THE LIMIT OF DISPLAY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1533, 31 August 1912, Page 11

THE LIMIT OF DISPLAY.

. WEALTHY AMERICANS. '. Glowing dispatches to the London "Daily Telegraph" from San Francisco described the marriage, which took place last month, of Miss Jennie Crocker, "the millionaire bride," to Mr. Malcolm Whitman, of Brookline, Massachusetts. The only esiential in which they differed concerned the lady's fortune, some estimates giving it as £20,000,000; but all . were agreed as to the minimum of .£10,000,000, which, as on© chronicler telegraphed, Ehould bo quite sufficient for two, "because in the United States incomes are not {axed." The wedding cost, apparently, anything between .£12,000 and .£20,000, and was described as the. most brilliant and bewildering social event' California has ever known. To judge from the reports published here, the little stone church of San Mateo, where tho wedding was "staged," was so densely packed with flowers, plants, and.-trees "that'entry, even for tho bridal party, was quite difficult. ' , A nuptial breakfast, was served in the bungalow home of Miss Crocker, and attracted the entire countryside, jl. hunting license was taken out at the same timo as the marriage license, and the honeymoon "was to be spent in. the woods." Here are a few other features telegraphed from San Francisco, which appears ..to have gone topsy-turvy over the .wedding of tile "millionaire bride":—. ,£IOOO was spent-oil the decorations of the wedding breakfast hall. To prevent tho theft of jewels scores of plain clothes men, .wearing top'hats and Prince Albert, coats, attended and mingled with the guests. Miss Crocker's-gown cost .£IO,OOO. It is enriched with pearls. ' The little. church of Ran Mateo was. "solid", with , choice cut flowers, arranged by'an army ,of decorators, at a cost of £5000. There were wedding presents by the dray-load from all parts of the country and from Europe. There are unverified rumours tha? "MiVs Crocker received threatening letters from unknown sources. Following tho ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Whitman took the private car of the bride, the one which had been used .by her. family for many years, and a journey was mado Tound the bay to Oaklands. According to the "New York World" and t>i' "New York American," Sir. and Mrs. Whitman, after a visit to Honolulu, will finally return to New York to occupy an Important place in New York society.