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Show II American Men and American Clothes Abroad in Mii.i..uMiuiirBagssBsaXBBaBPmg Trie. What Can Our Diplomats Wear at the Coum " of Europe 1 " Kvia votcs. HILL history introduces us R.""Jj to man In the (Jnrelen of .JjiSfji Eden In the unadorned garb 0)g, of simplicity and purity. A ' ui?J little later wc find hlmsevv ' ing llg leaves together In an elTort to make a covering for himself, and (!od walking In tho Harden In the cool of the daj discovering Ms shame ami providing for him 11 covering of hklni. Viovvid from the mnn side nt least, magnificent and gnrgcuus advancement ad-vancement lias been made in the adornment adorn-ment of mnn and woman, too, for that matter slnco those primitive elnvs Jinn liai come to be known, to a very great extent at least, by the dreis lie wears. If not In this lnnel of American simplicity, most assuredly so In foreign lands vvhero court ceremonies cere-monies rciUire pomp and finery, and the leabt Item nf buckle or lilt nf gold lace Is weighed with nil the solcmnlt) and care of tho profuiindeit matters of state. Just at the present time this is especially trim In England, where tho claboi.ate plans for the coronation of King Edward aro being cnrefullj laid. All Engl mil Is astir over the matter. 'I Im upjMr nualltv, who expect ex-pect to help Edward nut on tills Important Im-portant occasion, nre In an agony of feve risk nnxiet) lo conform to nil the minute specillcntlons for court dress, m inner nnd conversation, while the undei ninix, which c-xpecta to provide the hundred of thousands of awed spcctntnis for the olTalr, havo already begun to guzc and wonder. Aiuerlenns nru not nltogcthcr disinterested disin-terested beholders of all this, for three of their cottntrjmen arc to represent the United htntis ut tlusc momentous ceremonies. (Jen. James II. Wilson for the army nnd Capt. Cla'k, of tlm navy, with Jtr. Whltrlnvv IEeid, statesman states-man and diplomat, havo been selected b the president to look after he honor hon-or nnd dignity of the nation. On. Wilson nnd Cnpt. Clark feel that they nie seveinl numbers ahead of M-. Held In the matter of court dress, for while u '-' ltw--.ll I - How h. would I00X in kn.ck.ri. they hnvo perhaps given order for n few extra vnrds of gold loce for their ailiirnini-nt und nie burnishing up tin Ir swords with lavish cure, still tlielrunl-feiim tlielrunl-feiim will bo what thej nro in the habit of wearing, and without which they would be lonspicuotis. Hut nut so with Mr. Held, who, unfortunately, being only nn American e itlen, without with-out milltnrv tr.ilnlntrnrtltlp.ha never known nnthliig for dress occasions lifjiiuil tho clawhammer iVl, vvlitto wnlstront nnd plain bliiLk trousers, which are tbu ellstlngiiishing gnrb of the servants lu court circles of Europe. Eu-rope. 'I hero Ih much amused speculation ns to what our special representative nt the coronation nf King Edwiiid is going to eld in his dlletnmn. .Mr. Held Is silent, hut costiiinera on this sldo of the Atlititlc nnd In 1 ondou nro nnxhmslv. expettunl. home papers have hud the hardihood to carliature him in knee breeches, buckled shoes and rudlid shirt, but while tho full-ness full-ness of the rulllca might subdue Ihe sharpness of outllno of bis ntteiiu-ntcd ntteiiu-ntcd form nnd be ipiHc hemming, still Ihe knee breeches and silk hose- would destroy the dignity and shatter tho composure of our -inured diplomat, unless, ns li is been suggested, ho i-hiiul.l resort lo soino put iimallu np-pll np-pll 1111 e vvhli li would givo rotundity Ids klenclei limbs und thogrui-i-fiilout-line of a maul) phvsliite Hut vvhv go Inch to the dajs of Washington for his dress. If gorgeous elres ho must have in order to acceptably appear In