The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-10-31
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The day on which the Queen of Eng
land visited the Exposition FOR the second
| time, considerable number of ladies were,
| by special favor, seated upon the divans
which surround the Central fountain in
the great nave Gentlemen had beer ban
ished from this privIiedged spot. They
were compelled to resign themselves to
the pain of setting alone within the enclos-
rrs along which the Imperial and Royal
cortege had to pass; thus they were iso-
latsd from wives, sisters, mothers, daugh-
tiers, and friends; and in some cases from
those whom some of them loved more than
all together. BY this means an elegant
English lady of noble and aristocratic ap-
pearance, found herself by the side of q
charming young French lady, whose sim
plicity was most beautiful and charming.
! The arrival Of the august visitors was
anxiouslE expected. A thousand obser-
]yations occurred. to the two neighbors,
and some incident soon arose which led
] to one Of those interested conversations
which in many cases ealy commence with
some commonplace about the weather.
Soon, however, they passed to other topics
on which they diseoursed with sympathy
that speedily became reciprocal. The
old English lady learnt from the talk OF
her fair companion that the young French
woman had not long been married, that
her husband was somewhere in the
crowd, aud that he had compelled her to
lao ha cl,n fLoy ,ioI4 |,
it had been given to himself by the Wis
count de Ronvill, Director of the Idustria
Palace.
The manner in which the young lady
told these and other things,so won the es.
! TEEN of the old dowager that they sool
gained each others confidence. The cor.
+ tage passed, and q perfect tide offeathers
ribbons, lace, flowers and silks filled up
as it were, the track of their niajesties
Carried away by the sea. impeled a little
f by curiosity, and moved, perhaps, by thu
excitement which occasionally carries la
dies away in such circumstances of POM
and grandeur, the old English lady ant
: her friend got mixed up with the suite
, and as it was impossible for them to sepa
rate, they took each others arms among th
i, wives and daughters of the high state func
tionaries who formed the escort of th
Queen of England and of her Majesty
t Imperial host into the superior galleries
0 Hitherto neither of the ladies knew tht
n name or the rank of the other; but il
f this way they passed two full hours togeth
ar frop fha
sure of the crowd, mutually offeing eacl
the best places they could obtain, anC
conVersing quite intimately upon thou
sand little things arising out of the cir
cumstances of this rather unexpected prom
enade. What charming young woman!
said Lady V to herself. 4 wonde
who she is; shall certainly not leave he
until I have enquired her name Th
: promenade at last was brought to close
and the Queen left the Exposition.
r great crowd again collected ather depar
e ture. How ever shall / find Edward il
:, such a multitude?' exclaimed the young
r French lady 'Ah,' replied the Englisl
g peeress, is your, husbands namd Edward!
: 'Oui, ma chere Madame
n The old dowager for a moment had
d misgiving about her own son, who Dor
that name; and whom she had refused t
see for more than year because he ha.
run away from England where she hai
with infinite care arranged a great mate
flor him, and married a French girl whom
nobody knew, without Q shiHings in he