The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-25
FIXING FINAL DETAILS
FOR ROYAL WEDDING
Formidable Amount Of Formally In.
wolves Marriage Of Relgning
Monarch's DAUGHTER.

London, Feb %. Officers OF church
and state are Fastening toward com
p ct on of the maze Of formality and
detail which a royal wedding necess-
tates with only one week remaining
before the nuptial ceremonies of
Princess Mary and Viscount La celles
in Westminster Abbey
An English church wedding OF which
folk of humble station are the prin-
cipas necessltates formidable
amount Of formality but when the
BRIDE is daughter of the reigning
monarch these difIicu ties are infinitely
multiplied. Upon the state chamber
lain's Office deyolyes the responsible
ty for bringing the wishei of the
princess the bridegroom-to-be and the
royal family into harmony with tradi.
tions and precedents to which such
great Importance is attributed and
which must be scrpulously obeyed.
This in Itself is a colossal task, In
yo.ying the searching OF whole libra
ries for records Of past ceremonials Of
similar nature.
Those whose positions in court so
ciety or Office entitle them to be in
Wit d to the wedd 'ng, others, members
: of the House OF Lords for instance
who have an inherent right to expect
| invitations. but for whom the abbey
does not afford adequate accommodate
tions who will be given preference in
! assigning seat to those who are
finally invited the drafting OF orders
for procession at the abbey in accord
ance to fixed rules of precedence and
the selection from the whole mil tary
naval and air force OF various units
to compose the several escorts and
guards OF honor are among the myriad
incidc ntals which must receive most
careful consideration and the employ
ment OF much tact and discretion. Any
Overriding OF right or unintentona
! blunder In scrimination might leat
: to serious complications.
In tho case of the lords which ap
, p ared at first TO be almost an in
su"erable difficu ty was bridged b,
asking the peers to indicate whethe
they desir-d to attend the ceremonies
| A large number Of requests resulted
whereupon less than 80 tickets wer
forwarded from tho chamber ain wit
hi apologies and the explanation tina
it was only poss Bile to allocate tina
number of seats for the lords.
Tho peers accepted the situation 4
good grace and drew lots for thes
seats. and the arrangements apparent
~ ratisfed all parties
The approval OF church authoritie
who are charged with responsible
To- seeing that there Il no confiC
with ec~lee' astical precerts must b
s'ught Church authority in thi
country on such occasion is well d.
fired and absolute, and its nrerog'
tiyes are 2 alou " guarded This ma
be appreciated whom II Is stated this
even the form Ct headdr7ss TO b
WOW nv the bride maids must hay
c'ori a. sanction
IN tbs process there have bee
many chances n the ceremonial a
~orgcn nts since they wero frs
drawn several weeks ago. but tn
hHd' StdEe -NUl 'll'Hb tue hilS Co'
elusive assent has now been reache
and the official program Of the pr,
ceed'ngy is expected to be ava labl
',.- U~'naoday
While Princes Mary must devot
soma OF her attention to these ma
t-rs. most Of her time during the las
taw weeks has been divided betwee
. coHrt d-essmakers and West En-
e sNops where she completed he
trousseau and receptions to indivit
uals and delegations from al part
Of the United Kingdom bringing gift
7. to her.