Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-18
Thompson Feature Service, 1919. Copyright

niture in Her Majestys dressing
room was the wash stand-a great
marble slab of of-perfect black, resting
on solid silver legs, the chefs-d' 'aeu-
vre of some London silversmiths.
Above was a mirror. with. richly
ornamented, broad silver frame, set
in the wall. A big table groans un-
der the weight of innumerable bot
ties and platters, filled with toilet
waters, medicines and a thousand
and one things-jugs of milk and
plateful of cucumbers, bran wa
ter at the side of Ambree creme, fat
powders and others, vaseline, eauX
of a hundred denominations, vine
gars of all brands, rose waters, "elec-
tricity Drops" opium, and what not.
Once the Emperor strayed into
the room, and, seeing and smelling
this exhibition, remarked: II did
not know the Schloss Apotheke had
moved up here. And what is that?"
he added, pointing, to the cucumber
plate; "are you making yourself a
salad between times? I see you have
plenty of VinegarS and oils around.
The Empress sometimes attends
luncheon in grand toilet and deco1-
lete, habit English women pro-
nounce shocking and Americans re-
gard as ridiculous in the extreme.
1t is, however, nothing of the kind
in Germany, where evening dress is
quite the proper thing, il not the
obligatory one, on all occasions of
ceremony or social intercourse of a
higher order,
Altogether there were four prin-
cipal meals at the Berlin court, three
of which were usually attended by
guests and the highest officials of the
household. The Kaiserin made it a
point to appear on all these occa-
sions in different styles of dress.
At a matter of fact, Auguste Vic
toria wears seven or eight different
gowns every twenty-four hours, and
tries on from ten to twelve to see
which suit her best. If. for in
! stance, a sea-green demitoilet is or
dered for the theater, the wardrobe
women must arrange all dresses OF
that color and description on the
numerous skeleton puppets that line
the walls in Her Majesty's clothes
presses, each robe having it's own SET
of accompaniments as to stockings
| shoes, petticoats, wraps, and head
gear.
About an hour and a half before
| the carriage starts, the Empress
comes in to inspect her treasures
and to decide what she will wear
But that does not end matters. FIRE.
quently, when her toilet Is nearly
| finished, the august lady discovers
that the shade chosen is not be-
coming to her on that particular
| day. "It makes me look DID," or, 81
am afraid this color will not do un-
der the electric light-what doe:
Your Excellency Think" This tc
Countess Brockdorff, grand mis-
tress.
OF course, that lady agrees with
the implied opinion. and Away with
this confounded toggery!" as Napo.
leon the Great said when divesting
himself of his coronation robes. An.
other costume, with its numerous
accessories, is brought from the
mighty closets, and the process OF
robing is renewed, while probably
two thousand people or more, hav-
! ing paid spectators prices for the
honor of sitting under the same rooi
with the imperial couple, are loyal
ly wonderfully why the overture ii
delayed.
The Kaiserin seldom wears the
same dress twice unless it has pre-
viously undergone a, radical change
/ in her own workship, where she
keeps from four to six dressmakers
busy all the year round. On an
average, Her Majesty uses up. or al
least buys, from two hundred to two
hundred and twenty-five costumes
in the course of a year, some cost
| ing as little as one hundred dollars
The bills for others, by their size,
| give her chief of cabinet, Baron Won
Mirbach, palpitations.
Shop-Keepcrs Worry About Money
Lately the Kaiserin's want of de-