The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-30
SIGHTSEERS BARRED
AT ASTOR WEDDING
Guards will Keep Strangers
From Marriage Cere.
mony To-day.
LESS THAN 20 GUESTS
Few Except Relatives Will See
Vincent Aston United to
Miss Huntington.
LESS THAN 20 GUESTS

All tho plans for the wedding OF Mis-.
Helen Dinsmore HUNTINGTON elder daugh.
ter OF Mr. and Mrs. Robert r. Huntington
to Vincent Astor have been completed and
unless something unexpected happens the
marriage ceremony will take place a,
80 this afternoon In the library OF
Hopeland House, the country place Of the
brides parents. in Staatsburg.
The grounds Of Hopeland House will be
| carefully guarded to-day. A Gordon OF
deputy sheriffs will keep away all
| strangers a. we'll as photographer
The chances are that Mr. Aston and his
bride will not leave Hopeland House until
after shutdown In that case there will
| be no opportunity TO make snapshots of
them.
Mr. Astor's health has continued TO i'm.
prove and he has been UP and about since
the cary part Of the week
1t will be a simple wedding and will be
witnessed by less than seventy persons
nearly all relatives OF Miss Huntington
or Mr.. Aston.
The marriage ceremony will be per.
formed by the Rev. Charles II. Duncan.
rector OF ST. Margarets Church. In Stats
burg. where II was originally intended
to have the marriage solemnized.
Miss Alice Huntington will be her sis
ter's maid of honor and there will be two
small bridesmaids, Alice Astor, sister of
the bridegroom. and Margaret Dows,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy Dows.
whose country place, Foxhollow Farm. is
In Rhinebeck. Hermann Oelrichs will be
Tho heSf man hut thara vrill no M uahare
VIII Wear Lace of other Brides.
The bride will wear gown OF white
tulle and point lace over white satin and
finished with a court train of satin. The
lace to embellish the gown will be that
worn at their respective weddings by Miss
Huntington's paternaI grandmother and
by the brides mother. who was married
In st. Marearets Church in June, 1892.
The bridal attendants will wear simple
frocks Hopeland House will be decorated
throughout with flowers from the conserva-
tories OF that place and also from those
Of the Locusts. the Dinsmore country
place near by.
Immediately after the ceremony Sherry
Will serve the breakfast at eight small
tables. That for the bridal party will be
like the others with the exception OF
bridal cake. which will ornament the
centre
The few guests who will go from New
York this morning will leave in special
car attached to a train starting from the
Grand Central Station shortly before 10
o'clock. They will he met at Staatsbure
by automobiles. These guests will return
to New York shortly after the break
fast
Several relatives of the brides family.
who have come from Boston for the we'd
ding. are with Mrs William T. Dins.
more at the Locusts and others are with
Mrs. Huntington at Hopeland House.
Mrs. Astor Goes to Ferncline.
Mrs. John Aston and her daughter Alice
Aston, left New York yesterday for Fern
cliffe. the Aston country place In Rhine
beck. They will return to New York
after the wedding. as they will sail on
the Oceanic on Saturday. 10 remain abroad
for the summer.
The future plans Of Mr.. Aston and his
bride have not yet been decided Their
honeymoon Ia 10 be passed AZ Fernclife
and as soon as Mr.. Astor's health per
mits they will take possibly a Southern
trip and later they may go to Europe,
but these matters are all tentative. Mr.
Aston does not intend to have home
in New York for the present He eX-