The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
I|OYAL WEDDING
 ITTRACTS CROWDS
xcnrsionists From All Part of Brit ish Isles and Continent Gather to Zee Kings Daughter Welded to
 Commoner-A Gorgeous Scene.


 London, Feb. 8.-Princess Mary, nly daughter of King George and ueen Mary, was married today to iscount Lascelles with all the pomp ud dignity befitting a royal we'd Ing.
 The ceremony began at 1l:3O clock and soon thereafter the couple ere pronounced man and wife, while he chimes of Westminster rang out ae happy message and vast crowds aya fllmulous greetings.
 TIA Scene of the ceremony within 1e Historic walls of the abbey was nc of impressive grandeur with the i1x and queen and the entire royal ousehold participating and with all en1s Represented in the brilliant as- tx1bIage while outside the abbey en- 6aajastic popular homage was given hc bridal pair.
 London Is Crowded.
 1she long waited day found London with excursionists from all ISxfs of the isles and the continent. lInericans also were in evidence, hun reds having made the voyage to ain glimpse of the great state Gorgeous, Sparkling Women.
 Tic conveyances put down. at the Abev doors streams of gorgeously 5xf16d women, rnyriads of diamonds, Ipphires and other precious stones ashjuG from their tiaras, necklaces ld bracelets. Their escorts were
 8pIcndant in service dress or the .iVet Brooches, white silk stockings Wa three-cornered hats of court re- 1iia. It was a procession of beauty
 d elegance.
 hTWn Thousand of the kings life inardamen and territorials were pa-
 ded for this duty. With them were Nlair four bands, which entertained rse crowds until, at II o'clock, trum- ting from the mounted escore her
 led the departure of the two car -ages from Marlborough house, <prrying Queen Mother Alexandra sd Princess Victoria, with the
 Ntn's mite.
 Alexandra was accorded modicum
 the Applause and cheering which
 crowds were reserving for the
 ide. Aid the carriage rolled by to ,d Q jnngie of spurs and chatter of I. ofs, the guardsmen snapped to iOresent,' giving the royal salute,
 q the bands blared the Queen Moth ITS anthem.
 Cheers for the members of the
 raj family had scarcely abated along
 sAelbowing masses when from that
 artion of the route nearest the pal- ~ door, they swelled into a deafen-
 crescendo as the gided glass SNch bearing Princess Mary and her ---her rambled thru the bronze gates. ;,. Before the coach and the two trail " sarriages bearing the princess
 ies in waiting and the kings at re dants had reached the entrance to le Mall, the cheering had spread wifi way down the troop-lined ave- ie The Officiating clergymen--the nos hbishops of Canterbury and York, isg bishops of London and Oxford, and
 non Maurice Lascelles, the bride e 'on's uncle-wearing capes, as- ch 1bIed in the Jerusalem chamber of ten abbey and moved to their places in uvE S4crarium.
 x Princess in Fairy Gown. {, feanwhile a storm of cheering out ~ proclaimed the arrival of the r ie and the king. Mary stepped .r. h x her coach-truly princess in rn Talry-llke gown, combining the 7 en of silver, the filmy down of Y s .le, the sparkle of beads, the dull ~ en of pearls and the exquisite col
 ags of satin and old lace, against sss \. ich contrasted the wonderful four ~ ]" half yard train with it's silk trcidery and crystal work. Waz about 11:30 o'clock when the , am Service, performed by the 45|1hup of Canterbury, assisted by Y, \ 1<<hbishop of York and the dean p precentor of the abbey, began. 1e coremony ended, the archbishop 'se Canterbury addressed the couple by ,,s a ing in part:
 an 1t seems probable that no daugh- '0f %S reigning king was until today
 Ii0d in the abbey. Certainly, no yFFria8e ever occurred here under . Ifl0ns quite like yours. The war
 sas partly created them.
 Zach of you in the grim war years Ihe nd new opportunities and used
 n. When the fibre of British man. ,tted Was being tested day by day in N Ehell-swept trenches and on bare Tf ,sler side, you, my brother, did much 1s, hSnle than Stand the test.
 ,sey Make Great Home. heIs 3uck tcsting, such equipment can t Sae good its outcome in the uuieter No call of that kind, no ,t ste118x on that scale, please God, ugh conn again in your lifetime. To
 Hlusnre worthy of it, peace, too,
 srs n itn Privileges in central places. stige oon1f4l homes can bestow on ay. Xh life an inestimable boon. If ot q e1ce light which beats such a Su1 x{o4l there what Is honorable food the gain is far-reaching, 1t )den There lies the opportunity
 pls } you are going to use it" suna 70 Buckingham palace, the of 0 treakfast was served to q mp m cf about ITO persons, includ- hoIrl I1 Eo4al family, relatives and NeEo< xr{@nds. A feature of this was = uftirx of a 500-pound wedding S 11f1 tn live tiers, standing near
 W zset in height. the ingredients ! [&~ were sent especially from
 tuEIGun parts of the British eu-