Evening star., 1935-03-04
FRENCH-AMER|CAN
GIRL WEDS PRINCE
Royalty on Hand as Don
Jaime Marries EmanueIa
de Dampierre.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, March 4.-Emanuela de
Dempierre, descendant of French aris-
tocracy and a long line of illustrious
Americans, became the bride today OF
Don Jaime, tall young son OF former
King Alfonso of Spain, amid scenes
of royal pomp and ceremony.
Royalty from many sections of Eu-
rope and hundreds of representatives
of the nobility of France, Spain and
Italy, as well as many Americans, at
tended the impressive ceremonies in
the centuries-old Jesuit Church of St
Ignatius.
Crown Prince Umberto and Princess
Marie Jose represented King Victor
Emanuel and Queen Helen of Italy.
1000 Guests.
The more than 1000 wedding guests
included Queen Marie Amelie OF Por-
tugal, Grand Duke Dmitri of Russia,
the Count of Paris, heir-apparent OF
the Duke de Guise, pretender to the
French throne; his sister, Princess
Francoise, and her husband, Prince
Christopher of Greece, and scores OF
others connected with Europe'S an
Gent ruling houses.
Absent, however. were Queen Vic
toria. mother of the bridegroom, and
the brides father, Count de DAM
pierre, whose family tree reveals both
American ancestry and distinguished
French blood, including that OF La
fayette.
Explanations of admiration came
from the spectators as the lovely
American-French girl was escorted
down the aisle by former Kink AL
fonso.
Gown Brings Clasps.
The brides gown, creation OF one
Of Rome's most famous dressmakers,
was of white silver lame surmounted by
a white lace veil clasped with diamond
feur de lys fashioned from the royal
Jewels of the late Queen Marie Chris
tina of Spain, Don Jaime's grand
mother.
Donna Emanuela's majestic train,
more than yards long. was borne by
10 little girls dressed as Florentlne
pages of the Renaissance period In
male blue frocks with red roses in their
hair.
One of them was Phyllis Hoffman,
3-year-old daughter of Murray Hoff-
man of New York.
The bride is the granddaughter OF
the former Josephine Curtis OF Bos-
ton, whose family goes back to Con-
necticut deputy of 1922 and includes
such figures in American history as
Gen. Aquilia Giles, agent of George
Washington, and Gen. William T.
Sherman of the Union Army in the
Civil War.
Clasp Prayer Books.
The bride and groom each clasped
q leather prayer book on which was
embossed in gold the royal Spanish
coat of arms. The handsome Prince
Jaime was clad in resplendent red
tunic and dark blue trousers of a
commander of the ancient Order of
Seville and across his chest the white
and silver order of Grand Master
of Caltrava.
The couple knelt on white satin
cushions before the blower -bedecked
high altar. In his high-pointed car
dinals nat and Episcopal robes, Car
dinal Segura, former primate of Spain,
driven INTO exile by the revolution,
celebrated the high mass and heard
the mutual pledges of the bridal cou-
pie. The ceremonies lasted more than
an hour, after which Don Jaime and
his bride went to the Vatican to be
received by the Pope.
Memento From Pope.
The holy father presented each
with q sacred memento of the occa-
sion. The couple then went to St.
Peters to pray at the Tomb Of the
Apostle and later were guests at a
luncheon reception at Poggio Suasa
Palace, home of the bride.
Tomorrow they will 60 to London to
visit the Queen mother and then start
on q two-months' wedding trip to
the Nile Valley, Aegean Islands and
Near East. They will make their home
in Rome and later plan a trip to the
United States.
Among the Americans who occu-
pied places of honor at the ceremony
were Ambassador and Mrs. Brecken-
ridge Long, Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Hoff-
man Of New York and Alexander Kirk
of Chicago, counsellor of the Amer
lean Embassy in Rome.