The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-04-20
HOW THEY WERE WE'D.
An Account Of the Marriage Of the EN-.
peror of China.

Promptly at noon on the wedding
day four princesses of the line pro-
ceeded to the residence of the new
Empress to assist her in her robing.
Her gear Was AS follows: A red silk
head-dress decorated with pearls, chry-
sophrases, coral, rubies, carnelians
anelhysis, jasper and blue feathers.
An embroidered court robe decorated
with pearls, with jewels on the over
laps, two strings OF coral beads, neck
lace decorated with coral, pair of
jeweled ear rings and handkerchief.
The process of robing must have been
supposed to be to many ladies OF our
own civilization, for she rested for
some time after it was over.
HER CHAIR AND scEPTER.
Presently eunuch made his appear
ance and told her that there was a
marriage contract and q gold seal
lying around outside, and that II ste
would step that way she might in>
spect them and decide whether or not
she killed them. Two PriDcesses
walked out with her, and eunuch
read her the contract. It was thor
oughIy satisfactory TO her, as it had
been to Kuang, and she went back to
her hall again and took another rest
after this tedious proceeding. When
she had gone the scepter and seal were
handed to the chief commissioner,
who replaced them in their pavilions.
certain place. AT signal from the
chief eunuch eight Others brought into
the hall the Empress chair, containing
Il scepter inlaid with jade. Two prin.
cesses took it cut of the chair at once
and handed it to eunach. He turned
it over to the officer of the imperial
household, who replaced it in its pa
wilton. L..t
SIZE GOES TO THE PALACE.
Then the Princess helped the Em-
press to her seat in the chair, which
had been fumigated with a piece of
Thibetan incense and placed in GER
tain position which is known az:
"Pleasing Cod" When she was COM
fortably seated the princesses gave her
an apple, and then the procession es-
coSteu The Empress to the imperial
palace, into which eight eunuchs car
ried her in her chair 10 the sweet
Chinese strains given forth by the
Board Of Music. Once inside the En-
press was requested to alight, and was
to another chair decorated
with pescock's feathers, IN which she
was carried into the Chung-Tsin palace
and the chair set down over braz;er
Of live Goals. A princess then invited
her to alight, and presented her with
an apple and Il "preciOus bottle" con-
tanning pearls ana gold coins.
DID HE KISS HER?
BY this time the Emperor, arraye,i
In all the glory of q Chinese wedding
suit, had arrived. He took up bow
and arrow, which he found by u clever
accident on the threshold of the bridal
chamber, and shot at a saddle that also
lay there. This bit OF sport over, he
approached his bride aud removed her
veil. 1t Is ut this point in the mar
riage ceremony that well-ordered BRIDE
grooms OH this side of the world per-
form feat Of OSCILLATION, bu, tho North
China News is silent on this subject in
dealing with the E,nperor's nup,,als.
Two Processes then conducted the
Empress to the bridal chamber, where
she sat on the ten-hand s;do of the bed,
face TO face with the Emperor, who ga /
on the other side, and the princesses
asked the imperial couple TO drink by
Joining their wine cups.
Later on in the day some OF The
ladies of the court, according to II
custom, offered the "Pud-
ding of Sons and Grandsons'' and the
'tBrOth Of Long Life"
TlIET KOWToWED Ali DAY,
Al o'clock the next morning the
l'rincesscS went to the bridal chat
to assis, the Empress in robing. The
Emperor donntd his court robe and
the couple We're given a few instruc-
lions about the machinery Of kow-
lowing, to which the day was abou,
given up. The Emperor first conduc-
led his bride to worship the gods OF
heaven, earth and the household, w hich
was done by kneclipg and kowtowipg
niue times. They then went II the
lIwu-h uang temple, burned Thibetau
incense and kowtowed nine times; aud |
hence to the Cheng. CHEN palace.
where they kowtowed nine times |
before the images OF their grandfather,
ather and brother. Their next trip
was to the CheU hsu palace for the pur-