The Washington herald., 1920-11-04
EX-ENVOY WEEDS
HEIRESS WIDOW
Henry White, Former Am
bassador, Weds W. H.
Vanderbilt Daughter.

NEW YORK, Nov 2-Mrs. Emily
Thorn Sloane, widow of William
Douglas Sloane, and daughter Of
the late william H. Vanderbilt, was
married at noon today to Henry
White, former Ambassador to
France and member of the peace
commission.
The wedding was a quiet, simple
affair, attended by only the imme-
date families. All effort was made
to keep 1t as quiet as possible.
The features" OF the Vanderbilt
weddings were lacking.
The former Mrs. Sloane's marriage
to Mr.. White was the very essence
Of dignity and, like her career in
New York society, was notable
owing to its simplified elegance.
Enter, Church Unattended.
1t is doubtful if the passersby on
Park avenue realized that the mid
dleaged matron, faultlessly attired
in a gown of soft grey chiffon,
trimmed with steel ornaments, and
wearing a small but exceedingly
smart black hat, who entered st.
Bartholomew's unattended was one
of the most powerful social leaders
in the metropolis.
1t is also doubtful il the same
passersby realized that the tall and
extremely dignified, white haired
gentleman, who also arrived at St.
Bartholomew unattended, was
about to wed the aforementioned
social leader. In fact, everything
WIS done in such a simple and
quiet manner one hardly realized
the Importance of yesterdays nup-
tial event.
Guests Few, But Notable.
The Rev. DR.. Leighton aPrks per-
formed the ceremony, and among
the handful of guests were Mrs.
Frederick w. Vanderbilt, who was,
as usual, the acme of fashion; Mrs.
Hamilton Nick. Twombly, Mrs.
William B. Osgood Field, a daugh-
ter of Mr.. Whites bride, who came
down from Lenox, Mass, for the
wedding; Mrs. James A. Burden,
another daughter; the John Henry
Hammonds-Mrs. Hammond is also
a daughter of the former Mrs.
Sloane-and Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm
Douglas Sloane.
There were no bridal attendants.
A very small and informal wedding
breakfast was served at the brides
home.
AS far back as last spring society
heard rumors to the effect that Mr..
White was very anxious for Mrs.
Sloane to reconsider her decision
never to remarry. and hardly a
weekend passed, during the sum-
nrer, that Mr.. White, who is 70 years
old, was not a house guest at Elm
Court, the magnificent Sloane coun-
try estate at Lenox, Mass.
A Conservative Leader.
The new Mrs. White and her sis
ter, Mrs. Twombly. are considered
the most conservativeshostesses in
present day society. They repre-
sent the inner circles of New York
society and. despite the fact that
they are not "of" the Knickerbocker
element, are looked upon as leaders
of the impregnable set in which the
late Mrs. Astor and the late Mrs.
Ogden Mills were prominent factors.
Mr.. Whites bride is a sister of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt, the late
William K. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Twom-
bly, and Mrs. W. Seward Webb. She
inherited a great fortune from her
father and also received a large sum
from her first husbands estate. Her
entertainments are always lavish.
hut she has never looked with favor
on the Circus Set"
bridegroom Widely Known.
For more than thirty years Mr..
White has been in the diplomatic
service. He was born in Baltimore
and is descended from an old and
distinguished American family. His
clubs are the Knickerbocker and
Metropolitan. in this city; the Met
ropolitan and Chevy Chase, of
Washington, and the Maryland
Club. of Baltimore. He was a dele
gate to the Peace Conference at
Versailles
After an extended wedding trip
Mr.. and Mrs. White will make their
home at the brides town house,
F1fty-second street and Fifth ay-
enue. Mrs White will, no doubt,
take a conspicuous part in the So
cial activities of the coming season.
John c. White. son of Henry
White. returned to the family home
at 1929 Nineteenth street northwest
last night from New York. having
been present at his fathers we'd
ding. White, who was attached to
the American Embassy at Petrograd
in '9l7-18, refused to grant an in
terview on his fathers marriage.
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