Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-06-29

dreadfully afraid my nose would he
red, and no amont of poudre. de-rir
can obviate that. 1t only turns red
into violet, and a violet nose re-
minds one of Guy Faux. However,
by dint OF running up and down
stairs necessarily for an hour to
fetch the necessary things, which
by the extraordinary perversity of
maids always are the exact things
they have mislaid or are 'just out
Of" like the linen-dfapers, aud
few sharp words with papa, which
made my blood circulate, because
he accused me OF tight-lacing, l
kept myself warm. At last we
started in such cloud of tulle aud
silk, and feathers, and flowers, that
our dear friends could see nothing
but the tops of our heads, like cab
bages growing in thicket of
weeds. l felt horribly nervous, the
train and the veil, and the volumes
Of stuff about me, bothered me very
much, and 1 was not sure how l
should make my curtsy. 1t was
awful when we got out at Bucking-
ham Palace Such beautiful Beef
eaters, looking like wax figures at
Mime. Tussaud's such magnificent
creatures in court dresses, white
stockings and thin legs-I never
made out to this day, whether they
were servants or company. Mann
+, ma met foreign diplomat at the
foot of the grand stairs, who insist
ed on walking up haud-in-hapd
with her. suppose it is foreign
fashion; 1 followed, feeling rather
dizzy. 1 quite understand the ex-
preston "noddipg plumes" now,
there is a sort OF sleepy awe creeps
over one at these regal ceremonies;
every one walks on tip-toe; the
ladies whisper, one expects to hear
of u national calamity every mo-
ment. But nothing occurred, except
that we all sat, very silent, very
nervous, wedged in together, scrut.
inizing one another's looks and
dresses. thought of the passage in
one of Miss Broughtob's books
where she talks of shoulders. What
a show of them there was! the scrag-
gy debutantes, rather red, like the
raw tips of the first white asparagus,
then the full-blown matronly, re-
sembling alabaster; then the
orange-colored, like over-iipe fruit;
then the flabby like fat sea ane-
none; the spotty, the sun.tanned,
the bilious-!ooking, the skeleton,
or the fat lady at u fair-all display
ed their charms to the uttermo st.
How / longed to cover up some of
the poor old things who tottered 10
with their poor old skins exposed
to the glaring light of day, and
Knocked by decoration OF dia-
monds; but then, Of course, etiquette
must be attended to, 30 there we
were all of us, shivering and de-
colietees. The beauty came In
with all her jewels; how they flash
ed, and how ripe and red her lips
looked. / heard mamma whisper
ing to another lady about her, but
I could not hear what they said.
am sure 1t was something scandal
lous, because they would not let
me know 1t. Presently the crowd
moved on. We were all getting
tired, so we began to push just like
common mob. Mamma and l
got on very we'll, because she is
tall and | have sharp elbows, but
one lady sat down, and another, in
the surgiug flood of people, collaps-
Ell into her lap. Then we began to
push and shove harder than ever.
I gathered up all my skirts and set
- IL mil Nhn min IF
my veil came out and my bracelet
with bit of Charles hair in it
fell off. 1t was such scramble 10
find 1t. just than n lady (aint:sd
She was "a poor, pal6-ioOhinS
creature and was hustled by some
of the attendants into another
room. And now we were close.
One by Que we uncurled our trails,
and the trains were spread out be.
hind us. "ro be presented" l saw a
gorgeous official who took my card;
an ocean of black plumes and rust
ling robes and sparkle Of diamonds
half-bllnded me. made a confus-
ed curtsy and struggled to kiss the
Queens hand, or she kissed mine,
l really can't tell which; male
another curtsy, heard kind Of
dim murmur like the sea all round
me, when suddenly my train was
thrown unceremopiously over my
arm, and [ was almost pushed out.
1t was over. In that brief mo-
ment I had received my brevet
rank of youny lady at the Queens
hands, and had inhaled the atmos-
phpra of ROYALTY IT was Verv
awful, and was very glad tn stand
still and smooth my ruffled plumes.
Mamma said that 1 had got
through it very well. My shoe
untidy, my flowers crushed, my
veil unpinned, and my arms
scratched and bleeding, so it
must have been q severe skirmisb,
and / almost felt to have deserved
tina Viot oria CrOss