The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-25
THE BERLIN WEDDING
CEREMONIES THAT WILL BE OBJ
SERVED BY BRIDE AND GROOM.

Some Queer Costumes That Have
Come Down From Past Ages-Dress-
ing the Royal Bride-What she Viii
Wesr-Lots OF Stately Nonsense to
Be Gone Through With.
This afternoon, according to the pro-
cramme, the Princess Marguerite, sister of
the German emperor, will be married to
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse. An in
teresting account of some of the queer
things that this young couple will have to
do before they are declared man and wife
Is given in an article In the New York Press
Of recent date. The only ceremony to
which the public is invited, says the article,
occurs Wednesday [to-day]. when the bride
Is conducted In state to the castle and the
groom makes his official entry into the city
through the Brandenburg gate. 1t is an
old custom with the Hohenzollerns that the
husband-elect of Prussian princess or a
foreign princess about to marry a Hohen-
Eol.ern must spend the nigh: before the
wedding at the old castle of Bellevue, OUT
side of the original city limits. From there
they are on the morrow escorted thro GU
the Thiergarten and the Brandenburg gate
TO the royal castle.
TO the city in an immense S-horse coach,
preceded " bevy of Positions blowing
Justify on silver comets. His brother, the
young landgrave, a very handsome man -,
despite his very weak eyes, will attend him
as the head of the house, both princes wear
ing the uniform of the Prussian army; that
twenty-seveu years ago robbed them of their
Inheritance. The state coach is to have an
escort OF Kings hussars, with laHces gayly
tipped by the colors of the Hesse family,
but otherwise in complete field equipage, as
If the danger of kidnapping their charges,
afavorite pastime in by-gone days, was an
ticipated.
The court officials of the landgrave, in
elaborate many-horsed carriages, bring up
the rear of the procession, which, on arriv-
ing at the gate, will be met by the burgo-
master and city council in evening dress and
gold chains. offering formal welcome and
congratulations in lieu of the ancient and
more hearty custom OF comforting the free
dom Of the city. While the proud caval-
cade proceeds past the brides palace the
curtains in that editce must be tightly
drawn, and Princess Marguerite is not per-
United to have glimpse at the procession,
which taxes the curiosity Of all Berlin.
THE BRIDES PREPARATIONS.
The princess will not proceed to the
Schloss until few minutes before o'clock.
According to the house laws the princess
must rise at o'clock a. m. on her wedding
day, dress herself entirely in white with out
assistance and repair to the chapel, where
she finds her mother waiting. A preacher
of the Lutheran Evangelical church then
performs short service for her benefit. AT
9 o'clock the minister Of the royal house ap-
pears to announce to her highness what set
Element the kaiser has been pleased" to
make In her favor. The leading represent
alive of the landgrave. comes next to go
over the same grounds with respect to the
Hesse family, and last, but not least, the
pompous grand master of ceremonies calls
to instruct her royal highness once more in
the details of the nuptial rites.
simultaneously with the raising of the
royal Brandenburg purple standard the
curtains are drawn at every outward win
dow, and though, with the stroke of the
eleventh hour, tie long procession of con-
graduating visitors is expected, orders are
issued that the Empress Frederick and
Princess Marg uerite are mot a. home, :" a
rule to which even the emperor submits,
who is usually the first to hand in his card.
This card is piece ofiwhite pasteboard of
the size used by ladies in this country, and
bears the inscription: