The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-05
GALA WEEK AT WINDSOR.
Granddaughter of Victoria to Be
Married, a Silver Wedding
Celebrated.
The British Queen, Prusslan King
and Others of the Nobility
Invited.
Elaborate Preparations for the Wedding
Ceremony-The Bridal Gown-A We'd
ding Present Very Unusual.

Elaborate Preparations for the Wedding
Ceremony-The Bridal Gown-A We'd
ding Present Very Unusual.
LONDON, July 4.-[Special. THE coming
week will be a gay one at the royal
town of Windsor, the events it is to
contain being tho wedding of the grand
daughter of the queen to German PRINCE,
the celebration of the silver wedding of the
BRIDES parents, and state ball. The fes-
tivities will be attended bv the German
emperor and empress, who dine Tomorrow
night at Marlborough house with the
prince and PRINCESS of Walest and by repre-
senta.ives of the various courts of Europe.
The wedding. which is to take place in st.
Georges chapel Monday morning, is, at the
queens special requeet, to be regarded as
private function, and neither the minis
ters nor the diplomatic corps will attend,
but for all that it will be an imposing af
fair. The bride, who is just completing
her twentieth year, is the Princess Louise,
third child of Prince Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein and Princess Helena, of England,
fifth child of Queen Victoria. The BRIDE
groom is Prince Aribert, of Anhalt
Dressau, young and rather handsome
man whose fortune is in keeping with q
distinguished lineage. He has thus far lad
no opportunity to win a reputation for
himself, but he is regarded as one Of the
better class of German princes The we'd.
ding ceremony will be performed by the
archbishop of Canterbury. assisted by the
bishops of London, Winchester and Ok
ford and by the dean and capons of Wind
Bor. The invited guests (of whom the num-
ber will be eunprecedentodly smalD are to be
conveyed Ey n special train from Padding
ton to Windsor, and on arriving there they
will proceed direct to st. Georges chapel,
except such royal personages as come
from London, and they will go
to the castle, and drive later to the west
door of the chapel. There are to be four
PROFESSIONS to the chapel and thence up the
nave and into the choir-frst, that of the
royal family, then the procession of the
queen, then that of the bridegroom. and
finally that of the bride, escorted by her
father, who is to give her away, and fol-
lowed by the ten bridesmaids. all but two
of whom are cousins of the bride. the ex-
oeptions being a sister of the bride and Il
sister of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids
are to be the Processes Victoria and Maud
IF Wales, Marie and Victoria of Edinburg,
Margaret of Connaught. Alice of Albany,
Margaret of Prussia. Alix of Hesse, Alexan-
nndra of Anhalt Dessau and Victoria of
Schleswig- Holstein.
The bridal gown is a white satin, with
just suggestion of warmth in cream
tint. The front of the skirt is covered with
two deep f1ounces of white Honiton lace,
which was designed by the late prince con-
sort for the queen and was afterwards worn
by the Princess Christian at her wedding
just quarter of century ago. The de-
sign is floral. The train is gored and hangs
away from the figure i'll graceful folds,
which are rounded at the back i'll the shape
some milline.s call balloon and others
cabot. The whole dress is bordered with
orange blossoms and the lace front falls of
this are ruched with orange blossoms. The
bodice is trimmed with lace like that on
the skirt that goes from waist to shoulder
in line which adds to the beauty of the
\bodice's we'll formed figure. The bodice
is buttoned on and girdle of orange blos-
SONS hides the junction and falls in long
ends over the back, one of these ends being
slightly longer than the other. The sleeves
which is lined with silk and muslin and al
lows the arms to be seen through. The
BRIDES travelling dress is of white sicilienne
trimmed with white ostrich feathers and a
little white lace. With this goes white
bonnet with little lace and cluster of
white heather is added. Her snnshade is
of pure white like her travelling Dress and
her white travelling cloak is trimmed with
feathers. The special dress which has been
prepared for her entry into her new home
in Germany. is made of the finest
fawn. The skirt has for trimming
band of golden-fawn silk embroidery and
circles of cashmere are introduced upon a
ground of silk net through which lining
of pale pink is visible: The upper parts of
the bodice and the collar have similar en-
broidery. but the back is plain. Across the
front it fastens with a wide band of fawn-
colored cashmere which forms a pretty
folded belt.
After the ceremony the guests will walk
TO the castle where ,thereis to be a luncheon
for them in the Waterloo gallery, while the
royal family will regale themselves in the
diningt oom The bridal couple will spend
their honeymoon at Clieveden, which has
been placed at their disposal by the duke
of Westminster, and will drive there
IN the afternoon after the we'd
ding. They will return to Windsor
castle on Wednesday, to participate in the
silver wedding anniversary of Prince
and Princess Christian. Among the we'd
ding presents will be one that is quite out
of the ordinary. The BRIDES mother has
been patronesS of a trained nurses school
in London. one of the graduates from
which was in attendance upon Lord Tennv-
son. the poet laureate, during his recent
illness. The latter, in parting with his
nurse, expressed wish to give some testi-
monial of appreciation of her services
She suggested copy of his poems, with an
inscription by the author, that she ana her
fellows of the training school might in
turn present as wedding gift to the
daughter of their benefnctress. The plan
pleased Lord Iennyson, who in the iirst
volume of vellum bound set of his poem 9
wrote the fol lowing aimDle lines to princesa