The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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the Pulpit cafpet 3 in. fed lm Wag mg I of the Ioyal Ere SIX chairs, Il were the ll0n ram. ll the lifliesof emerald and 'F long white 111 their hair. ll! be seen at nme blue and nt of the pul- tldermen of ed and gold eft held the Facing the at the Diplo- adies of the rican Minis- . Porter, the tfire, was on Wald, 0Il Netherlanllt hadthennsl sh Minisltfl nister. slr the l10Ul0l ection0PP0' lled bl I 1 , g families he afml' and nerS,t0W 5' ilowetbed' with Wests' if ,W 69 most of them men in evening dress. The Officials, in dark blue uniforms, with gold epaulette , s and broad lacings of gold across their breasts and down their trousers wearing swords and carrying chapeaux The W ' - y ere all stal- wart, handsome men. The seats, excepting a few chairs within the altar '1 rar , were 511ed an hour before noon. From the tremendous pipe-0rgan solemn hymns with ushers were Court occasional strains of music floated out- , nothing of the joyous wedding spirit in them. just before the wedding procession entered the Church the great congregation arose and the choir of one hundred voices began to sing, in six parts, to Hildack's music, the words of the sixteenth and seventeenth verses of the first cha , While the choir was singing, the blue curtains of the main door were held aside by the Court officials, and the bridal party slowly marched down the aisle. - First came a dozen couples of royal and noble relatives of the bride, men in spectacular uniforms, women in rich colored gowns, with a great array of jewels. Then, on the arm of Duke Henry, walked the Queen, in white, silver, and green, a heavy diamond tiara on her head, a rich necklace of diamonds on her neck with a big diamond brooch on her bosom, and wearing white gloves to the elbows. . In both hands she held a mass of lilies ofthe valley and green, red, and long white satin ribbons. The Queen and Duke bowed slightly to the right and left, acknowledging the salutes of the congregation. The bride- groom wore the uniform of a Dutch Admiral, and carried his chapeau. More noble couples walked behind. e When the party entered the chancel the Queen and Duke Henry took the two central seats of the six already mentioned. The Duke's mother was on his left-a healthy looking dowager, gowned in white satin trimmed with brown fu-r and embroid- ered with gold. On her left sat Grand Duke Vladimir, of Rus- sia, a tall, bald man, with gray side whiskers, resembling the Emperor of Austria. The bridegroom's brother, a tall, Ger- man-looking Prince, with a light, blonde mustache, sat on the Queen's right. On his right was the Queen MOUNT- The Court Chaplain, Dr. Van der Vlier, a slender, aged man, with gray whiskers, rose in the regulation black g0WI1 belllnd the railing, and offered a long prayer in earnest tones. Then the choir sang a Dutch hymn : God bless you, blessed be your earthly and eternal portion. pter of Ruth ,Q V i l v Q I 5 1 z l ,.n. - I l l ,l 1. ml. . , . i,lf .Q--.g NSA

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68 on it, ten feet above the ' ' f carved oak built up flrdcdhentlsaldilcld dif palms and white lilies surrounded the pulpit and were arranged back of the railing. A plain. red carpet covered the floor. On the space before the pulpit was a rug d b sixty noble ladies of Amsterdam-a square of t Eiiiriirdnevelviht and gold embroidery, with a border of the royal B fore the pulpit was a short oaken railing, with a small arms. C , , table covered with green velvet. On the left were six chairs, fired for the marriage party. Behind them were some rese . . , twenty chairs, upholstered in leather, displaying the lion ram- . , h pant of the Netherlands. They were occupied by t e ladies of the Court. Their gowns, all decolletee, were of emerald and orange, pale blue, white, and pink. They all Wore long white loves and necklaces and had feathers and jewels 1n their hair. lit was a handsome afray, but a richer display might be seen at many balls in New York. In the body of the church was a block of handsome blue and gilt uniforms, worn by the officers of the Court. In the larger section of the church, on the right of the pul- pit, were several hundred Burgomasters and Aldermen of Dutch cities, the majority in bottle green, with red and gold trimmings. The corresponding sectionfto the left held the members of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Facing the left side of the pulpit, in front of the organ loft, sat the Diplo- matic Corps, the first two rows containing the ladies of the Diplomatic Circle. .In the third row sat the American Minis- ter, Stanford N ewel, in plain evening dress. Gen. Porter, the United States Ambassador to France, in similar attire, was on his left, with the British