Omaha daily bee., 1907-10-05
CEREMONIES ACME OF BEAUTY
Court where Quivera Crowns Mon-
archs scene OF Surprising splen-
dor - Coronation Gown
Creation of Art.

The scepter is in the hands Of King Ak
Sar-Ben.
The diadem is upon the head of his beau
tiful queen.
All the land of Quivera. the seven cities
of Cibola, the region of the fourteen rivers
and the vast extent of the Corn Belt, sing
together one glad paean of rejoicing.
The thirteenth scion OF the royal house
Of Ak-Sar-Ben was crowned amid scenes
of the richest Gothic splendor at the feudal
castle of Quivera last evening From all
parts of the kingdom 5000 people were
gathered. occupying the galleries and the
floor of the great and brilliantly lighted
coronation chamber.
A color scheme of red, green and yellow
was carried out in the room. At the dais
and throne in the north end of the building
everything was in red-carpets, draperies,
the throne itself. The ceiling hangings
were yellow and the pillars and sides OF
the great room were green.
Magnifcently robed, the king entered the
room and approached the throne. where he
accepted the scepter, and, taking on the
mask which had concealed his Identity, re-
vealed himself to be Victor b. Caldwell.
The queen, who proved to be Miss Nathalie
Merriam, was gowned in Paris creation
of such exquisite splendor and magnifcence
as has never been seen in Omaha before.
Coronation Gown Magnificent.
The coronation gown, a Collot creation.
was not only queenly in it's lines and the
richness of its material but approached
the spectacular in the oriental splendor of
it's iridescent ornamentation. Cut princess,
Il was of white net built over white satin.
with a sparse allover spangling of small
silver disks The skirt with its full sweep
ing train carried a deep border OF pond
lilies and wheat straws embroidered In
silver crystal and irdescent pearl span
giles, the same design and material being
employed in the girdle The bodice, cut
decolette, was slightly full and bordered
about the neck with closely, studded rine-
stones edging a design worked out In
iridescent spangles. Bands of the same
pattern outlined the armseye and bordered
the short, draped sleeve, which were
caught up with iridescent tassels.
A rich substitute for the time-honored
red and blue velvet coronation robes that.
with few exceptions, have done service for
all of the Ak-Sar-B Ben queens, was a long
white velvet coronation mantle bordered
with a broad band of silver, crystal and
iridescent pearl embroidery In each OF
its lower corners was embroidered large
heur de lis ana tne rope was helo 10 pldce
at the shoulders by triple ropes OF pearls
ending with n loose knot between the
shoulders The Jewels were in keeping
with the gown dog collar of pearls and
brillants surrounded her throat and be-
low this was worn necklace of pearls,
turquoise and diamonds while droppine
below this was a triple rope of pearls
caught in festoons with diamond buckles.
The crown of brilliants that has graced
the heads of all of Quiveras queens was
worn above gold band studded with dia-
monds, emeralds, ribues and topaz.
The princesses Of the court were gowned
alike in white with long court trains OF
orange velvet embroidered in gold. The
fronts of the skirts were paneled in white
satin embroidered with the seal OF Ak-Sar-
Ben. the castle OF the rising sun. Coronets
of gold leaves were worn and on either
side of these were knots of orange tulle