The Washington times., 1922-06-11
-SERBIANS HOLD
ILONC-DESTANCE
WEDDING FETE
Reception Here Cele-
brates Kings Mar
riage TO Princess

a5 one tnht appeaioo 70 ohe
imagination and contributed not a
little to the variety Of 4 decidedly
various week.-mrs. the Serbian
legations wedding reception in
honor of the marriage sof King
Alexander and Princess Marie OF
Rumania. II was rather, q long
distance wedding reception, but II
was decidedly Interesting and one
felt sorry that II was too big to
be accommodated at the legation,
Rauscher's being decided upon in.
stead. One feels that Il must have
lost Some OF its national flavor
IN the transfer. >
Nevertheless. they succeeded
very well in impefting the atmos-
phers OF the Balkans TO familiar
Rauscher's, for the first thing TO
strike the eye on mounting the
stairs was the bright colored
Serbian peasant garb Of the musi.
clans who were playing Serbian
airs. And the reception rooms be-
yond were hung with giant Serbian
flags--blue. white and red. but
striped crpsswise instead Of up and
down as In the French flag.
Farther on In the ballroom an
other orchestra played. one more
familiar, perhaps. with the jazz
music OF the day. and the smooth
floor invited dancing. This was
not quite 90 popular. perhaps, az It
would have been had the ds2 been
cooler, but there were plenty keen
enough on dnncing TO brave the
heat.
THE Serbian Minister and Nine.
orouiteh had the entire ieEa.
tion staff receiving with than. aud
the diplomatic corps seems to have
turned out pretty much In its en-
tirety to DO them honor. They
would, not only because this was u
highly official occasion. bu. be-
cause DR.. Grouitch and hts cnarm-
ing American wifs are exceedingly
popular members Of the corps.
I saw Mrs. Coolidge. just leaving
~ I was going In. TO my r.sret;
and the Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Hughes and the French Ambassa-
dor and Nine. Jvsserand. heading
the diplomatic contingent. And the
District government was repre-
sented by Commissioner and Mrs.
Cuno Rudolph and Col. Charles
Keller. the Engineer Commissioner.
and Mrs. Keller.
Mrs. Rudolph told me. by the
way, that this was also her we'd
ding day. She and her husband
were celebrating their twenty.first
anniversary: and. she was carrying
two or three OF the white roses. Q
great box Of them. which he had
sent her. and which had arrived
just as they were starting out.
nF course, the main topic OF
conversation throughout the
afternoon was the romantic wed.
ding taking place across the sens.
One heard Of picturesque Balkan
customs, centuries old. faithfully
carried out at tNe union Of this
young Balkan king to the daugh.
ter Of q monarch Of another Of ths,
little mountain kingdoms.
The American colony in Belgrade
had an amusing time securing per-
mission 10 view the parade from
the church to the royal palace.
They had built q grandstand, hold.
ing about $50, and discovered after
their arrangements were complete
that only persons Of Importance
were to be permitted seats. Yam
kee ingenuity. however, succeeded
in overcoming the, obstacles. and
the American. spectators gravsly
went under aliases passing the
critical eye OF the native police.
Among the persons who. according
to the police records, viewed the
procession from the American
srandstand. were President Hard.
ing, James J. Jeffries, s. Ella
Wheeler wilcox. James K. Hack.
, ett ana yVnliam Jenninsa Bryan.