Arizona republican., 1913-05-25
VICTORIA LU|SE
 WEDS PRINCE
Berlin Is Scene of One of the < Most Distinguished As semblages When Prussian Princess is Married to Ernst August
Special to The Republican)

Special to The Republican)
 BERLIN, May 24.-In the presence # one of the most distinguished as sembIages that could be gathered in Europe, the Princess Victoria Luise
 f Prussia, only daughter of the Ger man emperor was marred today to Prince Ernst August of Cumberland. Ire ceremony was performed in the chapel of the SchlOss and consisted of the simple wedding service of the Lutheran church.
 The spirit of the affair was plain and democratic, although the costly gowns and jewels and tthe shoWy uniforms of distinguished personages' high officials of the empire, the army and the navy, the foreign enVoys and tthe delegations representing the mum cipalities furnished a regal setting. The spectacular part of the we'd ding consisted of the arrival of the bridal party at the chapel The civil ceremony. which had taken place ear Her in the day. was entirely private and the attendance was limited to the households of the bride and the bride groom But the arrival of the bridal party at the chapel afforded an op- portunity for the populace to give vent to it's enthusiasm. Representatives Of all parts of the empire and the bril- lance of the decorations of Unter den ! Linden and neighboring thoroughfares appeared like a continuous canopy of 1 garlands. banners and arches Red and black. of course, predominated in the wilderness of flags and bunting, but light touches of other color gave | a delightful picturesqueness to the fltafsf were hung with pictures of the brid- al couple and the emperor and em- press. as well as the imperial arms. More than half hundred repre- i sentatives of the royal families of Europe were assembled in the chapel ! to await the arrival of the bride. Most l conspicuous of the number of course were the king and queen of England, whose every public appearance during | the day was the signal for an out | burst of enthusiasm that betokened well for the success of the sincere l efforts that are being made on both 1 sides to bring about a closer friend 1 ship between Briton and German. i Other representatives of royalty
 present included the king and queen of Italy, Archduke Francis Ferdinand. | representing the emperor of Austria, ! | he crown princes of Roumania, Greece and Sweden.
 The royal guests all stood in q
 wide circle about the altar. for there
 were no pews. and behind them with | out regard to rank were the members | of the foreign embassies, with Am | bassador Leishman and Mrs Leish-
 man among them, the rulers of the German states, admirals of the navy. the commanders of army corps, the cabinet ministers, several hundred | members of the nobility and a large corps of newspaper correspondents.
 The bridal gown was of white satin
 and handmade lace, made with a court l train three and one-half yards long l Four maids of honor carried the train
 and behind them walked two pages The bridal veil was of filmy hand made lace The bride wore a small crown of diamonds and rubies. Her only other ornament was a necklace
 of diamonds.
 The bridegroom wore his uniform as an officer of the Bavarian army In his left hand he carried q helmet with white pIumes, and his breast
 was decorated with the ribbons of the several orders to which he belongs.
 The wedding procession entered the | chapel to the strains of a military
 march. The choir in the loft above sang a hymn, in which the conSre- l gation joined The court chaplain,
 with number of the clergy standing
 near him, then began the services.
 Earnestly and solemnly he spoke on
 the beauty of love, the large respon-
 abilities resting on the youthful pair
 and their need for the support of
 faith and spiritual vision The mutual promises to love and obey were giv- 1 en. the rings were exchanged and tthe
 brief ceremony was brought to an end
 with the reading of the liturgical
 prayer, while bride and bridegroom knelt before the chaplain
 When the ceremony was concluded l congratulations were in order. King George immediately advanced toward the bride, kissed her on both cheeks and offered here his congratulations.
 His example was followed by the em-
 peror and the duke of Cumberland,
 father of the bridegroom. All the
 royal ladies present kissed the bride,
 and the men kissed her hand Prince
 Ernst likewise came in for his full l share of the felicitations The cere- mony was followed by q reception in the White Hall. Later in the evening
 the wedding festivities were concluded with a state banquet and torchlight dance, a practice peculiar to weddings l in the house of HOhenzollern for cen turies.
 Although the marriage of Prince
 Ernst August and Princess Victoria 2 Luise is an alliance of high political significance, it is insisted that genu , inc affection is primarily responsible . flor it. Prince Ernst, who became the
 heir of the Duke of Cumberland a year ago, after the death in a, motor car 2 accident of his elder brother, Prince i George Wilhelm, is p years old, and therefore five years the senior of his htil 1aLlnn HrriIl he her