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TIN wardrobes of the past are thrown open, the language of other days, the manners, of other times hold sway. 'r quick, eager, hurrying world of today stands still for one moment to perform a great and solemn cere mony, and cream-colored horses perform the work now done by fiery motor-cars, and stately walking takes the place of rush and bustle. Letters commence "We greet you well," and request in sonorous terms the pres ence of great people with ancient names, "fur nished and appointed as Your rank and qual ity appertaineth," and end with "And so we bid you most hearty iarewell." Claims of rank, of past service, of old rights and privileges pour in. In the midst of quick, active 'ife, in a mechanical, colorless time, suddenly, blazing like the pages of an Illumi nated Missal, come claims of people who as pire to the titles of the King's Larderer, the Herbstrewer, the lutler, Carver, Waferer, to carry up the Courses, to bear the Silver Cup, to carry the Orb or one of the Sceptres, or perform some office as Sergeant of the Silver Scullery. It is a proof of the powerful charm that ap peals to all people in dressing ip, in relieving the dull monotony of this black-garbed day by the crimson and scarlet of the past. Even the Dean and Chapter of Westminster are affected by this appeal. They put in a claims for, 'among other things, "Six eils of dark-colored cloth. Ten yards of scarlet. Six yards of Sarcenet. Two pieces of double worsted." The.se for the Dean. And the third part of a Ttin of Wine and Fish according to the Bounty of His Royal Majesty for the Dean and Chapte s Repast. Scarlet cloth and crimson vel t, cups of gold and silver and all manner o perquisites are claimed by those holding office., A tangle of,- -v begins to unwind slowly; the Garter E kird the rhird, the white satin trunk )se of the Elizabethans, the atrophied re Iains of hoods, of insignia; man ties swollen ior diminished, crowns and cor onets of sh1aes set do wn hard and fast by rule, colors .inalterable, costumes laid down by law. Notiing is forgotten. The strangest 'mixture of tlgie ages. In this will be found echoes of old sumptuary laws, as, for example: Ed ward Ill. 1363._Lfuy, of ermine and let tice and embellish ments of pearls, ex cepting for a head - , ~ ~ dress, were forbid , den to all but Roy alty, or nobles pos sessing over' one thousand pounds a year. Today the length of every train, the arrange ment of the ermine, the forbidding of The Queen in Coronation Regali pearls in coronets will be found in the orders for the Coronation. Youtths, for example, must wear a costutme of black velvet with knicker bockers, black silk stockings, shtoes wvith steel buckles, and a glengarrty cap of black velvet, For the King matny things must be ptrepared. The ct-own must be alter-ed, the mantle and Supertunica fitted, scelptres, swords, gir-dles, spurs must all be got in readiness, The King atrrives. lie must wvear a kirtle, or surcoat, of critmsotn velvet with a large mantle and 1hood of the same, furred with ermine and bor-dered with rich gold lace, This is worn over the white underdress and white stockings of the Garter Robes, On his head he wears the Cal) of State of purplle velvet turned up with ermtine. T1ho mantle, of hugo propor-tions, is held up by a numnber of pages who wore, on the last occasion, a mnodifled Georgian coat with big cuffs, rutflles at the wrist, lacee cravats, shoulder-knots and swords, From the mnoment of the King's entrance to his exit the solemn process of dIressing and undr-essing him in garmuents symbolical of various virtues goes on. After he has been Recognized as King and Anointed, tihe Cap of State, the Mantle and the Surcoat are removed, For this anointing an Ampulla and a Spoon for the oil, of gold, have boon provided, as has also a Pall of cloth of gold embroidered with eagles and held over the King's head by four silver supports, these being held by foutr Knights of the Gar ter' in thteir robes. After this anointing the Pall is delivered back to the Lord Chamber lain, and is by him redelivered to tihe Groom of the Robes. The robes worn by the Knights of the Gar ter are of particular Interest. Originally the full dress consisted of a tunic, a mantle and a capuchon of blue woolen cloth, all thmese pow dotred with garters in gold, the mantle having ,one larger than the rest to enclose a shlield with the cross of St. George. Tis larger gar ter and shi~eld still remain. In the time of Richard the Second the garter color was in turn violet, white and blue. In Henry the Fifth's reign the color changed from white to scarlet, and back to white. Ini Henry the Sixth's reign the num ber of garters on the mantle Showed the degree of the rank of the wearer, just as the