The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-14
IESTMINS1ER
70 Be SCENE OF
ROYAL WEDDING
r,.r George VIII Give Away
Princess Mary in Old British
Religious Shrine.
NJ MILTON BROsNER-

rnndon. Feb. 14.-Westmfnster
.hhev the greatest and one of the
sisSst shrines in all Britain, is to
= the scene of the wedding Of
Yr;ncess Mary, daughter of the SOW
.rsirrs OF England, to viscount
fsscelles. And already the sounds
= fhe hammer and the saw are to
~ heard where usually there is the
attaining OF the choir and the thun-
der Of the organ.
For the first time in $40 years the
.hbey is to be the scene Of the we'd
aina OF a child Of the British SOW
sreiens. In that time more history
sas taken place in this wonderful
baIlding than in any other in the
world.
Rings have been welded, crowned
and buried here
Many OF the greatest captains
hat ever led British armies and
many Of the greatest poets have
tound last resting place here. The
abbey is the last resting place of
Britain's unknown soldier who fell
in The great war.
Large as the chureh is its seat
ing capacity for a great event is
comparatively limited.
Rush for Tickets.
n The princess bride expects to en-
Ter by the great west door and
walk down the entire length of the
great nave. Therefore carpenters
are now at work erecting platforms
in the nave where some two thou
sand invited guests will be seated.
The scramble for tickets to these
places has already started and thou
sands who think they ought to get
places will be bitterly disappointed.
The chanceT will be reserved for
the members of the royal family
and the representatives of foreign
powers, among whom will be our
ambassador, George Harvey. The
chairs on which all the guests will
sit will be brought from Bucking-
ham palace.
King to Give Daughter.
No seat will be provided fer King
George, as he has announced his in
tention of giving his daughter away
in person. He will therefore escort
her down the nave to the altar and
stand beside her until the time
comes to hand her over to the bride
groom.
As a show it will probably be the
most. gorgeous London has seen
since the coronation of the king.
The streets from Buckingham pal
ace to the abbey will be gaily deco
rated and will be lined with troops
in all their gorgeous pre-war scar
LET with gigantic bearskin BUSHES.
Invitations have been issued to the
king and queen of Italy, Belgium,
Spain, Rumania, Sweden, Denmark
and Norway
In Omen Carriage.
The princess hopes, weather per-
hitting, to drive to the church in an
open carriage.
Princess Mary, during the we'd
ding. will use 4 beautiful Church of
England prayerbook which is being
specially printed and illuminated
for the purpose. A beautifully
woven altar cloth of pure white
silk will be used on this occasion.
This belongs to the abbey and as a
rule is only used on Easter day. 1t
is magnificently embroidered in
its kind
The wedding ring is now being
manufactured by the court jewellers.
1t is Of pure Welsh gold that has
been presented by Pritchard Nor
gan to Viscount Lascelles.
The wedding ceremony will be
performed by the Archbishop OF
Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops
Of London, oxford, Norwich and
Ripon.
When the princess bride goes to
the home of her husband she will
find there some" cake 10 cut The
National Association of Master Bak-
ers, Confectioners and Caterers,
representing more than 5000 mem
bers Of the trade, recently wrote to
the princess asking if they might
present her a wedding cake. The
king replied he'd be much obliged,
and so that's that