The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-29

ting pretty old. and old folks ass all
more or less cranky
"How did the folks live at Windsorf''
"You mean the royal familyf'
| "Yes.'
"Well. its real nice, quiet house
hold. OF course, there are always lots
of visitors and the royal household is
large, but the Queen steps off to her
immediate family. and they read and
talk and play whist or sing. Ordinarily
she goes to bed at ten or eleven O clio; <,
and rises about eight. A family break
fast is laid about nine, lunch at 1850,
and dinner at seven. The breakfast
and lunch are plain and without any
extras, but the dinner is quite elaborate
and there was always some extra
guests. The Queen likes nice roast beef
accord ng to trad ton. and prefers a
nice. light soda biscuit to any other
kind of bread. che is fond Of Ken
lucky corn-bread also, which she can
make herself by recipe found in an
Amer can cook-bo k. She doesn't adj.
mire French dishes, and [ have heard
her say it was not right for Eng ish-
speaking people to print lis of fare in
French. She seldom drinks coffee. Tea
is her favorite beverage, and it makes
her have neuralgia, m sure"
''Does she have neuralgia"
Eyes, sometimes. I've heard her
compla on seve al occasions, and once
l took a bottle of arnica to her room"
"Did she have nice room?'
"Not very. 1t was big and had nice
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bed cham er. The bedstead was one
of those old car, ed ones, very ancient,
with a canopy, a valance, and all that
kind of thing. The covering was Of
silk and worsted. and the quilts she and
Beatrice had made with their own hands
They were very pretty, but no nicer
than lots you see in other people E
houses"
$50 the Queen handles the needle,
toop"
"Oh. yes. She is quite handy with
it. and her daughters embroide work
takes the prizes when on exhi Jition
Why, would you believe it. one day the
Queen saw my apron-string pull out,
and she sewed it on for me, and told me
it was not every young woman who had
an Empress and a Queen for her seam.
stress"
"Did you ever hear her laugh?''
"No, sir; never all the time l was al
the castle, VIII Oh was six m nths. She
SIN led sometime but a laugh-well,
there never was anyt ing like a laugh
came from her lips, and used tn won.
der if she would be very sorry when she
came to die. She used to reml ID me
sometimes of Sister of Charity. she
was so quiet Ike. and when l saw the
young princess all the time with he
solemn mother used to think wouldn't
trade places with her,"
What a out the Queens familiarity
with her family?"
''She is not as friendly as she might
be, but usually she is no more digni-
fled than plenty of American lalies."
"What about the John Brown sto-
RESP"
Il don't believe anything like those
l he r. The queen ha him near her
all the time, but ust Is ia thful SER
want, and he was very good to her. and
useful to her, too, for she has not been
stroig for long time"
81 thought you said she was all o.
K"
.'She is in most everything, but she is
big, and fat. and old. and she can't get
around at all grac fully or easily; SO
Brown used to help her."
''Did the Pr nee of Wales come to see
her?'
"Yes; both he and his wife and the
other children used to call, but the
daughte r-in-law was not much in love
with the old lady. / think she wante.
them to understand who she was"
'.Did you ever see the Prince OF
Wales?"
"Unce only, and then for jrst a mo-
ment as he passed me in the hall. His
mother was watching him all the time,
and one day when he was expected she
told me to 90 home for holiday. ]
overhear her say.on, day something
about her bad boy Albert.
chow long were you at the castle?"
"Only six months You see my faith
er wanted me to go to school, and so he
took me away.and intended me to &c
back again when was twenty, but be-
fore that 1 was married and was in
Ameri, a."
"Were You paid much wsges?"
"Not much got twelve shillings .
week and home in the castle. some
of the servants received much more,
and some much / So, but the Queen al.
ways gave us little pin-money in those
days"
"Would You have returned if you
hadn't married."
"Yes. sir; because it was quite good
place at the castle. We we've sure of o
good home always. forthey never break
up housekeeping and the wages never
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