Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-19
NEW SERIES--V0L. 90, NO. 45.

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o husband loving and indulgent, will
her children with her, in aflluent cir
cumstances. and n position Of honor
she had tho essential elements of hap
piness. At one time during their resi-
dcnce in Madrid, during the war il
Spain, their house was fairly besciged
They were compelled TO remain close
ly indoors, not daring to open doors OF
windows for fear Of shots. The United
States being neutral in the matter
their house became O refuge for al
parties, and for weeks soldiers Of bott
sides came TO them. Provisions grew
very scarce in the city, the country
people not daring to bring anything
in. awe should have Jared badly, but
the Queen sent us provisions from hei
own palace" said Mrs. Eaton, and she
recounts a dinner party given by the
Queen TO General Espartere, Just after
he had won q battle for the Spanish
arms and was in high favor at court
IL was on this occasion that Mrs. Ea-
ton was first formally received in the
palace. A Spanish court dinner was O
lengthy and laborious eiemony, and
Mrs. Eaton, not feeling very strong at
that timo, was somewhat reluctant to
go. II kept hoping that my dress
would not come from Paris" she says,
"but it did como, beautiful pale blue
velvet, and it was made 80 small that
could only wear it by the old.iashion
way Of fastening my corset lace to the
bed-post and walking away from it,"
This feat of physical self.torture would
be hardly worth recording but for the
fact that later in the day, in conse-
quencc Of the tight lacing, she tainted
away and had to leave the dinner ta-
bic. 1t was an innovation. No one
else had ever been known to faint
away at a royal dinner party. The
barriers of Spanish etiquette had never
been so far carried away as to allow
any one TO leave the table before the
Queen rose.
alt cannot be DONE" said the ladies
in waiting; "such thing was never
heard Of"
"But it must be DONE" said General
Eaton, "my wife is i'll and must go
home" And hc himself spoke to the
Queen, and was granted permission to
retire. So annoyed was be by the in.
nocent cause OF this confusion that he
took a knife and cut the blue velvet
to pieces, and the use to which its
remnants came at last was to be re-
modelled into a May. day costume for
one OF Mrs. Eaton's little grandsons.
Once again on that eventual day,
Spanish court etiquette was shaken to
It's foundations, and this time 1t was
General Eaton who achieved that re-
sulI AS they were making the grand
tour OF the rooms, the ermine mantle
worn by the Qnecn slipped from her
shoulders and tell to the floor. There
II lay; NO ono attempted to PICK 1t
up Tho oihclal whose special prerog-
atlve II was to restore the fallen man
lie 10 the queens shoulders, seems not
TO nave been on deck, and General
Eaton, win the ready ana sensible po-
ilteness OF an American gentleman, re-
p'ace1 !, ana received gracious ac-
encouragement oil ms courtesy from
inc Queen Aiterward one oil the Ia
uies oil the court told Mrs. Eaton that
such an occurrence had never been
known before.
"but the queen was very fond Of
ueneral Eaton, she SAID and invari
aoiy ADDED he was the best man and
inc klndest husband that ever lived :
one described the palace, and how,
on their arrival, they were conducted
from one room TO another ana saw
nothing oil the queen until the doors
Oh inc great drawlngroom new open
ana uisciosed her standingin IN her state
rooes' In each room was band OF
music, ana fountain oil periumed wa
yer p'ayhg' ana among the MOWERS
were nung cages OF singing oirds, an
ierent olrus IN each room. Inc pull
ngnts, tne popular ietes, inc brilliant
progress oi inc royal carriage 70 the
Sor.es1all ,nese memories Oh ihe
SPanlsn cap''ai were vlv,d'y recalled
9y ner 10 ,he 'atest period OF her NE.
isaoc,la, l, even a. tha' carry age she
uescrloes as oeing ex,reme,y plain'
u,sagreeaO'c ~ manner ana alsposl-
,ion, anu very unpopular Dut tne
inlan.a I'M, was loVely ana iovaole, a beau
.nul niue glr, ana tne PEI ana prlde
u .ne spanish popu'ace'
Mrs. Eaton's two children, Virginia
and Margaret Timberlake, were with
her, and Virginia's beauty was a mat.
ter OF universal remark. kiss the
little Americana said the Queen to
her daughters when the American
Minister'S family were making their