ermine spots show It today on the fur of the peers' hoods. It was an hundred-and-twenty garters for a duke, an hundred-and-ten for a marquis, ninety for an earl, and sixty for a knight bachelor. In this reign the material was changed from cloth to velvet lined with satin. Henry the Seventh abolished the powdering of garters, changed the color to purple and added the collar. In the reign of Henry the Eighth the habit was made to the fashion of the time and a flat cap added; the hood remained, but the chap eron was worn hung over the right shoulder and was called the huinerale. The color changed to crimson. Also the jewel called the ./ Lesser George was added to the collar, or chain, and was suspended on the breast by a chain or riband of black. At the present day the full dress of the Knights of the Garter consists in the mantle, hood, collar and surcoat, and trunks of white and white hose, WE shoes and ros ettes all of gold spangled gymp,/ with the collar The King, Holding tied back by big Is Crowned in St shoulder ros ettes of ribbon, and the garter round the right leg under the knee. The mantle is without a collar and is drawn together at the neck by long cordons of blue silk ending in big tas sels of mixed blue silk and gold thread. The Mantles of other Orders are, for the Thistle, rich green velvet lined with white. For the Order of the Bath, rich crimson satin. The Order of St. Patrick, sky-blue satin. St. Michael and St. George, Saxon-blue satin. The King, having been Anointed, seats him s-l9ft In. King''4mws~r- Chat, then, after the Knights of the Garter have *j.Asumfled their seats, he again rises and is invested with two garments of ecclesiastical signincance, the Coloblim Sindonis, and the Supertunica. The first vestment is In shape like a sleeveless mnonk's frock, or an alb, and is made of fine wvhite linen with an edging of lace round the border, and a flounce of lace, nine inches deep), at the bottom. This v estment is the second of a priest's Mass vestments, the Hirst being the Amice, which Kings do not wear. The Supertunica Is of the nature of a priest's Dalmatic and the privilege of wearing it was gr-anted to Abbots, and to Kings andt Emper'ors. It Is made of cloth of gold and Is wvoven with the signs of tihe Imiperilal Eagle, the Palm Blranch, the Rose, the Shamrock and Thistle. The Rose Is for England, England's flower dating far beyond the Tudor- Rose as it is repre sented, and beyond the York 1st and Lancastrian r-ose, and having more aninity with the golden rose Ed war-d thle First wore in his - . helmet. The Shanmrock is that plant used by St. Pat -- riek to illustr-ate the lesson of' the Tr-inity to his follow er-s. And the Thistle is a reminder of the salvation of thle Scots tso legend says) from the D~anes, who, walking barefoot to Sulrprise the enemy, tr'od on the spikes of Scottish thilstles and, (crying out, were betr-ayed. After these have been put on, thle two spurls are taken from the Altar by the Sub-Dean, who hands them to the Lord Greai~t Chambller lain, who, kneeling dlownl, touchles tile lKing's heels with them. Then tile Swor-d of State is girt about tihe King after lhe has reeived it into hIs r-ight hland. Tisi sw~or'd Is in a purple Afer hye / e ac abbard. 4 a nd h as - ---' been e x-\' hlorted to do justice -1 wvIth it, he rises and is ulngird ed, and the noble mn a n w ho first , receivedl it r'edeems it from the where i t - ' placedl, for the sum of The King Arrives, His o ne hun dIred shillings, and then carries it bare during theO rest of the ceremnony. The King is then invested1 with the Armilla or Stole, of cloth of gold. suitbhly embroidered, and then with tile Impleri~l .\antle, or Pall of bloth of Gold delivered by the Mas ter of the Robes; the Lord Great Chamberlain fastening the clasps of the Morse that buckles it. This Man tie is of great length and beauty, and is significant, as are all mantles frot Elijah's tnantle onwards to St. Mar tin, who divided his mantle out of charity. The mantle completts the ecclesias tical portion of the King's vestments, being an exaggerated form of the vope or chasuble worn by offlelating priests, and remaining in efligy on the tombs of some kings, notably on the tomb of Richard the First. After this the King again seats himself and receives the Orb into his right hand, this Orb being a symbol of the world over which the rules, and the Cross to show that his king dom is Christian. Then the Archbishop places the Ruby Ring on the fourth finger of the King's hand. It is a Table Ruby, having the Cross of St. George cut upon it, and is the Ensign of Kingly Dig. - nity. Then the two great Sceptres are given to the King after he has put on the Glove presented to him by the Lord of the Manor of the Worksop. The one is -- : the Sceptre with