The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-28
MARY WEDS
LASCEL.L.ES
MID POMP
English Wedding One OF Almost
ljnprecedented SplendOr
and Impresslveness
BY EDNA HUBER CHURCH.

s-ur CORRESPONDENT I. N. sERVicEl
r0EnON Feb 2s.-Amidst al lhe
pomp and ceremony Of old wor4o roy
atty. her royal highness, frihceSs
Mary. only daughter OF hing GeoI 60
and Queen Mary. was married 70
count Lascelles. heir TO the Early q
uarevood in Westminster Abbey to-
day. II was the first marriage III '"o
1eisninS royal family IN nearly TWEEN
,,i,s wears and was a social event
OF almost unprecented splendio' pi1A-
lance and impressiveness-
Tn. ceremony took place at noon IN
the nresence Of the most varied ana
r.nre=entative assemblage that ever
attended a royal wedding. All mem
hsrs of the royal family were present
excent the prince of Wales, heir TO the
tbrone. who is in India The magnifi-
cent old cathedral with its great vault
81 room. It's gorgeous traceries. It's
mighty pillars and its beautiful sta1neo
windows formed a fitting background
for the nuptial ceremonies, me nrh-
liant uniforms Of army and navy Of
scsrz and the dazzling gowns OF the
women.
RIDES IN GLASS COACH.
The bride and groom and the royal
family rode in state from Buckingham
ralace to the abbey and the slgnt OF
The happy girlish face in the famous
old glass coach gave a thrill OF pleas
nra TO the vast multitude of men and
women who lined the streets
II was an "all British" wedding. &C
cordinr to wishes OF the royal fam
H- The brides maids We're Ensilsh
girls. The groom's best man was Sir
victor AudIey Falconer Mackenzie a
captain in the Scots guards ana
brother in arms in wartime. Contrary
to custom. foreign royalties were not
invited.
Tba most Rev. Randall Thomas Dav-
.5eon. archbishop of Canterbury ana
+na highest prelate of the Anglican
cburch- offciated. The orthodox rit-
nal was followed by which the prin-
cess promised to love. honor and obey
her husband
The princess was given away oy her
father King George.
There were about 1850 guests with
in the abbey.
Those who held superstitions about
the weather. and 1t was reported tnat
Queen Mary did so. had ground for
propitious predictions 1t had been
stormy early in the morning. but the
skies cleared off and il was clear, with
brisk spring-like breeze when the
,uptia1 PROCESSION left the palace for
the abbey.
COULD ONLY SEE PARADE.
>Iaav rich Americans had come to
London. many of them social aspirants
Who hoped TO get vithi~ tNA abbev-
1,a4 ALI had to content themselves with
: view of the marriage procession. il
thev were lucky enough TO be able 20
purchase sightseeing space along the
route.
The actual wedding ceremony came
as the climax to a glorious Cinderella
like pageant, rcsplendent with glorious
and riotous colors II was a fete Of
purple and fine line. silks. satins and
hrocades ermines and furs and fla sh-
ing Jewels. splendid uniforms and
flashing weapons all surmouhtins the
gilded coaches which carried the pr1n-
cipals and their families.
The route from the palace to the
abbey lay through the Mall, Admiralty
Arch. charging Cross. Whitehall. Par
lament street and Parliament square
10 the west door of the abbey. The
streets were lined by thousands OF SOL
diers and police and were banked on
both sides by masses ~ cheering hui
nanity Buildings were decorated
with flags pictures and flowers. win
dovs doorwsys and roof tops were
decorated with human faces.
The official colors we're blue and
silver, but every color OF the rainbow
dazzled the spectators.
Pealing church bells and booming
cannon signalled the start OF the pro-
cession from Buckingham palace where
a group of wounded soldiers who had
been allotted space in the forecourt by
the king himself threw their caps into
the air and cheered till they were
hoarse.
CROWDS STAND SINCE DAYBREAK.
The crowds along the way. many Of
whom had been standing on the pave
ments since before daybreak. took up
the acoIaiming cry and one huge
shout rolled for four miles or so all
the way along the route to the ca
thedral
II was a few minutes after II o'clock
when Dowager Queen Alexandra.
mother OF King George and grand
mother OF the bride. accompanied by
her suite OF ladies in waiting. stepped
into a glass and gilt coach and the
procession was under way.
All traffic was stopped in the streets
traversed by the carriages and the
crowds held back mainly by guards
and troops wearing red coats and great
bear skin shakos. The dowager queen
was followed by another coach bearing
Queen Mary. escorted by troops in
sacrlet coats and silver helmets
The life guards riding behind the
queens coach were mounted on black
chargers whose harness mounting had
been oiled and polished to brilliancy.
with the queen was her second SON
the duke of York. wearing the horizon
blue uniform of British aviator.
Later came carriage bearing Prince
Henry in scarlet uniform Of tho
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