Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-18


From all that I have heard in Eng
land, I do not think that it is, very
amusing thing to be the Princess of
Wales. The position is too exalted g.
one to admit of much social enjoy
ment, yet has not the splendid poten-
tialities of reigning royalty. The
Princess, too, is peculiarly unostenta-
tious, and evidently finds the magnifi-
cent loneliness Of her position an &C
tual trial. To be young and beauti-
full and idolized, and yet to be shut
out from most forms of social amuse-
ment, can be by no means delightful.
Yet there are, of course, very few
houses, even among those of the high
est nobility, to which the Princess of
Wales can goas an invited guest. And,
when she does 90, an awful state
hedges her around. She is passionate
ly fond of dancing, yet no gentleman
can ask her to dance. She it is who
singles out the parsonage whom she
desires as q partner, and, when she
stands up to dance, all other dancers
must sit down. After circling around
the rooms some half dozen times. she
pauses and sits down to rest, and then
the remainder of the walters NAV
take turn, but, as soon as she stands
up again, they must stop. That soli-
tary Grand Lama kind of performance
cannot be very amusing to this kindly,
gentle, amiable lady. She is, l am
told, most accomplished dancer, des-
pite her. slight Iameness. But, of all
the recreations of her life, she most
enjoys driving in the park. In her
little victoria, with her dame de COM
pagnie beside her, she is free to enjoy
the testimonials Of affection and en-
thusiams 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 gentleness Of her nature, have
greatly endeared her to the English
people. In fact it was the recollection
of her loneliness and her gentle and
gracious manners that rendered the
Duchess of Edinburgh so popular
The naughty and high-spirited daugs
ter of the Gar, with her cold, prorN
look and heavy features, was a disap-
pointment to those who had hoped to
find in her a second Alexandra, and
her quarrels with the Queen and Prin-
cess Beatrice did not tend to make her
better liked. She is not in London
this season, being still in attendance
on her dying mother. AS the young,
Duchess OF Connaught is expected
shortly to add another member to the
large circle of the Queens.
grandchildren, so all the duties of roy,
atty devolve upon the Prince and.
Princess of Wales.
AS to the Queen herself, she is new
er seen in London unless she comes up,
from Windsor especially for some pub
lie ceremonial, and then she remains
as short time as possible in the city,.
always going back to Windsor before,
night. Even the number of presenta-.
tions at the drawing room is restrict.
ed, because she will not endure the fa--
tigue,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
Two 1IOuIS, Sic VIII ltIiCeTc-
take her departure, and
leave the Princess of Wales to act in
her stead. The Queen might very
we'll, one would think, remain until
the very last, as her presence at the
drawing room is the only social mani
festatfon of any kind that she has per-
mitted herself to make since the death
Of Prince Albert. Size never goes even
to the,opera or the theater, she never
drives in the park, ana she news up
the 1ucklesS Princess Beatrice as close
ly as If she -Was:a clois1ered nun, in
stead ola marriageabie young lady of
royal blood. mo one ever sees the
Princess in public with the Prince
and Princess Of Wales, as she remains
buried with her mother in dreary
from one years end to anoth-
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