Evening star., 1896-04-04
A ROYAL MARRIAGE
Princess Maud to Wed Prince Charles
of Denmark.
GOSSIP FROM BRITTAIh'S CAPITAL
Where Society is Spending the
Easter Holidays.
NOTABLE HOUSE PARTIES
P FROM BRIIFAIh'S CAPITAL
NOTABLE HOUSE PARTIES

Copyright, 1895. by the Associated Press)
LONDON, April TT has been definitely
arranged tl.at the marriage of Princess
Maud of Wales to Prince Charles OF Den
mark, second of the three sons of the
Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Dem
mark, Will take place in the Chapel Royal,
st. James palace, July Z. The archbishop
Of Canterbury, primate of all England, as
sisted by tine bishops of London and Win
chester, will officiate.
There VIII be procession in state from
Buckingham palace TO st. James palace
and the Chapel Royal, and as the dis
tance between the two palaces is very
short, many thousands Of people will be
disappointed in their hopes of witnessing
.he pageant. However, every thing possible
will be done to give her majesty's subjects
Is good view as possible of the turnout of
royalty and most attractive spectacle IS
anticipated.
The queen will take part in the ceremony,
.he streets and the park and the mall ad-
oining the palaces viii be held by the
horse guards. life guards, grenader guards,
Scots guards. Goldstream guards and other
crack regiments, and, if the weather per-
nlits, there will be a gath aring cf London
srs about the palaces seldom seen nova
days.
Afte- the wedding there will be two
breakfasts at Buckingham palace, one for
the members of the royal families in the
state dining room, the other in the state
ball room. for the general company. Only
near relatives Of the families coming
to LOrdon from the continent for the oc-
casion. the royal breakfast will be quite
d family affair and a most enjoyable one
at that.
Princess Harry as Maud is popularity
known. will have eight bridesmaids, her
sister, Princess Victoria of Wales; Princess
es Ingeborg and Thyra of Denmark, SIS
tprS nf of
SchleSwig-Holstein: Princess BeatriX of
SaAe-Coburg and GothG; Princess Alice of
Albany, and PrincesSes Ena and Victoria
OF Battenberg.
The Prince of Wales has taken Appleton
House. on the Sandrinsham estate, for
Princess Maud and her huSba I'D, and the
young couple VIII spend four months there
every year, according TO the present pro-
gram.
Weather and Society.
The weather throughout the past week
has been cold and gloomy, dull and de-
pressing. and, to add TO the blue feeling
here, the exodus of the Easter holiday
makers began early in the week and lasted
until yesterday. The railway stations, in
consequence, We're crowded with overcoat-
ed and berugSed gentry. engaged in more
or less successful rough and tumbles with
lOrdly. Independent porterS. whose pockets
bulged out with copper and silver, fees
extorted from travellers anxious 10 leave
breathing spell at the seaside or in the
country.
The Duke and Duchess of York and the
Princess of Wales and her daughters are
spending the holidays in peace and quiet
at Sandringham. while his royal highnesS,
The Prince of Wales, is junke.ing the time
away with his yacht on the blue waters
Of the Mediterranean.
The queen is still at CimieZ, near Nice;
the conservative leader in the house of
commons. Mr.. A. j. Balfour, first lord of
the treasury. is visiting his former secre-
taTy. Percy Wyndham, the Duke of Devon
shire, lord president of the council with
the duchess, is in Spain; Mr.. Chamberlain,
secretary of state for the colonies, is East
ering with his charming American wife at
his home in Birmingham; the United States
ambassador, Mr.. Thomas F. Bayard, is
visiting Lord and Lady Middleton. near
Nation, Yorkshire, and Mr.. James r.
Roosevelt, secretary Of the United States
embassy, is visiting Lord Galway, at Serl-
by Hall. Nottinghamshre.
The Duke and Duchess of Westminster
are entertaining a large house party at
Eaton HILL. near Chester. and the Earl
Marchioness of Lansdowne and the Duke
and Duchess of RichmoAd also have a
large number of guests for the Easter
holidays. and, in short, nearly everybody
who could do so has flown from the dismal
metropolis. which has caused quite fall
ing off In business. theatrical and other
w.se- But the bros of society will soon
flock hack to their town nests and take
gay Fart in the second half of the season
Of receptions, balls, dinners, theater par
ties, etc.