, 1876-08-20
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
The British Royal Family as Seen
byGrace Greenwood.



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4ae EarB fanLne0n-aueen 4sanona~-
| A Princess in Custody.
povr coeep
Gyace crcenwood wr;tas fror, London. Inlv
| TO- tn the New Yorl T;n,+,. The Princess Of
Wa1es has ha,,,1v oo+ thro,rh .,5th hor +wo
| stnnen,lons Garden nart;es o. chisw;rr IN
| tia otra,jon If the first wc droue ovcr from
| Hammersmith In q e;mna nn,r;e.ocra+;c
| vah;.1o aa hac,r,. ooof1 pa.t,h1,.. ] aa 49,.
aaS s, 49,. a. =, ,e soou Nepuoi'ca 1hu 80"
eooo part ot tue great company OF thetelect, sad
to have been 5000 strong that day, drive into
the long avenue leading to the extensive pleas
] urn-oronnds tan car1v bour cara tha pr;nco
.,1 p-;ranss =, - eaa. 49,. sa-.s ~ 1.:l1. :s~
auu . 1iiueesa ~ ~ opsn 1uo'-nosse ca'flaee'
| both looking happy and well, aud wonderfully
| fresh considering what was before them Of
| multitudinous recoguitious and presentations,
| ND al +har ho,. nv. +bro,,h ~. .oo,o.
-uu ~ 'ne, na'e sous tu.ousu 'ul' e'09on
ana the dust ano neat OF tne Jay
| graphs His face Is not only more refined and
pen;a1 h,t brighter in exnress,on than thew lead
49, - axa.c+ Whonav.r mo e ~ thasa ,,o,n.rs~
ous W eApoe'. eus "a '1ose yoan
able bore the photographers camera, it seems
| that all the dulluess and doggedness and much
of III. orocsness of the o,f, f;eoroe come. out In
~. 49, ~a1,ai ao,,rta',.e IT, p.;aaaa,
'ne ylcuil!l]eo los u eo4uteualeG Aus 1'lneee7
Of Wales faced the prospect OF the afternoons
wearying demands on her strength and spirit
with the unyarvipp. sweet. serene smile which at
times must he the most ttresome of all her du :
e' ~ w os, - 1:x. :.
lies. IL al oe not 1o'e!y III ner private Ale' IL
such a LIE she may be said to nave, her lovely
face betrays no hint of tears or trouble; if even
| storms visit that exalteu domestic sphere, no
| fo;ntas+ c1oud 1i,oere oho,,t har uhan sha
ness araas ;nt o1 tha ooa no.,a nnnas,.. % the
emc1ses MY tue eoinnlou "ol1o. oppos4.e nv
apusust latngs i; anu motner sat 5ne y9un1g
ll,uces' laah' nean1n{, Jo5ous-loohug Al.ie
.p .auS IL slui uis9 *, - anusue so.
acn esetets, nsG e.s Gnas' ptstIy anu sliit.y Ky
poys, aaslug fatngf an r o. tonssEan' , anu sgi
eolstousu5 ,t ss, 10y law, .ne upen, uusipn
vuG thn,,h4 tt 1st41 I. ri
enh fi.asa,1 NTH rha;r I5arants hnn,sn'
mug toilo"su WI tuel palleu1s, nu4solner' nt
naslnE noetanS " tne sups.ulrt1ous auu Hose *
Resspon u snaiuen ~, ~ punpe3i pnite ooln1
1Aeu came an5 AoInc 1uat oIanG3esS anu
pleaeneu-ou. oescenu.ns " n9o noys un-
scrupu1ous g1o entins, WY nas iaie!y N5ttcn
| poem salu 10 pe uucaiiy uoIi, anu tne
1aughty young oame, VINO always "r1tes hersei1
4o"n fr1ncess pc1o1e WIG, anu tne frnce ana
frlncess CHRISTIAN, H. nlce' nome-hke, not TO say
nomely, people. l1ese hoya1 co1p!es go every
Wnere togetaer, anu take Inc cn1ldTen, Wncn
|
Tor constancy ana con1ugaLty, 1or me morall-
ties, ana pFopretfes, ana az Inc 1amny tles. Il
mas raised nonest fespectaoiity TO an lmperlal
dignity, anu established the domestic virtues by
royal letters-patcnt.
among Ihe foreign notaollities, We tnat Gay
sa" the fr1nce 1mperla1, that interesting
adopted exile can be called foreigner a gal
liant young fellow nc IS, with something OF MS
that peculiar shadow OF trouble which she had,
even in her brightest days,-a sadness more
prophetic than positive.
On passing round to the railway station, We
found our way blocked up by crowd, waiting
to see the Queen GrlFe out OF the grounds, and
were resigned to stop also and wait With them
1t Is not every DAY that one may encounter the
sovereign on her own highway. We had seen
the Queen Of England before, but not the En-
press Of India At last she came, the plain,
little, Christian idol, whose worship circles the
Wor1u, unimposlng representative OF
klnSicst authority; supreme, 1mper1a! woman
OF her time: Queen.mother OF countless peo-
pies On thls pf1slt Gay the queen was
ing, and looked exceedingly well and in the best st
r;-S} an1 ift hav sar +b5,a ~ a;nca haS ,rinw
h7od her heavy face has seldom mt on 80 mich
Of a holiday aspect; that these are days when all
the Guelphlc humors seem to gather in 1t, till
II lowers ~ UT !ov1nS supJects nAc Nosen-
Jan9h{.r Ja Rcatr;ce ~ +1a far and void n ~
| white and dc1icatest mauvc; aud Opposite sat
Prince Leopold, a nice looking young gentle
man, Who IS always IN dellcate health anu most
nl1a!ly ;Ici!heu' .hst l.. ,.u. ,o .,o;7
h,cl1 an1 ,xant home hr Hamnersmith ami the
Underground, and so We CHANGED on second
sight Of the rest of the Royal family returning
from the uafuens. 1he ehlluFen looked weary,
prince Sasrti,, 3;rd nn,;,t1ass % ho won1d ~
fer q tiCcr chase in the iuuglcs to such dreary
sport as this at Chiswick. It must be nicer to
hunt than to be hunted. Only the Princess sat
eree1 ana ale1I' WIN neI .nIeSlole anu
thut smile which has bcwitched kinelom. At
her second garden party she had with her the
King Of Greece, her brother, whom few morn
lngs Deiors sng naa met az the lan"ays.at1oh @
at O'Clock. II IS ncr amlaole ana lovlng a1s-
posltlon wnicn enarms even more tnan @ the
oeanty OF tniS paie Denmatk .. rose. ~ ING pno-
tosrapn when mas nao Inc largest sale repre-
sents ner as calrylhS one ol ner oaoles pleAa-
pack. II Is pretty Picture, pu' nttle too
consciously human anu hohenAe
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THE EARL OF BEACONSF1ELD.
The title Of Earl Of Beaconsfeld, which is
about to be conferred upon Mr.. Disraelf, the