Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
oopyrleht by James Eiverson.

her. Kings and queens are, after
- all, much like other men and womtn
Whatever the demands might be upon her
Time, she was as greatly concerned about her
personal appearance as though she had not
another interest in the world. She eraved
aadmiration like a school girl, and had dis
hke to see any one look better than herself,
or dress in a way to attract attention from
her own display.
Miss Strickland relates how, one day, Lady
Mary Howard one of her maids of honor, ap-
peared IN magnificent velvet dress, with
rleh border decorated with gold and pearls
Lady Mary was young and beautiful wom-
an, and her fine robes made her very gorgeous
Her appearance greatly displeased the
Queen, who gave her such a rebuke that the
poor maiden laid up her rich vestment, ana
never ventured to wear it again during bliZa-
beth's life
These little vanties of the virgin queen
are as much matters of history, perhaps, as
the great transactions of her reign. AT any
rate, 1t is safe to say that they were quite as
important to her.
Her mind was continually occupied about
her jewels and dresses, her hair and her
hands, and she never forgot, even on the most
solemn occasions, that she was woman
She had hundred pretty tricks for show
ing off her charms, and sometimes was really
ridiculous in her attempts to do So On one
occasion, while giving audience in state to the
a AHhDdSSdOOTS from Jne NeDncTldnub, sHS puhNu
of and put on her gloves more than hun,
dred times, to display her hands, her splendid
rings, and the gloves themselves, which we're
an elegant and costly pair.
Her love for hnery grew with her years, ana
IN her old age she even increased the number
Of her decorations, and dressed in far more
elaborate style than in the meridian flower OF
her life, foolishy thinking, no doubt, that peo-
pie would be diverted by these externals from
noticing the decay of her physical attractions
Hpntzmpr n (,prmnn traveller. who visited
England in 1893, when Elizabeth was sixty
SIX years old, has left us a description, OF the
Queens appearance at that time, which Is
alike curious and interesting:
In person she is very majestic; her lace
oblong fair, but wrinkled; her eyes small yet
black and pleasant; a nose little hooked;
her lips narrow. and her teeth black "a detect
the English seem subject to-, from Their ex-
pearls, with very rich drops; she wore, false
hair, and that red; upon her head she had
small crown, reported to be made OF some OF
the gold of the celebrated LunebouTg table
ladies have it till they marry, and she had
on a necklace of very fine jewels: Her hands
were small, her fingers long. and her stature
neither tall nor low. Her air was stately,
her manner OF, speaking mild and obliigng;,
THAT day she was dressed in. white silk,
bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and
over it mantle of black silk, shot with silver
threads; her train was very long,, the end of
IT borne by marchlOneSS. Instead OF a cDaln,
she had collar of gold and jewels"
Elizabeth was the first English Queen who
wore gloves. As articles of a womans dress,
they were not used previous to her reign,
though gauntlets for men, and long mittens
carried tucked in the belt, had been worn for
long time.
For many years gloves were scarce and ex-
pensive. Queen Mary Stuart brought from
France six pairs of Guernsey worsted gloves,
while she had at the same time twelve pairs
of silk stockings interviewer with gold and
silver thread, and thirty-six pairs of velvet
shoes, laced with gold, showing that the out
fit for her hands did not correspond with that
for the feet.
The gloves worn by Elizabeth and her la
dies were very elegant and sumptuous articles.
They were lined with white velvet, fastened
with gold buttons or clasps wrought with
gold and edged with fringe.
These embroidered and trimmed gloves were
fashionable long time-until Queen Anne's
reign, believe.
The University of Cambridge at one time
presented the Queen a highly ornamented
pair of gloves, costing sixty shillings-about
forty dollars Of our money. An ancient chron-
icler informs us that her Majesty, "beholding
the beauty of said gloves, as in great admira-
ton, and in token of her thankful ,accep-
tance of the same, held up one of her hands,
and smelling into them, put them halfway
upon her fingers"
Perfumed gloves became fashionable toward
the middle Of her reign. 1t is said that Ed
ward de We're Earl of Oxford, was the first
who introduced them into England. This no,
bleman. on returning from Italy, presented