The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-09
WHAT SHALL WEAR AT THE CORONATION? English Nobles Much WOr- ried, Dontcherknow OF RHODES SCHOLARS President of Carnegie Foundation Says Boys From United States
 Are Unsurpassed in
 intelligence

London, April S.-(Special )-The men milliners and gown makers among the
 men members of the nobility are all in a | flutter about the duds they are to wear
 at the coming coronation. No bevy of | women were ever more concerned about
 the dresses they were to wear at a ball | It is understood that it is the inten-
 ton of the king and queen to wear the same ceremonial robes at their corona | ton as were made for and used by King Edward and Queen Alexandra, The | kings mantle, resembles a cope and | fits the shoulders, being fastened in front by clasp. It is made of cloth of gold woven of plate-gold threads worked upon silk. Upon the cloth of | gold is embroidered a design of laurel | leaves, other parts of the robe being
 embroidered with emblems in various
 colors. The embems consist of the im-
 perial crown. the imperial eagle, the
 rose, shamrock and thistle, and the To-
 tus-flower, the emblem of India
 The queen's mantle of a wonderful shade of ruby purple. velvet. is IS feet
 in length. Standing boldly in the centre | is the crown, with the genista, the badge
 of the Plantagenets, from which springs
 rose tree.
 | The Duke of Norfolk, as Earl Marshall who is a sort of a dancing master has issued instructions regarding robes to be worn by peers and peeresses. They are | to be of crimson velvet, and the capes are to be powdered with bars similar to the ''powdering" on the capes of peers | By the depth of the edging of fur on the mantle the degrees of the wearer is | indicated. A baroness, wears an edging of 2-in., a viscountess 2-in a countess 3-in., marchioness Ain, and duchess | 5-in. l The length of a peeress' train upon | the ground-yet another sign of degree | is prescribed by the Earl Marshall as | follows Baroness, l yard, viscountess, | 1 IA yards, countess, 112 yards, march, | ioness. 1s4 yards, and duchess, yards. | In order concerning peers is as fol- | lows: That the robe or mantle be of crimson velvet, edged with miniver; the | cape furred with miniver pure, and pow | dered with bars or rows or ermine that
 is narrow pieces of black fur, according | to their degree, viz: Barons, two rows; viscounts, two rows and half; earls,
 three rows; marquesses. three rows and
 a half; dukes, four rows.
 Knights of the Garter, the Thistle, St. | Patrick the Bath. Star of India, St. | Michael and St. George, and the Indian | Empire will be allowed to wear the l niantcs which indicate their respective l orders. If the idea is followed out ad- l ditional splendor will be added to the l scene The mantle of the Garter is of | dark blue velvet, lined with taffetas ] With this there Is a surcoat of crimson l velvet lined like the mantle and adorned like it. on the left breast with an eight | pointed slver-embroidered star, within which is the red cross of St. George.
 The mantle of the thistle is of green velvet, and that of St. Patrick is of sky blue tabbinet The mantle of the Bath is red and on high state occasions the knights are entitled to wear crimson sur coats, vest and brooches of white satin, white stockings and shoes, golden spurs. | Thirty-eight thousand soldiers will march under command of Lord Kitchener. The ceremonies will cost the govern ment $1.OO0,0o0.
 Alexander Murray, master of Elibank' chief liberal whip, has in a letter to Sir
 Thomas Borthwick given strong intima'
 tion that the liberal party will create
 enough peers to swamp the tory element in the house of lords. He says in part
 .We are able to state on high au-
 thority that the King will take whatever stems may be advised by his ministers to
 secure that in the next parliament the
 will of the people, as expressed at tho
 general election, shall prevail
 MT. Balfour appears to find no faul'
 with the past action of the house ol
 lords. which, between 1906 and 190s in
 riot of political recklessness rendered the liberal government impotent and merely desires constitutional reform, in order