The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-07
THE WEDDING
 OF ROYALTY German Grown Prince
 Takes a Bride. GORGEOUS CELEBRATION Assembly of NotableS in At-
 tendance. Duchess Cecilia Becomes Wife of the Man Who VIII Some Day Rule
 Destiny of a Great

bGrlln, June o--CToWn ITlnCe fTeu- erick William and Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg- -Schwerin were married in the palace chapel this afternoon when the clock in the plaza marked 5, and the batteries here any In every garrison town in Prussia and in every sea where q German warship floated. began firing a salute of twenty-one guns at the same moment.
 Some of the sixty or seventy mem- bers of the royal families present from German foreign states were the Arch- duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, rep resenting Emperor Francis Joseph: the Grand Duke Michaes,l. 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 j~~Oporto, representing Portugal; {; Prince Ferdinand, of Roumania, and the crown prince of Denmark and Greece These all stood in wide cir cle around the altar. for there were no pews. and behind them without re- gard to rank were the members of the foreign embassies with Ambassador Tower and Mrs. Tower among them; the cabinet ministers, d number of ad- mirals, the commanders of army corps and many persons of the high mo- bility.
 The Wedding Party.
 The crown princess, for she was also crown princess by civil right, came in on the arm of the crown prince. She was wearing a wreath of fresh myrtle on her head, over which was a small crown of diamonds and rubies in gold frame. placed there by the em- press A triangle of diamonds rested on the front of her low cut bodice and around her neck was necklace or large diamonds. The wedding dress was of Russian silver brocade, with a train of four and half yards in length and two and a quarter yards wide, att tached to the shoulders. Four maids of honor, in dresses of pale blue silk, the crown princess's favorite color, carried the train and behind them walked the two pages. The bridal veil was of old Brussels lace. The Crown Prince wore the light blue uniform of the First Foot Guards with a majors insignia and his decorations. He carried his helmet in his hand. Behind the bride and groom came the Empress on the arm of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- -Schwerin, broth CT of the bride. and the Emperor with the Grand Duchess Anastasia, mother of the bride. These and other mem- bers of the royal family stood on the right of the altar.
 The choir sang God Give His Angels Charge Concerning Thee" set to music by Mendelssohn. This text was carved in the cradle of the Crown Prince. The congregation joined in singing from the program the familiar hymn Praise the Master"
 The Ceremony.
 pr 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 either one of the. several admonitory addresses to the bridal couple or to make one of his own. Dr. Dryander elected to lay aside the book. taking ms his subject the book of Ruth. chap ter one, verses 16 and 17, beginning:
 For whither thou goest, will go, etc.
 pr. Dryander spoke briefly on the beauty of love, the large responsioiH- ties resting on the youthful pair, their need for support Of faith ana splritual a vision. The pastor then asked his imnerial bighness if he took out of God's hands to have and to hold ac- cordInR to Gods word and will, her highness Cecilia ,,,,
 The Grown Prince answered: yes
 The same question was addressed to the Duchess with the additional ques- ton of "and obey" to which she also answered "yes." These were the only responses. the bride and groom knelt while Dr. Dryander read the liturgical prayer. closing the ceremony. which had taken precisely twenty minutes.
 pr Dryander shook hands with the crown prince and kissed the hand Of the crown princess. He then presented the bridal couple with blple' orha mentally bound The Emperor kissed inc bride on both cheeks and then kissed his son, the Empress doing like wise.
 The bridal party slowly moved out, followed by the princess and princesses, but all others waited in the chapel, which had become very hot owing to the 400 candles that had been burning for half an hour. until the reception began in the white hall adjoining the chapel.
 A Brilliant Picture.
 Reside those present at the wedding, several hundred others had been in vlted to the reception. each person lowing to the crown prince and crown princess. on either side of whom stood other royal personages. The dresses,
 
 most brilliant picture.
 After supper had been served torch light dance. a unique practice at we'd dings in the house of Hohenzollern for centuries, was performed in a modified form by twelve pages. bearing thick candles about two and one-half feet tall.
 The crown prince took the hand of the crown princess and walked slowly behind the pages. keeping step to the music around a quadrangle formed by women standing ten feet deep along the sides of the drawing room which Is 105 tY 50 feet, all lowing as the bridal counle passed. The emperor then led inc crown princess and the crown nrince led his mother around the same walk. Next the crown princess took each of the other princesses and the crown prince each of the other princes around the hall. occasionally several at a time. so that precedence might not he disregarded. Once the Grand Duke Michael of Russia, the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden and the Duke of Oporto were walking with the crown princess at the same time. This Junction came to a close after g o'clock