The record-union., 1899-04-21
Lady Margaret Primrose Welded to
the Earl Of CreWe.
The Ceremony Performed Before a Notable
Assemhlage at Westminster Abbey.
The Bride the Youngest Daughter
of Earl Rosebery-Miss MurieI
White, Daughter of the Score
tary of the American Legation,
Bridesmaid The Presents
Many and Princely.

| LONDON, April 20-Large crowds OF
people gathered within the precincts of
Westminster Abbey to-day to witness
the marriage of Lady Margaret Primr-
rose, youngest daughter of the Earl of
Rosebery, to the Earl of Crewe-
Among those present in the Abbey
We're 600 invited guests, all wearing
wedding favors of marguerites and
primroses, representing the bride,s
name.
The Earl of Rosebery gave his daughL-
ter away, and the best man was the
Earl of Chesterfield. DR.. Butler and
the Dean of Westminster had charge of
the ceremony.
The honeymoon Will be spent at
Wellsbeck Abbey, the seat of the Duke
of Portland, which has been lent to the
bride and bridegroom for the occasion
Miss Mufiel White daughter of
Henry White, Secretary of the United
States Embassy, was one of the brides
maids. The others were Lady Sybl
Primrose, Annabel Crewe- Mines, Celia
Crewe-M Mines, Cynthia Crewe-Milnes.
the Hon n aud Wyndam, the Hon.
Margar Wyndam, the Hon. Evelyna
Rothschl4d and Lady Juliet Lowther.
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Rothschild roses and wore dresses of
white mousseline de sole, embroidered
with satin spots. The skirts had shaped
sertion I'd several ruches. The bodices
were immedl with old-fashionei
dounces, edging trimmed with lace in
hchus carried over the top of the sleeve
and tied in a knot edged with lace.
with neck pieces and sleeves of trans
parent lace and sashes of primrose
chiffon with pink flowers
The brides gown was of the richest
ivory satin duchesse, embroidered
with wreaths, bouquets and diamonds
and primroses and draped with point
Allencon lace, formerly the property
of Queen Marie Antoinette
The bride drove from her fathers
house in Berkeley square with her
father in sumptuous carriage which
her mother always used in going to
drawing-rooms. She, arrived at the
Abbey at 1:30 p. M, carrying a bouquet
OF orchids marguerites and other flow
ers cut from her own garden. She was
met at the west door by the brides
maids, who accompanied her up the
nave to the choir. Sir Frederick Bridge.
the organist of Westminster Abbey,
played Schubert's grand march and
the wedding march from "Lohengrin''
as the bridal procession passed up the
nave.
The Abbey was charmingly and effec-
lively decorated with palms, primroses.
marguerites and other flowers, and the
scene at the time of the marriage SER
vice was most impressive one.
Sunshine was streaming through the
windows, illuminating the grand hall
to the utmost and making a brilliant
picture. The service was fully choral.
and as the couple left the Abbey the
organ played Mendelssohn's wedding
March" Arrangements were made to
cinemetagraph the scenes upon the ar
rival and departure of the bride from
the Abbey.
The guests included the Prince Of
Wales, the Duke of Cambridge. the
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, all
the members of the Rothschild family
now in London, the Duke and Duchess
of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Dufferin,
John Morley, the Duke and Duchess of
Cleveland and the leaders of society
generally.
The newspapers are full of particulars
of the marriage and descriptions of the
gifts, headed by those of the Prince and
Princess of Wales, who presented the
bride with some superb diamond Jew
elry. The Earl of Rosebery has given
his daughter a magnificent bejeweled
set of rings necklace, brooches and
other presents of the most splendid
kind. The Earl of Crewe's many gifts
to the bride included a dazzling true
lovers knot in diamonds
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White gave the
bride a diamond mounted picture
frame. There were also gifts from
Colonel John Hay, the United States
Secretary of State. The wedding cake
was six feet high and decorated with
primroses, heather and the Rosebery
and Crewe coat-of-arms.
A large crowd of people gathered in
Berkeley square, where the Rosebery
residence is situated. and outside the
Abbey the streets were impassable for
hours. The arrival of the bride and
her father caused much excitement and
cheering, during which the crowd forced
its way through the police cordon. Or
der was finally restored, however. The
reception and luncheon at the Rosebery
residence after the ceremony was at
tended by the Prince of Wales and the
Others named, and about 500 of the
guests were enabled to view the pres
ents
EARLY in the afternoon the bride and
bridegroom started for Wellbeck Alb
bey
The omnibus drivers to-day are wear
ing wedding favors on their whips as
compliment to the Rothschilds, rela-
tives of the bride, who are very char
liable to this class of drivers