The daily sentinel., 1908-01-27
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WEALTH TODAY
Gladys Vanderbilt Aged 2l years and With Fortune Of
$l2,0O0,000, at High Noon Became the Countess
Szechenyi Simple Ceremony With Gorgeous
Stage Settings How Will the Protest
ant Girl Be Received by the Ca
thoGc Royalty
Of the Marriage

brilliant red trousers, with broad
stripes of gold braid at the sides, and
a blue coat, braided and embroid
cred with heavy gold braid. With
this glaring uniform he wore at his
side a jewelledIhilted sword in a
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 Hengel-
muller, the Autro-Hungarian ambas-
sador and the members of his staff.
were similarly attired and gave to
the wedding the appearance of a
gorgeous military spectacle.
The chorus from Ruth" was the
only vocal music at the ceremony.
After the ceremony, however, and
during the wedding breakfast. an
elaborte instrumental program was
rendered by Nathan Franko and his
orchestra of fifty musicians. The
breakfast was served to the invited
guests in the magnificent dining
room, the walls of which are COW
cred with cotly and beautiful paint
cred with costly and beautiful paint
painting for which Mr.. Vanderbilt is
saidto have paid 100000. During
said to have paid 100000. During
Hungarian and American airs. in
honor of both the bride and groom.
Count Szechenyi's gift to his bride
was a collection of jewels. some of
them being heirlooms of the family
hundreds of years old. A famous
tiara of diamonds was among them.
All of the counts relatives also gave
the bride magnificent jewels and sill
yer plate as wedding gifts. Hundreds
of other valuable gifts, aggregating
many thousands of dollars in value,
were also received by the young
couple from relatives and friends.
One of the daintiest articles of the
brides trosseau Is a rare set of Irish
point lace. in what is known as the
Empress Eugenie pattern. made 200
years ago by the nuns at Youghal.
, county of Cork, Ireland. The set
required twelve years to complete
and is SO fine in texture that the
threads can be traced only with the
aid OF a glass.
Archbishop Farley. the chief
dignitary of the Catholic church in
New York, was not present at the
ceremony. While he granted the
necessary dspensation. he refused to
be present at the ceremony himself.
because of his strong feelings against
marriages between Catholics and
Protestants.
The new Countess Szechenyi was
born in Newport, r. l.. q years ago,
the youngest of the six children born
to Cornelius and Alice Gwynne Van
derbilt. Her father, the grandson of
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt,
died in 1889, leaving her a fortune
estimated at s12, 900. She has
three brothers and one sister living, |
the former being Cornelius, Alfred |
Gwynne and Reginald C. Vanderbilt |
and the latter Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney.
Count Szechenyi is 2S years of age,
the son of Count Imre and Countess |
Alexandris Szechenyi. His family is
among the oldest in Hungary and is
very close to the imperial family, the
count being an imperial royal cham
berlain. He is a memebr of the
Hungarian house of lords by heredi-
tary right.
The count and his new American
countess will leave shortly for Hun
gary. Relatives of the count declare
that the bride will be received with
open arms In the most exclusive
circles of Viennese and Hungarian
society. and that she will be received
at court. Doubt is cast upon this by
the comments of leading newspapers
of Vienna