The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-03

measure until they retire Into privacy,
when 1t Ia at once extinguished.
In our times this is expressed by a
procession after the close Of the polo
| tdtse parade. The ministers hand over
their tapers to the pages In waiting,
who carry them, still lighted, up to the
apartments Of the Empress, where they
stand at the door and extinguish
them as the stately procession passes
in. The court etiquette of Prussia con-
siders the bridal couples to have retired
fFom public view WHEN they Pasa this
door. The crowns are removed from
the brows Of the brides. They change
their dresses, and the body of each
dress is sent with the jewels Of the bride
under an escort to the jewel office; and
after little the first ladies In waiting
Of the two brides reappear, each at the
door OF the apartments Of her princely
mistress, TO distribute the garters OF the
brides to the gentlemen OF the court,
who scramble and scut1le for the honor
Of carrying Off piece OF these interest
ing memorials. 1t is strictly symbolic
operation, be it understood. Two
ribbons fringed with silver lace, and
bearing one the initial @ with eoronet,
and the other the initial u with a
eoronet, having been prepared In ad
vance, are drawn by the ladies in wait
Ing from their pockets, held for q mo-
tnent against the dress Of each bride to
identify them with the fair weRrers, and
out into bits, which are thrown about
to be scrambled for. With this ended
the public ceremonial OF the princely
weddings at Berlin.
Both the princely couples will re-
main In Berlin till Friday, the Heredi-
tary Prince Of SAKE. Meiningen and the
Princess Charlotte occupying the IA
nous old brdutkd,nmer, or bridal cham
Der of the Hohenzollerns, III the ancient
electoral apartments OF the Palace, &C
eording to inexorable custom. For the
first time double wedding has oc-
Cured lii the Schloss, and the authori-
ties were long sorely puzzled how to
overcome the obvious difficulty pre-
sented indeed, at one time the holding
OF the two marriages on two successive
days was seriously meditated.
Finally, somebody az clever as
Columbus with the egg suggested
The ,t I idea Of preparing SECOND bridal,
Inspiration. For The heir Of Oldenburg
and the Princess Elizabeth has been set
apart the old private chapel near the
drunen Hut which, apart from q few
pictures Of saints, had none of the
specially sacred ornaments of such
place. This, with the adjoining Bruins
wick apartments on the second floor on
the side OF the Palace towards the Spree,
were completely restored for the nuptial
festivities.
The trousseaux OF the royal brides
have been for some time on exhibition
In the hall OF the Body Guards, at the
Imperial Palace in Berlin. Both were
exclusively OF German manufacture,
hn ,rtt
cles; the designs also were by native
Each took year to
The lace was made in Sile-
sia, the linen, nearly all Of which was
at Berlin and Frankfort.
The dressing Jackets, chemises and
other articles Of underwear Of the
Princess Charlotte were adorned with
broad Madeira embroidery and Valen-
riennes lace from four to eight inches
Ia width. The patterns. in accordance
with the wishes Of the Grown
Princess, are transparent. The
ohemises are embroidered in front in
bodice shape, the sleeves being formed |
entirely Of embroidery and lace. The
tasteful. Besides those of plain Uam
brio, there are the so-called iour-ker-
chiefs with daimler work. in which the
Ia worked 30 as to correspond |
With the design Of the border The
points kerchiefs are In duchesse and |
Donts rOndes, but without monogram,
The lace work being too wide to admit
u one. Other pocket handkerchiefs are
II cambria, with a filagreed border, and
lave the crowned 80" as monogram,
Within which are the three remaining
initials of the bride, ". e. A." ex-
,cuted In various styles. The design of
he ground on which the prettily en-
,roidered monogram Is worked is
Executed In net work. The towels
re of white damask. part with a
'olored border. The damask table linen
las the initials Of the bride and BRIDE
room embroidered on each corner, as
veil as their arms, the designs being
lifferent in each set. The bed covers
ire of red silk. the pattern being formed
Il fresh oolored wild flowers. The
bread and silk stockings correspond
With the other articles Of the trousseau,
md are adorned with monograms and
rowns. The difference between the
rousseaux Of the two princesses was
mainly In details OF ornamentation.
The Princess Elizabeth, however, re-
eives much the richer dover, the prt-
ate means Of the Princess Charlotte's
ather, the future Emperor, being CON-
,arativety limited. From her grand
mother the Princess Elizabeth receives
ono exquisite old fashioned jewelrv
md gold and silver plate, all 90 great
'alue.
nv :Rollinrer"