MR. CHURCHILL'S WEDDING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 340, 29 October 1908, Page 3

MR. CHURCHILL'S WEDDING.

English papers ...by- this mail- contain lengthy reports of Mr. Winston Churchill's wedding to Miss Clementine Hozier. . The omens were all friendly, says tho " Manchester Guardian." The bride and bridegroom came forth in' sunshine with , a considerable part of ..London smiling upon them and the good ; wishes of a larger part, following them. Every compliment that London.could give it gave, even to breaking through-the : police "lines to see them depart and to tlie offering-'df picture postcards with their very' portraits, and moreover, com-memoration-handkerchiefs had been; struck. A large number, of the wedding guests had returned from Scotland for the event. There, was not the slightest, hitch in the arrangements; and the riiig was forthcoming in its duo-season. All brides, of courses are beauti-. ful,. but Miss Hozier's beauty was famous before she was a bride in a season notable for its beautiful women. The appearance of the bridesmaids emphasised that. The bridegroom bad already tvon Cabinet rank at an age when most members of Parliament ( were making their acquaintance_ with the House, and the • amazing public interest in his wedding has revealed the singular hold his personality has upon, the minds of his countrymen. Wherever lie goes he rouses opposition, struggle, and enthusiasm, and the voltage'of life is suddenly doubled even in places of high, pressure. - Publicity has marked him as her own, and lie paid some of the penalty on Saturday, when admirers among the crowd fouglit to shake his hand and the clicking of cameras attended, Ins every The bridesmaids, as has been said, were' singularly endowed with good looks, and their dresses were uncommon as well as pretty. The bride's sister, Miss Nellie Hozier, Miss Venetia Stanley, Miss 0. Frewen, Miss Horatia Seymour, and Miss M. Whyte • composed the quintet.- Mr. Churchill's present to them was a diamond chain and pendant ~11 Outside the church crowds had been gathering since eleven o'clock, and there must have been about 30,000 lining Parlia-ment-Square and the other, approaches; but it would be impossible to say how /many came for tho wedding alone, as the procession of Roman Catholic children to Westminster Cathedral!was duo an hour, later, and. the crowd had two spectacles before them. . Miss' Hozier (says " M.A.P.") won all hearts at the first glanco. Her photographs entirely fail to do her justice, and the beauty of her'face is enhanced by its expression of vivacity and vivid intelligence. Her colouring is warm and lovely, and her tall, slender figure looked graceful iri a severe- robe .of ivory satin and old lace, tlie ; skirt lonp- narrow train, the bodice collarless. A veil" of finest net "flowed over hair and dress, and a prayer-book took the place of flowers. Five bridesmaids, in deep cream satin gowns and Dlack hate lightened with pink roses, followed Miss Hozier, and Lord Hugh Cecil, bitter political opponent and intimate personal friend, supported Mr. Churchill.

THE PRINCESS VON BULOW. In an article on the Princess von Mow, in "Die Fran," the charming Italian wife of the German Chancellor, a description is given of the "Bismarck-room" 111 the Berlin mansion of the Chancellor of the Empire. It is full of articles connected with tho first Imperial Chancellor, and'one of the most interesting is tho writing-table on which Bismarck signed the historical documents that passed through his hands Jrom 137S to 1890, while he held dffice, and even some of the long pencils of which the Iron Chancellor made, such frequent and energetic use are still in their place 011 the'table. The' Princess, who lays a smiling claim to tho title of'"the most German among Italian women," is said to be 1 the only grande dame of Berlin whose receptions have something of the nature of the famous French political salons of tho past; but she has never attempted to influence, the political, life of her husband, and is content ■to abide by the late Prince Arenberg's observation, \ou divide all men into two classes namely, those who aro for Bernard and those who are against him." , "