Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-13
A QUEENS DRAwING-RooM.
"Blue-Nosed, Naked and Ashamed"
Beauties at Her Majesty's Recer-
tions.

''Blue-Nosed, Naked and Ashamed
Beauties at Her Maiesty's Recer
tions.
London Truth has the following:
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lem Is carried on under circumstances NJ
such aggravating cruelty. A London
drawiag-roOm in the reign of Oueen Vic
toria is, when carefully considered az
discredita bic and inhuman a sDectsCSa o.
can be conserved; and, though the evils
attendant Oh the institution have been
pointed out over and over again. though
they must be perfectly familiar
to the court authorities, to the court
advisers and to the POlOnius of
the period, yet things go on in the
same stereotyped joe-trot system, and no
steps whatever are taken to protect loyal
subjects from the frequent discOurtesIes
ana many insults to which they are sub
Jected. With seant consideration for
comfort, or even decency, the principal
drawing rooms of the season are liked at a
time of year when the weather is most
treacherOus, and those who attend them
are compelled to appear in a costume
quite out OF character with ceremony
that is to take place at daylight. Take
the case of delicate young girl-or. in
deed, of any ordinary fragile beauty who
desires to pay her respects to Her
Majesty, or to the chosen representative
OF Her Majesty, at one of the first London
drawing-rOoms. 1t is March weather
the fiercest, most uncanny and treacher-
Gus season of the year.
ON PUBLIC VIEW.
SIN this weather women accustomed
to cloak and clOthe themselves in wraps
and furs whenever they take their drives
abroad or face the piercing atmosphere,
are compelled to bare their necks and
shoulders, to strip themselves of their ap-
parel after the fashion of their prototype.
Godiya, and for weary hours expose them
selves to the gaze of all the rascally
Peeping Toms who choose to concregate
In the park and indulge in impertinences
that disgrace the name of men and Eng
llshmen. Few know who have not eX-
perienced it the bitter insults to
which modest women are sub
jected on their way from home to
attend court or drawing room
at Buckingham Palace. As there is
little organization of the traffic, and there
is sure to be a dead block at some point
or other in the park, the shivering women
are constantly exposed to the curious
gaze OF these eager sightseers. Such q
mob as this is no respecter of persons. We
nave few sights in London, and the appe-
tizing one Of women, young and old,
dressed up in the daytime in the most I'M
comfortable of all costumes is not to be
resisted. The riff-raff 90 up to the car
riage doors and freely offer their COM
ments. Modest ears are shocked by
words of indecency and profanity.
AT THE PALACE.
Arrived at the palace the fair cOur-
tiers receive but a cold welcome. So far
they have braved east winds, dust and a
London mob to find the dread chill of a
half-warmed mansion and to tread the
silence of deserted halls. Here at court,
without artificial light of any kind, with
out warmth and without appropriate
color, they are compelled to un5are their
beauty in a cruel and uncOmpromising
fashion. If an ordinary woman OF society
cannot receive the male gaze in her tea
room without pink shades and rose cOlOred
blinds, think of the appalling trial for her
when she stalks these icy corridors in the
full glare Of a spring sun and IN a dress
that would be considered out of place at
an ordinary ball. The court, besides
being cruel, is inbOspitable. If women
feel faint or are attacked by a sudden
paralysis Of nervousness, they can, after
making a fuss from which most women
would shrink, obtain from a court official
a restorative in the shape OF sherry or the
more cOnsOling brandy. But to ask for
such temporary assistance is TO call
down the sneers of the stronger sisters"