Evening journal., 1894-11-27

bedeckod uniforms, was tho royal car
ringe In this were seated the young czar
and his brother, Grand Duke Michael.
on zach side Of the carriage was a general
Of division in full uniform, and immedi-
ntoly following was regiment Of Hus-
sars
After tho carriage Of tho princess and
the czarina followed long train Of car
riages with the royal guests including
the Prince and Princess Of Wales the
Princess Irene OF Prussia the Grand
Duchess SeNgius and othe@ prominent
members Of the imperial fsfnily, as well
as all the Wedding guests.
Scene In the Chapel.
The costumes In tho chapel were daz-
cling Most OF the ladies wore the Rus
sian costume, very low before and behind
and with arms bare almost to the shoul-
ders
The brides dress was white, richly en-
broidored with gold and on her head was
the usual kokoshnik belonging 20 the
costume and ornamented with diamonds
At tho top Of the kokoshnik was g small
crown Of diamonds The brides mantle
was OF purple velvet lined with ermine
The headdroeres OF the other court ln-
dies wore Of ancient gold brocade adorned
with sapphires, omoralds and rubies
Whom all tho wedding guests wene as
sembled, the marriage ceromony was car
riod out according to the rites of the
Greek church.
The BRIDES train was borne by five OFF,
oials, two walking on either side, while
the grand chamberlain held the hem.
The ozar wore the uniform OF the IA
nous Red Hussars Of the guard, with a
dolman suspended from the right shoul-
der The Prince Of Wales and tho Duke
Of SAKE Coburg and Gotha wore Russian
uniforms, while the Duke of York wore
a naval uniform All the royal princes
wore she Gordon Of the Order Of st. An
drew.
In the center Of the chapel OF the win
ter palace stood a holy table, on which
had been placed the gospel and GROSS.
Between the table and the altar wers
multibranohed candelabra, with lighted
tapers Behind the table facing the altar,
stood the protopresbyter, Yanischeff, at-
tired In gorgeous vestmenta Of cloth OF
gold Close behind the bridal pair the
imperial and royal spectators formed q
semioirclo.
Back 60 the Palace.
When the ceremony was concluded, the
czar and his bride then approached the
dowager czarina TO greet and thank her.
She embraced her son and his wife,
after which they were embraced and kiss
cd by the king Of Denmark and their 9TH
or relatives. Everybody was much moved,
and the bride was in tears. The ozar was
very pale and was visibly affected
The wedding procession was then re-
/ formed. and the guests re-entered their
carriages.
When the newly welded pair arrived
l at the Anitchkoff palace, they were re-
celyed and welcomed by the dowager
czsrina, who had preceded them for this
4 purpose.
Later the ozar and czarina accompa-
l MED by Grand Duchess Olga, youngest
sister OF the czar, appeared at a window
i OF the palace overlooking the Newski pros
| pect Here they stood for Is minutes
| bowling repeatedly in response to the ac-
| olamations Of the multitude gathered out
| side the palace. Grand Duchess Olga.
with girlish enthusiasm. repeatedly kiss
| cd her hand to the crowd.
The czarina, leaning on the arm Of her
1 husband smiled radiantly on the throng.
i There were several similar demonstra-
tions, though Of shorter duration, during
1 the next hour.