, 1874-05-01
4 SILLY LITTLE PRINCESS.

| There are some pooplo who wouldn't bo content
il they werc hanged. There nro people born
| With si1vor spoons in their mouths who grumblo
because they were not gold, and people With gold
spoons who growl because their mouths wore not
big enough to hold whole dnner-Bergico,
Some people 60 through tho world without q caro-
or q trouble Of any kind. Thoy have no labor to
perform. no household careB to worry them, no
taxos to pay, no notes to meet, no anxiety aa to
money Gnu oat, drink. sleep. fiddle, or do any
thing they like don't have to movo on the 1st
of Nay go to meeting, attend amateur concerts,
-and yet they are not happy. 10 this class be-
longs Mario Aloxandroyna, daughter Of tho Cxar,
recently weddod to d very promising young man,
the Duke Of Edinburgh. with money enough to
support d regiment of average young ladies,
however exacting they might be. And yet, hcre
is the Princosa Mario Aloxandrovna In the
fullest ehine Of the honeymoon, ut a timo when
ahe ought to 10 surrounded by rainbows, rosos,
Psyches, Cupids. butterflies and other such un~
substantial stun as usually accumulatos in q
brido's boudolr ut this interesting period of her
existencc,-hero she Is, discontentod and growl-
Ing over Bome qulbblo about her rank and tho
etiquette duo to 1t. Very fow young women have
such an advantageous sond-ofr in lifo III Mario
Aloxandrovna. she Inns had nothing to do her
aelf, md aho has married man with nothing
to do. Ho has more money than ho can spend,
and she has moro than she Gun spend. sho has
houBe Of ler OWL, church Of her own, and o
nl,fptar 1T har ayyn Har l,>,a1 oor,ot 4.,,,1
q dollar Of her money or Jewel In lor COLLEGE
tlon, aud yet ho has to pay all the household ex-
pensos. Whom sho was married all tho bolla and
cannons from 81. Petersburg to London rang
and blazed. Her journey to her now homo waa
bestrowed With flowers, and oven Tcnnyson, tho
poet-laureato, struck his hnrp and aang new
and very stupid soug In her honor. She may
follow hor own swoot fancios in spending
money, which ID usually considered tho hoight
Of feminine ambition. And yet this foolish
child bites her fingers, and pouts her pretty
lips, and sulhH, beoauBe somo OF the other prn-
cossos stt littlo higher up ut tho table than
ahe, have their nameH printed In tho Court
GazeNe before hers, rido out behind tlunl1oy
with @ little moro gold laco on his coat-tal than
her tlunkoy can hayo, and appear at Court core
monies with little moro nnory than sho. What
timo aho should DO enjoying tho delights
OF tho honeymoon, sho is diacontontod
and writing homo to papa, who growls and
swears In genuine Russian fashion. and sets Ills
Minister Of State at work writing to tho English
Miniator to arrange afraira moro satisfactorily
for his daughter.
There have been affairs OF this kind In our
own country. There haye bcon occasions whom
tho vito Of the Attorney General and the wlvea
Of the Chiof-Justico aud Of momborB Of Cou-
gress hayo boon in deep distress over matters of
etiquette. Tho question is even now pending
whothor tho vice-proatdont shall call upon
tho Ohiof-Justico first, or tho Ohiot-Justico
upon the Vtco-praBdont. Tho difficulty of
Mr, MoNulta, tho member from peosla,
in obtaining front scat in tho membors'
gallery must bo fresh In the memories Of
our readers. But these little affairs adjuas thsu,~
sulvSs 4oonss os l&str. vtos-PssAldent1, Attor-