The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-02-14

! A PrINCESS' WEDDING CLOTuEs.-Thc wedding
! outf. of the Princess Alexandrine, Of Prussia,
who WAS recently married 20 the Duke Frederick
RYil:ian Nicholas, of Mecklcnburg- -Scifwerin, was
a ranged for inspection in some Of the apartments
t at the ROYAL Palace at Berlin;
| Inthe first apartment were the travelirgtrunks
and boxes the second chamber contained the
princess slippers shoes and boots, III all colors,
! and also great number of colorcd silk and white
/ stockings. On one particular table, in front Of
j~the window, were the writing materials, scent
bottles, brushes, SC. In the Hall of Mirrors adj
Joining, the linen was arranged in three divisions.
On the right WIS her royal highness' travelling
be !. trimmed with white and blue six haD9inSS
intermixcd, and blue silk coyerlid
In another part Of the room were the sheets
! -four dozen in nun!ber) the towels and napkins
jtwentv-tOur dOzcn Of cach) nicely arranged with
! toilet covers and so forth, all numbered, and
bearing her royal highneSs' initials worked in
silk: and next was table with the corSets and
csino!ines, smoothing irons and boards. The
middle table was covered With the under linen,
the chcr,iSeS ttwenty-four doZenb trimmed with
costly lace ald embroidery; the little dressing
Jackets (rou. Lozen), aud four ,o1 n c2.S, with
White embroidered untlercl0thes, &c. Elsewhere
were the fine linen negligeS, drcs ing Jackets,
while the hair is being dressed, and pocket hand
kerchiefS. The principal portion Ofthc outfit was
! displayed in the adjoining dining room. Here
was her royal highneSs' dressing case, all the fl
tings OF which were Of solid silver, and close by
were the gloves, in all coorS. Near at hand was
a table covered with her royal hjghneSS' or1a-
mems. Of these must first be mentioned the bri-
dal gift of the King-a diamond necklace-of
course Of the first water, nineteen stones on each
side, with an exceedingly large one inthe centre,
all very beautifully set; also diadem OF large
peaIl.<hapcd pearls with dew-dropS in hrilliantS,
presented by her royal highness the Princess
Charles A gift from the P'iacesS' mother con-
sisted of necklace Of Siberian amethystS set in
riiants, and diadcm Of emcralds as large as
nuts with brilliants. The Dowagcr Queen Of
Prussa's gift consisted Of a diadem aud other Or
namrnts, consisting Of large TOT: .uoSes and fne
brliants Opposite these were the bridal ami
state robes of ample length and breadth, the train
ornamented with gold and silver embroidery.
The train Of the bridal robe, aud the robe itself,
were Of the heaviest white MORE antique, beauti-
fully embroidered with silver Above the robe
was the bridal wreath. The Court train beneath
was of blue velvet, and embroidered in silver
with lilies and iasnineS A third robe was Of
purple velvet, ornamented with gold embroidery
of an arabesque pattern. Near the bridal robe
was handkerchief Of costly Brussels lace, and
pretty little fan. Under tue Court robe was
dress of tulle embroidered with satin and silver,
underlaid and garni>hed very taste!ulY with blue
velvet Near at hand were a great number Of ball
and wedding dresses, and conspicuous among
these was black velvet jacket trimmed with
beautiful coral.