Show King EdWards rd s mourning s sI I London January 1901 The Beau Brummel of his time is the reputation that King Edward VH VII has s always alays en enJoyed enjoyed enjoyed Joyed greatly to his amazement and amusement for unlike his fellow sovereigns of Europe the English monarch has bas lia never neer loved lov to dress up to Ms hrs part Uniforms nd regalia he heartily dislikes knickerbockers brown shoes soft caps cups and negligee linen he delights in n and it was not until the sad summons to Osborne came that his London tailor received an order to renew throughout and on onan onan onan an elaborate scale the then Prince of Wales Vales whole wardrobe The messen messenger messenger ger to the prince calling him to his hia mothers bedside gave him frankly no hope that the queen would live and from that moment the heir to the throne thront went vent into the deepest mourn mourning mourning mourning ing Deepest Depest mourning the heir to the throne only assumes when his predecessor predecessor predecessor cessor his wife or one of his children tiles dies and with the exception of the mourning for tor his father and his son King ICing Edward has never worn com corn complete lete suites and trappings of woe With the death of the queen however his hs weeds must needs be deep They must needs be so elaborate in detail that from fr m the moment the first warn warning warning warnIng ing of her last illness was given his head hea valet and his tailors lost no time in preparing prepa ng the necessary new outfit of suitable garments In so far as the laws of court etiquette govern the crepe trimmings for fOI uniforms the king permitted the men In charge of his wardrobe to the established precedent on these thes points but with re regard regard regard gard to what might be called his private vate vete mourning he gave ave all the directions dIrections directions himself I It was his own notion that in follow followIng I Ing ng his mothers body to the grave grav e ehe i ithe the he masculine chief mourners in the funeral procession should wear long black cloaks doaks over their brilliant uni uniforms uniforms uniforms forms and the effect produced by b this device was impressive in the extreme For six months or until July eti etiquette etiquette etiquette quette and personal preference demand mand d that the king wear the heaviest mourning that a man can consistently assume and this implies suits of black and nothing but black clothes For six months following or until next De Dc December December cember half mourning must be adopted and not until after the coro coronation coronation coronation nation will the new British monarch feel himself privileged to don his Pis fa favorite favorite favorite color which is greyish brown shot with fine parallel lines of red and yellow that are with the he warm yet vet sobe olor lor of the body of the goods that only n on close ion 1 are the brighter tints observed FJ rom m a Scotch woolen mill this goods goads ha been turned out o t especially to fill filla a standing order of the kingS and the same mill Is now busily producing the same same quality of o goods In which the above colors have hae been een so often re repeated repeated repeated but at present the order from the he king calls for the material in solid black r 3 Outdoor Costumes From this his outdoor q walking Balking shooting and fishing Suits will be made the trousers bly cut on the he pattern long approved by Edward VII which is the new nEm fashionable full tull fastened below the knees by straps strai Of Sf the goods and plain small black enameled buckles For walking the coat is invariably an easy single breasted four buttoned and for shooting and fishing it is a loose old style Norfolk with plenty of pockets The cap worn with these suits is cut from rom a piece of the coat goods and a Scotch mill also supplies the thc all wool ool very heavily rib rIbbed ribbed bed ed long black hose Calf skin Oxford ties their ther soles reinforced and thick thickened thickened ened ned with cork absolutely plain white linen Inen showing very slightly above the high buttoned waistcoat a lusterless I black lack silk and a 0 large loose double fold collar conar are the details that hat characterize th in which the king passes ills 1 ot comfortable and careful hours Such jewelry as Is actually needed to complete masculine dress the king icing wears and for the mourning period a agun agun agun gun metal watch chain and sleeve links I will be used but King Edward adopts no superfluous ornaments his thin old fashioned gold watch which he seldom eldom carries belonged to his father and a small enameled shamrock leaf or a 0 plain knot of gold were the scarf pins he usually wore vore when in colors Against rings this democratic and yet et very conservative cons gentleman nourishes a sort of mild mUd prejudice Out of doors he carries a stout black stick that was given him years ago by his son the Duke of Clarence At one time the stick sUck was badly cracked when w en the king used it to defend his wife from a aI I dog that attacked her The stick has been reinforced by a u broad silver band riveted about It half way tty between fer ferr ferrule rule and handle and it is still the owners trusty trusts trust companion In misty weather over the easy walking w dress the king will wear weara a black box shaped yoked coat that the tailors have made at his special y i King Edwards Racing Boeing Coat request and for the morning a suit of black woolen bound wIth ith Uh black mourning braid is the chosen costume The coat is one of the new long tailed cutaways For the afternoon single eingle breast black frock suits with waist waistcoat waistcoat waistcoat coat and trousers of the same goods as the coats is what whit the royal tailors have ben been b en ordered to prepare The coats lapels are faced with lustreless black silk lk and the deepest possible weeds bind the black top hats that cover coer the royal crown As the king has grown older he has developed in preferences and d prejudices prejudices prejudices dices the strongest possible likeness to his mother This likeness is Nowhere more conspicuously displayed than th n in his taste In dress Like his mother he prefers that those about him should observe the most scrupulous court eti etiquette etiquette etiquette quette in the constant changing c and und the trilling appointments of their th ir toilets but he has none of Henry Vs fondness for adorning himself with the insignia of his rank Jank and he dislikes a change in the cut or r color of his gar ger garments ments meats almost as acutely as in the gov government government government itself A L X |