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romp and ceremonial of state functions as modified by King George. finds flavor with majority or

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in Victoria's time even great 5mm. men had to stand in her presence;

nowadays cong ' atmosphere aur. rounds Palau -- significance of elaborate show.

(Published at a time when Wash- ington 506M? has been exercised

eve;- fhl question oi’ dinner-table

etiquette. mica Kinlinss discussion

o: British royal trappings ha; pan. icular interest on this side oi the At. iantic.) ,

5116366991113 l-lbnl-y V, speaking or tale bin-dais of royalty.‘ exclaimed:

"What have Kings that privates

have m too, Save ceremony, - save general can. loony?"

Ceremony - Rm: - In things which may or may not be done according i0 Court tradition and usage do, indeed, still hedge about kingship, and must be very irksome occasionally to such a. sovereign as King George, essentially simple in his tastes and with an inborn dislike [or pageantry. rt was somewhat different with King Fdwiard, who bad akeensenss ofthe dramatic and to whom gorgeous and elaborate B80110!!! ID998106-

Yet, for all that. and in spite of the innovators who would do away with all traditional functions, with all Otrurt etlquet‘ ', it is quite certain tl-lntitwouldnotbewlththewishof the great majority of the nation. Seeing the crowds who assemble for ruoilaceremoyestl-lestateopening o: Pa-rllamentor even for that daily function, the guard-mountain: at the Palaces, one realizes that tihezng- lish. as a people, love to see the work

exact detail and has it is

not. with them. her glamor? And

would remain. The truth is that beneath the forms and ceremonies there is a1- Wlys. or almost always, o. meaning which goes for deeper. We have seen this already in annalyslng tbs gar- gcmlsritesoftiileCommtioltort/he 096111118 of Parliament, where every object of the Regalia, every garment the King Wears, every movement, al- mufl- made by tho great Ceremonial officers of the Crown, has signific- ance. ‘Ilhey are outward, visible signs 0i’ something inward - spiritual. Nevertheless, as regards the queg- tion of etiquette. theirs have been most Pronounced alterations in the Royal circle during the last quarter of a century. I

(PRINCE CONSORT STARTED IT) ‘Ihe R-incs Consort. brought up to stiff Gerlmn ceremonial anld adapt- ed to it by nature, introduced it into his wife's Court, surrounded her with all kinds of restrictions, which 09145-1111? did not exist during the first, uxunarried years of her reign. After his death, Queen, Victoria, in he, passionate veneratlon for his mcmolry. would not have the slight- est detail of this stall-chad etiquette a-ltcred. and, as a consequence, Court functions were artrerlnely unoolnfor- table performances. One of these

of klngship canted out with all its

rules was that the Queen should never allow any main to sit down in

her pr , ,_ at a, meal; even Prime Ministers had to stand, and it was only as s. very special concession to infirmity and age that Disracli and Gladstone were allowed to have

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ereign, when long interviews were necessary. towards the close o; their lives. .

chairs in the presence of their Sov-

‘Ille Queen, in her desire to do

time-honored observances, with that Perfection which mm! dvvm for generations. And

surely a fight and sound in- stinct which likes things to be done "dWfllflY 811d in order," as well as a moi love fol-the beauty and majesty u! the ceremonies in themselves. There is talk sometimes o: abolish.

ing the brilliant and martial figures of the sentries at the Hiorsegualds, M who can say that London would lose something of there can be little doubt that if the British mp1,». lotied on the question, the sentries

looelve the same wel< as from. any other g eous gentlemen, and r ed to be seated. course, and made to feel at home.

Windsor undo,- Queen Vicmris, de- scribes her panic or fear when sh-e encountered the Queen in the Corri- dor, and did not know what was tihe exact procedure laid down by eti- quette f0,- suoh a meeting. Now- adays it is a simple matter. Anyone meeting the King or Queen in such a. way bows or curtseys; a domestic servant stands facing Ills Majesty at attention. ' The question of the dress of the Royal Household was another matter to which the Prince Consort gave thought, and he invented what is called the "Windsor Uniform" which is worn, when the Court are at Windsor, by the Royal Fanlily and lertaln officers o1 the Household. The "Household Uniform’? is oi three typos - Full Dress, Levee Dress and Evening Dress. Eam or the diff- erent lclassesl into which the mem- bers or the Household are divided is distinguished by certain small diff- erences in this unlfonn, such as the respective widths of the gold ‘oak- leaf’ braid on the chest and cuffs. and also certain differences in the hats worm. It is a rather curious fact that no crepe bands are worn on the uni- iorm when the Court is in mourning, except in the case of the ‘Windsor’ garb. But in place of the customary white waistcoat with evening dress, one of the same blue color as the coat is worn.

