The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-07-22
AFTER The RoYAt WEb6iNe
Luncheon, Trousseau, Boudoif and Some
of the Brides Presents.


LONDON, July 6.--The luncheon for
the Queens guests at Buckingham
palace after the royal wedding con
sisted of hot roast chickens, hot outlets
and all kinds of cold dishes, with a
splendid display of fruit from the Frog
more gardens. There was an ample
supply of well iced champagne of ex
ceptional quality, as well as claret and
the famous hook cup. One Of the
largest myrtles at Osborne in the
delightful garden near the flag towei
was originally sprig from the wedding
bouquet of the Empress Frederick.
Several punches of the shrub were
brought from Osborne to Buck.
ingham palace for the purpose of the
wedding.
In the brides trousseau there are
eighteen hats, caps and bonnets. The
hats are sailors shade hats and looped
Leghorns to wear with light summer
dresses, and are designed only for the
visit which the Princess May will have
to make upon the Queen during heI
August stay at Grasse, and for the little
trips to White Lodge, where May will,
no doubt, often 60 to spend quiet
day or two with her mother. Accord
ing to the latest Paris mandate, these
shade hats, sailors and fancy straws,
are all of tint to match the gowns.
For example, there is straw hat OF
fancy braids. 1t is entirely of mauve,
and its trimming is a very large bow of
mauve ribbon figured in gold and
mixed with yellow satin rosettes. An
other hat is of pale pink straw, which
is to be worn with pink figured satin
jacket made in what English modistes
call Tudor style. A light blue straw,
pale green sailor and deep green
felt hat, looped with rosettes of cardinal,
are among the prettiest of what may be
called the negigee hats. By far the
most numerous of the head coverings
are the bonnets. 1t is not considered
good form for royal princess to
appear in public in any hat less dign.
fed than bonnet, no matter whether
the season be winter or summer Like
the Princess of Wales, Princess May
has chosen very tiny little bonnets to
wear on all occasions when she appears
before the people. And though
they make her seem a little older,
she has added velvet strings, which
she ties in mathematical precise little
bow right under the dimple in her chin.
The bonnets are of different colors to
match different dresses. But they are
very tiny and are worn well back of the
half-head bang" which distinguishes
the Princess of Wales from all other
royal ladies. The Princess May is very
fond of mauve and violet She is just
blonde enough to wear these colors
well. In her trousseau there are twelve
mauve gowns. One is what dress
makers call silly gown" A lily gown
is a dress made of soft India muslin.
1t has a great many ruffles around the
shoulders and sleeves and has fine
fall of lace. The shoulders of lily
gown look very broad and the waist
very small. The other mauve gowns
are of more substantial material, though
all are as far as possible of English
make. The Princess May considers
her new India shawl, her India silks
and India wrap to be of English make,
because India is tributary to England,
and all will be in her domain some
day. Five very fine gowns have court
trains These were ordered on account
of the express wish of Queen Victoria
that May would provide herself with
court dresses, so that she could assist
at the drawing rooms, at which the
Princess of Wales has been too deli
cate to be present, The Queen has
herself presented the wedding gown.
The English modistes are at work upon
the ten carriage dresses which are in
her trouSSeau. One Of these is pur,
pie silk shot with black. The bonnet
which accompanies it is of purple and
yellow satin and flowers. Another is
brown Bedford cord, with very large
golden yellow sleeves A third carriage
dress has an Eaton jacket of gray satin,
which displays vest and broad belt of
pink silk. The skirt is gray, with bands
of black. A pink cloth dress has
very pale green front and green sleeves,
while the neck has very heavy fall of
lace coming to the elbows and making
what dressmakers call an Empire cape.
The one all black coaching dress is re-
lieved by sleeves of black and white vel
vet with deep fall of pearl-dotted lace.
And the two white gowns are given a
street appearance by having sleeves of
a heavy material and fichu of silk,
which is brought around the neck and
folded across the bosom in Marie An
toinette style. There are three summer
silk carriage dresses, which are pro-
vided with cloth capes heavily EN-
broidered in colors to match the
dresses And with each Of these is
one Of the small bonnets, which match
the gown in color In the matter Of
parasols the Princess May is very rich.
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