The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-26
Break fasting En- Route in Palace Cars
ness, the Prince of Wales.
HOW THE BRIDE WAS DRESSED
SCENES AT THE CHURCH AND ON THE
RAILWAY TRAIN.
Honeymoon of the Famous Singer and
Her Latest Husband to Be Spent
in Southern France.


LONDON, Jan. 25-Adelina Patti, the
singer, was married to-day at Brecon,
Wales to Baron Cederstrom, director of the
Health Gymnatistic Institute. here. Madame
Patti took train from Craig-y-Nos, her
residence, to Brecon, which was prettily
decorated for the occasion. The band of the
South Wales borderers met the party at
the station and with the fire brigade and
police, headed by the town banner and the
mace bearers, escorted the wedding party in
five landaus to the Roman Catholic Church,
which had been specially decorated. Sir
George Faudel Phillips, former lord mayor
of London, gave Patti away. The service was
very brief. Baron and Baroness Cederstrom
emerged from the church at il o'clock, en-
tered a carriage the procession was re-
formed and the bride and bridegroom pro-
ceeded to the railroad station and started
for London. They received an ovation. The
wedding breakfast was served on board the
train which was composed of the special
corridor cars built for the Prince of Wales.
Madame Patti was married in a travelling
dress of dove-colored satin, embroidered
with steel, with body of pale gray and
bonnet trimmed with mauve orchids Her
travelling cap, which matched her dress, was
ornamented with a design of true lovers
knots The procession to the church and
returning to the station passed under sew
eral triumphal arches bearing inscriptions
in honor of the bride. The streets were
thronged with people and the church was
crowded with invited guests.
The ceremonies were very picturesque and
the weather was glorious. The mayor and
corporation were among those who met the
couple at the station and accompanied them
to the church, headed by the mace bear
ers, in silk hats and scarlet waist coats,
and with the borough banner Haunting the
red dragon. The aldermen, in their robes
of office met the bride and bridegroom in
the porch of the church which was beau
tifully draped with white, pink and blue
muslin, which was worked into a canopy in
front of the altar, under which the couple
stood during the ceremony.
The wedding breakfast was a unique af-
fair. A table nearly thirty feet long was
laid in improvised dining saloon with
kitchen attached Bridal wreaths were
suspended from the walls of the car and
wealth of flowers from Craig-y-Nos adorned
the table. The dinner service silver and
wines were all supplied from Craig-y-Nos
castle, and the menu card was adorned with
fanciful and grotesque cupids. The bride
presided and herself cut the bride cake as
sisted by the husband While the train
was speeding along at the rate of fifty
six miles an hour, the customary toasts
were proposed with humorous speeches by
Sir George Faudel Philips, former lord
mayor of London, and others.
The wedding party reached London late
this afternoon. The bride and bridegroom
will start tomorrow for the south of
France, where they will spend the honey
moon. Crowds of admirers welcomed the ar
rival of the newly welded pair al the rail-
way station here and also at the Hotel
Cecil.