Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-28
VANDERBILT
WEDDING is
RICH DISPLAY
HUNGARIAN COUNT CLAIMS
HEIRESS AS BRIDE
REGAL MAGNlFIcENcE SHOWN IN
DECORATIONS
Newly Married Pair EIudes Curious
Crowd and Hastens Away to
"The Breakers" at
Newport
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Gladys Van
derbilt, daughter of Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, was married to Count
Laszlo Szechenyi, a young Hungarian
nobleman. in the Fifth avenue home of
Mrs. Vanderbilt at noon today.
The wedding probably was the most
brilliant that has taken place III 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 Henglemuller Won Hen
gervar, the Austrian ambassador to
the United States; James Bryce, the
British ambassador, and several prom
inent members of New York society.
Outside of the Vanderbilt home a
great, crowd of the curious public gath
ered 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 were
patrolled and kept clear by force of
nearly one hundred policemen.
Police lines were drawn across Fifty
seventh and Fifty eighth streets, be-
tween which two streets the house
stands. and unlimited persons were not
permitted on/the Fifth avenue sidewalk
in front of the house.
Curious Crowd Gathers
Crowds gathered in large numbers
in the square in front of the Plaza
hotel, but their curiosity was satisfied
only by witnessing the arrival of the
count and the guests.
Promptly at noon the wedding cere-
mony was performed in a large draw
ing room on the Fifth avenue side of
the house, in which a bower of palms
and arbor of orchids were constructed.
Beneath the arbor a temporary altar
was erected and in front of this the
ceremony was performed by Monsignor
M. J. Lavelle, rector of st. Patrick s
cathedral. The bride was escorted by
her elder brother, Cornelius Wander
bilt, down the aisle, bordered with
palms entwined with a great abun-
dance of orchids at the altar.
The count was attended by his
brother, Count Denis Szechenyi. The
ceremony of giving the bride away
was performed by Cornelius Wander
bilt.
The wedding chorus from Gaul's can
tata Ruth was sung by thirty boys
of the st. Patrick's chancel choir at
tired in surplices and red cassocks, ac-
companied by the organ and assisted
by the cathedral small quartet.
The gown worn by the bride was
of ivory satin with embroidery point
lace and garlands of orange blossoms.
Her veil was of point lace caught with
sprays of orange blossoms. She car
ried a shower bouquet of orchids and
gardelias.
The bridesmaids were Miss Ruth
Vanderbilt Twombley her cousin, and
Miss Dorothy Whitney, daughter of
William G. Whitney. The bride was
also attended by her little niece, Miss
Flora Payne Whitney, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
Among the ushers were Count Stefan
Szechenyi and Count Paul Esterhazy.
Wedding Breakfast Served
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast was served the guests being
distributed at various tables through
out the house. The rooms were beau
tifully decorated with palms and
orchids.
Immediately after the wedding
breakfast the count and countess de-
parted upon their honeymoon trip, elud-
ing a throng of people that pressed
about the Vanderbilt mansion eager to
catch a fieeting glimpse of the bridal
couple. 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 Szechenyi's home in Hungary.