The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-28
MOST IMPRESSIVE
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Save the King" was unheard in the
| The sound of the hoofs of the team
| of bays drawing the historic Irish
state coach and those of the SOW
| ereign'S mounted escort also were
drowned in the cries and applause.
I The coach, which derives its name
! from the place where it was built, has
/ a high seat with spacious plate glass
sides thru which the features of the
/ princess and the king were easily dis
/ cernibIe even by those at consider
able distance and is surmpunted by
! gilded crown.
whole Royal House There.
/ Members of the royal family who
! were not included in the carriage pro-
! cessions assembled outside the Abbey
shortly after IL o'clock, where they
l greeted Alexandra and a few minutes
! later the second party, consisting of
! The Duke of York and Princes Henry
| and George.
I The dean of Westminster received
them and to the strains of Sir Hubert
Parry's bridal march, family heard
from the interior of the Abbey, they
were conducted by gentlemen ushers
down the aisle and around the un-
known warriors grave, between rows
of guests standing in phalanxes, tier
above tier, on either side, to their
places in the sacraium.
Officials of the royal house headed
this procession followed by the
Marquis and Marchioness Carisbrooke
the Princess Royal Marie Louise,
Princess. Helen Victoria, Lady Patri-
cia Ramsay, the Earl and Countess of
Athlone, the Duchess of Albany
Princess Beatrice, Princess Louise,
Duchess of Argyll; Princess Christian,
and the Princess Royal Victoria;. the
Lord Steward and Lord Chamberlain;
then came Prince Henry, Queen
Mother Alexandra, King George,
1 Queen Mary, and the Duke of York,
| followed by eleven other household
officials, the attendants bringing up
the rear.
Viscount Lascelles, accompanied by
the groomsman, Maj. Sir Victor Aud
laey Mackenzie, d. S. o., arrived at the
Poets Corner door of the abbey and
was conducted to the seat reserved
for him at the south side of the steps
leading to the saerarium by one
of their majesties gentlemen ushers,
He, with the rest of the assemblage,
stood until the royal party reached the
place assigned them.
The officiating clergym arch
bishops of Canterbury and York, the
bishops of London and Oxford, and
Canon Maurice Lascelles, the bride
grooms Woodworking capes assem-
bled in the Jerusalem chamber of the
abbey and moved to their places in
the sacrarium, the voluntary being
played as they proceeded up the aisle.
Meantime a storm of cheering out
side proclaimed the arrival of the
bride and the king. Mary stepped
from her eoach-truIy a princess in
her .fairylike gown, combining the
sheen of silver, the filmy down of
tulle, the sparkle of beads, the dull
sheen of pearls, and the exquisite col
orings of satin and old lace, against
which contrasted the wonderful four
and a half-yard train with its silk en-
broidery and crystal work.
Princess Features Demure.
The pear1-hommed veil. thrown
back from her face over a triple dia-
dem of twisted silver and orange bios
SONS, revealed the demure features OF
the princess. On her drive from the
palace the bridal gown had been
cloaked in a rich ermine wrap.
The dean received the party. Lead
] US, Heavenly Father" was played as
| the bridal procession moved up the
nave headed by household officials,
the state chamberlain, the dean, the
| canons and choir, the latter compris-
ing Al boys and % men. Then came
by the bridesmaids, the ladies in wait
ing and the kings suite.
Praise for Couples War Work.
It was about 1880 o'clock when
the solmen service, performed by the
archbishop of Canterbury assisted by
the archbiship of York and the dean
and preceptor of the Abbey began.
The Sixty-seventh Psalm was chant
ed and the anthem, Beloved Let us
Love one Another" was sung during
the service. During the ceremony the
bride carried an exquisite pink service
book. a gift from the queen. The
royal bridesmaids were: Princess
Maude, Lady Rachel Cavendish, Lady
Mary Thyme, Lady Victoria Mary
| Caubridae LADY Doris GOrdOn-Len-
nox, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon,
! Lady Diana Bridgeman and Lady May
| Cambridge.
The ceremony ended. the archbishtp
1 of Canterbury addresses the couple,
praising their war activities.
Registers Now Signed.
I The bride and bridegroom then
/ passed to Edward the Confessor
| chapel, where two registers were
| signed-one known as the royal regis
| ter. in which the entry of today's Ger
| emory occupied six pages, and the
| other the Abbey register which is
signed alike by royalty and subjects.
Mary used a gold quill pen, one of her
wedding gifts.
The signing completed. the bridal
march from Romeo and Juliet and
| Mendelssohn's wedding March were
! played. The bride and bridegroom
| stepped down the Abbey to the west
! door, preceded by the choir and
| clergy, and followed by the brides
/ maids. The clergy moved off to the
Jerusalem chamber as cheers rever-
| berated thru the edifice.
They Drove Off Man and WiFe.
The king and queen and cther>
members of the royal fauily moved
| toward the door and the new Wis
countess and her husband began their