Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-02-09
LOBDDEC|ES GETS
GOULD WITH GOLD
A Daughter Of George married
EngIishtnan.
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A BRILLIANT SOCIAL Event
No Expense Was Spared In Making
Arrangements and II Was One Of
New Ycrk's Most Costly
Weddings.

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bility was enriched by the addition Of
several more millions OF American
dollars when Miss Vivien Gould, aged
Is, second daughter Of Mr. and MRS
George Jay Gould, became the wife
Of Lord Decies, a mlddle-aged Eng
lish nobleman, this afternoon. The
wedding, which was the most import
ant social event Of the season, took
place at 4 o'clock In st. Bartholomew
church, and that fashionable edifice
was crowded to the doors by the so
ciaI elect of this country and many
members Of English society.
No expense had been spared In max
ing the arrangements, and It was the
most lavish affair Of this kind that
New York society has ever witnessed,
with the exception perhaps Of the
wedding Of Miss Marjorie Gould, the
brides elder sister, which took place
ten months ago.
Preceding the ceremony, Miss Gould
gave luncheon to her maid Of honor,
Miss Edith Gould, and her six brides
maids, Miss Beatrice Clafin, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Clafin; Miss
Hope Hamilton, cousin Of the bride
Miss Louise Cromwell Of Washing
ton; Miss Hannah Randolph, OF Phila
delphia; Miss Alison Pierce, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Pierce, and
Miss Emeline Holmes
Montrose's Son lie Best Man.
Lord Alistalr Graham, son Of the
duke of Montrose and cousin to Lord
Decies, acted as best man, and sevr-
ing as ushers were Earl Percy, Lord
Camoya, Robin Gray, Phoenix Ingra-
ham, Moncure Robinson, Robert H.
Russell, Anthony ]. Drexel, Jr-, and
Francis w. Crowninshield.
A magnificent reception was held
at the Gould mansion on FifthV'ave.
nue. after the church service, to which
all the guests were invited. The great
house had been decorated from top to
bottom at an enormous expenditure,
The bride and bridegroom will go to
California on the honeymoon trip, and
then start for London, where Baron
DecIes has taken house for the sea-
son. AS the groom is a peer Of Great
Britain, his young American bride Will
have q part In the coronation cere-
monies next summer.
story Of Their courtship.
The marriage Of this young Ameri.
can helress to a foreign noblemai, old
enough to be her father, is the cul-
mination Of romance which began
in 1903, when Baron Decies visited
this country with several other Eng
liah army officers to participate In the
Madison Square Garden horse show
He paid great deal OF attention to
the charming little American, and lin
gered in the United States several
months after the show had closed.
Last November he revisited this coun.
try to cake partsin the horse show,
and renewed his acquaintance with
the Gould family. His marked atten.
tons to the youthful vivien caused a
great deal Of gossip in social circles,
and led to the rnmors Of an existing
engagement. As Miss WHEN had not
yet made her debut, nothing further
was said Of the matter, although the
baron, insted Of returning to England
after the close Of the show, went to
visit the Goulds at Lakewood, N J..
A premature announcement Of the en-.
gagement was made In a London So
ciety paper on December IA.
John Graham Hope Horsby Beres-
ford, Baron Decies, to give him his
full name and title, 10 very much Of a
man both in stature and character. He
IL over six feet tall and does not look
his forty-four years. 1t was only a
short time ago that he succeeded to
the title through the death OF his
brother The baron Is a distinguished
soldier, being Northumberland OF the
Seventh Hussars, and won his D. s. o,
distinguished Service orderl In the
campaign against the Mad Mullab in
Somaliland, He has been aide-decamp
to the late Lord Connemora. when
the latter was governor Of Madras
and to the Duke Of Connaugbt. He
served in the Matabele war In 1896
and in the Boer war four years later
HIS peerage was created at the begin
ming Of the nineteenth century In IA
vor Of the youngest brother Of the
late marquis Of Waterford who wal
the protestant archbishop Of ruam.
Baron Decies Is a noted cricket and
polo player and Is keenly interested
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