Show GROWN CROWN PRINCE WEDS DUCHESS DUCHESSI I Royalty Gathered in Berlin to Wit W Witness t tess ness ess the Ceremony y SCENE WAS MAGNIFICENT TORCHLIGHT DANCE ACCORDING TO ANCI ANCIENT ENT CUSTOM June Prince BERLIN B Frederiek William goo ed Duchess Duche Cecilia of were married In hi Ute the palace chapel this afternoon while the clock on the plaza marked 5 41 here bere and in every gar town ton In Prussia and in ine e every ery sea eIL where here German hips floated began Degan ring firing a salute at the same moment In the chapel one of the he most distinguished thAt could be gathered In Europe sa saw the simple wedding service of the Lutheran chU church h Royalty Represented Some of the sixty to seventy seem mem members bets bers of the royal ropal families present from German and foreign states w were re Arch Archduke Archduke duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria rep representing representing resenting Em Emperor Francis Jost Joseph ph Grand Duke Duc Michael of Russia Prince Henry Hent Consort of oC the queen of The he Duke and Duchess of Aosta npr representing nUng the king And queen en enof of Italy Prince Arthur of representing Great Gre t Britain Prince and Albert of Belgium the Duke of Oporto representing Portugal Prince Ferdinand of and the Crew princes prines of Denmark and Greece Tese e all stood std in a wide cir circle circle cle around the altar for there were no pews and behind them without regard to rank were the members of the for foreign foreign eign embassies with Ambas Ambassador ador Tow Towe e cc and Mra Tower among them the cabinet ministers a number of admi admirals rals mIs the commanders of army anny corps and many persons of the high nobility Crown of Diamonds The crown princess for she le was also crown princess by civil right carne came In Inon Inon on the inn arm of the crown prince She was wearing a wreath of fresh myrtle mrtle on her head over which was a small crown df diamonds s and rubles rubies in a agold agold gold frame plaCed there b by the em empress empress press A triangle of diamonds rested on the front of her bel bodice and around her neck was a necklace of large diamonds The wedding dress was of Russian silver br brocade eade with a atrain atrain train four and a half yards in l length and two and a quarter yards wide at attached attached to the shoulders Four maids of honor bonor In dresses of pale blue sn silk the crown princes favorite color the train and behind these them walked two pages The bridal veil ven was of old Brim Brus Brussels Lois sels lace The wore the light blue uniform of the First Foot guards with witha a majers Insignia and his He carried his helmet in his hand At the Altar Behind the bride and groom came caine the empress on the arm ann of the grand duke of brother of the bride and the emperor with the Grand Duchess Anastasia mother of the bride These and other members of the royal roal family stood to the right of the altar The choir sang God Give Ghe His Angels Charge Con Concerning Thee set to music b by n This text was carved on oil the cradle of the crown prince The congregation joined in singing from the the familiar hymn I the Master Dr Dryander the court ourt chaplain with ith nine or of the cathedral clergy standing near him be bean began J gan an the service Dr r shook hands with the I crown prince and kissed the hand of the crown princess after the cere ceremony ceremony mony HE then presented the bridal couple with ith a Bible ornamentally bound Emperor Kissed the Bride The emperor kissed the bride on both Chlo cheeks Ks and then k his bis son the doing likewise The bridal party part slowly mond out followed by the princes and princesses but all others waited Riled in the chapel which had become Ine very hot owing to the three hundred candles that had hadn been n burning for tor half an hour until the reception began in the White hail adjoining tM the chapel Besides those present at the wedding service hundreds of others had been invited t to the re reception eption each person bowing to th crown prince and crown princess on either r side df 4 whom stood other royal JOyal personages The dresses jewels and uniforms contributed to a most moot brilliant leture Torchlight Dance After supper liI been sene 1 a torchlight dance a unique practice At weddings in the house hotL of I for s was performed in A mod HIed form by twelve pages bearing thick handles bandies about two and a half feet tall TM The crown prince took the band of the crown prin princess and walked slowly behind the pages pes keeping Cep ep to the music around A quadrangle formed by men and women standing ten feet d deep aJo along the sides of the drawing draIng room which s is I by 50 feet all bow bowin bowIng in Ing as the brIdal couple passed The emperor then led the crown princess and the crown prince ce led ld his aLe mother around the same walk Next the crown princess took e each ch of the other princes and the TOwn crown prince each of the other princesses around Ute the hail ball occa occasionally several at II a time so that might ht not bt be dIsregarded Once Grand Duke Michael of Russia Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria rown wn Prince Gustav of Sweden Seden and IMI the Duke Dut of Oporto were walking with I the crown n at the same time two on r side dd Tide function ranle to a close after th the wedding party having lasted atod 1110 more than four hues BouE The honeymoon probably will be spent at Hut ert k a hunting lodge e In Ina a large forest near r Prim ala This ita is a sort of house In Inthe inthe the woods where the eror goes for deer |