Minister, Sir Henry Howard, on his right. The United States Military Attache to the Netherlands, Col. J. N . Whelan, was also present in full uniform. Dr. Leyds, the representative of the Transvaal, had the most prominent place in the row, with only the Spanish Minister, Senor Baguer, between him and the British Minister. Sir Henry Howard conversed with Mr. Newell during the hour of waiting, but never looked at Dr. Leyds, A large section oppo- site the diplomats, on the right of the pulpit, was filled by sev- eral hundred guests, representing the nobility, leading families engaged in commerce, and others connected with the army and navy- The great majority were women, whose bonnets, gowns, and fluttering fans looked like a huge gorgeous flower-bed. The galleries around the three sides were filled with guests, mast of the gg of g O fwcin Wearing handso 9 The seatSr tiled an hom occasional SU nothing Cf thi just before great centred began to 51118, sixteenth and S While the C110 door were heh party slowly ma First came a the bride, men ii gowns, with a gr Henry, walked t diamond tiara on neck with a big 4 white gloves to th lilies ofthe valley The Queen ant acknowledging tht groom wore the ui Clhleau. More nt Wilell the Henry took the twg The DUk9'S mother gowned in white sat ered with gold. on tlpifliugiaff me manlookin usma ,QUeen's-right. On Watt g Pfillce, tribe Cour' Chapin th gray Whiske theralling, and 0? I e h - fre C 5 a Dutcl Oli' San earthly an t d etern 31 P0

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the Duke rose and the Queen re After thls the Queen and ved her right glove d1SClOSlDg an 1mmense Jewelled bracele o wrist The m1n1ster stretched out h1s arms and the er couple stepped forward a few paces standing on the embro1d ered rug 1n front of the railing The Queen had handed her bouquet to an aged lady 1n Walt who la1d 1t on a chalr, and arranged the folds of her rms 1ng tress gown, which trailed clear across the velvet rug, w1th the gauzy whlte ve11 hang1ng over It Duke Henry took the bride s right hand ln h1S left hand Wh1ch rested on the h1lt of h1s sword For Several 1'I11I1UtCS they stood there the sun stream1ng on them from the great w1ndows of am glass and thousands of eyes fixed on them The deep, 1mpress1ve tones of the Chaplaln s vo1ce rang throughout the church as he repeated the marrrage SCIVICC The only sound whlch marred the ceremony was the sharp cl1ck1n g of cameras 1n the press gallery facmg the royal sextet all of whom notlced the disturbance and looked annoyed The Queen stood very erect Duke Henry shlfted h1s feet nervously and played Wlth h1s sword 'lhe responses from the brlde and brldegroom could not be heard Fmally the m1n1s ter held out a gold plate from Wh1ch the Duke took a r1ng and placed lt on the thlrd linger of the Queen s r1ght hand T e Queen took another r1ng and sllpped It on the same linger of the Duke s r1ght hand She made a very w1nn1ng p1cture, blush 1ng and becommg confused over the ceremomal w1th the r1ng, as all brides are supposed to do Duke Henry was an awk ward, but stalwart and manly figure Either he was forgetful or badly tra1ned ln the part for the pastor had to g1VC h1m two or three h1nts as to how to carry hlmself Those s1tt1ng near enough to hear the responses descrlbe h1m as saymfr ja Me1n Herr when he should s1mply have repl1ed Jah F mally, as the Chaplam ralsed h1s arms 1n the attrtude of bless ID g the couple sank on the1r knees and there was a great rustle of relief after the tenslon of long l1sten1ng, throughout the church The 1nvocat1on was brief The only words d1st1ngu1shable were the names of Queen Wllhelmlna and Duke Henry This ceremony had evldently not been rehearsed, because at 1ts con cluslon, the Duke started to r1se and was almost stand1ng when the Chaplam motloned h1m back, and he dropped on h1S knees 383111 tl-11'U1I1g very red and rema1n1ng kneel1ng while another hYmH WHS Sung The words of this hymn were ghd' zlllerllookg-El in glllelnrllhy fofgvd-n , Tillman ' and! 'C wi111f w U hallllfd than .Tb utch Cuswlzn ,lm wllgregau. lim W cmd solemn! Calnestllian u l f0lllth Psalm . n lewnceup0U us' by ml The feslffl bolt sharf o llltleople has M fl ' the wr mbodlei llelelle meh does not wpineshllf liidislosmon of the ba ce sew! that clouds will 950 elven. 'This u1li0Ul which 'C lmanded sacrifices. Tl wwwy and people, and lhf early loved mother. ln lie will fall to your lot. lwd 'l.ord, lift Thou ul w It will be necemry fo lleduty of marriage, m fy relations. ln that relation lllrl The PSalmist's pn, have to bear your mumll 5 lleunlted, each having hi, According to the mm, lll Now only love an lu wish this bond not to Wllll Pla er. I p nceupon L, ., Lord' Lords countenall ltllllll t 1eC'h1olain', nd Clllg at One N all Verse of p he benedicdjilm Ill I alher, Son, and H on and the Duke ol!