Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-04
ENGLAND.
the Royal Family and the PeopI,

The Royal Famiiy ana tne Feopie'
A London letter to the New York
Times says: Ett4 aa.t.tl
"The High Church people are very
angry with the Royal family just now.
The Duke of Edinburgh's equerry and
confidential friend, Elliott Yorke, has
married Jewess, daughter of Sir An
thony Rothschild, and is about to be
married himself to the Cars only
daughter, who, Of course, belongs to the
Greek Church On Thursday night the
Duke and the Prince of Wales voted for
the bill legalizing marriage with a de-
ceased wife's sister-l fancy the first
time they ever voted at all. Then the
Princes 90 to the theater night after
night, although we are now in Lent, and
even the Queen does no. scruple TO hold
courts and levees in that sacred sea-
son. A more practical grievance is
that Of the ladies' who cry out about
having to 90 to court in winter weather
with bare arms and shoulders. They
have to take their places in their car
riages in long line of vehicles early in
the forenoon, in order to be In good
time. A carriage, even with the windows
up, is not a very warm place, and all
the roughs and ragamuffins assem-
BILE to peep through the windows
and criticise the quality in
very free and easy language. Oh, my
here skinny onep or Lor', she is fat
enough for first prize, is about the
pleasantest remarks the poor, red-nosed
Elxnlxr 10 haar
themselves. After an hour or so spent
in this cheerful and exhilarating
uanner, the ladies' who are going to
nav their respects to their sover.
eien are ushered into large and
by no means warmly ventilated room
in the palace. Here there is
more waiting and shivering. Then the
Oueop arrives, and there is bold rush
through the velvet barriers leading to the
throne-room; young aud old admirals
and debutantes, captains and dowagersi
swords, aounces, are pell-mell crushing
aud ruTtling into the presence of.royalty,
when rank and beauty at last arrive short
of breath and very red in the face, for
the free scrimmage outside. Years ago
Leech showed up the scene in a cartoon
in Punch. 1t was an old story then, and
il goes on still the same as ever. Of
course If fine ladies we're once to be al
lowed to 20 to court. clothed decently
and comfortably, and reach their ssv-
ereign without competitive struggle at
the door, the British ConstltntIen would
certainly tumble to pieces. Although
ladies at court have very little on, there
il n good deal to describe if one may
Judge from the following authoritative
account:
"'At Her Majesty's drawing-room yee-
terday the hair appeared to be dressed
higher than ever on the top of the head,
and almost all the young ladies had 1t
turned from the face over a cushion;
the feathers and flowers we're worn more
on the top of the head than of old. The
Young girls who were presented patron
lied snow-drops a good deal, one OF
them particularly having them most
gracefully arranged on one side OF the
hair, as though they we're growing there.
A tulle vail, covered with pearl beads,
way rather a novelty, and colored RIB
hons round the neck, with q bow in
irODt ana HlSHVnVo a. 'nO SOH'NAi
much worn. One lady had ribbon
collar at the throat trimmed with
lace quite in the Louis NV style;
indeed, the bellies of the present
drawing-room looked more like the pic
lures of our ancestors than ever. More
false hair seemed to be worn, more
costly lace, and the trimmings were
more elaborate than ever. 1t would be
really difficult to attempt to describe the
puflings, plaitings and ruchiHgs OF which
Tue tulle petticoats were composed.
One dress had the lace hOunce brought
up in q great plat pt the side, which
was filed up with blue talle end bows
of ribbon, and had a very novel eifsoti
a black corded silk train, with deep bias
folds of blue silk, was worn with it, dot
ted over With primroses. So