Show ROYAL BRIDE AND GROOM King Alfonso of Spain and Princess Victoria Wedded at Madrid Madrid This city was a blaze ol color and tho sun shono from a cloudless cloud-less sky on the wedding day of King Alfonso and Princess Victoria All Spain rejoiced and the capital has not witnessed such scenes of enthusiasm iiilng 1 tho present generation Tho municipality had given free rein to the popular rejoicings and the schools and public Institutions were closed tho whole population giving Itself It-self up to celebrating the kings marriage mar-riage Tho wedding cortege started from the royal palace at 930 a m and was tho most magnificent In the memory of the residents of Madrid i Tho church of San Jerontmo ol Real where the nuptial mass was celebrated and tho marriage benediction pronounced pro-nounced Is a quaint old structure which has passed through somo strango vicissitudes This Is not tho first royal marriage celebrated there for tho wedding of Isabella II tool plats In great pomp within Its walls Hut more recently tho church was abandoned to a carpenters shop and planing mill and the whirr of saws took the place of the solemn measures of the mass later I It has been re store As the royal couple entered the church the assemblage arose and 200 choristers Intoned a processional hymn rime king looked calm happy and slightly pale as usual Across tho breast of his field marshals uniform uni-form was tho blue and white sash of the Order of Charles III and on his breast sparkled tho orders of tho Garter Gar-ter and tho Golden Fleece Tho bride entered with her mother brother and Queen Christina the silvered sil-vered embroidery of her wedding dress being reflected by tho myriads of lights until the brine usomed to ho robed In Jewels Her veil slightly drawn aside revealed her clear fine features with cheeks full of youthful color Tho king advanced to meet the bride and they stood together as the marriage mar-riage service began Tho ceremony was performed with all tho Impressiveness Impressive-ness of the Roman ritual Cardinal Sancha archbishop of Toledo robed In crimson silk officiating assisted by a special nuncla of tho pope and tho highest dignitaries of tho church with scores of acolytes and incenso burners The ceremony which lasted nearly an hour terminated with tho nuncio pronouncing the popes benediction bene-diction on the newly married couplo and tho chanting of tho To Dcura As tho king and Princess Victoria were pronounced man and wife tho flows was signaled to tho waiting crowds and all Madrid broke Into frantic demonstrations of Joy while cannon boomed and church bells chimed |