Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-09-20
STRANGE WEDDING PRESENTS.
Great Cheese for a Queen-Pair Of
Trousers fer King.

wedding presents made to sover-
elg2s have at times been known to
ta--e a decidedly practical if eccentric
form, as was the c..se at the time OF
the late Inflated King Alexander OF
SerYia's marriage, when sum OF
money was raised by public subscrip-
non and presented to the royal BRIDE
groom that he might be able to de-
tray the cost of new regiment. to
De named as compliment to the LADY
to whom he had espoused, Queen
DraSas Own"
One hundred and twenty drinking
crps, all fashioned to represent dainty
dancing slippers, and no two of the
same size, may certainly be described
both as costly and curious marriage
GIT. Such was the hymeneal Offering
mace to Mile. Zucchi, formerly prima
ballerina at the Eden Theatre, Paris.
by the friends of her husband Prince
Basetchitkon, on her quitting the
scene OF her terpsichorean triumphs
for the more sedate duties of home
iife.-
On the marriage of our late Queen
IN 1870 the farmers of East and West
Pennard, Somersetshire, in order to
show their loyalty, manufactured from
the milk Of $50 cows an immense
cheese weighing upward of eleven
hundred weight and measuring . feet
In circumference, which was present.
ed to the royal bride and Prince Al
bert and by them graciously accepted
as q wedding gift.
lie cheese was stored at Bucking-
ham Palace and would doubtless in
due season have been tasted by royal
lips had not its donors, seeming WIDE
advertisement. asked for it's loan Tor
the purpose of exhibition. Their re-
quest was granted, but when, their
end having been attained, they would
have returned the cheese they were
met with an intimation that under
the altered conditions her Majesty
could not fer a moment entertain lne
idea of accepting their gift.
A poor peasant woman sent a pair
Of trousers of her own design and
lake to the late King Charles of Wur-
tea.berg on the morning of his mar
ria5e with Princess Olga OF Russia.
accompanied by letter expressive of
her hope that the garment which she
was taking the great but she trusted
pafdonable liberty to send would ne
found better cut and fit than the
Que in which she had last had The
ho"or of seeing his Majesty attired
Another German ruler, Louis " OF
Eesse- Darmstaot. the husband of Prin-
cess Alice, received on his wedding
a. perhaps more useful offering
IL l ~~4eA pairs OF stockings, knitted
ana sent bJ an eiGerly female admir-
er ID humble circumstances.
The romantic personality of Siguor
Mario, the celebrated Italian singer,
MOI infrequently evoked a hopeless
passion in womens hearts that on
T. ore than one occasion found express
SIGN in strange manner. This was
certainly the case on the occasion or
BIS marriage, when he received from
a bovy OF female admirers handsome
cushion stuffed with the fair donors
'uNuiant hair An even quainter
prese9t, however did he receive on
his wedding day in an anonymous gilt
from Munich lady of one of her
teeth which, as she remarked in IN
accompanying note, she had drawn
ard set with pearls and emeralds as
scarfpin. in the trust that by some
times wearing it the hero of her
dreams would give a passing thought
OF his unknown worshipper.