Word: bridesmaid
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eight bridesmaids were divided evenly between Sweden and Norway, and only one was royal, Princess Ingrid, only daughter of Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. Fröken Irmelin Nansen, daughter of Polar Explorer Fridtjof Xansen, was Norway's premier bridesmaid. The others: Swedish, Elsa Steuch, Alfhild Ekelund, Madeleine Carleson; Norwegian, Ranghild Fearnley, Elizabeth Broch. Wedel Jarlsberg. Froken Jarlsberg is the daughter of the great Court Chamberlain, and Froken Ekelund's father was the late fabulously rich Swedish industrialist. Gunnar Ekelund. The pale and puffy blue stuff of which all eight dresses were made was the gift of Princess...
Married. Henry ("Spider Boy") Bulson, to Margaret ("Princess Alahula Harvy") Berry; on the stage of the Harlem Museum, New York. An 8-ft. 4 in. best man, a 36-in. flower girl, a 783-lb. bridesmaid attended the couple. Bearded ladies, tattooed men, sword-swallowers, fire-eaters threw good luck coins as the "Spider Boy" proceeded down the aisle on his hands...
Married. S. Jackson Coleman, barrister, to Muzza Schonau, musician; in London. The ceremony was performed in Esperanto. Rev. A. J. Ashley, Yorkshire church Vicar, officiated in strange-sounding syllables. The bridegroom is known as "edzigonto," the bride as "edzigontino," the best man, "edzigkunolo," the bridesmaid, "edzigkunolino." "Cu vi deziras havi ci tiun virinon kielvian langle-gan edzin on," Rev. Ashley ceased the solemn fluent intonations, gazed inquiringly at the edzigontino. Said she, forsaking virgin existence: "Mi tion volas." Later, the party adjourned to a restaurant where the edzigontino played violin selections, the sole happening of the day not in Esperanto...
...that occasion could not obscure the Prince of Wales. He stood out in the news stories amid organdie, crowns, and bishops' robes, impeccably but jauntily dressed, twirling a cane. He maintained an amused nonchalance despite the fact that one more "possibility" was walking down the aisle as an engaged bridesmaid...