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Show PRINCESS' WEDDING Berlin. May 24. Princess Victoria Luio of Prussia, only daughter of tho German emperor was married to Prince Ernest August of Cumberland with the rltca of tho Lutheran church at 5 o'clock this evening The ceremony, which took place In the royal chapel of the imperial castle, seals the reconciliation between the dethroned house of Hanover and the I house of Hohzellern. The civil ceremony was performed I half an hour earlier In the great elec-l elec-l lorn hall, a small room in the most I ancient part of tho castle. It was ! attended by only tho immediate fam-I fam-I illes of the bride and bridegroom. The short formal civil marriage was completed at exactly half past four thlB afternoon I In the meantime, tho guests who 1 were to attend the religions service ' had assembled In the Royal chapel at tho other end of the castle. Tho room v,as richly decorated with flowers. flow-ers. Many Americans Present. Among tho gnosis were tho United States ambassador. John A. G. Lelsh-man Lelsh-man and his wife and daughter, Joseph Jo-seph C Or.'W. secretary of the American Amer-ican embassy and his wife; Captain Albert Niblack, American naval attache; at-tache; Miss Y vet to Bompt of New York,' who was school mate of the bride at the Empress Augusta Institute, In-stitute, and a dozen exiled Bchool glrlB whom the yonng princess insisted in-sisted on inviting at the last moment in rotum for a personally embroidered embroider-ed present. A choir of men and boys was stationed sta-tioned in the high gallery encircling tho chapel Just below tho dome, where then sany hymna unaccompanied unaccom-panied by Instrumental music. At the conclusion of tho civil ceremony, cere-mony, the bridal procession wao mar-r.haled mar-r.haled Into line by Count Elenberg, grand marshal of tho Imperial court, and then proceeded the whole length of tho castle through a long series of state apartments to the royal chapel. It was led by 'ho bridal couple, tho princess' train being horn by tour o' her girl friends Princess Ernest August Au-gust of Cumberland was dressed In Prusslau Hussar uniform. After them came Emperor William with the Duchess of Cumberland Then followed In order the Duke of Cumberland with the German empress. em-press. Emperor Nicholas, of Rufsia with Queen Mary of England, King Georgo of England with Crown Princess Prin-cess Ceellle. and fifty or more princes prin-ces and princesses of the royal blood Dr Ernest Dryandcr, the grand chaplain of the court, who had baptized bap-tized Princess Victoria Lulse and prepared her for her confirmation, performed the ceremony, which vaa the simple Lutheran rite He then delivered the customary address of advice and admonition to the newly married couple. Ab the rings were exchanged before be-fore tho altar, a battery of artillery stationed outside the castle fired H royal enlute Day Oocns D;saaree2blv. The wedding day of the Princess Victoria Lulse, only daughter of the German emperor and empress, opened unpleasantly, it was dark and overcast over-cast and a penetrating drizzle made movement along the streets disagreeable. disagree-able. From an early hour the streets were alive with people who watched the constant passing of brilliantly uniformed uni-formed attendants ol the many royal personages gathered here for the ceremony. cer-emony. Eery school throughout the empire em-pire was closed In honor of the occasion. occa-sion. School children of the capital, in charge of their teachers, paraded tho streets or watched the various roal processions The wedding functions themselves! began rather late in the afternoon ! vlth the robing of the young bride at which her mother, the German empress, em-press, presided. The bride wore a wonderfully work ed gown of silver brocade with a conri train of the same material embroidered em-broidered with a mrtle and orange flower design and lined with ermine. The brides veil, like her entire toilette, toi-lette, was of German manufacture. It was composed of a two yard length of lace on which eighty Slleslan pirls had worked day and night for six weeks The last act in the robing of the bride w as pert'ormo I hy the empress when she placed on her daughter's head the historic crown worn by Prussian Prus-sian princesses at their weddings, Before she was robed for the ceremony cer-emony Princess Victoria Lulse took a short drive In Berlin and was cheered cheer-ed vociferously bv Immense crowds assembled in the neighborhood of the palace. State Banquet Tonight. A state banquet Is to be given at the castle this eeuiug followed by the historic "Torch Dance'' and the distribution to the guests of souvenir garters." These are in the form of ell k ribbons bearing the bride's Initials Ini-tials and the date iu gold letters, which modern delicacy has substituted substitut-ed for the pieces of tho bride's garter, gar-ter, formerh cut up and distributed by the princes of the royal families cn the points of their swords The bridal party will leave Immediately Imme-diately for the emperor'6 hunting ground at HubertUSStock, north of Berlin, where they will pass the first week of their honeymoon, then going for a fortnight to the Duke of Cumberland's Cum-berland's hunting castle near Gwuen-den. |
