The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
MARRES THE COUNT.
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the hallway on the first floor This hall
way runs the length OF the building. II
was decorated with palms. ferns, and
Southern sniIax. There the guests were
received by Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Wander
biIt who was dressed in robin-egg blue.
with blue and gold hat
The wedding ceremony was performed
before an altar erected in the drawing
room on the Fifty-seyenth street side
Of the house. This room was abloom
with orchids Behind the altar was a
bridal arbor Of palms and orchids. Sons
of the guests stood in the dsawing-room
and some In the ballroom which ad--
joins il.
Nahan FTanko's orchestra Of sixty-five
pieces and thirty-six choristers from St.
Patricks Cathedral were concealed be
hind wall Of palms and ferns in the
hall The bride herself had selected the
music which the orchestra should play.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, the brides mother. en-
tered the drawing-rOOm first on the arm
OF her Youngest son. Reginald . She
wore pearl gray brocade with her
famous string OF black pearls. She took
a seat TO the right OF the altar with her
youngest son on one side and Mrs Harry
Payne Whitney. her elder daughter. on
the other side
Mgr NJ. J. Lavelle and the Rev Father
j. j. ByTue, master OF. ceremonies. both
of the cathedral who were TO oficiate
were In the dTawing-room when the
guests began to enter
bridegroom Enters
The bridegroom entered with his best
man. Count Anton Sigray. a cousin. The
bridegroom wore a fun dress uniform Of a
lieutenant Of the Hungarian Huzzars.
while Count sigray was in court uniform
The count had no sooner reached the
altar than The organ. hidden in a bower
Of palms in the hail. struck up the open
ing bars Of SauTs cantata, Ruth" and
above the organs notes sounded the
soprano voices OF the choir boys. The
cathedral quartet joined in.
The bridal party came down the grand
staircase. crossed the ballroom, and en-
tered the drawing-rcom. A wide passage.
fringed on either side by high palms and
tall vases Of flowers. led straight from
the haN 20 the drawing-room. This pas
sage looked almost ike a tropical garden
path. Leading the procession We're the
two bridesmaids. Miss Ruth Vanderbilt
Twombly. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
/ Twombly, and Miss Dorothy Whitney.
/ the second daughter Of the late William
c. Whitney.
Miss Flora Whitney, the ten-year-oId
daughter of Harry Payne Whitney. and
a niece Of the bride, followed the brides
lInaids as flower girl
The bride was leaning on the arm Of her
eldest brother, Cornelius, who wore the
conventional frOck coat. Miss Wander
bilt's dress, OF princess design. was Of
white satin. embellished with some beau
tiful white lace which was worn by her
mother at her wedding. 4 cluster Of
white orchids held the bridal veil in place
Details of Costume.
She wore about her neck a string Of
pearls, and carried in one hand a prayer
book bound in ivory and gold, while in
the other she held a bouquet Of white
orchids and orange blossoms tied with
white satin ribbons. The brides gowns
ike other features of the wedding, were
designed to be simple in effect
Cornelius placed his sisters hand IN
that Of the count, and the wedding serv-
ice began. It was the regular service pre-
scribed in the Catholic Church for mar
riages in which one of the contracting
parties is not of that faith Mgr Lavelle
handed the ring TO the count, who in
turn placed it on the brides finger, pledg-
ing his trOth Mgr. Laveile made a brief
address, IN which he entreated them both
always to let religion direct them in all
their actions.
Then the couple knelt at the altar, and
received the benediction.
There was no salutation between the
bride and bridegroom at the conclusion
Of the service. Mgr. Laveile and Father
ByTne congratulated them both, and then
to the strain of the triumphal march
from GOunod's Queen Of Sheba" they
marched out into the ballroom There
an informal reception was held
The wedding Breakfast.
Not more than 200 Of the guests re-
mained for the wedding breakfast. At
Mrs Vanderbilt's table were Mgr. La
velle. Baron Hengelmuller. the Austrian
Ambassador at Washington. and the
Baroness; Mrs. Ogden Mills. the Rev
Father Byrne, and J. p. Morgan.
There were six or eight tables in the
dining room, each of them presided over
by a relative of the bride.
The breakfast served by Sherry con-
sisted Of:
H0rs d'Oeuvres Florentine
HOmad R0val
NOisette Agneau Monte Carlo
pommes de Terre Nouvees Rissoles
Chaud-frOid de Chapon DandslO
Salade Anita
3iacedoine de Fruits Cafe
Champagne Apollinaris
Besides the bridegroom and his best
man, all of the other Hungarian men,
bers of royalty and also the members of
the Austrian diplomatic corps at Wash
ington wore their court regalia.