Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-06

"lost Lenore'' that she has, and not mere
pink and white society mask.
She is very accomplishei-her poems and
stories the world is beginning to know; she
also paints, is finished musician, in fact,
loves all the arts and encourages all artists.
Her court reminds one of the scenes in the
poems of Rossetti and Swinburne, where
strangely beautiful women sit all day weav-
ing garlands of strange flowers, sing sad
songs, or gaze into silver mirrors, for the
artistic mind of the Queen gathers rich types
OF beauty, such poetic characters around
her that in their strange Oriental costumes
they seem as if of some enchanted land.
Not that they have any aesthetic sentiment
ality, far from it. for the Queen is very SEN
sible, but she is also very unconventional,
so that they will spend their mornings be-
meath the great trees of the park. They
have brought their embroidery, we will play
on lutte or read from some iavorite poet
it is court of culture. 1t is the most ideal
thing in modern Europe.
The girls who have had the privilege OF
being educated under the direction and
with the companionship of Her Majesty
are eagerly sought after by the mobiles, as
they are the most cultivated ladies in the
world. But they dislike very much to
leave the lovely court; all life seems hard
and accidental alter 1t.
Nothing there is done merely because it is
the fashion. The morning talks are an art
education; the dinner table Is a symposium.
The Queen does not believe in mere poetic
idleness and dreaming away ones life
amidst the beauties of nature. She encour-
ages the girls to have original ideas on
dress, on the management OF children, and
is most urgent that they should study
household mplishments and cooking.
She is kind of "mother superior" and
they all love her with most passionate de-
votion.
THE LOVE FOR DISPLAY.
To prove how much greater Is the desire
to see royalty and to assist in its pageants is
to-day than in the olden time can give
some very interesting figures which were
given to me by one of the guardians of
Windsor Castle.
Of course, we all remember the enormous
sums recently paid to witness the Centen-
nial parades in New York City-miles of
troops marching by, occasionally broken by
some livery stable carriages full of black
coated Aldermen. To 60 back into the
distant past we find that to witness tie coro-
nation procession of Edward !. seats only
sold for one-half farthing, and there was no
great demand at that price, When Edward
II. came to the throne people had either
doubled their wealth or their loyalty, for
they were willing to give one farthing to see
their ruler pass by. Edward III. they
treated likewise, but for Richard II. and
Henry ". they were willing to give one
penny. Henry V. seems to have made
almost as much of furore with his dashing
beauty as George Rignold did for the
ladies, raised the price of window seats
to two pence, which was kept up at
the same figure by Henry VI, Edward
". and even by Richard Ill, who attracted
more from fear than love. Henry VIII. was
a iavorite with men and women so four
pence was not thought too much to see him.
While the extravaganza at the coronation
of Queen Elizabeth when people paid six
pence for seats was rebuked from the
churches, which were still more to be horr-
fed when to see James 1. and after Charles
I. shilling was given. Old writers speak of
the "paroxysm of absurd joy" which in
duced folks to deny themselves of two shill-
ings and sixpence to see Charles IL, but
they did the same for James H., and for
William and Queen Anne went up to five
shillings. In George II. s time luxury had
began to demoralize the European courts,
people paid ten shillings to see his gilded
coach pass by, and many were crushed to
death In the crowd. With George III. the
absurd extravaganza of modern times and
the desire of rich tradespeople to mix in
royal circles and to outdo royal splendor had
set In and seats sold for from one to ten
guineas, while at the jubilee of Queen Vic
toria almost anything asked was given for
good window, and the prices ran up into
Whether the coronation of the
Prince of Wales will put climax on these
sums or whether it will mark the dissolu-
ton of the British throne the fates alone can
tell. OLIVE WESTON