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Show Spun Silver UsedFor Mary's Wedding Gown 1 ! 'Train to Be of Ivory Silk,! Only Few Inches Being ; Finished Each Day by Expert Weavers LONDON. Jan. 16. (By The Associated Press.) Princess t Mary's wedding gown Is to be one of cloth of silver, of magnificent deelgn The material was brought by the queen from India years a.70 and Is described as a triumph tri-umph of native manufacture. The dress will have a train of Ivory silk, shot with slh er. which is being woven by hand workers at Braintrce, F.ssex, an old English Eng-lish silk manutacturlng center, where tho art of silk weaving has been passed down from generation genera-tion to generation So great is tho caro taken in the manufacture manufac-ture of this material that only a few Inches are finished each day. Th( train is expected to bo ready soon and it then will be placed in the hands of embrold-1 embrold-1 erers Many plans for presenting wedding gifts t., the king s daughter daugh-ter are afoot. The lord mayor of London is offering a popular fund ! for tho purpose with contributions contribu-tions limited to one pound sterling. Rumor has It that Viscount 1 I-aseelles and his royal bride may j spend part of their honeymoon at the b.-autifiil villa Medici at Fie-sole, Fie-sole, near Florence. Italy. |