The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-07
MISS WHEN GOULD
WEOS LORD OEC|ES
AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY OF
WEALTH AND BRITISH ARIS-
TOCRACY OF TITLE WE'D.

? church to overflowing this after
/ noon to witness the wedding OF
. Miss Helen Viyien Gould, daugh-
: ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Jay
Gould. to John Graham Hope Horse
ly Beresford, the fifth Baron De-
cies.
!. Long before the time set for
the ceremony, which is O'clock
crowds of curiosity-impe.led people
began TO gather in the vicinity of
the church and scores of police
were necessary to keep them NOV
ing and provide a passage-way for
the carriages OF the arriving guests
Lord Decies was attended at the
wedding by his cousin, Lord Alas;air
Graham of the British Royal Navy,
as best man. Among the ushers were
Anthony j. DreXel. Jr, who recen ly
married the brides oldest sister.
Marjorie; Lord Camoys, Capt. Ed
ward Lamb, Earl Percy and Fran
Us W. lIONHlHSulelu.
The bridesmaids were Miss Beat
rice Claflin, Miss Hope Hamilton,
Miss Louise Cromwell of Washing
ton, Miss Hannah Randolph of
Philadelphia, Miss Allison Pierce
and Miss Eemelne Holmes. Miss
Edith Gould, sister of the bride,
was her maid OF honor
Bishop Greer, assisted by the Rev.
DR.. Parks, performed the ceremony.
The bride wore a gown of white
satin, silver embroidered, with a
train twenty-four feet long. The
bridesmaids gowns We're made of
white chiffon over white satin trim
med with festoons of sea-green sat
in ribbon. The wedding gifts, worth
a kings ransom came from all
the relatives and close friends of
both families in this country and
England and included scores of val
liable jewels.
Lord and Lady Decies will spend
their honeymoon in California hunt
ing and fishing. They will go first
to Del Monte, and later TO Santa
Barbara. They will go to London in
time for the coronation, and they
viii entertain lavishly in the town
house OF the Duke of Manchester,
which Lord Decies has leased for
three months.
The bride is only eighteen years
of age and was introduced to So
ciety only last month Lord Decies
is in his forty-fifth year, and sue
ceeded to his title last summer, up-
on the death of his elder brother.
He has had brilliant career as
soldier, fighting in South Africa
against the Beers, and in Abyssinia
against the Mad Mullah His faith
er was an Irishman and his mother
Scotch.
Mr.. Gould principal gift to his
second daughter was a mansion in
London similar to the half-million
dollar house in Fifth Avenue. New
York, which he presented to Mario |
rie when she married Anthony Drex-
el, Jr.
Over two thousand invitations were
issued to the wedding, and practi |
cally all We're accepted. The in
vitations for the reception at the |
Gould home in Fifth avenue, fol-
lowing the ceremony, Were confined |
to one thousand.
Among the ushers at the we'd |
ding are two who are considered |
good catches, in matrimonial way,
and since their arrival there has
been much angling upon the part of
ambitious mammas OF society bellies.
One of them is Earl Percy, the heir
of the Duke of Northumberland /
and one of very few matrimonial
ly eligible prospective dukes. He
has spent much time in this coun-
try. and his name has been men
toned in connection with several
heiresses. Another of the ushers up
on whom the young ladies and their
mothers have been smiling IS Lord ;
Camoys, who is twenty-six, a men, T.
Der of an old English family and e.:
possessed of a famous estate on
the Thames.
Lord Alastair Graham. the best
man at today's wedding. is also,
but rumor that he
is very much interested On AN
English lady OF title, has served
to decrease interest in him as
possible wooer of some American
of fortune. He is only
twenty-five years of age, and is a
son of Duke of Montrose. As he