Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1929, Page 24

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~r o' EVENTING ST, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1939.” .-PRINCESS FETED BEFORE WEDDING Swedish Maid Who Will Wed' Prince Olaf Tomorrow Wel- comed by Norway. : By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, March 20 —Princess Martha of Sweden spent her last day of unmarried life today, with Norwegians . cutdoing themsclves to make it pleasant for her. Tomorrow she becomes the bride of Prince Olaf, Crown Prince of Norway, but before that ceremony takes placc she will have experienced the full meas- ure of Norway's welcome to the woman who one day should be its queen. . Not since the dissolution of the | Union of the Scandinavian Peninsula in 1905 has there been such a demonstra- | tion for a Swede in this country as was accorded Princess Martha yester- | during a ride through Oslo’s streets. hour and a half longer than N en intended she and driven about the city | nd pe th flowers from cheering | throngs. Blow: Kisses to Admirers. Prince ¢ caught many of the bou- is fiancee blew kisses to | At the end of the drive tall King Haakon was forcel to lift her bodily from the mass of flowers in the carriage and put her on the ground. King Haakon in the course of the demonstration entered the crowd like any of his subjects and waved and cheered with the most humble of them. A man nearly knocked him over. Turn- ing to make apologics, the man was | astonished to find his victim was his own ruler, who laughed and was de- lighted with the incident. In the evening Princess Martha ap- peared at a ball at the palace in a gown of yellow chiffon with motives in spar- | kling paillettes. She opened the dancing with Prince Olaf, while King Haakon . danced with the mother, Princess Inge- borg, and the queen with the Duke of York. Thousands in Cheering Throng. In the course of the evening the bridal couple, the King and others ap- . peared on a balcony of the palace be- fore a crowd of tens of thousands. 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