The morning news., 1889-03-15
THE DUKES WEDDING.
The Ceremony was Performed in Two
Hours.
From london Truth.


Hours.
From London Trttth
1nronlised to tell you a little about the
mike of Newcastles wedding. Fancy its
.otino two whole hours to get married
The ceremony, however, on this occasion
occupied exactly that time, and the bride,
roturally enough, looked tired and nervous
at the end of it. The early hour, too, made
very one feel inclined to yawn little, but
u had evidently in no way Interfered with
dne care in donning magnificent dresses and
tba delicate adjustment Of sweet little
bonnets The best dressed women wore
ysrv low ones, quite fiat at the
.ides and showing the hair freely at
The hack. and, In most instances, the trim
u,ing was largely illuminated with diamond
nios6s lJa and ornaments. An elderly lady had
nerfect galaxy of diamonds on one side OF
bar velvet strings / wish | could make
vou see them in your minds eye, as they
ere before mine at this moment. The
Strings were fastened to what is called a
Ismaden bow--that is, one that has been
sewn together, and is lnvisibly fastened by
,raens of a hook and eye beneath. The
ands of velvet were short, and finished in
diagonal line, hemmed up. In the
rerv 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 we're diamonds as well, each
large cluster. Then, above the brim of the
bonnot, diamond stars were fixed so as to
form q slender coronet upon the velvet In
the sable trimming of the mantle, large
diamond lace pin was fastened. That will
Give YOU some idea of the way in which dia-
monds may be displayed in the daytime on
such occasions as that of great weddings.
The devout crossed themselves as they ap-
Al oIf inst f1oVy had
been Catholics, and when the bishop ad-
vanced to do his part in uniting the young
couple the bride made him reverence. i
am glad to tell you that her bouquet 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 aud astrachan, were girlishly
simple, and their high-crowned hats proved
very becoming, except in the case of one
very small and very sleepy and tired little
bridesmaid, whose round, military white
toque would not ''stay put" as the Austral.
ians say 1t kept falling to one side, as if it,
too, were very sleepy.
The brides dress was lovely. The silver
in the brocade shone softly in the bright
light of gas. All Saints, you know, is a
very dark church, the whole of one wall
being windowless, and lined with magnifi-
cent frescoes, while the windows at the other
side are not only very high, but are filled
with stained class. Consequently very lit
tie daylight filters in. The ceremony was
imposing enough until we all got
too tired to pay proper attention to it. 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 everything in listen
ing to it.
By the way, am told that Sebastian
Hawkins, the boy who sang so exquisitely
at the Murreta-Nevil wedding, declined to
sing at the dukes though offered an inn
mense sum to do so. He would not join in
any church of England ceremonial, so great
is his devotion to the Romish ritual. Be-
ginning like this, he will probably end by
beng 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 bruno.
Lady Hastings also wore dark plum -colored
velvet which threw her delicate tinting
and fair hair into fine relief. Her earrings
we're large pearls set in diamonds, and hung
from pearl and diamond stars.
Mrs Stratton's 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
velvet toque with brinl of beaver. Another
young girl wore white-straw hat, trimmed
with lilies of the valley-a spring-like head
gear that came out effectively among all
the dark furs and velvets. An elderly lady,
with lovely white hair, was in dark prune
velvet and sable, with bonnet to match,
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The two little pages looked as though
they had just stepped out Of an old picture,
in their white satin coats and blue silk
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 bunch of flowers on her muff
or fastened in her dress. More than
one cluster of real flowers
were worn in bonnets. The
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 a large
spoke OF the bride as fair flower, the re-
suit OF 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 a weary business getting away
when the service was at last concluded, and
IL 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 baby
hood, and as his bride is only
H. She is not beautiful, but has fresh,
ingenious and girlish face-one of those
that grow handsomer up to, and past the
years of maturity. The young couple are
10 spend their honeymoon on the Continent,
out they broke their journey by staying for
a te" days at the West Cliff hotel at Folke-
stone.