The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-24
MISS JEAN REID
 WEDDED ID WARD Great Crowd Assemblies At St.
 James Square ROYALTY AT THE WEDDING Service Is Full Choral One of Anglican Church-Many Handsome Pres
 ents Are Sent To Bride
 From America.

London, June 23-With King Edward and Queen Alexandra smiling approval from their private gallery, Jean Reid, the daughter of Whitelaw Reid, the American ambassador to England, was married this afternoon in the Chapel Royal of the St. James palace to the Hon. John Hubart Ward brother of the Earl of Dudley and equerry in waiting to the King The an- cient chapel, one of the few remains Of the old palace of Tudors, in which Queen Victoria and several of her daughters were married was prettily decorated with flowers, for this, the most fashionable Of recent weddings in London.
 great crowd assembled in St. James square to watch the arrival of the bridal party, and the King and Queen and other members of the royal family, who by their attendance at the chapel and the subsequent reception at Dorchester house, the city residence of Ambassador Reid, paid compliment to the American am- bassador and his daughter seldom accord- ed even to members of the English mo- bility. The invitations, which were lim- ited to less than 100 apiece, owing to the
 
 arrival at 2:45 D. m., and by that hour all the guests had found their seats. While the guests were assembling Dr. Alcock, the composer and the organist of the Chapel Royal, played Fugue, by Johann Sebastian Bach, the nuptial march by Alexander Guilmant the entre acte and bridal march from ''The Birds of Aristo phanes,' by Sir H. H. Parry, an andan- tino by Guilmant, and the prelude to act III of "Lohengrin."
 A few minutes before o'clock King Edward and Queen Alexandra, accompa- nied by their suites, drove up from Buck ingham palace and proceeded at once to the royal gallary, where the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia al- ready had arrived.
 As is customary in the Church of Eng land, service, the officiating clergyman, accompanied by a surpliced choir, met the bridal procession at the door and pre- oeded it up the chapel, the choir singing Lead us heavenly father, lead us"
 The bride wore but three pieces of iewelry and those all were old fashioned clasp bracelets, the wedding presents of King Edward Queen Alexandra and MT. Ward. She looked charmingly beautiful
 The service was the full choral one of the Anglican church. The congregation remained standing until the conclusion of the ceremony.
 The King and Queen accompanied the bridal party to the armory room in the St. James palace, where the register was signed, first by the bride and groom. and then by King Edward and Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess of Alexandra, the Duke and Duches of Cons napght, Mir and Mrs. Reid, D. o. Mills. Ogden Mills and Ogden Reid.
 At the conclusion of the services in the chapel, all those who had been pres ent, including the members of the royal family, attended the reception at Dor chester house.
 King Edward, who is greatly pleased with the alliance formed by his favorite oquery was profuse in his congratulations to the bride and the groom and their families.
 Of the presents received. none is mora rrlzed than those from the children at Wrest park the Reids' country seat. Pres ident Roosevelt sent from Washington a rare old book in Dutch, on white vellum and profusely illustrated. entitled Amer ica"