New-York tribune., 1905-06-07
THE GROWN PRINCE WEBS
CEREMONTES At BERLIN
Dukes end Princes at Palace Chapel
TIE I,orch.igkt Dance.


gan IN every garrison town in Prussia and in
every sea where German warships were. At the
chspel several hundred persons, one Of the most
distinguished assenlblages that could be gathered
in Europe. saw the simple wedding service of
the Lutheran Church.
Some Of the sixty or seventy members of royal
families present from German and foreign States
were Archdufe Franz Ferdinand of Austria
representing Emperor Francis Joseph; Grand
Duke Michael of Russia. Prince Henry. consort
Of the Queen of the Netherlands; the Duke and
Duchess of Aosta. representing the King and
Queen of Italy; Prince Arthur. of Connaught,
representing Great Britain: Prince and Princess
Albert of Belgium, the Duke of Oporto. repre-
senting Portugal; Prince Ferdinand of Rumania
and the Crown Princes of Denmark and Greece.
These all stood in wide circle around the al.
tar, for there were no pens. and behind them,
without regard to rank. were the members Of
the foreign embassies. with Ambassador Tower
and Mrs Tower among them, the Cabinet Min
listers. a number of admiralss commanders of
army corps. d couple of hundred men and wom-
Of the high nobility, one newspaper corre-
spondent from each of the principal countries
and five correspondents from Germany.
The Crown Princess. for she was already
Crown Princess by civil rite, came in on the
Of the Crown Prince. She was wearing wreath
of fresh myrtle her head. which
monds and rubies set in a gold frame purple
velvet \ triangle of diamonds rested on the
front of her low cut bodice, and around her neck
was a necklace of large diamonds.
THE CROWN PRINCESS'S GOWN.
The wedding gown. which has been so often
described, was of Russian silver bsocade, with
train four and a half yards long and two and
g quarter yards wide attached to the shoulders
Four maids of honor. in gowns of pale blue silk,
the Crown Princes favorite color. carried the
train, and behind them walked two, pages. The
bridal veil was of old Brussels lace.
The Crown Prince wore the dark blue uniform
of the 1st Foot Guards. with majors insignia
and his decorations. He carried his helmet In
his left hand.
Behind the bride and bridegroom came the
Empress on the arm of the Grand Duke of
MeckIenburg- -Schwerin, brother Of the bride, and
the Emperor with the Grand Duchess Anastasia,
mother of the bride These and other members
of the royal family stood the right Of the
altar.
The choir in the loft above sang God Give
His Angels Charge Concerning Thee" set to
music by AIendelssohn. This text was carved
on the cradle OF the Crown Prince. The congre-
CATION joined in singing from the programme
the hymn Praise the Master"
DR. Dryander the court chaplain. with nine of
the Cathedral clergy standing near him, began
the service It is the privilege of the pastor, ac-
cording to the Lutheran rite, to read one of the
several admonitory addresses to the bridal cou-
pIe or TO make one of his own. DR.. Dryander
chose to lay aside the book taking as his sub
5ect verses 16 and H. chapter L. Of the Book of
Ruth, beginning: For whittier thou goest L
VIII 60"
Dr.. Dryander spoke briefly the beauty of
love, the responsibilities resting the youthful
sair and their need of the support of faith and
spiritual vision THE pastor then asked his i'm
1oerial highness if he took out. Of Gods hand to
have and 10 hold, according to Gods word and
will, her highness Cecilia. The Grown Prince
answered yes"
The same question was addressed to the
Duchess with the additional question Of land
obey" to which she also answered Yes" These
were the only responses.
The rings were then exchanged and the bride
and bridegroom knelt while DR.. Dryander read
the LiturgicaI Prayer, closing the ceremony,
which had taken precisely twenty minutes.
THE PASTORS GIFT A BIBLE
Dr.. Dryander shook hands with the Crown
Prince and kissed the hand of the Crown
Princess. He then presented TO the bridal couple
a Bible.
The Emperor kissed the bride both cheeks
and then kissed his son, the Empress doing
likewise.
The bridal party Slowly moved out iolo"ed
by the princes and princesses, but all others
waited in the chapel, which had become very
hot. owing TO the three hundred burning candles.
until the reception began in the White Hall, ad-
joining the chapel.
Besides those present at the wedding. several
hundred others had been invited to the recep-
ton which consisted of each person bowling to
the Crown Prince and to the Crown Princess,
on either side of whom stood other royal person
ages The gowns, jewels and uniforms worn at
the reception made q brilliant picture.
After supper had been served torchlight
dance, a practice at weddings in the House of
Hohenzollern for centuries, was performed in a
modified form by twelve pages, bearing thick
candles about two and a half feet tall The
Crown Prince took the hand of the Crown Prin-
cess and walked slowly behind the pages.
keeping step to the music around quadrangle
formed by men and women standing ten feet
deep along the sides of the drawing room, all
bowing as the bridal couple passed. The EN-
peror then led the Crown Princess and the
Crown Prince led his mother around the same
walk Next the Crown Princess took each of
the other princes and the Crown Prince each Of
the other princesses around the hail. occasional
ly several at a time, so that precedence might
not be disregarded Once the Grand Duke
Michael OF Russia the Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand of Austria. Crown Prince Gustaf OF Sweden
and the Duke of Oporto were walking with the
Crown Princess at the same time, two on either
side. This ceremony came to a close after 8 |
o'clock
After the conclusion of the dance. the Crown
Prince and the Crown Princess in an open
carriage, drove TO the Stettin station. where
special train was awaiting them Attached |