The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-12
THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
Some of the Chief characteristics of
the Prince and Princess.


Prince George Frederick Ernst Albert,
duke Of York, earl of Inverness and
Baron Killarney, is the only surviving
son of the prince of Wales. He was
born at Marlborough House on June 3,
1865, and baptized at Windsor Castle on
the 7th of July following. He was edu
Gated at Sandringham and Marlborough
House. When fourteen years old Prince
George was entered as a cadet on board
II. NJ. s. Brittany. He subsequently
made a voyage around the world in the
warship Bacchante, visiting, among 9TH
ers places, NigO, Ferrol, St. Vincent,
Tenoriffe, the West Indies, the Bermudas,
the Falkland islands. the Cape of Good
Hope, Australia, Fiji islands, Japan,
China, the Straits settlements, Ceylon,
Egypt and the Mediterranean. He be-
came a sub-lieutenant on the Sd of June,
1884, and lieutenant on the Sth Of Octo-
Der, 1885. He was appointed to the COM
mand of a gUnbOat. In 1891, soon after
his appointment as commander in the
navy, he was stricken with typhoid fever,
and lay at Marlborough House at the
point of death for several days. His re-
covery was the subject of general rejOic-
ing. Last year he resumed his sea du-
ties, and at the beginning of this year
was appointed a post captain. AT the
present moment he is the junior captain
in the navy.
Shortly after the death Of his elder
brother. the duke of Clarence and Avon
dale, who died few weeks before the
time set for his marriage to the bride of
today, Prince George received from the
queen. his grandmother, the royal duke
dom of York. He is naval aid-de-camp
TO the queen, captain Of the First Prus-
sian dIagon guards. honorary colonel of
the Third battalion West Yorkshire
regiment, Third Middlesex rifle volun-
teers and the Suffolk yeomanry cavalry.
In 1884 the queen conferred upon Prince
George the order Of the Garter, and on
the eve of his twenty-fourth birthday
the young prince received the freedom
OF the city of London. Yesterday her
majesty made him Knight of the Or
der of Thistle.
II is doubtful If any princess was ever
held in higher esteem that is Princess
| May. Her modesty and inherent kindli-
ness have made her a general favorite,
and her sympathy with the poor and
her active endeavor to improve their
condition have made her an idol where
/ royalty is not even received.
The Princess May is the eldest child
and only daughter of the duke Of Teck
| and Princess Mary of Cambridge who
are both connected with nearly every
| sovereign in Europe. She was born at
/ Kensington palace on the 26th of May,
| 1867, and the greater part OF her life
has been spent at WHITE Lodge, Rich
mond park, the residence Of her parents.
| In personal appearance she Is tall and
! slender, with fine features and extreme
| sweetness of expression, blonde in col
/ oring, with blue eyes and light brown
/ hair She is a fine musician, has con-
/ siderable talent as an artist, a great
| reader and an expert horsewoman. The
! princess has been quietly and simply
brought up. and represents much that Is
| good and highly attractive in English
/ womanhood. Being so thoroughly En-
| glish in all her methods of thought and
1 action wins for her from the people of
| her native land the most popular APP
prevail Of their prospective queen. She
| the people by her personal charms. her
amiable disposition and her simple IN
affected manner, and is eminentlT
/ fitted, by all the graces OF mind and
person and by the essential qualities of
| intellect and character, TO be in due
| course of time the highest lady in the
/ land.
Some one who has visited White Lodge
/ has given a pretty description of Prin-
/ cess Mays special sanctum, (which was
/ once the favorite morning room of the
/ queen, where her majesty and Prince
/ Albert used to sit and drink tea out of
/ the same cups which the princess offers
! you now" The boudoir is a dainty COM
/ bination OF white enamel, white draper
/ les and decorations Of American autumn
/ foliage, and is filed with books. pretty
ornaments and souvenirs from her
friends