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in the face Of this congregation
to Join together this man and
this woman in holy matrimOny.
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to join together this man and
this woman in holy matrimOny.
Stern Paragraphs Omitted
The Church of England service
then calls for intonation Of two
stern and forbidding paragraphs
dealing with the Sanctity of MARI
age and the "carnal lustS" it was
instituted to overcome.
The Rev. Jardine surprisingly
skipped these passages, although
they are an integral part Of the
. church rites-rites that the Arch
bishop of Canterbury strove vainly
to deprive the former King anc
his bride from observing.
Then came the words, old but
ever new:
> "Wilt thou, your royal high
", ness, take this woman As thy
lawful wife?"
e.. And:
"Wilt thou, Wallis, take his
man as thy lawful husband?"
: There were tears in Mrs. War
fields eyes as she answered he1
steady II will"
Outside the gates OF the chateau
"a crowd Of several hundred, ap
.prised of the fact that the man
and the woman whose every
movement for months has been
watched by a keen and avid world
had at last been married. A great
cry Of Long live the Duke and
Duchess" went UP, and was multi
piled again and again when the
newlyweds posed on the steps OF
the chateau for photographs.
# there ever was a radiantly
happy bride, it was the Duchess
sof Windsor today, and if there
ever was a joyous bridegroom, II
was the duke.
He shook hands with everyone
in the flower-banked music room
where the ceremony was per
formed, and not even the lowliest
servant missed the thrill Of q
royal handclasp.
Her Costume R9viShing
Mrs. Warfield's oft-describe6
wedding gown of Wallis blue was
a ravishing costume. Beneath the
veil of her off-the-face hat tears
could clearly be seen glistenins
IN her eyes, and the Duke himself
was not without emotion during
the ceremony.
But when it was over, all was
smiles and happiness. Major Dud'
ley Metcalfe, an old friend, pro
posed a toast the moment the
ceremony was finished. In reply
the Duke said:
eve are happy TO see you all
here on the occasion Of this
ceremony so important to US In
our lives"
The Duke wore the traditional
cutaway. AS he entered the west
door of the music room at 1912
q. M, all present rose. His morn
ing coat was q raven black and his
gray trousers as delicately striped
as Bond Street could ask. He wore
a white shirt with a pencil stripe,
a gray cravat with lowered de
sign, a fawn- colored waiStcoat and
turned down white stiff collar.
His Voice Shows Emotion
It was at 1905 p. m. when the
Rev. Jardine, standing directly in
front of q great silver cross
brought especially from Paris to
bedeck the altar, began the cere'
mony.
Both the Duke and his bride an.
swered each question quickly and
clearly, although toward the end
his voice plainly showed the emo
ton it did when, after his abdi'
cation last December. he broad
cast Eat long last" to the world his
own story of 1.-THE Woman
Love-"
It was a really beautiful wed
ding that the enamored Duke
gave to his American bride. The
scene was one of breath-taking
splendor.
Great banks of cream and red
roses, huge bouquets of peonies
and lilies Of the valley and count
less vases stacked high with the
wild flowers of the lush Touraine
countryside thanked the altar.
A soft summer breeze blew
through the partly-opened south
window, carrying to the assembled
guests the soft fragrance Of the
flowers.
Mrs. Warfield Late
Mrs. Warfield was a few min
utes late entering the wedding
room. In the interim, the duke
shook hands all around, not over
looking members of the press, anc
ctatted with William Cumming
Graham, British consul at Nantes
one Of the guests.
At 1903 the bride entered. The
Duke moved tentatively toward
the altar, but Hermann L. Rogers
Mrs. Warfield's former Riviera
host. motioned both to chairs.
The pale grey-blue weddin 6
gown worn by the new duchess