Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-28

LONDON, April 26.--{By the AS
ISOLATED Press. = Albert, Duke Of
York, was united in marriage witt
Lady Elizabeth Bowes.Lyon in sol
emn old Westminster abbey at moor
today with a pomp and panoply
reminiscent of the old days Of the
mld-Victorian era and amid the tn
multuous demonstrations of the vas
throngs that gathered under threat
ening skies to witness the wedding
pageant.
It was the second time in little
more than a year that the king and
queen of England gave one of their
children in wedlock to a person out
side the realm of royalty. While the
marriage of the sovereigns' second
son did not stir the popular imagi
nation of the British empire as did
Princess Mary's wedding, the ro
nance which turned a simple Scot
fish girl into royal princes bride
and elevated her from a position OF
relative obscurity to the place OF
the fourth lady of the land, captur
ed the hearts of the English people
The fact that Lady Elizabeths mar.
rlage to the Duke of York makes
her eligible to wear the crown of
the empire in. the event anything
untoward befalls the Prince of
Wales. impaired an additional note
Of interest and significance to the
event.
Religious and Social Event
Today's ceremony within the hal.
lowed walls of the historic abbey
which has witnessed the supreme
joys and sorrows of the nation for
ages past, was both a great religious
and social event, and was marked
by a glittering exhibition of fashion
and sumptuous jewels. Eight hun
dred of EngIands greatest lumi-
narles in state, court, diplomacy
and society, as well as an impress
slve assemblage of foreign princes
dukes, duchesses and others of rank
and title, were there, attired in
f1nery and jewelled embellishments
that represented the proverbiaI
kings ransom:
The faces of the sovereigns were
radiant as the tall, erect figure of
their son, with Wales on his left
walked to the altar, followed soon
after by the bride upon the arm of
her father, the Earl of Strathmore.
The strident, stately strains of the
hymn, Lead Us, Heavenly Father,
Lead U.s." lent note of beauty to
the procession.
The revision and shortened 'ex-
hortation, as approved in the new
English prayer book, was pro-
nounced by the dean of Westmin,
ster, and then the. archbishop asked
the vital "Wilt thou?" III
Turning to his bride, Albert said:
II take thee for better, for worse;
for richer, for poorer; in sickness
and in health; to love and to cherish
until death US do part, according to
Gods holy ordinance; and thereto /
plight my troth."
The prelate then received the
bride from her father. She then
repeated the solemn words:
IT take thee, Albert Frederick
Arthur George, to be my welded
husband, to have and to hold from
this day forward for better, for
worse; for richer, for poorer; in
sickness and in health; to love,
cherish and obey, until death us do
part"
The archbishop then bestowed his
blessing on the pair and a prayer
was recited. This was followed by
second blessing and an address by
the archbishop Of York
Register Is Signed
While the duke and his young
bride were signing the register in
the chapel of Edward, the Confessor,
the choir sang the anthem, "Be-
loved, Let Us Love One Another"
and, as the royal couple left, the in
spring cadences OF Mendelssohn's
Wedding March" rang through the
arched domes of the great abbey.
Emerging into the street, the
duke and his bride were greeted with
a peal of abbey chimes. This was
the signal for a deafening shout of