Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-23
COSTUMES OF CORONATION
Description of Gowns Worn by Amer
lean Women at the Ceremonial.
ROBES PRESENTED BY PEERS
Dress of Officials of the british Court
Regulated by Precedent DATING
Back for Many Gem
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LONDON, June 22.-The dresses worn by
American ladies at the coronation are as
follows:
Mrs. whitelaw Reid. wife Of the Ameri-
can Ambassador-The dress she wore at
the first court this season. It Is OF white
satin, the front and back trimmed with
pearls and diamonds, and panels OF fine
lace. She will also wear a tiara OF pearls
and diamonds, a pearl collar and ropes Of
pearls.
Mrs John Hays Hammond. Wife OF the
American Special Envoy-A dress Of heavy
white satin embroidered with jewalIed pea
cock feathers Her Jewels consst of a
tiara, necklace, earrings and bracelet Of
diamonds and emeralds. The earrings are
pair worn by Catherine H. She will
carry a white ostrich feather fan, a coun-
terpart Of the one presented by South
Africa to the present queen at the time Of
her marriage. Like all the other ladies'
she will wear ostrich feathers in her hair
Mrs. Phillips, Wife Of the First Secretary
of the Embassy-White satin dress with
pearl and silver trimming. A tiara, dia-
mond collar and pearl necklace.
Mrs. Simpson, Wife of Captain Simpson
Naval Attache American Embassy.
White satin trimmed with old point lace
and diamante; jewels, diamonds.
Mrs. Slocum, wife of Captain Slocum,
Military Attache American Embassy-White
satin charmeuse embroidered in a dia-
mantle feather design; q diamond tiara
and necklace.
The queens train will be carried by six
young ladies, daughters Of earls. instead OF
as usual by pages. These are Lady Mary
Dawson, daughter Of the Countess Of Dart
reg; Lady Mabel Ogilvy, daughter of the
Countess of Airlie; Lady Victoria Car
rington. daughter of the Countess Car
rington; Lady Eileen Butler, daughter OF
the Countess of Lanesborough; Lady Eileen
Knox daughter of the Countess Of Ran
furry, and Lady Dorothy Browne, daughter
Of the Countess of Kenmare.
Robes OF Peers.
The robes worn by the members of the
various degrees of the peerage at the
coronation of the monarch are regulated
| by precedent dating back for centuries
Those Of the first, or ducal degree, which
is regarded as so dienified that all princes
! Of the blood royal are created dukes on the
attainment. or shortly after, Of their ma.
jorty, must wear in the first place full
court dress or uniform. over this is car.
lined with white taffeta edged with mini
yer, which is the white fur of the ermin,
or stoat with the black tails attached
while the cape is of the same fur without
the black tails, but with four rows Of
black fur symmetrically arranged arount
1t. The dukes cap is Of crimson velvet
turned up with ermine, having a gold tas
sci on the top. This is replaced after tn,
NJ ha l.
a coronet consisting of a circle of gold o.
chased silver gilt, set around with eigh
strawberry leaves.
The coronation robe Of a duchess is ,
crimson velvet mantle, the cape furreC
with white miniver barred with four row
of black ermine five inches from tn
edge. The kirtle meets at the waist over
white panel. The bodice lie low and tight
lifting, with stomacher and panel of whit
or cream material, with fur bordering tn
top Of the bodice and continued in a ban,
over each shoulder. Her coronet is simila
to that of her husband, while her train 1
two yards in length.
Peers Of the next degree, or marquisea
wear precisely similar robes to those Of tn
dukes. but they are entitled to only tire
and half rows OF black fur on their capes
four on the right and three on the lief
side. The cap Is the same. but the coro
net Is adorned with four silver balls an
four golden strawberry leaves arrange
alternately.
A marchionesss robe differs from tina
of duchess in that 1t has only three an
half rows OF black fur round 1t, while he
train is reduced to yard and threS-quaI
ters in length. She wears a similar core
net to that OF her husband.
For an earl, or count, the robes are tn
same, but the bars of black fur are reduce
to three. His coronet is a circle OF gol
or silver gilt, chased end bordered wit
ermine, and it bears eight pyramidal point
placed around II alternately with eigt
strawberry leaves, while a large silve
ball is placed on the top of each point.
A countess wears on her coronation rob
only three rows of black ermine, the boz
der Of miniver being reduced to thre
inches and her train to a yard and a ha
; In length. Her coronet is tn same as this
of an earl
Vtscounts and Barons.
Viscounts are robed similarly to the peer
of higher degree, but are entitled to onl
two and a half rows OF black fur on the
capes arranged three on the right and tw
on the left side. The golden circle of
viscount's coronet is surmounted by sls
? teen silver balls.
The robe of a viscountess, in the sam
way, has but two and half rows of bIac
fur with a white border of two and a ha
inches. while her train Is a yard and
quarter In length.
For the barons, who form the lowest d,
gree of the peerage, only two rows {