Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-04
Prince wilhelm and Grand
Duchess Marie Pavl0na
Are Married In Great Pomp
al Tsarkoe- Se|o.
Emperor Of Russia and the King Of
Sweden Both Present.

ST. Petersburg, May 3-Prince VIII
helm of Sweden, second son of King
Gustave, the popular sailor prince,
who visited America in 1907, was mar
ried this afternoon to Grand Duchess
Marie PavlOna, the cousin Of the En-
peror of Russia and daughter of
| Grand Duke Paul AleXandrovitch. The
ceremony took place at Tsarkoe- Se!O
and was accompanied by all the pOmp
and brilliant. display of colG- charac-
teristic of the most stately court i'll
Europe
In the evening great state banquet
was served at which toastS were drunk
to the good understanding between
| Sweden and Russia, recently reached
in the Baltic agreement, to which to-
days wedding-the first in modern
times between the ruling houses of
two countrieS--putS the seal.
The nuptial ceremony was accom-
panied by noisy reclamation. the
thunder of salute being heard almost
uninterruptcdly throughout the after
noon and evening.
The wedding guests who took part
in the ceremony assembled at $50
" SIoCN HI tlS tCIIlooli az tiiC 6AStAI
palace at Tsarkoe-Selo. Only Premier
Stolpin, the members of the cabinet,
the president of the Duma and the
president of the Council of State, the
principal ambassadors to Russia and
their wives and a few of the highest
dignitaries of the empire found place
in the small blue and gold chapel OF
the palace where the Orthodox cere-
mony was performed. The other guests
were stationed according to their
rank in the various saloons and halls
through which the bridal procession
passed.
The robing of the bride was per-
formed in accordance with court GUS
tom in the private apartments of the
Empress. She was dressed by the Em-
press and the Dowager Empress, as
sited by their maids of honor and their
ladies in waiting. The bride wore on
her head a jeweed diadem and from
her shoulders hung long trained man
tie of strawberry velvet, lined with err
mine In the procession the train of
this garment was borne by five court
chamberlainS.
A saluatc of q guns and blare of
trumpets announced the start of the
procession. At it's head came the Dow
ager Empress on the arm of King Gus
tave; the Emperor of Russia escorting
Queen Olga of Greece; the Empress es-
corted by the Grand Duke of Hesse,
Crown Prince Ferdinand and Crown
Princess Marie of Roumana, attended
by the court ushers and other func-
tionarieS.
Next arm in arm came the bridal
pair. Behind the young couple march,
ed Prince Nicholas and Prince Andrew
of Greece and their wives, Prince
Christopher of Greece and Prince Carl
Of Sweden and his wife. The guests
from foreign courts were followed by
more than score of Russian grand
dukes and grand duchesses, including
the three oldest daughters of Emperor
Nicholas, Grand Duchess Olga, Grand
Duchess Tatania and Grand Duchess
Marie, the eldest being 13 years old.
This vas the first time the Enperor's
daughters have appeared in state.
The Grand Duchesses, like all the in
vitcd ladies', wore the picturesque Rus
sian costumes of high pearl-encircled
caps and low-cut dresses with ancient
Russian lace embroidering. After the
Emperor had been blessed and Sprink-
led with Holy water, he conducted the
bridal pair to the dais before the great
golden gates of thee high altar. The
wedding rings were brought from the
altar on golden salvers and placed up
on the fingers Of the bride and bride
groom by the Emperor's confessr. The
Metropolitan then completed the rites
of the Russian marriage service. While
the TIE Deum was being chanted an
imperial salute of 101 guns was fired.
The procession then returned to one
of the anti-salOOns, where the Lu-
theran marriage ceremony was per-
formed by the Swedish bishop of Lund
The nuptial dinner was served at
7.3C o'clock in the evening. The guests
we're then driven in state to the Alex
ander palace. the private residence of
the Emperor. the bridal pair riding
with their sponsors in a gala equip
page. AT a later hour in the evening,
the bridal pair took a special train for
ST. Petersburg. where the forenoon
will be passed at the palace of the late
Archduke Sergus. During the day
there were services in all the churches
Of the empire.