Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-25

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Occasional Overture"
TUE BRIDEGROOM AND PARTY.
The bridegroom's party next drove
up and alighted--prince Henry, clad
in the white uniform Of the Prussian
Guard end wearing his orders, accom-
panied by his two unmarried brothers,
Alexander !. OF Bulgaria and Prince
Francis Joseph. and preceded by four
gentlemen in waiting. Both OF these
brothers are very handsome young
men. the former being particularly
striking in appearance. lie once
cherished hope Of winning Princess
Louise Of Wales for a wife, perhaps
has not abandoned il even now,
( and if such matters went by mat
denly favor it would be hard
TO find his rival in at least physical at
fractions. Francis is four yeara
younger, and wears his uniform as
sous.lieutenant in the iIesse regiment,
Leib Garde. by contrast with these
Apollos, his brothers, the bridegroom
does not show to advantage, though
considered separately he is accounted a
| handsome man. Beside them his face
looks vacant. and his eyes are much too
near together. The three were mar
shalled into the church under the %gis
| a. the Lord Chamberlain, aud were
ERECTED by an organ peal.
THE BRIDESMAIDS
Al this point the bridesmaids, who
had been waiting in the yestry from The
time Of the arrival Of the royal process
sion. left il for the entrance to the
churchyard. there to receive the BRIDE
They were ten in number Three daugh-
ters of the Prince Of Wales--Princesscs
Louisa. aged eighteen Victoria. aged
seventeen, and Maud, aged sixteen
three daughters Of the Duke OF Edin-
| burgh--Princesse Marie, aged ten I;
Victoria, aged nine, and Alexan-
drne, aged seven; the two rnmar-
ried daughters Of Princess Alice, late
wife OF the Grand Duke Of Hesse,
Princesses Irene, aged nineteen, aud
Alice, aged thirteen, and Princess
IIelena's (ChriStian's) two daughters.
Wet oria Louise, aged fifteen, and
Louisa. aged thirteen. The girls
were dressed alike, all wearing gowns
of embroidered silk muslin OYER
ivory satin, and pctiicoatS of hounceS
Of Mechln lace. with design Of orange
flower buds over n satin corsage
trimmed with the same lace; but the
differences in age, covering almost
the gamut from womanhood g. IN
fancy. were very delicately deferred %
in the cut and style. As they waited
they were seen to be an extremely
pretty group Of maidenS. all with the
childish sOltneSs Of outline and fine
complexion which belongs to the youth
tine Of Tie Guelph,, and all bearing
themselves, even to the tiniest damsel,
with that pretty stimulation Of modesty
which children get when their only
mission in life from baby hood IS to be
looked at.
THE QUEEN WITH THE BRIDE.
The arrival Of the Queen with the
bride at | o'clock was heraldcd by the
loud cheers Of the waiting crowds, the
scream Of the pipes as the royal pipers
PLAYED the /" Highland Laddie " march,
and salute from the gun &c Spithead.
The Queen and the Princess were at
tended by Lords Bradford and Lewis
ham, the Duchess OF Buccleugh, the
Dowager Marchioness of Ely, and i've
ladies in waiting. Ihe Queen entered
the church On the brides lcft A.; the
Prince of Vale as on her .-ht. The
bridesmaids followed. Pr'@'e> Beatrice
I bowed to the guests on eithe. side as
She advanced up the aisle.
now THE BRIDE WAS DRESSED.
As the Princess advanced towart
the altar she made pretty picture
with her surroundings. She wore
dress of the richest duchesse satin
trimmed with tie rare and magniiicen
Honiton lace in which the Queen her
self was married. The front of tn,
dress had satin killing, over which
were fringeS of Grange blossom buds
and ali of the lace was caught up will
large lunches of orange-blosSOmS. Tn
train was Of plain white satin drape'
with lace. The bodice Of white satil
was cut low, and the sleeves were 0
lace. The Princess also wore
wreath of orauge-bloSsoms with tuft
Of white heather - the Scottis
token of good luck. Upon he
bosom was fastened a bouquet {
orange-blossoms, myrtle, and heather
Her hair was most charmingly al
ranged. The Queen wore during tn
ceremonr dress Of black brOch
giCLAdine, which is said to be perfect
ms'vellous as a specimen of the fines
ana most skilful Silk-weaying ever a.
complished in Europe. 1t was made {
LycaS. a new jacquard loom being sp,
cially erected, aud a new and sep
ate set Of cards prepared for thi
piece of material alone, so tn
. no other could be made. TT
pattern was a large flower Of doub
wire silk grenadiEe on a double brOct
GROUND, and looked very handsome 1
mace up over thin bright black sill
Upon the Queens head was a miniatul
aiamoLd crown. The Princess Of Vale
was dressed in white striped sstil
E with pink 70 es the Duchess Of Edil
= bureh wore barge Of two shades, an
= the Princess Christian turquois Satil
. AT TIE ALTAR,
Prince Henry of Battenbcrg sto(
at the south side Of the altar, waitil
= for the coming Of the bride. As Il
: Prince Of Wales joined the Queen al
the Princess Beatrice at the door, an
A accompanied by the bridesmaids, pr
: ceeded up the aisle, Wagaer's " Bird
!. March" was played upon the orgs
+ At the altar the Archbishop of Cante
N bury read the service, both bride al
;. groom responding in tones distinct
a hearl in all parts of the building. I'll
Is Queen gave away the bride. Aft
IN the service Mendelssohn's anthem w
[. sung by the choristers from Windso
r Upon leaving the church the order
:. the procession was reversed, the grea
IT esi going first.
e AF1Ek LEAVING THE CHURCH..
d After the return to Osborne VIII
}, was calico inch, but what was real
- a feast, was served in tents on n