The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-11
Thousands for Dain Pomp
C0ronets Regalia, Coaches and Other Items Uii
Make 1t Cost Peers SIS, 900 to Help CroDn
King EdtUard.

The coronets of those of high rank are
ornamented with strawberry leaves, rs
we'll as with silver balls. A ducal cor
cnet bears eight of these; while that OF
marquis, the nobleman who ranks next,
bears four strawberry leaves rising above
the velvet OF his coronet and separated
by strawberry leaves. Such leaves, how
ever are denied to the viscount, but the
arbiters Of these matters make 1t up TO
him by allowing him to revel in silver
balls, eighteen being the precise number
ornamenIing his coronet. The baron 1ares
worse, six Spheres Of silver being all that
he is entitled to.
The edict has just gone forth from
King Edward himself that every peer anu
peerless must have a brand new coronation
outfit. At the first blush this seems a
rather gratuitous mandate, but it really
was necessary to prevent the coronat ION
being literally an assemblage OF the
shabby genteel." A large
majority Of peers already pos
handed down from father to son for hun
dreds of years and of whose consequent
threadbareness they are immensely proud.
1t is safe to say that, had not the king
spoken out for fresh robes and coronets,
half the peers and peeresses present
would have been arrayed in habiliments
ready to fall apart with age.
Naturally this royal command has set
great folk to inquiring interestedly into
the question of what new robes and coro-
nets will cost. The coronet will be the
least expensive article Of both peers and
peeresses' outfits, for, as they are not
ornamented with jewelery-Whi is for
royalty only and composed of Nothing
more pretentious than silver gilt, they
can be had at some shops for $35; though
the highest class jewellers charge $40 for
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the peers coronation uniform and his
lady's coronation dress, in planning either
of which expense is not to be considered.
My lords garments will cost him at least
$500, no natter how closely he may figure
it, while my lady, who cannot be expected
to figure at all, will squander from $500
to $3.50 upon the creation of her cout uriers.
OF course, in addition to their dress, peers
and peeresses must also provide them
, selves with robes, and these are not less
costly They are marvels of luxury, of
crimson silk velvet, lined and slashed
with minever, with deep collars and cuffs
of ermine, not to mention bars of the
same fur, the number of these being regu-
lated by the wearers rank. Such robe
costs generally somewhat over $500, but
some fashionable tailors are threatening
to charge the humping price of $4,000 for
all coronation robes supplied by them.
&c. for his regalia and that of his noble
spouseEalcne, the English peer must be
prepared to give $4,000 at least. This is
supposing that he Is intending to be seen
at the coronation procession riding in his
own barouche or brougham, but if, as cur
rent report seems to indicate, our peer is
going to plunge to the extent of a state
coach as we'll, his bank balance will suffer
still more. This type of vehicle will cost
him $4,000 any way, and then. there is the
question OF coachman and footman, three
of the latter if he be duke, and two If
of inferior rank. Each of these servants
aside from his splendid livery, must be
bewigged and carry an wand, and the cost
Of his outfit from head to foot will be in
the neighbcrhood of $135