The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-19
COURT DRESS AND CLOTHES.

! In the absence of a ukase, decree or
message to congress from the White
House on the subject of what to wear
member of the lord chamberlain's de-
partment of King Edwards household
has written a book, minute in detail,
as TO the proper garments, will be
has ever seen an Englishman fresh
from his native heath, or observed an
American who has returned from
abroad wearing the latest dear old Lun-
non has to offer in the way of raiment
The king, besides being a good judge
of women and horses, is a veritable en-
cyclopedia upon the subject of dress,
and is in the habit of making unpleas-
ant remarks whenever one of his liege
subjects appears in the august presence
wearing the wrong garments. So the
book Will be welcome on the other side
of the water as we'll as over here, Civ
ing as it does details of the ''old and
new styles of court dress, either of
which can be worn by civilians as pre-
ferred."
The various widths of embroidery,
which indicate the respective classes to
which the wearers are entitled, are
plainly shown, so there can be no ques-
ton as to who's who when in the royal
palace. Everything in the book is ac-
cording TO Hoyle and court usage. So
much for the style of dress to be worn
by the faithful subjects.
Here's another fashion item which
strikes closer to hum" The weekly
trade journal of the London tailors and
cutters has been studying the Ameri-
cans sojourning in the dear, id. dis
tracted town. so characterized by the
little man of Twickenham, otherwise
known as Alexander Pope. The result |
Of the inspection follows:
The most striking feature not only
from tailoring point of view was the |
evident Anglicising of the Americans /
present, and 1t would have been as diff /
1cult TO distinguish a citizen of the
great republic across the ocean bv his
accent as by the cut of his clothes.
"Frock coats and silk hats were as
much in evidence as at a church parade
II Hyde Park, the smartly cut morning
oats being seen in about the same
proportion as at a similar English
ashton function. The ambassador
himself wore frock coat with narrow
apels. which suited his tall, slender
gure admira bly,. white vest and dark
rousers, with white spats, making a
armony contrast such as We generally
ssociate with the attire Of our always
1ell dressed king"
There's some satisfaction in knowing
hat the American ambassador. in his
rock coat with narrow lapels, who q,
lade such a harmony contrast I'm his /,
'hite spats, is going to remain I'm -,
nsland after his term OF office ex- :
Tres. which. the Lord be praised. Is .
'mewhat less than year hence. As
n the others, the Anglicising doesn't
st long when they return home and t
leir friends and fellow countrymen e
It chance at them.
This blooming, blawsted trade journal a
-oceeds, with an air of conscious SUI n
sriority, TO criticize the appearance of
e unfortunate Americans who had u
ltronized their home tailor and who
identity, according to the belief Of the =,
oresaid trade journal. were woefully :,
norant Of the fact that the frock coat >
the proper thing. The conclusions n
low: 9,
THE build of the American, who is Il
II Of stature and square shouldered, Il
til general absence OF corpulence,
specially suited to froc: coat, and q
was easy to see that majority had r
allied this suitability and had made III