Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-13
BRIDE OF BERLIN ABSENT FROM
 SOCIETY FETE
NEW YORK WEDDING MARKED BY ABSENCE OF FORMER ELLIN MAckAY-WOULD NOT COME WITHOUT HER HUSBAND

NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (H)-The ul- tra elect of society numbering two hundred persons attended the bril- liant wedding of Consuelo Vandervilt to Earl Tailor Smith, at the Wander bilt fifth avenue mansion.
 Father Thomas Murphy, who mar ried the brides parents in 1899 off, ciated at the altar, in the drawing room. banked with pink azaleas, white roses and calla lilies
 A notable absentee was the former Ellin Mackay, recent bride of Irving Berlin, the composer. That Mrs. Ber- lin was invited prior to her marriage but would not attend without her hus- band, was a report that could not be definitely confirmed Her father, Clarence H. MacKay, head of the Pos tai Telegraph Company, however at tended with moist eyes, due, it is thought, to reflection on the more prosiac nupitals of his daughter in New York's municipal building.
 Consuela was attended only by her sister, Mrs. Frederick Cameron Church and the groom was attended by his brother Sydney. Dowager Mrs. Van derbilt proved her generalship in the smooth beauty of the entire affair Among hosts present in addition to the families of the couple were Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry, W. A. Burden and Shirley Burden; Mr. and Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mr. and Mrs H. Celrichs, Mrs. John w. Mackay, John w. MacKay, Jr, Mrs. Oliver H. Bel mont, Miss Eleanora Sears, MT. and Mrs. James Watson Gerard and Chaun. cey M. Depew.
 May Cut EIiin Of Will
 NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (P)-Clarence MacKay, multimillionaire head of the Postal Telegraph company, has disin- herited his daughter Ellin because of her marriage to Irving Berlin, song composer, according to a report from duJuOTltdtIVo sources.
 MacKay sent for his attorney and dictated a new will which cuts Ellin from all share in the forty million dol lar MacKay estate and then directed the brides wardrobe and personal be- longings be removed from the Mac Kay house at Roslyn.
 The eloping bride and her husband. who was once a singing waiter on the Bowery, left Atlantic City and a hon. , eymoon trip to beg the fathers for 1 giVeness almost before the disinher- iting took place. Ellin was reported to be in tears when she heard the news
 Bride Was Magazine Writer
 Ellin MacKay, the bride of Berlin, | was 22 years of age at the time of her marriage and Berlin was 15 years her senior. The marriage was a romance of brilliant and rebellious member of the Newport younger set and the writer of My Wife Has Gone to the country" "Alexander's Ragtime Band" In My Harem," and countless similar hits.
 Berlin was born in Russia. the son of Jewish rabbi. He was noticeable on New York streets and sixteen years ago was singing in the notorious Mig ger Mikes Chinatown Saloon" He began his career with the song Heinz is Picked Again" Fame and |. financial success followed. Today he owns several theatres and has a huge income from song publishers bus mess.
 The bride recently made her debut as a magazine writer, criticizing cus- toms of the "400." Her father be- came one of the worlds richest men as pioneer gold digger in the west. Mrs. Berlin is a Catholic and recently was reported to have secured dispen- satlon to marry Berlin from the Pope. Berlin promised any children of the union would be Catholic.