Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-29
The Royal Family of England.


the loun@rrS in the park, and IN unosten-
tatious carriage with servants in red livery
GOES slowly hv. There are two ladies in
it, and there are two little curlv-haired
dogs on the seat before them
The ladies are attircd very nearly alike.
IN black and white striped silks, the one in
Il pink, the other in Il blue bonnet They
are not SO beautiful as rlimor would make
Us believe. They are oval faced, high
| bred looking women. the one whom the
| English call " cur pl mc.sS.' being older
| looking. less blooming than her sister
DaTmar. The cZarovna is like Il girlish
edition OF her sister. but though er brown
eyes have 4 deeper luStrt, her cheek Il ri
per bloom. and her mouth and chin a more
! pl4uant alr. there is Il sweetness Il gentle
dignity, a grace about Alexandra, which
makes her lovelincss more perfect, Vet its
charm Is impossible to describe She leans
forward rs the carriage passes, bows and
smiles cordallv "Ah,r said a lady of
the Queens household to Us one evening.
- she is such real princess - And this
mention of royalty brings me back to a
twilight hour, when from Il terrace on the
| High street of old kcnsinrton We watched
the royal family returning from Chiswick
1t was fttc day; the streets were gavly
| decorated. Il crowd assembled in the ter
raced gardens. shop windows, and on the
pavement. The carriages containing roy
atty rode by with unusual state; outriders
in %ny livery preceding them. First the
Christians Gas we might say nee Prin-
cess llelcna), a fair. placid-looking Young
women in Il white tulle hat, and Il middle
aged. sold crly man. in uniform; then Il
trap" driven tandem by a handsome
voung man with a full brown beard, a
Rosebud in his button hole,a gay, dcbonair
manner e. the duke" he is called Just as
his elder brother is always the prince y
and then a second park carriage. with a
honnv Young Scotch chiefttin in Highland
dress and n very pretty, hale, brown hair
cd Young woman i'll Il pink dress, with
some sprays Of white blossoms, gathered
doubtless at the f.te, in her hands A
! locking young Highlander dotling his
Scotch cap airily, the young princess with
the wiStful eyes smiling gently. These
are the Lorncs. about whose domestic life
rumor is ever busy. But it is said on good
authority that they are fairly we'll content
with their somewhat unequal marriage.
The princess is very intellectual and ac-
com pli~hed. and is by far the handsomcst
of the Queens daughters. Her husband
has many friends he is young, and has a
fine disposition and, after all, his family
Is near enough to the throne 10 silence
contcmp;uOus gos- ip.
Just as the patience of the crowd is Civ
ing out. there goes up a cry of 1.-The
Prince :, All. hat :. passport to favor
is this divine right of kings and princes
When these people say $ the Prince 1t
$ with IN air of - Long live the King
Here comes the Marlborough house liver
icS, and such II carriage load of royalty
The Princes, of Wales and her sister Dag
mar. their pink dresses and white hats
looking pretty in the evening light; oppo-
site Them the Prince Of Wales, who in
spite of rlmor and increasing weight, Is
vet fine-lookin~. and the tall, broad -shoul-
dercd czarovitch; ard then comes last
carriage, out of which little sleepy-looking
children in brown holland clOaks and
straw hats. with tiutterng white ribbons,
appear to be rolling. There are IN truth
three of them upon one seat and opposite
a stout, graciously looking lady, OF who!d
we remember chiefly her brilliant -'I'lt
and pleasant salutation. Her husband
handsomer in his dark, grand way than
anv of the Guelphs, sits beside her
Those are the Tecks," says somebody
earnestly; they are so kind and simple
r Their home is in kensington Palace
where the Queen was born, where she
, held her first council. The Duke OF Cam
bridge, the Queens uncle, rides by unat
tended, in severely simple way. 1t !:
. said the simplicity of the - Cambrldses
= annoys her Majesty immensely. The oi'
Duke detests formalty. He is greatly be
f loved by all the people. especially th'
army, which he commands. And thu
royalty rides by.--The Gulo1y.