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EDWARDS GROWING
ROBES TO BE WORN AT THE
COMING CORONATION.
Rules Concerning Display at EnEiand's
Great Ceremonial DO Not Please
Ladies Resent Queens Request That
No Imported Costumes Be Worn.

LADIES Resent Queen's Request Inst
No Imported Costumes Be Worn.
London aristocrats are feeling
gloomy over the duke of Norfolk's sup
plement to the London Gazette, In
which as earl marshal of England he
gives detailed regulations concerning
robes and coronets to be worn by peers
and peeresses at the approaching coro-
nation. The disappointment is chiefly
among the fair sex. They are not TO
be allowed all the furbelows and tin
sci which, to feminine minds, form the
"slne qua non" of such important cere-
monials.
To begin with, Queen Alexandra's re-
quest that all coronation gowns should
be made Of English goods and by Eng
llsh couturiers has had anything but
an enthusiastic reception. Heretofore
the white satin dresses and ruby velvet
robes have come from France and
Dame Fashion stubbornly refuses to be
satisfied with the home supply. 1t has
just leaked out that the wives OF three
prominent diplomats have secretly
passed in their orders to Rue de la
Paix firm, and it is more than proba-
BILE that many other gowns signed by
French houses will find their way into
the royal cortege.
Another cause for pouting lips Is the
regulation that peeresses must wear
their robes over the usual full court
dress, instead of over the white satin
toilets elaborately trimmed with gold
laces and embroideries which were de
rigueur" in former days. One thing
alone remains unchanged, and that is
the robe. AS in George Tvs time 1t
will be Of ruby velvet, the cape furred
with miniver pure and bordered with
rows of ermine, the number of the lat
ter varying according to rank. The
duchesses may show four rows, the
marchionesses three and half, coun-
tesses three, viscountesses two and a
half, while the baronesses will have to
be content with two.
An Innovation this time in gentle
mems attire, which will detract not a
little from the gorgeousness and pomp
of the spectacle, is the fact that peers
are ordered to wear their robes over
full court dress, uniforms or regi-
mentals. At all previous coronations
they were worn over white satin doub-
lets and trunks and white silk hose
But what has caused the greatest dis
content is the restrictions regarding
coronets. The clause stating that mo
jewels or precious stones are to be sci
or used in the coronets, or counterfeit
pearls instead of the silver balls" came
like thunderclap to many, especially
to the danes who had already had
their blazing diamond circlets pre-
pared.
1t is now definitely settled that only
the king and queen and the duke and
duchess of Cornwall will wear jeweled
coronets. All other coronets are to be
of silver gilt, caps of ruby velvet, with
ermine lining and having gold tasse
on top. The baron's coronet will have
six silver balls on the rim, the Wis
counts sixteen, the earls eight. will
gold strawberry leaves between the
points; the marquis four silver balls
and four gold leaves alternately and
the dukes eight gold strawberry
leaves.
II peeresses cannot wear jewels OF
their heads they evidently plan to do SC
on their bodies, and all London jewel
ers are now busy making over and re
setting heirlooms Pearls, sapphirei
and emeralds are to be the favoritt
stones. Ropes of pearls are to bC
worn from the shoulders as thoEgf
fastening the velvet ruby robes, some
what the same way In which Queer
Alexandra wore them at the opening
Of parliament.
Contrary to expectation no new
crown will be made for the queen
King Edwards crown is to be slightly
enlarged, but it will undergo no Othel
modification. His majesty on this
eventful day will appear before his
subjects in the same elaborate robes
worn by his granduncle, George ~
This costume consists OF three parts
The most important is the "dal
matlca" or imperial robe. 1t Is {
three -cornered mantle forming an in
verted "Y" and fitting very CLOSELY
about the shoulders. All over 1t ar,
small embroidered crosses.
Beneath 1t is worn the "supertunica,
a sort of short pelerine having sleeves
of gold cloth embroidered with golt
flowers. Above both dalmatlca and su
pertunica is worn the "armilla," whicl
is also of gold cloth, but has a deeI
ermine border. 1t is placed on tn,
kings shoulders by the archbishop o
Westminster, who exhorts his majest!
to see in this mantle "a pledge of dI
vine grace enveloping him completely.
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