HOW PRINCELINGS DRESS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 43, 14 November 1907, Page 3

HOW PRINCELINGS DRESS.

Every Royal house of Europe (except Austria and Italy) possesses a boy prince, whoso stylo of dress becomes a model for all tho boys of his nation. Little Princo Olaf of Norway has set a fashion which has been, largely adopted by boys oven in this part uf tho world, so far removed from Norway. He wears all white, sweater, knickers, and fisher cap, very plain and costing very little. Mothors all tne world over have discovers;! the charm of the style, and now it is quite tho rage for small boys. The little Royal hoys of Britain invariably wear well-maJo "real" navy suits, cither the "Jack Tar ' cut or the short knickers; tho clothes have a workmanlike look, because they are cut by a navy tailor. Sometimes the lttt!.; "Wales" wear kilts. The Tsarcvitch, who has become a beautiful child, very girlish in appearance, wears a .Russian belted bloiue over IMS knickers, a style well adaptable, for boys' summer wear in holland or drill. A boys' tailor in his advertisement shows pictures of these three Princely styles, and leaves the apace for a fourth block vacant for "tho Princo of Spain," as that scion of Royalty has not yet had time 10 set a fashion iii boys' clothing. It is more than probable that he will wear the sailor dress, as his mother's brothers did. Instead of preparing for the simple lif,-, which (according to Lord Londonderry) thov will bo forced to adopt when Socialism trebk-s their income tax, the wealthy people of JCnuliind go on wasting money on spectacular mivato entertainments, diamonds, and. miifriiificent motor cars at a rate almost rivalli/ig the) American scale of extravagance. It has been a year of big incomes and optimis.ii, except for those who have investments in South Africa. The London jewellers say diamonds were never dearer than they are now. Their price is 20 per cent, higher than it was less than twelve months ago, and, maoy other gems havo risen substantially in valiiii. It is interesting to learn that tho over imitative Japanese arc catching the \Vest::n fancy for oxpensive jewellery, and especially lor diamonds. Their purchases have of late added -substantially to the trade of sonic oi tho princiual London dealers in preciois stones.