the nugiist presence of tho king, why not design something strictly up to date nnd dlstlnctlvelj American Let the stars nnd stripes, I ho Amerii mi eagle and "Lib. rlj Enlightening tht. World be consulted mid a cuiiihl,,,,. Ion bbmbd therefrom whle , would he nt mice eloquent or the American nation nml nt the sumo lime so striking strik-ing iiiid oi genus ns to sal Isfv t hti most fastidious i,1K,c.s of the pompous tiiurts of Europe. Like- the L-at thai eatue hack, this quest in .if dri si, of Amen,,,,, rcpre-Mutative rcpre-Mutative ,), l()llru ()f ,. keeps bobbing ,,, ,1(1 it hcmB,. never will be goiu-nrlil of EvcrUmo r.inklln went over to I'muro nnd hruvelj nnd dlgnllltdlv intilntnliietl Ihe Inipl Icily of the L. ,,toH u th(, west In fore the i.mi'n.iu . ,,,,ji .1 and cere mom of Euriipe. the ,,icsl,m In bun nut mid settl,d only to Im wet again ,, little fnitlur along nnd ("tiled so,,,,. ,. i,llt ,, ,.ro penn courtiers nppree late- the fact that dress 1 not inalio tho man, and they have, aim.,, been gl 1 1 oug, lo flnf. , I ly receive the Americas .. ,. "mple. dlgn.flVd1";, J him to disregard the",:,1 by the master of cer... "' Mr. Huehatnn I S" llrltnln had ."'k ought to establlvh TSSS, forever settle the quMtk, American rcpreScn?;,0,V' in court ocensirns Tk.. l m r ir h ers retul.llon drm , , Am.rksn tl., tied .bout u,; tlngulih him ln, th, ,, dum to the Invitation Hated one would be admitted wlu," In full court dress. Jir. j, said: "Imagine a grate m who had never attendtd 1 training In his llfcnpjiMrij,., nrrnveel In n military coat, vntl, can under Ills arm, andaimit dangling nt hla side." 1( . chanan could notgoaikei foro tho head of his ovta ti would not go at all nnd he dUj strange to snv, Ida net did tot' ft-nse to the grncloui voiu-and voiu-and vviicn she vvns to hnldii, other Invltntion vvna ifcttlij-nn ifcttlij-nn stipuiatlon as to dre-i. I lltichanan, wishing tojMdu his dignity us nn America would allow, consitltfrl wlHC ter nf ceremonies nndatllii Hon he added a plain drtnm his usual evening suit. Of his experience on till tv Mr. Hiirhnnan writes: "Iipfu the levee nn W'eelnesdaj list sueha ilrcssasllinvewcrnitll Idcnt's n hundred times, bit white waistcoat and crarsti: pantaloons and tlreti button the addition of a very plili hnndlcil and black-liiltVd dreu Jhlstugratifj tliosewholiin so much nnd tn tllsttnguUli g the upper court serranti il would be received In anjrijrni might vvenr, but cnti!.! not bin pitcd that I should hate bent In so kind and illsllcjiibtnii ner. Having ) folded, they die things by hnlvet.. At I ifp the queen, an arch but bet smile lit up her countenance; nstosny: 'Vou nrethetntc ever npjienrcd before me itt such a dress.' I confess tbit felt more proud of tirlngtaA than when I stood InthebrU tie In the simple dress of ill citlen." When Commodore Terrjti Ing open the doors of Japitu slon, lie vvns quick to read the taste for elaborate dreti 1: pttlous etiquette, anil m&tl rations so carefully tn pr"' Japanese otllclnls cs toqui'd them In attire and tfftiortmtt. In cl. ho retorted to pse""1 in contrast to this brliUHtl' Ity, was tlm attitude nJ', Tovviihcnd Harris, the ! npicstiitatlio In Jipao "! ed entirely upon hit An' pllcltj. dignity iiniIlioMV' tain his position He reloj-llvc-r President fierce h"? one but the emperor hlo'"' tired tho InnR-forbiiMM'V and refused on the " nv e,f the ImnillliHoM tin, emperor's vassaU. "' ,.rc.l with his fet"y"' of theSliogunnndlnt!ie;-tudo theSliogunnndlnt!ie;-tudo of the stnndlng !' f Hut vvhctl.er in orient'' amidst the twentieth cel1 rnpean court "iR"""",' ., i.liv. .Mncrlcan dignity " dress Is all the ''"im"V sons need t.) admit th"'"; courtly circles, nnd hUOT mark out a plain rt''Z our special envoy to I ofKln'g Edward, Mr. |