The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-04
BERLIN HALLS PRINCES BRIDE
CECILIE MAKES STATE ENTRY
AMID GREAT REJOICING.
For Pretty Extempore Speech In Reply
to Ofr1cial Weicome-Smau Procession.
but the Butchers Were In It-Sisns
Marriage Contract and Enters Palace.
.speeIu cas.s Despatch 10 THE sun.

Special Cos's Despatch 10 TIE SUN.
BERLIN. June 8.-Tae city welcomed
to-day the Duchess Cecilie OF Neck
lenburg- Schweria, the bride-elect Of
the Crown Prince. Ceci!ie with her mother.
tho Grand Duchess Anastasie. and her
urother and sistor. arrived at noon to-day
and proceeded quietly to Bellevue Castle,
i. former royal residence on the outskirts
OF the city. preparatory to public entry.
The state entry was made at $50 P. NJ.
and in an hour more by signing the mar
rage contract, which in itself is small
volume, Cecilie entered the proud house
Hohen zollern.
The day was fair and fitting for the &C.
casion. The whole city was early afoot
end the people were in holiday mood and
a1rayed in holiday garb. Traffic in the
center Of the city was stopped and an az.
pectant silence seemed to reign.
The mile between Bellevue Castle and
the Royal Palace was a wonderful sight
with its long rows Of banner bearing guilds
containing nearly $1,000 members, and
groups Of white clad children with wreaths
Of roses in their hair.
Great tribunes smothered in wa1en
roses and stained pink, Cecilie's favorits
color. we're filled with gaily dressed women
and men. The men We're dressed as Il for
ball. This composed picture even moro
brilliant than that in the Kaiserins entry
in 1852.
The procession itself was very short.
First came three six horse carriages with
outriders containing the officers Of Cecilie's
future household, then escorts Of dragons
with a mounted band playing operate
airs and the famous company of Butchers.
In the middle Of the procession was an all
gold chariot century old drawn by eight
coal black stations containing the Empress
the Duchess Cecilie and the latters Mistress
Of the Robes.
As the car halted in the center Of the
PARSER Platz, where the official welcome
was read, ringing and repeated cheers broke
out from all sides. All eyes were on &C.
ellie, whose dark hair was done up in French
fashion with silver coronet on top. She
wore a very low cut dress Of light pink
silk.
Chief Magistrate Krschner, in vel
coming speech, recalled the fact that Queen
Louise. the wife OF King Frederic William
OF Prussia, who more than century ago
similarly entered Berlin was also a Neck
!enLuT2 pflICesS- ne eAFie@oSo INC 1'oGo
that Ceaiie would also prove the good
geniu, Of the country.
Cec.he in reply, spoke ex tempore. She
said:
/ thank you for your charming words
of grectipg and for the beautiful reception
vou have prepared. The memory Of both
WI. remain in my heart always. I shall
Der a thankful! to the city to which l shall
te-"efc-th belong"
ce. .:o was pale but self-possessed as
e., spoiie, and a, first looked very serious.
~. sho and tho Kaiserin laughed heartily
when the speech had been successfully
delivered.
Then the procession amid great cheering
passed up Inter den Linden and reached
TIE castle about o'clock.
Al! the members OF the Diplomatic Corps.
including Mr. Tower, the American Am
bassador. watched the scene from the
French Embassy