Evening star., 1901-03-02

that the queen would live, and from that
moment the heir to the throne went into
the deepest mourning. Deepest mourning
the heir to the throne only assumes when
his predecessor, his wife, or one of his chill
dren dies and, with the exception of the
mourning for his father and his son, King
Edward has never worn complete suits and
trappngs of woe. With the death of the
queen, however, his weeds must needs be
deep. They must needs be so elaborate in
detail, that from the moment the first
warning Of her last illness was given his
head valet and his tailors lost no time in
preparing the necessary new outfit of suit
able garments. In SO far as the laws OF
court etiquette govern the crepe trimmings
for uniforms, the king permitted the men
in charge of his wardrobe to follow the es-
tablished precedent on these points, but
with regard to what might be called his
private mourning he gave all the directions
himself.
1t was his own notion that in following
his mothers body to the grave the mascu-
line chief mourners in the funeral process
sion should wear long black cloaks over
their brilliant uniforms, and the effect pro-
duced by this device was impressive in the
extreme.
For six months, or until July. etiquette
and personal preference demand that the
king wear the heaviest mourning that
man can consistently assume, and this i'm
plies suits of black and nothing but black
clothes for six months following, or until
next December; half mourning must be
adopted ana not ulltll tilleI lllc ColOiitlloii
will the new British monarch feel himself
privileged to don his favorite color which
IS grayish brown, shot with hne parallel
lines of red and yellow, that are so inter-
mingled with the warm yet sober color OF
the body of the goods that only on close
inspectton are the brighter tints observed.
From Scotch woolen mill this goods has
been turned out especially to fill standing
order of the kings, and the same mill is
now busily producing the same quality OF
goods in which the above colors have been
so often repeated, but at present the order
from the king calls for the material In
solid black.
Outdoor Costumes.
From this his outdoor walking, shooting
and fishing suits will be made; the trous-
ers invariably cut on the pattern long ap-
proved by Edward VII, which is the new
fashionable full knickerbocker, fastened be-
low the knees by straps of the goods and
plain small black enameled buckles. For
walking the coat Is invariably an easy
single breasted four-buttoned sacque. and
for shooting and fishing it is loose old
style Norfolk with plenty of pockets.
The cap worn with these suits is cut
from a piece of the coat and knickerbock
er's goods and a Scotch mill also supplies
the all-wool very heavily ribbed, long black
hose Calf skin Oxford ties. their soles re-
irforced and thickened with cork. absolute
ly plain white linen showing very slightly
above the high-buttoned waistcoat, q lus-
terless black silk four-n- hand, and a large
loose double fold collar are the details that
characterize the costume in which the king
passes his most comfortable and careless
hours.
A Conservation in Detail.
Such jewelry as is actually needed to
complete masculine dress the king wears,
and for the mourning period a gun-metal
watch chain and sleeve links will be used,
but King Edward adopts no superf1uous Or
naments; his thin old-fashioned gold watch,
which he seldom carries belonged to his
father and small enameled shamrock leaf,