Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-22

the strength Of the six fair girls VINO
were train bearers to carry IT. h7
oueen is said to have taken a great
deal of interest in the preparation OK
her coronation outfit, although she real
" cares nothing at all about dress ana
absolutely refuses to follow the fash-
ions. preferring clothes that are
BILE and comfortable, Mary abhors
such eccentricities as the harem skirt
and has forbidden the appearance Oh
the tight skirt at court.
The crown prince of Germany anu
PRINCESS Cecilie were two Of the most
popular foreign visitors. Ihere is no
doubt that this royal couple are a
charming and agreeable pair, putting
on no airs with their interiors, as sons
of the lesser royalties were inclined 10
do. Yet this did not altogether account
for the reception given them. 1t only
strengthened the belief that a match
between the young Prince OF Wales
and Princess Victoria Louise, the7
kaiser's daughter, is not altogether I'M
considered In exalted circles.
In a couple Of years no doubt he VIII
be married, for his mother at least pc
neves in youthful matches. An am
ance with Germany would be usetul
from q diplomatic point Of view. n
the members of the English royal fam
tIy are German in their origin ana
tastes. The present king and queen
are the first English royal couple for a
long time to use English perfectly ana
adopt it In their private Conversations
Queen Victoria and her husband always
spoke German in private, and the late
King Edward spoke English with a
strong German accent.
The coronets to accompany the robes
of peers and peeresses are not OF real
gold, as many people think. They are,
in fact, merely silver gilt for the most
part, the cap being of red velvet, with
q white silk lining, and trimmed with
ermine, In order to keep the crown OF
a peeress In its place on her head it Is
fastened to her hair by bluat gilt pins.
The average cost of such d coronet Is
about $50 to S75, this varying as to
whether 1t be electro gilt or water gilt.
One of the most interesting visitors
for the coronation was the begun OF
Bhopal. The begun of BhOpals pres
ence was directly due to the encour-
agement Of King George, who was
greatly interested in her during his In
! dian tour as Prince of Wales.
When the begun vas presented to
his majesty at the Indore durbar be
conferred on her the insignia of the
grand commander Of the Indian en-
pire. She was the first woman in In
dia to receive that honor. On that oc.
casion the begun appeared before
King George with her face entirely
hidden behind a burka of a light blue
material, while her head was crowned
In gold and her small figure draped in
a deeper shade of blue-a costume
worn at the coronation.
Bhopal is the only state in the world
where the ruler must always be a wo-
man. In former days the husbands OF
the begums occupied a curiously unim-
portant position In the state and were
freely changed, as the fancy of the
ruler or the supposed necessities of
her politics happened to require.
The present begun is the only living
woman ruler who has been In action
with her W troops. During a pill
grimage to Mecca she and her body
guard were attacked by Arabs, whom
she repulsed after a fierce encounter.
MABEL.