The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-10
THE CORONATION.
PROPOSED UNIFORMITY OF
DRESSES NOT OBSERVED.
THE KINGS GOLDEN ROBE.
Many of the Ladies' viii Make Their
ion-The Coronation Source of
TroubIe-Deviceso of the Jewellers to
Overcome the Difficulty of it's Re-
mOvaI During the Service.


London, June 7.-As TIE date of the
coronation approaches London is as
suIning beflagged aspect, the early ex-
tent of which is TO no little degree due
to the peace rejoicing The Indian and
other foreign princes with Oriental cos
tunes. in the royal carriages, are sights
to which London is becoming daily ac-
crstomed. The feeding of these nota-
biiities almost drives the court func-
tionaries to despair. That most ortho-
dox Hindu potentates, the MaharajahI
of Jeypor, who is living in stately con-
| finement at Moray Lodge, has COM
neigboring slaughterhouse, even to the
| flooring, which is now exclusively de-
voted to killing animals required by the
| Maharajah and his enormous suite All
| the slaughtering operations are. nat
urally, conducted by hindu butchers,
who enshroud the slaughterhouse with
amusing secrecy, much to the disap-
| pointment of the local residents
| Despite the strict orders issued re-
l "
to be worn by peeresses at the corona
| ton service, there will be seen the
| countless variations that art and money
| can devise, without actual disobedience
of the royal commands. All the dresses
must be white, but many ladies, deter
mined to make their dresses distinctive
| Of the occasion and to preserve them as
| hairlaarnS hou
ed with coats Of arms, national flowers
| and other devices. These are being ex-
| ecuted in gold and silver, here and there
| touched with the forbidden colored silk
in order to bring out the badge Of
clan or an ancient heTaIdic quartering.
| Gold embroidery down the sides of
| dresses and on shoulder straps is also
| much employed, many persons exactly
| copying the pictures Of costumes worn
| by their ancestors on the occasion of
| the previous corona ton. The countess
Of Shrewsbury, mother of the Earl of
polo fame, will appear with the excep-
| tions Of hoops in an exactly similar
| dress to that worn by the countess of
Eglingtoun, when George III was
| crowned.
| London, June THE dinner which
| Joseph H. Choate, the United States
ambassador and Mrs. Choate will give
| to King Edward and Queen Alexandra
will take place Wednesday, June 11th
| While the arrangements have not yet
| been announced, it IS PROBABLE that
| Whitelaw Reid, the special envoy of the
| United States to the coronation, and the
members of his staff end the members
Of the regular United States embassy,
| will constitute large proportion Of the
| guests. The unusual honor to an am
| baSSador causes much comment. and is
| interpreted by the Daily Chronicle as
being. graceful attention to the Amer
| leans now in London. and as tribute
which is sure to be much appreciated
| by them as a nation"
| Not for years have q king and queen
| been guests at the table of a foreign
| ambassador.
One Of the greatest present anxieties
| of the peeresses is h wv to keep the
| coronet on the head. 1t cannot be too
| firmly fixed, for 1t mas to be quietly
| taken off and then repIaced, in accord
| ance with the ritual of the service. The
| jewelers. have been in--enting all sorts
of devices to overcome the difficulty.
! One firm punched holes in the sides of
| the corOnets. so that a Lat pin could be
! inserted. Another attached to the coro-
! nets elastics Of the exact tint of the
! wearer's hair. Others gave it up and
| told their customers they must dress
/ their hair to suit the stability Of the
| coronet, rather than their looks.
! Another serious point is how the
| peeresses are to carry their costly coro-
| nets when the service commands that
they be uncovered. An ingenious jew
| pI devised
/ bands of narrow. white silk inside the
! coronet. in which the peeress clips her
| wrist and carries her head piece as she
| would any ordinary hand hatcheE The
| correct method however, according to
| the authority Of previous coronations,
is to hold upthe cororet between the
| finger and thumb.
The kings golden robe has finally
| been completed. 1t i5 a gorgeous gar
| ment, shaped like a priests cape, COM
| posed Of the finest cloth of gold and
| elaborately embroidered in rich colors-
| Unlike the cloaks in which previous
| sovereigns were crowned. Il has no
| opening at the arms and shoulders. in
| order to allow the passage of the an
| nointing Oil. Twenty TO thirty girls OF
| the royal school Of art needlework
| spent three months in making the robe.
Among the many ancient customs
| which the king has revived, is one
which makes those who shook their
heads over his escape from serious in,
| jury on board Sir Thomas Apton s
| Shamrock II, almost ,Qually nervous.
| His majesty has now ordered that an
| old royal barge. built tor George III, be
| made sea worthy. This magnificent
relic. with its elaboI ate canopy and
high stern. win once more be fioated,
and the kings Jolly watermen' who
wear brilliant scarlet liveries, have been
| ordered on duty at Windsor, where the
Castle Lake, after many years. Will
soon be the scene OF royal water
pageant.