Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-03-01

AN oVrRskIRr WORM sl0,000-rosr
~ rltE WHOLE rRoUssEAu 4 lO0, 900.

ing the truu~sean Of princess
feai princess that il o. say, one of
andonbled royal block, the damscl In
question being the Princess Mare
AleNandrina Of SAKE wolrnar niece
~ the King OF Holland. She j.
shortly o. be married 10 the Prince
OF Reuss. aud the firm Of Gorand A
70. has bad the honor of preparing
the bridal outfit Of her royal high
ness. She has twelve dozen each of
All the smaller articles OF liagerie
aud six dozen of the larger pieces.
All OF the finest cambric, only vary.
ing m the styles of their pufIs anI
tucks, their lacCs or embroidery.
These UNDERGRADUATES alone cos,
slZ,OOO Then she has 80 dresses
and - bonncts, aud many gloves.
fans, Cloaks, shawls, aud other pref
~ tnfrs. The laocs ia particular
were exquisite in hneness aud &c.
sign One dinner dress II palest
crepe de- Chine was decorated with
three hood LOUNGES ofthe finest and
costliest NalcnclcnBe-, which crossed
the front transyer-ely the hack az
the dress was drawn ia two immense
T pads, aud the cuiruss cprsagc, open
90 cdSr was trimmed with narrow
lace 10 match the hounc,s Another
+ dress Of pale lilac crepe de Chine
was trimmed with equally fine and
beautiful point Dachessc. A garnet
velvet dress was decorated with mar.
row point 4 Alyucun % the greatest
Z beauty aud fiucncs- The wedding
Y dress was la white satin. The front
OF thu skirt was covered with three
I vide iiounccs VI magnificent point
I Agu'lle sometimes enormously call.
\ Cd point de- NcuisgI, the second rich
ct ~ the modern laccs, the richest
being Of course the point 4 Alencun.
These houncCs we're pot simply on,
straight round the skirt, IA The old
fashioned way. An immense court
traIn, fully three Nards hong, was ~
tached o. IT,, wal~thand ct the skirt.
Ii was borleryl all round with the
rows - Lace, separated ~ a harrow
quilting 81 satin. The cor>agy was,
n usual, open 80 cgaT, with hall
long sleeves, and was trimmed with
lace It's dress ct pale, rose coloryi
sin Wa, decorated y iih houuccs auI
trimming ~ point applique, which
looked very ordinary Ia comparison
with the .pleudnrs ot the richer
lAgcs.
There were also dresses trimmed
with antique lacCs, which had dc
seconded o. thc brdc from some ni
her royal ancestors curious, cob
web like fabrics, but lacking the
dainty beauty Il artistic design
which marks the laCe- at the present
day. Tho Cu>tllvst and most sIp,rb
artIcle IH the trnus~sau was display.
Ell on a Table Ia the center 90 the
room. II was 4 tuuc or uNrrSkfIt
IT the royal point Il Alcncou oi IA.
comparable hnene-s aud beauty a.
design. This iabaic had employed
ten workmen tot eight year,, and
had cu>t slO.0OO. The pattern was
dahlla-, forget me uuts aud ferns,
grouped with traogry ct branching
teuirils, delicate a. frost work upon
the window pane. The brides tray
cling dress was OF stamped black
velvet, trimmed with bands % Rus.
sian sable. and snrmouuted hy a
black velvet toquc, also trimmed
with iur. and with single bird with
dove culorcd aud golden green plum
age. The cost If the whole trVus.
seau amounted to slOO.OOO
For the brides mother the Grand
Duchtss Of SAKE Weimar, ruby
velvet dress bad been prepared. Gov
cred almost entirely with the real
point de NcRi-e, that antique lace OF
cardinals aud converts, the secret Of
whose manufacture j. lost. What
these broad hounors. delicate a.
carvings IN ivIoy, might be worth.
did not attempt 60 surmi~e. A court
dress made Ior the Grand Duchc,s
was shown; the train was 81 pale
green satin, hOrdercd with a baud Of
embroidery IN silver the threads ct
which being ofpurc mcttle, had re
sisted the action Of time, for this
train had been gift o. the lady from
her gudmother, one 81 the late I'm.
presses of Russia. II was lined
throughout with ermlne, and must
have been no small weight to carry.
The dress It was 10 be worn over
over was at white covered with
houncrs ia white net embroidered
with silver flowers to match those on
the train, these flowers being Of
modern manufacture.