ROYAL WEDDING

Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1930, Page 6

ROYAL WEDDING

PARTIES REACH ASSISI

[United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright],

ROME, Oct. 25

A message from Assisi states: The King and Queen of Italy, Princess Giovnnna and King Boris of Bulgaria, and Signor Mussolini have arriv-

ed. The town is in a state of feverish excitement, and every house is bedecked with he green, white and red of the Italo-Bulgar colours during the day, while the city is outlined in orange lights throughout the night, which, in contrast with the deep blue sky, converted the Old World town into a spectacle of (fantastic beauty. The ceremony at the Church will be most simple All women present in Church will wear high-necked gowns, long sleeves, and white veils, while three hundred little girls of Assisi will be dressecl.m white silk, the gift of tlie bride. The children will strewn white roses on the path when the happy pair are going to the Church. Forty local women have been working day and night for three weeks on tlie wedding veil, which will (follow the design of a mantle, which covered Saint Francis at the time of his death: • in;

After the ceremany in the Upper Church, the briday party will go to 'tihe Lower Church to venerate the ashes of the Saint. ROYAL MARRIAGE. LONDON, October 26. The marriage of King Boris., and Princess Giovanna was quiet but most impressive. The “Observer” welcomes the closer "nion between Rome and Sofia as an important factor in the peace of Europe, but the “Evening Standard” fears that all the lilies and tapers jin Assisi cannot rob the marriage of the element of political convenience, using the young Princess as a pawn in the slow sure game of Italian encirclement of Jugo Slavia.