Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-31

OF bright flowers in their black hair
and with bright colored fans whin.
ping the air The population OF MadrtI
had turned out in body and was aug
mented to twice It's usual size By v,sl-
tors from the country and neighborlne
towns.
PRINCESS VICTORIA ARRIVES
Princess Victoria came from the par.
40 palace to Madrid early IN the morn-
iug, accompanied by her mother. Prtn-
cess Henry Of Battenberg. ana her IA
dies OF honor and escorted BY a regi.
ment of the royal guards. The brides
party was installed I'm the ministry OF
marine, which had been sumptuousl,
prepared FOR her The princess put
On her wedding dress. and Queen Chris
itiania greeted the bride after which
me ladies breaktasted together IN the
blue salon of tho ministry
WEDDING CoRTEGE.
The wedding cortege started from the
royal palace at $3.50 H. M, amid the
ringing Of church bells. the firing OF
artillery salutes and the clamorous Ell
thuslasm OF the crowds massod along
the route Ahead rode trumpeters In
crimson velvet suits OF the time Of
Philip II, sounding the approach of the
royal party. Following them came
The personnel Of the royal household.
the heralds mounted on stations from
the royal stud and caparisoned in orr
entail style each led by cadet Of the
royal riding academy. aud the cquerries
md groons from the royal stables.
leading the kings favorite horses with
gold embroidered saddles. cloths and
colored pumes. accompanied by pages
and riding masters. and an the be-
Wildering equipment OF q luxurious
court.
SPANISH GRANDEES,
Next came q long line of gala coach
rs Of tho Spanish grHndces. each If
distinctive color with panels richly
painted. gilded and tcweled and drawn
by magnificent horses. in silver har-
ness, adorned with tall plumes, match
ing the livery. Within rode the no.
hlllty Of Spain. the mon with their
breasts covered with orders and the
women IN wedding attire,
ROYAL GALA COACHES.
But the briliancy Of this part NJ the
cortege WIS far surpassed when the
famous royal gala coaches came into
Wow. each drawn hy eight superb white
horses with golden and silver harnesses
and lofty colored plumage. looking like
the coaches depicted on some illumn-
atcd page Of q fnlrybook. These coaches
formed one of the most striking fea-
lures of the wedding cortegc, They
were marvels Of luxury somc of tor
toisc shell, others Of mahogany. set
with panels painted by famous artists.
all ornameuted with precious metals
90 10 ualt . Ia,
They were relics Of bygonc days, when
kings and queens rode in golden vchi-
Giles, but they had been renovated in
all their original splcndor for this oc-
castor. The most interesting coaches
we're the Amaranth coach for the court
ladies'; the Cypher coach for the lords
I'm waiting; the Coach Of the Ducal
Crown. for the infantas. and the Shell
coach for the queen mother.
All the trappings and surroundings
of these magnificent vehicles were in
keeping. They were drawn by teams
OF six and eight white horses. well
matched and the finest breeds.
About these gllttering vehicles circled
retmues Of prooms, pngcs, hcralds and
others in the SNOWY uniforms of Louis
XIV.
The coaches OF the spanish grandees
~ royalty, he main difference being
that they were drawn by only two
horses, according TO rigid rule.
SOME NOTABLE COACHES.
Some Of the most notable of these
coaches We're as follows
The Duke OF Albbas coach of yellow
with red wheels, the plumage Of the
horses and the livery Of the lackeys
being in the same colors. that OF the
Marquis Of NiGna. seventeenth cen.
fury coach adorned with precious paint
ines by Vicente Lopez that Of the
Marquis de Mranores, distinguished by
It's whiteness. all the plumage. har-
nesses and livery being Of white, those
or the Duke of Eotomayor and tho
Marquis de Tovar. each of blue with
red wheels and pumage of the same
colors; that of the Duke of Tamames.
brown, and Of the count of Heredia
green. There We're some % of these his
toric coaches OF the grandees, each
having It's own peculiar brllliancy and
all forming sngularly dazzling pa
geant.
VISITING PRINCES.
Following the coaches OF the Spanish
princes and infantas were those of the
visiting princes, including the Prime,
and Princess OF Wales. the Archduke
end Archduchess Francis Ferdinand OF
Austria. the Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess Vladimir OF Russia. Prince
Albrecht Of Prussia and Prince Albert
OF Belgium, and representatives of all
the royal houses Of Europe,
KING ALFONsOS COACH.
Closing this dazzling array OF princes
appeared a coach bearing the royal
crown I'm which were seated King Al
fonso. his witness. Prince Carlos, and
the kings little nephew, Prince Alton
SO, the actual heir TO the throne OF
Spain.
AS the kings coach appeared II was
created by great roar while the null
tltude wildly waved handkerchiefs, fans
and parasols, His majesty could plain
~ be seen smiling and bowling 70 the
popular greetings. He wore the uniform
os field marshal, his hat surmounted
by a sweeping white plume Around
his coach was q cavalcade OF royal
guards, heralds. eQuerrles and pages,
holding back the enthusiastic populace.