The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-23
Nneer scenes AZ Court.

At a drawinR-room in So. James | saw three
very singular things happen. had been 20
Court, SO It was not necessary that lshoud make
my bow again; but M some ladies know wished
for Wiy attendance, / took them 10 the door Of
the reception room, aud then met them at the
other door, after they had passed Her Majesty.
While they were in the former apartment l re-
tainCd my place at the fret door, 70 amuse my
self with looking at the people coming up for
presentation. The first funny thing saw was
clergyman and hts wife or sister think his
wife. They seemed new 70 that crowd, and rather
hewildered However, on coming TO the door
one Of the lords in waiting took the lady's arm
out of the geutleman's, aud, with the usual ding,
cast her train behind her
II had evidently heen made by some mantua-
maker not versPd 10 the usual requisites of a
train, and therefore not weighted 50 the wIadOw
close by, being wide open for air, breeze came
in got beneath the train. and raised the entire
garment up towards the ceiling, where II huttered
behind the wearer in rather a peacock-like dis
play. The lords in waiting and the ushers jumped
at IL, and tried with their wands 10 get Il down
again, but as all this time the wearer was con-
fusedly hurry ing on, she got so near the Queen
that they were obliged TO deslsf aud In that
proud posi- ion, beneath the floating cloud OF her
own drapeIy. she curtsied TO Her Majesty and
passed on. This droll episode in the days enter
tainment was followed by another.
A lady on being told to take the glove off her
right hand tugged ut the tight tit on that hot day
SO hard that all the glove came off except a reso-
twitch. She, too, was accompanied by a gentle
man-they were evidently a clergyman and his
new married wife, and when the lord In waiting
attempted 70 draw the arm Of the wife from that
Of the husband, the husband exclaimed soto
Uoee:-"IIallO, my dear, hold fast. Who knows
what those people want" At this moment, 1
forget whether It was the late Lord Mulgrave or
the present Lord Conyngham, one Of the two, on
hearing and seeing this quaint resolution not to
be parted, cried out :-"What God hath put
together let no man put asunder" So the couple
passed the Queen, tOndly and fast-locked in each
others arms.
Lord RodaR had to kneel and kiss Her
Majesty's hand on some appointment or other,
but being not quite so active he found il impossi
bic TO rise without assistance, 30 having hold OF
Her Majestys most gracious hand, he held Il so
fast that In raising himself by II he almost pulled
her from her char OF state. In dancing country
dance at one OF the Queens balls, Il chAnced
that we had come to the figure where, after
changing hands, Lord Torringt0n, who was
dancing with tho Queen, was TO lead her down
the dance and back again. His eyes at tho
instant were fixed In m0menlary reVorie on the
hoor, therefore he forgot the figure, and did MOI
see the step Her Majesty made In advance 10 NEE
his approach 20 take her hand, on rather 70 lo
her hand rest on his. I saw the errors He
Majesty smiled and c0lorod, when by q stamI
with my foot drew his attention, and he led he
down the dance, apparently In considerable
dismay at his own forgetfulRess.-- Life az
ReeolIsctioaS, By Hon. Gta't'ey F. Berkeley.