The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12


profit of the German cloak industry. Now
adays Augusta Victoria goes in for gold
and silver embroidery. which benefits but
a small fraction of her old-time protoges.
but is cheaper in the long run, as Prussian
etiquette. while condemning dresses after
being worn once, thinks it proper for an
Empress to wear metal lace a hundred
times If she likes. The Empress also spends
a considerable part of her pin money for
furs, especially since the courts OF Berlin
and st. Petersburg are on the outs. For
merly the Car supplied his Prussian cous-
ins with many furs; now they have to buy
them. which makes quite a difference.
BEST DRESSED GERMAN WOMAN.
BY far the best dressed woman of Ger
many is the Kaiser's sister Charlotte.
hereditary princess Of Meiningen. Though
a grandmother. she preserves her wonder
full figure to this day. Besides. she is an
active huntswoman. rider, driver and all
around sport. For financial reasons the
princess used TO appear frequently in
tailor-made gowns. but since the death
of her mother, Empress Frederick. brought
her considerable money she INDUCES more
than ever her passion for lace and the finest
creations of Paris, London and Vienna mil
linery. Empress Frederick left her a treas
ure Of beautiful laces such even few
royal women possess. She also inherited
her Majestys great pearl necklace. each
pearl as big as the top of a mans thumb.
Princess Charlotte wears the same styles
of hat as Queen Alexandra; in fact, ii is
said that she employs a London millner
to copy her aunt's headgear. The Empress
Of Germany, by the way, wears capote
hats almost exclusively, which make her
look older than she really is
The Czarina claims to pay absolutely no
heed to prevailing fashions; she is ahead of
them, thanks to exclusive prices she pays
to the makers of fashions. Only those who
attended the st. Petersburg court balls this
year know to a certainty what all the world
will wear, or attempt to wear. in the win
ter Of 1904. Alix, being a serious minded
woman, expresses this trait of her char
acter to some extent in her dress, fire.
quently appearing in dark shades of blue,
red and green, velvets silks. For dinner
gowns she prefers white. or very light gray
velvet. but when no guests present a
certain black velvet dress, cut very low
in the neck, is worn.
For state occasions white velvet or cloth
of silver, set off by lace of Archangelst,
are en- regle. This lace is made exclusively
by the women Of the Asiatic steppes in the
district named. and her Majesty buys up
every yard produced. The Czarina's house
and carriage dresses are English In cut and
subdued in color. Her hats come from
Paris, and she is in the habit of giving
away at least one to some lady of the aris-
tocracy every day in the year.
While old Queen Isabella's gowns are
noted chiefly for extravagant and offensive
color combinations-"as rank as the garlic
she eats" Rochefort once said of them
Queen Christina, the mother of young Al
phonso, dresses in excellent taste. Her
Majesty is not good looking, but knows
how to make a magnificent and comedy
appearance. She has a liking for striped
or figured silks; her carriage dresses are
either of salmon color or silver gray. On
state occasions she invariably wears rich
velvets and fine furs with cloth of gold.
Her cousin. Princess Eulalie, always
dresses in the gayest Paris fashion. IF
it were not for the worry and joy fashions
impose and confer, / should go crazy"
she often says.
HELENA AND CARMEN SYLVIA.
Queen Helena is never more satisfied
with herself than when dressed in gown
of black or white lace over pink, red or
blue underdress. Laces are her passion;
without an abundance of them no garment,
however beautiful, finds favor in her
eyes. Her Majesty's mi1liners are Con-
stantly on the lookout for laces, while
fifty or more women at her home in far
away Montenegro are employed year out
T.,
by her clever pen. London. Paris and
other metropolitan dealers have standing
orders to submit everything good and rare
in the lace line to her Majesty before Of
fering the same for public SALE Queen
Helenas lace gowns for state occasions
are encrusted with pearls and diamond
chips; for ordinary wear substitutes of the
precious stones resorted to.
During the past winter her Majesty did
for Rome's needlewomen what the Ger
man Empress did for those of Berlin in the
nineties. All her wraps and nantes were
richly embroidered in gold and silver
thread. AS to colors, Helena has no prefer
ence, her complexion and style of beauty
permitting her to choose any in the rain
bow with equal success.
The Bucharest court witnessed curious
rivalry between royal women. The crown
princess who was known as little Mary
of Edinburgh before she became the mother
of several sturdy boys, courts popularity
by appearing in the national costume on
all public occasions. Having a well-de-
veloped figure and a sensuous, beautiful
face, the outlandish costume of the Bal
kans-bright reds, blues and greens, an
abundance of gold lace and furs-heighten
the charm of her person and often provoke
noisy demonstrations when she drives out
or visits the theater.
Queen Carmen Sylvia, on the other hand,
has adopted the fairy dress of the legend
long, flowing robes without indication of
the waist line. white. gray silk or cloth of
silver. She wears no ornaments except now
and then brooch-some jewel of ancient
times found in Egyptian or Roman graves
but a single flower plucked by her own
hand on the wayside she prefers above
| everything else.
waving fashion. worn low in the back, and
| from the top falls lace veil. mingling with
| the train. The veil is held in place by three
| large diamond pins fastened so as to form
| a blazing coronet.
HELOISE. COMTESSE DALEMCOURT.
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