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Show SIX NOBLE LADIES TO Kill Til Queen Mary Selects English Bean-ties Bean-ties to Participate in Coronation Coro-nation Ceremony, PRINCESS FROM INDIA King George May Wear Robes Once Sold at Public Auction in London. BY LADY MARY MANWARINO. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON. April 1. Queen Mary will adhere to tho customs of earlier periods in arranging for the social side of the forthcoming coronation. It Ie now settled that .the queen will not be attended by pngca, her majesty having expressed a desire that her train should be borne by young ladies, six of whom huvo already been chosen These are all daughters of carls, and owing to the length and weight of the magnificent train that is being prepared it may be desirable to add two morn to tho list. Ladles, not pagea, should curry tho queen's train at tho coronation, according accord-ing to precedent, and Quoen Mary's decision de-cision is only in accordance wiUi that It does not seem to have been noticed at the time, but tho pages who attended Queen Alexandra at her coronation were an Innovation. All records of the coronations corona-tions of queens and queen consorts before that show that It was the custom to have ladles to hold the train. Queen Victoria had eight lady train-boarers train-boarers dressed In white satin and silver tissue with wreaths of silver corn oars and pink rose trimmings. The train-bearers train-bearers already appointed arc Lady Victoria Vic-toria Carrlngton. daughter of Earl Car-rington: Car-rington: Lady Mabel Ogllvy, daughter of tho Countess and the late Earl of Alr-lle; Alr-lle; Lady Adelaide Spencer, daughter of Earl Spencer: Lady Jean Cochrane, daughter of the Earl of Dundonald; Lady Marv Dawson, the younger daughter of Lord and Lady Dartrcy, and Lady Eileen Butler, tho tall, graceful debutante, daughtor of Lord and Lady T.ancahor-ough. T.ancahor-ough. All the ladles are quite young and are of noted good looks. DrcBses Chosen for Tlicm. Queen Mary will no doubt decide what dresses her ladles shall year, but Queen Victoria, on account of her youth, loft nil this to the mistress of tho robes, the Duchess of Richmond. The duchess, knowing that the young ladles very naturally nat-urally had Ideas of their own, said to Lord Melbourne: "One thing I was determined about. Hint I should have no discussion with tholr mammas about It." Queen Victoria stood sponsorMn porson to Lady Victoria Carrlngton. and tho rountess of Alrllo. mother of Lady Mabel Osrllvy, Is an extra lady of the bed chamber cham-ber to the nuecn In the forthcoming coronation; coro-nation; Lady Mary DawFon Is acting as hpnorarv secretary for Iroland for tho coronation gift to the ouoen from those who bear the name of Mary- Eobes Sold at Auction. It Is a fact, generally forgotten, that the coronation robes of George IV., which, it has been suggested, his majesty maj-esty King George V. may wear at the coming ceremony, were once sold at auction. auc-tion. With other official costumes of George IV. they "were "put up" at Phillips's Phil-lips's auction rooms in Bond street in 1E31. Tlw magnificent coronation mantle of purple velvet was sold as "lot 95" for a paltry ?229, though It was probably worth ?1Z50 at least. Another splendid crimson velvet coronation mantle, which cost $2083, sold for $1175. Other Items on the catalogue were "the coronation ruff of superb Mechlin" and the coronation coat, waistcoat, and trunk hose. And these sumptuous vestments or most of them passed Into the hands of Madame Tussaud, though it is extremely extreme-ly doubtful if they were ever allowed to even graco a wax figure. Indian Princess Coming. The coronation of King George V. will bring to London probably the largest gathering of royalty ever assembled In one kingdom. News of the acceptance of invitations to attend the coronation are received from royal personages in different countries each week. One of the latest announcements Is that he: highness, the begum of Bhopal. has arranged ar-ranged to come to England for thu coronation. coro-nation. This will be the llrst visit of this accomplished princess, and as she 1s a purdah lady, she may be expected to appear ap-pear In London as In India on public occasions oc-casions wearing her burkha. a thick veil concealing her features. This princess ranks high In the order of precedence of Indian chiefs. Tier rank entitles her to a salute of nineteen guns. Only throe chiefs in all Hindustan Hindu-stan can claim more than that number. Other Indian princes at the Abbey ceremony cere-mony will probably Include the gaekwar of Barodn, twenty-one guns; tho ma-haraja ma-haraja of Patiala, seventeen guns; tho thakur sahib of Gondal. oleven guns; the raja of Pudukol. . eleven guns, and the raja of Rajpiola, eleven guns. |