The evening world., 1908-01-27

ished in the tunnel of canvas leading
up 70 the Fifty-eighth street entrance VI
the house.
Not Allowed to Cross the Street.
Before the two inspectors arrived
and undertook the guarding Of the Van
derbilt home smaller squad of mer
was on hand in charge of Lieut. Bel
den, who was as particular in eXclud
ing the curious from the vicinity o.
the wedding as II the person of the
| President was threatened by horde
oe cranks He drove men and womer
back from the curbs without ceremony
and allowed nobody even to cross the
pavement toward the sidewalk border
Ing the Vanderbilt home unless thew
could show unequivocal credentialr
emitting them to admission to the
house.
Automobiles and brilliant equ!rs ge :
began to arrive at II o'clock and were
handed with splendid expedition by the
mounted men in charge OF the traffic
regulations. There were no wrangles or
DELAYS. carriage following carriage with
mechanical precision.
Hotel Gues.s Fill Windows.
There was almost as much exclt =
ment over the wedding in the Plaza
and Savoy Hotels as on the street The
windows OF the skyscraplng obstetrics
looking down on the scene OF the Nod-
ding ceremony were filled with irving
faces and there We're little groups IN
the balconies The entrances of the
hotels were also iaInmed with peop,e
that the police had dung hack from p e
pavement.
| From the outside. nothing could be
seen OF the hrllian' function within, for
| many folds of lace and damask cur
| ta!ns cut off : view of the interior.
All that tn. curious watchers could see
! was the fash of beauLiul gowns and
the glitter Of gems worn by the guests
as they left their carriages and were
swallowed up in the funnel OF awning
| leading to the entrance.
The background OF The decorations
that transformed the great ballroom
dining room, Moorish room and the
splendid stairway OF Caen stone on the
main floor into a fairyland of bloom
was OF selected orc, s There were
thous ands of these rare eXotics chosen
with great pains for their wealth OF
blossom from every florist shop in the
city. They were banked UP against tho
walls and arranged in bowers and
streaming garlands. intertwined wit,
Southern snilax and Japanese asparo
| gus.
Growing orchids of the softer colors
were scattered through the drawing
room. blending into the higher tones OF
yellow that blazed in the Moorish room
and dining hall There was delicate
predominEnce OF yellow-'he Hungarian
national color-but not enough to de-
tract from the pr!da, tones nantained
| in the clusters Of spring howers-hlscs
tulips, jonquils and lilies OF the valley
that we're ueayed upon the tables.
| great wall Of palms and 'erns,
woven into a living wall OF green with
smilax and the trailing tendrils o, rare
vines smothered from view Nahan
/ i'ranko's orchestra OF s!xty-hve pieces
The bride. who IL an accomplished
m us!c!an, a pupil for several years Of
Jean de Reszke IN Paris, personally Sc
ectsd the musical numbers.
Music Selected by the Bride.
When the guests began 10 arrive they
We're greeted by tho seductive strains
OF the two movements from Tsohaikow-
sky's symphony Patnettque." the love
music from the second act OF Wagner 3
Tristan und Isolde" and the andante
from Beethoven's tirth symphony
/ When the hour arrived for tho core
mony there was a Drot luil in the music
followed by burst OF rich melody and
! the Bridal prooesaionai" from Rubin
STEMS "Ferarmors,"
The bridegroom had spent tho night
at the home OF Harry Payne Whitney,
acroas the street from the Vanderbilt
mansion, He did not cross TO his bride g
! home until about an hour bsnore the
ceremony, U'hen he was accompanied by
his attendants, Count Anton Sigray,