The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-04-09
The Queens Drawing.Room

FASHION and the upper ten nave Deen
greatly fluttered. Her Majesty held q
drawing-room on Friday. She is only
going TO receive once more this
wear, it is said. Blood and mammon.
therefore, crowded Buckingham Pal
ace, and will do so again, to fall OF
little when the Prince of Wales takes
up the running for his royal mother:
Her Majesty, according 20 semi Official
modiste, wore q dress and train of black
poult de sole and terry velvet, embrOid-
cred in black silk, and long white
tulle veil, surmounted by a coronet OF
diamonds. She also wore q necklace,
brooches and earrings of large opals
and diamonds; the ribbon and star OF
the Order of the Garter, the Orders of
Victoria and Albert, the Crown of India.
Louise of Prussia, St. Catherine of Rus
STA, st. Isabella of Portugal, ETC.. and
the Sake oburg and Gothic family Or
der. The Princess of Wales appeared
in dress of prune-colored velvet with
pearl embroidery, train of Brussels
lace. and no end of pearls and dia-
monds. She looked thin, l thought,
and by no means strong in health. I
saw her arrive. The Duchess of Con-
naught was resplendent in white satin,
trimmed with duchesse lace and white
roses. She wore a tiara of diamonds
and profusion of pearls. If the i'm
perial stone is really to be manufac-
tured wholesale by the chemist, will
these royal ladies replace it in their
crowns ard coronets?. Will it be set
aside, being no longer worth a large
sum of money? Do they prize it for its
beauty? In the daytime there are other
stones that eclipse it, undoubtedly.
It is at night, when it radiates
the glare of lamps, that it is
supreme in its beauty and color. The
dresses at the drawing-rOOm were
richer and more magnificent than ever.
Gold brocade was in high fashion. The
modiste aforesaid awards the palm to
the dress worn by the Countess of Clar-
endon, of which the coloring was POM
padour; it consisted of close train and
Directoire coat bodice of Louis XIV.
brocade, lined with pale blue satin,
and bOrdered with point d'AlencOn,
over a petticoat of ivory satin duchesse,
with gathered front, trimmed with
f1ounces of point d'AlencOn and lisse
SGuuucU Will pale Suducu TOScS W
match the brocade of the train, which
was ivory and pale pink; tiara of dia-
monds and diamond ornaments. Lady
Julia Wombwen wore dress of old
gold colored broche, trimmed with satin
Of the same color and old point lace; q
train of dark green and gold broche
velvet, trimmed with old point lace and
bouquets of gold mulberries and foliage
frosted with gold. Some of the elderly
ladies in the enforced low-necked
dresses of the court looked cold and
miserable. The Queen will have every
thing done as it was done in the Prince
Consort's time, and no amount of criti-
cism or appeal will induce her to modi-
fy the low-necked dress of presentation.
But this is no reason why the Princess
Louise should enforce the same silly
regulations upon Canada. So firm is
the Queen in maintaining her reminis-
cences of Prince Albert's day that she
discards a new railway on one of her
royal journeys and travels one hour
longer than necessary because it was
the track she used when her husband
was alive.-London Cor. NJ r Times.