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ROYAL GARDEN PARTY. «

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All over the grounds, presenting at this time a seus of infulte variety, were groups et well-known people, The Duchess of The King and Queen gave their first and Wellington was in Linck lace, and wors only garden party of the season on July some expisite old white lace on the bodiev black hat, ou 28th, in the grounds of Buckingham and a miver collar, with Palace, when several thousand guests, repre Portland's dress was of deep cern, almost which were white flowers. The Duchess of sentative of every degree of social life in apricot-hued slik hes, probably a fin this country. were present.. These loyal specimen of what can be done in” Notting- garden parties have now inkeu a definits bam. A black straw picture hat was place in the social side of the London seawden, round which and drooping over the so, aut not the least attractive thing brim at one side was a long-tronus purple about them is the delightral informality strich feather. The Duchess of Rut:and with which the King and Queen move was strolling with Laly Violet Benson, and about among the guests, with here and there was dressed in grey soft satin, and what a word of welcome, or censionally pausing of swathed yohot and silk to match. Lady for introductions to be made.

Violet was in soft old parchment-coloured silk and silver lace, and wore a preter hat to correspond, The Duchess of Bucking ham and Chandos had a black crêpe mare- cain dress with long side panels of wall Hawer-ed, brown and black brocade aul hat of black lace, with wallflower.rts feathers. Katherine Duchess of West. inster was all in a soft harmonious shade E grey satin, and bad a hat of grey satin. draped with face. The Duchess of North- umberland wore apetal-green crêpe Romaine dress, the skirt, arranged in a series of petals, and a wide, shady, soft summer hat of white crinoline straw trim. me with white towers, Lady Caroline Gordon-Lennox was with her,

The party passed-off under ideal.com. ditions, and the gardens made a wonderful setting for sofanimated a fevine.

Alitust on the stroke of the band of the Royal Horse Guard struck up the National Anthem, and their Majesties, os- corted and attended by their Gentlemen and Ladies-in-Waiting, began a tour of the lawus, The Queen, who wore a gown.of mauve georgette embroidered in pearls with a toque in hydrangen, shades matching her

parasol, which was rovered with face and also wore a thresstring necklace of Gne pearls, and the King, who worry frock-cont suit. went in slightly, differey directions, which could be ascertained by the number of people who formed up in their respective vicinitig.

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The Marchioness of Ailesbury, in black, with some silver mbroidery and a black and silser hat, chaperonrd Lanly Wrsula Brudeneli-Bruce, who wore a creamy mus liu dress, with a pastel manye and green girdle and wide-brimmel white hat, The Marchioness of Hunitiey's a dress, was

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It was noticeable that not alone was Labour well representel, but cheek by jowl with Bishops strede General and Mrs. Bramwell Booth, Distinguished nitors: were seen in conversation with scientists of of black Spanish lace, with girdle of kolesey eminence, and Princes frotu Indin erystal embroidery veiled with the lace.

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ad a vivid blot of rulour wherever they might be. Cabinet Ministers, administra tors from over, the diplomatie circle almost to a man, the dearned profesións, journalism, various trades-ali, contri- buted their got to the gathering.

was worn, and a white sunshade veiled with black tulle and on it a bunch of lift shaded pink flowers, was carried. The Marchioness of Linlithgow was in eremin. coloured muslin and lace, and wore a sleep- er-toned errata-coloured hat, in which was

The promise hold out by a benignant laster of masturtium-coloured flowers, Clerk of the Weather brought forth rai.The Marchioness of Salisbury was in black, ment in every shaile ad hae All manner with feathers shaded with russet and of dainty colourings in the softest of soft fame in her hat. fabrics, with wax istrasols to match, pro- duced a perfect eddy of tints this was the occasional splash of senrfet of the liveries worn by the Royal servants and of the Guards Band, which played alternately with that of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). For just over an hour their Majesties moved about among their guests, and then, entering the enclostites, set apart for the Corps Diplomatique, they passed on

to the margler ut aside for members of the Royal Family. Here they joined by Princess Mary, Viscountes Lascelles,

and Viscous Lascelles, the "Duke and Duchess of Yoke: Prince Henry, the Duke of Consinaght, King Mandel at Quers Augusta Victoria Princess Androw of Greece and the Prin sses Marguerite and Theodora of Greece the Grand Duchess Eleanor of Russia, the Grand Duchess Xenin, and the Grand

