Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-05
A Glimpse at British Royalty.

A Glimpse at British Royalty.
The following is from London
June" in the GALAXY for August: There
| is general movement among the loungers
| in the park, and an unostentatious carriage
| with servants in red livery goes slowly
by. The ladies are alfred very nearly
| alike, in black and white striped silks,
| the one in pink the other in blue bon
net. They are not so beautiful as rumor
would make us believe. They are oval
| faced, high bred looking women, the one
whom the English cali "Our Princess"
being older looking, less blooming than
her sister Dagmar The Czarovna IS like
a girlish edition of her sister, but though
her brown eyes have a deeper luster, her
cheek ripper bloom and her mouth and
pretty chin more piquant air, there is a
sweetness, gentle dignity, grace about
Alexandra which makes her loveliness
more perfect, yet its charm impossible to
describe She leans forward as the car
riage passes, bows and smiles cordially.
"Ah," said lady of the Queens house
hold to us one evening, "she is such a
real Princess" And this mention of roy
atty brings me back to a twilight hour
old Kensington, we watched the royal
family returning from Chiswick 1t was
a fete day; the streets were gaily deco
rated a crowd assembled in the terraced
gardens, shop-windows and on the pave
ment. The carriages containing royalty
rode by with unusual state, outriders in
gay liveries preceding them. First the
Christians (as we mi ht say, nee Princess
| na\ fai ,,la I'M.
woman, in white tulle hat, and middle
aged soldierly man in uniform; then a
trap" driven tandem by Il handsome
young man with full, brown beard, a
rosebud in his button-holc, gay de5o,aair
manner c' The Duke" he is called, just as
his elder brother is always THE
Prince"); and then second park
carriage, with a bonny young Scotch
cheitain in Highland dress, and a very
pretty, pale, brown-haired young woman
in a pink dress, with some sprays of white
| blossoms, gathered doubtless at the fete,
| in her hands A shout goes up as they
drive by, the good looking young High
lander dofiing his Scotch cap airily, the
| young Princess with the wistful eyes
smiling gently. These are the Lorncs,
about whose domestic life rumor is very
| they are fairly well content with their
| somewhat unequal marriage The Prin.
cess is very intellectual and accomplished,
| and is by far the handsomest 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 10 the throne to silence contempt
uous gossip.
J,,lt Ia G lo IL
| giving out there goes up a cry of The
| Princem All what passport To favor is
| this divine right Of Kings and Princess!
When these people say " The Prince" ii
| is with an air of 4" Long live the King"
| Here comes the Marlborough House liv-
| cries, and such a carriage load of royalty
| the Princess of Wales and her sister Dag
mar, their white dresses and pink hats
looking pretty in the evening light; oppo
site them the Prince of Wales, who, in
| spite of rumor and increasing weight, is
| yet tinc-looking. and the tall. broad shout
! dered good. looking CZarevitch; and then
| comes a last carriage, out of which little,
| sleepy looking children in brown Holland
| cloaks and straw hats, with tluttering
| white ribbons, appear to be rolling,
| There are in truth three of them upon one
| seat, ana opposite, stout, EraClous-looh'
! ing lady, OF whom We remember chiefly
| her brilliant smile and pleasant saluta
/ ton. Her husband, handsomer in his
dark, grand way than any of the Guelphs
| sits beside her. Those are the Tecks, y
/ says somebody earnestly; they are SO
kind and simple" Their home is in
| kensington Palace, where the Queen was
born. where she held her first council
The Duke of Cambridge, the Queens I'M
Gle, rides by unattended, in severely
simple way. 1t is said that the simplicity
of the Cambridges" annoys Her Males
ty immensely. The old Duke detcst> for
mality, He is greatly beloved by all the
people. especially the army, which he
commands And.thuS royalty rides by in
st gay cavalcade.