Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-04 | Page 25 | Elizabeth Asquith Marries a Prince

IJRINCEHH ANTOINE EIBESCO, formerly Elizabeth As'iultli, and her husband. Tliree wedding ceremonies cere-monies were performed for them. I.',, , . --rr-Tl " . yf- f r ' - 'A . " '"V . - v-v '' ELIZABETH ASQUITH PRIESJ PICE; Notable Wedding, Requir-1 ing Triple Ceremony, Takes Place. By WILLIAM MALLABAR. International News Service Staff Correspondent, Corre-spondent, LONDON", April 30. Although today for the iirst time a bride, the former Miss Elizabeth Asquith now Princess Antoine Bibesco can justly claim to be the most married woman in England. It took three ceremonies today lo make her the nifo of Prince Bibesco of Rumania. Another interesting feature or the wedding wed-ding was the fact that tins is the second marriage of royalty and commoner which has taken place this year, the other one being tiie marriage of "Princess Pat" to Commander Alexander Ramsay. , The three ceremonies at me wedding today of Miss Asquith and Prince Bibesco were necessary on account of the differ-ent differ-ent nationalities and religions of the con-trading con-trading parties. The nrst was at the Greek church, where the young coupio were united with all the pomp and cere- i mony of the bridegroom's religion. Follow Fol-low ing that, an adjournment was taken 1 to St. Margaret's. Westminster, where bishops of the Church of England set their ; seal upon the union. Lastly, there came , a trip to the Rumanian legation, where 1 the civil ceremony, according to the laws' of that country, was hurriedly gone through. At this point it was, apparently, apparent-ly, decided that Miss Asquith was indeed in-deed married and no further ceremonies were deemed necessary. - The principal ceremony was, of course, that at fct. Margaret's. Bridesmaids selected- from society's ranks supported the j bride, who also had two of her oung kinsmen to act as pages. Sho was given awav by her father, the former prime minister The church was packed with j representatives of the bluest blood of En-I En-I gland, and a big crowd awaited the re-! re-! ception and departure ot" the Liride and i bridegroom outside the building, j The wedding has been commented upon j as a happy union of two bright minds. ! Both are literary and art istic and havo : much in common. As Miss Asquith, the ' bride was recognized as the pioneer of a J new social order. Sho shattered all ; precedents when, as a young and uumar-! uumar-! ried woman, at the outbreak of the war she joined various charitable committees commit-tees and took hold in such a manner that , her administrative ability was quickly recognized and she was given control of most imoortan t committees. She has been a most prolific writer of playlets and has appeared in plays of her own composition on several occasions, supported by some of the leading actors of the British stage. In addition to the writing of plays and then acting in them, the former Miss Asquith has a deep knowledge of French poetry, or Bakst decoration and of modern art and is recognized ' as an authority on these subjects. During the war, among her many charitable activities, she organized a series of poets' readings and by this means gained large sums for her various organizations. The bridegroom. Prince Antoine, Bibesco, Bibes-co, is counselor to the Rumanian legation. lega-tion. He is the grandson of the late reigning prince of Rumania, being the direct descendant of George Demetrius Bibesco, who was sovereign prince of AVallachia, before tho incorpo ration of that country into tho kingdom of Rumania. Prince Bibesco was born and educated in Paris. He is very wealthy, being the owner of large oil fields in Rumania. At an early age he took up the pursuit of letters and wrote a number of plays. In lliOd Madame Rejano appeared in one of his plays, "Jacques Abran," and another of his compositions, "La Jaloux," was performed at the Theater Antoine. Paris. Following the honeymoon, it is expected expect-ed that the young couple the prince is 40 years ot age, while his bride is 2? will divide their time for the next few-years few-years between London, where the, prince has already secured a residence, and Paris, in which city he owns a charming house.