Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-03
The Princes Party For the Queen
\ Victoria Comes Out Of Her SecIusfon to Attend Garden Party at Marlboro
From the New York World


 From the New York WorIdJ Fashionable London was much electrified
 on Wednesday, July 14, by the appearance of
 Queen Victoria at garden party given by
 the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlbo-
 rough House. The Queens weather came
 with her. The day was magnificent and the
 London papers are full of the brilliant sue
 cess of the festival, which was festival also
 for the crowd in St. James, street and PaIl
 Mall. One of the London ''society" journals rebukes the Prince for not being sufficiently
 ''select" in regard to the people whom he in vited, but for all that the guests and the cos tunes seem to have been satisfactory to the gazing multitude without and to that some what particular lady, the Queen, within. The Princess of Wales wore costume compound ed of light blue and celadon green and re- ce1Ved her guests Ill very pretty fashion sur rounded by five children, the little princesses wearing blue. The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearne a fawn-colored satin skirt in plaits, with a tight-ftting shawl pattern bodice. She had two doubles dressed like her.
 The Marchioness of Anglesea wore pale gray satin with plisses of fine Indian muslin edged with lace, fchu la Maria Antoinette
 of Indian muslin, the bodice made high, but with elbow sleeves; gray satin bonnet and white feathers completed this lovely dress. The still magnificent looking Duchess of Vel Engton was in black. The Marchioness of
 
 cade, with killings of deep orange satin the
 same shade slightly appearing throughout the costume The Duchess of Cleveland wore cream -colored Madras muslin, embroidered in gold over cream-colored silk The Coun- tess of Bristol's dress was long bodice and traineds skirt of rich cream nl-colored satin en- broidered in rose-leaves; the undersllirt showed plaited hounces of pale de Nile satin many of the ladies wore short walking dresses but large proportion of long trains appeared. Lady Isabel Clayton wore coat
 and train of rich olive-green velvet, embroid- cred in pale yellow flowers underskirt of
 pale yellow satin, covered with small foun- ces. The Countess of Clarendon was in pale blue satin the Countess of Wilton wore white satin covered with richly beaded black passe- menterie; Lady Sophia Rous wore a coat of dark velvst over skirt f1ounced to the waist in coffee-colored muslin and lace; waistcoat of brocaded satin showed below the coat bod ice; the Hon. Mrs. Colville wore dark green velvet and silk Miss Wemyss, white satin; Miss Somers Cocks was dressed entirely i'll deep geranium color. The Duchess of Athole wore white soft silk dress; bonnet to match; Q wide black chenille fringe round the neck, and also on other parts of the dress. The Marchioness of Hnntly, @ very dark red, verg- ing on brown, striped silk, trimmed with beads of the same color. The Countess of
 Annesley mauVe silk, trimmed with plum
 color. The Countess of Bective black silk
 with gold flowers; bodice, black jersey,
 gold silk sleeves; bonnet of gold lace in
 toque shape, and in her hand vast boquet
 of crimson roses. The Countess of Cadogan
 8 dark blue silk navy blue shade; jersey
 bodice of the same shade. The Countess of
 Dudley, white soft silk; bonnet to match.
 Julia Countess of Jersey, 8 narrow striped silk, yellow and red, made two deep small
 killings about quarter of yard deep under prettily looped-up train. bodice and train in
 one. The Countess of Shrewsbury, black H. 410 aL-
 trimmed with jet. Viscountess DalrympIe, a
 white soft silk, trimmed with pale bonnet to match Viscountess Castlereagh black silk trimmed with handsome black and gold bro cade bodice and train in one, and looped up one side, showing the brocade. The Hon.
 Mrs. Henry Campbell, dark ruby satin and
 velvet, front of the dress paintings of satin, bodice composed of satin and velvet, back of the dress velvet, trimmed aound with mar row lace.
 Mrs. Wheeler was, as usual dressed in ex- cellent taste. Mrs. Langtry wore a black and-gold bodice and a black skirt embroid- cred with large gold fans. On Her Majesty's arrival she was received by the Prince and Princess of Wales and all the members of the family and lowing cheerfully the Queen walked through double line of visitors to the tent specially prepared for her reception. The lawn looked bright and gay with the handsome crimson and gold embroidered tents brought by the Prince of Wales from India; under the larger of whichtea, splendid fruit and other refreshments were served for the Queen and royal family.
 The Queen wore deep mourning, as she all ways does but was in excellent spirits, and made herself very agreeable to her friends. Neither Mir. Gladstone nor Lord Beaconsield was present, as the Irish Compensation bill was going on in Parliament.
 The papers notice some oddities and hu- mors of the entertainment, ,as for example, the appearance of certain ladies in ball dresses filled in at the neck with showers of lace and luffies, and of certain others in short kilted dresses of simple cotton and with straw bon nets. Also the Siamese Embassy in queer lit- tie petticoats made sensation by wearing British stove-pipe hats. One elderly lady is described as real ''fgure of fun'' in her long robe and!train of white satin gorgeousIy striped with blue red, and with large hal. in shape something between what are known as the Beefeater and Marie Stuart This won derful edifce was laden with red and blue feathers and trimmed with wealth of pearl beads. And as the streets were well watered and filled with carriages so that on leaving Marlborough House many ladies walked down Pail Mall to tke Duke of York's column be- fore they could reach their equipages, lifting up their delicate garden dresses as they went observers in the club windows were impress ed with conundrum which with a coniectural answer is thus formulated by our London namesake: "Why is it that some ladies dis play such lengths of black, red and golden silk stocking on such occasions? am very much afraid they do not wear any petti- coats,n