Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Summer Residence in Tar.
rytown Scene Of Nuptials
at 1890 O'clock; Railroad
Man is Her Husband.
BRIDE GIVEN AWAY
BY HER BROTHER
Family and Close Friends
Made Up Guests Who
Numbered Less Than 100;
Many Expensive Gifts.

Tarrytown, N, Y, Jan. 22.-Miss
Helen Miller Gould was married st
1880 o'clock this afternoon at LynA
hurst, her country estate, to FinleA
Johnson Shepard, an American rail-
road man who has risen from the
ranks.
The bride went to an altar half hid
den by roses, asparagus formosa and
palms on the arm of her brother,
George J. Gould. who gave her in mar.
riage. An orchestra screened by
masses of flowers in the music room
played the Lohengrin wedding march
while the Rev. Daniel .. Russell, pas
tor of the Irvington Presbyterian
church, performed the ceremony.
Helen and Dorothy Gould. nieces OF
Miss Gould, stood with her. CARRIED
in pale pink satin they acted as flower
girls and were her only attendants.
Louis j. Shepard, brother OF the
groom, was best man.
The couple stood during the cere
mony beneath bower OF American
roses with festoons Of gray-white a..
paragus reaching almost to the
ground. The bride carried modest
bouquetrof lilies of thesyalley. her fav.g
Eorite flower. s5. &, N
rope Of exquisite pearls said to
have once adorned the Empress jose
phine, Napoleon's wife. and pear.
shaped diamond pendant. the latter
the bridegroon's gift, we're the only
jeWelry worn by the BRIDE The pearls
were bequest from Miss Gould's
mother.
Wore Sisters GIT.
The wedding gown was of duchess
ivory satin. with sweeping train
three and half yards long, trimmed
with duchess and rose point lace and
with seed pearl embroidery The lace
and veil were gifts from the Duchess
De Talleyrand, formerly Miss Anna
Gould, the brides sister. The veil was
held with spray of orange blossoms
and swept in flowing lines to the end
OF the long train. Orange blossoms also
caught up the lace at the sides Of the
skirt. The brides slippers correspond.
ed with the gown, and were trimmed
with small rosettes of orange bios
SONS. ca
Each of the little flower girls car.
ried a basket of pink roses which
matched their gowns. Their stockings
were of white silk, their slippers white
and mounted with golden butterfly
buckles. The bride handed to Dorothy
her bouquet of lilies Of the valley.
while the bridegroom placed the ring
upon her finger.
Not Many Guests.
Less than one hundred persons wera
hidden to the ceremony. They IA.
cluded close relatives of the bride and
the bridegroom and friends of long
standing. Among the relatives were:
Mr.. and Mrs. George j. Gould. King.
don Gould, Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Gould.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony j. DrexeI. m.
George J. Gould, Jr.. the Misses Edith
and Gloria Gould. Mr. and Mrs Edwin
Could and their sons, Edwin and
Frank; Duke and Duchess De Tallev-
rand and their son, the little Prince
De Sagen: Howard Gould and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank J. Gould OF the brides i'm
mediate family and Mr. and Mrs. Bur
ton II. Wright, Mrs. D. w. Cutter, and
Miss Cutter of the bridegroom's fam
lily. Mr.. Shepards mother is III ana
was unable to be present.
Among the friends present were:
Or. and Mrs. Chas. Fl. Snow, Miss
Helen Gould Snow, Gordon and How.
ard Snow. Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Walker, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Bush, Mrs. VIM. Northrup.
Miss Ida Northrup, Mr.. and Mrs. Edw.
ard A. Perpall, Miss Lita Perpall. Rex
Perpall, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard q.
Northrup.
Destination Unknown.
Neither Miss Gould nor Mr.. Shepard
had satisfied, up to the time Of the
wedding, the curiosity of many OF their
friends as to where they would spend
their honeymoon. 1t was intImated
that the first week they would remain
lat Lyndhurst, however. and that they
might make long tour abroad in
February
BoWery is Interested.
New York Jan. 22.-The Bowery
|and Fifth avenue found common
focus for their interest today in the
wedding Of Helen Miller Gould daurh-
ter of the late Jay Gould, to Finley ].
Shepard of ST. Louis, the son OF New
England clergyman.
Society was interested because tho
wealthy Gould family has been con.
sidered part OF it: the Bowery poor ana
thousands Of others In ordinary cir.
|cumstances who have been benefited
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