the Cross, and the other the Sceptre with the Dove. The first into his right hand, support ed by the Lord of the Manor of Workson, this being the Kingly Sceptre, and the oth er being the Rod of Equity and Mercy. At last, fully equipped, the the Two Scepters, King is crowned Edward's Chair. with St. Ed ward's Crown of pure gold encruste(I with jewels. There are about three hundred diamonds in the crown, and about three hundred pearls be sides a quantity of other precious stones. The great South African diamond, the Cullinan, which was cut into two parts, is now, the one part, called the Star of Africa, in the King's Sceptre, the lesser part being set into the crown beneath the Black Prince Ruby, a stone said to have been worn in the Black Prince's helmet at Crecy and Poictiers. There is, moreover, the huge oblong sapphire placed in the crown in 1820 by the-Prince Regent. Also the two pear-shaped pearls which were worn as earrings by Queen Elizabeth on her corona tion in 1558, and were added to the Crown by King Edward's special order. After the Coronation, in the language of the Rtubric, "the people with loud and repeat ed shouts, cry-: 'God save the King;' and hm mediately the Peers put on their Coronets: and the Kings of Arms their Crowns; the Trumpets sounding, the Dr-ums beating, the Great Guns of the Tower and the guns in the Park being shot off." When the acclamation enses the Arch bishop pronounces the Exhortation and then presents the Bible to the King, saying: "Our Gracious King, we present you with this Book, the most valuable thing that this world af' fords. Here is Wisdom. This is the Royal Law. These are the lively Oracles of God." The Archbishop now pronounces the Benie diction and the King goes ito the Theatr-e, where arec all the Great Oflicers of State, the two Bishops his Supporters' the Noblemen car-rying the Swords, the Swvord of State, the Pointed Sword of Spiritual Jhustice, the Point edl Sword of Temporal Justice, and the Cur tana, the blunt-ended Sword of Mer-cy. The King being then enthroned and the Ex hortation beginning, ''Stand fi rm and hold fast'' having beeni said, the Kinug delivers the Sceptre with the Cross andl tho Sceptre with the Dove to those noblemen who hear thema, andl receives the H omnage, flrst of the Ilishtops, after which the Arclhishop hisses him on t he left cheek. A fter- wle h conmc those of thle 11lood Iloyal to do the samte, and after that the Senior of eaich (degree (10 likewise, the Sentior' of thle Duikes, of the Mar-quesses, the Earls, the Viscounts atnd the ilarouns. Then the Printcesses pny I oma~ge and after them the Peetresses.i After the 1Homiage is A c e hama 1/ tion. This is followed by theo A no inting, - C tr o wuting a nd En thle Queen. :.e King - and1 Queen receive the Sacrtamncitt, having tak en offthieir crowns, lie fotre this, as they kneel, the King makes Train Borne by Pages, his offeritng of a Pail or Altar ('loth of ten yat-ds in length offered in a roll, atnd an Ingot ot gold of a rioundt weight, Then the Queen ma~kes her offering; of a Pall, and a Mark weight of gold in like antner as the Kfing. The Service being concluded, His Majesty is disrobed of His Roy al imperial Mantle. and is arrayed in Ils Royal Robe of Purple Velvet and receives his Crown of State, and the Queen likewise. After which they pass to the West doer of the Abbey, their Majesties wearing the'r crowns, the King bearing in his right hand the Sceptre with the Cross, and in his left the Orb. and the Queen bearing in her right hanr her Sceptre with the Cross, and in her left the Ivory Rod with the Dove. A glowing, glorious and moving spectacle which words cannot convey. The blaze and sparkle of colors and jewels, the sea of crim. son velvet and white ermine like wave-crests. The huge Standards of England, Ireland and Scotland, and the Standard of the Union; the Eibroidered Cushions for the Crowns and Rings; the Knights of the Orders in full dress; the Ileralds with their Tabards and their fan tastic titles, Unicorn Pursuivant, Portcullis and Rouge Dragon Pursuivants, and the Kings of Aris, Garter, Lyon, Clarenceux, Ulster and Norroy, a host of quaint and curious names and offices. Nor is this all. No detail but is carefully arranged as, for example, this list of what the Peers and Peeresses must wear whereby their rank is shown. THE PEERS. For all: A mantle of crimson velvet edged with miniver. The cape furred with miniver pure, and powdered with bars or rows of er mine (i.e., narrow pieces of Islack fiu-) accord ing to their degree. The use of this fu-, mini Yetr, or vair, for persons of high degree, is of very ancient origin, dating fron the time in the Middle Ages when persons of all ranks wore hoods of sonie kind of skins. One could tell in the fourteenth century who were knights or nobles at a tourniamnent by the min iver of their hoods. Sable, er-mine, vair and gris were reserved for the use of the kings and nobles; other ranks wore squir-el and lamb, peasants woic badger and cat skins. The cape worn today o: the Peers' mantle is the remains of this custom. Ilarons wear two rows of ermio. Viscounts weat- two rows and a hial. Earls wear three rows. Marquesses wear three rows and a halt. Dukes wear four rows. These Robes are worn over full Court dress, Uniform or Regimentals. Their Coronets are to be of silver gilt; the Caps of crimson velvet turned up with ermine, with a gold tassel on the top; and no jewels I. 