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

(
de remover cette carte.
WAITING FOR THE KING. na.
Although, as you observe, hidden to come
in grand uniform your correspondent is,
perhaps, the only American now abroad who
has not at least the rank of colonel, and he con-
fined himself to the plain American costume
that ingenious raiment which makes our best
society resemble ON assembly Of undertakers
1t was nine before we came to the Palace.
The stairs were lined with soldiery, and
stream Of eminent people was trickling along
in oil uniforms, mainly the modest gold
braided costume of the court. We passed
from one chamber to another, bowling to the
Grand Marshal at the door, who stood, sur
rounded by aids, to await the coming of
the King. The long gallery was
crammed with people, densely packed
in row, thin lane between
for the royal family Here were the officers
of the army, the members Of the Diet and the
miscellaneous persons. Near the door were
three or four hundred ladies Of various ages,
specialized dowagers scattering powder and
young maidens scattering smiles and bushes,
and all in white. We entered another smaller
chamber, where were the select nobility, not
90 IN, ho lint ole
crowded densely, and narrow lane for the
royal family. Still on, and we came to the
supreme chamber, where was the highest
gathering, the diplomatists and special am-
bassadors, among which your correspondent
took his station, as became ON ambassador of
great newspaper not careless of
his dignity. There we stood-Mstter-
Mich, Blumenthal, Menebrea and oil the
rest of rs. Our own Minister, with his
earnest, kind face dressed like your CORE
spondent, in the undertaken costume, and not
in the best, either Of us envying the over
whelming radiance Of the precious beings
around us. So we stood in due silence and
dignity, very warm, very much crowded and
much indebted to court servant, with an
incredible feather in his hat who passed COB
lets OF water over our heads to all who were
weary and athirst
THE ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
4, ~ =, I, ro~
ball, but it was after nine when the distant
drums told us the royal family were coming.
And they came, slowly pressing their way
through the dense crowd until they reached
our room, the King in the uniform Of q
general, the Queen with long velvet trail,
which an able-bodied man carried over his
arm. There we're the four princess winning
nest Of princelings fair to see and with fresh
boy faces; and the attending splendors in the
way of noble men and women formed the
retinue. When the King reached our COM
pany we oil fell back and formed cir
Gle. It was hard work, but the circle
was formed-some of the noble danes dis
posed to resent the crushing of their costumes.
The King slowly paced around one arc of the
circle, saying few words to each guest speak
ing to the ambassadors mainly. The Queen
did the same as she paced around the other
arc. What the King said to this writer was
he would be glad to see him before we left
Sweden. This in the most natural and
friendliest way Her Majesty merely bowed
to him and entered into conversation with
General Blumenthal in the German tongue.
And the famous old warriors eyes glistened
as he heard his native language; for, as hear,
not French men or French parts of speech.
TIE ROYAL QuADRnLE.
These courtesies exchanged the music
broke into dance. The King took the wife
of the French Ambassador-the Queen Prince
Metternich-and began the Lancers. Cheer
fully they danced, and in good time, so it
seemed, the music varied by snatches Of the
"Grande Duchesse." There was scarcely room
for q satisfactory demonstration, but their
Majesties and the other members Of the set
were amiable about it and did not mind being
hustled now and then, and nothing could ex-
coed the Queens kindness of smile when the
valiant old Blumenthal would tread upon her
velvet trail with his spurred boots The first set
was composed mainly Of the ambassadors and
their retnue. One who danced next the
Queen-but in the opposite side Of the figure
-. = ..A..4l. -..a -~:Al,a..l - A IN --Aal.