Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-05

w" --IH VIZ
will say, was part of the price. One love
lv girl sat in Il cloud Of tulle. Literally
she seemed, head and shoulders as well as
body, to be sitting in Il snow-white tulle:
but later on. this insane, mysterious man
ner had disappeared. only to show to
more b~ewilderiug purpose the beauty IL
had SO delightfully."- suggested. The hair
WAS chiefly worn in knots at the back of
the head, and was frequently braided there.
Comparatively few had ~ringlets. The or
nameuts in the hair were either very rich,
as diamond sprigs or feathers, or perfectly
p.ain-say q single dover at the side of
the head. Opera-glasseS were IN constant
use, but conversation seemed to flag in Il
fumarkabie way after the CON mon-places
OF The day had been disposed of.
But il the women We're so fascinating,
and their dresses characterized by such
-plendor and taste, the men We're the
v%eriest guys that ever dressed for a bal
gtasg0s. Nothing can be more ridiculous
in this sinful world than the little figure
of Earl Russell, enveloped in the scarlet
cloak Of Il peer. Huddling it around his
shoulders and neck, and lifting it from his
teet, smiling all the time in an insipid.
meaningless fashion, our Prime Minister
looked much more ike an old washer
woman than an English gentleman. Earl
De Grey, too, the new Minister for India,
who sat next him, was a pitiable sight.
Every peer wears this horrid cloak, and
half of them look worse than tenth-rate
actors in u tenth-rate theatre, during Il
royal scene The Duke of Argyll in
Iced looked well, but candor compels me
70 say that this was because his long
fair hair and SEirjtusIe features suggested
Il handsome woman in a warm garb. All
the short men looked like objects Of char
ity. The Duke of Sutherland seemed
pestered by his covering, and would evil
IDENTIFY have been glad to have pitched it
into the rooms at the back, and donned
instead the short s~hooting-coat, which,
with a black tobacco-pipe, he affects ar
ing half the day. One old peer, the Mar
4uis of Westmeath, who after getting a
divorce from one woman, lately married
another young enough TO be his great
granddaughter, tottered about with Il cap
on his head-Pantaloon to the life. He
would have thrown an intelligent savage
into ecstacies.
But where was the Queen? We had
been waiting for two hours, and the hands
Of the clock were getting near to the time
OF her arrival. The Princes of Wal 5
had preceded her by half an hour, walk
ING to her seat on the wooisack with an
air of dignity not in the lesstd degree over
strained, and rendered agreeable BY her
kind and happy smile. The Prince Of
Wales looked no better than his fellow
peers in his robes. So far as his features
tell the story. he is patting stout, and in
: ION yaars' tip1a will Ia Iir II NOT ahun1uta-
ly corpulcnt. The Princess wore "a black
lace skirt over white satin, and across her
shoulders q crimson ribbon. She had on
also n tiara of diamonds. and a long vel
pendent from the back of her head. The
seat chosen for her literally placed her
back-tu-back with the Lord Chancello, her
back to the company, and her face to the
high-backed oaken chair which is called
the throne. The Princess has an exquis-
jte figure, but her features are sharpened,
and She il generally thinner than when
she first set foot ON our shores. 1t was
very good of the Duke of Cambridge to
90 and talk to her, for the mere sitting
still, seeing nothing but a chair covered
with, apparently, Il white cloak, was tedi-
business itself. When the Bishop Of Lon
Ion passed her, his lOrdship bowed and
the Princess evidently tried to stop him,
for be is a tuvOrite at court, but the Bishop
did not appear TO notice the movement.
The Earl of Derby-who, by the way, is
almost the only peer that the cloak does
not detOrm-stopped and talked with her,
showing her an amount Of Difference sug-
costing a degree Of toadyism rs averse to
politeness as to common sense.
When the Queen came in, a thick throb
Of emotion was felt by many of the bril-
liant throng, whos rose as she appeared.
There have been such silly stories afoat
about her, the predictions as to how she
would act had been SO ~extravagant, that
apart from the novelty of seeing her in
the House and the genuine sympathy
with her which those, who have them
selves felt trouble, possessed, there was
enough to account for the agitation which
her entrance produced. The Queen, l saw
at . glance, had resolved 10 steel her
nerves to any trial, and it was easy to
imagine that did she once give way to the
curiosity natural in such Il position, and
meet the thousand eyes at her front. her
feelings would break the bounds. When
she reached the throne we all looked to
see what she would do with the cloak
there, which is called the state robe, the
statement having been confidently made
that she had resolved upon wearing moth
ing that could remind her Of her last visit
to the House. The question was soon de
cided by the Queen sitting down on it.
The Princess Helena. a slim genteel girl,
whose white dress was extremely becom-
ing. attempted to draw the robe over her
mother, dress. but the Queen saw the act
and put it back quickly with the hand.
This is an = of compromises, and the vi
tai question, which has agitated the brains
the aristocracy for the last three weeks.
was settled by the robe being put round
the chair without touching the royal per-
son.
The official Court Circular to-day tells
Us exactly what the Queens dress consisted
Of. 1t was a rich black silk dress. with a
trimmed with miniver and Grape, a
Mary Queen Of Scots cap, with a long
veil, the cap ornamented with large dia-
monds with p small coronet of diamond
and saphires worn at the back of the head.
The Queen also wore q diamond necklace
md cross the latter containing the minia- {
.ure of the Prince Consort, and the cele I
grated Koh-i-nor rs a breach, as we'll rs
he riband and the star Of the Or I
Ter Of the Garter and the Victoria and Al {
,ert Order. The black bracelets on hel {
rms and her black gloves aided the dress q
n Producing the effect Of deep mourning,
md the peculiar head dress resembled a I
cap, though it really had not itself I
hat character: The diamonds round the
hroat, on her wrists and above her fore a
read, especially the koh-i-ner, caught the I
light as she moved; but in truth she d
carcely lifted her head, and kept her eyes
OF the most part on the foor-lOoking 5
and then at u particular part Of the 3
louise a though seeking a familiar face. /
The young Princesses were affectionetely Z
ager in their attentions. The most try s
ny moments of all We're those which d
between the message to the other &
louise of Parliament, and the arrival of C
be members, The Chamber during those Il
tx minutes-they seemed a quarer of P
n hour-wss so still that the slightest D
ough OF even a sigh was herd; there was p
@ incident 10 divide the attention; every ?
was looking at the elderly lady who /
ut, with somber, melancholy face, on the Il
lrone, and many were imagining they V
oGld read her thoughts and understand C
leir bitterness. When at last the mem "
ers Of the Lower House had tumbled in,
he Lord CHARACTERIZATION the French II
,~urnalist on my right persists in con- j.
with the Chancellor of Exche- 81
through the form Of offering n
he speech, written on d sheet of foo'scap Il
the Queen, knowing, of course, that it II