The New York herald., 1922-03-01
Enters With Alexandra,
Followed by Visiting BishT
ops and Canon Lascelles.
KING ESCORTS DAUGHTER
Couple Serious as Exhortation
Referred to Nations Trials
i'm Recent Years.
BY the REV. LEIGH HUNTER
NIXON, M. A.,

Special Cable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, by THE NEW York HERALD.
IN THE CLorsTERs OF WESTMINSTER
ABBEY, LONDON, Feb. 2S.-"Lucky is
the bride the sun shines on" Beneath
the shrine of Edward the Confessor
the register was signed to-day and the
first congratulations were showered
upon the royal bride. A brilliant ray
of sunshine fell across the ancient
table on which the register lay-a
table reputedly that once had a place
on Westminsters high altar-and lit
up the faces of the bride and bride
groom as they exchanged their first
kiss as man and wife.
AS I was busy about the Abbey at
an early hour, my first impressions re-
solved themselves into blaze OF color.
Their Majesties' bodyguard. gentle
men at arms. yeomen OF the guard
and stewards in court dress and every
variety of military uniform were
slightly relieved by the black and
white of the fortunate Kings scholars
of Westminster School, who filled in
the background of the picture. A diff
ferent touch came with the arrival of
the bridesmaids, a touch of dainty sill
ver-white shining out against Ie
dark background of the Abbey's great
west doors.
Very stately was the entrance of the
Queen. looking more radiant than ever
before. Most touching was that of the
Queen Mother. your afectionate Gran
ME- as she signed herself on the card
accompanying her wedding present to
the Princess Mary. She was tenderly
waved on by her pair OF Princes. Prince
Henry and Prince George. the latter n
real sailor. The Duke of York. in the
uniform of the Royal Air Force. and the
last Abbey BRIDE Canada's darling Lady
Patricia Ramsey. stood out in the pro-
cession.
The Bride Arrives.
It was the first bell OF St. Margaret's
that announced the approach of the
bride and her royal father. The words
of command to the guard of honor and
the strains OF the national anthem came
in from the sunshine outside, and the
fairest vision of the day burst upon all
who were happy enough to be present
The bride herself had arrived.
Her bridesmaids curtsied and took up
their positions. After a brief welcome
from the Dean of Westminster to the
royal visitor signal was given and
the procession moved forward. The
Dean and the chapter were Respondent
in the crimson of Edwards coronation.
Then Immediately after the Dean his
Majesty the King and his fair daughter
took their places and the procession
moved forward to the strains of the
first hymn. Princess Marys own selec-
ton. Lead Us, Heavenly Father"
Already the bridegroom, followed by
his best man. had been shown to his
place just within the rail. He aroused
the deepest interest, not untinged with
sympathy for the ordeal which lay be-
fore him. Now he took his stand be-
side his Princess facing the Dean of
Westminster, the Archbishop OF Canter-
bury. the Precentor, the cross of West
minister and the metropolitan cross of
Canterbury. and the Archbishop began
the exhortation.
A Serious Couple.
The seriousness OF the bride and
and bridegroom at this portion of the
service was entirely in keeping with
the Archbishops solemn charge. The
best man faithfully discharged his Of
flee. and Henry George Charles took
Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary" to be
his welded wife. As so often the case.
the bride. II anything seemed a little
more self-possessed than the BRIDE
groom in the matter of responses
The second part of the service began
with the singing OF Psalm LXvII. when
the bride and bridegroom. followed by
only two OF the bridesmaids. moved to
the steps of the altar The Archbishop
OF York took up his share of the SER
vice, and the Dean blessed the happy
couple. who stood to listen to the NOV
Ing words of the Archbishop OF Canter-
bury.
Never. surely. did bride and bride
groom show more clearly the lesson
OF the serious years through which al,
have passed. and TO which the Primate
alluded than did Princess Mary and
Viscount Lascelles as they stood alone
before tho high altar at which our
Kings and Queens arc crowned 1t
could scarcely be realized that the
conditions ever had been paralieed-
that Princess Mary herself had been
through just the Same training thou
sands of her sisters gladly faced and
that In the shrine where are bound up
all the traditions Of English speaking
peoples she was marrying the man OF
her heart. who had been among the
first TO face the peril that menaced
those traditions.
Then. slowly. the bride and bride
groom turned TO face the vast assem-
blage and stepped forward toward the
raii he holding Mary's left hand high
In his right As they stepped down
from the sanctuary througi, the open
ranks OF bridesmaids both smiled. The
bridal march from Csounod's Romeo et
Juliette" timed them TO the door. and
as the King and Queen began their
march the organ burst into the familiar
strains OF Mendelssohn. and the great
ceremony was over.
n ones eye did wander At such
solemn time II was only 10 alight. as "
by Inspiration. upon two others 10
whom. (under God. the world owes much
Of - safety. In the choir stall farthest
eastVwas David Lloyd George. the great
war Prime Minister. and close beside
him stood Arthur James Bafour. the
great ambassador Of peace. fresh from
his brothcrly visit TO the United States.