The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-08
OF The CORONATION
America viii be Represented
by Many.
WHAT THEY WILL WEAR
viii be Entertained by the
King Himself.

Ne" Aoihs June line Woric
says
Fifteen American peeresses have the
right of attending The coronation of Ed
ward VII. in Westminster Abbey. Their
rank gives them the privilege.
These daughters of all kinds of Ameri-
can citizens. merchants. railroad presi-
dents, manufacturers, naval officers and
unclassified millionaires, viii appear with
those whose families have belonged TO
the English nobility for generations.
At least three Of the American peereses
viii take precedence over scores of wo-
men who can trace their ancestry in an
unbroken line TO the days of the Norman
conquest.
The American peeresses will be decked
out in all the gorgeous coronation robes.
They viii wear crowns of gold and jewels
Of great value. Unless it be that they
outshine the others in beauty and in
grace, there will be nothing to distinguish
them from the grandest in England.
And there will be other American wo-
men at the coronation who will be privi-
legged 10 enter the holy of holes on the
great occasion. Not because of rank but
by virtue of their beauty. their charm
and their wealth.
OF course. they will not wear coronets,
but some of them will be honored above
those who are entitled by rank to crown
their heads for few moments, for they
will be the personal guests of the King.
himself, unless everybody is much mis-
taken.
The very highest honor given an Amer
lean in the coronation ceremonies is that
bestowed by Queen Alexandria upon the
Duchess Of Marlborough usually called
the beautiful Duchess of Marlborough
in England. The slender little. dark
eyed American woman, who is still little
more than a girl. is one of the four
Duchessees chosen by the Queen to bear
her canopy at the service in Westminster
Abbey
1t is the highest honor that can be
given a woman in this most magnificent
spectacle, and it shows how strong
foothold the daughter of the Wander
bits has secured abroad. The other |
ladies who viii share the honor with
the Duchess of Marlborough are the |
Duchess of Montrosee. the Duchess OF
Portland and the Duchess of Souther-
land.
Each is famous for her beauty and /
attractiveness. except the Duchess Of
Montrose, all are young.
Her grace of Marlborough's gown will
be among the richest and most elaborate
worn at the coronation and will be fash
toned accordingly. The lace of the sleeves,
the corsage and the embroidery Of the
front Of the skirt will be especially beau
tiful and expensive.
The robe Of mantle will be of crimson
velvet powdered with four rows of er-
mine. and the edging will be five inches
wide. The train will be exactly two
wards long. which means that the Ouch
ess must catch up the train Of her gown
because the usual full court dress has
2 train four yards long
The Duchess of Marlborough will wear
a coronet exactly like the other Ouch
esses. That is the insignia that chiefly
distinguishes a peer from a commoner;
and naturally there are those among the
Duchesses and the Dukes as well who
were DESTROYS of having most magnificent
gowns made for the one OCCASION when
a peer and a peeeress may wear them.
The Duchess will wear her cOronet pos
sihly for I'VE minutes. It may adorn her
head little longer than that. but not
much In order to check reckless eXtrav-
agance the Duke Of Norfolk who has
charge of the matters OF dress. issued an
order with royal sanction of course.
requiring that the gowns shall be made
Il silver gilt and the caps of crimson
velvet. surmounted by n gold tassel. They
cost from s25 TO 500 according TO the work. I
Being a Duchess. Her Grace Of MARI l
borough viii have eight strawberry leaves J
N points of equal 1etght above the brim- I
The strawberry leaf is the insignia Of c
he higher rank. From the inside of the c
'oronet viii be arranged loops Of white !
ibhon. for the Duchess will carry her t
rown much longer than she viii wear it. /
IS viii all the peeresses.
The Dowager Duchess of Manchester. a
sho was Consuella Yznaga. and after a
whom the Duchess of Marlborough was {
amed. and the present Duchess Of Man '
hester. who was Miss Helen Zimerman. S
Z Cincinnati. who viii wear exactly 1
h csame kind or a robe and coronet as
he Duchess OF Marlborough, but their p
owns VIII be different. The models that &
ave been prepared by the Duke Of Nor 4
ok for the guidance Of the peeresses $
how them 10 be Of crimson velvet with I,
white front, the central style being the a
rincess
Being a dowaser Duchess. Consuelo Of I,
Manchester has precedence over the a
ounger successor. for it is laid down in I.
'urke that the Dowager comes first.
here IS no American peeres who bears e
erself with greater dignity and grace Z.
n formal occasions than the Dowager b
Duchess OF Manchester She is past her n
rst youth. but she is a lady Of great
hsrm and Is rega rded by the English
oblemen themselves as 8 fine type Of the &.
rand dame. English women are wont 10 ,.
2 painfully shy and awkward or else r.
excessively hauty and overbearing on =,
tate occasions. American women have =,
,aryellous adaptability and tact which -
nablo them TO strike happy medium as =
rule. They 90 not consider il neces- >,
ary to look stiI and disagreable in order =
, main tain their dignity =,
There IS but one American marehioness
he rank next to that of the Duchess -,
nd she has no thought that she would =,
e elevated to the high position when she =
arried. She was Miss Flora Davis OF =,
'ashington. and now she is the Mar
lioness OF Dunerin and Ava. and a very
yeiy one. Moreover. she has the digni- n,
and seriousness expected OF one hold =,
g that high position. The Marquisate
Dufferin and Ava is near the end Of
he rather short list, but her personal
harm viii place the nsrchioness among di
he first in popular favor. or
She viii wear the usual court osess."
18th the long train and the decoliete DO I
&c, and she may decorate and adoru Of