The San Francisco call., 1909-12-16
PAPA BOGUE IS
ABSENT GUESTAT
MARRIAGE FEAST
Queen VergiIia, With Simple
Ceremony, Becomes Bride of
Italian Countess Son
Recent Press Stories Pain the
Beautiful Girl Who Reigned
Over POrtOIa Festival
Especial Dispoioh 10 The Call

NEW YORK, Dec. l5.-At high noon
today in the apartments OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Virgil c. Bogue. 4S Fifth avenue.
their daughter. Miss virgilia, queen OF
the recent san Francisco PortoIa fes-
tivaL was married to Carlo Lucien
Baron only son Of virginio Baron.
member of an aristocratic family Of
Savoy. and also son Of Tergelinda,
Countess Cesareu of Perugia.
Simple Wedding Ceremony
The wedding today was a very sim
pie one. there being present besides
Mrs. Bogue. the brides mother. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bogue of san
Francisco. Prince Pierre Troubetskoy.
:. Berrizzi and the Italian consul in
New York. Gustavo hi Rosa. Rev. DR..
Howard Dufield oficiated.
The bride and future countess was
attired in a magnificent gown of gold
satin She carried a bouquet Of orchids.
There was no reception except the in
formal one of those present at the
ceremony. Upon the arrival of Virgil
C. Bogue in New York, about January
I. the bridal couple viii sail for Italy,
where they viii reside during the
summer, returning TO New York for
the fall and winter
Papa Bogue Absent
There was some surprise expressed
here today because the brides father
was not present at the wedding. The
formal statement of Mrs. Bogue.
printed exclusively in The Call of De-
cember. s. announced that the wedding
would take place toward the Christmas
holidays and it was fully expected that
Bogue would be present.
His absence revived the rumor in
san Francisco that he is not too well
pleased with his daughters choice, for
when shown the long line Of ancestry
back Of Baron's family he impatiently
waved his informant aside and said:
4 don't want to hear any such stuff. -
Some Pointed kilograms
II is known that frequent pointed
kilograms have passed between Mrs
Bogue and her husband concerning the
wedding. Members Of the family here.
however. attribute the rather hasty
ceremony TO the fact that there is i'll
ness IN Baron's family and that, not
being able to await Bogue's con-
1-enience. the wedding was held so
that Baron might hasten to Italy.
This is rather inconsistent, however,
with Mrs. Baron's statement today that
she and her husband would not sail
until about January l. This being so,
1t is not quite clear why the wedding
was not postponed until Bogue could
be present Baron probably had good
reasons Of his own.
Panied by Press Stories
The bride. who was royalty treated
BY the San Francisco papers as Queen
of the Portola festival. is naturally
much pained at the treatment some Of
them have accorded her since her en-
gagement was announced. Her in
dignation today found voice when she
referred to some of the outrageous
stories" printed in San Francisco.
one Of the latest she had not seen.
the one concerning the divorce pro-
ceedings brought in San Francisco by
Airs. May Mott-Smith- Bird Cunning
ham. wife of c. c. Cunningham, the
well-known lawyer and political ora
tor. The story guardedly mentioned
runor spread in art circles of san
Francisco referring to Mrs. Cunning
hams purely artistic friendship for
the street car motorman and talented
painter.
This insinuation seems to have been
nurelv gratuitous and far-fetched. Mrs.
Baron said to The Calls correspondent
today that she was not even aware
that Baron knew such woman as
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