The Washington herald., 1909-02-24
MISS SYLVIA GREEN
Webs MILLIONAIRE
Wild Chase to Escape the
Ambiguous Reporters.
WEDDING sIMPIE AND QUIET
Matthew Astor WIlISs, Member Of
Prominent Family, Is Bridegroom.
Ceremony Performed at Norris
tOvvn-Mrz. Hetfy Green Tells Re-
Porters Style of Wedding Gown.


daughter OF Mrs. Hetty Green, was mar
ried at noon -o-dsy at Morristown to Mat !
thew Astor WIlks. OF Gait, Ontario. The |
ceremony was a simple one. and was per
formed in St Peters Protestant Episco- !
pal Church BY the rector. Rev. P. F.
Sturges.
There were no ushers or bridesmaids.
Rowland Peu gave the bride away. and
Woodbury. Langdon. r.. a cousin. was
the best man. The other guests at the
ceremony were Mrs. Hetty Green. Mr..
and Mrs Woodbury. Langdon. ST; the
Misses Sophia and Helen Langdon. Kath-
erin l. Wilks. who is noted horse
woman, and who shows trotters and sad
die horses at the New York show with
fair success: Mr.. and Mrs. Langdon
Wilks. Bryan K Stevens. Maj w.
Napier Keefer, Mrs. Charles Brown Oak
ley. Mrs. Lewis T. HOyt. Mrs. Duane
PeH. Shipley Jones. Charles Emmett. Miss
Ruth Lawrence. and Mrs. T 5 Williams
Tho day started auspiciously for the
bride A crowd gathered near the home
OF her mother. in Bloomfield street, HO-
boken. early. because II had been ru-
mored that the much-talked-of wed
ding was to take place in the day, and
50 much mystery had been made OF the
engagement that il aroused curiosity.
Jumps Into Waiting Cab.
About a quarter before O'Clock a
slender young woman, dressed in blue,
left the apartment house hurriedly. She
ran around TO Washington street, where
a single-horse cab was standing. She
said something 10 the driver. jumped into
the cab. and went around 10 the Bloom |
field street house As 1t stopped al he
curb. Mrs. Hetty Green, dressed in a
black gown, black satin wrap. and her
black eel. suddenly came out OF the
house. Miss Sylvia Green accompanied
her. She wore a heavily embroidered
gown and white picture hat, and as soon
az the young woman in blue opened the
door Of the cab Mrs Green and Miss
Sylvia ran down the steps. jumped into
the cab. the door was slammed, and the
horse started.
The newspaper men who were watching
were for a moment rather hadicapped,
but there happened 10 be 2 grccer's and
two delivery wagons standing in the
street. and these were quickly chartered.
and a chase began The cab headed for
the I.ackawanna station. about a mile
away. Il was an odd case, and attracted
so much attention that erTand boys,
clerks. workingmen, and others ran after
the wagons, until g mob Of about 80
was IN hot pursuit OF the cab and as
they learned who were IN the cab, they
cheered for the bride and for everything
else.
Students Join in Chase.
The route led past the Stevens Insti-
tute. and there 90 students on the cam
pus joined in the chase and the cheering.
On Hudson street Dennis Dillon. who
thought the cab horse was running away.
brought the horse 10 standstnI He
caught the horse. but Cabby shouted 70
him and he let go. and finally the cab rat
tied into the station The Morristown ex-
press leaves at 90. and attached to that
train was the private car Ivorydale. Some
OF the guests were already in the car and
others were standing on the platform
waiting for the bridal party. and as they
saw the three women they waved wei
come TO them. Mrs. Hetty Green was the
first on board the private car and a 20
iceman kept the crowd back. so that
after the train pulled out there were no
more incidents worthy OF note until Nor
ristOwn was reached al 1920 O'Clock.
Mr.. Wilks. his best man and bis sister,
Miss Katherine L Wilks were waiting
there. and carriages soon took the party
70 the MorristowR Inn There the party
waited until noon. and while waiting Mrs.
Hetty Green sent a message out 10 the
newspaper men. which said. The mar
riage Is taking place at Morristown be.
cause We have friends here Il is a very
4uiet affair, because Of the recent death
Of my cousin. Miss Roberts. one OF ny
few surviving relatives. Ny daughter
viii be married IN the travelling frock
which she wore coming over this morn
ing. Il IS Of brown cloth, embroidered
with white, and white feather boa and
white hat"
Welded at Noon.
The guests remained al the inn until
few minutes before z O'Clock. when
they walked across the street TO s.
Peters Church The interior OF the
church had been decorated. and the local
organist began TO play the Mendelssohn
wedding march as the bridal party enter
ed. Miss Green leaning on the arm Of her
cousin, Rowland PeII. leading: next was
Mrs Hetty Green. alone. The bride
groom walked with his best man. Wood
bury Langdon A few villagers managed
70 get into the church before the bridal
party reached there, but as soon as an
the guests had entered, the doors were
shut. and the representatives OF the press
excluded.
As the party left the church il began
70 rain. There was a battery of cam
L
behind an umbrella. Her mother pushed
the umbrella on one side, and said: IF
they want a picture. let II be a good
one" Then the bride and bridegroom
posed with her on the church steps.
Love as Wedding Gift.
What did you give your daughter as
a wedding present. called out one in the
crowd.
What would your mother give your
parted the old lady. I gave her my
love. and when die she viii have a great
deal more from me-
''WH she have ali that you OWN
she viii have it when I am dead" was
the reply.
A wedding breakfast was served at the
Inn. and at 3:9o O'Clock the party returned
to New York The honeymoon will be
spent at Gait. Ontario
The bride IS Mrs. Hetty Green's only
daughter Mrs Green has also one son.
who is unmarried. The bride is forty
three years Of age The bridegroom is a
great-grandson OF the first John Jacob
Astor. His New York home IS at 40 Mad
ison avenue, and he is reputed TO be
worth s. 0e,e00 II IS said that a part Of
his courtship Of Miss Green was carried
on when Mrs Green and her daughter
went TO live al the Plaza Hotel last wear.
Eo is said 10 be sixty-flve years OF age.
Young Man MysteriOusIy Beaten.
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