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Show OO IMPERIAL WEDDING TO COST LARGE SUM TOKIO. Sept. 2 (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press Simplicity will be the keynote of the wedding ceremonies of the prince regent to PrinOOSS Nagiiko Kunl. the total expenditures beinir .s-tlmated .s-tlmated at 5.000.000 yen Two-thirds, of thl-? will be expended ln preparation prepara-tion of the marriage and the purchase of gifts, while one-third will be required re-quired for the ceremony Itself, the, jerecton of special buildings, banquets and coachea for the procession. The prince regent's betrothal gift to the princess will be a small sword decorated deco-rated with the Imperial crest of gold chrysanthemums. It Is now belngi made b a famous swordsmlth of' Osaka The princess' trousseau Includes! both foreign dres&evs and kimono, a, .Town and necklaces whose value Is estimated at 1.000.000 yen. Iler cere-l monlal rohsS are being manufactured1 ;n Kyoto at a cost of 20.000 yen and 20 chests of drawers of paulownla wood valued at 1000 en each will contain con-tain her kimono for all the four seasons. sea-sons. Three thousand persons will bj ntertained at the Imperial banquet Klven In connection with an event uponl which the nation attaches great Importance. |