Semi-weekly herald., 1908-01-30
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

Gus Vanderbilt mansion at Fifth ave
nue. and F1fty-Seventh street, at noon
today Miss Gladys youngest daughte:
of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, cousin OF
the Duchess of Marlborough and one oil
The richest OF American heiresses. be-
came the bride of Count Laszlo Jeno
Maria Henrik Simon SZechenyi. a
young Hungarian noble of ancient lin
cage Last summer Miss Vanderbilt
became of age and under the provisi..n N
OF her fathers will entered into pos
session of her share of his great for
une. The marriage ceremony was per
formed by Monsiguo: Lavalle, rector OF
St Patrick's Cathedral.
From early morning the Vanderbilt
mansion was scene of activity and
hustle Hundreds of curious persons,
mostly women. gathered in the vicin-
ity. hoping to catch glimpse of the
bride and groom, but the rubber
pecks" were kept at distance by the
police. Some time before the hour
set for the ceremony automobiles and
.
depositing at its doors some OF the
social and diplomatic leaders OF New
York Washington and Austria Hun
gary Among them were relatives of
the bride and groom. many multimll
lonaires and their wives and the en-
tire stan of the Austro Hungarian EN-
bassy at Washington.
The singing by the carefully trained
choir of the chorus from the cantata
Ruth" Rejoice, for Blessing Round
Us Fall" heralded the coming of the
bridal party The bride had as at
tendants her cousin. Miss Ruth Twom-
bly,; Miss Dorothy Whitney, sister-in
law OF Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
who is the new coultess's sister. and
little Miss Flora Whitney. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney,
who acted as flower girl. Count Anton
Sigray, leader in Vienna society. act
ed as Count Szechenyi's best man.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. eldest brother of
the bride. gave her away.
The ceremony was simple. although
the stage setting was magnificent. Al
white and gold pre-dieu. conforming
to the color scheme of the Louis XVI.
drawing room of the Vanderbilt man
sion. Monsignor Lavelle united the two
young people AS the bride is not a
Catholic, having persistently adhered
to the Protestant Episcopal denomina-
tion. in the tenets OF which she was
reared, there was no solemn blessing
of the ring with incense and holy wa
ted, usually a striking feature of the
Catholic rite. 1t is said to be a dis
tinct disappointment to Mrs. Wander
bilt that her daughters wedding cere-
mony, because of difference in relig
ion. was necessarily simple and brief,
but the surroundings and subsequent
wedding breakfast and festivities were
of nature sufficiently elaborate to
atone for the lack OF glitter in the
actual ceremony.
Among those who witnessed the GER
emony in addition to all the relatives
of the bride, were Count and Countess
Dieny's Szechenyi, father and mother
of the bridegroom. and several other
members of the Szechenyi family. in
cuding Count Lasczlo's two brothers
and their wives. The latter are beau
tiful and elegant leaders of Viennese
society, and attracted much attention.
The brides gown was the most beau
tiful and costly creation of a famous
Partisan modiste, the lace alone repre-
senting thousands of dollars. Her at
tendants were clad in attractive gowns
of white lace and satin.
Count Laszlo wore at the ceremony
spectacular military uniform, that OF
lieutenant of the Austrian Imperial
Hussars. 1t consisted of brilliant red
trousers, with broad stripes of gold
braid at the sides. and blue coat.
braided and embr oidered with heavy
gold braid. With this glaring uniform
he wore at his side jewel-hilted
sword IN n scabbard of silver and gold.
All of the countrymen of the count,
including his father, brothers. cousins
and his best man, Count Sigray, as
well as Baron Won HengeImuller. the
Austro Hungarian ambassador and the
members of his stan. were similarly
attired and gave TO the wedding the
appearance of gorgeous military
spectacle. All were arrayed in the
brilliant and many-colored costumes
of Magyar magnates and officers, with
heron-plumed, Embroidered caps, tun-
les and mantles of rich yelvets and
costly furs adorned with jewels.
The chorus from Ruth was the
only vocal music at the ceremony. Al
ter the ceremony. however, and dur
ing the wedding breakfast, an elabor-
ate Instrumental program was rem
dered by Nathan Frank and his or
chestra of fifty musicians. The break
fast was served to the invited guests
in the magnificent dining room. the
walls of which are covered with costly
and beautiful paintings. among them
the famous Turnpr paintinP for which