National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
PRESENTS TO THE BRIDE
The Wonderful Dresses that Have he
DIanIayed nj Wanna


The Wonderful Dresses that Have Been
Displayed at Vienna.
The presents to King Alfonso's bride have
been numerous. Among the jewelry present.
cd by members of the Imperial family il
noticeable, first, that Of the Emperor and EN-
press. IL is a diadem made in the form Of
wreath OF roses aud rose leaves aud composed
oil diamonds and sapphires. On viewing IL, IL
IS hard to say which is moro admirable, tho
sizo aud splendor of the jewels or tho artistic
perfection OF the workmanship. Then there
is crown about five inches high, made of tho
most superb brilliants, which are set in such q
fashion rs TO make the crown look as il cut
out of one stone The necklace belonging 10
this is composed of brilliants of the largest
and rarest kind. These two articles are pro-
scented by the Archduchess' mother, Elizabeth.
n superb piece of art Is the hair pin aud
brooch which Archduko Albrccht gave his
niece. Thoy are of diamonds sot SO M TO re-
semble edolweiss. Conspicuous among the
mass OF jewclry is the present of Arohduchess
Marie Renter 1t is a dadem resembling q
laurel wreath and composed entirely Of dia-
monds
Preparations for the wedding have excited
Vienna almost ~ much rs Madrid Tho
'oussedu was on exhibition for several days
in the palace of Archduko Albrecht before IL
was sent TO Madrid. Nineteen dresses wcro
exhibited, zach of them masterpiece of tho
robe for wear at the renunciaton. IL Is
made Of heavy pale pink faile. Tho corsago
Is short, cut square, and provided with short
soirec sleeves. A tablier of red satin is set
in the front Of tho skirt. This tablicr is richly
trimmed with Brussels lace, narrow satin v0-
iants and airy pink illusion. The train, which
Is three yards long, falls in broad, rich folds
from tho waist, and is without any trimming.
garniture of broad Brussels lace, narrow
satin volants and pink illusion separates il
flom the tabier. Bouquets of roses of all
shades and tints cover the rirht side OF the
corssge, run down the same side of tho robe
and following tho train are lost in the lace
garnituro ON the left side.
Another robe is composed Of light blue silk
embroidered with flowers in velvet. The gar
niture consists Of garlands Of light blue os-
trlch feathers and real point d'antiaue lace.
The waist is buttoned by charmingly set dia-
mond buttons. The right side of tho corsage
and the sleeves are adorned by bouquets Of
yellow roses. Furthermore, there is u heavy
white faillc robo with real blond lace and a
volant composed of white French pearls as
large as peas black velvet dress with little
embroidered bouquets of roses aud very taste
FULLY trimmed with pale pink satin and real
lace pink faille dress made up in the
Spanish STYLE profusely adorned with Spanish
gold lace; sorce robe of dark blue velvet
trimmed with lace, and finally toilet of whitA
ihN'"h SaoHucIC, IICull lfimtncO point an
tiquc lace and tiny gold bells.
Among the dresses which will delight the
Spanish court, two are especially beautiful.
One is La Valliero silk rep, with tho front Of
| the skirt and bodice in royal-blue satin, tho
trimming mixture of gold and silver braids.
The other is China-blue velours frappe, mixed
with opal satin aud ornamented with seed
pearl fringe and silver lace, the collar being
entirely silver lace.
The royal bride is well supplied with man
tcaux, which are very beautiful. There is
one mantelet Of heavy black satin with real
black lace and heavy bead trimmings, which
is set off by marabou feathers. The pocket
handkerchieis are of pineapple lawn, with tho
arms of Austria and Spain worked in gold
thread, and the peignoirs of white or very
delicate tinted taffetas, trimmed with point
dAloncon. The extensive collection of hats
shows all modern fashions, and each one oor-
responds, so far as color and trimming are
concerned, to q toilette. OF shoes the bride
has forty.eight pairs, and each pair corresponds
TO toilet