The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-06

classes with regard to the approaching
| coronation does not prevent people
having their ideas on the dress of roy
atty. All will be pleased that the
Queen has practically discarded the old
crown of previous queens corsort, and
that the gems which it contained will
be reset in new crown Af more dainty
proportions and lighter design. 1t will
rest quite prettily and naturally around
the Queens hair without Disgusting 1t.
The purple velvet cap upon which it
will be mounted will be less ohtruslve
than in the old crown, and the border
of ermine less pronounced. So far as
it can be said to be modelled after any
crown it will resemble the one first
made for Mary Beatrice. the Queen of
| James II, and the loveliest royal con-
sort until the present time.
1t has, believe, been finally decided
| that the Koh-i-noor will not occupy
the central position of the crown, but
will be worn as an ornament in front
of the Queens bodice, in the same way
| that her late Majesty wore IL of late
years. Australia has a hope that the
wonderful great pearl on the way TO
| this country may be accorded a place
of honor in the Queens crown; but this
/ is d matter of conjecture, like the
4 Queensland opal, which it's possess9r
has tentatively placed with the jew
| elers who are preparing the Kings
i crown.
The, scepter and cross and the rod
and the dove which will be placed i'll
the Queens hands after the crown has
been put on her head will follow the
traditional design, but be of light
weight. The Archbishop of York who
| has to perform the delicate office of
browning the Queen. may be trusted
1 to accomplish his work with tact. DR..
! Maclagan is man of charming man
I ners, and will divine exactly where
that crown should be placed. with due
respect, if one may mention 1t, to
| couture.
All the ladies of the Queens house.
hold take some part in discussing and
arranging of her dress for the corona
ton, but to the mistress of the robes
technically falls the ordering of things,
she being at the head of the robes de-
partment.
1t is her privilege also to attend her
1'royal mistress on all great occasions
| and to suDerintend the robing of the
1 Queen for state ceremonials. The Of
fee is semi political and one which does
not become void through the derlise of
the crown, hence the Duchess of Buc-
| cleuch remains mistress of the rotes in
the new reign. She was a friend of
| the late Queen, and her kind, honely.
fail to inspire the confidence of the
new Queen. Her Grace was an Aber-
corn, and to the exclusiveness of The
| Buccleuchs she unites that charm and
| graciousness which are characteristic
of her house. Lady Lansdowne is her
sister.
But putting aside the official DC ST.
ton of the mistress of the robes, there
| is no one on whose Judgment the Queen
| relies haY
the Hon. Charlotte Knollys. who has
held the office of Woman of the Bed
chamber for some twenty years and
enjoys her Majestys confidence and
affection in a marked degree
. The Queens private behests are car
ried out by Miss Knollys, and with her
she will discuss her wardrobe more
intimately than with any one else.
The recent Illness of the Queens con-
tidante has somewhat DELAYED her
MaJesty's preparations for the coro-
nation, but, happily. Miss Knollys
is now convalescent and in a day or
two she will again be In attendance
on her beloved mistress.
Girls, says Clara Belle, in her New
York letter to the Cinicinna Enquirer,
you must be careful what you do with
| your hat-pins. | don't mean when YOU
are at home. If it pleases you to leave
them lying around so that you
have to make a frantic search for them
at the last minute and then borrow
mothers. you may do so for all | care.
though on this point I would advise
| against sticking them in your brothers
| convenient overcoat on the hat tree.
| There was such a girl and such a broth
err; and it was to laugh one fine day
when he got down town and admiring
| friends picked out one after another
three hat pins from the back of his
| oVercoat. But that is another story 1t
| was the girl at the symphony concert I
was thinking of. She got in late The
| first number was half played through,
but, perhaps because she knew the ush-
| er, and perhaps because she lodged
| him, she went down to her seat which
was on the aisle in about the middle of
| the house. Arriving there, she sat
down quietly and removed her hat. in
| which action she was but following the
custom of many other thoughtful wo-
men who prefer to hold their hats on
their knees to leaving them to the
doubtful mercies of the boy in the cloak
room. What to do with her hat pins
didn't trouble her at all. Without any
| thought about it she jammed them into
the back of the seat in front of her.
| Even If she had thought about it she
would not have hesitated under the cir.
| cumstances, for the seat in front was
| apparently vacant. In Carnegie Hall,
| you may know. the parquette seats
have almost the highest backs imagi-
| nable.
OF course, it had to happen that the
orchestra was at its sublimest pianissi-
mo when that hat pin was janmed into
the seat back. 1t would have been bad
| enough at the best, but, as 1t was,
above the gentle quivering of the
| strings arose a wild, agonized Wow"
/ followed by "Oughi" and likewise a
| hearty, masculine expletive that mai
| dens never read when they come to it
| in print and never dream of expressing
on paper even with an innocent initial
and a dash after it. Then there arose
| into view a very short but very real
| man. He was as bald as an egg, but
the top of his head was not as white
at that moment as is normally the case,
for the girls hat pin had scraped its
way straight across it and drawn the
blood copiously. She, poor thingl sat
back and stared, pale and speechless;
terrified, too, for she had no idea that
the high seat back concealed a little
old man. He gave her one look of un-
utterable Indignation and then went
tearing up the aisle, hopping his bleed
| ing poll as he went. / don't know what
became of him except that he didn't
ask for his money back at the door
AS for the girl, she didn't hear a note
Of the concert. She sat through II, eyes
down and cheeks alternately pale and
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