The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-21
YANKEE GIRLS ARE
TO WEAR COR0NETS
American Born Peeresses to
Play Leading Roles at
Coronation.
american News Service)

american News Service)
London, Jan. 21.-Already the coro-
nation has become the staple-of dis
cussion in society. especially to wit
ness the GROWING of their most sacred
Majesties. King George the Fifth and
Queen Mary
The Earl Marshal's order permitting
pecresses to wear their coronets at
| the grand ceremony has been greeted
with much satisfaction among the tit
led ladies. 1t is recalled that King
Edward. prior to his coronation, gave
orders that peeresses had better wear
neatly inconspicuons gilt circlets, in
stead of their coronets. But the peer
esses knew their HEREDITARY privileges
and protested vigorously. AS conse-
quenee King Edward, who was nothing
| If not at all gallant gentleman. pune
tilliously considerate of feminine feel
iags, gave way with truly royal grace
and permitted the ladies to wear their
proper and hereditary coronets.
Among those who will assume the
impressive gold headdresses on that
most impressive occasion in Westmin-
ster Abbey next June will be all those
pretty American women who have
welded English, Irish and Scotch tit
| les. 1t is the law. however, that no
| titled woman ranking below a baron
ess has right to coronet, and this
in consequence, will limit the number
of velvet capped Americans at the
Abbey ceremonies.
Only three Americans, for instance,
can wear the famous coronets with the
eight gold strawberry leaves, denoting
the highest rank of the British nobili-
ty. These will be their graces of MARI
borough. Manchester, and Rexburghe,
and each Of these ladies. who before
their marriages were Miss Conseulo
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 Roxburghe have ap-
peared at Coronations.
Warehouses coronet.
Just trifle less splendid than the
coronet of a duchess is that worn by
a warehouses. There will be only
one American woman to represent
this branch of the peerage. She is
the Warehouses of Dufferin, who was
Miss Flora Davis of New York. Her
coronet will be of silver gilt, surmount-
ed by four gold strawberry leaves, al
ternating with four silver balls, the
latter a little raised on points above
the rim.
! In point of elaborate splendor a
countess's coronet is the most snowy
worn by any titled lady. 1t is like the
Warehouses; of silver gilt, chased as
jeweled. but surmounted by eight sill
yer balls raised upon points, with gold
en- strawberry leaves between the
points. The cap is of crimson velvet,
turned up ermine, with golden tassel.
There are half a dozen American coun-
tesses who will exploit these coronets.
/ the best known of whom are the coun-
tess 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.
Several women from the states will
be entitled to wear the coronets of
baronesses, and in comparison with
those of the marchionesses and coun-
tesses, they can best be described as
neat, but not gaudy. Only six silver
bally ornament the silver gilt band,
above which puffs out the crimson
velvet cap with its golden tassel.
The robes to be worn by the peeress-
es are as strictly prescribed in the
orders of the Earl Marshal as are
the coronets. According to the Off
cial orders just issued the dress worn
by pee-esses must consist of a kirtle
of crimson velvet. bordered all round,
with a 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. 1t may also be gathered back
in three festoons, each tied back with
a 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, of brocade, in accordance
with the taste of the peerless. The
brocades must be of gold or silver on
the petticoat, as it would not be cor.
rect to introduce any color. Jewels
may be worn round the neck, on the
bodice and on the petticiat. Permis-
sion is given to the peeresses to wear
the robes and kirtles they wore at the
last coronation, if they SO desire.