The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-15

The Ceremony That United the Duke or
Newcastle and Miss Candy.


London Truth.
promised to tell you a little about the
Duke of Newcastle's wedding. Fancy its
taking two whole hours to get married!
The ceremony, however, ON this occasion
occupied exactly that time, and the bride,
naturally enough looked tired and nervous
at the end of it. The early hour, too, made
every one feel inclined to yawn little, but
1T had evidently In no way interfered with
due care in DOMINIC magnificent dresses
and the delicate adjustment of sweet little
bonnets. The best dressed women wore
very low Ones quite fat at the sides and
showing the hair freely at the back, and,
in most instances, the trimming was
and ornaments An elderly lady had
perfect galaxy of diamonds on
one side of her velvet strings. / wish
/ could make you see them in your minds
eye, as they are before mine at this moment:
The strings were fastened IN what Is called
made" bow-that is, ore that has been
sewn together and is invisibly fastened by
means of hook and eye beneath. The ends
of velvet were short and finished in dag
onal line. hemmed up. In the very center
of the bow was a large diamond brooch:
and from that to the furthermOst point OF
the left velvet end was continuous glitter
of diamonds. The earrings were diamonds
as well, each large cluster. Then, above
fixed so as to form slender coronet upon
the velvet. In the sable trimming of the
mantle, a large diamond lace-pin was
fastened. That will give you some idea of
the way In which diamonds may be dis
that of great weddings.
The devout crossed themselves as they
approached the altar, just as though they
had been Catholics, and when the Bishop
young couple, the bride made him a rever-
ence. am glad to tell you that her bou-
quet was of a sensible size, being small
enough to hold without Inconvenience, and
those of the bridesmaids followed suit.
They were made of lovely white lilac.
Their dresses, Of white serge and astrakhan
were girlishly simple, and their high
crowned hats proved very becoming, except
In the case of one very small and very
round, military white toque would not
'stay put" as the Australians say. 1t kept
falling to one side, as if it, too. were very
sleepy.
In the brocade shown softly in the bright
light of gas. All Saints, you know, is a
very dark church, the whole of one wall be-
ing windowless, and lined with magnificent
frescoes, while the windows at the other
in with stained glass. Consequently very
little daylight filters in. The ceremony
was. imposing enough until we all got too
tired to pay proper attention to 1t. The
Bishops cope and the vestments of the
other clergy were fine examples of high
church millinery, the gold and silver
threads in the embroideries coming out well
in the bright artificial light The music
was perfectly exquisite. One forgot every
BY the way, 1 am told that Sebastian
Hawkins, the boy who sang so exQuisitely
at the Murrieta-Nevill wedding, declined
to sing at the Dukes, though offered an lm-
mense sum to do so. He. would not join
any Church of England ceremonial, SO
great is his devotion to the Romish ritual:
Beginning like this, he will probably end
by being very low church indeed
The brides mother, Mrs. Candy, and her
sister, Mrs: Stirling, wore dresses alike in
every particular, save that the former had
gray gloves and the latter tan. Their
peach-colOred brocades, turned back with
dark pansy velvet, were very becoming to
both the blonde sister and the brunei
Lady Hastings also wore dark plum-col-
ored velvet, which threw her delicate tint
ing and fair hair into fine relief. Her ear
rings were large pearls set In diamonds,
and hung from pearl and diamond stars.
Mrs. STATIONS dark raven's-wing velvet
and silk, trimmed with sable, contrasted
well with her daughters dress of white
cashmere, bordered with beaver, and worn
with a mOire sash and vest and white-vel-
vet JOque with brim of beaver. Another
young girl wore white straw, hat trimmed
with lilies of the valley-a spring-lik Ike head
gear that came out effectively among all
the dark furs and velvets. An elderly lady,
WITH lovely Wnlue lalr, was In dark prun6
velvet and sable, with bonnet tOmatch, and
diamonds in the strings.
The two little pages looked as though
they had just stepped out of an old picture,
In their white satin coats and blue 81 X
waistcoats, with knee breeches and silk
stockings. Unfortunately, they were not
of size, and the case was hardly one for
the operations of Procrustes. Nearly every
guest had a bunch of flowers on her muff or
fastened In her dress. More than one cluster
of rna al in, ho, he
Bishop of Lincoln. in his address, spoke to
the Duke and Duchess, not only Of their re-
latiOns with each other, and their mutual
duties, but of the responsibilities of large
household and great estates. When he
spoke of the bride as q fair ,fiower, the re-
suit or years of care and culture, her mother
looked as if she would like very much to
know what he was going to say next.
1t was weary business getting away when
the service was at last concluded, and it
was nearly IL O'Clock before we emerged
from the crowded awning and caught a
glimpse of the enormous assembly that had
collected in Margaret street. 1t is not every
day that duke is married, Amy dear, and
curiosity was particularly on the alert on
this occasion, as the Duke is known to have
been the victim of a nurses carelessness in
his babyhood, and as his bride Is only sew
enteen. She is not beautiful. but has a
fresh, ingenious, and girlish face-one of
those that grow handsOmer up to- and past,
the years of maturity. The young couple
are to spend their honeymoon on the CONT
nent, but they broke their journey by stay
ing for few days at the West Cliff Hotel
at Folkestone.