The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-28
BRILLIANT WEDDING
MISS yANDERBILT BECOMES BRIDE
 OF A NOBLEAIAN.
Immediately After Wedding Breakfast the Count and Countess Depavt- ed Upon Their Honeymoon
 Trip to Newport.

New York, Jan. 27..--Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. was married to Count Las zio Sgechenyi, young Hungarian no- bleman, in the Fifth Avenue home of Mrs. Vanderbilt. at noon today.
 The wedding was probably the most brilliant that has taken place in this city for several years. Although the number of guests was limited to about $50. mainly relatives and intimate friends of the two families. there were included Baron Hengelmuller von Hengerear, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States; James Bryce. the British Ambassador. and several of the prominent members of New York soci- ety. Outside of the Vanderbilt home a great crowd of the curious public gath cred. hoping for a glimpse of the count and his bride and watching the arrival of the guests. There was no disorder among this crowd for the streets sur- rounding the Vanderbilt. residence were patrolied and kept clear by a force of nearly 100 policemen. Police lines we're across Fifty-seventh and Fifty eighth Streets, between which two streets the house stands and the unIn- gited public was not permitted on the Fifth Avenue sidewalk in front of ths house. They gathered ip large num- bers in the square fn front of the Plaza Hotel. but their curfosity was satisfied only by witnessing the arrival of the Count and the guests.
 Promptly at noon the wedding cerS- Inony was performed in . large draw ing room iA the Fifth Avenue side of the house in which a bower of palms and arbor of orchids were constructed. The bride. was, escorted. by her elder brother, Cornelius Vanderbilt, down ar, aisle b6rdeFfnG with palms. entwined with. great abundance of orchids, to the altar. Count Sgechenyi was at tended by his brother, Count Denis Ssechenyi. The ceremony of giving the bride away was performed by Cor nelfus Vanderbilt.
 The wedding ceremony was perform ed by Mgr. M. !. IMveIle, rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, assisted by the Rev. John J. Byrne The wedding chorus from GauIs Cantato "RuthD was sung by thirty boys of the St, Pat ricl's Chancel Choir.
 The bride wore a gown of ivory satin with embroidery, point lace and garlands of orange blossoms. Her veil was of point iiace caught with sprays of orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of orchids and gar denias.
 The bridesmaids were Miss Ruth Van derbilt Twombley, her cousin, and Miss Dorothy Whitney, daughter of Wm. c. Whitney. The bride was also attend ed by her little niece, Miss Flora Payne Whitney, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Payne Whitney. Among the ushers were Count Stefan Szechenyi and-Count Paul Esterhazy.
 Immediately after the wedding breakfast. the Count and Countess de- parted upon their honeymoon trip, eluding by clever strategy the thropg of people that pressed about the Van derbilt mansion, eager to catch even a heeting glimpse of the bridal couple. A brougham, driven by a coachman and footman in the Vanderbilt livery, drove up ostentatiously in front of the Van derbilt mansion, at the 57th Street entrance. A white rosette decorated the bridle of the horses, and a white ribbon was tied to the whip. The crowd broke through the police lines and swarmed about the equipage Meanwhile Alfred Vanderbilt, brother of the bride, drove up quickly to the 5sth Street entrance in a big touring car The doors of the mansion opened and the Countess and her husband. in their travelling costumes, stepped into the machine and were whirled away before the crowd was aware what had happened. The destination of the bridal couple is said to be Newport where they will remain until early next month. when they will depart for Count Szechnyi's home in Hungary.