Evening star., 1925-05-15
OIL KINGS HE|RESS,
BRIDE, NOW FREE"
Former Abby Rockefeller SO
Regards Status After
Marriage.
BY The Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May l5.-Ahby Rookie
feler, who had the word obey
omitted from her wedding ceremony,
today enjoyed the first day Of the real
freedom" which she told her friends
she expected when she married.
David Meriwether Milton, 25-year
old lawyer, and his heiress bride OF
21. are in secIusion until tomorrow,
when they will sail on the liner Paris
for a four-month honeymoon in Eu-
rope.
Cherish" and honor" were enough
for Abby to promise, and the bride
groom consented to the deletion of
obey from the service. Yesterdays
ceremony was a Siugle-ring ceremony,
performed by Rev. Cornelius WOelf-
kin, pastor of the Park Avenue Bap-
tiSt Church. The ring was an cid
fashioned gold band. not the platinum
affair that "debs" among Abby's
friends insist upon.
Restricted because of the family's
great wealth. the heiresS had eagerly
awaited the day when she would be a
young U'Htron and the mistress of her
own establishment. She had discussed
her expectations of real freedom"
frankly with her friends.
Informal Attire.
After the ceremony. the brides
mother. Mrs. John u. Rockefeller. ir.
and her S5-year-old grandfather, John
ID. Rockefeller, 81, We're the first to
kiss her.
Most of the man guests at the wed
ding wore business suits, and the
only music was supplied by an organ.
one thousand two hundred guests
were invited for the receDtion. Gov.
Smith and Mrs. Smith arrived in
taNicab, and Chauncey NJ Depew.
81 year-old chairman of the board of
the New York Central. walked from
his home across the street.
The crowd in front Of the home re-
Ceived a thrill after the bridal couple
had secretly departed when John d.
Rockefeller, jr., walked across the
street and escorted three groups.
composed mainly of women and Young
girls, through the rooms used in the
ceremony, filed their arms with
flowers and bade them a courteous
adieu.
Details of the wedding were freely
given by the public relations coun-
sell of the Rockefeller family. ex-
cept that by express orders of the
family he D<fused to give a list of the
r. A~HNAAtH " ltll " iio lilt uuIlpIS were.
Over a Thousand Gifts.
II was learned, however. that Mr..
and Mrs. Milton received more than
900 presents. The most valuable
was a diamond brooch from Mrs.
Edith Rockefeller Mccormick. di-
Norced wife of Harold T. Mccormick
OF Chicago and a daughter of John d.
Rockefeller, ST. The brides father
gave her a pearl necklace. Her
mother gave her u silver service. Her
brother Nelson gave a lace table set
with ServietteS- to match: Lawrence.
another brother, gave her box of
writing paper, and Winthrop gave
her clock, one of the dozen she re-
Ceiyed.
John D. Rockefeller. sr.. left for his
Pocantico Hills estate after the re-
ception. He arrived at his sons home
IN a large touring car with the cur
tains drawn. In contrast to a majority
of the men at the ceremony. the elder
Rockefeller wore silk hat and formal
afternoon attire. with a white flower
in his lapel
Each of the guests had been given
card of admission, and these were
checked carefully by Mrs RockefeI-
ler'S secretary, who sat at a desk with