The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-30
HELEN HUNTINGTON
 IS MRS. AST0R
Less Than 50 Persons Wit. ness Ceremony in Hope
 land House
Children Are Bridesmaids at Country Home Wedding
 Tn Staatsburg

Staatsburg, N. Y, April so--7William Vincent Astor, son of the late Col: John Jacob Astor, and Miss Helen Dinsnore Huntington, whom he has known since childhood. were married here shortly after noon today in the big oak -panelled library of Hopeiand I4ouse home of the brides parents. Mir and Mrs. Robert P. Huntington.l
 Less than 50 persons witnessed the ceremony and of these three Wers l.sls tsi s1perintendents from the Astor. tne Huntington and the Dinsmore estates, respectively The other guests were relatives and close friends of the fam lilies.
 ILLNESS CHANGES PLANS.
 The Huntingtons had arranged a more elaborate wedding ceremony at St. Marearet,s Episcopal church Tn the. yiilage but Vincent Astor's sudden illness forced them to abandon their plans. While visiting his hancee 2a month ago he developed an abscess on tl,. l,sngg. and for a time his condition was serious. There was talk or ae-5 Ia wing the wedding, but both he ana Miss Huntington were opposed to the posf ponement, and ana1Iy 1t was de- cided that the ceremony should be per formed on the date originally set DIE fl, "a rra neenents< for a large wedding with a. reception and wedding break fast to follow wefe given up.
 Miss Huntin gtons attendants were her younger sister, AIices as maid Of honor. Alice .Murie1 Astor. sister of the brade- groom and Margaret Dows: daughter of Tracy Dowss neighbor Of the Huntingtons Miss Astor and Miss Dows are childre en, about ten wears of age. MT Astor's best man E syaz fferuann Oelrichs. Of New Y ork. a stud lent at the Columbia La VI school. There were no ushers
 GOWN OF ANTIQUE LACE
 The bridal gown was of white sat- in and wedding lace that was " orn by Miss Huntington's grandmother, Mrs Dinsrnore. and by her moth her.
 Miss Astor and Miss Dows wore corn coIored chiffoh and dotted net, with Nattier blue sashes. They car ried old-fashioned bouquets or small mowers arranged in tigh4 concentrlc circles and wore artificial wreaths Of the same flowers on their hats Mrs. Huntington, the brides mother, will wear blue taffeta and chiffon.
 The Episcopal marriage service was read by the Rev. Charles H. Dun can. rector of St. MarEaret's Church After the ceremony there was Tam Lily wedding breakfast l MT. Astor's gift to his bride was a
 magnificent pearl necklace when @ sne Iwore at the wedding ceremony. The brides ancestors. semi Miss Hunting ton a great cedar chest.
 BRIDE OF NUTMEG FAMILY.
 The bride is the oldest child of MT. l and Mrs Robert P. Huntington and descendent of Samuel Huntington of Norwich, Connecticut, a signer of the Declaration of Independence- In 1900 tfis- branch of the family left New England and settled in Virginia 1 and later moved to Kentucky. whence came Miss Huntington's father to make his. home in Rhinebeck.
 l Two of her ancestors on the Hunt l ington side were justices of the Unit 1 ed States Supreme Court. Her grandfath CT on her mothers side was 1 Alvin Adams, founder of the Adams Express Company Her maternal grandfather was the late William B. Dinsrnore, whose widow was one of I the wedding guests. The Dinsmore 1 family came from Scotland early in 1 the eighteenth century and settled in New England. I AsTOR's HEALTH DELEGATE
 Vincent Astor will be 23 on the if teenth of next November. AS g chiid he was delicate and the outdoor I life prescribed by his physicians be I came a ha bit to which he still ad- 1 heres. He received most of his early I schooling from private tutors, but fol Ia time he attended Eton. in England f He entered Harvard, but the deatt I of his father three years ago and the Responsibilities that came to him with Ethe great Astor estate caused him ts ileave the university. At present hs l is learning to handle the Astor inter. ests in this country. His fortune hal i been estimated between $75,000, ,00t I and $1e0,00O,000.