The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-08

the gown as she will. Her robe will b.
of the same crimson velvet as that O
the other peeresses, but its adornmen
Is not SO elaborate as that of the Ouch
esses. She may have only three and on,
half rows Of ormine powder on hel
robe, and the edging about it is an incl
narrower than that OF the ladies OF
higher rank, being only four inches wide
and the train is a shorter one. for exact
y a yard and three-qusrters must res
upon the floor.
Her coronet will be of silver gilt, with
| the border of ermine and four strawber-
r. leaves and four ''pearls''-they really
are not pearls at all. but balls Of silver
to represent them-on points alternating
above the brim.
| There are half q dozen American coun-
| tesses who are entitled to attend the
coronation ceremonies, but once at seast
Lady Curzon. who was Miss Letter.
| Of Chicago, and who is now the wife
OF the viceroy of India, and she is one Of
the most beautiful Of them all, will not
be present. Her health is delicate and
she does not care to undertake the long
voyage during the summer
But there Will be other countesses who
came from America, and who will fix
standard that it will be hard to sur
pass. The countess of Essex. who was
Miss Adele Grant, of New York. is a
famous beauty, and she has the reputa-
ton Of being one OF the best-gowned
women in Europe. She is a brunette
of the purest type, and her taste IN the
gowns she wears is distinctive
in England, ne being fourteenth in the
list of earls. and the age of families is
an important consideration in functions
like coronation, when great stress is
laid upon precedence and hereditary priv
neges.
The next in order of procedure among
the American countesses is the Dowager
Countess of Arran, who was Miss Reilly.
and 1O5th on the list, and after her is
the young Countess of Donoughmore.
who was Miss Elena Grace, of New
York, and who was married only last
December. She is a notable beauty.
And there is the Countess Craven.
whom New York remembers as the
sweet little Bradley-Martin girl" She
was married to the Earl of Craven
when she was scarcely seventeen, and
has not been in America since then. She
has grown to be very fine lady, indeed.
Helen, the countess of Oxford, who was
Miss Louise Corbin, and Cora, Lady Stat
ford, whom New Workers knew as the
beautiful Mrs. Colgate and whose. wealth
equailed her beauty, complete a suffi-
ciently fine American representation
among countesses at the coronation. and
nil ~
They will wear the princess gown Of
red velvet, white front Of white embroid- |
cred crimson velvet, powdered with three
rows Of ermine-the decoration gradually |
grows less with the lowered rank-and |
the ermine edging is but three inches |
wide. The train is limited to yard and /
4 half. The coronet. like the others, is
IF silver bilt, over a red cap, with err
mine around the band, and it has eight
silver balls, which are called pearls. with
strawberry leaves between, raised on
points orrays
There are no American viscountesses
n the English peerage, although the
wives Of the eldest sons are given the
tile by courtesy. And there are only
wo or three harnesses. of whom Lady
Abinger ard Lady Marlborough are the
est known.
The dress of a baroness is the start
ng point in the determining what the
eeressses shall wear. For them. as
yell as the others, is prescribed the "us-
al court dress with the four yards Of
rain which must be looped back and
aught up with bows.
The American harnesses will have n
rimson mantle with a train only ward ,
1ng. 1t is fixed at three feet in the
hieial measurement, possibly because 1t
not desired to emphasize the fact that .
is only half as long as that of a :
uchess, the cape is furred with miniver
ure and powdered. with two lower bars !
f ermine-narow pieces of black fur
nd the edging TO be miniver two inches {
-ide :
Such VIII be the costumes worn bv the 7
merican peeresses in the coronation. I
theirs Will witness the ceremony be- S
ause of the titles of their husbands. +
mong them is Lady Deerhurst who was (
Iiss Bonynge. and the Hon. Mrs Fran v
S Dudley Leigh. who was the daughter I
H. NJ. Beckworth. of New York and t
hose husband is the Oldest son of Bar c
q Leigh. ]