The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-08

which was remarkable for Its simple au-
sterity. He exhorted them on the duties
Of the marriage relation in the same lam
guage he would have used In addressing
peasant bride and bridegroom. He en-
phasized a wife's duty to her husband as
the head of the household. The brief re-
ligious formula of the Dutch Church fol-
lowed.
The Religious Service.
The ceremony was not unlike that of an
English church. The predicant, having
received the record of the civil marriage,
addressed the couple, saying:
DO you wish and intend to live to-
gether in matrimony according to God S
word and law, and do you wish, therefore.
the blessing OF the Church on your union?'
The bride and groom responded clearly:
Yes"
The predicant: eff that is your wish
your faith must be in the Lord and Crea-
tor OF heaven and earth. Take, therefore,
each others right hand and promise the
following:
Do you, Henry, promise her. whom
you have taken for wife, never TO leave
full, od-fearing husband: to live a gcdly
life, keeping faith with her in every
thing, according to the gospel?'
q" DO you, Wiihelmina, promise to obey
and serve and assist him whom you have
taken for your lawful husband; never to
leave him; to live godly life, keeping
faith with him in everything, according
to the gospel?"
Both replied: Yes"
Both knelt while the predicant read the
prayer at the conclusion of the serv-
ice, the ending of which is almost iden-
teal with the words of the universal
Protestant service What God hath
united man shall not sunder."
At the close of the ceremony the choir
sang an anthem invoking blessings upon
the union. The audience afterward sang
Psalm cxiii, after which the benediction
was pronounced. The Prince Consort then
advanced and shook hands with the cler-
gymen, and Queen Wilhelmina did the
same. The cortege then slowly filed out
of the church. The royal couple drove di
rect to the palace in a great carriage of
gold and crystal. The brides pallor dis
appeared before the close of the cere-
mony. AS soon as she got beyond the
curtains she embraced her mother and the
other ladies of the party, but the bride
and groom did not salute each other. Can
non doomed out royal salute of 101 guns
as the party returned to the palace
There was a curious juxtaposition
anopo tho dinIopoafic co-Dg in tta ob,,r,t,
DR.. Leyds, the European representative
of the Transvaal, who was one of the
handsomest men present, sat in the same
pew with Sir Henry Howard, the British
Minister. They were separated ouly by
the Portuguese Minister.
A wedding breakfast was served at the
palace. The royal couple left the palace
at o'clock and drove to the railway sta
ton through more cheering multitudes.
They will spend their honeymoon at the
royal chateau of Loo. near Apeldoorn,
ifty-fve miles from Amsterdam.
The Queen was dressed In dark blue
travelling suit, with blue hat trimmed
with ostrich feathers. She looked the
typical happy bride, as she acknowledged
the plaudits of her subjects. Fireworks
and unrestrained merrymaking finished
the popular celebration.
Before starting, Duke Henry received
the .itle of Prince of the Netherlands,
with the predicate OF Royal Highness.
The Queens Costume.
The wedding dress of the Queen was
perhaps the most magnificent bridal robe
of modern times. 1t was designed in
Paris and meantime the marvellous en-
broideries constituting one of it's most not
able features were executed in the Royal
School of Art Needlework In conjunction
with the Rijks Museum at Amsterdam.
This institution follows closely the model
OF the similar school at South Kensington,
and is directed by Nine. van Emstede
Winkler, lady who is a practical worker
herself She selected her eight or nine
most highly skilled students, one of whom,
Mrs Tue Laer, is an American by birth,
and for some weeks the ladies' were ali
continuously employed upon their beauti-
fui task.
The entire dress itself was of cloth OF
silver, so exquisitely supple and fine in
texture that it suggests those Indian mus
Inns which could be pulled through a ring
1t was specially woven, and naturally, at
great cost. The uress was made up over