The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-18
IATAsH1NGToN society is European

VA IASdlNCIION society IS european
wv in its love of imposing spectacles
For this reason the most popular
members of society at. the capital are
the members of the diplomatic corps
who are on festive occasions literally
able to array themselves in purple and
fine linen. The marriage of the daugh-
ter of Lord Julian Pauncefote and Mr.
Robert Bromley is therefore an event OF
the highest Importance in Washington
social circles, for she is the first mem
Der of the diplomatic corps TO be mar
ried in this country.
! Usually when ladies of the diplomatic
| families are betrothed to fellow coun-
trymen they put off the wedding until
they return to their native land, where
/ they can have the ceremony performed
| in accordance with the traditions of
their ancestors and not after any bar
barous Yankee fashion which would
probably leave them feeling as if they
had not been properly married at all.
The amiability of Miss Lillian Paunce-
fote in sending out cards from the
| British embassy is a matter of graft
tude, not to say admiration, on the part
of Washington society leaders, and it
is safe to predict that for many moons
to come the arrangements in regard to
the Pauncefote-Br Bromley wedding will
be quoted as the criterion of correctness
in cabinet, congressional and other cir
cles. The Pauncefotes have a hand
some home in London, and, if they
wished, might celebrate the wedding
with great pomp at st. Georges, Han
over square. with royalty in attendance,
instead of mere commoners from Osh-
kosh or Kalamazoo.
The marriage will take place in ST.
Johns, the Episcopalian church in
Washington where the Pauncefotes
worship. There has been no secret
made of the details of the wedding-how
could there be when all official and So
cial Washington, with their wives and
daughters, have been hidden to the GER
emony? The decorations at the church
are to be white flowers set among
sprays and entertainments of ferns and
palms. The white surpliced choir will
introduce the bridal procession to the
stirring strains of the "Lohengrin" cho-
rus.
Promptly at noon, Feb. "a, the bride
will enter leaning on the arm of her
handsome and dignif1ed father, follow
ed by a little page, four bridesmaids
and four uShers. AS the bride ap-
proaches the altar the bridegroom es-
corted by his brother and best man, will
step toward the altar from one of those
mysterious side entrances from which
it is the custom of bridegrooms to
meekly emerge at fashionable we'd
dings. Then the bridal party will range
itself into a hollow square and the sur
pliced clergyman, opening his book, will
begin the solemn marriage service of
the Church of England. All the time
the responses are being slowly and de-
voutly made the organ Will be softly
giving voice to a wordless accompani-
ment to the tones of the speakers
When it is all over, the great instru-
ment will break out into the jubilant
music of the wedding march, with
the choir boys in line marching down
the aisle, exerting their young lungs to
do honor to the event. After them will
come the bridal procession reformed in
to line with one change-that the bride
now leans upon the arm of her husband,
and Lord Pauncefote, her father, has
disappeared, probably to join his wife,
who as is the custom, will occupy a
front pew in the church.
OF course, at a wedding the most
important and interesting thing to
be noted is the bridal garment.
With commendable patriotism Miss
Pauncefote has declined to wear any
but a British garment. The we'd
ding dress and all her trousseau
were made by London modiste. Ivory