Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-27

en- famille the Queen dimes ia one 81
the octagonal towers. where each Of the
eight windows frames q perfect view 81
the park. 4
There is little or no conversation Of
these state repasts. The Queen not un-
freq uently leans forward to whisper d
remark tosher daughter III a fashion
which to say the least, is discompo sing
to the uninitiated. The menu, besides the
names Of the dishes, gives that
OF the chef who has concoted
them. The innumerable footmen
are all in gala livery, buffers
and pages in costume, and the So called
clerks Of the Kitchen" in black coats
and knee breeches, stand at the side
boards to carve. ..4
After the dinner, which is short, the
Queen retires with the ladies' mere
formality, for the men follow three
minutes later. The members of the
court and household have also finished
their meal, taken in the great hall OPP
ening out OF the first of the three great
saloons, and which is used by the Queer
only when her party exceeds thirt.j;
Sir J. Cowell presides at that table,
The post prandial ceremonies are
promptly gone through, her majesty ex-
changes q few sentences with each OF
her guests, who remain standing the
whole time, and at the end OF half an
hour, at the outside, withdraws to her
rooms, which are always brilliantly
lighted. and where she finishes the even
ing conyersing with her daugh-
ter, reading, writing, or being
read: to. Meanwhile her visitors
are at liberty to play whist OF
listen to music in the red and green
drawing rooms. The gentlemen can
betake themselves to billiards Or to the
smoking rooms. The latter are proyi-
#ded even for the servants, but it is strict.
~ forbidden to smoke in any other
apartment, public or private.
Every visitor knows that he will see
his royal hostess no more, and that he
is expected to leave the castle by II
next morning. He can take his break
fast in his rooms or down stairs, os he
prefers. Her majesty has her very ear.
~ meat either alone or with some prince
of blood royal. At 9 she drives through
the grounds, which are of great extent
and beauty and strictly private to Frog
more, where she alights and, weather
permitting, enters tent spread On the
lawn for her use. There she reads her
letters and the newspapers. The lat
ter have been previously carefully
scanned by ono Of her ladies in wait
ing and the passages which should meet
her eye marked in red pencil. She
scrupulously abstains from glancing at
any others. Under a second tent she
then attends to business, and bulky
packages of correspondence are then
opened before her. A mounted groom
constantly rides backward and forward,
carrying her instructions to her private
secretary of the castle. She herself re-
turns thither for lunch, after which the
afternoon is filed up with walking OF
driving with Princess Beatrice until
the evening again begins.
Amid the pomp, magnifcence and
lavish display of the great royal citadel
i'll that gorgeous pile filled with wealth
of art, in contrast with the exhorbitant
expenditure of stables, kitchens, and
countless attendants, pages, grooms,
domestics and gardeners, petty econo-
mics are practised which many an I'M
poverished householder would feel
ashamed to attempt. One instance
may suffice: Every new visitor is en-
titled to fresh supply Of candles.
It would be unseemly to leave in his
rooms any that had once been used, so
Sir J. G. Oowell, in laudable spirit of
thrift, has invented small machine
which dexterously restores to the wick
it's virgin freshness. The Master Of the
Household is so proud of this ingenious
device that he never fails to point Out
how satisfactorily it works to any Of his
private friends who obtain permission
to inspect the Offices. The wax scrap
ings are collected and returned to the
candle mandatory, where they are re-
modelled into new candles, and sold
back to the Queens household at reduc-
ed rates.
OF all the residences Of the Queen,
Windsor Castle is the only one which in
appearance, magnitude, grandeur of APP
proach and situation fulflls the re-
quirements which make it fit abode
for the sovereign of great and power