Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-04
\ ROYAL MARRIAGE,
Russian Grand Duchess and
 Swedish Prince Welded.
UNITED IN CARS PALACE.

Imperial Family Join In Celebrating
 Nuptials of Emperor's Cousin---Hon-
 eymoon In Mansion of Assassinated
 Grand Duke Sereius.
 k St. Petersburg, May 4.-Prince Will liam of Sweden. second son of King Gustave, the popular sailor prince who visited America in 1907, was married to Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, the cousin of the emperor of Russia and daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexan- drovitch. The ceremony took place at Tsarskoe-Selo and was accompanied by all the pomp and brilliant display of color characteristic of the most stately court in Europe
 In the evening great state banaue. was served at which toasts were drunh to the good understanding between Sweden and Russia recently reached in the Baltic agreement, to which the wedding-the first in modern times be- tween the ruling houses of two coun- tries-puts the seal.
 Bride In Ermine.
 The robing of the bride was per formed in accordance with court cus- tom in the private apartments of the empress. She was dressed by the em- press and the dowager empress, assist ed by their maids of honor and their ladies in waiting. The bride wore on her head a ieweled diadem, and from her shoulders hung long trained man. tie of strawberry velvet lined with er- mine. In the procession the train of this garment was borne by five court chamberlains.
 A salute of twenty -one guns and blare of trumpets announced the start of the procession. At it's head came the dowager empress on the arm of King Gustave of Sweden, the emperor of Russia escorting Queen Olga of Greece, the empress escorted by the Grand Duke of Hesse, Crown Prince Ferdinand and Crown Princess Marie of Roumania, attended by the court rushers and marshals and other func- tionaries.
 Czar's Daughters Present.
 Then arm in arm came the bridal pair. The guests from foreign courts were followed by more than score of Russian grand dukes and grand duch- esses, including the three oldest daugh- ters of Emperor Nicholas, Grand Duch- ess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Marie. the eldest being thirteen years old. This was the first time the emperor's daughters have ap- peared in state. The little crown prince. who is too young to be present. and the Grand Duke Nicholas Nicho- laieyitch, president of the commission of national defense, who has been sum- moned to the Caucasus because of the war cloud on the Turkish frontier. were the only members of the imperial family conspicuous by their absence. The grand drchesses, like all the in- vited ladies. wore the picturesque Rus sian court costume "e high pearl encir- cled caps and low cut dresses with an- cient lace embroideries.
 The imperial guests were received at the chapel doors by the metropolitan of the court and number of priests. After the emperor had been blessed and sprinkled with holy water he con ducted the bridal pair rv tne dias be- fore the great golden gates of the high altar The wedding rings were brought from the altar on golden salvers and placed upon the fingers of the bride and the bridegroom by the emperor's confessor. The metropolitan then com pleted the rites of the Russian mar riage service. two of the brides near est "o' 4'a crowns over