The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-03

flowers, aE elb1er emu, WeIe OA biiS altar as the Rev. Robert Anderson Jardine performed the ceremony prescribed by his Church of England. To perform the service, he risked hls career in the church.
 Impressive, Solemn
 It was an impressive, solemn moving thing that we witnessed here.
 There was the boycott that kept members of the British Royal fam ily and officials of the government away. There was the ban of the church of which the duke had been head. There was the fact that this was the birthday of the dukes late father George V = fact that brought more criticism on the dukes head
 But for the duke and his bride 1t was the day for which they had waited since friendship had ripened into love and they had decided to sacrifice everything, to brave the wrath and scorn of official and ec- clesiastical Britain and become man and wife.
 What thoughts were racing through the minds of the duke and the American born, twice divorced bride, as they went through the marriage ceremonies, we watching them could not know. But it was a portentous half hour. To attain what they believed would be su- preme happiness they had made history, now their lives were their own, to make as man and wife what they could of them.
 Mayor Begins Ceremony
 The guests assembled in the sa- lon and took their seats. Mayor Mercier, looking out over his horn trimmed SpectacleS at us, began his part of the ceremony promptly. His back was toward the window. Fac ing him across the table, looking out occasionally for moment into the gardens, were the bride and bridegroom.
 Mercier began slowly in French. There was such tension in the room that we could hardly remain still. Outside there was laughter and gayety and excited talk, newspaper men, villagers in Sunday clothes, children with French and British flags, gendarmes, quick eyed French and British detectives.
 Is Made Duchess
 The former Baltimorean who rocked the British Empire and al- most became its queen, was made Duchess of Windsor by the follow ing brief formula:
 DO you, Edward Albert Chris tian George Andrew Patrick David, Duke of Windsor, take Wallis War field to be your lawful welded wifc?"
 "Dui"-Yes.
 DO you, Wallis Warfield, take Edward Albert, etc. to be your law ful welded husband?"
 Yes"
 '.in the name of the law, I de- clare you united in the bonds of marriage"
 Before going through the essen tial formula. Mayor Mercier read tho following:
 Read Requirements
 Conforming to the requirements of the law will read to you chap ter VI of the civil code on the re- spectiye rights and duties of mar ried couple.
 Article 212-The married couple must promise fidelity, aid and help to one another.
 Article 213-The husband must protect his wife and the wife must obey her husband.
 Article 214-The wife must live with her husband and must follow him to whatever place he deems proper as a residence. The husband must receive her and furnish her with the necessities of life accord ing to his facilities and position.
 Article 226-The wife can make her will without the authorization of her husband"
 IT Minutes To Wed Them
 It took IT minutes to complete the ceremony, and Wallis Warfield, once of a Baltimore boarding house, was her grace the Duchess of Wind sor, wife of former sovereign of one-fourth the world. of man who had sacrificed about as much as any man could-becauSe he had wealth, position, adulation to sac rifice-to make her his.
 Mayor Mercier, completing his little speech, signed the register as did the official witnesses.
 The Mayor handed the duke, the family man who was the worlds most eligible bachelor, the official "family book" with places for entry of the birth of 16 children.
 While the ceremonies were going on inside, the crowd grew greater outside the gates, on which villag- CTS had hung silk covered horse shoes.
 Mothers idly moving their baby carriages back and forth discussed the portent that lay in the bright, hot sun. They think here that a gray day is luckier for wedding.
 Champagne corks popped as those at the gates drank the health of the duke and duchess.
 Religious Ceremony
 The religious ceremony then star ted, the poignant moment of the day.
 Stocky, gray haired Vicar Jardine prayer book in hand. read:
 Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God .. to join together this man and this woman in Holy matrimony |. ."
 Our eyes looked toward the cler- gyman, intoning the old Church of England ceremony, beautiful and solemn, and the blond, bronzed man, who had been a king among kings, and his dark haired, blue eyed wife-for the civil wedding had made them one.
 It was almost oppressive, the sol- emnity of this ceremony of church in defiance of church. We could feel it all too plainly.
 Vicar Jardine came to the words "Forsaking all other"
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