The Placer herald., 1858-10-23
How Victoria's Daughter Manages her
Household,

The Berlin correspondent of the Ddily
Telegraph writes as follows:
"Ihe reserve maintained at the Royal
Palace has given rise to various rumors,
which have caused much delight to the good
people here. The heroine OF the incidents
refer to is Princess Victoria. You must
know that on state occasions there is COM
paratively little ceremony observed here,
while the every day life Of the royal family
seems to be regarded more strictly on the
principle of etiquette than that of Queen
Victoria. A Prussian Princess for instance
is not allowed by her Mistress of the Robes
to take up a chair, and, after having carried
it through the whole breadth of the room,
to put it down in another corner. 1t was
while committing such an act that Princess
Victoria was lately caught by Countess Per-
poncher. The venerable lady demonstrated,
with considerable degree of official ear
nestness. 1'll tell you what replied, no.
thing daunted the royal heroine of this
story-I'll tell you what, my dear Countess,
you are probably aware of the fact of my
mother being the Queen cf England The
Countess bowed assent. WELL resumed the
bold Princess, then | must reveal to you
another fact Her Majesty the Queen of
Great Britain and Ireland has not ouce, but
very often, so far forgotten herself as to take
up chair. I speak from personal observa-
ton, can assure you. Nay, if | am not
greatly deceived, | noticed one day my mo-
ther carrying a chair in each hand, in order
to set them for her children. Do YOU think
that my dignity forbids anything which is
froI1optlx- dana I1,t tho nnoop Of ,o.lo
The Countess bowed again and retired, per-
haps not without a little astonishment at the
biographical information she had heard
However, she knew her Office, and resolved
to prove not less staunch to her duties than
the Princess to her principles. A scene
similar to the one narrated recently happen
ed, when Countess Perponcher on entering
one of the remote chambers, took the Prin-
cess by surprise, while busily engaged in the
homely occupation of arranging and stow
ing away quantity of linen. But all the
objections the Countess could urge were
again beaten back by another eqnaly un-
answerable argument taken from the every
day life of the mistress of Windsor Castle.
After having gained these two important
victories, Princess Victoria, true to the au-
SpiclouS omen vi ueI name, cdTIlGu lHe WAL
into the enemy's camp. The chambermaids,
whose proper business it is to clean the
rooms, discharge the duties Of their position
in silk dresses. The daughter of the richest
sovereign in the world decided to put a stop
to this extravaganza. One fine morning she
had all the female servants summoned to her
presence, and delivered what may be con-
sidered highly sucuessful maiden speech.
She began by telling them the expenses of
their dresses must evidently exceed the rate
Of their wages. She added that, as their
wages we're not to be raised, it would be
very fortunate for them if they were allowed
to assume cotton articles of clothing. "ln
order to prevent every misunderstanding"
the Princess continued, Il shall not only
permit, but order you to do SO. You must
know that their ought always to be differ
ence between the mistress and the servant
Don't think that l want to hurt your feelings.
You will understand by intention at once, if
I tell you that" and now came the same
unanswerable argument from the Court of
St. James. She told them briefly that the
Court people in their position performed
their duties in cotton, and that she liked to
be ruled by her mothers practice"