Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-31
MISS VANDERBILT
WEBS A COUNT
MARRIAGE CEREMONY PERFORMED
IN NEW YORK HOME OF THE
BRIDES MOTHER.
FEW WITNESS The CEREMONY
Cornelius Vanderbilt Escorts Sister to
the Altar and Gives Her
Away.

NEW YORK, Jan. Fl Special. i
The marriage ceremony uniting Miss
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt and Count Las
zlo Szechenyi, member of the Hungarian
nobility. lieutenant of Hussars and hered'
ltary member of the Austro- Hungarian
Parliament was performed a few min
utes past noon today at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bllt, corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty
eighth street. AS upon previous occa-
slonS when American heiresses have he
slowed themseh es upon titled foreigners.
the ceremony was witnessed by that
lect and exclusive body known as so
clety," there being only about 800 per
sons present.
{ The ceremony occurred in the salon on
the Fifth avenue side of the mansion.
At one end of the long room an altar
was placed under a bower of bending
palm trees, the tops of which came to-
gether fronting an arch under which the
bridal party proceeded to the altar.
About the trunks of the palms were
twisted thousands of orchids.
Promptly upon the stroke of IL Mgr.
NJ. J. LaVelle of st. PatrickS cathedral,
and two priests from the same church en-
tered the room and proceeded to the al
tar. The monsignor wore purple silk
vestments and lace cope. As soon as
the priest reached the altar choir of
thirty boys from the cathedral began
singing the wedding chorus from Gauls
/ cantata Ruth" The 0oys were attircd
. i'll SUPPLIES and red cassocks.
Cornelius Escorts Bride
4 The bride entered the wedding parlor
/ on the arm of her eldest brother. C0rne-
! Illus Vanderbilt. Next came the brides
/ mother, escorted by Count Dionys Sec
/ henyi Other members Of the family
group were Count Stephan SzechenyI,
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, and
! Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
! Preceding the bride were her attendants,
/ Miss Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly, her
cousin. and Miss Dorothy Whitney,
/ daughter of William c. Whitney. The
/ bride was also attended by her little
niece. Miss Flora Payne Whitney,
| daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne
/ Whitney.
Awaiting the bride al the altar were
! the bridegroom and his best man. Count
/ DEM Szecheuyi. The bride and bride
( groom. surrounded by their attendants
! and relatives. stood III front Of the altar
and Mgr. Lavelle advanced to meet
| them. All being in readiness the couple
I knelt upon the velvet cushions and the
monsignor proceeded with the marriage
! ceremony of the Roman Catholic church.
| The groom was given away by his elder
| brother and the bride by Cornelius Van
! derbilt The ceremony occupied scarce
! ~ more than a quarter of an hour and
/ at it's conclusion the couple were warmly
! congratulated by the distinguished ec-
! clesiastic. They at once proceeded to a
/ second parlOr where they received the
| congratulations of the guests. Among
! these were Baron iengelmuller, the
/ Austrian ambassador, and the various
members of the Austrian embassy at
! Washington. Alfred and Reginald Van
| dprbilt, brothers of the bride. were
among the first to offer their best wishes
| after the ceremony.
! Among the distinguished guests was
! James Bryce, British ambassador
| The Countess Szechenyi will take with
! her to her new home i'll Hungary some
| wonderfully exquisite gifts. 1t is said
| that 100000 would not be an eXtrava-
! CANT estimate of the total value of the
| wedding presents. This does not include,
! Of course marriage settlements III cash.
The bride of today is the youngest
child of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Her three brothers are Alfred @. Wander
bilt Reginald Vanderbilt and Cornelius
Vanderbilt Her only sister, Gertrude
Vanderbilt. married Harry Payne Whit
ney. son of the late William G. Whitney.
! Miss Gladys Vanderbilt made her debut
nearly three years ago, and since then
| has taken q pertinent part in society i'll
scrbed as petite and unaSsuming i'll man
| ner, simple in her gOWnng. reserved and
quiet She is not pretty, but is an eX-
celent singer, and has studied vocal mu-
sic under Jean De Reszke.
Love at First Sight.
Miss Gladys met Count Szechenyi
/ abroad 1t was q case of love at first
sight she told her intimate friends. The
| count belongs to an old and distinguished
/ family His fathers uncle, lstvan SEE
chenyi, was the famous patriot, and was
called the "Greatest Hungarian" The
counts eldest brother, Dlonys Szechenyl
married the Countess Emeiie De Cara
man ct Chimay. Count Laszlo Szechenyl
is % years old, and is a court chamber
| lain and a lieutenant in the Reserves
| He is n good sportsman and IS described
| as a charming type of the Hungarian
cavalier. He is said to very wealthy IL
his own right.
When the bride attained her majority
! last August she came into possession OF
more than $12,O00,0OO, which was hel
share. with interest, of the $6O,OOOOOC
estate left by her father. Though the
bride is one of the wealthiest young
women in America, the count, so his
! friends assert, is not fortune hunter
and has given little attention to the
handsome dot that comes with his bride
! He is the owner of a large estate IL
| Hungary and, on the whole, is said tC
be far better provided with this world:
goods than has been the case with thu
| majority of foreign nOblemen who have
| tod 4 HDi