Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
Describes Marriage
OF Duke of York and
/ Little Scotch Bride,
Mrs. I. C.. Copley Writes
From London Entertain
! ingly of Recent Royal
+ Wedding in Westminster
Abbey.

Mrs. I. c.. Copley, wife of Represen-
tative Copely of Illinois. who went to
Europe recently with Col. Copley, in,
a letter to her brother, Clarence
Strohn at Aurora, ILL.,, has written a.
most interesting description of the
wedding in Westminster AbbeyFof the
Duke of York and his ''liittle Scotch
bride" which appeared in. recent Is
sue Of the Beacon, Aurora.
we found" Mrs. Copley said. " the
whole town agogi over the coming
marriage of the duke. The British
certainly take an interest in their
royal family. OF course my first con :
Germ was 10 bestir myself aud see
what could be done in the way of
securing a place from which to view.
the%edding procession. The name
of ThonIas Cook promised something,
andSwe were out to interview the
came a chance TO see the marriage
Abbey. Wonderful The event was
to take place at 80 a. M. which
meant arising early putting on
festal finery, and faring forth. to the
historic church to arrive there at 10
o'clock The doors closed at 10:45,
so no chances could be taken with
London traffic. But as matter of
fact, the streets were cleared. Thou
sands of spick and span policemen
on duty. and all in perfect order: The
line of march of the procession was
rather simply decorated from our
standpoint perhaps. sBut dress uni
forms were enough IN. themselves TO
make a brave show.
Ten o'clock and inside the abbey.
seated and listening to heavenly
music and seeing high dignitaries of
the church, and officers of army
navy and air service, all in the most
gorgeous uniforms. made the hour
and a half seem brief measure of
time.
When the moment. came for he
royal party to arrive there was II Oh
suppressed British excitement. The
king and queen came in together, the
queen wearing a lovely aquamarine
blue gown. a silver. cloth turban and
gorgeous jewels. Then the Dowa ger
Queen Alexandra. her sister. the for
mer Empress of Russia: Princess
Mary and her husband. and "Prin-
cess Pat" and others as well. Then
the wedding hymn began--"Lead Us.
Heavenly Father, Lead U.s. and the
little bride came up the aisle with
her father. as any American girl
might do with father who owned
and wore so fine uniform. He"
gown was of white MORE silk and
trimmed with silver. The train. sew
'
wreath of orange blossoms around
her small head. made her look the
sweet young girl that, she is. There
were eight bridesmaids in white chif-
fon wearing no hats, just cunning
lunches of flowers on each side of
their heads.
"A thoughtful and pathetic touch
came when the bride paused to place
her bridal bouquet upon the grave of
the unknown soldier who lies
buried in the abbey near where she
paused on her way to the altar.
THE Duke of York. wearing a uni
form which included a light blue coat
with much gold braid. and the Prince
of Wales, in a scarlet coat. met the
bride L the altar steps. The mar
riage was performed by the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, and the ad-
dress given by the Archbishop of
York. After the ceremony the bride
and bridegroom left the church as
the organ played Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march. making one feel that it
had all been done thousands of times
before.
Il then rushed out to see the. royal
coaches. with the exalted of the earth
inside, Cliff joining me at his leis-
ure."