The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
A Peep Into the Home Life of Those Whose Pictures
Are Herewith Given Something of Their
Charms and Accomplishments

b9 pisn was shown in the very large uso
~ni Ih was made OF the purple cattleya
orchids in the innumerabIes wreath
winch were sent by all sorts and condi
lions OF people The great tribute sent
py the government and people OF South
australia was formed Of these orchids
with yiolets and laurel leaves A shield
OF OF Vioiets, nine feet high. came from the
Imperial yeomanry. Parma violets form
ed the base of the beautiful tribute se,1r
py LORD and Lady Dudley British CO.
iumpla sent cushion of violets with the
=; q, R Iti;a crown and monogram picked out
IN hles OF the valley. But it would he
On enciess task to enumerate the In
stances IN which purple and violet flow
t eLs sym6oIlzed the grief and affection OF
Inc symbolical associations OF purnIa
are OF ancient origin. Violet and nor
PACK TlaGk Is the usual color of mourning in
durhey at the present day, but our Wesr
ern use Of the color in connection Mir
royalty is derived from the custonns Of
ancient Rome In the DAYS when the civ
wor lie beVen Hills was the capital Of tho
"Oit III the imperial robes We're Of purple
or Tyrian dye" as 1t was so6etiroes
caIleo. Much of the purple colorine mat
from ro anele 11ia used was made at Tyre
1 1r Kind Of shellfsh-a species az
Murex-whtch was there abundant II e.
saio ina heaps Of the broken shells no.
e ~ noiloW places in the rocks which serv-
Doun1od me mortars wherein they were
coast Oi4 ING 4yrlan
Ever since the days of the Roman en-
and iTnn aiIg color has retained it's regal
De porn In the purple" is faniIiar 10
SEeFyDody, but there are proba hI,I not -
aWsro ol nose 4 who use it who are not
aware OF the singular frnpOrtanca tbos
once attached to the Condition 90 5ssc s-iil1
81. nowadays the phase has little bnf .
iIs uratlVe meaning, and is often ,ssd
i tion y n1lough. but IN its original appiiea-
80 - ~ meant much. To be born IN the
purple, that is, to be born after lbs
pp a10ies succession to the throne rneane
R Fnlgrag the ene ,emperors Of the Eastern
tor the claim to the throne of a yo,,D,,s
o EN-, SO born, was preferred 10 t6at
o % an elder born before his fathers sue
in strange con ffigictomi however. which IS
Ai0s never prevailed in the West.
LAIth0ugh the use OF purple or violet a.
c cl1p GoI9r or royal mourning has not Rec
e eOm1tLea TO any one European king o+
emperor, the kings of Frsnc rla nt1S Ur
Sso Were inclined to look IIpon n -
o ol1er owl own peculiar prerogative. This led
own ex-King James II was Iiy,ine, zen &c -. Ut
a. the court of his rovaI br9thar ~
France James, like hi, predecessor,si 81, "a
Of .sI1 1TiOeSso sol I'll 1S1, claimed the title
Tas slfN OF public mourning both Kip.-
luis AiV and the eXiled James err,eor4553
eeeI gu IN violet The Marquis de Dan
sedh, who mentions the inciden+ ~ I'm 'II-
memoirs which have served &C 81 s,, Cltos9
80 quarry Tor many historical vvriters
InGIn Forare downward saws: "It s1Ir,
was on 10 80 ~ see Two kings of France" II
~S .. an amuslngly characteristic exs1,nis
0I the stuart obstinacy and want ~ 4 ll.5lo
ne ne surprise Of the r1agni6cie1+ 7 49, -
c ~S11 4 ProoaD!y greater than that of his
wore the same royal color a few 80 ~
S Srcer ms restoration, when his voTne,a
s g91eIn1er the Duke of Gloucester. died Of
sDfary" se HtT; Pbepys remarked in his
whitehall Garden, where sen 10
Ni 15S III purple mourning for his brotber =
fined ~ use +I OF tne imperial purple was con-
1 1eo 70 the reigning monarch fo- ~
Eepys tells US few years later bor, NJ:
nr eHI 20 w nltehal and saw the Dncbass1
Ing ! for OK I'm IN nne dress OF second mourn
mine MAJ, nt Ogr' black edged with er~
, moIrni niarE queen Of Scots when IN
btIioairnlng for the Earl Of DarpIey IN "a
o ofa 1iA ana white, with e slight rniTtS1-s
were Worn db bT, t mesa same variegated colors
of - 80 III ny queen Anne on the deefb
" Ief nusband, Prince George of d.
ridIk. consciously or unconscioS1sl,- a.
conbinss7 l4 tf three colors Queen Anne
oooI4plhed the mourning suits cnstor,a-I5
at the several courts at diffe,o--9 .,Iry
Didck was the German color Tbe -
p pre9ses 1oWager of Germany were &C.
tbeir 4I ,e,d II IS said, never to leave or
rIIeI mourning, and their apartme1ts
were hung with black fin +beir S -. rs
q most unnecessarily doIefuI cne+01,
for PIE, as we have seen, was the color
IoI Doth French and English rovsI
tG@ar Ing; while white was in earlier
tt.nes usually worn by French queens ~,
the occasion of the kings HI 6eoa,,. On
c6 Relnes s. blianches." they were called he
r ragse rS OF this custom White it may be
fernaia Aea. was the customary color for
Itemale mourning in ancient Rome ma
s pom the republic and the empire and
IN m more modern days it has been wo 1l-,1
NOT roI;o only by French queens but bv otber
sefter the execution Of Anne go T1lire
f SeatIts VINO mentions this interesti1e
r nIo t goes not attempt to give anv ev5
1s1a1 ' oIIa OF this departure from the
"A great variety OF colors have bae,
ana a. are stu used to symbolic mournine
~ ut ne ages and in different Quarters
Oi,rr Cne gI0pe|but purple-the Imperial
p prdpr;o likely long to remain the an
pssoprlate hue for use on the occasI6r,
U UI the death Of the British empires