The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-21
Ladies Who Have English Titles
Through Marriage Waiting
for the important
Event
RANK AMONG THE NOBILITY
Those Who Are Entitled to Witness
Growing Of King George and
Queen Mary Have Been
Notified Already.

London, Jan. 21.--Already the coro-
nation has become the staple of dis
cussion in society. especially among
those favored ones who, by virtue OF
| their birth or marriage. are entitled
to witness the crowning of their most
sacred Majesties King George the Firth
and Queen Mary.
The Earl Marshars order permitting
peeresses to wear their coronets at the
great ceremony has been greeted with
much satisfaction among the titled la
dies. 1t is recalled that King Edward
prior to his coronation. gave orders
that peeresses had better wear neatly
inconspicuous gilt circlets, instead of
their coronets. But the peeresses knew
| their hereditary privileges and pro-
tested vigorously. AS a consequence
King Edward. who was nothing If not
a gallant gentleman. punctilliously
considerate of femme feeling. gave
way with truly royal grace and per-
mitted the ladies to wear their proper
and hereditary coronets.
Three Are of Highest Rank.
Among those who will assume the
impressive gold headdresses on that
most impressive occasion in West
minister Abbey next June will be all
those pretty American women who
have welded English, Irish of Scotch
titles. IL is the law, however. that no
titled woman ranking below n baron
ess has a right TO coronet. and this,
in consequence, will limit the number
Of velvet capped Americans at the Alb
hey ceremonies.
Only three Americans, for instance
can wear the famous coronets with the
eight gold strawberry leaves, denotng
the highest rank of the British nobil-
ity. These will be their graces of
Marlborough, Manchester and Rox-
burghe, and each of these ladies. who
before their marriages were Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt Of New York, Miss
Helen Zimmerman of Cincinnati and
Miss May Goelet OF New York, will
! find the proper golden headdress all
ready for her as other duchesses of
Marlborough, Manchester and Rox-
DurBne nave appeared at cOrOnatlOnS
Others To Wear Coronets.
Just a trine less splendid than the
coronet of a duchess is that worn by a
marchioness. There will be only one
American woman to represent this
branch of the peerage. She is the Mar
chioness of Dufferin, who was Miss
Flora Davis of New York. Her coronet
will be of silver gilt, surmounted by
four gold strawberry leaves, alternat-
ing with four silver balls, the latter
little raised on points above the
rim.
In point of elaborate splendor a
countesses coronet is the most showy
worn by any titled lady. 1t is like the |
narchioness's, of silver gilt chased as
jeweled but surmounted by eight sill
yer balls raised upon points, with
golden strawberry leaves between the
points. The cap is of crimson velvet,
turned up ermine, with a golden tassel. |
There are half a dozen American |
countesses who will exploit these cor
onets. the best known of whom are the |
Countess of Essex, who was Miss Adele |
Grant; the Countess of Craven, who |
was Miss Cornelia Bradley Martin. and
the Countess of Suffolk, who was Miss
Daisy Letter
Description of Robes.
Several women from the States will !
be entitled to wear the coronets of bar
onesses, and in comparison with those
Of the marchionesses and countesses. |
they can best be described as neat but /
not gaudy Only six silver balls orna-
ment the silver gilt band. above which
puffs out the crimson velvet cap with |
its golden tassel
The robes to be worn by the peer
esses are as strictly prescribed in the
orders of the Earl Marshal as are the
ders just issued the dress worn by
peeresses must consist of kirtle of
crimson velvet. bordered all round
with narrow edging of miniver seal
loped In front plain otherwise. The
kirtle, which may be fastened down the
back or in front. opens from the waist.
widening gradually down to the
ground. II may also be gathered back
in three festoons. each tied back with
bow of gold tinsel The sleeves
should be about nine inches long. and
have two narrow rows of miniver. be-
low which are five lappets varying in
length. Peeresses may wear white
lace sleeves below these lappets.
The petticoat must be white. or
slightly cream-colored. with lace. en-
broidery. or brocade, in accordance
with the taste OF the peeress. The
brocades must be of gold or silver on
the petticoat, as II would not be cor
rect TO Introduce any color. Jewels may |