ROYAL WEDDING

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17393, 2 March 1922, Page 7

ROYAL WEDDING

ACCESS RY ' S I CARRIAGE. | Id WESTMINSTER abbey. gr£AT demonstra- ; w „ of AFFECTION. !* ijjtftt*-*- ClM# A^abonO % \ ' LONDON, February 28. wirbiil fickleness of the Ens;Pi manifested itself in-the 1 i for the marriage of ' "uC « Viscount Lascelles. brilliantly throughout JP p ur ing the small hours ' the outlook was cheer1. rftin fiqiudl9 drenched westerly wind was ftjjfikthe rain clouds vanished 4*. faffing » bjue sky and aufi- ' nUi'lo o'clock some ominous -p, but dispersed under P 3 ' 1146 the Mall wonderful vista. Hundreds people were packed ift t fSof tho palace, anxious to ii ijlrei glimp&e of the bride, but £ number obtained a satisl Abbey, with all its i ceremonials, was i yiftlTtf the siting for one more •Mjn'ita simplicity, and in which & intereß> * as 86 generally oeii■to the wedding of the King's Sijikr. . frjjpiHes since a King's daughin the Abbey. It was tidily fimily affair, in which representatives of every highest to the humblest. Un delegates from every unit jb Britili Ootomonwealth of Naprevious great corea notable absence though' foreign jjEpSt'tiisir, respects through the teto.Oorja. country since the Prinl m is mainly accounted fact that she was greatly dfjtod.fM i® remain at home instead of gracing iswitt'<.eotlrt, J3er amiability, generous, unsparing ; social movement to ®M|twi6ng the people, found' immense crowd which rittflSliilifrom all parts of the ; her honour. • Westminster. appointed hour, began to' i Labourites,.' tiHawteM&siLiit'he heads of vari-l 16k- up their alralii was repreeok (High Com-' the State i6ir wites, and Mies and Lady prominent posiiats were found i" Australasian prey old Abbey Xle resplendent be brilliant unid military o£Br i robea of the : colours etream-ned-glasa winited scene, e scene was so 3s of spectators i a huge stand ots, and around while, from an* liament Square, ig Whitehall to andid view was "ocession moved ihfare, outlined id by troops in ace behind the ied with sightWung through Whitehall, vol- , i the Princesa. is accorded hei sd Parliament : ly ecorated. in I lie, white, and ns - carried blue monograms of )ount Lascelles. Mind the square t coronets, and nal colours flutll garlands, ini"; lilies, whila ids. of the. bride efwere 'affiied ing the Victims erfooked. Such till.-;in hospitals < with - special tlto procession. «siona from the short interval, aiptaina'' escort Tds, formed the' *» at 11.80 a.m. i Alexandra left li a captains' esfe Guards, prethe Abbey, ice s« Mary, left ><i acmompanied ■t. Tliia formed the Mall accomrse of onlookers,, rrace afforded a The route vias t tho Grenadier, j Welali Gnards, Achmentsofthe isions added to y* joyous prooesof silenoe.Great ' the' glorious 1 Whitehall), its vfeaths, brought sorrow: were felr bbj" awtutedthe anist) played a

