Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-21
"Didn't Victoria ever get anery?''

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| ''Not very. I've heard her say
finger on the hot stove or something
like that, and once she told me if /
didn't keep my face clean she would
have one of the gardeners turn the hose
| on me-"
would she talk to the servants
| freely?"
Eyes, sir. like any other lady. She
used to ask us about our homes and our
families. and all that. but she wouldn' t
let us talk any gossip, like American
ladies. She was very quiet and gentle
while I was at the castle, but 1 have
heard she is not so now. She is get
ting pretty old, and old folks are all
more or less cranky
''How did the folks live at Windsor"
''You mean the royal family?'
| Eyes
''Well, its a 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 clock,
and rises about eight. A family break
| fast is laid about nine, lunch at 1880,
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
| according to tradition. and prefers a
| nice, light biscuit to any other
kind of bread. She is fond of Ken
| lucky corn-bread also, which she can
| make herself by recipe found in an
American cookbook. She doesn't adj
mire French dishes, and I have heard
| her say it was not right for English
| speaking people to print lis of fare in
| French. She seldom drinks coffee. Tea
| is her favorite beverage, and it makes
her have neuralgia, l m sure"
"Does she have neuralgia"
"Yes, sometimes. I've heard her
compla on several occasions, and once
l took bottle of arnica to her ROOM"
"Did she have nice room?'
"Not very. 1t was big and had nice
| windows. but it was not like Queen 8
bed cham err The bedstead was one
of those old carved ones, very ancient,
with a canopy, q 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 s
houses
$50 the Queen handles the needle,
too?''
"Oh. yes. She is quite handy with
it, and her daughters embroide y work
takes the prizes when on exhibition.
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 Queen for her seam
Stress
Did you ever hear her laugh?''
'No, sir; never all the time L was at
the castle. which was six months. She
SIN led sometime, but laugh-well,
there never was anyt ing like laugh
came from her lips, and used to Won
der if she would be very sorry when she
came to die. She used to remiud me
sometimes of a Sister of Charity, she
was so quiet Ike, and when l saw the
young princess all the time with her
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
fled than plenty of American la lies.7'
What about the John Brown sto-
ries?''
Il don't believe anything like those
he T. The Queen had him near her
all the time, but Just Is a ia thful ser
want, and he was very good to her, and
useful to her. too, for she has not been
stro,g for a long Time
II 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."
Ibid the Pr nee of Wales come to see
her?''
Yes; both he and his wife and the
Other children used to call. but the
dAughtec-in-lsw was not much in lore
with the old lady. l think she wanted
them to understand who she was.n
Ibid You ever see the Prince of
Wales?"
"Jnce only. and then for Just mo-
ment rs 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 one dav something
about her bad boy Albert. "
elbow 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 go
back again when 1 was twenty. but be-
fore that l was married and was in
America"
"Were you paid much wages?''
"Not much I got twelve shillings
week and home in the castle. Some
of the servants received much more,
and some much less. but the Queen al
ways gave US little pin money in those
days"
"Would You have re urned if you
hadn't married."
Yes. sir; because it was quite good
place at the castle. We were sure of
good home always, orthey never break
up housekeeping and the wages never
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