, 1877-11-25

San Francisco Chronicles i0ndoh LHAcF-
The Prince Of Wales two sons have recently
been sitting, or rather standing, to one OF our
best known sculptors, tue Queen, their grano-
mother, having ordered from him statuettc OF
each, OF course she has required them to oe
portraycl as though clad in Highland costumes,
since She, prefers that to all other styles: anu
tho sculptor, williamson, has judiciously trlea
hnth to preserve good likeness OF the Iads,
and at tue same time to .uakc pleasant anu
refined portraits of them. It is therefore
almost UNNECESSARY to rsmark .hat hy h' way nS
nf softeuinr down some Of the wcli-known
hrnyiuess of the Guelphic cast OF conntenance.
lie tclls q friend OF mine that the Royal boys
are rood-oatl1rcd enough about thelr likenesSess
nosinc. said: II know am ugly and that you
cannot help making me So 10 you know Wig
T mn like ,,1au from whom get my large moutn:
am Ike my Aunt Thyra." This aunt anu hls
mothers sister. the Youngest anu onls uhnlal
RED daughter OF the King OF Denmark, one Of
tua he many Princcsscs whom report loug ago
,,irhcd out as the probable bride tor
the Prince Imperial what time the bona-
nartc DYNASTY seemed to have taken nrm
in Frame s;aa5c AS it with o sstei dss tae
lined to be Queen OF the Empire on which the
SIN never sets, aud the other fatcd-and per
laus slortly-to be Empress OF all the Kussias,
the fair Thyra probably has not ca1ed 10
dcsccnd to the petty ana pennuess ;nl1 uerhlu
Princes who seem to be so bountlinlly Pros1oso
b7 nature and the Afmanaeh de Gotha TO
cspouse all they eau Of the inarrlageabc
Processes OF Europe: And the empire IN
France bayin.c gone to dust and ashes, ant tne
Einr OF Spain being too orthodox 4 son OF the
Church to marry q hereto. There IS posltl'e1T
M one elsc-uuless it bc . kOthsch1ld-W0rIn
looking ut. s.. 1,
Thc other day, while the Queen,-as usual 70
Scotand,-was dining ut the table OF one rn o. ndl
great No-th British mobiles, i dreadful, areaur
ri treach Of ctiouctte occurred. Her Majesty
called for a class OF water. Accordingly,
noon-scryant came forward and presented TO hcI
= silver salyer with glass OF water on II. oat
Victoria Immediately assumed stern eApfc2.
sion and fprbore to putaout her hana LOT u. ~
appears that state etiquette on sucn au oaisao
demands thut the .nao-seEvant Should pIesent
1bt silver salrcr to q lady OF honor. anu tnat ~
tie LADY, of honor should then carry IT. ~
tic Queen. The mistake Ko was sna feca:- ac-
led, apologies were offered e. aha the m
1;,nr 1ne watcr reached her thirsty Majesty, It
tasted all right. What q fuss about q TRUE! !!
{. and yct,,' Is the teller Of the anesdole m
d;enanily continued. she can make herself
| c]eau enough with the Browns,. following A.
| tht.ir funerals, ut christenings holding the,r
hoi,ies or acting as sponsor to them, etc" VI
consc her :: faithful licges'' havs found some,
thing also to say about her economy. as e71nced
| in her snbscriptiop TO the Indian ka1atnc ne,
| lief Fund No. long since appeared at the neaa
| of one of the lists of subscribers her Majesty
| the Queen, ESQ; and close underneath Tue
| baroness Burdett Cot,tts, G5U Second coma
| tion}. But, as Mrs Malaprop once said, "Cona-
| parisons are odorous.'