'II , The Archbishop Preparing to Crown the King. or preciouts stones atre to be set or utsed in the (-oronets5, otr couniterfeit peat-Is i nsteadl of nllvar bails. Tihe ('ap of crimsoni velvet and fur once w~or-n by peers itn i'arliatment Islte sigtn of thitr right to the ipeerage, the metal (-rowni showing the dlegtree of tho wearer -4thus: A I lar oi's Cotron'-t h as otn the rimi six ilv 'or balls sot at equal distances. A Viscount's Cor-onet hais sixteen silver bails. Anm Eatrl's ('oronet has eightt silver haills raLised onl p)oints, with goldt strawberrty leaves between the points. A Mairiuess' Corone t has foiur gold str-aw berry leaves, and( fotur silve'r boils ait(-tnat ely. A Dutke's Coronet has eight goldi st rawberry leaves. TilE PEERESSES. For all: A mantle of crimson velvet, with a ('ape furtred with miniver pure, and pow dered with tows of ermine. Fot' a tar-oness: The Mantle to be edlged r-outnd with miniver putre two inches in~ breadlthi, and the train to be thtree feet on the ground. Tihe ('ape to have twvo rows of ermins. Fotr a Viscoutntess: The edge of the Matntie as before; the tr-an to be a yar-d and a qumar-ter oin the ground. For a Countess: The edging of fur to ito three inches in breadth, and the train a yardi and a half, For a Marchioness: The edging to be four inches in breadtht, and the train a yard aid three- q uart Iers. Fot- a Dumchess: The edging to be five inches bro-ad, and the train two yards on ths ground. Their dIress consists of a Kirtlo of crlmnson velvet bordered all rotnd, wvtih a nuar row edging of miniver scalloped in front, plain other-wis". The Kimrtie opens from thit wai.at and wideons gradually down to tile gromud. it may als~o be gathered back in three restmoon. each tied back with a how oftinsel, Vienna Stye Sausage A od dish for a Luncheon or Supper. Brown the con. tents of a tin of Libby's Vienna Sausages in the frying pan and serve with baked potatoes. Easy to serve --fine to eat Look for the Libby label which means quality. Libby, McNeill d& Libby EXAMINE ALL MONEY CIAULI Ug. Xnllsiem, hulea Agenty, 109 Broad 8i4,9 New bNorl TOOK HER AT HER WORD. Mr. Ientton ilome--Why, where's the new chambermaid? M rs. lienton Ilolme--I told her to dust this morning, and an hour later I found that she had dusted. Showed Tact of King. It was the ardor of the day at a laite shoot. at Sadringham that when phelasants should not be shot, and one oif the guests brought down a hen whieh fell near King Edward's place ini the line. Anxious not to hurt the offender's feelings by an over rebuke, the king pointed to the corplus delicti and~ sld: "Alh, (Gurney, what a man you are for the ladies! "-Life of Ed ward VII. WANTED TO BLEEP Curious That a Tired Preacher Should Have Such Desire. A minister speaks of the curious ef feet. of Grape-Nuts food on himt and how it has relieved himii. "You will doubtless understand how the suffering from Indigestion with which I usedi to be t roubhled made my work an almi tost unendu trable burden; :inid why it. was that aifter my Sabbath Jut i's had beeni iertormed, sleep was El ttranger to my 1)1llow till nearly ;iaylighit.. "I had to bet very careful as to what I ate, and even with all my care I ex pierienceed ignMran t physical dist ress after meals, andi my food never satla. !ledi me. "Since I be'gan I the use of Grape. Nu1ts thei benefits I have derived from it ar:e very dlefinite, I no longer suffer 'roml 1( in!gest ion, and I began to im prove~ from thle time Grape-Nuts ap "I indl that. by eating a dish of this food after imy Sabbath work Is done, (anid I always do no now) my nerves ire qluleted and rent and refreshing -leep are ensured me. "'I feel t hat I Could not possibly do wt ouGrape-Nuts food, now that I kniow its valuie. It is invariably on our .able--we feel that we need It to make the meal complete and our children will eat Uralie-Nuts when they cannot be plersuadehid to touch anything else." Namuo givent by Postum Co., Battle Creek1 Mic higan. lteadl the famous booklet, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a !Nver rend thme above letter? A new e1ut'iNfrom time to time. They