The Marchions of Lincolnshire wore a Aided to or chiffon over satin of a delicate)

shade of rhododendron half pink, hal? Purple. The bat of eriline straw, the same shade, was trimmed with tule shaded from ples to deeper mauve. The Mar- chioness of Healfort's black crêpe de Chine dress was embroidered on the bodice with ja -jarek, the tali spreading all down the Albertha skirt: a black hat was worn.

was in gry Marchioness of Blandford satin and won hat to match, The Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ayp was in black.

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From every point of view the party was eminently satisfactory, There were over six thousand guests.

The Duchess of York wore a dress of eru silk lace, having a very wide insertion on skirt, and bodice of very pule gali Jace. A soft, haly hat. of white muslin with bars of black velvet crowing it, and a cluster, vi pink roses on the brim, was worn, and a Shushade of creamcoloured silk was ear ried. Pearl were the Duchess of York's only jewels. Princess Mary Viscountess Laser les arrived soon after her brothers nd sister-in-law- arcompanied by Viscount Lascelles. Her dress was of cream-colour e silk mustin and lace, and had a girdle of blue and silver tissue. A cream-colour- ed silk hat was worn, with a long estrich feather matching in colour down one side of the brim. A cream-coloured silk sam- shade was curried, and her Royal Highnes ware pearl and diamond ornaments.

King Manoel and Queen Augusta Vi toria had already arrived, the Queen in filmy black lace over white crepe marocain There was a black lace long cape to inatch with pink roses at the Colmar, and a neat small black but was worn, The Lafantu Beatrice of Spain wore a draped dress of oxydised silver tissue in a design of circles, and a tiara-shaped black and silver hat with a black tulle veil at the bank. Pri cess Andrew of Greece, in brown, and wear ing a gold and brown toque, chaperoned Princess Margaret and Princess Theodora, who were dressed alike in orchid mauve "frilled frocks and shady white hats. Each had an erinine seart, Lady Louise Mount batten was dressed in silver grey crêpe de Chine, and wore a hat to match in colour trimmed with ostrich plumes also pale

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Countess Brasser was in black and white. The Conutess Wilton hail # beige coluired dress and a picture hat of a soft. and coming shade of green. Cora Coun..

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Viscount Erleigh WIN with Lady Erleigh. Viscount Boyne's dress WEN of fiuest erenni-céloured lice made with a i sinalt loose square couteë. A black pic ture hat of lied was worn with a long ostrich plume shaded from black to brige And russet. Viscountess Bury wore a soft jade green crepe de Chine dress em broidered all over in little floral clusters of chain-stitched flowers and a hat of soft white straw. Viscountess Norar. wore a grey brocade dress and a grey 67, QUEEN'S ROAD

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Lady Simon's Jay gown of cream Ince and chiffon over pale pink crêpe de Chine had a sash of jude-green ribbon finished with a pretty ornament, Lady Rice was in ivory crêpe de Chile and old lace. with a small cape of silk-emboidered gear was trimmed with an ostrich mount, 1 gette and a black silk hat trimmed with Min Olga Nothergole was in

black 1 Ospreys Lady Hayter Chubb wore a Phénicienne drapel with white Italian handsome gown of nigger marocain, cla lace, and her flowing cape of the same The Royal tea party, was joined by the borately embroidered with steel beads material was abe lined with lace. Mrs. Comte and Comtesse de Saint-Au:nire, the Lady Instone was in pale pink ninon A. Falconer wore a handsome Jay gown Intter wearing black lace over pale purple ninon and lace, with a black picture bat of black romain richly embroidered with A black lice hat was worn, with hated trimmed on one side with a sheaf of moonlight-grey bugles and out jet beads. mauve flowers round the brim. The Span white ospreys.

