The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-15
HIS GARB is OF GOLD
TEXTURE OF KINGS CORONATION
GOWN OF FINER QUALITY
THAN GUINEA
WILL WEAR GOTHIC CROWN
Insignia Similar to That Worn by
Henry VIII. Is Particularly
Pleasing in the Eyes of
Edward VII.

LONDON, March 1.-THE Express pub
| fishes the first correct drawing Of the
| king as he will appear in his coronation
robes at Westminster in June next.
| Briefly, it may be said that, according
| to the present intentions, the outer robe
! will be of purple velvet embroidered with
the various badges in gold, the skirt will
| be of the finest white silk, as we'll as
the stockings, while the shoes will also be
white, with gold badges wrought On
them.
Perhaps the most truly Respondent and
regal part of his niajesty's coronation
robes will be the pallium, or royal mantle,
which is now being woven of threads of
gold on the looms of Braintree, in Essex.
Cloth Of gold has invariably been the
material used for the royal mantle at all
coronations.
No Shamrocks on Gown.
But, as in things of lesser value, there
are cloths of gold and cloths of gold,
and even that which King Edward will
wear will differ considerably in the tex
ture of the weaving from that prepared
for the late queens GROWING.
Unlike the ,palliums Of previous SOW
ereigns, the cloth of gold of which King
Edwards will be made will be devoid Of
the usual designs of shamrock, th1stles,
roses and eagles.
will not be without design, for the orna-
mentation will be done by the royal
school of art needleWork, the embroidery
being executed in gold and silver thread
in correct heraldic coloring. the ceslgn
being bold and large.
Thus the weavers have had considerable
difficulties to contend with, for not only
have they had to study to get a bright
ness of surface combined with supple
ness of texture, but they have also had
to produce a material adaptable to the
embroiderer's needle
Special gold thread, of course, is used,
t~e wool twist composed of two fat ard
one round strand of extraordinary fine
ness, being faced with most beautiful
sheen.
Purer Than Gold Coin.
Some idea of the remarkably fine quail
lty OF the material employed may be mad
from the fact that the metal used con-
tains less alloy than the British gold
coinage.
Yet the material that has so far keen
made is SO soft and plant that 1T read
lily falls into the most perfect folds.
1t is learned on the highest authority
that the king Is very partial to the
GottAc crown, similar to the one worn
D. Henry VIII.
This crown is of a particularly plain
design, consisting Of four Gothic arches
surmounted on the top by st. Georges
cross.
The crowns of the British kings have
varied considerably in the matter of de-
| sign. For instance, in the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries the royal crown CT
England was a jeweled circlet Of gold,
heightened with strawberry leaves or tre-
foils, sometimes alternately large and
small.
Henry Tvs crown was as costly as it
was magnificent, the eight strawberry
leaves being alternated with as many
Heur-de-lis, the whole alternating with
sixteen small groups of pearls.
me next crown of distinctly different
design is Henry WIS though it is prob
able that Henry V. wore 1t.
Too Great Seriousness Somewhere.
It is not easy to decide whether Chris
uan scientists err the more IN not TAX
ing sickness seriously enough or in TAX
Ing themselves toe seriCusly.-Puck.