St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-07
SEEING THE QUEEN.
A London Crowd Contemplating the
Royal Family.
ogan's London Letter.

From Olive Logan's London Letter.
My residence is in the South KensingtoI
district, and a young lady friend dropping
in to lunch with me on that day we resolved
to go to Hyde park, there to behold the
majesty of Great Britain on her road to
Buckingham palace. En- route my friend
stepped into her bank and drew
some money of which she had need. She
put the glittering golden sOvereigns into
her purse, her purse in her handbag, and on
we started to the park. The crowd was
enormous and what lovely sight was that
which met our gaze! Certainly there can
not be in all the world more enchanting
public pleasure ground than this Park of
Hyde. Even thus early in the spring
the trees are bursting into leaf, the grass is
thick and green, and the air is ordorous
with the subtle sweetness of nature at her
gracious work of renewal. The hand OF
man constantly supplements this activity,
for in Hyde park the roads are as smooth
as a dancing floor, not the litter of hand
full of leaves is allowed to obStruct the. path
ways while Rotten Row is the model for
riding alice the world over.
Even the statuary which adornS
the park is carefully watched and
put into repair the moment signs of deterio-
ration begin to show themselves At pres
ent the colossal Achilles in bronze, which
was the result of a subscription raised by
ladies of England to commemorate the
achievements of the great Duke of Yelling
ton, is shrouded from top to bottom in the
repairer's draperies. Opposite it is the in
teresting statue of Byron, which wasrefused
admission at Westminster abbey in which
sacred ediice however, lies the dust of many
a more licentlOuS man. The spirit of Teli-
gious intolerance is still so powerful in Eng
land that not even Hyde park was open to
souvenir of the athestic Byron. 1t will be
noticed by the paSser through Hyde park
that Byrons statue stands behind some rail-
ings which incloSe plot of land called
Hamilton gardens. This is private property,
/ believe, belonging to the queen and
here the sculptured image is allowed a foot
hold. Now here comes the queen! The cry
is raised afar off, and at rapid pace on
comes the imposing cavalcade, through the
loud buzzing of multitude of lips, 1.-THE
queen! the QueenW AS usual, there is
small military escort, cavalry with pistols
in their hands, and still others with drawn
swords. Then come the outriders,
jockeys on horseback, riding rapidly
and clad in the deepest mourn
ing livery. The queens car
rage is drawn by four splendid horses, con-
Quoted by position, who mounts one OF
them. Two Highlanders now occupy
the seat once held so proudly by
John Brown. At sight of the aged
sovereign every hat is raised. The great
lady shows the traces of years and
sorrow. Her hair is white and her face
careworn. She is dressed in the very deep
est mourning, with heavy Grape veil and
the widows cap. Beside her sits the Prin-
cess Beatrice, clad in what is called half
mourning, with purple-velvet bonnet and
a mantle with the same color. On the front
seat of the carriage is Prince Henry of Bat
tenburg, the Princess Beatrice's afiianced
husband. He is fne-looking
young man, with what | should
call an American cast of face;
that is, features rather square cut. One
can well understand that ON both sides this
may be love match. To the raising of
hats the queen bows occasionally and is
soon out of sight, passing out of the park
under the beautiful marble archway,
adorned with the Incompatible Elgin
marbles as freize. The carriage which
follows is filled by ladieS-in-waiting,
duchesses and other women of rank and in
the third and last carriage are seen the chill
dren of the Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught, who have been staying with their
royal grandmamma ever since the departure
Of their parents for India. have said that
the crowd was enormous and the police
force was almost unable to direct the
streams of pedestrians and carriages