The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-21


nounced that the King would again go forth
on Ascension Day and celebrate May no one
cared. Four disappointments are depressing,
and the skies were depressed themselves
on Ascension Day. At noon we were sure
rain would come, and we should have the
Kings usual weather. But with the hour
of six there was only soft, thin feecy cur
were hopes of royal weather. Your cor
respondent stood in q group that looked out on
the palace. There's an outrider," said one.
HE is going for the Queen Dowager," said
another. "And the King will ride to-day
said al in CHEEKY mood at last
STOCKHOLM IN SUNNY, MERRY MOOD.
Upon this May festival every one who can
procure q carriage goes to the Park in the
gayest Summer raiment Then the court peo-
pie come in state and ride along and accept
the salutatons. Those who cannot obtain
carriages go on foot and stand on the grass
and shout when the King passes, and drink
Swedish punch and, it may be, pass under the
influence of liquor. &c. as we look upon the
main highway, carriage after carriage passes,
and one who knows points out the most noble
men and women in the kingdom Why
should I repeat the names2 I am sure you
would never print them, Swedish titles of
they roll along in continuous procession
clouds Of lace and liucn and crape-like decora-
tons; radiant trimmings in blue and red
bright faces smiling out-the fair, blonde
beauties Of Scandinavia Here we stand
in o mass, dense line five or six feet deep,
and whisper and gossip as each chariot hur-
ries on. And now comes o cavalry troop in
light blue. These are the body guards.
Then all hats go off as another group rides
slowly after. This is the King-he in the
centre in generals nniform-bowing right and
left TO the windows crammed with faces and
those who stand on the paved road. This is
the Prince Royal, the slender STRIPPING with a
pleasant face, he who rides after. The re-
mainder ore generals and attendants--in all
about twenty. We notice Count Rosen il the
suite-noticeable here as one Of the first of
the nobles-and his wife, the present
Countess, q Miss Moore, formerly a
Philadelphia belle, and now among
the leaders of this splendid high So
ciety. There is break in the procession
group of outriders pass, and there comes an
open carriage, drawn by six horses, a stout
man in many colors driving, and in an ex-
allied state of responsibility. Off go the hats
again, and some of US actually cheer. There
are two women in this carriage-the Queen
Reigning Sophia, wife to the King, and the
Queen Dowager, his mother, wife to the first
Oscar who died fourteen years ago, and
mother of the second, who rides ahead. We
note that the Queen Dowager has gray head
and an open, kind face, written over with
lines Of grief. Poor lady high Queen as she
has been, of all her children but two remain,
and sorrows have rolled heavily over her
mothers heart Also, as worthy of note this
woman is the daughter of the famous Prince
Eugene niece to the more famous Hortense,
granddaughter of Josephine, and so first
cousin to Napoleon III. Her memory goes
back to Napoleon times, as she is
nearly seventy. Her daughter -in-law,
the Queen, is princess of the
Nassau House-the same little Nassau
duchy that Bismarck annexed and made part
of Prussia after Sadowa She has an express
sive, amiable motherly face. As the carriage
passes both Queens bow necessarily to the
multitude. And SO they drive to the public
pleasure ground, and after two hours among
the people return home.
Your correspondent accepted the Kings
invitation to call and see him, and the next
day was 50 honored. Noon was the hour for
the farewell audience OF the Ambassadors,
and the HERALD ambassador attended at
eleven. After brief waiting he was shown
into the royal presence by the Count Rosen,
Lord-in- Waiting to the King.
OSCAR II. AND HIS CHARACTER.
This King is named Oscar Frederick, and he
is the third son of Oscar l., who was the son
of Bernadotte. He was born january 81,
1920, and became King September IS, 1872.