Evening star., 1921-10-10
RITES COMPLETED
IN LEEDS WEDDING
Crowd Storms Church to Wit.
ness Marriage Of New
Yorker and Princess.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. October 9.-The final rites
in the marriage of Princess Aehla
Georgieyna of Russia and William d.
Leeds, jr., of New York. were carried
out today. Two religious ceremonies
following the civil ceremony OF satuf-
day, were performed. The hrst or
these, which was brief ana simple,
took place at the American Epls,o! ,ar
Church of the Holy Trinity. and the
second, which lasted one hour, toi-
! lowed at the Russian Church. AZ the
latter ceremony all the pomp ana
historic custom of the ancient ortho-
dox church formed part OF the cere-
mony, which was performed py me
private chaplain Of Queen Mother o!sa
Of Greece.
The ceremony at the Episcopal
Church was witnessed by only rela-
tives and a few friends. but 1t was
found impossible to bar several tnou-
sand members of the Greek and Kus-
sian colonies from that in the Rus
sian Church. When the bridal party
entered that edifice the crowd stormed
the barrier, and as many persons as
could be squeezed in rushed into the
church to witness the ceremony. After
the wedding the church attenoahts
. had to force way through the church
Bridal Party Gives Reception.
After the last church function the
bridal party held reception at one
of the leading Paris hotels. Tonight
the bride and groom left Paris for the
Isle Of Wight, where a houseboat on
which they will spend their honeymoon
is awaiting them.
Because of numerous deaths in the
family of Princess Xenia since the
| i'm c
| sia, all the ceremonies incident TO the
! marriage were planned with the ut
most of simplicity. There We're no
attendants Prince Christopher of
Greece, husband of young Leeds
! mother. acted as witness and best man
| for Mr.. Leeds, while the Grand Duke
| Dnitri of Russia was the witness Tor
! the bride, who is his cousin. The lit
| tie son and daughter of Prince George
| of Greece carried the brides train
F, Prince Nenia wore a simple dress
| of liberty satin. cut along perfectly
straight lines and had a garland OF
orange blossoms around her waist
! A full veil of tulle fell from her head.
! The only jewelry the bride wore was
a long chain necklace Set with dia.
monds, with a sapphire and diamond
pendant gift from her mother.
! The bride was given away at the
altar by her uncle, Prince George OF
| Greece.
! Americans I'm Attendance,
| Among the Americans who attended
the wedding were Cortlandt F..
! Eishop and Mrs Bishop, the Rev. DR..
| Eeekman. rector of Holy Trinity
| Church. and Mrs. Beekman; My. and
/ Mrs. Sheldon Whitehouse. Seth Barton
I French and Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson
| Green of New York. the latter an
| aunt of young Leeds.
| The royal household of Greece and
j the old Russian regime were numer-
| ously represented, among those pres
/; ent being Queen Mother Olga, widow
| of King George of Greece and grand
mother of the bride. the Grand
Duchess George of Russia, mother OF
| the bride: Princess Anastasia of
; Greece, mother of the bridegroom,
and Prince Christopher of Greece.
+! who is the husband of Princess Anas-
; tasia ard an uncle of the bride: the
| Grand / chess Anastasia Mikhai!o-
j witch. the Grand Duke Alexander
Mikhailovitch and his son. Prlnce
Feodor; the Grand Duchess Marie
[ Pavlovna; the Grand Duke Dmitrl
| Alexandrovitch, Princess George of
Greece and her children, Prince Peter
and Princess Eugene. who was a
| train n-bearer for the bride, and Prince
| Roland Bonaparte.
| Bride and Groom Wear Crowns.
! During the ceremony in the Rus
sian Church the bride and groom wore
| large, heavy gold crowns. AT GER
| tain parts of the ceremony the
! crowns were held just, above the
heads Of the bridal couple by Grand
Duke Dmitri and Prince Christopher.
! The wedding gifts. which are val
ued at many millions of francs, were
| displayed to the guests during the
! afternoon.