The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-22
PRINCESSDE CHIMAY.
Miss Clara Ward Marries One of
the Belgian Nobility.
SHE RENOUNCES .PROTESTANTIsM
F0reyer-Ill Repute of the Family into Which
She Marries-The Guests and
the Wedding Presents.


PARIS, Nav 21.-The papal Nunciature was
was well filed yesterday at noon, the attraction
being the wedding of Miss Clara Ward of De-
troit, to Prince Joseph Caraman Chimay, son Of
the Belgian prince and foreign minister. Lord
LyttOn, the British ambassador, and Mr.. White
law Reid, the American minister to France,
were the witnesses for the bride, and Baron de
Beyens, the Belgian ambassador to France and
the Due de Fezensac for the bridegroom. Lord
Lytton stood at the left of the altar, with Mr.
Cameron and Baron de Beyens at the right With
her step-mOther stood the bride.
The latter is a very handsome young woman
and young enough to be her husbands daugh-
ter. The bridegroom is tall, fine-looking man,
very dark, with a hooked nose His full name
is Joseph Marie Anatole Ellie de Riquet, and he
bears the title of Prince of Caraman. He is
thirty-two years of age. On his fathers death
which seems pretty close, he will become
grandee OF Spain of the first class The bride
looked quite childish. She was dressed in pink
brocade, spangled with pink beads and en-
broldered with silver. Among the people pres
ent were Consul-Generai Rathbone, Countess
Grenulhe, sister Of the bridegroom; Mrs. Tor
rens, Mrs. Ward, young Ward the Duchess de
Luyres and the Duchess de Sagan.
| The papal nunciO'S part of the ceremony con-
sisted In asking the bride with great Solemnity
whether she renowned for good the heretical
Protestant religion. The bride aSsented with
considerable vigor. After this the chaplain
| finished the ceremony. Considerable pity was
felt among the assistants at seeing the young
and beautiful girl entering the family of the
worst debaucher OF Europe The sacrifice was
accompanied with immense pomp and much
ceremonial as in the case of royal wedding.
Inc OLD Prince de Ch1may looked thoroughly
worn out with loose living. The scandal which
was provoked a year ago by his marriage to d
| young girl was not forgotten.
| Miss Ward is native Of Detroit, and her
| father dying his widow went 20 Canada where
she married Mr.. Cameron. There Miss Ward
was introduced to the best society at the COM
missioner generals of Canada. She was intro
duced to Prince Joseph.
Mrs. Cameron, mother of the bride, wore a
costume OF moss green velvet richly embroid-
cred with cnlored garlandS in Louis XVI style
made in long caSaque, over petticoat of the
| palest brOcade with embroidered waistcoat Of
white satin and iubOl of lace about the throat.
Her bonnet was gold lace and feathers.
! Comtesse Greffulhe, sister of the groom wore
| an exquisite toilet of pale salmon pink the
front covered with point lace, with long flowing
| sleeves of pink crepe de Chine which fell to
the floor over close sleeves of lace that came
down over her hands almost concealing her pale
pink Suede gloves. A Medici collar of deep
| crystal pink with lace at the throat, pearl Jew
| els, her dark hair crowned with wonderful
combination OF pale pink crepe, feathers, pearl
pinkS and veil of pink tulle over all completed
this remarkable toilet.
| The little six-year-old daughter of COmtesse
! Grenulhe accompanied her mother in a cores
| ponding costume of pink silk covered with lace
and large straw hat with mass OF pink feath-
ers set far back on her brown curly hair.
Princess de Chimay. step-mOther Of the groom,
who is young and looks like an ivory miniature
wore sky blue silk costume with gauze ruf1es
and wreath of pink roses and tied with black
| velvet ribbons as bonnet.
Princess Eugene de Caraman Chimay wore
black dress with heliotrope trimmings and bon
net of auberginO trimmed with roses.
| Princess Pierre de. Caraman Chimay wore
toilet of clear lilac satin with silk knots of the
same color and lilac colored bonnet,
| Contesse Geraldini, sister of the groom and
demoselle d'honneur, wore a simple dress
of rose pink silk with wide binding at the side
and turned up. large hat covered with pink
feathers and gauZe. The other sister and
| cousins ComtesSe and Genevieve, Felice, Alice
and Emile de Caraman Chimay, wore blue
mauve, yellow and white
! Mrs. Eber Ward, and sister-in-law of the
bride, tall, fair girl with clear cut features,
wore costume of rose colored silk with high
pulled sleeves. the front being fine embroidery
IN gold and silver and pearls. On her head was
| q tiny bonnet made of two bands of gold with
punches of small pink feathers in front and
back.
Mrs. George Torrens, OF Toronto, step-sister
to the bride, was attired in a long robe Of apri
cot yellow brocade with satin sleeves, embroi
dered with silver and crystal She wore q
Medici collar lined with white feathers and q
bonnet trimmed with butterflies and pansies.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid wore costume of hello
trope silk with silver embroidered sleeves and
bonnet of the same combination.
Nine. Hector Fabre, wife Of the commissioner
of the Dominion of Canada, was dressed in sill
yer gray brocade with embroidered front COW
cred with SpangleS, Medlc1 collar embroidered
with velvet and lined with white feathers high
sleeves of brocade spangled with silver.
Among the most innumerable wedding pres
sents receival from members OF the two famil-
les and their friends were a diamond necklace
and earrings from Prince De Chimay and
another diamond necklace and magnificent
corsage decoration in diamonds and pearls.
Countess Grefulhe gave a pearl necklace
and large diamond crescent.
The newly married couple, after congratula-
tions in the reception room of the Nunciature.
left Paris for the chateau De Chimay, at Chi
may, town on the frontier of France and Ger
many where they will remain for present
Later on they will occupy hotel IN Paris.
Mr., Alexander Cameron, Step-father of the
bride, will soon return to Toronto, Canada,
while Mrs. Cameron and Mr.. and Mrs. Eber
Ward will remain for the present in Paris,
where they have taken q hotel for the season.