The sun., 1917-07-03
MISS LUCCT BRIDE
I OF KINGDOM GOULD
g. J. Gould, Jr., Only One of
h Family Present at Rec
+ tory Wedding.
but BREAK is DENIED
Informal Ceremony Followed
/ by Small Reception-Motor
b Trip in Few Days Planned.

of italian in the Gould family. were mar
rled In the rectory Of st. Patrick's Cathe-
hral at 4 o'clock yesterday by Mgr.
Gherardo Ferrante. None Of the young
mans relatives except his younger
Brother, George ]. Gould. Jr., was pres
ant. His mother stayed in Lakewood
whittier his father returned at the end
Of his business day In the city
The wedding made a record for In
Rormality. Kingdom Gould wore dark
gray business suit and russet shoes. HIS
brother was even more comfortable in
serge and a soft collar. Society was
Invisible and apparently had not been
INVITED.
The dozen quests, most Of them artists
and singers-young women friends OF
ahe bride-went from the Cathedral 70
Mrs. Kingdom Gould's apartment nj ~
East Sixty-second street for the recep-
zion. Then the couple drove on In an
Automobile. Mr.. Gould said he would
no TO business to-day, but would start
on q two or three weeks motor trip with
his wife In q day or two-probably up
the Hudson. In the fall they will move
anto an apartment at S29 Park avenue
Get Dispensation i'm Forenoon.
I Mr.. Gould and Miss Lucci drove from
her home to the office Of the Roman
Catholic archdiocese Of New York In the
lmorning and obtained special dispen-
Lsation for the marriage-Mr Gould be-
Iing q Protestant and the young woman
q Catholic.
Al :i5 o'clock in the afternoon they
appeared in front of the rectory In
limousine bearing Kingdom Goulds
monogram His brother alighted. nrst'
carrying a big florists box. Then King
don Gould stepped out. and helped MISS
Lucci alight.
An expert on such matters said her
gown was Of white voile trimmed with
Ocru lace, and that her hat was a wnte
Ie0horn trimmed with orange blossoms
She carried lilies of the valley. Mr..
Gould had a spray Of the same blossoms'
in one lapel and 80 did the chauneur: i.
The little party faced a solid wall OF
cameras. ''waitl" said Kingdom Gould
ssWe're going inside. Well be out In
minute" The rectory doors closed upon
them. George Gould, who was delayed
hv sneaking to the chauffeur, raced after
them with his box of flowers and had TO
hammer for a minute or two before he
was let In.
ON the sidewalk stood perhaps thirty
Ave persons. most of them photographers
and reporters, the others bareneadeo
women of the neighborhood ane few
Madison avenue promenaders. VINO
stopped to see what was taking place. ,
The first wedding guest to arrive had
been Miss ottawa Gerardina. with
sheet of paper on which Miss Lucci had
4 written "I want you to come to my
wedding this afternoon. II Is private
"Good and Lovely Girl"
ct have known Miss Lucci eight
years" Miss Gerardina testified. "Sne
n a good and lovely girl"
Another woman who went into the
rectory leading little girl said she was
Nine Talma, an opera singer and a
friend of the bride. third said she
was Miss Helen Winslow Durkee. an
artist Another guest was Nine. Enrico.
who presides over a West Eleventh
street restaurant known TO denizens oil
Washington Square and Greenwich VII
lago Still another was a sunburned,
) red haired man who declared himself to
be ''just a friend from the country"
The ceremony was performed in the
reception room of the rectory, just on
the Office of Mgr. Lavelle. The decora-
tons were pink sweet peas. white lilies
and Killarney roses. A portrait OF Car
d,nal Farley looked down upon the
corple as they stood facing Mgr. Fer
rate.
There was no best man. no brides
maids. George Gould. Jr, ano Miss Ger
ardina wrote their names as witnesses
I'm about Ave minutes the wedding was
over
The waiting group in Madison avenue
outside the rectory expected the wed
ding party to emerge by the same dooi
b il had entered. The camera squad stood
at the curb with weapons aimed But
man. seemingly italian. came out and
told the Gould chauffeur to drive around
TO Fifth avenue in front of the Cathe
dral The driver shot his car through
Fffty-hrst street to the designated spot
the photographers scurrying after hin.
Wcnen who had been straining tpeii
eN.s in Madison avenue for glimpse o.
tho oldest Gould boy and his artist brid'
weie not too proud to gather up thell
skiIts and join the flying squadron.
The main door of the Cathedral swung
back and the bride and bridegroom an(
guests were revealed. laughing owe
the antics OF the photographers as the!
! scrambled into action. Mr.. Gould ha'
promised them to pose and he mad
good on the top step he paused witt
his bride, with Miss Gerardina standing
beside them. while George Gould, Jr
hastily retreated into the cool shade o
the Cathedral.
W
When the main battery ceased firin
and the wedding group moved down tn
steps a lone camera man, with box he'll
level with his eyes and pointed at Mrs
Gould. walked backward and shot he
until he bumped into an automobile.
Kingdom Gould said: I'VE are nc
going away to-day. i shall be at busl
ness as usual with father at 165 Broad
way Tomorrow But soon we are goin
10 take a motor trip up the Hudson.
have not been feeling exactly well, an
the doctor says I need a vacation. s
I'm to combine II with a honeymoo
journey. This Is very happy da
for me-"
With that George Gould. Jr.. Mis-
Gerardina and Miss Durkee got into III
car with Mr.. and Mrs. Kingdom Goul
and they drove up to Sixty-second stree
for the reception. which lasted until
O'Clock,
\ Yesterday morning Kingdom Goult
trying TO dodge the merely curlou
reached the Sixty street apar
Inent house by way OF the Leono
apartments in Sixty-thrd street an
took Miss Luccl out the same wa
George Gould, Jr., was with them.
Miss Lucci wore a blue serge tra'
Cling dress and black dip hat wreatht
with forget -me-nots and green leave
: They went to the diocesan Office to A
y range so r the dispensation. KingdC
y Gould trlked frankly about his family
attitude He was asked
. "WasI't tire news that yous had got
4 d NJ. iireugR Urpat Enrnriga In y1I