Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-02-23
THE PRINCESS LOUISE.

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Radical Discomfort AT the Dowry-
How the Alliance was Brought About.
LONDON, Jan. 6, s1s71. West End
tradesmen are beginning to be busy
with orders in connection with the APP
preaching marriage of the Princess
Louise and the Marquis of Lorn, and
down at Windsor the royal tradesmen
are already making preparations for
giving ectut to the ceremony. Hlsto-
rical st. Georges chapel, where so
many illustrious nuptials have been
celebrated, is being put in order for the
occasion, and the cards to the great
people who are to be invited are being
printed Quite flutter has been Great
ed among the aristocracy in antclpa-
ton of the ceremonial, and high danes
and noble lords are intriguing for the
high honor. of being permitted to be
present The bridesmaids are deeply
engaged in consultation with the man
ua-makers, and If is believed that the
dresses which will be worn by these
eight charming young ladies will, for
richness and novelty, surpass anything
that has previously been Witnessed
Indeed,
THE COURT DREssMAKERs
are nearly at their wits end devising
fresh designs and new combination of
colors and materials; and fashion is
eagerly looking forward to something
original in the trosseau which shall give
the mode to future weddings in high
life Lord Lorn and his intended fair
bride have, in fact, been almost per
secuted with the attentions of people of
/ all sorts, who are DESTROYS of making
money out of their professed loyalty.
Musicians have inundated them with
Lord of Lern Quadrilles, " Louisa
Galops,n Argyle Waltzes, "and 6 Roy
al Marriage Serenade." Perfumers
have pestered them with new scents
named after the coming event, poets
have vexed their serenity with copies of
verses inspired by the auspicious theme,
the trades of every kind and degree
daily extol their wares by christening
them after the names of one or other OF
the atfianced.
THE LORN TARTAN.
SO strong, indeed, has been the COM
petition in this direction, that there has
been something approaching hand
to-hand encounter between two rival
Scotch manufacturers in Baillie Nicol
Jarvie's town of Glasgow. Both gen.
tlemen hit upon the idea of inventing
new tartan, to be called the "Lorn Tar
tan, and both submitted their designs
to the Marquis, and had them appro-
we'd. Each in turn advertised his H.
vention as an idea exclusively his own,
and the consequence is that regular
newspaper battle has for some time
been raging between the wrathful rivals.
"The invention is mine," says the one.
.. 1t is mine, . cries the other, ''and /
had the honor of apersonal interview
with the Princess" Lord Lorn has
been lugged into the serimmage, and
one, at least, of the Scotch enthusiasts,
has not scrupled to accuse him of un-
fairness and double dealing in negoti
ating with two merchants at one time.
THE APPROACHING EVENT
| As to the marriage itself, it is regard
! ed 10y the country with great favor, in
asmuch as it will tend to break down
the rigid barrier which separated the
throne from the people. Her Majesty
is credited with having exercised wise
common sense in having had the cour-
age to give the hand of her daughter to
a subject Persons in all grades of
society were beginning to get impatient
of the needy, not to say beggarly, array
of German princes who were being ad-
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of England, and such alliances were
looked upon suspiciously as tending
unduly to strengthen the foreign ele-
ment at the Court of st. James. The
choice Of Lord Lorn as the husband of
the Princess Louise has helped to weak
en- that suspicion, and belief is enter
tanned that such alliances will be quite
| a matter of fact in the future. Indeed
the gossips are already busy selecting
MATE FOR THE PRINCESS BEATRICE,
and several heirs to rich and noble
houses are aspiring to the honor, one
OF whom, it is said, is favorably looked
upon by her Majesty.
THE ROYAL DOwRY DIFFICULTY,
An agitation has been raised by the
! London radicals to protest against the
! dowry that it is to be given TO Louise,
/ but it viii result in nothing. These
politicians argue that a man who will
possess such broad domains and wide
estates as Lord Lorn, is quite able to
maintain the Princess in a betting
state, without receiving gratuity from
/ the nation. But. on the other hand, it
! is held that his Lordship has as much
right to dowry as did the petty Ger
mans, against whose claims no protest
was raised Ny own belief is, that
were it not for the paltry and cowardly