The Washington times., 1915-04-29
Angler Dukes Sister
To WedBride'S Brother
Formal Announcement Follows Quickly on Top of
Most Brilliant Wedding Celebrated in Phila-
delphia Society in Many Years.

PHILADELPHIA. April 2s.-The mar
riage of Miss Cordelia Biddle to Angler
Buchanan Duke yesterday. and the sub
seuuent announcement of the engage
ment of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, jr,
brother of the bride, to Miss Mary Lily
lian Duke. sister Of the bridegroom. to-
day form the chief topics of conversa-
tion for all Philadelphians.
The splendor and glitter OF wealth,
represented by gold, by flowers. by
music and the leading personages Of
PHILADELPHIA and New York society. in
sharp contrast with a great crowd of
curious men and women Of all classes
and types, battling with the police,
marked the wedding in the Episcopal
Church of the Holy Trinity.
1t was the most notable wedding In
this city In decade. The simple cere-
mony was performed at o clock by
the Rev. Floyd w. Tompkns Then,
the midst of a curiosity mad, souvenir
seeking throne Of women, who snatch
ed blossoms from the bouquet she car
ried to the altar. defied the police. tore
gaping holes in the canopy leading
from the church vestibule to the curb.
and even climbed into the automobile
of the bridal couple I'm last frantic
effort to see her smiling face and per-
maps grasp lloWef.
Police Were Helpless.
The police were hopeless. They were
defied The force that turks in stout
muscles and broad backs was a useless
force in a battle against admiration and
envy. The crowds. especially the wom-
en-. had come to a love feast. and a
feast Of gold, and they insisted upon
their fill.
1t was not until the guests began to
arrive that the crowd started to give
trouble to the police. Afternoon coats
and white spats began to stand out
against the green background of Ritten-
house square. Half a dozen automo-
biles stopped in front Of the church AS
the first guests alighted and passed un-
der the canopy, the spectators swarmed
over the sidewalk, scrambled up the
church steps and closed in about the
main entrance. When the sweet, girlish
face in one Of the automobiles was
recognized as that of Miss Cordelia Bid
die, the throngs surged around the en-
trance to the canopy and gazed on each
detail of the brides attire with admiring
eyes.
Finding the situation beyond their
control. the police dashed back and
forth. beating back the crowd, pushing
the struggling women into huddled
masses. almost trampling on the crowd
as they swerved their horses. The
guests were forced to leave their auto
mobiles, walk square down the street
and stand In line. two by two. Some OF
them could not walk on the sidewalk.
and dainty lace things trailed in the
dust on the paving. while the women
spectators struggled succ essfully with
the police for places in the front row.
Waves Her Invitation.
Occasionally a guest was mistake n
for one OF the spectators and was
driven back into the swarm. One
woman who was thus treated by a
policeman waved her invitation to
the wedding without avail. and final
ly departed, indignantly vowinG that
she would not attend the wedding at
all.
There was little confusion at the
Biddle residence. to which the guests
proceeded after the ceremony. The
curious. however. were faithful to
the last, and crowded the doorsteps
in the neighborhood until the bride