St. Paul daily globe., 1890-11-16
PURELY A LOVE MATCH.
Kaiser Williams Sister and Prime
AdolDh. OfSChaumherr tO Wed

Adolph, OfSchaumberg, to Wed.
BERLIN. Nov. 15.-The social event
of the coming week will be the mar
rage Of the Princess Victoria, sister of
the emperor and granddaughter of
Queen Victoria. to Prince Adolf of
Schaumberg Lippe. The wedding will
be celebrated in the royal castle
at Berlin, and the attendance will in
clude princes and notables from all
parts of europe. including the Duke of
Clarence and Avondaie. representing
the royal house of Great Britain. There
will be gala performance of the opera
on Tuesday and state dinner given by
the Empress Frederick on Wednesday.
The wedding will be attended with all
the fOrmalitieS usual at the mar
riage of PruSsian princess, ex-
cept the torch dance. The Princess
Victoria cannot be called beautiful; but
she has pleasing and attractive face,
with rather more of the HOhenZollern in
it than her brother, the emperor. In
deed, she resembles her grandfather,
the first kaiser, more than any of the
family. She is tall and of shapely fig
ure. and of light-hearted, almost merry
disposition. There has never been ali
attempt to conceal the fact that she was
in love with Alexandria, the ex-prince
of Bulgaria; and quite willing TO
marry him. The iron will of Bis
marck, for political reasons, inter
vened to prevent the match. He always
desired to keep Germany out of the
Eastern muddle. and leaned to Russia
rather than Austria, and he looked upon
Alexander as defender of the Viennese
court and an enemy of the cZar, and,
therefore, he opposed the union and
succeeded in inducing the old Emperor
William to forbid it. Victoria and
Alexander were not permitted to
meet. and the princess. somewhat
heart-brOken at first succumbed to
the power of Bismarck. When
Frederick came to the throne,
the young couple renewed their ac-
cence of the empress; but Bismarck
again interposed his veto. The separa-
ton this time was final. Prince Alexan-
der was not slow to seek consolation
elsewhere. and as he is now married
himself, the princess. of course, has no
reason to pine for him. Prince AleXan-
der is now, as Count Hartenau, colonel
IN the Austrian army. commanding the
Twenty-seventh regiment of in
fantry, and the Austrian en-
peror need not regret that the
splendid military talents of the young
prince are devoted to his service, in
stead of to Germany, as they would
have been had the love affair with the
Princess Victoria eliminated in mar
riage. Berlin tradeSmen are not alto
gether satisfied that the princess re-
ceives part of her trousseau from Lon
don and Athens. The London orders
are accounted for by a natural desire oD
the part of the princess to OBJ
tain some of her dresses where
her imperial mother the princess
royal of England, bestowed her
patronage. One of the gowns made for
her in England is of white satin, the
front embroidered with tracery of pale
pink flowers in light and running de-
sign, the sprays appearing to be tied to-
gether by means of the true lovers knot
in fine gold thread. The bodice has a
floral trimming to match, with true low
ers' knots. The sides and train are in
plain white satin OF the richest texture,
trimmed with deep lace bearing
an empire design. The sleeves are
composed entirely of similar lace.
A ball dress is in satin of the palest
helotrope, thickly garlanded with
double Naples violets. They border the
skirt in hem that is four or five inches
in width. A similar band surrounds
the shoulders, narrow one encircling
the waist and forming point in front.
A garland also runs down the right side.
and the whole skirt is covered with a
flimSy veil of tulle in the tint of
the violets. The sleeves are ruched
in satin and net and edged with violets.
The only afternoon dress made in Lon
don is composed of silk in the reddish
tone of heliotrOpe known as Persian
lilac scattered over with white lilies of
the valley. The sleeves and collar are
velvet, and there is shaped band of
velvet at the waist. The underwear Of
the royal bride is woven thin at the
waist, and is soft WOODEN fabric
trimmed with lace. through which mar
row ribbons are run. The letter Y and
the imperial cOronet are embroidered on
every article. The Empress Fred
erick presents her daughter with
portion of the trossean and it is
said the purse of Queen Victoria has
been opened to assist the wedding prep.
aratiOns. The income of the princess
is about $4,000 year, and her imperial
brother has granted her 940,O0 i'm view
of her marriage. Prince Adolf, of
Schaumberg-Lippe, the prospective
bridegroom, is handsome man of about
thirty, and a personal friend and as
sOciate of the kaiser. His future wife
really seems to have deep affection for
him. and the marriage is spoken of as
a love match. Prince Adolf has already
obtained leave OF absence from the
army for one year. to take bridal tour.