Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-05

From ali that have heard In England, I do
not think that 1t Is q very AMUSING thing TO be
the Princess Of Wales The position Is too
ment, yet has not the splendid potentialities OF
peculiarly unostentatious and evidently finds
actual trial To be young and beautiful, and
1doiiZed, and vet to be shut out from most
forms OF social amusement, can be by no
means delightful Yet there are, Of course. very
few houses even among those OF the highest
nobility, to which the Princess Of Wales can
go as an invited guest. And. when she does go,
an awful state hedges her around She Is pas
ask her to dance She it is who signals out the
parsonage whom She desires as partner, and,
must sit down. After circling around the room
some half dozen times she pauses and sits
down to rest, and then the remainder Of the
walters may take turn, but as soon as she
stands up again they must stop. That solitary
Grand Lama kind OF performance cannot be very
amusing 10 this kindly, gentle, amtable lady.
She Is, am told, q most accomplished dancer
despite her slight lameneSs But of all the
recreations OF her life, she most enjoys driving
In the park. In her little victoria, with her
dame DE- cdnfpugnie beside her, she Is free to
enjoy the testimonials of affection and en-
thusiasm that meet her everywhere, and no
one that notes the gracious smile and bow
wherewith she returns every salutation can
doubt her delight at her own popularity. Her
beauty and her winning ways, and all the
KINDLY la genteness OF her nature, have greatly
endeared her to the English people. In fact,
1t was the recollection of her loneliness
and her gentle and gracious manners that rem
d2fed the duchess OF Edinburgh so unpopular
The naughty and high spirited daughter of the
Car, with her coldy proud look and heavy
features, was disappointment to those who
had hoped to find In her second Alexandra,
ana her quarrels with the Queen and the
Princess Beatrice did not tend to make her bet
Ter liked. She Is not In London this season,
berg stu In attendance on her dying mother
AS the young Duchess OF Connaughtis expected
shortly to add another member to the already
large circle of the Queens grandchildren; so all
the duties Of royalty devolve upon the Prince
and Princess OF Wales.
AS to the Queen herself, she is never seen In
especially for some public ceremonial, and then
she remains as short time as possible In the
city. always going back to Windsor before night.
Even the number OF presentations at the draw
dure the fatigue OF receiving for more than two
hours at time Should the number of ladies
TO be presented prove so large as to take up
more time than the allotted two hours she will
unceremontOusly take her departure. and leave
the Princess OF Wales to act In her stead But
presentation to the princess Is by no means
considered in the same light as is one to
thers2 ueen ,os ana SO at every drawing
presented 10 get thel names among the first of
those inscribed upon the list, so as to be sure of
kissing the finger tips OF veritable royalty. The
Queen might very well, one would think, re-
main until the very last as her presence at the
drawing room Is the only social manifestation
OF any kind that she has permitted herself to
make since the death of Prince Albert. She
never goes even to the opera or the theater, she
never drives in the park and she news up the
luckless Princess Beatrice as closely as though
she were cloistered nun, instead of a marrl-
a agea6 pie young lady OF royal blood: No one
ever sees the Princess In public with the Prince
and Princess of Wales, as she remains buried
with her mother in dreamy SecluSiOn from one
years end to another.