Y ish Ambassador escorted Madame Merry Mrs. Stanley Baldwin wore deep soft The skirt had a long embroidered tntic del Val to the Royal party, Wearing & bine crepe marocain with panels of face and the bodice was made with long sleeves dress of Perstan, embroidery in red and and a hat, to match with blue plumen: a

und a rounded décolletage T rumet and tones of yellow on

Lauly - Blood, in black, carried a larga #blackunshade in similar blue was carried sunshade of blue satin.embroidered in ground, and carrying a little kose cut to Princess Lowenstein Wertheim, with a red silver and gold, which looked quite a high match, she wore a small black silk hat of and ivory-white printed crepe dress, wore State affair. Misy Alexander, daughter an adapted toreador shape. The Liarche and Marchendella Torretta were also with a dull red bat" Dume Margaret Llord of the late Primate of Ireland, was in this King and Queen the Marchess all is George was dressed in blue repon and black and muure. Lady Mary Crichton white, wearing an ermine enpe and a white Gorge was in pink and white foulard, wore an orchid mauve dress and hat with

Mrs. John Woodford's dress of black touches of silver einbroidery, Lady Eliza Mme. Stancioli, wife of the Hulgarian lace was beautifully embroidered in jet Mibister, was, in draped black crepe mare and silver over a petticoat of silver cain, with a silver girlie and embroideries, tissue. With this was worn a cape from

on France. and her black hat was encircled with white the shoulders of the same lace and a jet on the Duchess of York, wore dark brown. Banque

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Lady Florence Willoughby, in white | Lyons Societe Generale pour Favoriser is orchid marocain embroidered with black and silver toque. Hinn Woodford was in

Developpement du Commerce et de fladas bad a black jot girdle, and her black has sapphire blue charmeuse embroidered foulard printed with binck, had a green

2 smart trie en France, was trimmed with mauve lowers. Mlle, with silver, with a brocaded belt. Her hat and black girdle, and wore Heine Stancioff had a diamanté buckle of blue satin straw was trimmed with flower-trimmed hat. Lady Constance Butler NEW YORK: The Irving Bank— Colambis clasping her drapel gown of jude marocain silver roses. Mrs. fleece was in cham- was in grey and white, Lady Lawrence at the side, and her black picture hat, was nague marocain lightly stitched with black of Kingsgate wore black and white. Vis BAX FRANCISCO: trimmed with a green Gama, wife of the streamer Mme da and a Cavalier hat of bronze gauze Her count Valentia was with the Hon. Hildn mbassador. hiece, Miss Tress, who accompanied her. Annesley, who was in purple blue. The was in beige silk muslin, embroidered in a wore a simple gown of black crêpe de Hon. Lady Bingham wore black and white Changekon Hankow Manchouli Tientsin

Lady inenic design, with silk of the same colour. Chine, with a black paradise plume in ber satin and a smart black hat,

Cheloo Harbin Newchwang Uramtebi. The tunic was bordered with macramé laer, picture hat of fine binck straw,

Colman was in grey, with a pretty trans- Dairen Hongkong Peking Tokohama and her large soft brown straw hat hat Misa M Dalal wore an effective wrap parent black hat, finished with shaded ar

Kashgar Shanghai drooped ostrich, plumes. She carried cont of cinnamon brown Korrigan crêpe, purple flowers. Lady Southwark was in parasol of exquisite old iger,

with a Nutria fur collar over her becom-grey and silver. Lady Roxburgh was in Other members of the Diplomatic Carpsing frock, and a hat matching the coat. cream colour and violet. With Lord had ten in a margus joining the Royal Mrs. F. C. Macaskie, of Berwick Grange Aberconway was Lady Aberconway in une, All the Embassies and Legutions Harrogate, wore a gown of biscuit black and white and grey. Lady were well represented, and a little Chinese Spanish lace, with sleeves eat to form Beatrice Ormsby-Gore wore lady in a silver grey brocade cont and skirt butterfly wings, and an orange and gold coloured lace dress and a pretty soft palo and a wall white hat was a quaintly pic swathed belt. Her dargahlack velvet hat green, hat, Florence Lady Garvagh was turesque figure's

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