The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-22
ONE STORY OF A GREAT FETE.
A ROYAL sTLrER UEDDING As 1T IN
PRESSED A pOUAG GIRL.
Her Account OF n In Letter Uofne-FiRR.,
Decorations, Musie, Court Costumes, Fire
works, Diamonds, aud flowers aud all Tint

BRUSSELS, Sept. s. Ou VIII have received
by this time Ms letter saying intended
giving you a description Of the fetcs in honor
Of the silver wedding OF the King and Queen. so
| may AZ well plunge boldly in and begin at
once.
On Wednesday evening the flags wore hung
ont all over town. Thursday evening. the 22l.
at o o'clock. the opening Of the ietcs was an
nounced by twenty-five coups de canon" II
was n gorgeous dnyl At 10 o'clock TIE
| Deum" WINS given at the Cathedral OF 81. Ge-
| dulc. We did not attempt TO 70. rs entering the
| church was an utter npossibility. Tho royal
| party was Of course there. accompanied by the
| magnatcs Of tho land and many foreign officials
and dignitarics. The display of carriages was
worry fine. Mr.. Lumlcy the British Anibnssn-
| dor had n coach brought expressly from Eng
! land for the occasion. Crimson hammer cloth,
| coachman and footmcn In powder and livery
| trimmed with silver and silver harness. Mr.
Iumlcy knows what's what. and docs every
| thing in style; everything was In excellent
TASTE md his turnout" was decidedly the
! handsomcst one present. Last week he gave n
very handsome entertainment 10 some German
mobiles, and rs n rccompensc Tor SO we'll repre-
scntlng her British Majesty ho has
been named Knight OF tho Bath
land henooforih the title Of Sir. by Queen
Vie. In souvenir Of his silver wedding tho
King presented the Ambassadors with the order
! Of Leopold. and. ns the British Government
does not allow its Amt lsSndors g. receive orders
| the King graciously presented Mr. Lumley with
| his portrait
| OF Belgium WAS n diamond crown and lnce
! train. ] have succeeded in finding a picture Of
! the crown. SO you judge Of its beauty Tor your
| self. The centre diamond is Of tweniy-three
| cnrnts and cost forty thousand francs Ola
| monds are cheaper here than IN Amutical and
| the entire crown cost one hundred and fty
| thousand francs. The train Is composed "
| pieces an inch square. woven together. and rep
| provinces Of Belgium. At o'clock docsn-
| ton II two thousand women from oil over Bel
| GUM were to present the crown and train H. the
| Queen. An elevated plato m was built before
| the palace. whore tho wives Of tho Ministers
| and Members of Parliament only were To- lie
seated. but Count -- procured three places for
us on the platform for all the feics excepting the
presentation o' the crown, md rs only two could
/ be obtained, mamma took Maggie with her and
| went with the Countess q. 10 tho balcony
OF THE, House of ,pariiamcnt whore we saw
palace. from which 1t Is separated hy the
Park. The ladies' formed in tho Park accord
! soldiers on each side. out the Park gate 10 tho
| halnce. Ihrro were some peasant women among
villages. The King and Queen re,ei. i them
IN the interior Of the palacc; ;ire Queen wore
| silk. black lace shawl, and n cream colorcl
| hat with bunch ot scarlet roses in the front
| Nine. Anspach. wife Of the bourgncstre II
| Brussels, made speech. to which tho Queen
| replied. th.n the ladies' passed in single Ne be-
! for. their Mal~stis through tho reception room
| and out the other side Of the Palace.
AIS went with tie Countess C. 20 a grand
concert IN tAs PARK. Crowds = people We're
| there. many q them heing tho beauties Of the
| population. We stayed in the PARK uniil 5.
! Listening 10 IN" splendid singing. At = o'clock
SOC the iliuminntion Tn sirce,s 10, k.i ikoa
segen" in airyland. and were As bright NJ day.
ish, n m co'r H. Hte TocIvv1co iSd naoc
~ he Count OF flanders; The house Of the Prince
| he Lignc president 81 the SenRiel and the
| iia,e kpyaIe Wrre gorgeous, ana tho statue Of
| updriroid de- BouiIlon. in tho centre ~ tho
Place. looked fairly ayei The Gal.ries s..
