The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-27
THE QUEEN AND DEPoRTMERr.
eating Ready for the Drawing
room.
Erom the PaN Man Gazette


From, the Pail MGu Gazette.
trim maid opened the door when I
Knocked and rang at the portals of the mis-
.r.ss Of department 1 was shown into a
drawipg-ooom rather luxuriously furnished.
prosantlv Mrs. R entered She was
rleasant-faced lady, full of the subject on
P1rbich had called She took me to another
room, with polished floor and pier glasses
round the walls.
~ am afraid shall want lot of coach
ing before ] am graceful enough to suit
yonr IDEAS. The only thing know about
denortment is that Mr.. Turveydrop once
nracticed it with great profit and honor"
"Don't De afraid. You will learn as
quickly as many country girls l have
tsnyht. OF course, l can't say how
t Ian lessons you will want until see your
stvle Some ladies need only two or
three. Others are obliged to have half
Are all your pupils girlsl" asked Mrs.
"Oh. no. l have married ladies here
occasionally. The sister of the Earl of A
took presentation lessons little while ago,
and her husband said they enabled her to
carry herself much more gracefully when
walking out.
HAren't the girls very nervous when they
first go to courtF"
ayes; those whose ignorance forebodes
failure.h answered Nine. R.
She had full faith in her own powers of
training, however, for she said:
Several of my pupils have told me
they were more at home with the queen
than with me. The queen likes young girls
and debutantes to look at her well in the
face. You must look at her thoroughly
without fiinching." ste
SIS she particular about department"
ment. and nothing annoys her so terribly
as careless, negligent carriage. Her own
department has always been irreproachable.
Don't YOU admire her as young queen in
her pictures2 She notices in moment if
YOU have prepared for the drawing-room,
and if she sees you have she smiles be-
nignly.
Next TO the queen as a model of court
carriage stands the Duchess of Teck. Mrs.
R told me all this in a soft, motherly
wav, Then she suddenly turned practical,
and fixed her eyes keenly and critically and
said:
',But come, take 20 r hat off and we will
have a lesson. Place this on your head"
She handed me disc of wood about the
size of tea plate.
There, put that on your head. This rib
bon prevents its falling off. Now walk up
to me" said madame Keep your head up.
Don't walk, she cried You mus MT ven
ture to walk. Your feet must slide over
the floor Hold your shoulders up. Keep
your chin high. Now, try again!"
| wouldn't be a maiden of the sunny
south. We are told that the cause of their
erect bearing is long practice with q water
pitcher on their heads. n platter of wood
convinced me that the maidens of the
sunny south deserve all the erect carriage
they can get. Here you ever tried to walk
with your head up with a bit of wood
ha Ia ont nj I tria
again.
F''You must not lift your toes" warn
ingly said madame. "Now walk with
me-"
did so, and balanced the piece of wood
with ease.
Now, I will be the queen pro tenn.
Glide up to me-" She retired to the end
of the of the room. You must regulate
your steps, and count two between each
step forward. Take another step, and tlen
courtesy"
obeyed. 1t was a very unsteady one.
Try again, and go down very slowly.
Slower. slower, slower" she said stretching
out her hand, which kissed. "You mustn't
try to grab the queens hand. You must
sweep your hand round so"-and she made
graceful curve in the air-"and be care
full your nose doesn't touch the queens hand.
Any time can. be given to the courtesy to the
queen. Then you must courtesy to each
member of the royal family. The Empress
frederick may be next the queen. Make
deep courtesy to her, and a shorter one to
each of the others according to their dis
lance from the queen. The regulation MEM
Der of courtesies is six That is what train
my pupils for. Having finished saluting
each member of the royal family you back
out swiftly-still with a gliding motion to
allow the other ladies to come up. This
backing out is really a success ion of courtes-
les with first the right foot and then the left
foot forward. You kick your skirts away
all the time
''lsee all my pupils in their full dress"
said madame, Ito give them the finishing
directions. l keep trains here four yards
long for practice. Lessons are almost re-
quired if you go the state ball. Debutantes
are often invited. The only formality to
be remembered in the drawing-room is the
mode OF carrying your ticket. This must
be carried in the left hand with your right
hand glove between the fourth and little
hnger. Ladies are also permitted to carry
handkerchiefs, but it is not advisable. You
give up your ticket, as the Lord Chamber
lam announces your name, and then you
ADVANCE up the room to the queen.n
DO you get many American pupils?n |
asked.
es, l had several last year. They were
very agreeable young ladies, too Some En-
glsh people think that American women are
loogo-ahead to be as decorous as good taste
demands. But cannot say that think
Americans, with all their curiosity and
tHelr readiness to plunge into any converse
uon, are animated not so much by desire
70 be forward in evidence as by livelier in
ellgence and animation than English, /
nave mad some English heiresses to teach:
ana on they are so stupid when they come
fresh from the country to make their first
appearance in society"