Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
HUVT|NGTON-ASTOR
WEDDING WITNESSED
BY ONLY so GUESTS
Because of Recent Illness of Bride
groom, Church Ceremony
Was Abandoned
GUARDS PLACED AT GATES
Eighteen Hundred Wedding An
nouncements Were Sent Out
Following Event
GUARDS PLACED AT GATES
By Associated Press

Staatsburg, n. Y. April 30.-Wil-
liam Vincent Astor, son of the late
Colonel John Jacob Astor, and Miss
Helen Dinsmore Huntington. whom
he has known since chlluhood, were
married here shortly after noon in the
big ak-paneled library of Hopeland
House, home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Robert p. Huntington.
Less than fifty persons witnessed
the ceremony, and OF these, three were
the superintendents from the Astor,
the Huntington and the Dinsmore
estates, respectively. The other guests
were relatives and close friends of the
families. Plans had been made for
an elaborate church weddin@ but Mr..
Astor's recent illness, which threat
ened pneumonia, made necessary the
abandonment of these plans. Eighteen
hundred wedding announcements were
sent out after to-day's ceremony, but
the small company that witnessed 1t
had been invited by informal notes,
penned by Mrs. Huntington S secre-
tary.
A fine rain was falling when the few
guests from New York city arrived at
the 400-acre Huntington estate.
Guards had been posted at the en-
frances and only those whose creden-
tiais were unqueStioned We're admitted.
Mr.. Astor himself is a deputy sheriff
of Dutchess county, and some of his
fellow deputies acted as sentnels at
the gates.
Pretty Decorations
Green foliage and Spring flowers
from the Huntington conservatorleS
ard from New York hung everywhere
throughout the rooms of Hopeland
House. Buried in blossoms, with here
and there a touch of green, was the
marble mantel piece in the library,
before which the couple stood. Miss
Huntington entered the room on the
arm of her father. At her throat
cleaned a gorgeous necklace of pearls,
the gift of the bridegroom. Her
bridal gown was of white tulle, with
a train of white satin. Her lace veil
had been worn by her grandmother,
Mrs. Dinsmore, and by her mother be-
fore her.
Herman Oelrichs, of New York, an
old friend of Vincent Astor, was best
man. Miss Alice Huntington, sister
of the bride, acted as maid of honor,
and the little Misses Muriel Astor and
Margaret Dows were flower girls.
Orchestra Plays March
A screened orchestra of twenty
pieces played the Lohengrin wedding
march. and the Rev. Charles II. Dun
Staatsburg, read the Episcopal mar
riage service.
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor. mother OF
the bridegroom, was among the we'd
ding guests. The young widow OF
Colonel Astor, although invited, was
not present. She is in the South.
Vincent Astor is % years old; the
bride is 20. She is tall and blonde
He too, is tall. Both are lovers OF
the out-of-doors. and if his health
permits they probably will take an
extended honeymoon voyage on mis-
yacht.
Until a week ago the young heir to
the vast AStor estate-estimated al
from SIS. 100000 to s10O, 1000, ,0OO-was
confined to his room in the Hunting
ton residence. While visiting his
tiancee month ago he became seri-
ously ill with an abscess on the lungs
and for time there was talk of post
poning the wedding.
1t is understood that Mr.. and Mrs
Astor will remain at, their country
home at Rhinebeck, not far from the
Huntington place, for at least a
month.