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Show Austria's Imperial Wedding. The forthcoming imperial wedding haa restored a little life to tho Austrian court, which has been miserably dull j since Prince Rudolph's tragic death, Al- though the marriage of the Archduchess Valerie with the Archduke Franz Salva-tor Salva-tor on July iil is to be solemnized privately pri-vately at Ischl on account of the empress' em-press' delicate health, the event will be kept throughout the empire with considerable con-siderable festivity. Many towns are founding charitable institutions in the young princess' honor, as she prefers such useful remembrances to costly gifts of jewelry. On the Kith the bride elect renounced all her rights to the crown, according to the rule for Austrian archduchesses arch-duchesses about to be married. Part of her trousseau and many wedding presents pres-ents have been exhibited at the Vienna hofburg, and the dresses will be shown during the next few weeks. All the clothes are of Austrian manufacture, and very simple, though exquisitely made. The princess and her fiance lmvo now accompanied the empress on a pilgrimage pil-grimage to the famous shrine of Marin-zell, Marin-zell, to fulfil a promise made to the empress' em-press' dying sister, the princess of Thura and Tasis. London Illustrated News, |