The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-07
WHEN GOULD, lS, WEDS
LORD DECIES, A, AMID
ARISTOCRATIC WEALTH
Brides Transformation into Lady Decies Artisticay
Executed by Her Lavish Mother Mrs. George J..
Gould Cost About $75, ,0O0 and This in Addition to
the Millions She Will Take to Her Titled Husband
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Especial from United Press.)
New York, Feb. THE old story of
American wealth and a foreign title
meeting at the altar was re-staged to-
day in the marriage of Miss Helen
vivien Gould. second daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Jay Gould, to Lord
Decies of England. In st. Bartholo-
news church, before an audience that
represented American and English
aristocracy, this eighteen year old girl
and her fiance Of A years were we'd
ded this afternoon
As is usually the case In interna-
tional alliances of such prominence,
today's wedding again demonstrated
the morbid curiosity Of the public
and thousands of persons crowded
about old St. Bartholomew to get
a glimpse of the bride and the not.
ables In attendance. The services OF
several hundred policemen were re-
quired to keep the streets clear for
the endless string of automobiles that
deposited their richly gowned and
faultlessly groomed guests at the
church doors. Similar scenes were en-
acted at the Gould home, S67 Fifth
Immediately following the ceremony.
Owing to the fact that several
threatening letters had been received
by Lord Decies from supposed cranks
who professed resentment over the dis
parity in ages Of the contracting par
ties. the police guard was unusually
ample and no outsiders were allowed
near the church entrance or the resi-
dence- Plainclothes men were sta
toned on the sidewalk and mounted
police acted as an escort for the car
riages of both the bride and groom.
H~~rr R-f
was performed by Bishop David H.
Greer, assisted by the rector Of st.
Bartholomew, the Rev. Leighton
Parks.
Ten thousand dollars worth Of
flowers had turned the interior of the
church into a veritable bower, the
scene being enhanced by special
musical program, under the direction
Of Organist Hyde. In addition to the
regular choir, OF st. Bartholomew,
there was the boys choir from the
Cathedral of st. John the Divine. The
soloist for the occasion was Ricardo
Martin. OF the Metropolitan Opera
Company.
Mendelssohn's Midsummer Nights
Dream" was played for the entrance,
Of the wedding party and the recess
sional was Parker's music to Lord,
Who At Cana's Wedding Feast
The floral decorations were almost
entirely OF white flowers, the only bit
Of color being that of forsythia spring
branches with their pale yellow flow
erS. English ivy, southern smilax and
palms. The altar was banked with
palms to a height of Is feet and at
every pew was a stand six feet high
draped with ferns and white flowers.
Easter lilies and hyacinths were u.s.
ed in profusion-
In sumptuousness, the wedding rival
ed that OF the brides older sister Mar
5orie. who at the same altar was mar
ried to Anthony j. Drexel less than
ten months ago.
Miss Gould's attendants were her sis
ter little Miss Edith Gould Has maid
OF honor. her still smaller sister, Miss
Gloria Gould, and Mss Diana Dalzell,
flower girls. while the bridesmaids
were Miss Hope Hamilton. the brides
cousin: Miss Hannah Randolph Of
Philacelphia: Miss Allison Pierce, Miss
Louise Cromwell of Washington. Miss
Emeline Holmes and Miss Anna D.
Graham. Lord Alastair Graham, a
cousin OF Lord Decies. was best man.
The ushers were the Earl Percy, Lord
Phoenix Ingraham, Moncure Robinson,
Robert E. Russell, Anthony ]. Drexel.
Jr.. and Francis W. Crowninshield.
The bride was given away by her sis
ter.
Miss Graham was substituted for
owing to the latter's illness. This led
to the revival of the rumor that
young Jay Gould is soon to wed Miss
Graham.
The wedding gown was of heavy
white duchess satin, in semi-empire
style. heavily embroidered with silver
roses. The train was eight yards long.
The veil was of real lace. Lady Decies
plans to wear her bridal gown at the
coronation Of King George and at her
presentation to the English Court in
June.
The bridesmaids gowns were Of
white chiffon over white satin, trim
med with festoons OF sea green rib
bon- The gowns were in the high
waisted empire style. The hats were
Of white chiffon, trimmed with green.
The brides dress was made in Paris,
as was the rest of her rousseau. on
which was spent. according to a re-
liable report, the snug little sum of
Those Who like to follow the Ella
borate weddings among New York's
millionaires estimate the total cost of
Miss vivien's transformation into Lady
Decies at close to $4,000. to say moth
ing OF the several millions that she
viii take her titled husband Mrs
George ]. Gould is nothing IL not law
ish in her social affairs, and her plan
ming OF today's wedding. from first to
la8T, was IN utter disregard or cost.
The preliminary entertainments, the
decoration of the church and house,
the gifts to the wedding party and the
other odds and ends brought the total
expenditures up to the proportions of
n good sized fortune.
The wedding presents, which were
not shown to the guests. were among
the most beautiful and costly ever re-
ceived by q New York bride although
they did not equal those received by
her sister. Marjorie, at her wedding
TO Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., last April.
The presents represented q value of at
least 100000. The costliest was from
the brides father, the coronet of
Baroness which Lady Decies will wear
at the coronation of King George. The
coronet is tipped with nine pear shaped
diamonds.
The father also gave the bride a
long chain of diamonds while Edwin
Gould. her uncle. gave a diamond
corsage ornament. Mrs. Gould gave
her daughter a necklace of diamonds.
q sautoier of pearls, a diamond and
ruby ring and pearl ring.
The wedding cake was the most Ella
borate "crea tion'' of its kind ever seen
In New York 1t was built in three
stories, the two upper stories support
C by carrion marble columns Cap
ped torch bearers. Lord Decies crest,
fhe proverbial wedding slipper, Venus
resting In . shell on a carpet Of sea