PRIEST BLESSES SHOP.
STRANGE SCENE IN LONDON.
LONDON. Nov. 6. A priest, wearing gorgeous golden vestments, and standing before an improvised altar with two caudles in china candlesticks blessed the dressmaker's shop which Princess TroubeUkoy, who is an exile from Russia, has opened in Berkeley Street. ' . The ceremony included the offering ot prayers for Russia's welfare, and (lie sinking of hvmns by male visitors acting ;„ an impromptu choir. The priest sprinkled holy water on (he tour walls, and sprinkled also the Princess and her colleagues. . . Wiien the priest was removing Ins vestments impatient society women began a verv lively discussion of the trucks, furs end lingerie.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18556, 14 November 1923, Page 9
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