The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-06

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day cab. 1t was only within a few
weeks thai she mad up her mind to
a ,cept the inevi'a lie, ard sign'tiad
her outward assent to the engage.
mant by appearing in pnblic with
tee betrothed coupe
London, loyal as it Away. is, kept
holiday in honor of the day and the
event The business part of the
city a, we'll as the West End, was
gaily decorated. Flags hoated from
all the church steeples and merry
psals were rung by the bells in the
belfries. From the east, north and
south Of the big city the people
pour-d out toward the West End.
Every body wore their Sunday. 60
meeting rsiment, and despite the
tremendous growth of radicalism of
late everybody seemed to ba in a
good humor over the fact that a
prospective ruler of the realm was
about to take to himself a consort,
who some day would be queen
consoIt of Great Bfitau. The mil.
i airy and police were less otficious
than usual, and instead of being
kept at respectful distance the
populace was permitted to line the
street over which the royal process
sions were to pass. They certainly
received a sufficient reward for
their patriotism, for in the course of
an hour and a half no less than four
such professions were presented to
their vision. The first consisted of
members of the queens family and
representatives. of family .re'a ives
living abroad, whose names will fol.
low in these dispatches. Then there
vas a wait of half an hour before
the second procession, that of the
bridegroom, who sat in the carria &c
with the Prince of Wales and the
Duke of f iinbargh, while the
three carriages were occupied by
the household off iers Of the Prin-
ces. The royal procession proper
left Buckingham palace precisely
at twelve O'clock, the queen oc1u
pying a semi-state gold coach drawn
by four cream color.d horses, a
coachman replacing the usual
Positions. Seated in the carriage
with her majesty We're the brides
mother, the Duchess of Teck, aud
the Prince and Princess of Wales,
the father and mother Of the groom,
while in the following carriages
were the Princess Beatrice, her
husband, Prince Henry of Batten,
burg, the Grand Duke of Hesse
and other re'a ives of royalty. The
queens carriage was preceded by a
mounted detach nent of the grena
der guards.
1t was half past twelve when the
semi.state carriage, containing the
bride, her father, the Duke of Teck
and her oldest brother, Prince
Adolphus of 1eck, left Bucking
ham Palace under the escort of a
detachment of Life Guards. The
bride look d radiant ami smiling.
Tne route of the four professions
was from Buckingham Palace by
way of Constitution hill, Picca
dilly, st. James street, Marlbor
ough Gate TO St. James Palace
entering by the garden entrance
| All along the rou,e the spectators
were enthusiastic, the Princess OF
Wales, the Queen, and the bride
especially coming in for hearty
reception.
Pending the arrival of the Queer
the guests of the occasion had beer
admitted to the chapel and assigned
to their various locations in tn,
order of precedence. Owing to thu
limited space the total number o
guests was less than four hundred
Platforms had been erected along
the east and west aisles of tn,
chapel, leaving central avenue
from the entrance to tie altar
Here dais had been built to
level with the communion railing
80 that the nup,ials took place il
full view of tAe entire emblage
! he decorations were not elaborate
an imperial standard depending from
the dome and groups of folag.
plants and flowers in bloom beint