New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
About People and Socfdi Incfdenfs.


bridesmaids will carry large pink mufrs. which
. will be trimmed with white acacia arranged tn
initiate long ostrich plume The BRIDE who will
be given away by her eldest brother. CorneIll.
Vanderbilt will carry a bouquet Of white orchids
The floral decorations will be elaborate and beau
tfuI Many specimen palms have been obtained
twenty-five to thirty feet in height. and some ~
these will be arranged in the main hall the 5stn
street side of the house where the guests enter
Red roses will also De used there The drawing
room will be adorned with yellow orchids. the
oncdfum variety, arranged in vases. n the ball.
room the Rosary Flower Company will erect a
grotto of green and the palms forming this arch
will be entirely covered with mauve orchids of
which several thousand will be used
The ceremony will be performed in this bower
of tropical flowers. and the bridal party will an
proach II through aisle formed by palms 50 tan
that they will obstruct the view of the guests
grouped either side. Orchids will be arranged
on these trees in a way almost to suggest their
having grown on them, for The chief idea Of ths
whole scheme is to have it natural and trop-
ical in it's effect possible
The ceremony will be followed by a breakfast
which will be served small tables in the dining
room. hall and various rooms the drawing room
floor. The bridal table will be decorated with a
large centrepiece of white orchids The other
tables will be decorated with flowers TO harmOnizs
with the color schemes of the. rooms and halls
In the afternoon, at 3 O'Clock, the newly married
Z AZ
the Breakers until they sail for Europe early In
February Mrs. Vanderbilt has issued a relatively
small number of invitations fer TIE wedding. not
more than couple Of hundred Her guests VIII
comprise the Austrian Ambassador and his
wife. from Washington and most Of the MEM
bers the Austrian Embassy 70 the United
States; Baron HOenning-O' Carroll, Austrian
Consul General in New York. and several men,
bers OF his staff. well the bridegrCom's reia-
tives who have come over frcm Austria and
from Hungary TO attend his wedding. They n
clude his brothers. stephen and Dicnys Szechenyt,
the latter Austrian Ell ~ 10 the Court of Den
mark; the Countess Donys Szechenyi vino IS a
member of the Franco Belgian dUcaI house of
Carama -Chimay; Count Paul Esterhazy. Count
Anton Sigray, who il 20 officiate best man;
Coun: Apponvi and Count Stephen Przezdzecks.
All these fore ign noblemen. well as the men-
bers of the Austrian Embassy and consulate gen.
eraI will be ar-ayed in military uniform or eIse
in the picturesque garb of Hungarian magnstes.
which VIII contribute in No small measure 10 tAs
bFiIlianCy Of the spectacle.
II may be OF Interest adj that the wedding
chorus from CduI's cantata Ruth" VIII be sung
to organ accompaniment during the ceremony,
and that afterwa-d Franko's orchestra Will play
Mendelssohn's Wedding March" selections from
Tschaf<owsby's Russian symphonies and also from
-sfeefried" and from Tristan and Isolde"
Tonight Ms. Clarence Mackay gives -er
house in Madison avenue a dinner OF twerty-
five covers. followed by a musical. for which a
large number OF additional invitations have been
issued and which Miss Mary Garden and VI
Renaud will constitute the chief features On
Tuesday evening Mrs Payne Whitney has musi-
cal her house. in Fifth avenue. and on Sat1r-
day night Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. ST. VII
give the third of her series OF dinners. followed
by musicals. also at her house. in Fifth avenue
on Friday Mrs. Ogden Mills has her annual dance
N her house, East 6eth street. and on Thurs
day the Iast of the Senior CCtiCns Will take
pase at Delmoulco's Mrs Oliver Hartman. Mrs
Grenyiue Kane. Mrs Alfred @. Vanderbilt Mrs
James Brown Potter and Mrs. William Dinsmors
acting as patronesses-
Another wedding Of the week is that OF Mss
Padelford. daughter OF Mrs Ernest CUnard BY her
first marriage TO the Hon Robert GrosveHor. ed
and heir OF Lord Eoury This marriage viii
take place in I ondon Saturday That OF Kiss
Georgette Haven BorIand TO Graham E.aE6-.
which was 70 have taken place here in the Cng-c1
of the Incarnation Thursda5-, has been post
roned. owing TO the Illness OF the bride. who Las
been ordered South by her physician Mss Blr-ard
Is the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs j. Nelson Borll1d
and grandchfd OF George GriswoId Haven
Several dramatic entertainments viii take pace
in February. Among them Will BE- the annual t1e-
arrical performance of the Junior League in the
ballroom Of the Plaza. February = and 70. Mss
Dorothy Whitney the president this year Cf ne
league. with Miss Janet Dana as secretary and
Miss Harriet Alexander as treasurer. The league
Is composed OF young girls. who organic eacn
winter dramatic entertainment foF the benefit Of
charity. in which all the performers are deou-
tanJes OF the season. just a week later q series
Of tableauN vivanS. organized by Mrs. John Jacob
AStor. by her cousin. Mrs. WaIdCrf AScoc. and
by Mrs Benjamin Guinness. will be given also az
the Plaza, for the benefit of charity Following re
tab,eaus on the second night there viii be d dance
Mrs Wil.iam X. Vanderbilt gave the third Of q
series Of dinners her house IN Fifth avenue IIst
evening The dinner was followed by a musical.
at which Miss Geraldine Farrdr sang and sons
additional guests came in 20 II from the dinner
party given by Mrs James A Burden, il. at
house, in East sist street.