The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02

a record one, and the wonderful gold
plate, inlaid with precious stones,
which vas used on the OCCASION was
OF course, brought from Spain for the
express purpose of being displayed at
this gathering, and thereby show off
TO the Kings people-in-law, For arr
tistic beauty of design and workman
snip. there is nothing to beat il in
England. King Edwards gold service,
which is kept at Windsor Castle, is
more solid and larger, and the famous
one at Hyde Park House, owned by
Lady Naylor-L Leyland-an American
woman by the way-comas next to
King Edwards. There are some peo-
pie. indeed, who prefer Lady .Naylor-
Leyland's to that at Windsor Castle;
because. like tho King of Spain, it is
of lighter make, but lit is only AL
fonso's which is inlaid with jewels.
Dinners given on yachts in England
are always informal. King Alfonso's
was an exception. The tables were
favorite fower-and the menus were
painted by Spanish artist in the
combined colors of England and Spain.
1t Is the custom not to wear tiaras or
other elaborate jewels at yacht din
ners. but this was reversed by AL
phonso, who will have his own way
The mon wore court dress-knee
brooches with buckled shoes and all
their orders-while the ladies were
attired in their most elaborate even
ing gowns and wore their tiaras and
jewels. To even the Royal Princesses
this was i source of. trial. for they had
naturally left all their best Jewels
locked up in London. as had the
American Dowager Duchess Maids.
special messengers and detectives were
promptly despatched from Cowes to
nd he
cured.
The young Queen was a vision of
loveliness in point de Venise lace, on
which real jewels were embroidered
and she wore her famous crown of
blood-red rubies, her whole corsage
being covered with pearls and dia-
monds. All these gems have recently
been reset in Paris In the swinging
fashion. of late de rigueur, so the
ined. more especially when the electric
lights, played upon her Majesty.
A famous Partisan dressmaker was
requisitioned by Consuelo Duchess of
Manchester for her gown, which had
to be composed, executed and dis
patched to England in forty-eight
hours from the moment of ordering
The man -milliner is question is one
of the dressmakers most favored by
is an exact replica of the Duchess
figure, 50 that he can always make her
gowns without giving her the trouble
or trying them on. The frock he COM
posed for her was, as usual, in violet
tones. 1t was of chiffon with inlets of
point 'Alencon, and with it she wore
crown OF amethysts with high spiked
points and a collar and stomacher of
the same stones. She is one of the
Few elderly women who have managed
to keep their arms shapely and Ia
thus able TO wear the new aruIets
above the elbow. She has Just had
two OF these to match her magnificent
set of amethysts.
There are at the moment two Ameri-
can peeresses who might without any
trouble, save the necessary publicity
and expense, rid themselves of their
lords and masters through the medium
OF the divorce court. Their misconduct
is hagrant and notorious Besides
tney are squanderings their wives
money In the most reckless fashion
But their wives have no intention of
bouncing them. They know full we'll
that In England the woman who di-
yorces her husband loses whatever
social position she obtained through
the marriage. AS ex-peeresses they
would not count for much. So, in
order to retain their exalted social
positions, they grin-or rather smile
and bear it. They go everywhere
once in blue moon they are seen
with their husbands--at church on
Sunday, save the mark-for it is the
custom of these peers to come home
now and again from Saturday to Mon
day. In the ultra smart set in Eng
land 1t is not usual to ask husbands
and wives to the same house parties,
so that during the visiting season now.
at hand the fact that a husband goes
to one house and his to another will
not occasion remark. 1t is pleasant to
observe that Notwithstanding the i'm
mense provocation given the two
women in question, their dearest en-
emies never even hint breath of
scandal III connection with their
names. Caesars wife is not in 1t in
comparison with them. They have
taken every care to protect their own
good names, and they both have the
regard and the sympathy of every one
in the so-called best set, from the
Queen down. who is on the most
friendly terms with both of them. The