The Washington times., 1931-04-14
Nobility Here
For Wedding
Saturday
Smart Szechenyi NuptiaIS
Will Lure to the Nations
Capital Society Leaders Of
Two Continents
BY ANNE PATTEN

Dr0Cnef OF Cne Minister Oh
Hungary to Washington, Count
Laszlo Szechenyi, arrived in
New York today on board the
Europa and will come imme-
diately to Washington to be a
guest at the legation
The purpose of the diStin-
guished Hungarian nobleman'S
visit here is to attend the we'd
ding of his niece, Countess Alice
Szechenyi, daughter Of the
Minister and Countess Szech.
enyi, to Count Bella Hadik, son
of the former Premier of AuStro-
Hungary, Count John Hadik.
Other NOtables Arrive
Also arriving in New York
today to attend the wedding is
Count Gabriel Szatray, an
uncle of Count .Szechenyi, and
the Countess Margaret Hadik,
a sister of the bridegroom-elect
and a member Of the wedding
party.
The Countess Cornelia Szech-
enyi, eldest daughter of the
Szechenyis is to be- maid of
honor for her sister and the
CounteSSes Sylvia and Nandine
will be flower girls. other at
tendants of the bride will be
Princess Elizabeth Cantacuzene,
who is a cousin of Count
Szechenyi; Miss Edith Eustis,
daughter of Mrs. William Cor
coran EustiS; Miss Dora White,
daughter of Mrs. Richard S.
Alderich and Countess Margaret
Hadik.
In the Bridal Party
Count Wydenbruck, an Aus
trian now living in New York,
is to be best man, and the
ushers will be Baron Paul
Schell. attache of the Hun
garian legation; Victor Podoski,
first secretary of the Polish
embassy; Alexander Won Wuthe-
nau, secretary of the German
embassy; Ramon Padilla, son
of the ambassador of Spain
and attache of the Spanish en-
bassy; A. r. Dew, third secre-
tary of the British embassy;
Chaplin Rogers, Eugene Roberts,
Hopewell Darneille and Martin
Furth, all of Washington, and
Lawrence Morris, Of New York.
The ceremony will be held
in st. Matthews Church on
Saturday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock and will be followed by
a reception at the Hungarian
legation in Massachusetts, Ave
nue..
VanderbiItS to Attend
The wedding will bring to
Washington not only the little
group of foreign notables, kins-
folk of the bride on her fathers
side, but will also lure Capital
ward the many members of the
Vanderbilt clan who claim re-
lationship with Countess Alice
through her mother, the former
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. .
The dowager Mrs. Vanderbilt,
grandmother of the bride, al
though of late years almost a
recluse, will, doubtless, come to
Washington to see her grand
daughter wed, and her mothers
brother, Brig. Gen. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, and his wife will
also arrive here within day or
two for the wedding.
Mrs. Cecil in City
The brides cousin, Mrs. John
Francis Amherst Cecil, of Bilt-
more, N. c., has already ar
rived in Washington and has
opened her house here on Ban
croft Place.
Mrs. Cecil mother, Mrs. Peter
Goelet Gerry, the former Mrs.
George w. Vanderbilt, arrived
last evening. Her husband,
former Senator Gerry, of Rhode
Island, is with her and will be
a guest at the wedding.
Austria Envoy Feted
The Minister of Austria and
Madame Prochnik were the
ranking guests at the dinner
which Mr.. and Mrs. Walter R.
Tuckerman gave last night in
honor Of the Counselor of the
Austrian Legation and Baroness
HauenSchield. The party, which
was in the nature of a bon
voyage" for Baroness Hauen-
Schield who is leaving shortly
for a summers visit with her
parents in Austria, was held at
the National Woman's Country
Club, where covers were laid
for 26.
Among other guests from the
diplomatic corps and from out
of town were the Counselor of
the Danish Legation and Mrs.
Hubert de Wichfeld; and the
counselor of the Swiss Lega-
ton, Mrs. Etienne Lardy. Mrs.
Bates Batcheller of Paris,
France. who is in Washington
Eor the spring season, was also
among the guests.
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Return to Newport
Rear Admiral William B. Ca
perton, United States Navy, re-
tired. and Mrs. Caperton and
their daug't-y, Miss Marguerite
Caperton, returned to Newport
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