(MATTER 0F BUTTONS) Members of the Household of the King. the Queen. and the Prince of Wales are distinguished by the din. erent buttons on their uniform. If all the Court Dress is an affair of rules and exact details, the Ward- robe’ or the King hinlseli ls a, much

own sons, on tbs contrary. wen call-

IQ from him it Ind 001131’:- r always ask- as a matter of

In a recently published book of memoirs, a girl who had been sum- moned to take up s. position at

Grmadier Guards. He is Colonel-in-

°d by m” hmmmm infirm Eddie" Chief oi all the Guards regiments. or “Prince George" q - simply. md mad“, w“ me “mm

bu,’ “m” u” P“ “m” u’ u” uniform of that one‘ whose Color thmnle, all this etlqur‘ in flhs Psl- '

has the unsol- of being ‘ti-coped’.

a; waiiiunnamsely "ma: “a; whether it be Grenadier, Coldstream. u er ng eorge 1 las n. s welsh Th, L5 t further altered. T11» ;ing's visitors Scots’ mm o" s no a

mere matter o: different badges. or a different plume in the bearskln, as some might suppose: each regiment

such. for example, as the arrange- ment of the tunic buttons, which vary with each regiment of the Brig- ade.

I! the King attends a. Life Guards’ Parade. he must wear their uniform, since he is also their Colonel-in- Chlef. m» the Royal Air Force. the Royal Marines, the Royal Erlgineers, it is the same, as also the number- less regiments of vihich he is Col- onel, not only ln the British, but I the Indian and various colonul armies, as well as in the Territorial Force. ‘

Certainly (he King's must be a complicated business, al-

lilled as was that of King Edward ‘VIII. m», in the present Kings case, there cannot be so many foreign uniforms to be kept in readiness, sucih as those of the many Geman. Austrian and Russian regiments of which his father was Colonel, or Honorary Colonel.

More omnullcated and intricate still is the question of Orders and Decorations, of which the King possesses such vast numbers, both British and foreign. By right o; sov- erelgnty he is head of all the great Onders of Chivalry, and their insig- nia must be worn upon the approp- riate occasoxls.

Highest or all as wall as oldest, is the Most Noble Order o1’ file Garter, of which the Queen, as Lady of the Garter, ls the only woman member. It ls an order limited to twenty-five Knights. with the Sovereign, and the Collar, from which the "George" or badge is suspended, symbolises this. for it weighs twenty-six ounces - one ounce for each member of the Order.

The Garter full-dress ls wary gor- geous but it is certain parts of the insignia which are best known to the public. The broad blue ribbon over

has numberless small distinctions,’

though not, perhaps, quite so oven‘

honor to the Prince Consort, went even further. Her Maids of Honor were not allowed to sit down in his presence. or speak a word to him: in fact. these unfortunate ladies were kept on their feet practically all the time that they wen in attendance

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soldiers, sailors, Civil ServantinDlp

Household, have their own partlc

' a °n "he Queen. and so were other be all things to all men in the mac.

u"? f»",,.',},’..°',,,,‘°'s"',',...'$"°” ladies who wee invited to the, Royal tel of uniforms. as m so much else

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Neither did the Queen and Pflnue function which he ls attending, or

ANNAPOLIS VALLEY 515°" bulleve- apparently, in the old the particular public ceremony, he Dlsgllfmaasawxgmm adage that "A Cat may look at a

King", fbr any servants entering the Queen's presence were most strictlyflon, forbidden to look at her.

All this was a rather artificial im-

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Portal-ion as far 6A Queen Victoria the uniform of an Admiral, as head National Fair, Toronto “u! mourned: it is well known that of the Navy. But for 5 nlllltargl re- am," away nan Court. in the Highlands

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membered that he is also he'd of herself more or less exempt from the Ann-y, and g, meld Mamba], and elliluctlfi- BT19 bthfll/ed 1n a H1056 .so must put on the appropriate mil- sizable. homely fashion. entering the 'itary uniform. And here one uni- cottages of peasant-lvolnen and tom, like that of“ Admin“, W11; talking to them as one woman to not serve; were has go be ' a great

another. variety. according to the branch of K1118 mwilrd. Won as Prince 0! the Army or the regiments in quest-

Wales. relaxed fills etiquette, as far ion.

as his own family was concerned. He As an instance: at the Trooping

himself and his brothers and sisters of the Color on his birthday, the

had always been addressed by serv- IKing wears Guards uniform - but

Brit-B as "Your Royal Highness": his not necessarily that of the 1st or

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Most of those about him, whether they are

Ilmnatlc servants, or members of the

ulsr uniform. laid down for them by their profession. But the King has to

must change his raiment, and wear that which does honor to the occas-

At any naval ceremony. for inst.

