St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-30
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
1.-THE Princess of Wales pra ctically sets
the fashions of the
A Leader of world i'll the matter of
out door costumes"
Fashion. said Well-knOwn

OUt OOT COSUuiHeS,
Fashion. said Well-known
tailor the other day.
"French and American women, within
English habit of outdoor exercise, and
with it the tailor-made cloth gowns,
jackets and riding habits that the En-
glish have had for years. These cos
tunes are dictated in England by the
taste of the Princess of Wales. but
American women, in adopting the m,
have vastly augmented their cost. The
princess dresses with simple elegance.
When she needs new garments she
commands her tailor to attend her with
samples of cloth and designs of
the completed garment. The designs
are simple little water-colors, such as
are used here for the same purpose.
Few made-up garments are used as sam
pies. The princess is easily pleased as
to cloth. She usually chooses serge or
broadcloth. She is more eXacting as to
fit. In fact said the tailor with gen
tie cyniciSm born of constant contact
with feminine toibleS, 81 fancy ladies
prefer that a garment shall not be quite
to their taste at first trying on. They
upon the tailor, and surely no well-bred
ter, of any profession, would willingly
deprive a lady of so innocent an illu-
siou."
NIanifeStly pleased with his own pene-
tration, the artist in clothes continued:
1.-The princess is never unkind in her
eXactionS, but always extremely gra-
cious. She dresses her children with
extreme simplicity, in garments of like
material and design. In riding habits
the princess chooses for herself and her
children melton In black, dark blue or
dark green. The trimming is simple.
Such gown does not cost more than
SIS or 500. Many New York woman
rides in Central Park clad much more
extensively. Of course, the princess
often makes marked changes in the de-
signs presented for her consideration.
There are ladies in attendance to give
advice and plenty of maids with Scis-
sors, pins and what not. Dressfitting
in royal home is much what it is else
where"
TUE following was the menu of the
banquet given March
Imperial by the ministers of the
tSung-lf-yamen to the
Banquet at foreign representa-
tiveS in Pekin, by Or
Pekin. der of the empress
dowager, to celebrate
the marriage of the young emperor and
his accession to the throne: Bird's-nest
soup, foreign bread; roast duck; green
peas, in vinegar: stewed apples; chicken
soup, with sharks fins, beignetS souf-
tleS; roast mutton; fresh cucumberS;
stewed pears, small yellow cakes; Hua
Tiyu Ell gelee; ham, steWed in honey;
crosses in vinegar; crabapple jelly;
bamboo shoots, sweet potatoes: roast
sucking pig; green beans in vinegar;
cuStard, with almonds. WineS-Wine
from Shaohing-Fu, Chaung-yaun-h'ung,
Yin-chen-lOu (White wine distilled with
artemiSia), Mei-kuei-lou Tose dew, white
with a strong flavor of roses, Wu-chia-p's
drown wine, distilled five times, with
orange peel; very much like curacoa).
After the banquet the principal dishes
were by order of the empress taken
round to the ladies Of the various EN-
basSeS, who, of course, were not present
on the occasion, in order that they
also might, to some extent, celebrate
the occasion and participate in the i'm
perial bounty. A curious difficulty has
arisen in connection with the trifiing
ceremonial presents made on the Occa-
sion to the ministers. These consisted
OF SceptefS maze OF hardwood lnlalQ
with jade, certain silks and tobacco
pouches. These are fixed by precedent,
and are not presented for their value,
which is small. The United States
minister, however, finds himself pre-
Guided by the strict rules of his serv-
ice from accepting these things.
A diplomatic officer of the United
States cannot accept for himself or other
persons any presents, emolument, pc
cuniary favor, Office or title of any kind
from any foreign government; and &C
cordingly the United States minister in
Pekin conceived himself bound to send
back the wooden scepter, the piece of
silk and the tobacco pouch to the tSung-
li-yamen for retranSmission to the en-
press dowager. All the other members
of the corps diplomatique, however,
found themselves conseientiously able
to retain theirs. 1t should be mentioned
that this giving of small presents at
banQuets as marks of cordiality and
good will is universal in the East, and is
not intended to enrich the receiver, but
solely to manifest the good intentions
and wishes of the donor.