SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1696, 12 March 1913, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding of Miss Helen Gould. What "Lloyd's Weekly" calls a quiet and uiiobtrusivo wedding was recorded ou ' January '12, wlien Jliss Helen Gould, daughter oi the lato Air. Jay Gould, and the richest spinster in the world, was married.to Mr. Vinley Johnson Shepard, vicepresident of the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Kailivay, which is controlled by the Gould family. Tho ceremony took place in the drawingroom of Miss Gould's beautiful country liomo, Lyndhurst, near Tarrytown, NewYork. The grounds were patrolled by detectives, whose duty was to keep strangers from the house. Even had interlopers reached the mansion they would not liavo seen much, for heavy curtains were drawn across the windows and tho room was lit by electricity. The floral decorations were superb, the altar stood amid banks of blooms, while towering palms and tree ferns formed a green canopy beneath which tho principals stood. Streamers of whito ribbon formed barriers behind which tho guests sat, and 1 at tho back of the latter were quantities of hot-house blooms. An or-' chestra of 40 provided the musio. Among the guests were tho Duo and Duchesse de Talleyrand-Perigord, who will perhaps be better remembered at Prince do Sagan and Miss Anna Gould in connection with the divorce suit which the latter brought against her then husband, Count Boni de Castellane. The duchesse is tho bride's sister.. Tho brido wjis given away by her brother, Mr. George J.. Gould. Her gown was of; duchesse ivory satin, with a train, long sleeves, and neck cut V-shape. The gown was trimmed with duchess and rosepoint lace and pearl embroidery. Lace was caught up at tho side of' tho skirt with orango blossoms. The veil, which w:as of rich design, was the' gift of tho Duchessa do Talleyrand, sister of this bride, who also provided the lace trimmings. The veil was attached to the brido's liair with a spTay of orango blossoms, and. extended to the limit of her train. Her slippers were trimmed with small rosettes of orange blossoms, and she woro a string of exquisite pearls, said to have belonged to tho Empress Josephine, and formerly in tho possession of the bride's mother.' This is valued at .£60,000. With tho pearls around her neck was a beautiful peaT-sliapodi diamond pendant, '-tho gift; of the bridegroom. The bride carried a boumiet of lilies 6f the valley, her favourite flower, and a beautiful point laco handkerchief, tho gift of Mrs. Russell Sage. ' She was attended by her two nieoes, the Misses Holen and Dorothy Gould, who acted aa train bearers, while tho bride- ; groom was attended by his brother, Mr. Louis Shepard. After the ceremony a buffet breakfast was 6erved, and the bride distributed heart-shaped satin boxesof wedding cako, inscribed with her own initials and those of the bridegroom, and set off with sprays of lilies of the valley. The wedding' certificate was beautifully designed; and lettered' in green, red, and blue. After the breakfast tho guests departed. Tho bride and bridegroom were to spend the first week of tho honeymoon in their own home, but proposed making a trip to Europo in the spring. The fortune of tho bride is estimated at anything between .£6,000,000 and .£10,000.000. At night Mrs. Shepard provided a dinner for 1000 poor. The bride is quite the most popular member of her family, and her many charitable works have endeared her to tlio masses, ivho have not forgotten to seni hearty greetings to their "Lady Bountiful." The full list of the wedding; presents has not been made public, but it is clear that they exceed the value of £250,000. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bennett (Masterton) and their children are staying inerton. Mrs. L. Hathbone, who has been visiting Wellington, intends returning to Hawke's Bay to-day. Mrs. and Miss Ashcroft (Wanganui) are staying at Balmoral. Mr. Tatlow (a member of tho Empire .Trade Commission) and Mts. Tatlow, who have been staying with tho Hon. H. D. Bell, left for Auckland last evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. H. Pollock are leaving for Napier shortly. Mrs. F. Leckio is visiting Feilding, Mts. Malcolm Ross left Wellington yesterday for Auckland and Rotorua. The ladies' auxiliary of tho Y.M.C.A. has arranged to hold a garden party in aid of the funds of the Y.W.C.A. in the grounds of Mrs. Denton this afternoon. Tho shilling admission includes afternoon tea, and should wet weather prevail, the' event will bo postponed to Saturday afternoon.

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Feilding Notes. Our Feilding correspondent writes that a meeting of tlio garden feto committee was held on Monday night, with Mr. E. Goodboliere (Mayor) in the 'chair. Tlio fete balance-sheet was presented, and a net profit of .£ISG 14s. lOd. was disclosed. The chairman considered tlio result a highly satisfactory one. Mr. W. A. L. Bailey and Miss Alice Gosling woro married ait tlio residence of tile bride's mother yesterday. Tho: wedding was a very quiet ono, only the' relatives of the bride and bridegroom being present. At the library room on Monday afternoon, the Mayor (Mr.' E. Goodbehere) and a number, of subscribers to the library met Miss Gosling, and presented her with a very pretty and useful dressirig-case. Tlio members of tlio Borough Council also presented her with a travelling-rug from tlio borough staff. On Monday _ evening a most enjoyable snrpriso party was given for Mrs. C. H. lies, wife of the Feilding stationmaster, who is leaving Feilding with her family next week for Addington. Vocal and instrumental .music was much 'enjoyed 'by nil present, and supper was provided by the ladies of the party. During the evening Mrs. Bowden presented Mrs. lies with a gold' bangle, suitably inscribed, Irom her lady friends in Feilding. Mrs. lies has resided'hero for the past four years, and her lcindly disposition .has made many friends, all, of whom will regret her departure.

Mr. and' Mrs. G. Provost (Adelaide), who have been touring the Dominion, left Auckland on their return trip on Monday. The Duchess of Marlborough is "undertaking the promotion of an exhibition of women's, work. . Strong committees are being formed, and Mrs, Mackenzie, wife of tlio High Commissioner for New Zealand, has accepted the chairwomanship for the section dealing with New Zealand women's work., On Monday the amount gathered in by tho collections in tho G.F.S. campaign (Auckland) for building funds, etc., came to .£2185. This brings tho fund to within £5815 of the goal. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ambury, of Auckland, who liavo been travelling in India, Ceylon, and Great Britain, returned to New' Zealand on Sunday by tile Maheno from Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. F. Guthrio, of Melbourne,, havo been touring tho Dominion, and on Monday Mr. Guthrie left Auckland on his return journey to Melbourne. Mrs. Guthrie, accompanied by Miss Denniston, who has been travelling with itliem, return to Dunedin some timo this week.