MISS VANDERBILT'S MARRIAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2812, 5 February 1908, Page 30

MISS VANDERBILT'S MARRIAGE.

OFFICIOUS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES,

BRIDE'S TROUSSEAU RANSACKED

NEW YORK, January 28.

The " Three Hundred " attended the Szechenyi-Vanderbilt wedding at the Vanderbilt Mansion. A quarter of a million sterling's worth of presents were displayed under glass. The bride is the possessor of three millions in her own right.

The Customs officers, acting on anony-mously-received information, visited the Vanderbilts' house after the wedding. They ransacked the bridal trousseau, demanded the price of every imported article, and examined the wedding presents. They found, however, that the duty had been correctly paid. The bridal aisle of the church was formed of Japanese cherry trees in full blossom, -with festoons of orchids.

The wedding of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. daughter of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt. and Count Szechenyi, was originally fixed for December 4, at Mrs Vanderbilt's villa, "The Breakers." at Newport. It was currently believed that the marriage would be celebrated earlier, but Mrs Vand&rbilt decided to postpone the event until after the usual time of departure of the summer colony at Newport. This was the plan followed in the marriage of Miss Steie French and Mr Alfred G. Vanderbilt, and of Miss Kathleen Neilson and Mr Reginald C. Vanderbilt. It is understood that after her daughter's marriage Mrs Vanderbilt will go to Paris, where she has leased a chateau, and where 6he will spend the greater part of her time in the future. The " Three Hundred " constitute the moneyed elite of New York.