The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-29
How the Royal Family Lives.

Living in pretty little cottage irf the
West end is an intelligent Englishwo
man, WHO at one time Lived in the pres
ence of royalty, and was shattered by
the same roo which canopied queen.
She is nov the wife of a thriving me-
chanic, and to . NetDs-.Io4rndt reporter
To- ked quite as happy in her present
SUR findings as fancy ever painted a
queen to be. The reporter found her
by the merest chance, and when he
called and stated his business she ex-
pressed some doubt as to the propriety
of talking, but agreed at last to tell u
little OF her experience if her name was
''kept out of the papers,"
"All right. IN not publish your
name. Give me the facts. | believe
you once held a pos ton in the house
Cd of Queen Victoria at Windsor
Castle?"
"Yes, sir. MY fatherSvas a gardener
at the castle, and when I was about six
te 'n-that's eleven years ago-I was
taken in as a general utility maid"
"Were you in any way thrown in the
company of the Queen?'
"Yes. quite often. You see, some of
the ser ants she never saw, but my du-
ties took me all around the cas- lie, and
saw her more than any of the others. ="
What kind of mistress was she?"
"Oh, she WASH the mistress. She
don't know anvlhing about the house that
way. She used to go around and take
look at things. but she didn't play
mistress at all. She left that to the diff
ierent housekeepers."
"Hnw many servants were there in
the castle?'
wcorldn't tell you sir. There was a
whole army of them. Every Little thing
had servant who attended TO it, and if
the one spe ial servant didn't see TO it
nobody else would"
.'Uid the Queen ever come into the
kitchen, like the ladies of less degree
are supposed to do?"
..Of course she did, and she enioyed
it too. Why, I've seen her Majesty
take the rollng-pin out of the pastry
cook hands and roll a piece of pie
crust out till it was Just the right thick
ness.
$50 the Queen eats pie, does she?''
81 We seen her make pie, and I've
seen her eat her share of one. She has
good appe tie and good digestion, and
pie neve. hurt her at all.
1T is said she loves roasted apples; is
t so?'
Eyes; I've seen her take IN her own
hands dish OF nice y-browned apples
and carry them t. her room to eat at
her leisure.
all 81, 20 1<, -, L. L.
did she seem interested in the work?"
..Very much. Why. one day she
anne in dressed in a plain back dress.
with great b e white apron on. and
she made cake and fixed up a wi ole
lot of other dishes. she roi ed up her
sleeves and went at her work as if she
was getting t. week and her board
and looking for It. She was always
nice and kind to us, too. and talked
Just like some American ladies talk, and
not at all Ike some Others talk when
they get mad
81 idn't Victoria ever get angry?'
''Not very. I've heart her say
POUNDS sometimes when she put her
finger on tine ho5 stove or something
like that, and once she told me it l
d dn't keep my lace c.ean she would
have one of the gardeners turn the hose
on me-"
would she talk to the servants
freely?"
"Yes, SIR. like any o her lady. She
used to ask Us a, ont our homes and our
antilles. ana all that, but she wouldn't
let US talk any gossip. like American
ladies'. She was e y gu ct and gentle
while was ut the castle, but have
heard she Is not so now. She is get