BRIDE MOBBED

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 209, 5 April 1913, Page 10

BRIDE MOBBED

SCENE AT THE DUKE DE RICHELIEU'S WEDDING. New York, February 111. A mob of several thousand women besieged the Roman Catholic Cathedral at Baltimore yesterday at the wedding of the Duke de Richelieu—the present head of the illustrious French family and a descendant of the sister of Cardinal Richelieu —to Miss Elinor Wise, a daughter of the late Commander Wise, of the United States Navv.

If the police liiul not interfered, the moll might have prevented the ceremony. The women were actuated by curiosity to sec tlifi bride, who is related to a number of American families of social distinction. They swarmed up the steps of the cathedral, where they occupied seats reserved for invited guests. During the ceremony the women stood on seats in the nave in order to obtain a good view of the bridal party. The remainder of the mob waited outside (he building, and when the Duke and Duchess left (here was a rush which separated the bridal pair on the steps of the cathedral. Some of the women even touched the bride's dress in order to examine it. and the bride was hadlv frightened. The T)nke de Richelieu" final!v forced his wav back to the Duchess' side, but Ihev were unable to pass thrnmrh Ihe crowd to (heir motor car unlil (he police u-"i] considerable force to clear the pavement.

The marriage ~f U, P fluke !lM(1 de ttichelieu is a love match. The livid" does not possess a fortune. Cardinal Oibbons performed the ceremony. Tleforc the ceremony be»an. a n.ivs". i)iii"t---<"ven 'ears old. who attended <hc bride mid the bride's mother when they were babies, was carried into the cathedral and [riven the seat of honour near the sanctuary.