Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-11
Queen ssctOrlH.
HOW SHE APPEARS AND ACTS WHEN ON DRESS
PARADE.

PARADk.
London Letter in New Orleans Picayune
As We looked down this wonderful valley
from our point Of vantage there came slowly
along toward us a little group consisting OF ten
or twelve gentlemen aud two ladies walking in
this wise: i'll the center was a low-sized, stout,
red-faced old lady. apparently sixty-Odd years
OF age. This was Queen Victoria. She wore a
BLACK silk dress made short enough to escape
the floor. The SKIRT was luIl, the front being
covered with six or elgut vandyked nounces.
Inc back oil the skirt hung IoL ana plain.
- er tHiS Was woin u simple little o,tck
cloth dolman wrap. A close, large, black
u nnet, NOM wu.en huus s,io,., Li.o.
round net, or gfeuUdine veil, was her
head. Her lace Was rosy 10 the point OF red
ness, her nslr very gray and brushed simply
benlnu her ears; the cheeks We're not red aii
over, but a sort oil mottied red and white.
Ouce she smiled as sOine gentleman of tue
towards MIN IN " gracious but autocratic SOFT
vi way, aud exposed All ner teeth as sue sniieu,
they were very White, AMI so even aud perfect
sis to look suspicIousiy faise.
Ine queen carried u goid-handled ebony
walk lng-,iIch, and made good use Oi 1t, leaning
ON II as she Stopped to iuoK i'll tue cases, or to
talk, Win her elbow aklinOo, IN a Comfortable
fashion that dl1 my neirL good. she walked
rapidly alunc, moving in a booming, snip-un-
uer-.nIi-,aI! SORT OF isi,niOn, an idea borne out
by her aInpe skirts aid lat, dumpy body.
sir PhlIIp Cun.in Owen, Secretary of the
exhibition, walkeu Oh one size oI ner and "A
Lord Soineoody or tolher ON the other. They
u!d not wax up along siue ner ia an equal
sort vi way, Jul oil aUouL Jour IeeL from ner
prancins Sideways toward her with their bod
les, their uats III their haIus, anu their backs
constantly curSIuS they cUurlesied AMI
Doweu III fashion that Recalled ones Ideas oI
the days Oh Queen ElIzaueth.
Beninu the queen came the Princess Bea-
irice, AHA her husband, Prince henry. He is
IL t.lii, rather nice-ioonins man, WIN brown
iiair and III ,tasne, anu dressed IN "a dark IrocK
coat and lrousefs. Iue princess had on u
Uiue iouiard that probably cosl 90 cents "A yard
II was covered Win wuiLe polka dots, and the
long draped oScrureos Was edged with thai
Waite Lace nno".i as wal antique" Her bun.
ne. vas nttle Fteuchy affair u white lace and
dark-Uiue velvet, aud tue waist of her dress lad
s.itpeu ir..L .G.Ie..I ", wuIte is,ce ieI In 20
Ia, iron. s.a0 baci. sac aid not WAX up along.
siue vi ner mother ia u daus Utterly sort of way
uut CAME On oenlna hef majesty, aud politely
VA TED intii The Queen had examined eacn
case before she venlured 10 look herself The
pfinceos Is plump, very unlike princess in her
iiIdnueT. and NOT handsome. sue mas mol the
eAtieine, almost uitra-SraclouSne,s "a deIueauor
10 t4e pubic that cuaftcierIzeS uer sisler.in-
law, the frIucc~, vi W .,Ies.
"Hen The queen got To the end Of the gal
iefles nearest Us she Came IL lew ieet ior ward
In the open space oe5Oad the exhibits 50 that
The hunureds CUiIectcu might have q goou
View vi nta, ana tueu, without looking at them
or without any demonstration on their part
she SLOWLY turned and like the King oil France
went DdcA again. observed Tue crowds OF
her SUBJECTS gathered about, and there was
not al atom vi enthusiasm, only tue most
searching, ana grave ami sOfuDre CURIOSITY.
and " Iieu size iiad gone quiet turning away
as III that were AL. talaeu the other uay wlLn
ah Intelligent mIudie-cIass gentleman ON this
question ia Inc 10y al family. lie said: "Wnen
Tue queen dies We will nave the Prince OF
W ale, Ior king; but after him there Will be
no more Kings nor queens lor ord kns LAM u.
W e are Oh the eve vi great revolution that
"iH come quietly and la oruer, and surprise no