The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

trains that Is TO mark the difference in
the rank Of the peereSses. baroness rs
only allowed a train &c three feet in length,
viscountess has one nine inches longer
and the rank Of the countesses. march. o1-
esses and duchesses are each nine lnth S
longer than those Of the next lowest IN
rank, thus bringing the length Of the ira u
allowed q duchess up to two yards in j.
dent8Hy the persons who are emitted 20
places in the pageant and To 60 as lnvitei
guests or summoned retaincrs, MS the CHse
may he has been carefully determine s..
All peeresSes in their own right ana WIDOWS
of peers have right 10 expect me SUI
mons. but widows of pceIf who nave re-,
married beneath their rank IN the petldee
are not entitled to attend. g.
The coronation If Edward VII viii be
without doubt one Of the most magnlnccht
DISPLAYS of modern times. The corona
ton Of Victoria cook place June ~, lios,
She sitting in the same chair when mas
served the purpose for hundreds OF EF ~ ;,
with the stone beneath II wmCh tta1l'i N
has II was the pillow of Jacob when ne
wandering In the desert, slept and h1d the
wonderful dream. That coronation OF hIns
Edwards mother was u daZzInE ahd.l.
In that year Of 1898 great attention Was
raid TO the magnificent attire, not only o.
thuse who being peers and progresses took
Immediate part In the ceremonies out OF
thousands Of those Who though OF Nv. u u
rank were not permitted to get near T
tban the galleries These were the actual
snectators of the show. James 1oruvn
Bennett was there aud he wrote at me
m =
him The appearance OF tue euene "''N0
him is thus described;
Brilliant Array OF Beauty
CON emerging from darkness 10 light !
NO, lar q moment dazzled bv the splendid
conn d'oeil which the interior Of this mag
nIacent structure presented 1t was a few
minutes after Z o'clock in the morning aud
vet every seat. except those belonging ="
tho nccrs. the peeresses and foreign min
isters was crowded with the beauty and
splepdor Of the mighty kingdom. II was
impossible to conceive any scene more truly
gorgeous. .
I'm short tlme-that Is to say, at
o'clock--the peers aud peeresses hogan TO
enter. ! got my seat very contiguous 10
that portion Of the northern transept which
was devoted to the accommodation OF the
female nobility. aud was quite interested
iu watching the appearance and looks ana
dress Of each fair dame as she entered
Tbey ali appeared In q similar costume
! In white dress, with a crimson robe orna-
mented with ermine; Eacn ,peeress cur
| she took her seat she put il in her. lap or
| pIsced il before her. On the opposite side
| was the place for the peers, but took less
| interest In the he creatures than IN the
she What struck me most on the sp'
prosch OF the peeresses was the singular
/ degree OF personal beauty which, as body
| n
/ do not think thev reached so many as 3OU
! or 400 as there were many seats vacant,
! bpt Of such as were present | can safely
saw that / have never seen, in one single
I collection, so many beautiful, graceful and
( dignided women as they presented. They
! are generally over the ordinary stature
of females approaching the majestic in
their height and appearance Their forms
are full. rounded well and present finely
| deveIopPd busts of remarkable classic
beauty Few are thin, lean or meager in
J opnearance many. on the contrary, rather
| incllning 10 the embonpoint but In com.
| plexiou benignant expression ot face and
| graceful movements they are very superior
, Hereafter Il must be admitted that the
/ higher ranks Of England are a beautiful
! race. aud perhaps on 90 other occasion has
there been an opportunity to see this ~
/ superior Gs that Of tbe coronation
Wcnen in Gorgeous Dress.
Around the galleries IN every direction
the crowd IF beauty was Immense. These
we're not peeresses although the great pro.
nortion belonged to the highest and most re-
hned orders of society Among them OBJ
served whole benches of beauty-yast
shows Of female elegance The sbbev con.
tanned 10000 persons, and probably oni oi
this number ZOO we're femsles generally
beautiful and all goFgsously dressed. such