The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-07
QUEEN CHRISTMAS APPETITE.

Every one who has seen Don Afonso's intended
wife and spoken with her. il only for q moment,
says the Paris correspondent OF Dublin paper. is
charmed with the august lady. Though amount
of fattery well call her very handsome she is
certainly the very opposite OF plain. Let me
mark. for the special Information of Irish ladies',
that the future Queen of Spain no earrings
her travels. and, SO far as could observe,
has no piercings for these pendants. When
the illustrious party were installed at the CON-
Portable hotel in the Rue dc Rivol dinner
Immediately served. and l am told it
was eaten with an appetite. Some fellow who
thought himself shrewder than probably no really
was has remarked that school girls commence their
dinner at dessert that those of twenty throw them
selves the hors-deurye, the pickles and salads,
that at thirty the creatures degn to accept the
white flesh of chicken or the wing OF partridge,
while at thirty-fvo they attack more solid meats.
1t is recommended by the same authority never to
ask a lady's age when you her eating cheese.
Well. the little Queen to be is only twenty, and
the people at the hotel say she can play knife
and fork as well ms any Lady come 10 the cheese
taking age SO much the better. l can never adj
miro woman unsound OF appetite. But. in all
the orders given along the line OF route where there
are hats Tor rcpasts the commands are or the plain
est and most moderate kind. The House OF Austria
is always simple and economical IN Its habits. AT
Nancy where the dt)saner taken in France first by
the illustrous travellers was eaten on Wednesday.
the bill OF fare was simple enough for you or me.
There was conson,ae OF poached eggs, trout with
Dutch sauce small siroin OF beef, roast fowl and
watercress, some little sweets ana fruits and black
coffee. Only two kinds OF wine. red and
white, were produced. One was Chateau La
The white wine sauterne OF an
cellent quality-La Tour Blanche. The imperial
party early Thursday. At haf-past
ten the Archduchcss heard mass at the Church OF
N0trc Dame DIES VICTORIES. 1t was the anniversary
OF the death Of the future Queens father The din
of the day before yesterday was given by Queen
Isabella of Spain ut the Basilcwski Palace ana was
ordered Tor five O'clock the early Austrian hour in
compliment to the imperial guests. The bride elect
was dressed in crimson scarlet robe and may
again remark for the beneht of the ladies that tho
corsage high bodied. No bare necks and
ringsl Why II IN sort OF revolution.
The PARIS correspondent of London Truth Is aston
ished that the Archduchess did order Won Eltz,
her house steward TO covenant strictly with the
proprietors OF restaurants and hotels where the
imperial travellers aghted TO withhold the menus
It were possible TO depoetizc the future Queen
of spain she would have been utterly depoetizcd
by the cdrtes OF her dejeuners and dinners which
have been published No doubt brides elect
travelling in cold weather will get hungry and play
~ good knife aud fork. Their being OF illustrious
birth does not release them from the common law.
Nevertheless, am OF the religion OF the Camerara
Mayor, who would not admit that Her Most Catholic
Majesty could by any possibility have and stand
I'm need OF hosiery. Thrones are strongest when
the hcti is all round accepted that those
who sit upon them superior to the
innrmities OF human nature. The expana-
tion of Louis XIv.'s prestige was given by Dengeau
tranf; ie Roi nc Jt jdma,s maidde. Hosiery. and so
on, bring me to the feet OF the Archduchess. They
are in proportion to her slender little figure. aud
done justice TO By elegantly finished boots, such AS