The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-22
American Bride Would be
- ,1Ickl.d to Death with Ono
Fourth 81 tho Display
Made Today.
SOLID GOLD PRESENTS
=. i the Simple Little Gifts Was q
$4,000 diamond Pin and the
Flowers Only Cost
Mere $4,000.


,rrnited Press Leased Wire Service. I
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Helen Miller
Gould, known throughout the worid
: the queen philanthropist OF Amer
,c,,s wealthy women" and Finley J.I
ssenard Il assistant to the president
ottse Missouri Pacific railroad, chief
!, ,be Gould railway lines, were mar
rIsd today in the spacious drawing
room of the brides stately stone man
sion at Lyndhurst-on-the.H Hudson.
widely hera1ded as the simplest OF
weddings, the fact remains that the
r,cb splendor OF the setting, the bow
.rlke beauty OF the floral decorations
.te swelling harmonies Of an orches-
IA Of forty pieces, the tables loaded
glth hundreds upon hundreds Of rare
nd costly presents, and the great
dttering table, laden with O service
Or the wedding breakfast for seventy
me guests, could scarcely class as
simplicity in the eyes OF the average
American bride.
In comparison with the church we'd
dings OF Miss Gould's sisters and
nieces at which all Fifth avenue was
blocked With carriages and every eie-
ment Of pomp and pride that could
be loaded into such function was to
! 30 found In abundance. today's cere,
nonial was indeed simple. The serv-
Ice was read by kindly-faced coun-
try minister, the Rev. Daniel Russell,
pastor OF the Iryington Presbyterian
church. The bride was attended only
by two daintily dressed little girls.
Helen and Margaret, daughters of the
brides brother, Frank Gould, by his
first wife. And the seventy-five guests
we're all members of the brides or
bfidegroom's families, or their init.
mate friends.
Only few Of the guests spent last
night at Lyndhurst, arrangements
having been made for special parloi
cars to be attached to forenoon
train today to bring the main body o'
guests to Tarrytown, where dozens O
automobiles were awaiting to spir
them out The two miles to the brides
country estate. The Duchess De Tai
leyrand, whose first husband was thu
amusing Count Boni De Castellane
was among those who spent the nigh
at Lyndhurst, and assisted Mis-
Gould early today in preparing tn
finishing touches for the ceremony.
Among those who came to Tarry
town on the special cars today were
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould an
their children, Edith and Gloria; &c
win and Howard Gould and Mrs. Bul
ton H. Wright of Worcester. Mass,
sister of the bridegroom.
Mrs. Peter Shepard, the groom
mother. was i'll In New Haven an
could not be present. Other guest
who came during the forenoon snclu
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony ]. Drexe
Jr,; Miss Grace Dodge; Miss Soph.
Nichols; Miss Virginia orton an
John +. Corey.
Only the lower floor rooms at Lyn
hurst were decorated. Most of IL
flowers came from Miss Gould's ov
hot houses, but there were in Il
neighborhood OF $4,000 worth OF flor
decorations supplied by the decors
Ing florist. Pulmosa, smilax, ros
and carnations with trailing, feathe
asparagus vines were used. The de
orations were not elaborate, but
exceptionally good taste and made
beautiful background for the Gel
mony.
Beginning with the foyer hall, ope
Ing from the vine-clad porte cochel
ffynv,Aiv,, -, q te