The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-07
LORD OEC|Es LEADS
WHEN COULD TO
THE ALTAR
Heiress WEEDS Nobleman in st. Bar
tholomew's Church, New York, Be-
fore Audience Representing Amer
lean and British Aristocracy.
Presents Are Worth 100000 and Are
Most Costly Ever Received By
Bride in Metropolis.

NEW YORK, Feb. THE old story
Of American wealth and a foreign
title meeting at the altar was re-stag
ed today In the marriage OF Miss
Helen vivien Gould, second daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Jay Gould, to
Lord Decies, of England. In st. Bar
tholomew's church, before an audi
ence that represented American and
English aristocracy, this 1S-year-olc
girl and her fiancee OF "A years were
welded this afternoon.
AS is usually the case in information
al alliances OF such prominence, to
days 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 notables In at
tendance. The services of several
hundred policemen were required tC
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 enacted at the
Gould home, SCI Fifth-ave.. where a
IttCVtlOl WAS nGlu iIumOuiatCiS hOA
lowing the ceremony.
Owing to the fact that several
threatening letters had been received
by Lord Decies from supposed cranks
who professed resentment over the
disparity in ages Of the contracting
parties. the police guard was unusual
.ly ample and no outsiders were allow
ed the church entrances or the resi-.
dence. Plain clothes men were sta
toned on the sidewalk and mounted
police acted as an escort for the car
riages of both the bride and groom.
The full Episcopal service was per-
formed by Bishop David III. Greer, as.
sisted by the Rev. Leighton Parks,
rector of st. Bartholomew's. Ten
[thcusand yioifars' ~u5<fr or mowers had
turned the interior OF the church into
q veritable bower. the scene being
enhanced by special musical pro-
gram, under the direction OF Organist
Hyde. I'm addition to the regular
choir of st. Bartholomew's, 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.
Mendelsohn'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"
Floral Decorations White.
The floral decorations were almost
entirely of white flowers, the only bit
OF color being that OF Forsythia
Spring branches, with their pale vel
low flowers, English ivy, southern
smilax and palms. The altar was
banked with palms to height of 15
feet and at every pew was a stand six
feet high, draped with ferns and white
flowers. Easter lilies and hyacinths
were used in profusion.
In sumptuousness, the wedding riv-
aled that OF the brides older sister,
Marjorie, who at the same altar was
married to Anthony j. Drexel less
than ten months ago.
Miss Gould's attendants were her
sister, little Miss Edith Gould, as
maid of honor, her still smaller sister,
Miss Gloria Gould and Diana Dalziel
as flower girls, while the brides
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