Evening star., 1922-11-06
Former Kaiser Is Married:
Honeymoon Is Denied Them
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union saw their father married yes
terday, but the wife of the former
crown prince did not accompany her
husband to Doom, as the nuptials
met with her disapproval.
Wedding Guests Arrive.
William began his wedding day
guests began to arrive. At 1880 the
civil ceremony was started in the
lodge where Hermine had spent the
night. The register signed and other
details cared for, the wedding party
went up the winding path to the
castle. where the religious ceremony
was Immediately carried out in the
main hall. Then came a reception in
the smoking room. followed by lunch.
at which the bridegroom and the
bride sat at the head of an oblonS
table.
AT the end of the table opposite the
bride egroom was a silver model OF
ST. George and the Dragon. while in
the center was a massive silver orna-
ment two feet high. The floral
decorations were almost exclusively
red roses and maiden-hair ferns.
flowers from Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland and a beautiful antique vase,
which the former kaiser recently saw
and admired in the home of a Dutch
gentleman.
wilhelm in Full Regalia.
William wore the full dress uniform
of the Imperial Guards. From both
castle and lodge the black and white
HohenZollern banner fluttered. But
beyond the limits of the estate no
manifestations of popular rejoicing
were to be seen or heard.
The official witnesses were Count
Van Linden Van Sandenberg. gov
ernor of the province of Utrecht:
Herr Kan. the foSmer kaiser's Dutch
secretary: Count ron Bentinck. Count
Won der Goltz. Capt. Won 1lsemann
and the burgomaster.
Text Of Sermon.
At the religious ceremony. which
gan with the singing of the Lu-
theran hymn, Jesus Geh Voran." Pas
tor Vogel preached from the text.
Now Abideth Faith. Hope and Char
itv." The bridal couple occupied
carved gilt armchairs surmounted by
crowns, while the numerous guests
were seated in rows behind them.
"Now the joyful day has arrived"
esty and her serene highness join
hands"
He recalled that the same text had
served at the golden wedding of Will
liam I and at the bridegroom's own
silver wedding. 1.-The BRIDE" said he.
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unite her life with that of his maj
esty, whose faith has sustained him
in circumstances which would have
driven others to despair.
Tribute to Lnte Empress.
AS an evidence Of faith he pointed
out that the kaiser" conducted re-
ligious services on every Lords day
in his home. He paid tribute to the
virtues Of the late empress and Prin-
cess Hermine's former husband. re-
ferring to the "kaiserin" as the ideal
of German womanhood.
Love each other. as God loves
you," he admonished; and you shall
Then followed the reading Of the
marriage service; rings were ex-
changed and the hymns so Ntmm
Den Meine Haende" and HARE Meme
Seele," were rendered
Say Ex-Kaiser Dictated Sermon.
The Daily News correspondent says
that Pastor vogel's sermon was
largely composed by the kaiser"
declaring: "The voice was the voice
Of Vogel, but the message in the
sermon was in effect the kaiser
Indirect apologize for his new mar
rage. He discussed on Saturday not
only the main line of the sermon, but,
so gossip says, suggested the phras-
ing of the vital passages. 1t was
q pledge to monarchist Germany,
particularly to the offended women
Of Germany that the new marriage
One sentence was: THE tomb Of
the late empress becomes more and
more the center of pilgrimage for
her beloved and loving people: She
was the ideal Of Christian n.,e German nan
mourns; her loss is an hourly source
Of grief to her sorely tried husband"
ITO the silent Sufferer"
ITO the silent sufferer" A solitary
wreath Of ivy evergreen bearing the
above dedication lay today at the
foot of the grated iron doors which
guard the body of tho late Empress
Augusta Victoria
The inscription was laboriously
printed in lead pencil on a plain
pasteboard card attached to the
wreath with a tiny ribbon of mauve.
|Augusta's favorite color. Bearing
also the date. November s." the card
fold fha whole story of what most of