Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1914 — VINCENT ASTOR WEDS [ARTICLE]

VINCENT ASTOR WEDS

MISS HELEN HUNTINGTON BECOMES BRIDE OF MILLIONAIRE. I ; Honeymoon Aboard Yacht and Trip Through Europe Are Planned for Future —Few Guests Present *■ ■ .' ' ■ j i Staatsburg, N. Y., May 1. —William Vincent Astor, son of the late Col. John Jacob Astor, and Miss Helen Dinsmore Huntington, whom he has known since childhood, were married here in the big oak-paneled library of Hopeland house, home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs Robert P. Huntington. Fewer than fifty persons witnessed the ceremony. Plans ha<j been made for an elaborate church wedding, but Mr. Astor’s recent illness, which threatened pneumonia, made necessary the abandonment of these plans. Eighteen hundred wedding announcements were sent out after the ceremony. Miss Huntington entered the room on the arm of her father. At her throat gleamed a gorgeous necklace of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. lifer bridal gown was of white tulle, with a train of white satin. Her lace veil had been worn by her grandmother, Mrs: Dinsmore, and h'er mother before her. Hermann Oelrichs of New York, an old friend of Vincent Astor, was best man. Miss Alice Huntington, sister of the bride, acted a maid of honor, and the little MisSfes Muriel Astor and Margaret Dows were flower girls. Mrs. Robert Huntington, the bride’s mother, wore blue taffeta and chiffon. Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, mother of the bridegroom, was among the wedding guests The young widow of Colonel Astor, although invited, was not present. She is in the South. Vincent Astor is twenty-two years old, the bride is twenty. She is tall and blonde. He, too, is tall. Both are lovers of the out-of-doors. It is understood that ..Mr, and Mrs. Astor will remain at their country' home, Ferncllffe, at Rhinebeck, not far from the Huntington place, for at least a month. At the end of that time they hope that Mr. Astor's health will permit them to have the delayed yachting cruise and to tour Europe, with a J visit inf England at the home of his ■ mother. Mrs. Ava Willing Astor. |