, 1877-11-04
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
Queen Victoria and Lady Flora
Hastings.
The P~ince of Wales and His Flirta-
tions--Lady Burdett- -Coutts.
Tears at Royal Interview --Cettiug Revenge
for The Loss ef 4 Dride.

| So the Duke OF Norfolk-that so devoted son
! OF the Roman Catholic faith that 1t was long
fancicd BY some he would end as priest, and
."-n1 o'e1 Lung ~ p'1ae:sea 4n tuc "o'1u
tna1 nc coulo make over 10 iio4' alotner church
has at last engaged himself to take for better
| or worse tue Lady Flora Hastings. The fair
damscl is rraudnece as well as namesake of
49,. nas+ 40 iato1;n;to.s 80 ~, ..~a,1 a.s' 1 ~.
tn"t i1!'o. 4''el'e''oao au" "a4olf~oaeu LaoY
Flora hastings ABOUT whom, IN the carly days
| OF the Queens married life, there was so very
much talk The Lady Flora OF that time was
w.. w I",., 49, 49, 10 ~ psl-
maps hso LUG Lazy rlora was not ABOVE lnauie-
Ing IN the delightful excitement Of flirting just
tiny lttle OIL wlth somebody risc's husband,
above all when that somebody clse's husband
was handsome and OF Royal blood, although,
inucec, the Royal blood WAS only that of 1non-
e5less Ieutonlc prlneellng aud srana-ducal Sec
oad son, WHO, according to poputars song Of the
nothing more valuable than his fathcr's bless
nEs, aud German sausage and slxpenny piece
IN ms pocEct to "1uarry the Queen OF En-
giant" At any rate: so runs the old story OF
ta, na,} u, years ago, Alnert Tue good, Tor al
could not resist the temptation which prompts
Us less perfect mortals, "when far away from
me Ups that We eloge,' TO solace ourselves with
maklnS nt love to the lips that are near." Lady
ttiose OF the less fair royal Guelph. AM. if Lady
tloEas cherry mouth said nav to tile good-look-
ng FRINGE, it was, peradventure, the nav that is
llker unto yea. And thus, one day, it befcIl
that the prinre!y aud aristocratic lips |
CAME closer together than, considering all |
clrcusnstances, was quite, quite proper. |
Nalle LalY Flora and Albert the Exemplary !
were Whispering the soft notnings" and quite |
wrapped up in their sooouing, her Majesty her |
sell pouneed Oh them. Tableau! Confusion I
OF the gUod young man. terror OF the single |
lady, wrath OF tho royal wife! Lady Flora SO |
says rutnor, came in for boxed ears. aud never,
never, never was she suffered TO set foot again
within the precincts OF the Court. Doubtless
tue FRINGE was treated to an improving course
OF curtain Lectures, but OH this point We can
oply hazard surnisc, as into the mysteries OF
the Royal bedclanber It is not given to out
slders to penetrate. 1t is quite possible, SEEING
that the t}ncen had an explosive temper, that
his Royal hair became thinner on his ROYAL
head awhile after that day. Anyhow he grew
sadder and wiser man, babe long farewell to
illrtatiOns with maids of honor or any other of |
tue fair sex, bctook himself to study, invented
q military hat so supremely hidcous that Punch |
ind everybody else made everlasting fun of it,
songs in honor Of "Victoria's
sentimental, became (early) prodgiously
stout, bald, aud notwithstanding,
ook to patronizing the arts and 1nanufacturcs.
ierrnanizel the nation as much as be could,
% ds tunsd soa oas ste aa the e sa 5
,oor Lady Flora took her expulsion from the
7nrai naiacc yery dccuIv to herr md nsnr
,eople. thinking she had 'been harsh1v treated
ymnathizc1 With her When ehe d;ai, u.}s;cS |
Fas not until she had written a rt,l,,m. ~
,oems and founded an educational cstahi;eh- I
nent in Scotland. matter-of-fart foEs nro- !
ounced the cause of deata to have been disearc :
t the liver, while sentimental oaes declared it :
0 have been the effect OF broken heart. =
Apropos OF the dirtatlons with RoFal Princes, n
Is said tnat the stories so often whispered
sniust s;9 tne rlnce OF "ales morals are quite
o won; onir ton efadtv faH IN iors t1 vii, oIi h;s
oval Hirhnrss If oniv his Rnrn, H;~i1,a.e a !"
ouid fall in love with them. Poo, fellow ~
ow terribly bored he must pc-if he has any ~
list" ~ = oe't y! uou1iS al4 Wak1h1 eyes az is
IN ana desperately langu1sh1Dg,-ofc course Tor | nj
Ie FRINGE aud not Tor tue man. Why canuot | al
lev leave him in peace now that his f1rre o. .,
growing Aldernanic! His hair is t..in- af
nG ~ i,st u tne top !,as Tue nose OF Den- ca
nnfarn onI h;e veaTs ora raec,,er 1oe. de
at period ia MANS existence when illusions 81 81
e outlired and when one sees the paint and -. ~
lsel that aaern ea:h goddess. and has come to r
a1h ~ soou uhnsr 5nu peuts ol II lar prelera- M
ow. no nntter Iiow srIentlidiv nnnr;1a'; ,a1 be
rfcetlv got up (proyidel inspection be not too ri
'se) that eyebrow may DC. The latest thing tiT
DlcG uLLlc Sc1nu1lOuS stories about +.,