New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-31
A ROYAL FETE.
iHE MAHHiAGE OF PRINCESS MAUD A
A TOWN SHOW AND HELP
TO MONARCHY.

! LONDON, July ~.
! The most singular feature OF a ROYAL f,nc,,oA
like to-day's marriage Of Princess Maud Of WAL.
with Prince Charles OF Denmark is the siIencs ~
the vast assembiage Of spectators in Tho &C.,.
The state chariots pass through a,res,s it,.
with police and soldiers, and not cheer 10 h...1
until the bride Is SEEN and even she does M, q.
'ariaby arouse enthusiasm There IL M i.ck -
interest In the pageantry OF a royal wedding M,
OF loyalty to the reignng family but the throngs
which have been blocking the sidewalks s,nc.
daylight along the line Of march are Unconditional
and allow the gilded carriages TO pass In silence
Perhaps 1t Is unconscious imitation OF the man
ners Of the great. Whenever royal personals.
condescend to attend social reception or q We'd
ding they are left to themselves in the centr. ~
the company and nobody ventures to approach
them or to do more than to gaze at them ten feet
away with silent awe. What is good form for
the classes cannot be bad form for the masses
The arrangements for the royal wedding have
been made. altered. revised and compromised
many times. The Queen at the outset desired the
ceremonial to be as simple as possible Athoush
she Is fond OF handsome wedding az any
girl In her teens would be. she has her own IDEAS
Of royal proprety, and has apparently considered
1t unbecoming to celebrate the marriage OF the
Princess Maud with full pageantry Of statel.
Battenberg The Prince OF Wales on the other
hand, has assumed that since the court was out
Of mourning the marriage Of his daughter ought
not to be clouded In any way. II there has not
been a play OF cross purposes at court. there has
beer 1t least a gradual expansion Of the arrange
merts for the wedding until the ceremony has BE-
come popular town show. with a series Of pro.
ceselons and with the streets lined with troopa
Day by day the programme has been enlarged
until the original scheme is hardly recognizable
1t would be rash to assert that the Queens
wishes have been opposed for her will is always
law in the royal family. II would be more cor.
rect to say that she has graciously accepted sug.
gestion5 from the Prince Of Wales and good
humoredy revised the arrangements.
THE OSBORNE MYRTLE
The Queen herself has made only three public
appearances. She went from the railway station
to Marlborough House yesterday afternoon and
after greeting the royal guests and taking tea
driven up the Mall to Buckingham Palace
where she remained for twenty-four hours and
returned to the railway station where a special
train was awaiting her. In to-days popular
pageant she has not had a conspicuous part NOT
being seen by the throng Of spectators In Pail
Mall and Piccadilly, and departing for Windsor
quietly as the circumstances permitted. While
the Queens general health Is excellent. she feels
the inirmities of advancing age. and avoids over
taxing her strength. That she has not lost her
interest in royal weddings IL shown by the pains
taken by her to have the usual sprigs OF myrtle
sent from Osborne to Marlborough House for the
brides bouquet. This Is the myrtle planted BY
the Prince Consort thirtyeight years ago from
cuttings taken from the Princess Victorias we'd
ding bouquet No marriage in the royal family
has been complete for thir;y-four years without
the Osborne myrtle. with which the widowed
Queen has tenderly associated the Prince Con-
sort. The Princess Maud carried the myrtle
to-day In her hands and honored her grand
fathers memory
What the crowds of sightse RS massed about
Marlborough House and Buckingham Palace
witnessed to-day was series Of professions Of
gllded state carriages flied with royal Der
sonages and titled guests The first was thA
bridegrooms party. in two chariots. At noon
the Princess OF Wales. the Duke and Duchess OF
York and the Duke and Duchess OF Fife pro-
ceeded from Marlborough House to buckingham
Palace in semi-state. under the escort Of Life
Guards. the Mall being lined with two bat
talions of the Scots and Coldstream Guards.
Fifteen minutes afterward the Prince Of Wales
and the Princesses Victoria and Maud were con-
Quoted with similar state to the grand entrance
Of the palace When the marriage ceremony
had been performed and the breakfasts had
been eaten. there return procession Of car
riages under escort by way of Constitution Hill,
Piccadilly and st. James-st. TO Marlborough
House. where the Prince and Princess OF Wales
held reception for two hours. About o'clock
the bride and bridegroom started from MARI
borough House under escort OF the Life Guards
for ST. Pancras. going through Pail Mall and
fruifpn
of royalty and they were enjoyed. not onlyb the
men Of the clubs. but by vast concourse OF
the plain people in the Mall and 81. Jamess
Park From dawn until noon the masses had
waited silently and patiently for this series OF
cavalcades with the glitter OF scarlet uniforms
and the tinsel glory OF the royal carriages and
liveries; and when the brides chariot had rolled
by with its vision of shmmering satin and
happy face with an exquisite bridal veil behind
and beneath IL, they remained in their places
for nearly three hours for a second flashing
glimpse OF the carriages and their occupants
returning to Marlborough House for the af'
ternoon reception and the send-off OF the bridal
pair at o'clock. The masses may not cheer IN
England when the princes and princesses drive
by with pomp and stately splendor, but they
are deeply interested in royalty, else they would
not endure so much fatigue for the sake OF seeing
the show
A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE.
1t is, however. a brilliant spectacle, as sucn
things 60 and it is not strange that the peo-
pie wait for it patiently; for II appeals
strongly to their imaginations. and ohers
glimpses Of personages Of illustrious rank. VINO
are regarded rightly or wrongly,}as the most
highly favored class in Europe. W%h the escorts
Of Life Guards accompanying the carriages ana
the scarlet uniforms of the Household troops ana
the Horse Guards it is a military pageant ricn
in color and the streets through which ths
various professions move are gayly decors'eu
with bunting and nearly every window T"
banked with flowers. Streets like St JANICE