, 1880-09-24
Mary Cation.

| In the Spring Of 1925, Mrs Robert
Patterson and her sister Elizabeth visit
ed Ireland. In Dublin she resumed
her acquaintance with the MARQUIS Of
Wellesley, who paid her the most fiat.
tering attentions. 1t was soon an.
nOanced that the Lord-Lieutenaut wac
Engaged to he, married to Mrs. Patter-
son, the most beautiful,of the American
graces. The wedding took place in the
Castle of Dublin, the residence of the
Viceroy, on the 29th of October, 1925
AT 3 o'clock in the afternoon of that
day two of the Lord -Lieutenants car.
rlages, with a numerous retiuue of ser.
wants in their state liveries, arrived at
the fashionable hotel in Sackville street
where the bride elect and her sister had
been stopping during the three months
fprevious The two ladies, accompanied
by Colonel Shaw and Mr.. johnson, en-.
tered one of the carriages, and drove to
the Viceregal residence in Phcenix Park.
followed by her suite, After sumptu.
Gus banquet at q. quarter past 6, the
wedding took place. The Lord Primate
of Ireland performed the rite according
to the ceremonial of the Church of Eng
lane, and Immediately afterward the
Catholic Archbishop OF Dublin read the
marriage 1seryice prescribed by the
Church, Of Rome, the bride being q
Catholic
The Marquis Of, Wellesley, was at this
time SIS years Old, and his BRIDE was 81.
A series of brilliant entertainments was
given in honor Of the new Vice-Queen.
Gay and splendid was the Irish court
when the lovely Mary Cation, the Mar.
chioness OF Wellesley, presided over
Dublin Castlezrmore splendid than the
court of George ~, where there was
no Queen, The celebrated Miss Am
brose, who occupied the throne Of beau,
ty atsthe court Of lord Chesterfield in
the middle of the eighteenth century,
was surpassed in grace, beauty and dig
nifty by the peerless American who
ruled the heart and court of the Marquis
of Wellesley in the second quarter of
the nineteenth century, A gentleman
who was present on the occasion gives
the following entertaining description of
the Lord-Lieutenant and Lady Welles.
ley at a public ball held at 'Rotunda-
one of the purest specimens of archi.
ttecture in Dublin. The affair came off
on May II, 1926. At 10 o'clock
the Viceroy entered the magnif-
saloon with his beautiful MarchioneSs
leaning upon his arm They were re.
ceived with acclamations, and all eyes
We're fixed upon the vice royal pair, and
with slow and stately step they advanced
up the saloon, followed by a brilliant
suite. They were noble looking
couple, oriaIthough the Lord Lieutenant
Yves, small in stature, his bearing was
prineeIy and digniied. He still pre-
served much Of the remarkable beauty
which had distinguished him in his
youth. A throne, surmounted by o
magnificent canopy of scarlet vild gold,
was erected. at the extreme end of the
room. Here they seated themselves
while their suit formed q hollow square
around it, to exclude the spectators
from & too near approach. The Mar
quis of Wellesley wore on this OCCASION
rich uniform profusely decorated with
orders The ,Marchippess was dressed
simply in white, but looked every inch
queen. She was ~dignifed but at the
same time easy in her "manhers. Her
figure was cxquisitely proportioned, her
arms and shoulders beautifully moulded,
her features were classical, her profile
delicate and distinguished, her complex.
ION fair and lovely beyond description,
her checks softly chisened and her nose,
that difficult feature, was straight and
G-ecan in form. Certainly no other
court in Europe could have produced
woman Of greater elegance Or more &C
comphshed manners than the American
Queen of the Irish court 9.l159
While the AIarchiDhess of Wellesley
was presiding over Dublin Castle, tie
attention of the whole American people
was turned toward her grandfather as
the last survivor Of the fsisners of the
Declaration of independence, who, like
the books Of. the Sibyis, increased in
value as they decreased in, numbers.
On the morning of the Fourth of July
1926 only three remained Of the orig
inal fifty sixAJohng Adams, Thomas
Jefferson and Charles Carroll. rAt the
very time when ten millions of free men
wnra celehrntinnt the inhilnn Of their