New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
MISS HARTMAN A BRIDE
Simple Ceremony in Little
Church on Arden Estate.

With strict simplicity and privacy due TO
the deep mourning of the family of Edward
H Hartman, his eldest daughter. Miss
Mary Hartman, was married yesterday at
noon to Charles Cary Rumsey, of Buffalo,
in the little St Johns Episcopal Church
which nestles in the foothills of the Ramapo
Mountains on the vast Hartman estate at
Arden. N Y. Outside of the immediate
relatives of the bride and bridegroom there
were barely a dozen guests present.
Arrangements to assure the privacy OF
the family at the ceremony were made
with almost feudaI exactness. The noun
tain roads leading to the church from Ar
den and Turner, and from other stations
which border the miles of Hartman lands,
were picketed by employees of the estate
while ten policemen from Tuxedo guarded
the immediate approaches to st Johns, and
every one was politely warned away during
the ceremony. At the brides request no
tees were posted at the general stores at
Arden and other nearby towns, stating that
St Johns Church would not be open to
visitors until o'clock. and any one wish
ling to see the interior of the church could
do so at that time
The wedding party came down from Ar
den House. the Hartman place on top OF
the mountain, in automobiles shortly be-
mat covered path along which the body Of
the dead railroad owner was borne to its
grave last October Yesterday a heavy
blanket of rhododendron leaves and white
lilacs covered the grave. A special train
brought the eight nine guests from New
York, and they were waiting at St Johns
when the bride and bridegroom arrived
Mrs E. H Hartman mother of the
bride dressed in white satin; Mrs Robert
L. Gerry, sister of the bride; Carol. her
youngest sister; William Averell and Ro-
land, her brothers; Mrs. W. H Averell and
her daughter. from Rochester; an aunt and
cousin, and Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Simons, the
latter sister of Edward H. Hartman,
were the members and relatives of the Har-
riman family present.
With the bridegroom was Laurence ID.
Rumsey, jr his brother and best man:
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence D. Rumsey, his
parents. and Miss Rumsey, a sister
The guests were Dr. and Mrs Charles
Cary, Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and NJ. D. 4.IiI-
burn, all of Buffalo: Mrs. Goodyear and
Thomas Hastings Of this city.
Besides these, c. c. Tegethoff. formerly
Mr. Harrinan's secretary and now agent
| Of tie Hartman estate; Charles T. Ford,
superintendent of Arden House; j. B.
Ford, assistant superintendent: William II.
| Mcclellan. superintendent of The Hartman
general stores, and William A. Niner, su-
perintendent of the Arden Dairy Farms,
attended the wedding.
! Miss Carol Hartman, dressed in a simple
| gown of white and wearing white lace
hat was maid of honor. There were no
| bridesmaids William Averell Hartman
gave his sister away. It had been intended
! that Robert L. Gerry, the brides brother
| fn-law. should act in this capacity, but ne
| was absent in Washington attending the
| wedding of his brother. Peter Goelet Gerry
! The bride was dressed in gown of lace
over white satin. without train. Her
! long veil was fastened to her hair with
cluster of orange blossoms, and she carried
! q huge bouquet of pink roses. The bride
/ groom wore the conventional frock coat
/ and gray trousers.
| The Rev J. Holmes MacGuinness, rector
of 81. Johns. performed the marriage ser
| vice.
The small mountain church, which con-
| tains only fifteen short pews on either side
| OF the centre aisle, was profusely decorated
with white lilacs snowballs, smilax and
| trailing eVergreens. There was no music
| The whole spirit of the wedding was one OF
| Quiet simplicity and retirement. After the
ceremony the bridal party and guests re-
turned TO Arden House, on the mountain,
! for q wedding breakfast. Later the newly
married pair came to New York on the
| Hartman private car Arden for a short
wedding trip They will return soon, 1t
was said, and spend most Of their honey
moon at Arden House
The bride was the recipient OF a vast
number of costly presents. but none OF
| them were shown. Her close association
with the employees of the Arden estate,
over which she has had a general super
vision since her fathers death, attached
| neculiar value To one present-that % d
| large silver loving cup, which was in
scribed the following: with Best Wishes
from $40 Superintendent and Workmen on
| the Arden Estate"
coincident with the wedding, the station
at Turner. which is the nearest to the foot
! of the incline railroad going up TO the
Hartman house. officially changed its name
| To Hartman yesterday, The Erie Railroad
| issued tickets under the new name for the
first time yesterday Mrs Hartman has
! promised the town a new railroad station.
| Some OF the citizens Of Turner object 10
| the change of name. The Rev. Patrick F.
| McAran. pastor of the st. Anastasia Cath
Ole Church, has issued a call for a mass
meeting OF the citizens on June TO pro-
! test against II.