The Washington herald., 1913-08-25

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The marriage of Prince Arthur OF Con-
naught and the Duchess Of Fife, daugh-
ter OF the Princess Royal and the late
Duke of Fife, will take place at the
IchapeI Royal. st. James Palace. October
Is next.
It has been expected that the ceremony
would take place at st. Georges Chapel,
Windsor Castle, which affords much
greater accommodations than the Royal
| Chapel in st. James Palace, but it Is
understood that it Is by the Kings de-
sire that the marriage shall be solemn
ized in London. In giving his decision
| in favor OF the London wedding. no doubt
influenced by the fact that 1t will enable
a much larger number Of persons to
witness the arrival and departure of the
bride and bridegroom and the numerous
royal guests than would be the case il
/ the marriage took place at Windsor As
II is, the list OF invited guests will have
to. be q small one, while the number of
unlimited who will have an opportunity
of seeing the prince and his bride is
practically unlimited.
Both the King and Queen are display
| ing the greatest interest in the arrange
ments for the ceremony. While no Of.
ficial announcement on the subject has
yer Deen UdQe II Is currently sldlel IndJ
Prince Arthur has asked the Prince OF
Wales to be his best man and that the
latter has consented, while his sister,
| Princess Mary, Is expected TO be one OF
the bridesmaids. The Duchess of Fife'5
sister. Princess Maud, also will be a
bridesmaid. The wedding breakfast will
be served in the State banqueting room
at ST. James Palace.
The Chapel Royal is oblong in plan.
and Is not particularly beautiful, except
the Hans HoIbein ceiling, with its ex-
| quisite coIored paneIling. 1t will not
seat more than 800 persons and is so
dark that artificial lighting has to be
employed, even for morning and after
noon services. Yet in it kings and queens
have married and their children chris
tened for centuries. II was in this place
that Queen Victoria was married to the
prince consort. It was also the scene of
the wedding of their daughter, the then
princess royal, to the Crown Prince of
Prussia, later Emperor Frederick and
father Of the present German Emperor.
OF late years the King, on rare occa-
sions. has given permission for other
royal weddings to be celebrated in st.
James Palace. One OF the last mar
riages within its walls was that Of Miss
Reid, daughter of the late American
American Ambassador. Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid. with the Hon. John Ward, brother
of the Earl Of Dudley. The twin sons
of Lord and Lady Dudley were chris
tened in the chapel, and both King Ed
ward and the present King stood spon-
sor.
For the marriage of Prince Arthur and
the Duchess OF Fife the pews will be re-
moved and low seats arranged in their
place. Other alterations will be nee
essary, and a considerable sum will
have TO be expended on ornamentation,
though this, Of course, will not be on
such an elaborate scale, as when Queen
Victoria was married. the sum spent on
that occasion amounting to $1,000.
King Ferdinand is under a cloud at the
Quai D'Orsay. He is believed to have
been working with the Triple Alliance
through Austria, while securing French
arms. gunboats. and instructors. 1t is
asked why Savoff has not been cashiered
II he really attempted without orders
that coup" at Jarnac under cover Of
night against the Servian allies. The
entire history of the Balkan States dur
ing the Lower Empire, and ever since,
explains the atrocities that out-sensa-
ticnaliZe those charged against by Glad
stone. II is said also that a cardinal
mistake of Ferdinand was to give him.
self the title OF Car, all the more so
as there is a word in Slav dialects for
king .'Krul" The Gar OF Russia had
been the only one in modern times up
to the date of that assumption. He
never claimed monopoly TO the title.