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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13rm, 1919.

ROYAL GARDEN PARTY. BRILLIANT SCENE.

4,000 COMMANDS.

By fun she most notable sovia? inanya- Tun since King Edward changes the atternnon Drawing Rooms to the brilliant evenie Pourts is the series of garden parties at which att ndage by command- runks as equivalent, po prosentation. The firse of che garden-party Caurts was held on June 9th at Bickingham Palace. and prevod extremely veréssful.

He complete Change in the social pros dure excited areptional interest, and those who were bidden to this first even at the kind were naturally delighted at thegend furtune which had tavoured them. La Before the gates of the Palice were opened al as there were all the undications of an enormous attend

Pe a double line, 10ter ears an carriages strelching up the Mall to the, Admiralty AreW.

ltgras well-known that the cessation of farmal presentation to the Soverign thninghour, the war had brought mut arrays as regards those desirous of the honger that it would have been impossible to vertake with the ordinary proesdter. of the evening tourts, a which the num hs of presentations were limited to 200, [For the ceremony on onne 27th something The 4,000 cumminds has been, iscard from

That Lori i humberlain's other, and of Phege it was estimated that the number of pre- sentations was "between 2030 and 2.300. It is anticipated that two more of these indens parties will be held in the coming work, and thus it may be judged how tunerous shave shecong the brides and debutants and others with good reason for desiring the honour during the last five"

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All the preliminary, details a) tes puse sentation were as strictly inid down as for the stately Courts of prewar days. but at the Marion Party itself there was]

Formality whardwor The company who enjoyed the privilege of entree camé in by way of the Pimkie utræner; the rest ponsself through the gates at the at- een end of the foreenart, and traversect the quadrangle entering the Palace at the Juain cours, Here the King's Marshal men, in their old-world suurler uniforms, directed all through the group how draw- ing room on to the terrace The vast grounda] are always beautiful, with their broad: rapanse of lawa, and were looking their best with the borders of salinen-colour-d The and deper tuchsite that

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The King and Queen, with Price Albert and Princess Stary, lein the Palac by the garden entraner, Accompanying then were the Princess Royal with Prin

saud, Princess Christian and her tiro daughters, Princess Helene Victoria and Princess Marie Louise, the Duchess of Albany, with the Earl of Athlon and Princess Alice Meanwhile members of the Corps Diplomatique and of the Gov. } trnment had assembled on the terrace before the garden entrare, and their Majesties conversed personally with all these, among whom were to be nuslerd the Fresh Ambassador, the American Aug bassador, the Japanese Ambassador, the Earl and Countess Curzon, and s

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Present, too, was Marshal Joffres with whoin was General Sir Reginald Turner. The King's Indian, orderly officers were in attendance, as well w practically every member of the Roval] Household

But, although there were no format presentations and no announcements of name, it was evident that the King and Que intended to bestow their personal recognition spon as many as possible of those prent. Their Majesties" passed amid their guest who ranged themselves in lines and awaited their coming. It would have been a winding and circuitos course that they took could it be expressed as a diagram, und before long the Queen and Princess Mary separated themselves. a little from the King. In this way there were few who were not honoured with a Few gearious words or a shake of the hand, and thus the Garden Party had its dis tinctive note of an individual and friendly welcome, which was becoming absent in the stricter ceremonial of an evening Court.

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The King wore morning dress, and had white Hower in his button-hole. The Queen's dress wits of hydrangea bhie crêpe de chin, with an embossed design in velvet of begonia leaves, emphasized with mall gaming paillettes, and ber toque was of blug shot with silver, very simply-made frock of deep roa colour was worn by Princess Mary, with adark blue hat having conventional flow. er in vivid colours. Both Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice were in black. the latter having song brilliant jet, about her . The Duches of Albany was in grey préfè de chine, Princess Alice wore rust-red, and Princess Marie Louise had a long mole-coloured wrap cape over her dress of soft blue.. Grey was worn by the Priners Royal,

Infortunately, the sky w and until six o'clock, when people were beginning to leave, was there any bright sunshine. None the less, the scene was exceedingly brilliant in the beauty and varied colouring of the lovely dresses that were worn. There was a great pre ponderance of ladies, which in itself ex plained the exceptional brightness of th picture. For the refreshments, which in cluded strawberries and cream equal to Queen begin their progress back to the.

Not until nearly 6,30 did the King and “ all the demands made upon them, there Palace. It was not a rapid one, for again was a long series of buffet tents, while and again their Majesties stopped to talk the Royal party went to tea at another to one and another whom they had not Large tent. before which was placer an Indian canopy, supported on silver poles, Royal party there was, of course, a general seen before. With the 2parture of the and flanked by masses of flowering plants exodus, but many lingered to enjoy a The bands of the Coldstream and Irish last glimpse of the gardens. On all sides Guards were stationed at opposite ends

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