The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-14
President Steel Corporation and
 Former Actress
SAIL ON KAISER WILHELM
sumptuous Banquet Follows $5ooo Wedding at Hotel Gothan1-De- tectives Keep Out Crowd
 of Curious.

New York, May 13.-Wiliam Ellis Corey, president of the United States Steel cor poration, and Mabelle Gilman were mar ried at the Hotel Gotham this morn ing at 1:24 a. m.
 1t was intended to hold the ceremony at 12:3o, as soon as the thirteenth day had passed, but the supper was delayed and it was not until after 1 o'clock that the party moved into the salon from the supper room. It was just 1:2S o'clock when Rev Mir Clark began the ceremony and at :2s the bride was declared the wife of the president of the great steel cor poratlon. After the ceremony the friends of the bride and bridegroom who had witnessed the marriage crowded about and offered their congratulations
 As soon as the contracting parties and the witnesses had signed the record and the certificate, the guests departed and Mrs. Corey retired to her apartments to change her wedding gown for a travelling dress
 In order to escape the unlucky 18th of the month. William Ellis Corey, president of the United States Steel corporation and Mabelle Gilman, the former actress were not married until after midnight this morning The ceremony took place in the royal suite at the hotel Gotham, Fifth avenue and Fifty-ffth street in the presence of small party of friends of the contracting couple t&ar Rev. J. L. Clark, pastor of the Bush wick Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn.
 Long before the theatres had poured their thousands into the night, thin line of curious people gathered about | the hotel and gazed expectantly at thH | wipdoss from which flashed great D CT oehre air into Fifth aveEle, in vain hopes of catching some heeting glimpse of the wedding party
 The more venturesome braved the im- posing uniformed doormen of the hotel and wandered about the corridors of the hotel, but none essayed entrance to the royal suite Only the few invited guests passed that carefully guarded portal, De- tectives moved in and about the crowds that mingled in the hotel corridors and all who came under suspicion were passed along the street
 The royal suite in the Hotel Gotham Is on the third floor of the Fifth avenue side and consists of eight rooms. It is secluded The suite and hotel dining rooms were decorated last night with hundreds of American beauty roses. The management of the hotel and those in charge of the decorations were given carte blanche and the wedding Is said to have cost $5000.
 Sumptuous Banquet.
 The banquet was one of the most sumptuous ever served in this city. The guests assembled in a small reception room ir the suite and at Il o'clock en- tered the dining room, where the we'd ding supper was served The hall was arranged on both sides with potted plants and dressed with sprays of dogwood and snowballs. while the reception room in which the guests met was adorned with great vases filled with American beauty roses and sprays of cherry blossoms and dogwood.
 In the dining room was a great square table In the center of which was bank oI pink roses, with sprays of lilies of the valley, woven around the base, the whole edged around with broad bands of pink ribbon. Here and there, cast among the flowers, were china cupids and china wedding bells. From the corners Ol LHt TOOIH were swung IeSIOOnB or smilax, intermingled with pink roses.
 After the supper was over the party, led by MT. Corey and his bride, passed down the hall between the rows of palms to the double salon which was decorated to represent a 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 wit ness the ceremony.
 At the head of the aisle was a small white altar before which was prie dieu covered with white silk at which the couple kne1t during the ceremony On each side of the altar rose white col- umn, the two being joined by an arch. The columns and arch were lavishy dec orated with smilax, dotted with hundreds of orchids.
 From the center of the arch hung a large wedding bell of lilies of the, valley.
 No Bridesmaids.
 There was no music during the evening and there were no bridesmaids, Miss Gill man being attended only by Miss Frances Erskine Shaw of London.
 MT. Corey was unattended.
 Miss Gilman wore an empire gown of white crepe de chene, the skirt of which was trimmed with garlands of embroider- ed wild roses. The body was trimmed with point de Aguille lace, caught up with trails of embroidered roses The bridal veil was of hand made tulle, four yards square, edged with pointed Aguille lace.
 Miss Shaw wore gown of white tulle, with panels of point d'Venise lace, the corsage being trimmed with gold and silver roses.
 After the nuptials MT. Corey and his bride took an automobile and were whirl- ed away to Hoboken, where they boarded the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II, which will sail at 7:30 o'clock this morning. They will occupy suite which has been specially fitted up for their trip. The pair will dine in their own rooms and ar engagements have been made so that they will not be subjected to the observations of the ships passengers unless they de- sire to mingle with them.
 MT. and Mrs. Corey will proceed to Paris and will then go to the Chateau Genis, twenty-five miles from Paris, where the honeymoon will be passed. They expect to remain there until they return to America about the middle of July.
 MT. Corey's only gift to his bride was the Chateau Genis. During the evening preceding the arrival of the guests Mir. Corey received hundreds of congratula- tory telegrams and letters from friends