Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-13
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There is a general movement among TIE
lOungers in the park, and an transformations
carriage with servants in red livery goes
slowly by. There are two ladies in It, and
there are two little CuTly-haiIed dogs on
the seat before them.
The ladies are attfred very nearly alike,
IN black and white striped silks, the one in
a pink, the other in a blue bonnet. They
are not so beautiful as rumOr would make
us belieye. They are Oyal-faced, high-bred
looking women, the one whom the English
call ''Our princess being older looking, less
blooming than her sister Dagmar. The
czarOvna is like a giriish edition Of her SIS
ter, but though her brown eyes have a
deeper luster, her cheek a ripper bloom, and
her mouth and pretty chin a more
piquant air, there is a sweetness,
a gentle dignity, grace about
Alexandra which make her lOvelinesS
more perfect, vet It's charm impossible to
describe. She leans forward as the carriage
passes, bows and smiles cordially: "Ah,
said lady Of the Queens household to Us
one evening, ashe is such a real princeSs.
And this mention of royalty brings me back
to a twilight hour when from terrace on
the High street Of old kensingtOn We
watched the royal family returning from
Chiswick. II was a fete day; the streets
eayly decorated, a crowd assembled in
the terraceI gardens, shop windows, and
on the pavement. The carriages contain
ing royalty rode by with unusual state,
outriders in gay liveries preceding
them. First the "Christians" (ss we
might say nee Princess Heiena), a fair,
Dlacid-lOOking young woman in a white
tulle hat, and a middle-aged, sOldierly
man, in uniform; then a strap" driven
tandem by a handsome young man with
full. brown beard, a rosebud in his button
hole, 2 gay, detOnair manner (''the duke
he is called. lust as his elder brother is al
Ways athe prince''); and then a second
park carriage, with bOnny young Sc~tch
chieftain in Highland dress, and a very
pretty, hale, br0wn-haired young wOma1
in a pink dress, with some sprays
Of white blossoms, gathered doubt
less at the fete, in her hands. A
shout goes up as they drive by, the good
looking young Highlander dOfing his
Scotch cap airily, the youLg princess with
the wistfll eyes smiling gently. These are
rumOr is ever busy. But it is said, on
good authority, that they are fairly well
content with their somewhat un-
equal marriage. The princess is very
intellectual aud accomplished, and Is
by far the haudsOmest Of the Queens
daughters. Her husband has many
friends; he is young and has a line disPosi-
tiOn, and, afler all, his family IS near
enough to the throne to silence eOntemptu-
Gus gossip. Just as the patience Of the
crowd is giving out, there goes up a cry Of
~The Princer' All. what a passport 70 IA
vor is this divine right Of kings AID princes.
When these people say "Tre Prince" il is
with an air Of "LOng live the King" Here
comes the MarlbO7ough-hOuse liveries, and
such a carriage load Of royalty! the Prin-
cess Of Wales and her sister Dag
mar, their white dresses and pink
hats looking pretty in the even
ing light; opposite them the Prince
Of Wales, who, in spite Of rumOr and IN
creasing weight, is yet fine-lOOking, and the
tall, broad -shOuldered, gOOd-iOOking Caro-
witch; and then comes a last carriage, out
Of which little sleepy looking children, IN
brown holland clOalcs and straw has, with
flttering white ribbons, appear to be roll
ING. There are in truth three Of them on
one seat. and opposite a stout, gracious
looking lady, Of whom we remem-
Der chiefly her brilliant smile and
Dleasal,t salutation. Her husband, band
sOmer in his dark, grand way than any
of the Guelphs, sits beside her. ''Those
are the Tecks," says somebody, earnestly
sstbey are so KIND and simple Their
home is in KensiIgtOn Palace, where the
Queen was born, where she held her frst
council. The Duke Of Cambridge, the