The New York herald., 1922-11-06
EX-KAISER MARRIES
PRINCESS HERMINE


ordered the ladies to wear high cpurt
dressea
AS soon as the couple was seated on
gilt armchairs before the altar the SER
wants entered and stood up behind the
guests An amusing incident in the
ceremony was when Hermine pumped
herself solidly in lthe chair intended for
Wilhelm and changed only when an ad-
jutant, gesticulated wildly.to the amuse-
ment of the guests. The ex-Kaiser him
self stared stolidly ahead of him
throughout the service, only twice join
ing in the hymns for few phrases when
the spirit of the singing seemed to lag.
The music war provided by a parlor
organ in the bacI of the hall and was
directed by the village druggist, named
Kornhof. whose voice, made up in power
what II lacked otherwise. But the
members of the high German fam
lies were ready to overlook all such
defects to-day The ex-Kaiser made, his
responses in hoarse voice, while Her
mine could-hardly be heard by the near
est guests. AS the rings were exchanged
in the German style she looked shyly at
her husband. smiled and said a few
words too low for the others to hear.
Wilhelm nodded and then they .ciasped
their right hands and stood behbre the
priest for the final blessing.
The ex-Kaiser showed no emotion, but
both Hermine and the Crown Prince
were plainly. nervous. the latter fire.
quently signing and wiping his eyes, par
ticulanly when the chaplain mentioned
the death of his mother. The hymns
used 'tJesus Be With U.s." Now Take
Hands"-the ex-Kaiser's favorte-and
Jesus Guard My Soul" were distributed
TO the guests on printed slips The
sermon itself was a surprise in that. THE
New YORK HERALD correspondent was
informed, 1T had been carefully censored
by the ex-Kaiser last night and he had
crossed out numerous phrases plainly
of npnarchstic suggestion.
\ Taking as hisfext I. Corinthians. 13 :13,
Chaplain Vogei preached for twenty min
utes worldly, often stammering, over the
value of love and family life, vaguely
suggesting Germanys suffering in what
he called the world crisis and also the
sufferings of the ex-Kaiser's familyssince
the crisis. He called Doom House a
haven of consolation, in which Hermine
was called upon to play a role of great
Importance. Dutch officials followed the
sermon closely, lest he might make some
political reference to the great war en-
barrassirg Rto the Government, as the
Dutch Queens chamberlain was present.
Praises Dead Kaiserfn.
After referring to the late Kaiserin
as woman beloved by the German peo-
pie, Chaplain Vogel lauded the fact that
the ex-Kaiser- nd place in his heart
for both the living and the dead. Will
lam showed no emotion when reference
was made to his former helpma.e.
Then turning from a long historic
narration of the reputation of the Reuss
T family Vogel drew tears from the eyes
of the Princess as well as from those ,of
many guests by the tender solicitude
with which he spoke of her as a typical
German mother of five children, who
had taken up a new burden Of wifehocd
out of love for the dethroned ruler.
In conclusion the couple kneltNon red
cushions while the Clergyman pronounced
the benediction and brief marriage
prayer saying: BE merciful to both
as well as to the German people whose
hour of need is not yet over"
The Crown Prince wanted to he the