Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-18
VANDERBILT WEDDING
COST PUT At 100000
Recent Affair Takes Record From
San Francisco for Most Ex-
pensive Function.

New York. Nav 13-Since the Van
dcrbilt wedding, New York, speaking
from the society viewpoint. has gotten
its self-respcct back again, (wrltes Tier
tr,de I.eimback in The Baltimore SUM-
A great deal Of Importance IL attached
To the reputation which New York holds
for giving the SWEETEST" functions OF
any city in the United States. The wealth
of the country is brought To New YORK
and spent there, and the more LAVISH
the scale of entertainment the deeper
the feeling entertained by the fashion,
able contingent that New Works reputa-
tion as the metropolis of the country is
being enhanced.
IL was Just prior to tho outbreak oi
the World War, so the story goes. that
New York suddenly awoke to find 1T had
been outdone by San Francisco, where q
ball had been given by native OF Cali
fornia which cost little more than
s75O,000
The woman who gave the ball had
married not native SON OF California,
upon which the Californians lay much
stress but o native Of the state OF Geof-
pia. Many Californians, OF course, re-
scnted the fact that she was taking her
tremendous fortune of more than 500,
O0O.O 900 outside of the State. In order
TO sdetrack criticism she wisely decided
to give them sonnet thing else to talk about,
and the most magnificent ball ever gwen
in this country was the result.
A special train was hired, IT rs SAID, TO
convey the collation. prepared by sherry
and the walters to serve IT. One boat
was chartered TO bring the exotic plants
for dect rative purposes, wmle another
boat brought clay ornamental pieces di-
rect from Venice, where nothing less
than the Palace of the Dogs had been
the model of the artists who modelled
them
If had cost the California woman $3.50,
GOO 10 secure the man Of her choice and
still retain her friends III the State IN
which she was born she figured It was
we'll worth It
New Yorl, society admitted that the
San Francisco ball eclipscd anything
that had ever been held in the East The
Vanderbilt wedding recalled the incident
10 mind and cmholdcncd the New Workers
Ia make the statement that the city once
more held the palm for giving the most
gorgeous function known in the annals
Of fashionable society. san Francisco
IL was said. wouh have to 70 home e
eclipse the splendor of the Vanderbilt
wedding and the functions incident thereto
50 far as tho cost is concerned. Il Is
estimated that tho clothes Of the brida
party and wedding guests alone repre-
scnted an outlay of 500. 600. the we'd
ding and functions connected with II M
! OUTLAY Of another S5O00O0. and that
with the presents. the Vanderbilt wed
| ding represented 2 total outlay OF ne
/ lcSS than 50 90 600
I IT was in connection with the lander
| bit wedding that heard the high cos
Of weddings in general discussed ! by
i verv aristocratic looking woman. who's
I rather Victorian style Of dress indicates
/ that she belonged % the "old school.
''This modern wav of getting q hus
! band may bc All right, she said TO all g
us IN general as she sat in the salon G
one 81 the exclusive dreSsmaking shon
on Iifth avenue waiting for her niece
who was heing fitted for trousseal