The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
AN EMPEROR'S WARDROBE.

Berlin, May 23.-The wardrobe of no
| modern sovereign has attracted more at
| tention than that of the German emperor.
! On all his recent travels, wherever he went,
! he became conspicuous by his continual
| change of dress, which involuntarily re-
minds one of change artist III variety
| show.
| 1t is undeniable that the emperor has Of
| tener the occasion to change his costume
than an ordinary mortal. He might arrive,
for instance, in Kiel. the chief German
| port of war, in travelling costume, review
the marine in the uniform of Il German
admiral, then visit the various schools in
| civilian dress, dine on Il foreign man-of-war
! in the uniform of an admiral of its 1atlon-
| atty and i'll the evening give reception IN
| some gala dress. For every one of these
occasions a different dress is absolutely
necessary, according to the etiquette.
One should imagine, however, that TINS
| would satisfy even a Brummel whose whole
| life is q devotion to his toilet, yet the en-
peror is known to have made as many as
| ten or twelve changes in eighteen hours.
This has caused Il great deal of comment
in the widest circles, and all those who
| have become acquainted with the facts do
not know whether to excuse 1t as Whlm
or attribute it to extreme nervousness. ~
That his wardrobe under these circum-
| stances has reached gigantic dimensions is
easy enough to understand. 1t contains at
present over one thousand dresses.
Tfey are diNded into six classes:
! Military costumes, including all the
AiTocys55t uniforms of the highest ranks of
! the German army, with collection OF
modern swords which has hardly its equal
III Germany.
.. Court dresses, under which category
| all the dresses for great ceremonies are
classified excepting the coroAation robes
with scepter and crown, which are taken
care of especially. 1t includes also uni
forms Of all the different orders, like the
order of the Black Eagle, of the Garter,
etc, as also the costume Tor the Torch
light Polonaise at great festivals, which is
entirely of silk with knee pants and gar
tered hose.
3. Civilian dresses among which the dress
suits and high colored walking costumes
of English cut play leading part; it con-
| tains, besides every piece of dress that is
worn by fashionable men at present, with
the exception of a dressing gown which
the emperor never wears. Also the fine
smoking jackets are seldom used TO this
category also belong the incognito dresses
and the Frecmasons costume.
4. Sport dresses which include bathing,
riding, driving, sleighing and skating cos
TUNES and then the large number of hunt
ing costumes from the Tyrolese to the Rus
sian fur gear for bear hunting.
5. Dresses of courtesy contain all the
uniforms of foreign regiments whose hon
Orary chief he is, besides all the costumes
he is obliged to don in visiting foreign
courts, it being a custom on such coca
siOns for the visitor to appear in the hosts
favorite costume and vice versa at the first
meeting Even Chinese and japanese
court dresses are not forgotten and there
is quite a display of Persian CARDS, which
the emperor wore during the last visit of
the shah. The only national court cos
tune he has not worn is the French. OF
all these costumes a duplicate exists in case
OF an accident.
g. Underwear and minor artcles-There
are twelve dozen of every piece of under
wear and of socks and handkerchiefs no less
than fifty dozen. AS he does not care for
silk, his underwear is of nerino with the eX-
ccpti0n of the socks. which are silk. His
handkerchiefs are of batiste, and, as a rule,
he uses them but once. A number of en-
broiderers are employed all the year round
to make his initials, etc.
AS he is not fond of jewelry his wardrobe
only contains 81 limited selection of cuff but
tons and studs, all in gold and diamonds.
Tho number of gloves, on the contrary, is
very large; there are channels gloves for
driving, beaver for riding, doSslln, white
lambskin, and the innumCrable white kid
gloves for uniforms that are worn but once.
In civilian dress he uses gloves of distinct
~ different color to the suit.
He has a number of canes that are but sell
dom used, and strange to say, the umbrellas
are but three in number, which have been
kept closed so long that they would surely
appear streaked if opened accidentally. The
emperor never uses one, as he has really no
opportunity either riding or driving out and
then i'll uniform.
And who has the care of this gigantic
wardrobe?
A special system of management has been
introduced which has been so well regulated
to its smallest details that it works like q
clock:
The marshal Of his domestic affairs SUI
perintends his wardrobe. 1t is his duty to
make himself acquainted with the latest
fashions and suggest them to the emperor,
who is in no way of an inventive mind in
fashions, and rather follows other authorities,
choosing what he deems best. The en-
peror, however, has decided likes and dis
likes.
Everything must be tightly fitting; the
trousers scarcely touch the boots; he has
also a great aversion for the short Overcoats
and narrow, pointed shoes
And he generally likes to have his own
way. When he was invited by the emperor
of Austria to hunt in the Tyrolese noun
tainS he gave the order for several suits
worn by the Tyrolese mOuntaineers The
marshal remarked to the emperor that
although his ma jesty could boast of we'll
built figure, he would not look to advantage
in the tight-titting knee-beeches, mountain
shoes and CATERS leaving the knee bare of
the Tyrolese. To which the emperor
brusquely replied: Don't trouble yourself
about my taste. If / order a thing, it
means that it has to be done!'
Besides these reports he has to look after
the financial part, and give out the orders
personally.