Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-15
Queen Victoria TRAVELLING.
TIE LOT OF FUSS INVOLVED WHEN HER ENGLISH
MAJESTY Is JUNKETIN0.

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| Queen Victoria TRAVELLING.
THE LOT OF FUSS INVOLVED WHEN HER ENGLISH
MAJESTY Is JuNKETINa.
From the London World.
| The utmost privacy was observed at Gosport on
Tuesday, when Queen Victoria started ON her Jour-
ney to Scotland. The approaches to the station
were jealousy guarded and nobody was present
except the officials and the representatives Of the
| Two railway companies. The queen has aged con-
| slderaDly or late and walks with o slight SuOOp
which makes her look Older than she really Is. II
was, however, noticed on Tuesday that she rarely,
II ever, used the black cane which she now tnvarl
| ably carries In her hand.
The unntiaied would be surprised to know the
| amount OF labor royal journey involves. 1t en-
| tails amongst other things the production or
| considerable amount OF very expensive Railway
In purple on the finest paper, with the royal arms
and an embossed border in gold. Is placed on the
more detailed timetable, printed on Cardboard.
| with a shaded diagram or the gradients in the
margin, is given TO the court dictionaries In at
| tendance; minute plan OF the train, with meas
| urements showing tie numbers and dimensions
OF the carriages, as well as the names OF their
| cupants, Is gwen to everybody Qhe exact length
or the train on Tuesday was 496 feeU, and the de-
tailed directions TO the employees, printed COL
ored paper, with the most stringent in1uncuons
10 secrecy, have both the appearance and proper
| tons Of vOuminOuS acts OF parliament
The queen went round the Glasgow exhibition
which had been specially manufactured FOR the
occasion Il Is m de OF satinwOOd with the roy al
arms and her ma1esty's monogram carved in rose
wood on the pane;S 1t Is covered with terra-cOtta
Genoa velvet trimmed with gold, and the apron Is
| OF copper-colored satin, with monogram In gold
| lace, and lined with cream satin. The wheels are
| bicycle ones, with broad tires and the chair is
mounted on cee-springs slung In leather straps.
Five rooms 1 were SET apart for the queen at
decorated and furnished In the Louis XIV. stye the
prevailing color being old gold 1t contained some
superb French cabinets, aud a splendid writing
| table was placed opposite the window. The pr
vate dining-room opened from this room, and the
are very similar the which
cotta-silk. the bed being OF rosewood, with the
royal arms embroidered at the head In ivory satin.
Saturday SMaiIen.
"Why is 1t that we never have full commit
tee9" asked the chairman OF Dakota town CON-
%5fse NJ w 7Ba pse up little member near the
noS51 hope you are good little boy
BObDy-"Yes, sir. always do wat he tells me
TO when he begins 10 call me RoDert."-N. Y Sum
81 SEE, said Mr.. Barkins, "that there are mil
| lion more women than Laen In Germany" "Yes"
said Mr.. smarty, "Lhey do that to evade the mill
| tary requirements OF the German government
Hdrper's Bdzdr.
Lawyer TO prisoner)-"You look as II at one time
| community" Prsoner-"YeS sir; but appear
ances are often deceptive. practiced law unlil
whisky knocked me ouL"-Ep0ch.
Mrs. Ola, mel The paper says the Sultan
OF Turkey scarcely sleeps al ALL but just walks the
floor all night" Tired husoand-"Well man with
| one hundred wives must have an awful lot OF
| teething babies"-Tne Cdrto,n.
Patient Old Lady TO elevator boy reading dime
n1ysD1"aoW ofen does the elevator go up, boy?"
| chapter, maam."-T1ne.
Things one would rather have left unsaid: Mrs
Jones-"Don't trouble TO see me TO the door, Mrs
Smith, Spe ss mrs ;s Sm.hNo trouble; quite pleas
Wife-"What Is the matter, John? You are the
most impatient man ever saw" Husband (otrug-
Cling 70 button his snirt- can't find this dinged
under the bureau for it?"-Harpers Bazar.
A solitary couple might have been seen sitting
on the beach at Coney Island.
| "How clear the air Is might, dear GeOrHe!n
"Yes," replied dear George. "The coast does
seem clear" and he suited the action TO the
No time TO lose: Wife lat breakfast)-"I think
VIII 90 down town, to-day John, and get myself a
pair OF shoes" Husband-"very well, my dear;
6u. you had better start Immediately after break.
| last. am going out this evening, and would
Ike to have dinner promptly at 0 clOck."-Epoch.
Mrs Flysparrow ITO new acquaintance)-''Ypu
Nicotine. May ask II your father smokes?"
Mr. Nlcotine.-"l trust not, madame. He has
been dead some time."-7oWn Topics
Many boy finds It easter to contest his fathers
will after the old man is dead than when be was
alive.-Boston Post.
A curious fact revealed by the photograph is
Fine Win nTs oRow t na
| voice In p0nograph, and the wiTe will recognize
Tue nusoamuA ouI neitner Will recognize their own
speech. This must be mighty disappointing to
| the man who thinks himself a slvery-tOnSued
| orator.-Trou Times.
Miss Travis-"Mr. Poseboy, may ask how many
sisters you have?"
| Poseboy-"Eleven."
Miss Tr sN,s;. gracious Mr. Poseboyl 1t
Poseooy-"why, yes, Miss Travis! There's my
10 be sisters TO me.'-Burtington Free Press.
To the long list OF "horrors OF 1882 another
must De added. A "musical prodigy only seven
years old, VINO plays on the vioin and plano has
been discovered In Florida. The yellow fever is
raging In the same state.-NorTtst0cn Herald
Il tell you Hyde is as reliable man AS you can
| ma anywhere" "What! Jim Hyde q reliable
man? why, Is noted for never telling the truth
| 10 oe sure, that's the very reason you can al
| ways depend upon him; II he tells you thing you
| know II isn't so.'-Shoe and Leather Reporter
| fashion item says that 'men's hats will be OF
unusual length this year." but they are not likely
70 be rs long as the faces OF those who lose hats
on the November electt0n.-N0vrisoU n Herald
Business Mottoes-"Theres 1ne business mot.
To-, said Pediar 70 grocer; "'Honesty is the
best policy; lt'll pay you to hang that up"
., MI cont Know" replied the grocer, obviously,
| them."-Fuck. ''S' -"
as there any way TO make new furniture ,oox
as though II had been made century ago?" asks
correspondent There Is A houseful OF Children
will DO IL nlnety.nine times out OF a HUNDRED ~
| Huntington Free Presa
Teacher-"Annie, haven't said repeatedly that
the scholars mustn't chew gum in school? what
| Is that In your MOUTH"
Annie-"Tooty-frooty."
.n Teasner-"whats tooty-frooty, I'd like to
Annie."one cent ma'am, or three for nvar-
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