Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-08-17
ROY ATTY.
IN Ou.siLl l;.ccI~i"m--i Display of
Dre-s aud diamonds nj In" Foreign
Office ou tl.' queens Birthday.

I'm Or..tLI L:,ccI~iou--i Z 81. Display of
Dress aud diamonds NJ IN" Foreign
Office ou t!,.' queens Birthday.
The official reception at the Foreign
Ofic' ca the evening of tie Queens
birthday ld- long hoen considered
the most it autifni Il the iarg" parties
given IN LorIon Whom the building
was erected suite Of rJoms Was do
signed for the purposes Of such &
festival a. this. There are tine ap
rroachu7 through Downing street aud
beneath the archway AMI through the
great court. The entrance ball ia
spacious; the Grand stair case one Of
the afanIsst in Eurapo. and always
decorated with masses Of flowers.
The galleries surrounding it give a
perfect view Of the ascending and
descending professions "f Suosts. IL
tn" succoa7ior Of Fayly painted and
gilded saloons which incloSr the four
sides of the quadrangle there is room
for two thousand persons, or. per
haI,s, with much croadins, three
thousand. Royalties are always pre-
sent generally Il good many Of thein.
Republican notions OF equality may
suffer violence hy the social homage
paid to- princes, but il mist be con
celed that the state which surrounds
them adds nuch to the splendor Of q
great entertainment.
On Saturday tho Prince of Wales
had been dining with the Prime
Minister i'll Downing street, just OPP
posite The Princess picked him up
about eley0n, and the two arrived to
gether. Their approach is snnonnc
cd. Lord and Lady Granville, whC
have hoen welcoming ordinary guests
on the first landing Of the staircase
descend to the lowest step to receive
the Prince and Princess. The band
plays God Save the Queen" The
guests, clustering i'll tho hall, on the
staircase, in the galleries above. ano
in the drawing rooms. range them
selves in n long avenue through
which the royalties pass. Tho mer
bow low the women courtesy; 5aluta
tons which Prince and Princesse,
alike return with q general distribu
ton OF smiles and inolinatiuus of tnt
head The Prince is iii full uniform go
field marshal's uniform. as | guess
with the Garter over his sonldor
The Princess is all silk and lace an,
diamonds or tho guests, tho moi
who have been at any of the Humpr
ous official dinners given the sam,
evening arc in uniform Of some kin,
or in levee dress. The We, len ar,
gorgeous, diamonds enough to ransom
half a dozen kings cleaning on thu
stately pillars of fair white throat,
and white necks and shoulders Lad,
Granville wears a tiara which | an
told is a most wonderful product o
brazilian mines and the joweller'
cunning. There arc, to say the least
some hundreds of women in these
rooms whose jewels FRO cash in theil
kind costly and spienirI II 20,
have heard TINT English WOMEN dres.
badly you may we'll wonder who al
these divinely clothed creatures gro
| will not swear tha; their drcss
makers aro English, hut tho wearer,
of tha gowns are. in the proportion o.
nineteen ont Of twenty, ~ You may
SEQ by their pure skins ana shapcly
figures not less plainly than by the
English stamp on their features.
dare saytEc good American woult
declare they had an English accent
also
1t is mixed asscmblagr, no doubt
Political reasons have something It
do with the making mp Of Lady Gran
vills's list, and many reasons beside
those Of n purely social lind.
heard ono Englishman, presumably
himself composed of the most super
fine porcelain, declare audibly in the
middle of a large room that he never
before saw such ''hcastly crowd.
II it contained many men us vulgar
as tho author Of that speech. it certain
ly deserved the epithst. This speci
mon of III breeding on the part of &
chanc" guest might better be passed
over in silence, but it Expresses in {
cosrsc way the secret. unuttoreG
scorn of the moro select and elegant
society Of London for these great
brushes. The more select and elegant
arc none the less here in force, and
the best of them may taxa not of tn,
perfect good breeding and thought
full courtesy with which their host
and hosiloss receive thoir guests
of every degree. No use in giving
you names the better known of them
fill two columns of small print in the
accredited organ of the fashionable
world. 1t is long past two OF Sun
day morning before the last of them
have got their carriages and driven
away.4Cor N. Y Tribune