THE MARRIAGE OF MISS MACKAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1974, 25 April 1885, Page 2

THE MARRIAGE OF MISS MACKAY.

A;Paris correspondent of the "Pall Mall Budget" writing on the 12th instant, says:—The marriage of Miss Mackay and Trince Fernando Colonna deGalatro, according to French law, took place yesterday at the Mayoralty, Nobody was invited who did not belong to the family, or was not required to officiate as witness. To-day the religious ceremony cajneioff in the little Chapel of Nunciature, It was also strictly private; Monsignor Rende and a priest who oatechised the bride when she was preparing some years ago, for the first cointniirtibn, said the words and celebrated the, mass. The Nuncio who.was charged with a Papal benediction, returned to Parislrqm Rome to solemnise the marriage. He is a Bishop of Beneveuto—a name, letushopo of auspicous augury. When its a bad wind that brings npboby gqofl, what blessings should not a good on its wings! The bride came in, leaning on her stepfather's arm. She is small, slim, of a pliant figure, and has an artless, happy countenance. She hag neat features; the softes 1 ; eyes'- imaginable, the simplest manner, complete self-possession, does notseem to know what nervousness is, and yet has a modest ajr, Her dress was white satin, moulding the figure, and forming at the waist behind an immense poitf, that rose high as it projected out, and fell in a voluminus square train. She did not wear a jewel. A. sprig of orange blsssom served as a brooch. Round the edge of the skirt,' wherq it touched the ground, was a tiny prangq blqssoin trimming That wijs all She responded distinctly to the usual questions, Ido not think it would bo a quinpliment to speak of her as being " lady-like," begause that word implies conventionality, and the ( mannerism of a caste. She was like, aud full of sweet confidence' in her, Ferdinand, as she left the Nunciature.; with him. il The bridegrooin is seven' and twenty, but does not look his age. He is. dark'/ has fine eyes, an qlegant figure, that] appears taller than it really j.s, the sqffc'' suasive manners of Italy, a gentlemanly bearing, no aristocratic morgue, but rather a desire tq propitiate. He is distinctly of an Italian type, and lYOuld do exactly to play the part of Ferdinand in "The Tempest." He looked as if he thought to day, "le plus beau jour de k vie," and so his uncle and auntseemea also to think. A Doria and a Massino went with him as best men! to the altar. The bride's mother was in a dress of blue-on-blue brocade,, moulding a very elegant little figure, which has retained many of the graces of youth. She appeared once or twice ready to cry, but did not let the tears Btart from her eyes, which are frank and lustrous, and so kindly that on a hard winter's day one would not be surprised to see a robin or any other unfortunate small bird flying to her for relief and protection.- -J' The Big Bonanza" was perfectly'at homer among the princes representing the oldest Mu'se's in Italy, and any one Who 1 knew how to read a face would say that ho is'a mati-tb whom they shdu!d : all take offtheir hats; He is self-reliant without hetjiginany 1 c]egreo aggressive, and is'just as free from afrnganceas his anlitibleaiid sweetly pretty wife or his good mbthW-fri-Jaw, 'ivho'jias distinct trace's" of the 'France eighteenth century in her intelligent, strongly characterised, and yet most Womanly face.: She wore'lj'er 'hair-'pow-dered and dja'v/n u'n fjq'm Her fo'!;eneatl,'a bonnet If'iniiiiod with moss grcoiiandiijarlc grco'n feathers'and gold,'' and a brocade dress to match. Her other daughter!''tile Cquutess, Telfoner, was in a crimson brocade njalle to mould tho figure', and fall |n a. long train.'." tfqr should'.! Iqrgo't the twq %ckijy bqy-j, qnc'qf lyljQiij has a strikingly Irish face. Tl)oy were; in cutaway jackets and trousers' Ifr ifinjster Mjn'ton, flreijijei} jn (i fl'fJCk c^j;,''the facsimile of the ono In which Bonnat painted him, was qf course at tl)o weeding, but did not attend tho dejeuner, which also was a family one, Count- Goiwski represented Quoen Isabella, who telegraphed over so many times during the courtship to know how it was going on, The course of true love has in this instance run very Binooth. Yesterday, the real wedding day, th'e weather was yery fine, To-day it was overclouded, witji qcjSaijqn.al falls, ;)f rah] and bursts of .sunshine. Tg-nighYthe jfpy gqnplu, g () to Italy, along with the two Italian unples and tho aunt,' They aro a charming pair of lovebirds, Contrary to custom, the trousseau was not on view, Thoro was rather an attempt to tone down and conceal wealth than to display it. Splendour took a homely air; there was no affectation in refinement, and the gentle cordiality of the ladies, and their quick and ready judgment in small things were the graitesj;-argument that cqujd he adduced in 'favqiu'' of tiqiig. ' '." "- '! U-HV--\ Th'e I'OflopJtjgii was, attoi>de4 by the finest flower, of European ai)d : 4inorjcaj)sncjety, and hud the stamp qf qujpt Sjilendqipj, grace, refinement, fjnd family intimacy. The little bride flitted about tq say a. gracious word tq her different personal friends,and still more to less well-kuown visitors whom she felt she should distinguish, At five tho visitors had all gone, and at seven Evelyne, Princess of Colonna Galatro, and Don Ferdinand, her Princo Charming, were on their way to the classic and sunny land which is to be henceforth her home.