Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29
CORONATION RULES OF QUEEN
Elaborate Preparations for the Crown
ing Event in the British
Royalty.

The design for the coronation dress is
not finally settled, reports the London
Times. Princess Louises, duchess Of Ar
gyll, is believed to be making the drawing
for the embroideriss, and the Royal School
OF Art Needlework will carry them out,
There is reason TO believe that Queen
Mary will wear the train worn by Queen
Alexandra in 1902, as the king will wear
the coronation robe worn by King Ed
ward VII. Queen Alexandra's train is
glorious ruby-red velvet affair, covered
with a mass of gold embroidery the
effect being heightened by the alternate
use of gllttering and dull gold. Crowns,
roses and thistles are on It, and no child's
dream OF a royal robe was ever more
worthy Of a queen Queen Mary has
been inspired by artistic feeling in her
choice of various state dresses, for they
are all to be simple in line, cut princess
shape, and, for the most part, with draped
bodlcesi we need not say also that they
are without tied in, or indeed, very narrow
skirts. The gown for the opening OF Par
Lament will be predominatingly black.
The train which we have reason to be-
lieve will be worn by the queen, and which,
as stated above, was worn by Queen Alex
andrs at her coronation, is eighteen feet
lined throughout with miniver. 1t has a
cape from the shoulders about eighteen
inches deep OF the same fur, and is bor-
dered all round with an edging OF ermine
three inches wide. II is powdered or SEINE
with imperial crowns embroidered partly
in glittering plate gold and partly in Chi
nese gold the crosses and fleurs-de-lis In
what is known as purl the balls along the
arches OF the crowns being made OF gold
studs and the bases of sparkling silver
thread. These crowns are set sixteen
inches apart every way and are thirty in
number.
The whole train is surrounded by a very
rich golden border divided into the three
parts between the first part of which and
the ermine border is strip of the velvet
showing and making a fine contrast TO
the fur and the gold. The first part is Of
cloth Of gold with a running pattern Of
bright pale gold on a rich, mellow tint, and
on this are applied hundreds of the Eng
lish rose in very thick embroidery. The
next part is of the velvet, and on 1t is
wrought a pattern formed OF branches Of
oak leaves and acorns held together al
ternately by the crosses and fleurs-de-lis
of the imperial crown. This border is so
finely worked as TO have the appearance
of being a gold jewel; the leaves are OF
bullion gold, the stems of Chinese, the
acorns of thick bullion, their cups OF
/ gold beads sewed closely together and
the fleurs-de-lis and crosses of many diff
ferent sorts Of gold, the latter set off with
jewels OF gold.
The third part Of the border is of cSth
Of gold woven on a ruby purple ground,
| and is of oak leaves among stems sup
porting alternate English roses and fleurs-
de-lis embroidered as in the former in
stances The whole border is fifteen inches
wide. At the end of the train is a very
rich piece Of embroidery yard and halt
I In length, filling up the whole sweep OF the
train. This is meant TO represent the
growth OF the British kingdom, by means
Of a vigorous rose tree ascending through
the crown of the ancient kings Of England
and spreading upward into strong branches
bearing double flowers, the center portion
being OF gold and the inner Of silver petals
and leaves armed with stout thorns.
As the tree grows upward the thistl,
and shamrock are grated on to it, and al
last it envelopes the star of the Indian em
pire and is surmounted by the lowest o.
the imperial crowns which cover the res
Of the train, Among the roots OF the ue'
sprout the fleur-de-lis of France.
The great stems of this piece are EN-
bToidered in plate gold, Chinese and Othe
kinds, with the thorns OF a very sparkling
gold thread; the leaves OF the rose an,
the shamrock are OF pur the leaves o
the thistle OF bullion with great veins o
plate. and It's flowers are very beautiful!
shaded with purple SILK The star OF Indii
is Of silver with golden rays, whose bril-
lance is expressed by golden studs grad
ually diminishing in size OF mere points o
gold.