COURT MOURNING.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 102, 27 October 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)

COURT MOURNING.

Now that so muny countries are plunged into grief over {.ho loss of King Humberb of Italy Und tho Duko of SaxeCoburg, mourning such as prescribed for by the Court is being worn. In England is is customary (says the Daily Mail) to mourn for our King or Quoen three months ; for a son or daughter of our Sovereign, such as is the case now. for the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, it is to bo six weeks ; for a brother or sister of a Soveroign, only three weeks ; for an uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece, the Court goes into mourning for two weeks ; whilo from three to ten days is usual for a cousin, according to relationship. The Royal regulations for the dress for ladies for tho first period h a black dress, white gloves, black or white shoes, feathers and fans, while pearls, diamonds, or plain gold and silver ornaments may be worn. For the mm, black Court dress with black swords and buckles. At the end of that period, which is generally a third of the whole, according to the rank of Royalty being mourned for, the costume is changed, the ladies then wearing black dresses with coloured ribbons, flowers, feathers, and ornaments, while the men remain as before until the goes out of mourning. For the 'military and other Royal servants a black crape band is fixed to the left arm for the time specified, while at night the handle of the sword is also to be enveloped in crape. In different countries different mourning colours are used, bub all over Europe black is universal.