Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21
A ROUND OF DELIGHT.
Mrs. Mckee and Mrs. Russell Harrison
Enjoying Life in London.
BOTH LADIES IN GREAT DEMAND.
Preparations for the Wedding Of the Prin-
cess Louise.
BEAUTIFUL TROUSSEAU OF THE BRIDE
rBY CABLE TO THE DrsPATcH.I


LONDON, June 20.-Mrs Mckee and
Mrs. Russell Harrison have been having o
good time in London this week. AT the
state concert they achieved the crowning
honor that is reserved for distinguished
Americans, being presented to the Prince
and Princess of Wales and their royal off
spring A reporter who was present says
that the Princess was particularly pleasant
to the twoladies. On Thursday Henry White,
First Secretary Of the Legation, entertained
them at luncheon party, and on the same
evening Minister Lincoln gave them a din
ner at which 30 people were present, in
cluding Miss Blaine, Mrs. Cameron, the,
Belgian Minister and several members OF
Parliament. Friday night they went to the
opera, accompanied by Major Post, military
attache to the Legation, and Secretary
White, and to-day they were entertained sb
luncheon by Consul General New.
On Friday they listened to the debate on
the child-labor bill in the House of Conn
MONS sitting with Mrs. Peel, wife of the
Speaker, and attended by Major Post and
Lieutenant Commander Emory, our military
attache. One reporter was unkind enough
to say in his report of Sir William Har-
courts speech on this occasion: "Sir Will
lam set off under the fire of two chattering
American ladies in Mrs. Peel's gallery, one
of whom we have reason to believe was the
daughter Of the President of the United
States"
Sought for on All Sides.
Nevertheless, Mrs. Mckee and Mrs. Har-
rison have had a pleasant time. London
has been at its best since their arrival. The
weather has been perfect, the season is at
its height, and they have been courted and
sought after on all hands Senator Vance
of North Carolina, and Mrs. Vance are in
London, as is also Senator Gibson, of Louis
lana, Congressman Leopold Morse, of Bos-
ton; Horace White, of the New York EOe,s-
ing Post; Martin Townsend, of Troy, and
William II. i. Shock, retired Engineering
Chief of the United States Navy
The great event of the season will be tha
marriage of the Queens granddaughter,
Princess Louise, of Schleswig- Holstein, to
Prince Aribert, of Anhalt, which will be
celebrated at Windsor Castle, July 6. The
Queen has contributed handsomely toward
the brides dowry, and will attend the we'd
ding, and the exalted crowd will include
the German Emperor and the En-
press, the Prince and Princess Of
Wales and a swarm of minor German
royalties. A smart reporter has found ths
Princess dressmaker, and to-day scores q
beat with description of the BRIDES
dresses. The wedding robe, he says, is Of
pure white satin, rich, thick and lustrouA.
The train springs out very gracefully from
under the basque in straight, plain folds Il
is round in shape, and is bordered with q
thick ruehe of orange blossoms.
An Effective Wedding Gown.
The length is not SO great as of the court
train, nor is it SO wide. and border Of
white buds and blue and green foliage
around it is very effective. The skirt is
draped with superb BOniton duchesse lace,
with perfectly balanced pattern of roses,
ivy leaves and scrolls intertwined The
lace was made from design drawn by the
late Prince Cousort and was given to tho
Queen. 1t was worn on the wedding dress
of Princess Christian, the brides mother,
and is certainly exceptionally beautiful.
The scroll work, in numberless variety of
stitches, borders each deep founce and di-
vides it off into festoons. 1t falls over
thick hemruche of orange blossom and is ar
ranged with most artistic taste. The bodice
is very pretty, being OF. white satin, with
sleeves of lace, similar to that on the skirt,
arranged with the happiest~ results over
white chiffon, and with putfs of the chiffon
drawn up under the lace on the shoulders,
the cost1ier texture falling with lightness
over the snowy silken muslin. The skirt
is fitted tight and comes over the bodice be-
meath trail of orange blossom which forms
a floral girdle and hangs down behind in
two long ends over the beautiful satin folds
of the train