Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-05
THE EN GMsH QUEEN.
How She is Written Up by French
Journalist.

Journalist.
Paris Cor. Nelo Orleans Picayuno.
Nine. Adam has been stirring up the
English in her NOuueHe Regae in a very
sensational manner. Our good cousins
CLAIM to have the sole right to abuse their
Queen and London society. Very few, if
any, OF their newspapers dare say any
thing, for the law Of libel is strict in Eng
land, yet English people will in private
conversation, say the bitterly cruel things
about her Most Gracious Majesty. What
English newspaper writer's do not dare
has been done by contributor TO the
N0meIle Reoae, the Count Paul Nasili.
1t was he who wrote about society in
Berlin and SO stirred up the Lords an
nointed'' and aristOcratc element of that
capital that some Of them were for march
ing on France without further delay.
Then he went for Vienna, and so tiercely
that the authorities refused 10 permit the
magazine 10 circulate IN the empire.
Now comes the turn of London, and right
sensatlonally has he done his work. as
you may Judge for yourselves from the
following pckings made here and there
from the article. Without any nOnsens-
cal admiration for or idolatrous fear OF a
foreign Queen, Nasili-he claims to be
lNuHNldh- -tlpts IlOl llidht luuNu WI sup ~
Victoria, as do most Conservatives IN
stead, he pulls aside the curtain behind
which she loves TO pose, and shows us the
woman as she really Is, or. at least, as he
has seen-that is TO say, an LACED, old.
fashioned bOurgeOlse, heavy in appear
ance, commonplace in conversation, VINO
shuns society, isOlates herself IN per-
petual mourning, browns herself IN the
bitterness of her regrets, and who some
times gives to those who surround her the
spectacle OF a mind which has grown
weak with sort Of premature moral de-
Crepitude." Her character is made up OF
contradictions; as Queen she can some
times be great, at others exceedingly
small; as a widow she is now incOnsola-
Bile and now cOnsOlable; she is good
mother. and yet she makes herself very
disagreeabe to her children: she is an in
telligeut woman. but she often behaves
like very silly one; She has good heart,
and vet her conduct at times is Of flnty
hardness. In one word, she is a Nerlta-
BILE enigma. She is still loved by her peo-
pie. especially by those OF the middle
classes, from mere force OF habit; but her
authority and prestige have disap-
peared little by little. The true Queen /
died at the same time as tue Prince Con-
sort: the one who remains is "A mere
shadow Of the other, and when we con-
template this phantom we cannot help
MOuuGilu8 NHtbDNI ElEidhA Bull uttS a
living sovereign, and, If so, which one OF
her regal functions she fultlls. Had she
abdicated when Prince Albert died she
would not be more isolated from her sub
jects than she is at present-when she
drags her ennui from one royal residence
10 another without ever deigning to re-
member that she has capital where her
presence might bring back to life an eX-
tinct court. In spite of certain fidelity
10 the ROyalist sentiment England seems !
ripe for another form of government, and
Her Majesty has done more than any one
u prepare the way for a peaceful transit
ton. BY hiding herself from her people
she has proved her uselessness; the cOun-
try is beginning TO think that royalty is a
heavy expense and it sees that it is
not vital and consequently a necessary
element to the working of the govern
mental machinery. The Queen is no
4Onger any more than an hostage, which
liberty keeps imprisoned in palace.
We ie leaving all her royal duties to be
a%,barsed by the Prince of Wales. the
,aGth0r saws. She is very particular about
matters OF etiquette, and her eXigencies
in that direction often assume truly &C.
centric proportions. The Old Countess de
Bourbon told him that one day when she
had bad cold in the head she was in
vited TO dine with the Queen at Windsor
Castle. Though 1t was winter time, and
1tE majesty never ELBOWS ufe 10 ne
lighted IN any room which she occupies,
The Countess was forced to wear a decol-
lete dress. 81 had to perform prOdigies of
prestidigitatOn,' said the Countess, Sin
rider to conceal a real handkerchief be-
lind my official lace one" ANY new
fashion in dress is distasteful to the
Queen. When the Princess of Wales in
Produced that Of wearing the HAIR
banged II was at once adopted by all
he women of the British isles. The first
10 present herself at court with bangs
was Lady Spencer, but she had hardly en-
tered the drawing groom when a chamber
lain brought a message from the Queen:
''Her Majesty begs your LadyshIp TO 20
home ami to stay there until your hair
has grown again." At these drawing
rooms all the ladies are required TO wear
on their heads the three feathers which
are the crest Of the Prince of Wales. and
these plumes must be worn in a certain
way. one day Mrs. Langtry, whom the
Queen long refused to receive, but
who was finally forced on her by the
Prince of Wales, made an appearance
with the traditional feathers in her hair
but arranged in most becoming and CO.
quettish way. A chamberlain was at
once sent 70 order the Jersey Lily 10
arrrnge her headdress according 10 the
regulation pattern or to leave the court.
When she is in Scotland, among her loved
Highlands, Victoria unbends and even
lays aside her habitual sadness. Her
Majesty does not disdain 20 attend the
balls Of the mounIaineers, accompanied
by her whole household. The princes
take the royal domestics for vis-a-yis; the
ladies OF the court dance with the coach
men, gardeners. Wallets and cooks; the
chamberlains and other high dignitaries
with the house maids; the Queen, holding
up her short dress with both bands. IA
zephyrine, as nImbly as though she were
~, gally takes part in tue dance: the
Princess OF Wales invites her coachman.
and the Prince OF Wales does not forbid
them 70 spin around in the too familiar
waltz.
A STUDY OF sEAsICKNEss.