South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-01
MARY'S TROUSSEAU
is LONDON GOSSIP
Every English Lass Aspires 10
be Bridesmaid 10 the
ROYAL Princess.

LONDON. Dec 31.-Thsre IS ire
mendous c0upe1tion among the
daughters or Britaiu's nobility for
the honor Of acting as bridesmaid
% Princes Mary IL Is presumed
that she viii have ar least eight att
tendants but several OF the places
are booked Automatically hy royalty.
or semi-royalty. Three practically
certain starters" are Princess Maud.
daughter of the Princess Royal;
Princess Nay. daughter OF Princess
Alice. Countess Of AthIcne. and Lady
May Cambridge. daughter Of Queen
Mary's brother. the Marquis OF
Cambridge.
The claims OF hundreds OF other
eNgibles are being carefully eX-
amined by the Lord Chamberlain
department.. which first Of all
studies the reputation OF the can
didates families and excludes rela-
tions Of divorces or others whom
the breath Of scandal may have
touched. The revised list viii be
forwarded TO the bride-eIect for
final selection
supplied by the various associations
providing work for war widows and
orphans and Will be entirely Brit
ish. Irish lace viii form a large part
OF "frilly' section OF the rousseau,
as well as Irish linen. and the whole
will be hand worked Thee viii
probably be some wonderful Indian
shawls gifts from indian poten-
tates. and a few special national
gifts from Australia. Canada and
other British dominions. The gowns
however, VIII be entirely OF English
make.
Host Of Applicants.
Queen Mary and her daughter
have already taken this important
matter under their own personal di-
rection. although the Lord Cham
pertains department. will be in
charge Of the routine work Of sort
ing out the host OF applicants for
the honor OF providing portions OF
the trouSSeau.
In view OF the immense fortune
OF the bridegroom-elect, the
princess viii be able to crafty her
tastes TO the fullest extent. and her
wardrobe will be much more extern
sive than the average royal brides.
Princess Mays marriage license
Is a much more imposing affair than
that required by the ordinary bride.
II is a Royal Warrant" signed by
King George and endorsed by the
Archbishop OF Canterbury, and is
huge sheet OF parchment so inches
square II Is entirely "engrossed" by
hand in the old-world flowing script.
with huge black-Ietter insertions
'ewhereases." by the Grace Of
God " ives" and "Our Royal AS
sents throughout the document.
1t is the work Of T. J. Bull. the
veteran chief clerk at the Arch
bishops Faculty Office, who has pre-
pared all royal marriage licenses for
the past forty years Bull. who takes
an artists pride IN his work. ad-
mitted that the license took him Is
hours 70 draw up. and needed 20
quill rens trimmed down 10 various
thicknesses for different parts Of
the work The marriage certificate
viii be a similar document
Pick Of Royal Mansions.
Hardwood House. the Lasceues
ancestral home, IS a magnificent
mansion eight miles north OF Leeds,
built in 1861. II took il years TO
complete and cost a fortune. Dur
ing the recent war II narrowly es-
capped destruction in an air raid.
In addition 10 this famous man
sion, Princess Mary VIII have half
a dozen other residences to choose
from the most magnificent being
Chesterfield House. South AUdley ST.,
London. which NisCount Iascelles
bought for his own use a couple OF
years ago out Of the fortune left
him by his uncle. the miser- Marquis
OF Clanricarde Built for the fourth
Lord Chesterfield COT Letters to