The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-04
A ROYAL MARRIAGE
FRINGE WILHELM WEEDS GRAND
 DUCHESS MARIE.
Ceremony Was Accompanied by All the POmp and Brilliant Display of Color Characteristic of Most
 Stately COurf.

St. Petersburg, May 3.-Prince Will
 helm, of Sweden, second, son of King
 Gustave. the popular sailor prince who
 visited America in 1907. was married this afternoon to Grand Duchess Marie
 Pavlovna, cousin of the Emperor of
 Russia and daughter Of Grand Duke
 Paul Alexandrovitch.
 The ceremony took place at Tsar-
 skoe -Selo and was accompanied by
 all the pomp and brilliant display of color characteristic of the most state-
 ly court in Europe. The day was
 marred by frequent falls of snow
 which, however, failed to chill the en- thusiasm of the great crowds that
 gathered around the palace to catch a glimpse of the emperor and other
 royal personages and the arriving l guests.
 In the evening, a great state ban ouet was served, at which toasts were
 drunk to the good understanding be- tween Sweden and Russian recently
 reached in the Baltic agreement 10 which today's wedding-the first in
 modern times between the ruling
 houses of the two countries-puts the
 seal The wedding guests who took part
 in the ceremony, assembled at hal1 past two o'clock in the afternoon at the great palace at Tsarskoe- Selo: Only Premier Stolypin, che memoer or the cabinet, the president of the Duma and the president of the Councils or state. the principal ambassadors to Russia and their wives and few Of inc highest. dignitaries of the empire found place in the small blue and gold chapel of the palace where the Orthodox ceremony was performed,
 The other guests were stationeo ac- cording to their rank Tn the various salons and halls throughout which the bridal procession passed.
 The robing of the bride was per- 1 forred in acordance with court GUS toms in the private apartments or the empress. She was dressed oy the enpres and the dowager empress as-
 sisted by their malds of honor anu anu | their ladies in waiting. The bride
 uyora on her head a jeweled diadem' and from her shoulders hung long | trained mautel of strawberry VelVet 1 lined with ermine. In the processlo"' | the train of this garment was porhe l bv five court chamberlains. AS sooh
 as the bride had been completeiy ar | raved, Prince Wilhelm was notilieu nS tbe master of ceremonies and conduct- | ed to the inner apartments, where the l Grand Duchess Marie was waiting. A salute of twenty-one guns ana
 blara of trumpets announced the start | of the procession. At us mead cam the dowager empress on the arm oi King Gustave the emperor or Husslu
 sscorting Queen olga or Greece; ,,te ts.e | annnress escorted by the Grand Duke | of Hess: Crown Prince Ferdinand ana Grown Princess Marie of Rourhania at l tended by the court ushers ana mar shaIs and other functionaries. ...
 Then, arm in arm. came m ,o tne
 bridal pair. Behind the young coupIe marched Prince Nicholas ana PIlneo P''
 A,a5Sa,,, of Greece. ano their wives, pr,ncs Christopher of Greece. and
 prinee Carlo. of Sweden and his wire The guests from foreign courts were
 followed by more than a score or
 Russian grand dukes and grand dueh- rssess. The grand duchesses, like all