Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-01
THEY TIRE OF WAITING on ROME.
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Copyright. 1896. by Press Publishing Company
LONDON. Oct. 31.-(Special Jean de
Reszke sailed from Havre for New York
today by the steamship Champagne. his
agent at Calais telegtaphs to the Worlds
London bureau, but without his bride Of
two days.
There seems to have been no religious
marriage-at least the public is ignorant
OF any-and the civil ceremony at the marie
Of the Seventeenth arondissment In Paris
was Of the most informal character. The
Comtesse de JaillyNesle, the bride is
divorced woman and the marriage was long
delayed because OF efforts to induce Rome
to grant dlspensaton permitting it, in
spite Of the rule OF the church against the
marriage OF a divorced communicant. The
marie is in the Balgnelles quarter not
very fashionable part OF Paris. but the Com
tesse Athur de Genairie, Nine. de Reszke's
mother, has her residence in It, Thursday
Is great day for marriages in Paris and
the great singer had long to wait for his
turn in a poorly furnished waiting room
the mayor was absent and the ceremony was
pronounced by his deputy. dapper man
attired in trim suit of evening dress with
tri-color scarf. deftly arranged across his
shirt front. AS one detachment after an
other made its way up the staircase and
revealed Itself to the view of the ushers the
couples penetrated into the recesses OF
special bureau, where the necessary papers
we're brought out and signed. Then there
was spell OF waiting in the vestibuls after
which back benches were secured in the
marriage hall, pending a request from the
master of ceremonies to go up higher.
WHAT ONE SEES WHILE WAITING.
While awaiting the arrival Of the great
singer and his friends 1t was curious to note
the different parties which had all come on
the same errand. All sorts and conditions
OF men and women were sitting or standing
IN groups, beguiling the time as best they
could. The marriage hall of a marie is a
wonderful social leveler, for here all are
equal before the law, which is no respecter
OF persons and it is a case of first come. first
waited on, with vengeance. Refined young
brides came in delicate white robes wells
and orange blossoms, with their maids of
honor and feminine relations. and friends In
tasteful attire, while men, resplendent in
sartorial triumph, were to be seen cheek by
iowl with other candidates, whose toilets
were OF the simplest. The heorne of one de-
tachment was arrayed in a costume of divers
colors, which could scarcely be said to har-
monize, while she was crowned, as to her
head, with a marvellous hat Some of her
| supporters had apparently in their hurry
left their cigarette cases at home as they
strobe along with paper-roled samples of
the fragrant weed affixed to the side of their
ears Old women in mob caps were VISA
Wis of graceful dowagers.
II was while all this animation was at
Its height, one of the ushers having Just
exclaimed In rather alarmed tones that
nine marriages had still TO be dispatched
that Jean de Reszke entered the vestibule
with the Comtesse de Mailly, his brother
Edouard de Reszke, their witnesses and
half dozen male friends. The bride wore
blue costume, the bodice and hat being
velvet Her shoulders were covered with a
fur tippet. This formed a toilet which set
off her graceful figure and blonde tresses to
advantage. The men were in frock coats
MARRIED LIKE ORDINARY FOLKS
While Jean de Reszke and his bride were
in the matrimonial bureau their friends
remained in the vestibule. After they had
rejoned them there was a spell of wait
ing. for at that moment the marriage hall
was packed. AT last the suspense was at
an eLd, and the party advanced to front
benches. close to the desk at which the
deputy mayor was seated. The bride and
bridegroom occupied a middle place, with
their respective wtnesses-Dr Chevalet
and NJ Cassaign for the bride and Leopold
de Kronenberg, his brother-in-law, and
Adam de Michalski for the bridegroom
| on either side OF them. And a striking
contrast did they present to mary of the
parties that had just preceded them The
| usual preiminaries having been gone
through by the secretary, who read out
the marriage document, the deputy mayor
| arose, and, all standing, proceeded to pro-
nounce the ceremony, which is very brief,
being OF a purely legal character The
couple are reminded OF their mutual OBJ
legations by several references to the civil
code. The bridegroom is told that he owes
fidelity and support to his consort, while
the virtue of obedience is strictly enjoined
upon the bride, who, however is comforted
with the assurance at the close that she
can dispose of her own property as she
pleases.
There was nothing noteworthy in this
particular ceremony, nor was any special
address made to the married pair when it
came to an end. The bride was married
by her maiden name of De Goulaine.
After the ceremony the usual formality
of signing was carried out, and then, while
the officials continued their task of unit
ing other couples yet awaiting the tying of
the huptial knot the party drove away as
1t had come. in the neat but modest car
riages. devoid OF the slightest ostentation
and attracting no notice
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