New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-01
Smiles Through Mist as
Miss II len Huntington
Becomes His Bride.
rrvJ SEE CEREMONY;
BRIDEGROOM ILL
st4atsburg Home Gay with Guests
I'D Blossoms Within and Happy
Village Folk Without.

lock this afternoon
,.o m 20 take his bride on the long
,.,,,atcd honeymoon voyage 10
.,. aboard his yacht. the Mona, Mr..
e. ,,o,ored with her TO Fernclin. his
-. rsere they will remain for weeks
.r,lv months before they so abroad.
= weak Was Dir. Astor early IN the day
,,s, he surprised everybody present by
.a-,s,rinc through the long wedding
breakfast
No list OF the gifts was announced by
M-s,5 Mrs Robert p. Huntington. the
A~,6o.s psrents The only presents de-
.c,,sed were two--a necklace OF graduated
,..rls. given by Mr.. Aston to his bride.
I'D large rose-shaped jewel. bright
.,,h numerous diamonds. a great dia-
r,ond in the centre. given to young Mrs.
ls,or bv Mrs John Aston. mother Of Vim
cent.
Miss Anna Wright received the ring
nom the brides cake. Superstition makes
Il imperative tnat she be the first OF all
the unmarried women present to-day 10
become a bride.
Sun Shines 5crediction.
The Sun has a conscience. At the pre-
else mcment-Tomance says II was GER
tsinly az the precise moment-that the
Rev. Charles H. Duncan, rector OF ST.
Msrgarets Episcopal Church. united Mr..
As,or and Miss Huntington the sun
flashed through the mist and halted the
unpleasant drizzle that had been falling
,o- many hours. And from that time the
CAV continued bright and clear.
NJ. Astor had little strength in the
morning He was placed IN wheel chair
and brought downstairs into what the
Huntingtons call the Tong room" There
be remained until about IL o'clock.
Tire guests began 10 assemble about
noon 4 special car that had been coupled
70 the train leaving the Grand Central
Terminal at s:f0 brought the guests from
or Of the city into Staatsburg shortly
after r. O'Clock Under normal condi-
tons the train does not stop at stats
burg.
There were fewer than the seventy five
guests the reporters had been given TO
understand would attend. and Sheriff Fred
Hornbeck. Of Duchess County. who con-
,rihuted his own and the services Of fifty
deputies took care TO see that none but
hose invited got within the stone gate
vsy leading from the Post Road
The merry villagers. as is the wont of
merry villagers. gathered at the gateway.
and lacking the opportunity 10 do much
elsa. sighed and sighed and sighed and
,slse6 enthusiastically OF the nearing nup-
tsls OF the richest young man and the
soung woman the years had brought to-
ge,her Some OF the merry villagers could
recount innumerable occasions when they
the merry vlllagers-had seen the
young man and the young woman to-
gsther al times when all save they-the
merry vlllagers-had'no the faintest no
ton that their romance would lead TO the
ceremony Of to-day.
There was real poetry in the air ap-
parently. for II was observed seriously BY
not one or two but several Of the towns
folk that the grass and the trees had
taken on a greenness not hitherto known
IN that happy section Of Staatsburg.
The Tudor house, set on one OF the
many buxom hills Of the estate, looked
splendid IN the sunlight. AS the automo-
blles whizzed over the curving roads TO
the doorway Mr. and Mrs. Huntington
came 70 the veranda 20 welcome the
guests. Not much time passed before the
guests were gathered in the library
The room was snug with flowers. jon
euls, forsythia, smilax. white roses. white
orchids and camelias Wonderful clus-
lsrs Of daisies rose from tho flower stuffed
fireplace almost to tire ceiling. over the
nantel. OF marble. brought from Rome by
the Huntingtons five years ago, was Leu's
Painting Of a Tyrolean scene. Cushions
Of pink satin lay before the prie-dieu and
back OF that great wreaths Of ramblers.
The Bridal Party.
Mr. Aston, with Herman Oelrichs, his
best man. stood in the sun parlor as Miss
Huntington, preceded by Miss Alice
Huntington and Miss Alice Muriel Aston,
hsr flower girls, stepped down the cream
eolored marble staircase into the long
room. which was heavy with floral
devices They passed through the long
room into the library. where Mr.. Aston
and Mr. Oerichs toined them as they
stepped to the pre- dieu.
The Rev. Nj Duncan read the cere-
mony, and IN less than ten minutes all
IN the room were seated Mt the eight
breakfast tables Louis Sherry had been
Shed on as caterer because Colonel
Asior. the bridegroom's father. had es-
sohshed him I'm business.
VT. Astor was brighter then than he
y been for more than month. Later
Nr Huntington pointed to the fact that
'oung man smoked a cigar during the
eskfast
me lace that the bride wore over her
Gown Of white rulle has now figured in
"'ee weddings. Ii had previously formed
..'' OF the wedding costumes Of young
US Astors mother and grandmother.
WIS William p. Dnsmore. In her cors-
&c We're. orange blossoms. Her bouquet
was OF white orchids and lilies-of-the-
eney Mrs. Huntngton's gown was Of
N'e taueta and chiffon. The brides sis
Alice was maid Of honor. Miss Astor
Miss Margaret Dows. flower girls
ere dressed IN corn colored chiffon and
.oued net and they wore Natter blue
sashes.
The eues,s -o, ,,~o,.,o,,st,. r,ortioned
were.
'Fs' John Astor. Mrs. Charles H. Dun
"' Miss Kay. J. Roosevelt Roosevelt.
"' and Mrs. Tracey BOWS the Misses
,~0N'ey' Mrs. Monsell Crosby. the Rev.
'' ana Mrs Little. Richard Peters Cass
'u'drd, 5r.. Leslie Clarke Mr. and Mrs.