The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-08
QUEEN OF HOLLAND A BRIDE
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of ceremonies, on horseback, then a
coach with the queen and Duke Henry
The queen mothers coach followed and
then the chief military officers of the
palace, city authorities, adjutants on
horseback and, lastly, group Of fifty
mounted artillerymen. Green and green
and orange decorations with thousands
of Dutch flags hanging across the
street gave the route brilliant APP
pearance. The costuming of the crowds
was equally highly colored.
At II o'clock the marriage. party
emerged from the palace, to proceed to
the palace Of justice. Queen Wilhel-
nina passed down the steps on the arm
of the duke, with the train of her white
wedding dress sweeping behind her,
then the queen mother in purple, the
Grand Duchess Maria and half dozen
ladies of the court followed. The gen.
erals and admirals, fairly cleaning
with gold lace and medals, at the sa-
lutte on both sides, making truly regal
picture. The gilded coach presented by
the people of Amsterdam, was drawn
by eight horses bedecked with orange
colofs.
In the white hall of the palace Of JUS
tice, six high officials waited, as wit
nesses. They, with the minister of jus.
tice, DR.. Van Der Linden, were the
only persons beside the queen mother
and the Grand Duchess Maria and two
or three clerks who saw the signing
of the contract. The religious ediflce
in which the final ceremony was held
is great, bare structure Of gothic type
with vaulted arches. The body is filled
with plain box pews.
The scene when the wedding guests
assembled, however, was most ,nagnif-
cent. There was an acre of many col
ored uniforms and beautiful gowns,
with flashing jewels and glittering or
ders Of the royal personages and nobil-
ity and the feathers and flowers of
thousand wonderful bonnets, in the CEN
ter.
On one side of the church was space
about fifty feet square. From the back
rose a big white column, with an an
Gent pulpit of carved oak built upon
it ten feet above the floor. Banks Of
palms and white lilies surrounded the
pulpit and were arranged back of the
railing. A. plain red carpet covered the
floor. On the space before the pulpit
was rug presented bysixty noble ladies
of Amsterdam, a square of crimson vel
vet and gold embroidery, with a border
of the royal arms worked on white
drapery, the dark blue emblazoned or
ange lion rampant Of The Netherlands.
Surrounding the square between the
pulpit and the rug was short oaken
railing, with small table, covered with
green velvet On the left six chairs, re-
served for the marriage party, faced
the pulpit, beyond the rug. Behind
them were some twenty chairs for the
ladies of the court, who wore gowns of
emerald and orange, pale blue, white
and pink. 1t was handsome array.
The section of the church on the right
of the pulpit was occupied by burgo-
and aldermen Of Holland cities,
dressed in bottle green with red and
gold trimmings. Another section on the
left held the members of the Senate and
chamber of deputies Facing the left
side of the pulpit in front of the organ
loft sat the diplomatic corps, the first
two rows containing the ladies OF the
diplomatic circle. In the third row sat
the American -ninistere, Stanford New
ell. in plain evening dress. General
Porter, the United States ambassador
to France, in the same attire was on
his left, with the British minister, Sir
Henry Howard, on his right DR.
Leyds, representative Of the Transvaal
had the most prominent place in the
row with only the Spanish minister
Senior Baguer, between him and the
British minister.
The galleries around the three sides
were filled with guests, most Of them
men in evening dress. The ushers were
court officials in dark blue uniforcs,
with gold epaulettes and broad laclngs
of gold across their breasts and down
their trousers, wearing swords ana car
rying chapeaus.
The seats, excepting few chalrs
within the altar rail, were filed an hour
before noon. From the tremendous pipe
organ occasional strains Of music hoat-
ed out, solemn hymns with nothing or
the traditional joyous wedding spirit IN
them.
A roar of cheers announced the arri-
val of the bridal party at 1880. Ihey |
entered the main door in the vacant |
wing of the church, walking UP the |
steps on a strip of red velvet under a |
red and buff canopy bearing the arms |
Of Holland, and proceeded along the |
nave, through a lane of palms to the |
aisle, between the burgomasters and
civilian guests, fifty feet long. which |
was draped with blue displaying the
orange lion.
Before the wedding procession enter
ID the church the great congregation
lrose and the choir of one hundred
voices sang, in six parts to Hildeck's
music, the words of the sixteenth and |