Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-08
IN HYDE PARK.
GIimpses OF Royalty that Give Delight
to the Loyal People OF London.
From the PhtladelDdta Times.

to the LOYAL People OF London.
From the PhiladelD6fa Times.
/ LONDON, July 25.-YOu should have
been in Hyde Park yesterday The scene
was wonderful Beautiful always is this
grand old pleasure ground, but just now
the flower beds are at their most radiant,
and their brilliancy adds amazingly to
the splendor of the scene. treatise
could be written on the flower gardening
of Hyde Park had one the requisite bo-
tanical knowledge. Is it not strange, Of
verify, that these beds of bloom can be
forced by the cunning hand of the modern
gardener TO assume certain aspect at
certain datey Beginning Of April, 80 and
So; beginning Of June, a Kaleidoscope
change; middle Of July, cOlors OF vivid
| hue appear-bands of red, yellow, blue,
brown; white stars: one bed is high with
noddng plants but most are low-spread,
like carpets from the Orient The gay
world of London Is looking it's last at
these prettinesses. We holly pant for the
misty mountain and the wandering wave.
Yet the dying glOries of the season are
like the bouquet OF pyrotechnic display
the best Of all.
THE PRINCESS.
Thus yesterday in the park we saw such
~ CbHEI 4dbiOu VI Ibl hitlES as 10 Ihiit-
quent. First to arrive was the Princess
Of Wales, with her three daughters. OF
this group the public never tires. There
is q certain hOmely fashion about the Ia
dies and their equipaRe, splendid, but not
too splendid; perfect taste, In fact, which
meets the approval OF every OnlOoker.
The wonderfully young Alexandra, with
her tiny bonnet and her olose-htting
dress; her girls, no better habited than
any other PERSONS, less extrayagantly
far than most. The servants without
powder; no military escort, outriders or
even attendant aide-de-camp on horse
back. Foreigners sneer at this court as
being too bourgeois in It's aspect, but the
modern taste OF the most sensible classes
in England and America approves of this
simple family way of driving about.
There is splendor Of an even feudal char
acter at the set ceremonies Of the court;
but comfort in the home circle and sim
plicity of costume for the promenade are
held to be the leading desiderata.
now THEY DRESS.
| must tell the ladies what Alexandra
WAS wearing yesterday. A plain gray
Turk SATIN gown, fitting tightly to the
figure; linen collar and cuffs; a white
straw bonnet trimmed with black velvet
ribbon; a cluster of crimson peoples
pinned up by the throat. No shawl or
sort. The three girls were dressed alike
in navy blue cashmere, with red spots;
round hats Of white straw, trimmed with
black velvet and stiff red feather.
We had hardly taken in this royal pie
tuTe when another burst upon the sight
the Duke and Duchess of Edinburg, TO
wit, driving in a small, low Victoria,
drawn by two coal-black horses. The
Duke passes for handsome man in Eng
land, but his cOuntenance is so dreadfully
worn and hlase that no one who admires
the beauty of vigorous health can see any
cOmeliness in the features of this sailor
prince. The Duchess is anything but
beauty. Exceedingly stout and matrOnly
in figure, her face is all frOwns. Yet they
say she is a very amiable lady, and no
laughter than one would expect from a
Cars daughter. 1t was relief to see
her smile-at something Edinburg was
saying to her. She was richly dressed in
black, with small bonnet of red satin
covered with black lace.
THE HEssIANs.
AS they disappeared among the throng
OF carriages which turn and turn again
between the Marble Arch and Alexandra
gate, a procession OF three of the Queens
equipages entered at Hyde Park corner,
and from lip to lip was passed the note of
explanation ''The Hessians" Eyes,
tives, the Hesses and Battenbergs, father
and mother of Beatrice's new husband,
Prince Henry Maurice. and exc his
brother, the Prince of Bulgaria. They are
staying for a day or two at Buckingham
palace and this very night are TO attend
the hastily arranged ball given in honor OF
the suspicious event by the heir apparent
at Marlborough house. The car
riages in which these people ait
are very splendid, If heavy, constructions.
and the grand and powerful horses are
worthy Of the grandest stable in Europe,
the Queens News. COachmen and foot
men wear scarlet liveries, with the broad
band of Grape on the left arm The
Prince OF Bulgaria is a very handsome
young man, not yet 30, | should say,
dressed IN a gray all-alike suit. with an
oxford hat. The mother, the Princess Of
Battenberg, is most Teutonic-looking
! lady indeed, and her round, fiat bonnet
shows that she has not been subject TO the
'hgh butterfly influence of Paris and
London modistes. A woman's bonnet is
like u mans hat; it tells the whole story
Of the wearer's fashionable status.
DUTCHY.
What is Hyde Parks's verdict of the
Battenbevgsf Why, that they are
Dutchy; tout ce q'uIl y de plus Dutchy.
hear that Prince Henry only knows
OF the honeymoon at Quar- Abbey must
be mitigated by the horror of an enforced
introduction to regular aud irregular
verbs, propositions governing the obiec-
tive case, and all the other brain-racking
combinations OF CObbett and Lindley Muir
ray. In this country Of after-dinner
speaking, OF opening wards al hospitals,
and laying OF corner stones,
ad inflnitum, r'yl 'ighness must really,
don't YOU know, be able to make "a few
remarks TO the tune Of hear! hearl'
But the fortunate Prince Henry may
| learn English as MIR. Squeers' pupils
learned botany. He can cOniugate the
verb ''to love-" whose indicative mood,
first person, singular number, nomina-
tive case, he can pointedly eXempliiy
with the graceful Beatrice close at hand.
But the whole present tense is easy for
newly married people. ~ love, thou
lowest, he or she loves; we love, you love,
they love" So tar, good; but IL is the iu-
ture which presents grave difficulties. 81
will love-" Ira, la, la, la. IL might,
could, would or should loYew l believe
you, my married boy!
THE PRINCE.
But here Is the Prince OF Wales. he
can tell us all about those difficult poten-
tial moods, can he uotY His Royal High
ness is on horseback aud on either side Of
hun rides a son. The elder, Prince Ed