selection of music chosen to represent early English music and later British compositions The selections included pureell's "Trumpet Voluntary," Handel's fcir movements from "Water Music," Parry's "Bridal March," filifftr't "Imperial Mareh," Walford Davies's "Solemn Melody," and other items, Guilmant's "Marche Nuptiale and Saint Saen's Benediction." The Abbey choir was strengthened by the choir of the Chapel RoyaL, ! ! At the Altar. Cheering outside the Abbey aftnoUftt'ed the arrival of the ftOyal parties, afld the murmur of conversation in the Abbey died away to fciletlce as the Prin-J cCss, on 4ier father's arm, approached ' the altar, .iccompftnied by her brides- I maids, Princess Maud, Lady Rachel! Cavendish, Lady Mary Thyntte, Lady Victoria Cambridge, Lady Doris GordonLady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, I Lady Diana Bridgeman, and Lady Mary j Cambridge. Each bridesmaid carried a bouquet of sweet peas, caught with a silver streamer. Viscount Lascelles, with Sir Victor Mackenzie, Awaited the Princess's arri- i val at the altar, j Tho groupings around the altar farm-1 ed a picture unrivalled in Splendour. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Dean of Westminster, the Bishops of London and Oxford, and other elorgy, in magnificent vestments, formed an effective setting to the diaphanous draperies of the bridal party. The Dean of Westniinßter received the King and ths bride at the west door. The DeAn and his C&fiohg, with the choir, then preceded the bridal procession up the nave, singing "Lead Us, Heavenly FatliOr, Lead Us," which Was selected as the opening hymn by the bride herself After Psalm. 67 had been chanted i the Archbishop of Canterbury conduced the marriage service, at the conclusion of which the hymn, "Praise My Soiil, the King of Heaven," was sung to Gross's music. Address by Archbishop ot Oiatefburjr. The Archbishop delivered an address j as follows I It is a stirring thing for. any man and woman, whoever they toaj- be, t<j find themselves, for a brief space, the very focus or centre of interest and of the praters pf literally millions of people throughout the world. You so stand this morning. Around -us just now, in every land, and not least in our own, confused anxieties are throbbing, and urgent needs depress men's minds, but we have met for once in quietness and confidence. This sanctuary is holy ground. It has for long centuries been dedicated to the consecrating of new responsibilities. Your (Vows are, very sacred things, attested by us all, and radiant with hope. Yet, great as the occasion is, wh&t we are gathered for in a simple, I might almost say homely, thing and act familiar in story and in every household in the land. It is to unite a man and a maiden in wedlock, unbreakable while life last®. It is to wish them both God-speed upon life's pathway, to remind them of the mutual society, help and comfort t%t one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity. And because it in so familiar and so simple, the opportunities it offers are plain and large. It- seems probable that no daughter of a reigning king ever, until to-day, was married in Westminster Abbey.!.. Cer-1 tatoiy no marriage ever took place here under conditions quite like yours. The war-time partly created them. Each of you. in the grim war years, fonhd new opportunities and used them. When the flower of our manhood was being sternly tested day; by day in shell-swept ; trench and on bare hillside, you, my brother, did much mow* than, stand the test. Such testing and such equipment can make good its outcome in the quieter after years. No call of that kind, no neoeasity on that soate, please God, will r come again in your lifetiine, but to those worthy of it£ peace brings privileges. Our ancestral homes can bestow on English life-an inestimable boon. If the fierce light which beats upon such homes feveala there what is honourable and pure, what is lovely and good,- the gain is far-reaching, and it ■' spreads. There lies an opportunity for both of you. ' You are going to use it. To you, my child, the war days of your childhood brought; occasion of glaid service. ,' The experience, Bowever .simple, that a hospital ward can give, is an abiding stimulus to one who cares and devotes time to it. In that effort, as also in the leadership of disciplined English girlhood, you gained thought and knowledge whioh will, now contribute to securing tlie strength, orderliness and sunshine of a great English home. Together wijl set yourselves thereto. The happiness of home lift, even when ■ blessed, like yours, with high traditions, is not a matter of course. It has its, roots in mutual. love, which is not tender only, but thoughtful and resouroeful, a love unselfish in devotion, but brave and unreserved in its honesty of mutual counsel. So may you together go from strength to strength. The power so to do must come from on high. t We are here, this morning as Christians. Our fealty, your fealty, is pledg. Ed to. .the living Lord, The centre of insp-iration, the Maater in the home, is Jesus Christ'our Lord. It is in His name that!, with gladness of heart and buoyancy of hope, we to-day, on behalf of the whole Empire and its peoples, bid you God-speed. | Viscbunt Lascelles spoke his vows ijj I l a firm voice, which was clearly audible across, the Abbey. Princess Mary's voice was also audible and unshaken, but the words were indistinguishable to the audience at the back of the Abbey. \ Beturn to the Palace. After the blessing had been pronounced, and as the bride and bridegroom proceeded to Edward the Confes&or's Chapel to sign the register, .th© anthem "Beloved, Let Us Love Ono Another," specially composed for tho occasion by ijr Sydney Nicholson, was . sung. -Then, as the bridal party left the chapel, all the members of the Royal family, with the Earl and Oountess of Harewood, joined the procession in tbe nave, forming a brilliant pageant. - As the party wended its way down the nave the organ played the bridal march- from Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet," followed by Mendelssohn's "Wedding March*' as the party quitted the Abbey. Great cheering rose when the bridal carnage, drove away, the couple bowing their acknowledgments. Perhaps only one thing was wanting to complete the Princess's happinesß. . That was the fact that her elder brother, to whom 6he is devotedly attached, was unable . to participate in, the ceremony. The return journey to the pal&ce fol-

