The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11
A BRIDAL TROUSSEAl]
THAT OF MISS JULIA GRANT is
TO BE FIT FOR A
PRINCESS
A FORTUNE SPENT UPON IT

Twelve Dozen Pairs of Silk Stock
ings-NOt II Suggestion of Color
About Her Lingerie-One of Her
Evening Gowns of Black and
Coda Dinner Gown Entirely of
ScintiIIating Fish Scales.
The trousseau of Miss Julia Grant-the
future Princess Cantacuzene-is not only
fit For a princess, but for princess fit to
wear 1.-THE granddaughter of Ulysses S.
Grant.
1t arrived in New York early last week
with its owner, Miss Grant, and its de-
signer, Mrs. Potter Palmer.
Each gown in it's fashioning shows
something new and original, just from the
heart of Paris; A fortune has been spent
on them, yet they are all in the quietest
tones. They are unusually rich, but of
richness which expresses perfect taste.
AS for the underwear-well, imagine 1t
woven by the spiders or Jack Frost! 1t
is all of the whitest white, and two pairs
OF cobweb silk stockings can be drawn
at the same time through one of the
finger rings of the tall, slender bride-elect.
Nothing that her fairy godmother Mrs.
Potter Palmer could think of has been
spared on the wedding garments of Gen.
Grants Little Sunshine" whose niece
and ward she is, says a New York paper.
To woman's eye they almost eclipse
in attraction the beautiful gowns and
wraps of rare beauty which we will speak
of hereafter. Miss Grant has in her trous-
seau twelve dozen pairs of silk stockings
of the finest fairy-like weave.
And twelve dozen handkerchiefs of the
filmieSt texture.
The handkerchiefs are trimmed with
lace lighter than thistledown, and many
of them are exquisitely hand-embroider-
ed, at that.
Although it is the vogue just now to
introduce a touch of color in the hand
kerchief of fashion, yet all of Miss
grants are pure white.
She is also very much adverse to any
suggestion of color about her lingerie She
will never wear corset that has the
faintest tinge about it-not even faint
tinted brocade.
She has two dozen of every undergar-
ment necessary to complete her trousseau,
and each petticoat, chemise and corset
cover is remarkable for the fineness of it's
texture and its exquisite hand work and
its whiteness.
She has twelve pairs of walking boots
alone, and each pair has its own separate
tree, in order that they may keep their
original shape. And for every evening
gown in her trousseau Miss Grant has
a different pair of slippers. q
Her evening gowns are just what they
should be-fit for an American princess.
Perhaps the most costly of all Is of black
and gold.
1t is made of an exquisite quality of
black silk gauze, deliberately embroidered
in gold. Both the decollete bodice and
long-trained skirt glisten with threads
of shining real gold, which are wrought
into a pattern of Florentine iris.
The embroidery widens as it nears the
lower part of the skirt, until at the hem
the skirt is simmer of gold. The cos
tune is made with one of the new dia-
phanous trains which were introduced
at the queens latest and last drawing
room.
When Miss Grant, as Princess Canta-
cuzene dons this regal gown she will
wear a gorgeous Russian gold necklace
with pendants of hand-cut workmanship.