Huh.rt were also sreididiy lighted. When We
reached the ]; lueNard Central We wore Obliged
70 fan IA the Line ~ carriages. As eng IL | live
l. shnll never forget N" hennty of the srcnrl
The boulevard. one 81 the hand~pncst ia Brus-
srls. s long and very .wide, and ~ FAR NJ the
| eye could reach on either side WIS on. line If
houses hung with Chinese. Japaup-'. and Va
| neiian lanterns - every size aud hue: flowers
| flags Of all nations flying in the wind. Below
rs wore tho people. ono compact and solid
mass. | am sure il pin had fallen among
Soon % W. heard cri , Of WV 10 h. Vyo
Ia Reno" and several Of the royal coaches.
gala livery. drove by. So close t. MS W.
could have ton he'd them II we had nut out our
presence dinner given q the BDurse by the
Conseille provisionale. All the Ambassadors
and many foreign poieniat"s were thcre-Lord
Torringt9n Eng land. the Duke Of Ossma
Spain, Prince lpsl!ante lGreecel. the Arch
duke NNarlrN /. NAis ~ Afi~'Ilu. cousin 10 thu
Queen md O. whom she was married 10y PROXY
the two sons Of the Crown Prince Of Prussia
and the Prince Orion. Russian Ambassador To
wore a dress NJ ruhy-colored sat H. covered with
lace train and the diamond crown upon her
| head. After the dinner the X ing led tho Queen
| thusiast ally greeted by the crowd. when we
| met tue royal carriages they were on their way
| e. gala representation AZ the opera Beside
| tho Queen sat Countess lie Grim lady-in- wait
| ing to her Majesty blazing with diamonds. The
Irllfp lITlnU "a ~ Ia
| broldered with gold from the shoulders hung
mantle u white cAchemire also embroidered
with gold and heavily trimmed with fur
| Twelve years ago Prince q. was ambassador 10
belgium and used 70 make his appearance ut
Court covered with diamonds. Then came the
Turks in their scarlet fc2z"s after them Sir
sa nd LHmley em9roidSred with gold on every
many others AL in full uniforms or court suit
forming most brilliant cort6gc.
After they hal all PASSED We drove 10 the fire.
works at tho new Falais de- Justice. for which
we hal sp"clal entrance card. hut the crowd
was SO timex that We could in no wise approach
ANA remained ia the Place Ruyule. whore We
saw quite we'll all that WAS 10 bee seen. A. tho on
trnn'e ~ one II tho streets a fountain was erect
ed. In the centre was a WI ite statue If "A umnn
with III" water flowing round her and falling i'm
natrd was erected over tho wnter nv1mh md
on rnrh side amidst bank 81 flowers were the
hustS Of the King and Queen. Lower down
wh"r" the fountain fell into the basil were two
Stepping lions, one on either side; the effect -
the fountain was very much heightened 10y cal
cum cum nsh's 1'lhg thrown upon Il There were
many 'illil ''' % tAlin III ne bkItcls, none
So beautiful us this one.
Tho next day, Friday. the King reviewed the
Garde ClViIuH lliome Guard AK thousand
| troops IN all They were Ordered out AT II
o'clock in pouring rain; but Ms tho King lrft
the Palace al |. the weather began to clear
me soldiers were stationed along the Boule-
wards and the ny, accom- panied hy hi- stalIHnd
tho Count OF Flanders rode down the limos. rhn
review then took place before the Palace whore
IN" Queen. her suite. and some Of the Dplo-
matte Corps We're seated in the balcony. AT
the review was over, and nt 8 the Queen. with
the mite princess Clementine. drove out hor
four Little yellow ponies. saturday afternoon
al the review Of the schools took ulaco and
was the most beautiful sight Of the ietrs. They
were thirty thousand in numbcr. little girls aud
boys some OF them not more than three years
old. Inc girls were, oil dressed in white, and
wore the Belgian and Austrian tthe Queen is nm
AUSTRIAN colors. The King. Queen, and for
clgn princes stood in the centre Of tho plat
form whore carpets had been sur"nd
and seats prepare4 ,for theq. Eaei
class. ~ II passed before them. had
T. Gym wy v Of snnlHinE, Some cried, .Yyele
flags they carried. others sang and some threw
flowers before the King ana Queen. Tho "on-
lants dr troupe, sons Of officers. marched like
l4tie RUSSIAN soldiers and were greatly ap-
plauded. lttook two hours and u half straiy
walking, for all the children 10 piss For