The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
Elaborate

Miss Vivien Gould, second daughter OF
George Jay Gould, becomes the bride OF
Lord Decies. The ceremony will take
place at St Bartholomew's Chucn at
O'Clock.
Already preparations for the event are
wen under way, as far as florists and
decorations are concerned
The brides trousseau will be perhaps
the most elaborate ever seen in New
York. 1t will cost about $4,000.
Redfern, the famous tailor. made the
cloth gowns and suits, and Drecou, of
Paris, the wedding dress and evening
gowns New York, Paris, and London
were ranSacked for lingerie. and there
are hats Shoes and slippers. and stock
ings to match each gown. Already thirty
five gowns have been finished. and more
are being rushed to completion.
Train Eight Yards Long.
The wedding gown will be of heavy
white duchess satin in semi-empire style,
and heavily embroidered with silver roses.
The court train will be eight yards long
There will be a low collar of real lace
and lace veil.
The bridesmaids gowns will be made
white chiffon over white satin. They will
be trimmed with festoons of sea green
satin ribbon. The hats will be of white
chiffon trimmed with green.
Miss Gould has shown no special pref
erence in the matter of color in choosing
her evening gowns. She has some of
pale blue satin, delicate yelows, and
cream shades. and much gold and silver
embroidery. She also has d number of
beautifully embroidered linen gowns.
Children to Take Part
in one way the wedding will be quite
English. There will be maids and pages.
as well as grown-up attendants, for
over on the other side children take part
in fashionable weddings. Vivien's baby
sister, Gloria, and small Giana DalZiel.
the Frederick Dalziel small girl. will
be the bridesmaids. and Edith Gould,
the next Gould girl to the bride-to-be,
will serve as maid of honor
The older girls will be Beatrice Claflin
and MISUNDERSTANDING, who have known
Miss Gould since nursery days. and the
others Will be her cousin. Hope Hamil-
tCn. Allison Pierce. Louise Cromwell. of
Washington. and Emiiine Holmes. The
pages will be Lord Decies' young
n,phews Marcus and Graham Beres-
ford.
Lord DecieS. who gave his bachelor
dinner tonight at the Ritz-Carlton, will
have his cousin. Lord AlaStair Graha N,
r. N, son of the Duke of MontroSe. for
his best man, and his ushers will be
Earl Percy. Lord Camoys, Robin Grey.
Vfviens brother-in-Iaw. Anthony ].
DreXel. jr.; Francis W Crowninshield,
Robert H. Russell. Phoenix Infraham.
and Moncure Robinson.
Honeymoon in Egypt.
ON February IS the couple will sail %
the Carmania, to spend their honeymoon
in Egypt They will occupy Suite A
1N-14. on the upper deck. which has been
reserved by Lord Decies for several
weeks. and is one of the finest suites
on the ship. The Carmania will call at
Madeira. Gibraltar. Algiers. ViIlefranche
'for Nice and Naples. and then steam
across to Alexandria. where she is due
to arrive on March s.
After spending a few days in Cairo, az
She pheard's Hotel. and being entertained
by his military friends. Lord DeCies and
his bride will start for Upper Egypt and
visit Luxor. Thebes, Assouan. and the
Island of Philae, on Cooks new tourist
steamer Egypt.
If the weather is not too hot, il is
probable that Lord and Lady Decies will
continue the journey up the Nile from
Philae as far as Wadi Halfa. on the
Second Cataract. and from there take
the sleeping car express train across the
desert to Khartoum. on the White Nile
Decorations to Be Lavish.
St Bartholomew Church will be
decorated for the WEDDING in manner
that from an artistic standpoint has
never been equaled in New York. The
floral decorations will cost in the
reighborhood of $4,000. The color
scheme, green and white. will prevail,
both in the church and the home. which
will be handsomely decorated for the
reception. to which 5000 Invitations
have been issued. The bridal couple
will receive congratulations in the
grand ballroom of the Gould mansion.
Over 5000 lilies will be used in the
decoration of the church. Both sides
of the center aisle. down which the
bridal party will pass. will be a mass
of these blossoms. Metal receptacles
placed on the side of every pew down
the center aisle, torch like. will each
hold a cluster of three dozen lilies.
The body of the church will present
replica of a hanging garden scene |
The columns of the church will be COW
interlaced with spring flowers. includ |,
ing apple and Japanese cherry blossoms
and white lilacs-
The altar will be banked with palms |
and ferns. and the chancel rail will be |
hidden under an effective arrangement
of the white and green blooms and |
Towering plants.
The flowers will be sent to hospitals |
after the wedding. |
Gowns to BE Numerous
The work Of modelling and making Miss |
Gould'S elaborate collection of dresses is |
entirely in the hands of Fifth avenue |
dressmakers- Three noted firms are turn
ing out from ten to fifteen gowns each
Redfern is making the wedding gown and |
the gowns for the bridesmaids McNally |
is making some of the evening gowns, |
lingerie gowns. and linen suits, and Sim |
cox has the contract for the dinner |
dresses. the going-away. dress. and recep-
tion gowns.
The entire troUsSeau will represent an
outlay OF $4,000, and will be the most
costly. the largest. and the most exduis- |
ite that was ever taken away by an
American bride.
This is due mainly to the fact that she
is preparing for a long honeymoon and
also for the brilliant and varied social
gayeties of London which will mark the
of King George and Queen
Mary in June. The wedding plans have
been made with the greatest care Men,
bers Of the Decies family who arrived on
Friday from England have been deliphfed