The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-22
VIENNA'S ROYAL WEDDING.
zHE DUKE or ORLEANS AND MS
AUSTRIAN bride.

VIENNA, Nov. 6.-The cable will long ere
this have reported the various significan Incl
Tents OF the Orleans HapsburR nuptials. How
er much In a certain direction It was sought to
present the occurrence in the light OF q strict
~ family affair, the possible deep Importance
thereof was overlooked by no one. What chance
Duke Louis Philippe Of Orleans really has one
of these days Of ~reigninE over the French ma
tion no one could pretend just at present to
set forth accurately. but that there are a GER
tain number who believe in him and look to him
as their future ruler no ono who has witnessed
the events OF the past days would venture to
Rainsay. And. therefore, tho choice of Arch
duchess Mario Dorothea Amalia of the house
OF HapsburG meant moro than the customary
marriage that provides n suitable station for
. Princess allied to q rcigning house.
Regarded iron, n worldly point OF view.
the match Is n fitting one, and inasmuch as it
gives French legitiinist claims the powerful
support of close relationship to the Austrian
throne, It cannot but DO cminently desirable.
The bride herself, IL not beautiful. is decidedly
fine looking, and as the eldest daughter of
Archduke Josef. may count on a respectable
fortune one of these days. To be sure. she is
almost two years older than her husband, -, but
such n consideration did not probably weigh
very heavily in tho balance when the various
ofsettinR advantages were taken into account.
OF course. the present position of the Duke
of Orleans precludcd the possibility of any
official recognition Of his alliance with the
house Of Hapsburs, and the Austrian court
would not have been able to permit the core
mony to be performed. as II were, under tho
shelter of its protecting wing had it not been
for the marriage laws in the brides own ,oun-
try. Had the ~nuptials been celebrated at Blu
dapest. as they should have been by right, not
AVIAN tha f,rt fla. ahn Nnaa, A.llal..z
would have helped her over the necessity of a
civil as we'll as n religious As,
however, both bride and bridegroom arc far
too orthodox Roman Catholics to agree to this
there was but one way out Of the difficulty, to
transfer the scene of the marriage to Vienna,
70 treat the wedding as that OF a near relative
Of the Emperor, and to give IL in this man.
ner an essentially private character.
Tho various festivities that were arranged
had in consequence an element Of privacy, and
though the effect on the outside world was nb-
solutely tho same as that which the official
nupt ais of an Important mem Der OF the i'm
perial house would have had. the sem tlance Of
a certain informality was observed. In this
manner 1t happened that neither to the gala
performance nor to the wedding nor to the BAN
quets were any members Of the diplomatic
corps bidden.' the only cnes who we're present
being the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian. and
Bavarian AmbassaLo rs, and from each of these
countries a ruler or the representative of a ruler
appeared. unofhcially, it must be added. To
represent the Duke of Connaught. related
through the CohurCs 10 the bride. the British
military attache. in tae absence of the Minis
ter. had been hidden. OF the Austrian nobili-
ty that usually graces court fetes, only those
of n high ..oficisl position were invited. whj,.
the army had Oh no former occasion been so
nfnitesinally represented. To further ar
centuate the family character os The on ;rs ,t-
fair, the scene of the banquet and subsequent
gala performances was transfe red from vi
emma to Sch5nbrunn. The small private thea
tire. seating about 300 people. where M nor.
Torrance has been given for nearly n quart
of n century, was renovated for the sn.cj.1 oc.
c,sion .nd won No n.dI,nr.
."Nt'", anu e'e" 'he "euuih6 ceremony ltseil.
instead OF being performed in the court church
took place in the uofburc cbareI. which is NJ.
,.cb.d - Oh. u,nshrra 49, e.. ,hH.
'"'heN W IL hapSou'S "'u'e IL 'he s'rictest
sense OF the word.
OF the various fetes. the most brillianr and in
t.,.st;n,, ,,t,or+ douh, ., ~. m.-.-s.
'S" m"r.ut uouot was ,ne performance
of tn, court theatres. The marriage itself diff.
fered only nv The ah,s,cs ~ CO. ,ain 800
ty--a low mass was said in place of the Gus
tomary high one from similar ceremonies. and
the solemn act of renunciNtion. in which the
bride voluntarily gave Dip all possible future
claim to the crown of her ancestors was ms little
.-.....,. 'e
Impressive as tne empty FORM through winch
Austrian Archducal brides have to 20 is wont
TO DO. The performance IN the Emnsror..
-, ar,,o,o ,noo,ra ~, ~
wv ptiN".e '~' hau' ho"e'eF' a certain
element Of novelty that was not without iE-
terest. and the extremely limited umhsro ~
;nrI,.ans i..m., rar>;araJ ,nIISN
'h'itation7 isseeu Fehuercu their receipt all the
more desirable.
The theatre itself, as l.. appcared on tbe eve
NJ, ,bs wcJainn iiiuminaasG Sr cU On Lhe eve
oi 'he "euuihs' Illuminated oS I'VE chande-
liers. in which wax candles We'd with a few
electric lights that had been di.cr.e,,v intro
49, - - r. untfo-
ouceu nere anu lhere. can hardly challenge
comparison with certain memorable play
houses that come down to us rom tie DAYS of
- so"S'oi
p""oeF anu patches' ~ wonid DC diiicult to
say in what special style 1t has been Diilt. for
It is neither essentially rocco nor OF an earlier
or la;er style OF architecture. What can be
said for II is-that IL is supremacy elegant. and
that 1t is eminently adapted TO the purpose for
Thich IL was built, inasmuch MS 1t separates the
court proper from the less illnstrious guests
the former finding ample room in the imperial
box and the adjoining balcony. the latter on
tho lower floor, which Is arranged with an aisle