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Show Londoners Eagerly j Gobble Up Latest on M ary s Wedding Every Detail of Elaborate and Expensive Cere-' mony to Be Rehearsed Carefully Before Actual Ac-tual Event on Tuesday; Britons to Forget Ev- I erything Else on Big Day LUDU. Feb. 21.-(Bj the Associated Pfcss i Plans for the wedding wed-ding of Princess Mary and Viscount Laseelles are ready for com-! pletion. Early frequenters of London's streets will see some morn-j mg this week empty carriages esi orted by cavalry in rehearsal of the procession from the palace to Westminster Abby, so nothing may go; wroncr on the allSmnortani rlav. j There will be to processions on j February 2x. the day of the wedding j 'andra with the;r escort ,in,l attendants attend-ants Will form the first, the iueen (following shortly afterward with the I bride and an e i ra I Tho route through the Mall, White- hall and Parliament street will not! be decorated throughout, but thero Kill k tn Iplnmnk il 1-r h i 1 anil near the abliey th.' road .v.v, will ts; adorned with festoons of flowers supported sup-ported h pillars with intermediate ornamental or-namental devices boating portraits of the bride and groom. KKY DETl Ml PUBIilC Every new detail of the ceremony is displayed by the newspapers and avidly seized upon by the public Which thus learns the hat In which .he bride will start her rooneymoon Isj of 'mole and larkspur blue georgette. " the mole to match her moleskin wrap and the blue georgette to match her dress. Further details are that the mar-rlagS mar-rlagS knot will be tied by the Arch-, bishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop: of York the bishop of London, thai bishop of Oxford, the dean of West-! minster and Canon Laseelles, the bridegroom's uncle. A new flag the Abbey flag will be flown from one of the Abbey's tow-j ers during the wedding, j has espec-i ial designs by heraldic experts and 1 embodies historical symbols from the time of Edward tho Confessor. BAIT FOR TOLBISTS. Preparations also are under way for popular celebration of the wedding activities. ac-tivities. Tho "Brighter London society so-ciety " an organization composed mainly of business and theatrical men. aim at making thb week of the wed-i ding - brighter London week" In hen-1 or of the prlni t-s;.. The society hope.ii to make the dtv more attractive for American tourists and other trans-i Lenta who recently have shewn an in-1 cllnation to avoid stop-overs here , preferring Paris or other contaYiental ! cities with their greater variety of am usements. In social, court and diplomatic circles cir-cles such a round Of dances and dinners din-ners and receptions has been planned , as London has not seen slnco the cor- onatlon. For the general public a number of "Princess Mary' wedding) balls have been planned Hotels and restaurants are arrang ing gay dinners and (lances. Clubs and various societies will have house warmings and home comings The railroads are running special excursions excurs-ions from all parts of the kingdom and giving special service from the chmnel ports for the benefit of con-tinehtal con-tinehtal visitors. Nowspapere and magazines are issuing special Princess Mary numbers. LONDON I S I i RESTED, A suggestion for making the wedding wed-ding dav a bank holiday has ben negatived, but 1" the city's offices and shoos it is expecti-d that suddenly developed de-veloped cases of flu and other timely excuses will be numerous, for the wedding will be of dominating interest inter-est to executives and office boy alike and London Intends doing its best to el. i rate the event properly. A precedent established by Princess Patricia in displaying her weduMng gifts to the public probably will be followed by Princess Mary. It Is understood un-derstood they will be shown at St. J nmes palace, a small fee being charged charg-ed for admission, the proceeds to be donated to some charity |