Evening star., 1924-04-29

idge will attend the mar
riage this evening of Miss
Laura Emily Dial daughter
of Senator and Mrs. Nathaniel B. Dial,
TO Mrs. James Lawrence Brownlee.
The ceremony will be performed at 8
o'clock in the Washington Heights
Presbyterian Church, the pastor, the
Rev. DR.. John c. Palmer, officiating.
A large reception will follow at the
Congressional Club.
Mrs. Coolidge attended the Senate
ladies luncheon today at the Capitol,
and this afternoon she will receive
the Farm and Garden Association at
4 o'clock.
CccII-VnnderbiIt Nuptinls
At Fillmore Estate Today.
With Biltmore estate and All Souls
Church thereon as the show ground
and many personages of the diplo-
matte corps and official and resident
society looking on, the marriage OF
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, only daugh-
ter of Mrs. Edith :. Dresser Wander
bilt and the late George w. Wander
hit, TO the Honorable john Francis
Amherst Cecil If England took place
at high noon today. The Rt. Rev.
.Iunius Horner, Bishop of AsheVille,
Grenville Merrill. uncle Of the bride,
and the Rev. Dr. a. G. Bramwell
Bennett. rector of the church.
The chancel was filled with mass
OF lilies, dogwood and various white
spring flowers. all gathered from the
Biltmore estate.
Miss Vanderbilt made her way up
the aisle alone preceded by her maid
of honor, Miss Rachel Strong of
Cleveland Ohio and two small flow
-i-lS IIsl lap Peggy
gan. She was met at the altar by her
mother, Mrs Vanderbilt, who gave
her in marriage.
The wedding party was large one,
taxing the aisles of the church to the
fullest The bride had as her maid
Of honor Miss Strong. daughter of Mr.:
Charles H Strong of Cleveland; anu
rs bridesmaids, her cousin, Miss Nu-
ricl Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs. w.
X. Vanderbilt of New York; Miss
Elizabeth Smith of Boston, Miss Mar
garet Cecil of England, cousin of the
bridegroom, Miss Augusta McCagg
and Miss Helen Moran of New York;
Miss Caroline Story of Washington
Miss Ayline Reynolds of Asheville
and Miss Louise Ross Todd of Louis
VILE Ky.
The brides gown was white satin
very straight with long sleeves Her
bridal veil of tulle, worn over the
face when entering. was tour yards
long 1t was caught with orange
blossoms. She carried 4 bridal bou-
Duet of orchids and lilies Of the val
10y. Her white saun slippers were
ornamcntcd each with / single or
4nge blossom.
The maid of honor wore Il Lanvin
MODEL of white organdic in bouHan
.ity!e with a very full skirt Her
large white erin hat was trllililie''
with one yellow arum lily.
The Hon. Mr.. Cecil, who was former
first secretary of the British embassy
here. had as his best man MI Hugh
Y. Tennant, attache of embassy ana
sir Esme Howard. The ushers were
capt f. l.. Tottenham, royal British
navy and naval attache: Mr.. GeoHrey
y. Thompson. second secretary: MT.
Harold H. Sims and Mr. McCormick-
Goodhart. all of the British embassy
staff; Mr. s. Pinkney Tuck of the
state Department; Mr.. John Francis
Brown of Providence. i. l.. own
cousin of the bride. and Mr.. ROBERT
Cecil cousin of the bridegroom. and
Mr.. Benjamin Bernard or winston
salem. n. Z.
Following an old custom, as the
bridal party came out OF the church,
employees and tenants of Blltmore
estate formed an aisle down the lawn
crossing branches Of spring blooms
forming an arch for the wedding
party.
Attending the ceremony in the
church and the prllildnI reception III
BiltmorC house were: Sir Esme
Howard, ambassador of Great Brit
ain; the ambassador of Spain and
Sonora de Riano. who have been
guests at Biltmore for some days;
Lord William Cecil, father of the
bridegroom; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
White, Representative and Mrs. John
Philip Hill, the minister of Hungary
and Countess SzeChenyi, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nano, and others from Washington,
New York and other cities.
The couple will spend a. honey
moon trip of several weeks touring
Europe, following which they will
return to Biltmore House, where Mr..
Cecil will assist his wife in the
management of her estate.
Mr.. Cecil has been in the English
diplomatic service since 1913. Since
last September he has been first sec
retary to the British embassy at
Washington. Prior to that he served
at Cairo, Madrid and Prague. He is
the third son of Lord William Cecil