Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-10-09
A SEA OF DIAMONDS.
The Gifts of Royal Lover of go to His
Bride of %.
Correspondence New York World.

! event IN the fashionable world, despite
the absence from the festivities at Pots
dam Of the Emperor and Empress of
Germany. The new palace was superb
ly decorated, and the ceremony took
place in the Jasper Gallery, which, for
the occasion, was turned into chapel.
The dresses were elegant beyond any
thing seen since the nuptials of the
Duke and Duchess Of Edinburg. The
brides dress was Of silver brocade,
richly embroidered, with a very long
train; over it was the long veil Of lace,
head and veil being adorned with
myrtle and orange blossoms, with
which, by the way, all the articles. of
the rousseau were worked. The Crown
Princess of Prussia wore white da-
mask underskirt richly adorned with
silver, and her train was of light blue
velvet, trimmed at the end with roses.
and her neck was graced by GOLFERS Of
pearls and diamonds; her doublet and
train were also enriched by diamond
clasps. The Princess Frederick Charles,
mother of the bride, wore a white da-
mask underskirt embroidered with sill
yer, and over it a pale green tunic lined
with ruby satin and turned over at the
sides. Branches Of pink acacia formed
| her head-dress, surmounted by dia-
dem. The Grand Duchess of Weimar
appeared in a cardinal red dress, trim
. med profusely with old lace. Herjew-
els were Of the most exquisite character
and much admired. The Grand Du-
chess Of Oldenburg, younger sister Of
the bride, who was married last Febr-
dary, wore q costume Of light blue and
bpink; the still younger sisterythe Prin-
cess Louise Margaretha, fancee Of the
| Duke of Connaught, a light pink satin !;
and the Hereditary Princess of Meinin-
gen, the Princess Charlotte, daughter of
the crown prince, who also was married
1 in February, light blue velvet over
liskirt: with an underskirt of the same
hue and trimmed with rich Brussels
lace. The Hereditary Grand Duchess
of Welmar's costume was in contrast
with the others, being enriched with
colored embroidery, which showed to
advantage her magnificent brllliants
and pearls. 1t was fortunate that the
robe de cour was not de 7igue,r for the
other ladies who attended the ceremony
since their trains would have been
trampled on in the crush they were,
however, models of elegance. The
Princess ,Radziwill wore white satin,
garnlshed with tea-rOses, with a Splen-
| did head-dress and cOKieT.a iLduuau GA
| Next day the - royalties went to
church. The bride wore pink dress,
while the Crown Princess was, in q dark
costume, the Princess Frederick Charles
in white, and the young Duchess Of
Connaught tposse III blue silk. Bon
nets We're dc ragHean', and SO were white
nantes. In the evening came gaia
| performance In toe theatre of the new
/ palace. At this entertainment the new
Unmarried Princess appeared in the
dladem and jewels given her by
her, husband Zig She wore n
dress b of white satin, adorned
with boquets OF roses, when also COM
posed her head-dress. The Crown
Princess toilet was Of white silk over
damask, with white flowers in her hair;
the Princess Frederick Charles was IN
white satin, with white and gold lace
and broad fringes of gold. Yariegated
flowers decked her hair. The Grand
fRuehess Of Saxony had a richly en-
| brOldered white underskirt, with light
| lilac-colored dainask robe de co,,9 over
| it; light feathers and white Z lace
formed her head dress. g., The HeEedl-
Etary Grand Duchess of Saxony appeared
in a white or cream-colored satin dress,
adorned with varicgated relief en-
broidery en- tabher.l Princess Albreent
and Princess Charlotte of Meiningen
had light pink7colored robes, trimmed
with white lace. The Hereditary Grand
| Duchess Of O1denburg was / in I'o 4 BALE
pink and princes Louise Margafetha in
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~ The gdt of the emperor and9empress
| to the bride Was a diadem Hofe brilhants
and (ten) stars, which can, at will r. be
turned into collier. The Jewels given
by the prince are Simply Wonderful.
They consist Of a diadem, p apbroach, a
collier with eleven peadelog,4es, and pro-
longation ofithe collier destined to sup;
port the corsage and ending in, two
clasps, one for each arm, technically
known as psesc : aoug,-slavery or a
fetter. The set is duplicated in sapphires
land diamonds, and was manufactured
atiBerlin from designs in the style at
Holbem. The stones were originally
the possession Of the groom's mother, a
daughter Of the Emperor PAUL of Russia.
The great sapphire ,ofathe corsage is of
the purest water and weighs about 200
carats; it is valued at 10000. There,
il, q smaller one,. Of about 100 carats, in
the crown, and round it are grouped five
other stones scarcely inferior in size
and beauty. The solitaire diamonds,
with which these sapphires can be
replaced at will, are exquisite Brazilian
gems of from ten to thirty carats weight.
The whole set is valued at more than
a million marks, say something over
| $780, 900. But then Prince Henry. can
afford such extravagances, for he is one
OF the richest princes Of Europe. He
| owns nlnety-nine estates in Holland,-
only the king can own a hundred, -
with no end OF money IN stocks, and
is. the proprietor of some afabuiously
profitable silver mines in Mexico and
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