Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-24
QUEENS SHOPPING IN psRls.
They Nearly All Get Their Cal:

They Nearly All Get Their Gala
Gowns in the French Capital.
New York Sun.--A majority # the
queens and princesses make a visit
20 Paris abont this time every year
70 look over the new modes and to
order dresses for the summer. Queen
Alexandra Of England is in the habit
Of making a stay OF to 10 days, in
which she orders all her dinner, court
and ball dresses. Her outdoor cos
tunes are all tailored and made in
London. The queens ceremonial
gowns are made with trains six yards
long, as required BY British court
usage. They are the longest trains
worn a. Europe. Blue silk and deli.
cate rose satin are the materials
which Cleen Alexandra seems to pre-
fer for the trains The cut Of her
dresses is invariably the very new
est thing the great Paris dressmakers
have TO offer. If she does not aim
TO set the fashions for London, she
is at least determined to h4 N the
front rank of novelty.
Her greatest extravaganza is said
to be in gloves. Two pairs is the
least that she ever uses in a day, and
sometimes she puts on five, and, Of
course, puts them off for good. They
are specially made BY lie pest work
men from the choicest materials, and
the minimum cost is Is shillings, or
1915 a pair. The queens wardrobe
is said to cost altogether about
$4,000 annually, not including pur-
chases Of jewelry or money spent on
up-to-date settings for stones already
in her possession.
The czarina used TO make an annual
shopping excursion to Paris, but she
has omitted it for the last few trou-
bled years. She buys neither furs
nor jewels nor silk there, as she
considers all three can be found of
better quality and lower prices in
Russia. But her real shopping was
along different lines. She is an en-
thusiastic collector Of caricatures, and
in Paris she always made the round
Of the print shops picking up gems
to add to her collection, which is said
to be the finest in the world. She
is also an amateur of Gobelin tapes.
try and bought extensively every year.
Next after the queen of England the
queen of Portugal was, u2til aer be-
reavement, the most precise and
painstaking royal lady in respect to
her wardrobe. Corsets were size
cialty of hers. She bought them by
the dozen in Paris at prices ranging
from $40 to $50 each. What is more,
she revolutionized the Partisan coz
set. Her medical knowledge-she is
regular NJ. D.-enabled her to see
just wherein the old fashioned mod
els were injurious to health, and she
compelled the makers to change them
to suit her views.
Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland is
intensely patriotic and buys every
thing she can in her own dominions.
But when ii comes to gala dresses
she has to go to Paris, Many pieces
in her trousseau were from the big
French houses, and she makes an AL
nual visit to replenish her wardrobe.
The salespeople all know that il is
useless to show her any colors except
green, blue and white. She is con-
stantly on the lookout for new shades
and she prefers to inspect materials
under a strong electric light.
Queen Helena of Itrly buys am Tally
in Paris. She favors brilliant colors
and is interchangeable in hunting foi
something that she considers unique
She will visit one establishment after
another until she is suited. When
she makes her choice she is said te
drive a hard bargain as to prices
She is the best business woman o.
all the queens.
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