The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-04
WHEN EDWARD DIMES
Splendid State Observed at the
Kings Formal Dinnsss.
nasniacsncs Of the Service asd the
order OF Arranging Guests -
new Rules on Proesdurs ~ ,
the Coronattoa.

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Alexandra give a state dinner the FOL.
lowing is the form of invitation:
"The lord steward is commanded by
the king and queen to invite Mrs.
Vanderbilt to dinner Thursday, the
18th, at . o'clock. Full dress"
The guests assemble in the drawing
room and there arrange themselves
in u crescent &c await their majesties'
entrance, which is made without an
nouncement. With the ladies only is
there handshaking ceremony. Guests
invited 70 a private dinner find their
royal hosts in the drawing room 70
receive them. The guest OF honor
sits on the kings right hand and the
royal family on the left.
The precedence at state dinners 10
as follows: Foreign ambassadors
take precedence Of English mobiles;
archbishops rank with dukes; bishops
with earls; foreign counts and barons
take no precedence, but rank with
English baronets or great landed
proprietors; and in entitled prece-
dence an enrl's grandson, or near
relatives of the oristocracy, precede
the esquires or country gentlemen;
next come wives of country gentle
men of no profession; then barristers
and their wives, naval officers and
their wives, military men and their
wives. Physicians are ranked in the
royal household as next to baronets.
At private dinners usually some MEM
bers Of the royal household are pres
ent. The royal household numbers
about 200.
Apropos TO King Edwards new
rules on precedence at his coronation,
presidents will rank with kings and
emperors. His argument is that he
desires TO honor the state and not
the man. No distinctions will he
made, except perhaps in the case of
ear relations of the royal family.
There is M race prejudice in England,
and had not King Edward issued a de-
cree 70 the effect that widows of
peers who had married commoners
had forfeited thereby their prcroga-
tives AZ peeresses of the realm, there
would have appeared among the lat
ter at Westminster Abbey on corona
ton day a negress of the Hottentot
type.
On state occasions there 10 SPLEEN
did display of silver and gold. crystal
and fine porcelain being more in evil
dence at private dinners. The dishes
which the flunkies carry about must
he deftly balanced on three fingers.
One dinner set of pure gold will dine
1870 guests; in another set there are
400 silver plates. The sideboard is
decorated with a lot of golden
trophies, some captured from the
Spanish armada; On the walls of the
banqueting room of buckingham pal
ace are displayed many gold shields,
mounted on scarlet; IA peacock of
precious stones, valued at 800, 900; "A
tigers head with a solid gold tongue,
and diamonds for teeth. The value
of the royal plate, including services
for every function, is over $1,000, 900.
To pay his yearly household expenses
about Sj"n.Nop j. necessary, says Il
London exchange.
To return to the state dinner, there
are three servants to six guests-one
TO pass the food, me to take away
the empty dishes and one TO ga foI
the food. Each rayalty has his OF
her servant, The King g., Away.
waited un Iy the .nme footmau. AND
he is always served first, the queer
has her special s,gg,tor.
The m,rtS are printed on beautiful
cards, "Surmountcd py the royal arms
and with a picture Of Windsor castle
buckingham palace, or whichever
royal residence may he the scene q
the fuuction. The menu is headed
Their Majcsties' Dinner" this i:
followed by the date, and after tha'
the French name Of the various dishe,
-potagc, ioisson, hors d'oeuyre, re
lcve, entrees, sorhct, roti, saladc
, frontage. dessert, fruits, varies. caf,
noir. The usual order is two kind,
of soup, we kinds OF fish, in fact
two kinds OF each course, with thre,
, different desserts and q side table o
various cold meats. King Edwar,
drinks but little wine; nor are lon,
: menus popular, IN hour at most be
: ing the limit Of the dinner hour.