Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-29
A QUEENS COSTUMES.
What WiIheImina and Her Ladies Wore
at the Coronation.

az Vic COACAtoehOhs
We cannot all be queens and wear
coronation robes of cloth of gold and
silver, all embroidered with pearls and
studded with diamonds, but it will do
no harm to read about them, particular
ly when we remember that uneasy lies
the head that wears a crown" That
will keep us from envy.
A Paris paper tells us about the coro.
nation robes Of the young queen of Hol-
land, and really it reads like a fairy
tale. One gown is made of cloth of gold
with an overdress of Bruges lace worth
its weight in precious stones. The skirt
is full and long and the bodice is Of the
cloth of gold covered with lace. The
court train is of white feurs de velours
and is fastened in the back between the
shoulders by great ornament of dia-
monds and rubies.
Another costume was Of superb ivory
satin with fan shaped train Around
the skirt was laurel wreath embroid-
cred in fine silver thread with pearls
for berries. Each wreath was set upon
founce and each founce was headed by
a row of real pearls.
1t is nice to be queen to have so
many pearls. The bodice was cut in a
manner to remind one of the national
costume in slight degree. The sleeves
were puffed. The court train to this
was made of the ivory satin embroidered
to match the rest of the gown and lined
with silver brocade The clasps to fas-
ten this on the shoulder were of dia-
monds and pearls.
The court cloak is a delicate shell
pink moire with silver flecks, lined
with rose colored satin This has
trimming in front CT lace, mingled
with pearls and diamonds The emblem
Of royalty, ernine, as bordering was
conspicuous by its absence.
Among the gowns made for the ladies
of the court there are some types, as
the French call them. One was made of
two shades of light green, with Louis
XIV embroidery in gold and silver, with
pearls and emeralds taking the place of
leaves and blossoms. The bodice was
cut straight around and had jeweled
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other shades Of green, with the en-
broidery across the bottom only.
One more dress | will mention, and
that is an ivory white moire, shot with
silver and rose color The front breadth
has seven rows of old Flanders point,
headed by small pearls. The court train
was of ruby velvet, lined with white
satin and with a ruffle of lace all
around. fancy it is only in Holland
where they still find the Flanders and
Bruges laces.
Let us leave royalty to mention a
novelty. Pattern dresses have not been
such great rarity this past summer as
one might think, but they have not yet
made their appearance in public. But
the newest design Of this sort is shad
ed pattern. The dress is woven so that
the skirt is all in one piece, the waist
only needing to be cut out and the
placket made. The color is shaded off
from dark to light, the back being dark
and the front light down 10 the knees,
where it shaded off again to dark. Blue,
green and nut brown are beautiful So
The brown shades to ivory Some of
these shaded patterns have gold or sill
yer threads woven in, starting upward
from the bottom and going gradually
higher toward the back. A piece of the
goods is provided for the waist and
sleeves, shaded in closer pattern. The
skirts to these shaded gowns are really
very pretty They fit tightly around the
waist and hips, but bell out toward the
bottom. The back is some six inches
longer than the front. The skirt is per-
fectly circular and hangs in loose folds
around the feet. Some like the shape,
but the truth is that these shaded dresses
are more striking than elegant.
The close capes fitted over the shoul-
ders that are now bidding so high for
public favor are made in all sorts of
materials and color. They call them
empire capes. Those in very light gray,