Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-06
A ROYAL TROUSSEAU,

southeast, N. F. Tally.
| A ROYAL TROUssEAU.
Clothes Worn by Princess Louise Of schles-
| wig-HOlstein.
A cable dispatch from London, received last
night, says in regard to the marriage of Princess
Louise Of Schleswig- Holstein to Prince Aribert
Of Anhalt today at Windsor:
THE WEDDING GOWN.
| The wedding gown will be Of white satin
semi-state train, petticoat draped with double
row of Honiton and point lace, in which the
brides mother was married. The bodice is
tightly fitting. A narrow wreath OF orange
blossoms and myrtle blossoms falls from the
waist, a spray of myrtle and bronze bloom is
fastened to the shoulder, and round the petit
coat and train is thick wreath of these bridal
flowers. The Honiton veil in which the brides
| mother was married, will be fastened to her hair
with a small wreath of orange blossoms and
myrtle. Her throat will be encircled by a
necklet of diamond and pearls, the gilt Of her
| father and mother.
The bridesmaids daughters of peers, and
| include Lady Edith Ward. Lady Emily Cado-
] gan, Lady Mabel Egerton, Lady Esther Gore,
Lady Elizabeth Meade and Honorable Beatrice
| Bridgeman. They will wear white China crepe
and guipure lace over white satin, and silver
| ribbon and passementerie. Custom enacts that
| all English royal ladies shall leave their home
in pure white. The Princess Louise will wear
| high-necked, loug-sleeved dress of white
| silk, with two rows of ostrich feather trimmings
| on the skirt and mantlet to match hat of white
| chip with Brussels point lace on the broad
| brim and plume Of white ostrich feathers. OF
course, the trousseau is as complete as extern
| slve.
| TRAVELLING DRESS.
The going-away dress is in white sicilienne,
| trimmed with white ostrich feather and little
white lace. She will wear a white bonnet with
little lace on it and cluster of white feathers
| with probably a spray or two of white heather
introduced. The sunshade will also be pure
white, the travelling dress of royal brides in
| England being restricted to this appropriate
color. There will be a white travelling cloak
also trimmed with feather. There is a special
dress, prepared for the brides entry ut her new
home in Germany. 1t is made of the finest
cashmere in a very lovely shade Of golden fawn.
The skirt is made very simply, as is now the
| vogue, and has for trimming band Of golden
fawn silk embroidery with circles OF the cashmere
| introduced upon Il ground OF silk net through
which the Inning OF pale pink silk is visible.
The upper parts of the bodice and the collar
are in similar embroidery, the back being
quite plain, while across the front fastens a
| wide band Of fawn cashmere, forming pretty
folded belt An evening dress is in Irish pop
| lin OF very lovely shade OF yellow. On the
exactly to the shade of the poplin. There are
| two bodices to accompany this dress, which is
made with rather long train. Both bodices
are cut low, but one is higher on the shoulders
than the other. The sleeves are short and are
made OF poplin, yelled with silk muslin.
PRETTY EVENING DRESS.
A very pretty evening dress is in white vel
outline, a silk with a thick rib in it, trimmed
with coffee-colored lace. which is turned up
round the waist and turned down round the
shoulders Of the low bodice where clusters of
large yellow buttercups form the trimming.
On the skirt the lace is arranged in deep van
| dykes, with cluster of buttercups at the lower
point of each. The lace falls over the white
silk sleeves and its deep coffee tint serves
admirably to bring into harmony the white
OF the silk and the rich yellow of the
flowers. very handsome dinner dress
Is trimmed with some fine old Vene-
tan point, present from the queen.
Two rows of this costly lace trim either side Of
the front of the skirt, the dress being COM
posed of gObehn blue brocade with 1. leaf de-
| sign In warm cream color. band OF the lace
runs round the edge of the skirt. 1t also trims
the bodice, on which it is arranged in two
points, few folds of the brocade crossing
these at the waist Another dinner dress il in
splendid fame-colored brocade with design
! IN cream color. 1t Is trimmed with very beau
tful Brussels lace, the large and handsome de-
sign OF which is well displayed upon the front
J
is also trimmed with the lace, which Is pres
ent to the young princess from her mother.
Many OF the trousseaa dresses are Of the USE
ful kind, which can be worn either in the after
noon or in the evening, and for this purpose
| they are supplied with two bodices-one half
high for the evening "a shape that is more used
In Germany than in England) and the other
| made quite high for day wear. 70 this cate
CORY belongs black silk grenadine. the skirt
OF which is bordered with wide band of black
! silk woven in with the material. At the
edge is little fOunce of vandyked
black blonde lace, put on over a pinked-
out fril of black silk, and headed with a
narrow gallon OF jet ami gold. The high
bodice is trimmed with blonde and the
| sleeves are covered with it. The basque is
bordered with gold gallon. The half-high one
is made with elbow sleeves. A white China
silk Dress beautifully embroidered in shades
OF coral pink, sage green, turquoise blue and
silver, is made up over blue silk OF the two
bodices, one Is high, with pointed piece of
cream-cOlored guipure let into the back and
covering the collar, the deep cuffs on the
sleeves being also made Of guipure which 10
everywhere lined with pale blue satin.
"A band of pale blue satin ribbon is folded
round the waist. The low bodice has q trim
ming of cream-colored lace round the Shout
ders and top of the sleeves. A gown of
. pale blue pongee silk Is made in very similar
fashion. An apple-green Irish poplin is also
made with two bodices. the low one having a
handsome fringe OF green jet around the
basque.
Princess Christian has designed for her
daughter a beautiful court train embroidered
with three sprays OF white annunciation lilies.
The largest is thrown on the end Of the rich
| white satin train, and there is another, rather
smaller, higher up. the third. very small group,
pointing downward, being near the waist. All
three are tied with true lovers knots embroi.
dered on the white satin in pale blue and pale