Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-01
Simplicity Marks Nuptials
Of William Vincent Ast0r
Illness of Gr.pm Prevents Elaborate Churc, Ceremony
,n \ Which Had Been Planned

but the arrangements for d large we'd
ding with. a reception were ready but
none We're sent out. Only a few near
relatives and intimate friends, barely
a score, were Informally asked to at
tend, and the scene was shifted from
the church tc the Huntington resid,
enCe.
Long Room.
The room selected is the library at
the southwest corner of the house on
the ground floor. This is a magnifl-
! cent square chamber panelled with
dark oak, opening to the south into
a conservatory and oil the north in.
to what the Huntingtons call the long
room. which runs across the west
side of the house to the dining room
at the other end of the suite. It's
most striking feature is marble
mantel-piece which Mr.. and Mrs. Hun.
tington brought - from Rome when
they bought this place l.: 1909 and
remodleed the roomy old farm house
already there into the present modern
structure.
Descended Staircase.
The bride descended staircase OF
crea mcokored marble which leads
down to the great entrance hall at
the front of the house. This hall
opens into the 'long ROOM through
which the wedding procession pro
ceeded to the library.
al t,,tY
her younger sister, Alice, as maid
Of honor, and Alice Muriel Astor, sis
ter of the bridegroom and Margaret
Dows. daughter of Tracy Dows, a
neighbor of the Huntingtols. Miss
Astor and Miss Dows are children,
about ten years of age. Mr. Astor's
best man was Hermann Oelrichs, of
New York, student at the Columbia
law school. There were no ushers.
Gown Of TuIIe.
rhe bridal gown was of white tulle,
very simply made, with D. train Of
white satin and wedding lace that
was worn by Miss Huntington's grand
mother, Mrs. Dinsmore, and by her
mother. Miss Astor and Miss Dove
wore corn colored chiffon and dotted
net, whit Natter blue sashes,. They
carried old-fashioned bouquets OF
small flowers arranged in tight con
centric circles and wore artificial
wreaths of the same flowers on their
hats. Mrs. Huntington, the brides
mother, wore taffeta and chiffon.
The Episcopal marriage service
was read by the Rev Charles II.
Duncan, rector of st; Margarets
church.
Wedding Brcastfsst.
After the ceremony there was a
family wedding breakfast,
Mr.. Astor's gift to his bride Is
a magnificent pearl necklace which
she wore at the wedding ceremony.
The citizens of Huntington, Indiana,
which was named for one of the
brides ancestors, sent Miss Hunting
ton great cedar chest.
Among the guests were Mr.. Astor's
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, who
since her divorce from Col. John ia
cob Astor, has spent much Of her time
in England. By the terms of that sep.
araticn Vincent became the ward of
his father, and his sister, Alice was
given into the care of her mother.
Miss Huntington's only brother
Robert, a student at St. Paul's school
in Concord, NJ H.. is home for the
!
Oldest Child.
The bride is the oldest child of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert P. Huntington and
descendant of Samuel Huntington
Of Norwich, Conn, a signer of the
Declaration of independence. II 1900
his branch of the family left New
England and settled in Virginia and
after moved to Kentucky. whence
came Miss Huntingto2rs Father to
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