall have it in New York"
 The arrangements have all been made. The ceremony will be performed by q priest in the Vanderbilt mansion on De- cember 4. There will be a big reception afterwards and wedding Journey both here and abroad.
 By this marriage there is left no girl of the name of Vanderbilt, except little children of the next generation. Miss Consuelo is the Duchess of Marlborough; Miss Gertrude is Mrs Whitney. Their aunts are Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard Mrs. William D. Sloan, Mrs. Seward Webb, Mrs. Walter Webb and Mrs. H. Mckay Twombly. all of whom brought Vanderbilt millions as their dowries.
 On the day that Miss Gladys becomes 1 Countess Szechenyi there will not be left l another Miss Vanderbilt in New York society