, 1888-05-03
THE PRINCESS PRIVATE DAIRY
At sandringham Hall. tho Country Home
OF the Prince of Wales.

OF the Prince of Wales.
The dairy proper, where the princess
uaSes thick, yellow cream turn into fra
grant butter through the medium Of q
dainty silver churn, has also much to in-
'erest the visitor. The walls ure covered
fifth tiles presented to the prince, and
which he HAD placed here rs u surprise for
his royal dsirymaid. These tiles were
made In Bombay and are of q peculiar
peacock blue, In which the rose the sham-
rock, the thistle and the motto .Ich Diem"
are ingeniously intertwined.
Round the room runs white marble
counter covered with silver pans porcelain
lined and bearing the plumes and princes
initials. These were filled with cream
coated milk from the sweet breathed AL
derneys near by.
Broad bracket shelves Of marble held
numerous cows, bullocks and calves of
different sizes and every imaginable ma
terial, including Italian and Partisan
marble, alabaster, china, terra Gotta and
silver, all gifts. A long milk Jug, painted
by the Princess Louise to match the In
dian tiling, stood In one corner, and oppo-
site the door was the mounted head of the
princess pet Alderncy, with silver plato
recording her virtues and the number of
prizes she had won mt shows.
On marble table stood simple gilt
and white china tea set and Il pile of nap
kins marked with the royal stamp This
for lhe benefit OF stray visitors from tho
hall who wanted drink of fresh milk. /
had n drink myself, and rs there Is no
plnce nearer than three miles where one
can get Refreshments, it tasted particu-
larly good.
In the adjoining room, neatly tiled from
floor to ceiling, the butter for the hall Is
made, ard when the family arc In London
1t is sent up fresh every morning. The
days supply was laid out on white plat
ters previous to being packed, and very
tempting 1t looked, and very delicious 1t
tasted. 1t was made up In little pats and
scrolls, strawberries and balls, all ready
for the table. With an air of pride Dame
Barber said: '1f you look here, num-"
pointing To dish ON one side, you'll see
his highness'; over and particular have
to be about 1t; not grain OF salt to go in;
only taste like In the cream, and the
pats to be just so thick, and not a. big
round as the other" ="
looked at Albert Edwards pats with
interest. Yes, they were the size Of Il
half dollar, the thickness Of three, and
bore In rich butter relief either the crown,
the coat of arms, or the three feathers of
his royal highness. lt.almost worried me
to think Of the prn& at every meal in
gulfng his coat Of arms, feeling his crown
melt in his mouth; and would the feathers
by any possibility tickle his noble throat
as they glided down, ! wondered.
With the butter packed in shallow bas-
kets or hampers, go little pals OF cream
and milk, the pals FURNISHED pewter with
brass trimmings and coat of arms, and
quantities of fruit and produce from the
kitchen garden.
"Does the princess make butter often ?"
I asked before leaving the pretty dairy, in
which the mingled odor of blossoming
flowers and fresh butter We'd with any
scent Rlmmel can produce.
''Lor', num-" answered the plump
guardian of the place, "her 'ighncss used
to come reg'lar, and she'd churn away
till the red flew up in her cheeks like, try
ing to make the butter come, and she
would not let me lay hand to 1t; but
this year she was that took up with skatin',
which was uncommon good, that she only
came In twice or three times to the butter
room. But her highness came in nigh
every day when she'd been having trot
shout the park or to the village to take q
cup Of tea with the ladies' and then she'd
send the lad for strawberries and a loaf
- well. Mrs. Robert p. Porter in Phil
sdelDhia Press,