New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-26
WHAT SANTA BROUGHT
THE KINGS AND QUEENS
The Gifts They Gave to Each Other and to
Their Friends Were Marked in Most
Cases, by Great Simplicity.

Trims of the same nature being sent ~
any one two wears in succession. ana
certainly tends 10 obviate the uuiortu-
nate experience of very we'll known
member Of the encourage Of the late
Queen Victoria. who once plaintiyely re-
marked To friend that for fourteen
successive years he had regularly 70
ceived pair OF gold sleeve links with
the ROYAL monogram i'm diamonds, ami
that Dee was getting just 2 tride over
stocked .n these useful adjuncts
10y far from being the least important
OF Queen 'larys Christmas sits are
those which -laddened the hearts OF alb"
royal children on Christmas morning
To their selection the queen brought all
the discriminating affection and under
standing which mark all her relations
with her children and make their home
ufc 50 beautiful an example.
queen Mary dispenses Christmas gifts
with "a lavish hand. This year she showed
distinctly Oriental preference in her
choice Of gifts. This was partly inhu-
eu,ed by the fact that she brought home
from India at the beginning Of the year
some charming examples OF native work
manship. These included articles in gold.
silver. beaten brass and copper and some
rare specimens Of carved woodwork.
IVORY carvings also formed very notable
items Of the Queens gifts this year, n
Guiding some Of scarce old yellow pieces
which are now 50 much sought after by
connoisseurs.
Queen Mary likewise purchased IN
India large quantity OF magnificent
sillen and other fabrics for the greater
part very richly embroidered. These came
mainly from ka-shmir and the neighbor |
ing states. and are really masterpieces OF |
their kind. The greater portion Of these |
the Queen presented TO the ladies Of her !
household Another form OF gift which /
she distributed i'm large numbers this year +.
especially among her masculine friends
and attendants took the form OF dainty
ornaments mounted IN gold and platinum
and formed Of the sem-precious stones
aquamarineS carngorms, Dee pearls and
tho like-for which scotland is famous.
The Queen bought these stones in large
quantities during her recent stay at Bal
moral
Neither Queen Mary nor Queen Alex
ready-mace articles. and therefore any
thing they buy I'm a West End shop must
be at once novel and extremely striking
in design and manufacture. The great
bulk OF their Christmas presents is pro-
duced for them exclusively. and it is usu-
ally stipulated that these shall not b"
duplicated or initiated for general sale.
one well known firm received a very
sharp lesson iu this respect some four Or
five years ago QIeea Alexandra desired
to present several photographs Of herself
and the iatr King Edward 10 uer friends
u suitable silver frames The firm bon
question was invited to submit a special
design for these and an exceedingly
handsome pattern was ultimately selected
and the order placed. Much to her maj
esty's annoyance. sine found subsequently
that The firm was selling facsImiles ~
these photograph frames and advertising
them a. expressly designed for her mai
,sty" The result VAS that an intimatiou
was sent 10 them by the then Lord Stew
ard of the Household that their warrant
had been withdrawn and that they must
not look for any more royal orders