Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-12-07
How an Ex.EmproH, Dresses Herself.

! LONDON, October lS.-Ihe Empress
received US at o'clock. The hour fixed
! for our audience had already passed, and
the Empress and the ladies and gentle
men of her suite were upon the point of
/ going out for their usual promenade at
the moment we arrived at Camden
/ House.
/ Her Majesty being prepared for her
I promenade, was dressed in u walking
costume of most exquisite shade of
| brown. The pettieOat was of silk, trim
med with three founces of velvet, the
faintest shade darker than the silk, over
which she wore a tunic and Jacket of
French merino Of the finest and softest
texture. The tunic was trimmed with
| f1Ounces of silk the same shade, and was
looped up most gracefully. The Jacket,
which fitted her lovely shoulders to per-
fectiOn, was slashed at the back and
sides, and trimmed around with one row
of velvet, small velvet collar, and at
the wrists deep pointed cuffs, ornament
ed with gold buttons, extending from
the bottom of the sleeve to the top of the
cuff. Her gloves were of buff silk, long
at the wrists. Around her throat she
wore large white tie of the finest linen
cambria, trimmed with Brussels lace.
Her hat was of black straw, bound
around the brim with black silk, and a
large black bow on the left side was its
only trimming. 1t was small, with a
dropping narrow brim. She carried in
her left hand buff umbrella lined with
green silk, in her right hand a substan-
tial brown wood cane with a gold head.
She did not seem to carry it simply for
an ornament, but made good use of it as
8 walking-stiek. Her veil was small
and Of black thread lace. Her dress
was long, so long that did not catch a
glimpse of her feet. She wore no jewell
ry of any kind, not even in her ears,
which were, though not particularly
small, well formed. She wore her hair.
the tint of which is q mixture of garnet
and gold, in simple waterfall Of very
moderate sille.
The Empress did not appear to be
more than twenty-five years of age. Her
eyes-but how can describe her eyes ?
have never seen such eyes before
they are blue--deeply, darkly, beauti-
fully blue-almond shaped, the outer
corners dropping, the lashes the color of
her hair; the expression a rare com BIZ
nation of dignity, modesty and purity.
Her complexion is pale without pallor;
I think can not better describe it than
by saying it is angelic. Her nose is
slightly aquiline, her mouth beautiful,
and her smile enchanting lights up
her face like gleam of sunshine. Her
hands are not small, but are of such fine
proportions that they look small.
After our interview was concluded, my
young friend and I accompanied the
Empress and her suite for half an hour
in her usual daily walk. AS we issued
from the principal gate, We were met
by considerable number OfpeOple, both
in carriages and on foot, who had evi.
IDENTIFY assembled to see the Empress,
some to do her honor, and some from
less kindly motives, fear. All, how.
ever, Joined her escort and accOmpan-
led her some distance, but finally fell
back, or turned aside and left her to pur-
sue her walk without interruption,
Her Maiesty's suite consisted of four
ladies and two gentlemen, she walking
first with one of the gentlemen, and the
others following. They were all dress
ed in excellent taste, and when 1 say
this I know that my cOuntryWOmen will
understand what l mean; it is, however,
impossible to make the English see or
believe that the French dress i'll better
taste than they do, because they really
have no taste i'll dress.
The ladies wore black hats similar to
that of the Empress, and their hair
dressed in the same style. They all |
Wore silk petticoats, and tunics and jack !
cts of some other material. Some of |
them, like Her Majesty, walked with |
canes, and those who did not used their |
umbrellas as such. The gentlemen |
wore dark gray pantalOOns, black coats, |
and-suCh lovely boots
Chiselhurst is situated in Kent, part
of England noted for its baImy and sa-
lubrious climate. 1t ig half an hours |
ride on the Southeastern Railway from |
Charing Cross. 1t is q small, rambling /
village, with here and there clusters of
houses hidden behind clumps of trees.
At one moment you think yourself
quite in the country among the ferns
and heather, at the next you come out
plump upon a tiny village. Camden
House is built of red and yellow brick.
1t is three stories high, and very pref
ty, ornamental building. 1t is surround
ed by ornamental grounds, with park
at the back,
At neighboring manor are living
fifty or sixty French ladies and gentle
man, members of Her Majesty's house
hold.
We left her Majesty among the ferns
and heatl GF looked back to take
parting view OF her; how beautiful she
was in her pretty brown dress that so
harmonized with the autumnal tints
Could there be a greater contrast imag-
lned than that between the Empress
Eugene and Queen Victory?