The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-15
AMERICAN GIRL IMARRIES PRINCE First Royal Wedding in Scotland Since Time of Mary, Queen of Scots GIVES GROOM GIFT
 OF $1, ,00o, 900 Notable Gathering of Royal ty at Nuptials of Miss
 Stewart and Prince
 De Braganza
,Emperor of Austria Creates
 Beautiful American Heiress { Princess in Her Own Right Catholic Church Ceremony
Especial from. United Press.)


 Dingwall, Scotland, Sept. 15.-An-
 tther American heiress joined the ranks of the European nobility at noon ko-day, when Miss Anita Stewart of
 New York, daughter of Mrs. James Henry Smith. was married to the Prince De Braganza, son of the pre- tender to the Portuguese throne.
 It was the first royal wedding eel Iebrated in Scotland since the days of Mary, Queen of Scots. and the little lSt. Lawrence's Roman Catholic Ehurch, where the nuptials were cele- ibrated, was the scene of its most his- ttoric function.
 Sixty seaforth Hishlanders piped the music for the wedding. For the Prince the Austrian anthem was played and when the bride entered, the Ehrill notes of the Star Spangled Ban tner greeted the audience. The Highlanders, also played the Mendelssohn. Wedding March as the lliam Rhinelander Stewart, walked to Efbe bridal altar.
 The Prince looked imposing in "a maltese uniform Of brilliant scarlet, heavily decorated with gold. The bride wore an under-dress of ena- Ebroidered mousseline de soie, with a fcourt train of embroidered satin. Her lonly ornament was the gift of the Ibrtdeeroo1n, a family heirloom in the fshape of a jewel Of two diamond and Ieapphtre feathers, which for 200 years Twas among the Grown Jewels of For
 The, The oerenony was performed by the Bishop of Aberheen and the chapel was crowded by a distinguished lcroup of friends and relatives from Ithe United States, Austria, Spain and Portugal. Among the notables present lwere the Duke and Duchess of Bra tganxa, the Princes father and step mother; Archduchess Maria Theresel Of Austria; Count Czeckenis, the Aus Etrian Ambassador in London,who spe- lcialiy represented Emperor Franz Jo- Isef, IA Austrian and Portuguese Prin- tces and Princesses, all atnts, step sisters and brothers of the bridegroom; HGrs. Bradley Martin and Mrs. An lthony Drexel, aunt of the bride, with her three children.
 fne wedding party motored from lTultock Castle, the temporary home of Mr. Smith, to the church. The ser lyice was brief9and within IS minutes lfrona the time Miss Stewart entered the chapel, she emerged the Princess he Braganza a title that may be la ter dropped for that of the Duchess of Vizeu.
 After the ceremony, wedding breakfast was served at Tulock Cas- E4le. The couple then departed for the f
 Among the wedding presents, the to- tai value of which was several Aun- dred thousand dollars, was the patent from Emperor Franz Josef screating the bride Princess in her own right. This was not intended by the Empe- TOT as a wedding present, but the bride so cheriSheS it.
 There were a half dozen chests of silver gifts. many of the pieces how ever, were those from the American friends of the bride.
 The Prince De Braganza is the eld- est son of Dom Miguel, Duke of Bra |ganza. and. according to the Salic law, the legitimate heir to the throne |of Portugal. The Salic law isn't in effect in Portugal now, however, and the Duke recently resigned his claim to the crown, as did the Prince. He is now an Austrian subject and owns vast estates which Prince Miguel will Inherit.
 The new Princess, who is "A years old, met the Prince in Paris last April Prince began almost immediately to pay court to the fair American, who had already made many social con- Quests in London and the continent. When the London season opened, he followed her there. He never missed an opportunity to be with her and it was evident from the first that the Prince had at last been smitten hard.
 On July 8, Mrs. Smith gave her final social function in London. It was a big affair and society had an inkling of the trend of the events by witness ing the Prince in almost constant att tendance upon the daughter of the hostess. The next day the Austrian embassy announced the engagement of Miss Stewart and the Prince. Mrs. Smith is understood to have settled a million dollars upon the