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the left shoulder, for instance. is cf- ten seen. as worn by the King in naval ju- milltary uniform, and to it - is attached the "Lmvser George," or badge. The Garter itself, of dark- - blue velvet edged with gold and bearing the famous nmtta, 15 worn round the leg below the left knee, with Court dress, or, in the case o1 . the Queen, round the arm. One of the great officials of the Order, Garter King of Arms, wear; the most splendid or dresses on ‘ State occasions, with the tabard of velvet and eloth-of-gold, embroider. ed with the Royal Arms, together with a gold sceptrle and other dis. tlnctlve insignia. Next in the Order o: Chivalry . coma the Most Ancient and Mos: Noble Order of the Thistle, andthe f llfost illustrious older cf st. Patrick. ‘ Amongst the insignia of the rel-mar? are the green nbbon and the eight- Minted Stlr with the cross and fig. u" 0i "St. Andrew, whilst the order of St. Patrick has a ribbon of "Stfi PamdV-l Blue" and a badge and star v with the red cross o: St. Patrick and I the shamrock leaf. I The Most Honorable Olfier of the Bath is the oldest oi‘ all, next to the ‘Garter. and Ms a red ribbon ‘vim a gold Maltese Cross for page, Next in precedence come the Most exalted Order of the Sta-r c; India, um Mo“ . ‘Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. the Most Ell-linen: ' Crder of the Indian Empire, the i Royal Victorian Order. and the M“; iExcelllenn Order o; the 311mm Em, yblre. i i Of these, the Royal Victorian Or-, der is much coveted, because it is in U19 We gilt of the Sovereign, and Iemwl" some personal service to them-own. I ‘ (uxacr anolmrra GOVERNS) ‘There 1s a most exact etiquette

‘uulldh governs the wearing cg the

insignia of all these Orders. The collars. fol- irlstance,‘ which are us- ually chains m gold, or sliver-gilt, are not to be worn except on what are called ‘Collar Days‘; the fixed CcllarDoyaanthlxty-sixinallarld include a. number of Saints‘ days. the Sovereign! birthday, and that of his Consort. and other sIl-lniversal-ies. Besides this, there are other oocas- 3

||all Collars to which my lillybe 81i- iitled. ‘that would mean, in ill-ls use o1 the King, all the collars oi all the Orders, since no is head of each. So ‘um the rule u thatonlyone Collar Vis worn - that of the most senior ‘order Possessed by the wearer, unless of course. the ceremony was one which concerned a junior Order. in which case the/t Collar would be 1'01‘!!- Neither are the Collar and the 'Rlbb0i1 of an Order ever to be worn Jogether, or the Ribbons of more {than one. One Ribbon and badge may bewom round the neck, and the badges o: any other Orders are suspended on the breast by about three inches of ribbon - this apply- ilngtounlforlll. oytulldress ofany ‘kind. m the case of evening dress. one badge and its ribbon only is] Lobewormanyotherspossessedarel to be suspended in miniature on the lapel of the coat. ' . There is one Order, generally plac-

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whimi carries no precedence, and to v/hioh alone, file Sovereign does not | belong. This is the Order of Merit. founded in 1902 as a special distinct- ion for aninent men and women. and the roll is limited to twenty- four, with ca. addition oi a. few non- orarymembera.

The badge, inscribed "For Merit", issusperldedfromgribbonoggart- err-blue and uinlaon, and the letters "O. M.” after a name come next a.ft- er the First Class of the Order of ; the Bath and before all the remaln- - ‘m; olum a Knlghtlhood. Although open to men and women alike, only one woman has so far been honored u-l/flh the Order of Merit - Piorence Nightingale.

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As mcently as 1927 the little 113511 of a cap that the debonair Jean Bor- otrs wore on the back of his held was considered news. Were a tourna- ment otherwise dull, tennis writers could depend upon Jean for a few colorful paragraphs which never fail- ed to mention his "lllulliy beret" Since then the beret has become as much aL part of our national llfe as the speakeasy, and, moreover, it has grown up and developed until today "beret" is a very general term cover- ing a multitude of hats in every pos- sible material and mood. The Basque beret proper, such as Borotra wears. is seen by the hundred in the coun- try, at the beaches and with every kind of active sports outfitspbut ber- et is also the name 11991185 $0 the outstanding hat of the moment to wear with town clothes and some country club costumes. It is thorough- ly sophisticated, lndescrlbably chic and outrageously becoming, and yflu will sea it atop the very smartest heads wherever you look. For, to pro- fessional students of style, one oi the most interesting things about the be

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|Unles especial directions are given: walswnomncclianmnntwbsi worn aliq- sunset - since the Saints‘ days which were the first occasions far wearing them do not extend be- loud that hour. Neither must Collars ever lie-worn on horseback.

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