lowed the same route as ( tm the I palace, except that the Princess's carnage turned out of the Mall at Marl- ! bor , ough HdUge into fit. Jafeee's street, | and wont thence by Piccadilly and I down Constitution Hill. This a iTHL T, e > f r. B P ectat °rs, and also ( enabled their Majesties and other mem- +^ rE r.°, the party to return to the Palace by a shorter route in time to receive the married couple. J Acclaimed by Vast Cvowds. Fortunate ones were those who, in the early morning hours, took possession of the base of the Victoria Memorial. Less fortunate were those packed On both sides of the Mall.- Stalwart Guardsmen, whose uilifortns and black bearskin busbieA added splendour to the occasion, Stood in such close formation along the route that the onlookers had little oliancc of seeing tho procession. It was remarkable how fflftny women had, with forethought and knowledge gnined from the war, improvised periscopes on parasols to enable them to seo over those in front. Sue!-, schemes, however, were not very satisfying. Those who defied the police regulations and came provided with <?#rrtp-stools fared better, while best off of all were the small boys who climbed the trees along the route, until the treeft resembled a hum&fl rookery. Londoners, however, notwithstanding ftll the disadvantages Of overcrowding, gave thO Princess a fitting welcome. Enthusiastic as Was the reception aconrded the Queen, With whom were the Duke of York and Princes Henry and George, that which awaited the bride will live in her memory, tier appoftrj anco was the signal for a roar which ran thfougll the dense throng from i the Palace to Admirftltv_ Arch with I ariiazing 'rapidity. ac- | knowledged this joyoug, OTiifenitag f6U-de-joie of cheers smilingly all the Way. At the moment of the bride's arrival at the Abbey, the crowd Was 80 dense that the polite had the greatest diffi* culty in maintaining the cordon. Dozens of women and children fainted and were curried to refuge islands, where medical aid was stationed. At the Conclusion of the eerefnonV the spectators from the Abbey and Whitehall began to converge w the Palace, 1 while the throng Was So great at Hyde Park corner that the ambulances were kept busy. Over twenty persons were treated for fainting or ejthaustiofi, All the clubs ift Piccadilly wore gaily decorated, and the windows were filled j with cheering people. As the married pair drove down Constitution Hill they received a tremendous acclamation from the Vast crowd, i From the balcony of the palace Viscount Lasee'les and the Princess bowed to the crowd. Princess Mary beckoned to her father and mother and Queen Alexandra, who joined her, amid tumultuous cheering. the Honeymoon. Viscount Lascelles wore the uniform of an. officer of the Grenadier Guards, with the stars and ribbons of his orders and decorations. As they passed the Cenotaph on their ,return to the Palace Princess Mary had tho carriage stopped; and she handed a Grenadier Guardsman a beautiful floral tribute, which she had specially reserved for fallen soldiers. The Guardsman saluted and placed tho flowers at the foot of the memorial. The [ whole scene was unexpected, and many of those who., witnessed it were moved to tears. ' The happy pair left the Palace at | four o'clock in the afternoon in an open State landau, drawn by four white horses, with outriders in scarlet 11 liveries, and attended by an escort of the First Life Guards, on their way toPaddingten Station, where they left for Shifnal in Salop, where the first portion of the honeymoon will be spent. The route to Paddington was densely crowded, and the young people received one long ovatibn. ' Keynote of Rejoicings. Probably there were few in' that unparalleled concourse, vast even among London's unexampled crowds, who examined the imperial significance of the weddipg. Yet, beyond doubt, in all that moss of jammed humanity, the Bingle trend of thought. waß: "Our English Princess is marrying an Englishman.'* That was the keynote of the - whole day's rejoicings, and was prompted by Princess Mary's own words when acknowledging a gift: "I am remaining in my own native land." There is an Empire : wide moral in that unstudied expression of human thankfulness. It spells Great Britain's Empire for the BrHish, and not for foreign' alliances through Royal marriages, and, in possibly the subconscious realisation of this lay the chief factor of the extraordinary and unbounded popular demonstrations. Women largely predominated in the crowds, which accounted for the remarkable colour scene. The King and have issued a njeftwge of thanks in reply to the Empire's affectionate good wishes for the marriage. Marshal Foch'sGraceful Tribute. The Paris newspapers all devote articles to the Royal wedding. Marsha! Foch has issued, through the "Matin," a manifesto saying All France will participate in a new homage to the illustrious house of which JMward the Peacemaker was Faftnce's most faithful friend, and of which King G-eorge is her unshakeable ally. The Prince of Wales gained in Picardy her'sincere affection. I recall with deep emotion the time «we stood shoulder to shoulder, and heart to heart. We Bhall do well at this moment, when Great Britain celebrates the marriage of her King's daughter, to recall that Great Britain and France sealed with blood their sons' "union, which they will never transform into a scrap of paper. A Point at Etiquette. The "Daily Mail" calls attention to a peculiar point in Court' etiquette. Many choice presents from private individuals have been returned with, a note thanking the. donors. Gifts from public bodies and associations are permissible, but not from individuals who have no connexion whatever with the Court, or .who are not friends of the Royal family. Many people were apparently unaware of the rule, and wealthy men and women showered gift 3 B reat price upon Princess Mary. APBTRAT.tA »ft CONGRATULATIONS SYDNEY, March 1. The shipping in port and many buildings in the city were beflagged in honour of Princess Mary's "marriage. Some of the churches rang ■ wedding peals. The Governor-General sent Australia's congratulations, also those of the Premiers. The King replied, expressing his hearty thanks.'