The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-07
MONEY And
TITLE COMBINE
Wedding Today in New York of Lord
Decies Of England and Miss vlvien
Gould of the American Mil
lionaire's Family
ELABORATE CEREMONY
Flowers, $4,000; rrousseau $4,000;
Total Expense Of Wedding
Reaches $4,000, Not In
Guiding the Dot

of American wealth and a foreign IT, I
tie meeting at the altar was re-staged
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. Bartholoe
news church, before an audience that
represented American and English
aristocracy, this eighteen-year-old girl
and her fiancee of A years We're we'd
ded this afternoon.
AS is usually the case in internat-
ional alliances of such prominence, to-
days wedding again demonstrated the
morbid curiosity of the public and
thousands of persons crowded about
lold st. Bartholomew to get a glimpse
OF the bride and the notables in at
tendance. The services of several
hundred policemen were required to
keep the streets clear for the endless
string of automobiles that deposited
1 their richly gowned and faultlessly
! groomed guests at the church doors.
4 Similar scenes sere enacted at the
Gould home. SG7 Fifth Avenue. where
a reception was held Immediately fol
lowing the ceremony
The full Episcopal service was per-
! formed by the Rev. Leighton Parks,
rector of St Bartholomew assisted
by the Rev. David H. Greer. Ten
1 thousand dollars worth of flowers had
| turned the interior of the church into
! a veritable bower, the scene being en-
HANGED by special musical program,
under the direction of Organist Hyde.
In addition to the regular choir OF st.
Bartholomew there was the boy S
/ choir from the Cathedral of st. John
the Divine. The soloist for the oc-
casion was Ricardo Martin, of the
Metropolitan Opera Company.
In sumptuousness, the wedding II
vailed that of the brides oldest sister
Marjorie, who at the same altar was
married to Anthony J. Drexel less than
ten months ago.
Miss Goulds attendants were hel
sister, little Miss Edith Gould, as
maid of honor, her still smaller sister
Miss Gloria Gould, and Miss Diana
Dalziel as flower girls, while the
bridesmaids were Miss Hope Hamil
ton, the brides cousin; Miss Hannah
Randolph of Philadelphia; Miss ALI
son Pierce, Miss Louise Cromwell o
Washington, Miss Emeline Holmes
and Miss Beatrice Claf1in. Lord Ala
stair Graham, a cousin OF Lord Dacies
was best man. The ushers We're thu
Earl Percy, Lord Camoys, Robert Gre!
of London, Phoenix Inglaham. Mon
cure Robinson, Robert +. Russell
Anthony ]. Drexel Jr., and Francis "
, Crowinshield. The bride was givel
away by her father.
, The wedding gown was of heav.
white duchess satin, in semi-empir
style, heavily embroidered with silve
,, roses. The train was eight yard
long. The veil was of real lace. Lad
Decies plans to wear her bridal gowl
at the coronation of King George an
at her presentation to the Enslisl
, court in June.
The bridesmaids gowns were 0
white chiffon. trimmed with greer
The brides dress was made In Paris
as was the rest OF her trousseau, o
which was spent according 10 re
liable report, the snug little sum
$4,000.
Those who like to follow the elal
crate weddings among New York
S millionaires estimate the total eos
of Miss Vivien's transformation int
Lady Decies at close to $4,000,
say nothing of the dot Of sever;
e millions that she will take her title
n husband. Mrs. George J. Gould
a nothing if not lavish in her social a
), fairs, and her planning of today's we
l. ding from first to last, was in utte
n disregard of cost The preliminar
entertainments, the decoration of ii
G church and house, the gifts to the we
t. ding party and the other odds ar
r. ends brought the total expenditure
up to the proportions of a good size
fortune.
Lord and Lady Decies will go