Morning Appeal

The Empress' Coronation Dress
The following described dresses have been made by Worth for the Empress of Russia for the ceremony of the coronation. Her Imperial Highness will wear a velvet court mantle, epingle with pale rose and embroidered with her Imperial arms, set off with renaissance designs. The sarafan is of rose satin, embroidered with silver and trimmed with clusters of pearls and marabout.

The court dress, to be worn at the reception of notables at Moscow the day after the coronation, has a train four meters long. It is of pale rose velvet and embroidered with fine silver designs, copied from the manteau de cour worn by Marie Antoinette at the fete of the Dauphin at Versailles; the jupe de dessous, or sarafan, to use a Russian expression, is of white satin, with silver embroidery. The two pan neaux in front are separated by batons of diamonds and tassels composed of clusters of diamonds.

The ball dress has a train of white satin, embroidered with silver daffodils surrounded with a garland of narcissus. The front is of white crepe, with crystal pears interspersed with roses and narcissus. This dress is for the ball of the noblesse.

Another ball dress to be worn at a soiree, which will be given by the city of Moscow to the Czar, has a train of crepe and satin embroidered in the rear with silver sprays, and the front embroidered with fine garlands of argent with a fringe of wall flowers.

Another toilet is an opera dress of Louis Seize style. It is of a tea-rose satin with large bouquets woven in the tissue, the front of crepe and rose satin, relieved with large touffes de plumets and tassels composed of clusters of pearls.

For the fete au jour, which the city of Moscow gives in honor of the Czar and Czarina, there is a dress of green crepe de chine covered with batiste ecru, embroidered with Valenciennes, with large ceinture and knots of moire rose and capote of rose velvet.

On the occasion of their arrival at Moscow, the Empress wore a costume of crepe de chine paille, with lace trimmings and with a ceinture of dahlias and a short cloak to match; a chapeau de paille, trimmed with moss roses and clusters of velvet dahlias.