Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-16

And | was a Fauntleroy girl!'
Florence Il. Pratt in February st. Mich
olaS.
The Czarina's Coronation Gown.
This paragraph was recently printed in
a London society paper:
Dress reform has received a special
boom in Russia from the action of the
czarina, who has agreed to become one
of the patrons of the newly organized
Society fo@ Rational Costume. The most
elegant danes of st. Petersburg and
Moscow have decided that all fashion
able feminine costumes are irrational
and have joined the cause of reform"
This may be true, but it is not ut all
likely that it will prevent the czarina
from wearing the wonderful gown which
! is now being made in Paris for her coro-
nation.
1t is to be the most magnificent robe
of state in the world, and the cost will
be 100000. Of course it would not be
possible to use the equivalent of this
fortune in gold brocade and cobweb-like
lace to drape the slender, girlish figure
of AliX. In fact, the cost of the material
is slight in comparison with the value of
the precious stones with which the satin
is generously embroidered.
Although made in Paris, all of the
material comes from Russia; the bro
cade is woven after a special design
which was destroyed after the once
using. The rich laces are the handiwork
of the most skilled lace weavers in all
Russia, and the magnificent designs of
leaves, vines and flowers, in delicately
hammered gold, studded with diamonds,
rubies, sapphires and the semi-pracious
stones, were wrought by the most skill
full Russian gOldsmiths.
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and the train is fully FIVE yards long
The bodice is cut moderately high IN the
throat to meet a magnificent collarette
of diamonds, and the sleeves of the bro
cade are short and full.
The front of the corsage shows the
magn1hcent JeWeled embroidery, and
bands OF the same priceless stuff reach
TO the hem of the stately garment ex-
tending III graceful lines around the long
full train.
The czarina will wear on her sunny
hair the peculiar Russian crown, from
winch viii hang a magnificent veil of
lace, matching III pattern that used upon
the body OF the gown. The satin Slip
pers, wrought in pearls and gold as well
as the gloves with their jeweled buttons
will be of Partisan make.
1t took six months to make the gown
and more than 600 men and women had
part III the making of the materials
1t is not often that 100000 is spent on
single dress, even by the richest of
queens and this coronation robe bids fair
to become historical.
The cZarina has never tried any nart
of the dress to see if the fit is perfect and
she will not put it on until Nav "a next
the day on which the coronation cere-
mony will be performed in the great ca,
thedral in Moscow.
The Queen of Belgium is said to have a
lace gown which cost a fabulous sum,
but it does not approach in magnifcence
the coronation robe of the czarina But
it is fitting that the gown should be the
finest thing Of its kind possible, for the
coronation promises to be the grandest
state display ever witnessed in Europe.
Russian carnations are not numerous
An occasion of this kind comes but once
i'll a lifetime, and the policy of the Rus
sian imperial family has always been to
dazzle the eyes of their subjects by mag
nificent court dramas. in which the Gear
is really the Gar. To this end Russian
coronations have been made as splendid
as the resources of the empire could per,
nit
The coronation Of the late emperor cost
over $4000,000; that of his predecessor
considerably over 100000; but in each
case q show was provided for the people
of Russia that was wildly remembered
until suppianted in the popular mind by
the splendors of the next.
more than the simple act of placing a
bauble on the head of the first man in
the state; it is series Of gorgeous cere-
monies. and the people of every nation
that forms a part of the greatest empire
on the earth are required, though their
representatives, to assist, while the
spectacle is made still more brilliant by
the presence of the ambassadors Of every
power on the globe, and of large num-
bers of princes of the reigning houses,
for royalty always assemblies on these
occasions to congratulate the newly
crowned monarch.
she preparations for the Russian coro-
nation are very elaborate and comprise,
among other things, the lying up Of great
stores of provisions in Moscow, for the
houses of that venerable city are COM
PEELED. on coronation occasions. to enter
tain from 100000 to 100000 strangers
who journey to witness the ceremonies.
Every province in the empire sends q
deDutatiOn: every tribe in the far-away
district Of Siberia on the Steppes of Cen
trail Asia. from the Khivans to the Els
ouimaux along the shores of Behring
i've to present the homage of the tribe
TO the great white Gar. Poles, Fin
landers, Laplanders, Cossacks, Russians
of Il dozen names, Circassians, Georgi-
ans. Bashkirs Turks-for the Russian
empire contains millions Of MohaIa-
nedans, Tcherkesses, Abassians, Cal
muske Tartars, Karapapaks, Daghis-
tanis, Armenians, Kurds, Chinese from
the districts conquered by Russia from
China. Mongols, deputies from dozens Of
wandering nations in the heart of Asia;
for over fifty langua ges and double that
number of dialects are spoken in the
Russian dominions, and the people Of
every language must present their hon.
age to the Gar in their own language.
The imperial coronations always take
place in the cathedral of the Assumption.
one Of the many in the Kremlin.-New
York Recorder.
NVoman's Great Charm.
Since the world began woman has
been accused of vanity, and while adj