Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-16
She BECOMES A PRINCESS.
MARRIAGE OF MISS CLARA HUNT
IEGTON TO PRINCE HATZFELDT.
Many Distinguished People Present
Wedding Presents that are Worth
Fortune.

Miss Clara Huntington was married a.
St. Wilfrid's Chapel, Brompton Oratory,
yesterday morning. to Prince Hatzfeldt of
Schonstein, Germany. Miss Huntington
is the daughter of Hon. Coils P. Hunting
ton, who is one of the most brilliant, as
well as one of the stablest, railroad mana
gers and fnanciers of the United States,
which also considers him one of the great
commercial princes of country abound
ing in men of wealth. Prince Hatzfeldt is
the nephew of Count Hatzfeldt, German
ambassador to England, and is the direct
descendant of line which dates back 900
years. 1t has been the desire of Mr.. and
Mrs. Huntington that their daughter
should be married in New York, where
they have splendid residence, and until
two weeks ago it was generally understood
that this programme would not be altered.
Prince Halzfeldt, however, with the
natural impotence of a lover, demurred
against so much delay, and painted
double trip across the Atlantic at this
season of the year in such gloomy colors
that he finally carried his point, and ii
was decided that the marriage should be
solemnized in London. On account of the
very brief time for preparation, and also
on account OF the absence from London of
many friends of both Mr.. Huntington and
Prince Hatzfeldt, it was considered best
t. limit the attendance at the wedding
to relatives and most intimate friends.
a. u.
Chapel would certainly have been much
too small for the purpose. As it was, the
beautiful chapel, while not crowded, was
! comfortably filed by II o'clock, the hour
set Tor the ceremony. At that hour the
Oratory, from which nothing of the cere-
mony could be witnessed, must have con-
tanned 1000 persons, while goodly
crowd stood about the doors for the pur-
pose presumably of catching a glimpse of
the bride.
St. Wilfrid's chapel is beautiful of it.
self, but yesterday its charms were height
eued by floral decorations of a most artistic
sort There are three affairs in the chapel,
and all of them were in floral array, but
the principal altar, that in front of which
the bridal couple knelt was almost hid
den behind lovely combination Of Gala
lilies and roses, the snowy whiteness of the
| lilies forming an almost startling contrast
to the deep reds of the roses.
1t was considerably past II o'clock when
the strains of the wedding march from
"Lohepgrin" announced the approach of
the wedding party. They entered the
chapel by the main entrance the bride on
| the arm of her father. Prince Hatzfeldt
was supported by Count Hermon Hatz-
| feldt, his cousin, and son of the German
! ambassador, who acted as best man. Then
came Count Won Alien and Miss Sheriff.,
of Washington, Miss Huntington's brides
maid. They were followed by the
Princes mother, Princess Gabrielle de
Hatzfeldt and by the Countess Won Alten,
sister of the Prince. Mrs. Huntington,
the mother of the bride followed. The
bride was attired in travelling dress of
dark green velvet, trimmed with sable,
the brunette beauty admirably Miss
Sheriff. wore plum-colored silk costume,
and carried an immense bouquet of chrys-
anthemums that almost matched the cos
tune in color. Miss Huntington also
carried chrysanthemums-white. Mrs.
Huntington, youthful looking and stately,
was attired in black. The Countess Won
Alien wore satin of a delicate French
grey The Princess Hatzfeldt and Count
ess Won Alien were given seats inside the
| chancel.
In the body of the chapel, in addition
to Mr.. and Mrs. Coils P. Huntington and
Archer NJ. Huntington, sat Count HAITI
feldt, the German ambassador, and his
charming daughter, the Countess Mary,
who was attired in light grey silk Lieut..
Count Hatzfeldt, Count Won Alien, Count
Henry Lutzow, Secretary to the Austro-
Hungarian Legation, and Countess Lut-
zow; Count Munster, Count Mansfeldt,
Lady Herbert, Miss NJ. J. Sheriff., Baron
| Lepden Secretary of the German Lega-
tion), DR.. Laking physician to the Prince
of Wales, Hon. Robert T. Lincoln UNITED
States Minister to London) and Mrs Lin
coin, Sir William Mackinnon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Stephen, Mr.. and Mrs. George S.
Mackenzie, Mr.. and Mrs Thos. II. Ismay,
Miss Ismay, james Ismay, F. W. Fox, Mr..
and Mrs L. Bond, Mrs. John Sherwood,
G. E. Miles, Captain Bergman, Mr.. Spire,
and number of gentlemen connected
with the German, Austrian, Portuguese
and other legations.
The marriage ceremony was performed
by the Right Rev. DR.. Patterson, Bishop
of Emmaus. He was assisted by the Very
Rev. Father Sebastian Bender, Superior of
the Oratory, and by the Rev. Father
Kelly. At the conclusion of the ceremony
Prince and Princess Hatzfeldt, accompanied
by many of the guests, adjourned to side
room to sign the register. The signature
of the bride was attested by the Hon.
Robert T. Lincoln and Thomas H. Ismay.
That of Prince hatfield was attested by
Count Won Alien and Count Hatzfeldt.
The signing of the register having been
disposed Of, the wedding party returned to
the chapel, where Bishop Patterson cele-
brated nuptial mass. Before he pro-
nounced the benediction he delivered an
address to my children" as he called the
bride and groom, which was of most I'M
pressive character.
The wedding ceremony began and ended
with wedding march, the organist choos-
ing Memberships for his final effort.
During the ceremony an invisible singer
filled the great edifiee with music.
From the oratory the Prince and Prin-
cess Hatzfeldt and the rest Of the wedding
party were driven to the German Embassy,
Carlton terrace. There his Excellency the
German ambassador gave breakfast IN
their honor. Every precaution to secure
the very best sort of luck in the market
for the Prince and bride had evidently
been taken by everybody interested, for
even the table upon which the wedding
breakfast was served was in the form of
horseshoe, which, as everybody knowns, is
certain to bring good luck in its train.
The horseshoe was daintily decorated with
flowers. The breakfast was of course per-
feet. The health of bride and groom was
drunk after three extremely hearty and
heartfelt cheers had been given for them.
Then came the leave-taking, made abso
lutely necessary by railway timetable
that refused to bulge an inch. Not only